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80. Kelly’s Heroes
Director – Brian G Hutton
Cast – Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 76%
Release Date – 23 June 1970
Box Office – $5.2 million
Genre – War
Awards – None
Plot – US Soldiers find a Hidden Nazi Treasure.
79. Murder on the Orient Express
Director – Sidney Lumet
Cast –
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 21 November 1974
Box Office – $35.7 Million
Genre – Mystery, Thriller
Awards – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Plot – A detective is asked to solve a murder that occured in the train he was travelling in.
78. Magnum Force
Director – Ted Post
Cast – Clint Eastwood
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 82%
Release Date – 25 December 1973
Box Office – $39 Million
Genre – Action
Awards – None
Plot – Harry is back again to wipe out criminals from his city.
77. The Jerk
Director – Carl Reiner
Cast – Steve Martin
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 14 December 1979
Box Office – $100 Million
Genre – Comedy
Awards – None
Plot – A Young Naive Man struggles to live alone in his apartment.
76. Soylent Green
Director – Richard Fleischer
Cast – Charlton Heston, Edward G Robinson
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 72%
Release Date – 19 April 1973
Box Office – $3.6 Million
Genre – Mystery, Sci Fi
Awards – None
Plot – CEO of a big company is murdered in a futuristic world. It is up to a NYPD Police detective to uncover the truth behind his murder.
75. Three days of the Condor
Director – Sydney Pollack
Cast – Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Max Von Sydow
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 86%
Release Date – 24 September 1975
Box Office – $32 Million
Genre – Thriller, Mystery
Awards – Nominated for Best Film Editing Oscar
Plot – A Young CIA agent finds himself in the middle of mayhem when all his coworkers are dead. He uses his wit and knowledge to find the true culprit.
74. Days of Heaven
Director – Terrence Mallik
Cast – Richard Gere, Brooke Adams
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – 6 October 1978
Box Office – $3.4 Million
Genre – Romance, Drama
Awards – Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Plot – An Angry Young man asks a young lady to marry his boss so that they can claim his property after his death.
73. Badlands
Director – Terrence Mallick
Cast – Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – 15 October 1973
Box Office – $300 K
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot – A Young woman befriends a greaser who convinces her to go on a murdering spree.
72. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Director – Phillip Kaufman
Cast – Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 22 December 1978
Box Office – $24.9 Million
Genre – Sci Fi, Horror
Awards – None
Plot – A Dying alien civilization attacks earth by killing its citizens and replicating them.
71. Grease
Director – Randal Kleiser
Cast – John Travolta, Olivia Newton John
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 75%
Release Date – 16 June 1978
Box Office – $395 Million
Genre – Musical, Romance
Awards – Nomianted for Best Original Song
Plot – A Young girl falls in love with a greaser who happens to be her high school batchmate.
70. Marathon Man
Director – John Schlesinger
Cast – Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 8 October 1976
Box Office – $28.2 million
Genre – Thriller, Crime
Awards – Nominated for Best Supporting Actor
Plot – A Young student gets involved with a nazi member and a rogue secret agent who are in search of stolen diamonds.
69. The Aristocats
Director – Wolfgang Reitherman
Cast – Ken Anderson
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 68%
Release Date – 11 December 1970
Box Office – $191 Million
Genre – Aniamtion, Comedy
Awards – None
Plot – A family of cats inherit fortune after the death of their owner but soon find themselves in a series of troubles.
68. A Bridge too Far
Director – Richard Attenborough
Cast – Dirk Borgarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery. Anthony Hopkins, Robert Redford
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 62%
Release Date – 15 June 1977
Box Office – $50.7 Million
Genre – War, History
Awards – None
Plot – Based on World War 2 where the allies try to capture few bridges in Netherlands.
67. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Director – Robert Wise
Cast – William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy
IMDB Rating – 6.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 42%
Release Date – 7 December 1979
Box Office – $139 Million
Genre – Sci Fi Mystery
Awards – Nominated for Best Art Direction, Best Visual Effects and Best Original Score
Plot – Captain James T Kirk is called upon to intercept an alien ship along with his new crew.
66. Love Story
Director – Arthur Hiller
Cast – Ryan o Neal, Ali Macgraw
IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 64%
Release Date – 16 December 1970
Box Office – $136.4 million
Genre – Romance, Drama
Awards – Academy Award for Best Musical Score
Plot – A rich Boy falls in love with a working class girl and society intervenes.
65. Sleeper
Director – Woody Allen
Cast – Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Release Date – 17 December 1973
Box Office – $18.3 Million
Genre – Sci Fi, Comedy
Awards – None
Plot – A Man is awakes from cryosleep into a future world where he has to fight the oppressive government.
64. The Wicker Man
Director – Robin Hardy
Cast – Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – 6 December 1973
Box Office – $58 K
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
Plot – A British Sergeant is appointed to look into the case of a missing girl on a remote island.
63. The Outlaw Josey Wales
Director – Clint Eastwood
Cast – Clint Eastwood
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 30 June 1976
Box Office – $31 Million
Genre – Western
Awards – Nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score
Plot – A farmer pledges to avenge the murder of his family.
62. Straw Dogs
Director – Sam Peckinpah
Cast – Dustin Hoffman, Susan George
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 87%
Release Date – 29 December 1971
Box Office – $8 Million
Genre – Crime, Thriller
Awards – Nominated for Best Original Dramatic Score
Plot – A Young american man finds himself in life threatening situation in rural england where he shifted recently along with his English wife.
61. Solaris
Director – Andrei Tarkovsky
Cast – Donatas Banionis, Natayla Bondarchuk
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 13 May 1972
Box Office – $829 K
Genre – Mystery, Romance
Awards – None
Plot – An Astronaut is given mission to find about the bizzare activities occuring on a distant planet.
