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Greatest Films By Decades. The best movies of the 70s are listed here. For the full article go to: http://www.filmsite.org/300films.html

 
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Rank   Name Release Directed by Genre(s) Actor(s)
  1. 1
    1970
    Bob Rafelson
    Drama, Road movie, New Hollywood
    Susan Anspach, Helena Kallianiotes, Richard Stahl, Lorna Thayer, Jack Nicholson, Sally Struthers, Karen Black, Fannie Flagg, Billy Green Bush, Lois Smith More
  2. 2
    1970
    Robert Altman
    Comedy, Black comedy, War, Parody, Political cinema, New Hollywood
    Fred Williamson, Bobby Troup, Bud Cort, Tom Skerritt, Ken Prymus, Elliott Gould, Michael Murphy, Gary Burghoff, Robert Duvall, Sally Kellerman, Donald Sutherland, Roger Bowen, Rene Auberjonois, Indus Arthur, David Arkin, Jo Ann Pflug More
  3. 3
    1970
    Franklin Schaffner
    Drama, Biography, Action, Action/Adventure, Biographical film, War, Epic, New Hollywood More
    Carey Loftin, Douglas O. Williams, Abraxas Aaran, Richard Münch, Ed Binns, Don Bassman, Michael Strong, George C. Scott, Albert Dumortier, Karl Michael Vogler, Siegfried Rauch, Michael Bates, Stephen Young, Gerald Flood, Karl Malden, Frank Latimore, Morgan Paull, Jack Gwillim, John Barrie More
  4. 4
    1971
    Stanley Kubrick
    Drama, Science fiction, Crime fiction, Black comedy, Dystopia, Cult, Satire, New Hollywood More
    Aubrey Morris, Adrienne Corri, Miriam Karlin, Malcolm McDowell, David Prowse, Patrick Magee, Warren Clarke, Michael Tarn, James Marcus, Michael Bates, Godfrey Quigley, Anthony Sharp More
  5. 5
    1971
    William Friedkin
    Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime fiction, Crime Thriller, Film noir, New Hollywood More
    Harold Gary, Frédéric de Pasquale, Arlene Farber, Tony Lo Bianco, Roy Scheider, Ann Rebbot, Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Marcel Bozzuffi, Bill Hickman, Al Fann More
  6. 6
    1971
    Peter Bogdanovich
    Drama, Black-and-white, Period piece, Film adaptation, Coming of age, New Hollywood More
    Timothy Bottoms, Eileen Brennan, Cybill Shepherd, Peter Bogdanovich, Ellen Burstyn, Clu Gulager, Sharon Ullrick, Sam Bottoms, Ben Johnson, Jeff Bridges, Cloris Leachman, Randy Quaid, John Hillerman More
  7. 7
    1971
    Robert Altman
    Drama, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Drama film, Western, New Hollywood
    Rene Auberjonois, Bert Remsen, John Schuck, William Devane, Shelley Duvall, Keith Carradine, Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Michael Murphy More
  8. 8
    1972
    Bob Fosse
    Drama, Musical, LGBT, Drama film, Film adaptation, New Hollywood
    Gerd Vespermann, Michael York, Sigrid von Richthofen, Fritz Wepper, Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel, Liza Minnelli, Marisa Berenson, Helmut Griem, Helen Vita, Joel Grey More
  9. 9
    1972
    John Boorman
    Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, LGBT, Drama film, Film adaptation, New Hollywood More
    Billy Redden, Randall Deal, Jon Voight, Ronny Cox, James Dickey, Ned Beatty, Seamon Glass, Burt Reynolds, Ed Ramey, Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward, Bill McKinney More
  10. 10
    1972
    Francis Ford Coppola
    Drama, Period piece, Crime fiction, Gangster, Film adaptation, New Hollywood More
    Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Alex Rocco, Robert Duvall, Richard Bright, John Martino, Joe Spinell, Victor Rendina, Lenny Montana, Richard S. Castellano, Gianni Russo, Louis Guss, Al Lettieri, Sterling Hayden, Richard Conte, Morgana King, Gabriele Torrei, Tom Rosqui, John Marley, Sofia Coppola, Al Martino, Vincent Trok, Talia Shire, Abe Vigoda, Simonetta Stefanelli, James Caan, John Cazale, Diane Keaton More
  11. 11
    1972
    Bernardo Bertolucci
    Drama, Romance film, World cinema, Romantic drama, Erotica
    Jean-Pierre Léaud, Maria Michi, Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Massimo Girotti More
  12. 12
    1973
    George Lucas
    Drama, Comedy, Period piece, Romance film, Comedy-drama, Coming of age, New Hollywood More
    Ron Howard, Harrison Ford, Suzanne Somers, Candy Clark, Wolfman Jack, Mackenzie Phillips, Paul Le Mat, Cindy Williams, Bo Hopkins, Richard Dreyfuss, Charles Martin Smith, Kathleen Quinlan More
  13. 13
    1973
    Terrence Malick
