TOP 100 MOVIES OF THE 1970s | Decade in Review

The definitive Top 100 films of the 70s, based on hundreds of statistics. This list was compiled by averaging hundreds of critic reviews, user reviews, year-end lists, box office returns, filmmaker favorites, awards show wins/nominations, and other statistics.
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100 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
99 Coffy
98 Fantastic Planet
97 The Phantom of the Paradise
96 Mikey and Nicky
95 House
94 3 Women
93 Shaft
92 Dersu Uzala
91 Le Cercle Rouge
90 The Holy Mountain
89 The Emigrants
88 Smokey and the Bandit
87 Saturday Night Fever
86 MASH
85 Deliverance
84 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
83 Picnic at Hanging Rock
82 Wanda
81 Grease
80 The Ascent
79 The Last Detail
78 Touki Bouki
77 Carrie
76 Enter the Dragon
75 The Wicker Man
74 Five Easy Pieces
73 Sorcerer
72 Dawn of the Dead
71 The Passenger
70 Life of Brian
69 Autumn Sonata
68 Suspiria
67 INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION
66 Aguire, The Wrath of God
65 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
64 The Devils
63 F for Fake
62 Animal House
61 Superman: The Movie
60 Dirty Harry
59 Breaking Away
58 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
57 Killer of Sheep
56 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
55 The Rocky Horror Picture Show
54 Young Frankenstein
53 Spirit of the Beehive
52 Amarcord
51 Celine and Julie Go Boating
50 Harold and Maude
49 The Sting
48 Day for Night
47 The Long Goodbye
46 Mean Streets
45 Dont Look Now
44 Patton
43 Eraserhead
42 Blazing Saddles
41 Badlands
40 Kramer V Kramer
39 Being There
38 McCabe and Mrs. Miller
37 Mirror
36 French Connection
35 Cabaret
34 Paper Moon
33 Monty Python and the Holy Grail
32 The Last Picture Show
31 Cries and Whispers
30 Solaris
29 American Graffiti
28 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
27 The Deer Hunter
26 A Clockwork Orange
25 The Exorcist
24 Days of Heaven
23 Nashville
22 All the President’s Men
21 Jeanne Dielman, 32 Quai des Commerce
20 The Conformist
19 Annie Hall
18 All That Jazz
17 Halloween
16 A Woman Under the Influence
15 Rocky
14 Scenes From a Marriage
13 Stalker
12 The Conversation
11 Network
10 Alien
9 Taxi Driver
8 Jaws
7 Dog Day Afternoon
6 Star Wars
5 Barry Lyndon
4 Chinatown
3 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
2 Apocalypse Now
1 The Godfather I & II

[@PopArtsChannel]

What would your top ten look like?
Honorable Mentions:
Walkabout
Love and Death
Deep Red
Manhattan
An Unmarried Woman
Two Lane Blacktop
The Parallax View
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
The Warriors
The Man Who Would Be King

[@BasketballJones48021]

GOAT decade for movies if we’re being honest (the whole New Hollywood era really), especially if we’re talking about Hollywood. Also the best combination between popularity and quality.
All the inspiration from previous decades in film history, how society was at that point, so on… led to that culmination of non-stop terrific movies. That was the peak of it all. Furthermore, you have amazing stuff from all kinds of genres and such… the diversity aligned with the value is also crazy to think of.

[@Volttikoira]

Thank you for making these! So many good ones here I'd never heard of before. Time to start watching some 70s stuff 😊

[@timwanwick6503]

Who Ranked this list ??? French Connection at #37??? That's A Joke! Any 1970s movie list that excluded The Posiden Adventure or The Outlaw Josey Wales AINT Legit ! 😎

[@andrelima9519]

Awesome list

[@stevemcnary7963]

