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

80. Kelly’s Heroes

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.