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100 Best Movies of the 70s On Netflix (2020) Famous Classics

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90. High Plain’s Drifter


best 70s movies
Director – Clint Eastwood
Cast – Clint Eastwood

IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%

Release Date – 22 August 1973
Box Office – $15.7 million

Genre – Western, Mystery
Awards – None

Plot – A myserious gunslinger vows to save a town from three outlaws.

89. The Rescuers


best 70s movies
Director – Wolfgang Reitherman,John Lounsbery,Art Stevens
Cast – Eva Gabor, Bob Newhart, Joe Flynn

IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%

Release Date – 19 June 1977
Box Office – $169 Million

Genre – Animation, Comedy
Awards – Nominated for Academy Award for Best Song

Plot – When a group bandits Kidnap a little girl it comes to two mice to save her.

88. Aguirre: The Wrath of God


best 70s movies
Director – Werner Herzog
Cast – Helena Rojo, Ruy Guerra, Klaus Kinski

IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%

Release Date – 29 December 1972
Box Office – $370 K

Genre – Adventure, Biography, Crime
Awards – None

Plot – Based on the Life of Spanish Warrior Lope De Aguirre who led Spanish expedition in 16th Century.

87. The Poseidon Adventure


best 70s movies
Director – Ronald Neame
Cast – Gene Hackman, Red Buttons, Ernest Borgnine

IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 79%

Release Date – 12 December 1972
Box Office – $93.3 million

Genre – Action, Adventure
Awards – 2 Academy Awards for Best Song and Best Score

Plot – A Group of people try to survive cruise ship in Tsunami.

86. Everything you Wanted to Know about S*x but were Afraid to Ask


best 70s movies
Director – Woody Allen
Cast – Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Tony Randall

IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%

Release Date – 6 August 1972
Box Office – $18 Million

Genre – Comedy
Awards – None

Plot – The Name of the Film tells everything about the plot.

85. The day of the Jackal


best 70s movies
Director – Fred Zinnemann
Cast – Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale

IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%

Release Date – 16 May 1973
Box Office – $16 Million

Genre – Crime, Thriller
Awards – None

Plot – A Hitman is hired to Assassin the President of France.

84. The Man Who Would be King


best 70s movies
Director – John Huston
Cast – Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer

IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%

Release Date – 18 December 1975
Box Office – $11 Million

Genre – Adventure
Awards – 4 Oscar Nominations

Plot – A No Man’s Land is claimed by two british solders who appoint themselves as the king of the unclaimed land.

83. The Last Picture Show


best 70s movies
Director – Peter Bogdanovich
Cast – Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges

IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%

Release Date – 22 October 1971
Box Office – $29.1 Million

Genre – Drama
Awards – 2 Oscars – Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress

Plot – A Western town is slowly dying culturally when few high school students decide to change it.

82. Last Tango In Paris


best 70s movies
Director – Bernardo Bertolucci
Cast – Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider

IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%

Release Date – 15 December 1972
Box Office – $96.3 million

Genre – Romance, Drama
Awards – Nominated for 2 Oscars

Plot – An Old Man falls in love with a young woman.

81. THX 1138


best 70s movies
Director – George Lucas
Cast – Robert Duvall

IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 87%

Release Date – 11 March 1971
Box Office – $2.4 Million

Genre – Science Fiction
Awards – None

Plot – In a Distant future, a man rebels against the government who is controlling society.