Only 4 missing from my Top 20. 3 from my Top 10 missing are Marathon Man, Slap Shot & High Plains Drifter. The Outlaw Josey Wales is only one missing from 11-20. My Top 100 is 1. Chinatown. 2. Deliverance. 3. Alien 4. Taxi Driver. 5. Jaws. 6. Blazing Saddles. 7. Marathon Man. 8. Dirty Harry 9. High Plains Drifter. 10.. Slap Shot. 11. The Godfather I&II. 12. The French Connection. 13. One Flew Over The Cukoos N 14:05 That Jazz. 17. The Outlaw Josey Wales. 18. Carrie. 19. Network. 20. Animal House. 21. Young Frankenstein. 22. Night Moves. 23. Black Christmas. 24. The Sting. 25. Electra Glide In Blue. 26. American Graffiti. 27. Patton. 28. Phantasm. 28. Super Fly. 29. Shaft. 30. Dog Day Afternoon. 31. The Jerk. 32. Straight Time. 33. Straw Dogs. 34. The Parallax View. 35. The Last Detail. 36. The Poseidon Adventure. 37. Heaven Can Wait. 38. The Longest Yard. 39. Mean Streets. 40. Being There. 41. Thunderbolt And Lightfoot. 42. Five Easy Pieces. 43. Sleuth. 44. A Clockwork Orange. 45. The Conversation. 46. The Wicker Man. 47. The Outfit. 48. The Omen. 49. Silent Movie. 50. Prime Cut. 51. Magnum Force. 52. Bang The Drum Slowly. 53. The Omega Man. 54. Soylent Green. 55. Westworld. 56. Little Big Man. 57. The Enforcer. 58. The Seven Ups. 59. The Getaway. 60. Scarecrow. 61. The Day Of The Locust. 62. The Exorcist. 63. The Rocky Horror Picture Show. 64. A Film About Jimi Hendrix. 65. The Song Remains The Same. 66. Race With The Devil. 67. Bring Me The Head Alfredo Garcia. 68. The Long Goodbye. 69. Looking For Mr Goodbar. 70. Return Of The Pink Panther. 71. Pink Panther Strikes Again. 72. The Taking Of Phelam 123. 73. The Bad News Bears. 74. Assault On Precinct13. 75. The Friends Of Eddie Coyle. 76. Sorcerer 77. The Towering Inferno. 78. MASH. 79. The Last Picture Show. 80. Earthquake. 81. Star Wars. 82. Papillon. 83. Escape From Alcatraz. 84. Serpico. 85. Sleeper. 86. Saving The Tiger. 87. Monty Python And The Holy Grail. 88. Silent Running. 89. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. 90. The Last House On The Left. 91. Dawn Of The Dead. 92. Up In Smoke. 93. Silver Streak. 94. Kelly's Heroes. 95. Death Wish. 96. 10. 97. Foul Play. 98. Jeremiah Johnson. 99. Warriors. 100. The Deer Hunter

[@Comictalent]

My Top 15 (Alphabetically):
Alien, All the President's Men, Annie Hall, Chinatown, Clockwork Orange, Deer Hunter, Jaws, Godfather, Godfather, Pt II, The Muppet Movie, National Lampoon's Animal House, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Rocky, The Sting, Taxi Driver

[@ludwigdrummer7802]

Baker's dozen
Patton 1970
A New Leaf 1971
The Godfather 1972
Last Tango In Paris 1972
Jeremiah Johnson 1972
Benji 1974
Jaws 1975
The Man Who Would Be King 1975
Rocky 1976
Smokey and the Bandit 1977
Alien 1979
Apocalypse Now 1979
Being There 1979

[@timwanwick6503]

YES!!? 👍👍👍👍

[@fritzwalter4660]

My Favorites Not on your list are
Rider on the Rain
The Honeymoon Killers
Last Known Address
The Wolf Child
Two Mules for Sister Sara
The Things of Life
Ballad of Cable Hogue
The Out-of-Towners
The Confession
Soldier Blue
Little Big Man
La Rupture
Love Story
Vanishing Point
Klute
Max and the Junkmen
10 Rillington Place
The Beguiled
The Andromeda Strain
Le Chat
The Panic in Needle Park
Play Misty for Me
Jo
Red Sun
Duck You Sucker
Duel
Family Life
The Cowboys
Man in the Wilderness
Silent Running
Whats Up Doc?
Play It Again Sam
Jeremiah Johnson
Frenzy
Butterflies Are Free

[@user-hf3cm5yo9q]

Pelham 123 at #100??? What are you Smokin???

[@benharsy2356]

Star Wars should be at number 2 or 3

[@Adamdow95]

Jaws
The Godfather
The Godfather II
Star Wars: A New Hope
Serpico
The Deer Hunter
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Alien
One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest
Taxi Driver
The Sting
The French Connection
The Towering Inferno
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Klute
Norma Rae
Chinatown
Superman
The Last Detail
Bugsy Malone
Apocalypse Now

[@jdbankshot]

"annie hall" has got to be the most overrated movie of all time.