    Drama, Period piece, Romance film, Crime fiction, Indie, Romantic drama, Existentialism, Road movie, New Hollywood More
    Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Martin Sheen, Garry Littlejohn, Alan Vint, Ramon Bieri, Terrence Malick More
  14. 14
    1973
    Nicolas Roeg
    Drama, Psychological thriller, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Supernatural, Suspense, Erotica More
    David Tree, Renato Scarpa, Julie Christie, Hilary Mason, Nicholas Salter, Clelia Matania, Giorgio Trestini, Leopoldo Trieste, Massimo Serato, Donald Sutherland, Ann Rye More
  15. 15
    1973
    Robert Clouse
    Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Action/Adventure, Spy
    Yuen Biao, Jim Kelly, Ho Lee Yan, Bruce Lee, Robert Wall, Peter Archer, Sammo Hung, Bolo Yeung, John Saxon, Angela Mao, Shih Kien, Ahna Capri, Marlene Clark, Betty Chung, Geoffrey Weeks More
  16. 16
    1973
    William Friedkin
    Psychological thriller, Horror, Supernatural, Cult, Demonic child, New Hollywood More
    Linda Blair, Peter Masterson, Ellen Burstyn, Jack MacGowran, William O'Malley, Lee J. Cobb, Mercedes McCambridge, Jason Miller, Max von Sydow, Kitty Winn, Barton Heyman More
  17. 17
    1973
    Martin Scorsese
    Drama, Crime fiction, New Hollywood
    Martin Scorsese, Verna Bloom, Richard Romanus, Amy Robinson, Harry Northup, Jeannie Bell, Lenny Scaletta, Victor Argo, Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro, Cesare Danova, Richard Romanus, Robert Carradine, David Proval, George Memmoli More
  18. 18
    1973
    Woody Allen
    Comedy, Science fiction, Slapstick, Indie, Parody, Dystopia, Satire
    John Beck, Susan Miller, Douglas Rain, Diane Keaton, Maria Small, Woody Allen, Howard Cosell More
  19. 19
    1974
    Roman Polanski
    Drama, Period piece, Mystery, Thriller, Crime fiction, Crime Thriller, Film noir, Detective, Tragedy, New Hollywood, Neo-noir More
    Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, Richard Bakalyan, Diane Ladd, Roman Polanski, Roy Jenson, James Hong, Bruce Glover, John Huston, Darrell Zwerling, John Hillerman, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, Joe Mantell More
  20. 20
    1974
    Francis Ford Coppola
    Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense
    Allen Garfield, Teri Garr, Phoebe Alexander, Michael Higgins, Mark Wheeler, Harrison Ford, Elizabeth MacRae, Gene Hackman, Cindy Williams, Robert Shields, John Cazale, Frederic Forrest, Robert Duvall More
  21. 21
    1974
    Francis Ford Coppola
    Drama, Period piece, Crime fiction, Gangster, Film adaptation, New Hollywood More
    Robert Duvall, Richard Bright, Michael V. Gazzo, James Caan, Richard Matheson, Dominic Chianese, Bruno Kirby, Tom Rosqui, John Cazale, Italia Coppola, Joe Spinell, Roman Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Danny Aiello, Talia Shire, G. D. Spradlin, Gastone Moschin, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Lee Strasberg, Giuseppe Sillato, Peter Donat, Harry Dean Stanton, Marianna Hill, Frank Sivero, Morgana King, Francesca de Sapio, Maria Carta More
  22. 22
    1974
    Mel Brooks
    Comedy, Black-and-white, Science fiction, Horror, Slapstick, Parody
    Peter Boyle, Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Teri Garr, Kenneth Mars, Cloris Leachman, Richard Haydn, Marty Feldman, Gene Hackman, Danny Goldman, Liam Dunn, Arthur Malet More
  23. 23
    1975
    Steven Spielberg
    Psychological thriller, Thriller, Horror, Monster movie, New Hollywood, Natural horror films More
    Carl Gottlieb, Susan Backlinie, Jeffrey Voorhees, Richard Dreyfuss, Murray Hamilton, Ted Grossman, Chris Rebello, Robert Shaw, Lorraine Gary, Roy Scheider, Jonathan Filley, Jeffrey Kramer, Craig Kingsbury, Jay Mello, Lee Fierro, Steven Spielberg More
  24. 24
    1975
    John Huston
    Period piece, Action, Adventure, Film adaptation, Adeventure
    Saeed Jaffrey, Karroom Ben Bouih, Shakira Caine, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Doghmi Larbi, Christopher Plummer, Paul Antrim , Mohammad Shamsi, Albert Moses, Jack May More
  25. 25
    1975
    Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
    Comedy, Costume drama, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Parody, Humour, Cult More
    John Cleese, Connie Booth, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, John Young, Carol Cleveland, Graham Chapman, Neil Innes, Terry Gilliam More

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