1970s Movie Rankings

The 100 greatest films released between 1970 and 1979, ranked by critical consensus, cinematic influence, and lasting legacy.

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The Godfather — Francis Ford Coppola (1972)—

The Godfather Part II — Francis Ford Coppola (1974)—

Apocalypse Now — Francis Ford Coppola (1979)—

Taxi Driver — Martin Scorsese (1976)—

Chinatown — Roman Polanski (1974)—

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope — George Lucas (1977)—

Jaws — Steven Spielberg (1975)—

Alien — Ridley Scott (1979)—

A Clockwork Orange — Stanley Kubrick (1971)—

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest — Miloš Forman (1975)—

Barry Lyndon — Stanley Kubrick (1975)—

Network — Sidney Lumet (1976)—

Annie Hall — Woody Allen (1977)—

The Deer Hunter — Michael Cimino (1978)—

All the President's Men — Alan J. Pakula (1976)—

Dog Day Afternoon — Sidney Lumet (1975)—

Stalker — Andrei Tarkovsky (1979)—

Solaris — Andrei Tarkovsky (1972)—

The Exorcist — William Friedkin (1973)—

The French Connection — William Friedkin (1971)—

Nashville — Robert Altman (1975)—

The Mirror — Andrei Tarkovsky (1975)—

Monty Python and the Holy Grail — Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones (1975)—

Life of Brian — Terry Jones (1979)—

Halloween — John Carpenter (1978)—

Rocky — John G. Avildsen (1976)—

Close Encounters of the Third Kind — Steven Spielberg (1977)—

Manhattan — Woody Allen (1979)—

The Conversation — Francis Ford Coppola (1974)—

Badlands — Terrence Malick (1973)—

Days of Heaven — Terrence Malick (1978)—

Aguirre, the Wrath of God — Werner Herzog (1972)—

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre — Tobe Hooper (1974)—

Young Frankenstein — Mel Brooks (1974)—

Blazing Saddles — Mel Brooks (1974)—

Cabaret — Bob Fosse (1972)—

All That Jazz — Bob Fosse (1979)—

The Last Picture Show — Peter Bogdanovich (1971)—

Paper Moon — Peter Bogdanovich (1973)—

Mean Streets — Martin Scorsese (1973)—

Eraserhead — David Lynch (1977)—

Amarcord — Federico Fellini (1973)—

Cries and Whispers — Ingmar Bergman (1972)—

Autumn Sonata — Ingmar Bergman (1978)—

Scenes from a Marriage — Ingmar Bergman (1973)—

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie — Luis Buñuel (1972)—

That Obscure Object of Desire — Luis Buñuel (1977)—

Dawn of the Dead — George A. Romero (1978)—

Suspiria — Dario Argento (1977)—

Carrie — Brian De Palma (1976)—

Don't Look Now — Nicolas Roeg (1973)—

Walkabout — Nicolas Roeg (1971)—

Picnic at Hanging Rock — Peter Weir (1975)—

Mad Max — George Miller (1979)—

Deliverance — John Boorman (1972)—

Midnight Express — Alan Parker (1978)—

Serpico — Sidney Lumet (1973)—

Murder on the Orient Express — Sidney Lumet (1974)—

The Sting — George Roy Hill (1973)—

Slap Shot — George Roy Hill (1977)—

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory — Mel Stuart (1971)—

Soylent Green — Richard Fleischer (1973)—

Kramer vs. Kramer — Robert Benton (1979)—

Five Easy Pieces — Bob Rafelson (1970)—

McCabe & Mrs. Miller — Robert Altman (1971)—

The Long Goodbye — Robert Altman (1973)—

M*A*S*H — Robert Altman (1970)—

Dirty Harry — Don Siegel (1971)—

The Outlaw Josey Wales — Clint Eastwood (1976)—

Patton — Franklin J. Schaffner (1970)—

Superman — Richard Donner (1978)—

The Omen — Richard Donner (1976)—

Invasion of the Body Snatchers — Philip Kaufman (1978)—

Assault on Precinct 13 — John Carpenter (1976)—

The Warriors — Walter Hill (1979)—

Hard Times — Walter Hill (1975)—

Frenzy — Alfred Hitchcock (1972)—

The Conformist — Bernardo Bertolucci (1970)—

Last Tango in Paris — Bernardo Bertolucci (1972)—

1900 — Bernardo Bertolucci (1976)—

The Spirit of the Beehive — Víctor Erice (1973)—

Céline and Julie Go Boating — Jacques Rivette (1974)—

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles — Chantal Akerman (1975)—

The Tin Drum — Volker Schlöndorff (1979)—

Nosferatu the Vampyre — Werner Herzog (1979)—

Fitzcarraldo — Werner Herzog (1982)—

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul — Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1974)—

The Marriage of Maria Braun — Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1979)—

The Duellists — Ridley Scott (1977)—

Enter the Dragon — Robert Clouse (1973)—

Fist of Fury — Lo Wei (1972)—

Drunken Master — Yuen Woo-ping (1978)—

36th Chamber of Shaolin — Lau Kar-leung (1978)—

A Touch of Zen — King Hu (1971)—

Watership Down — Martin Rosen (1978)—

The Muppet Movie — James Frawley (1979)—

The Rocky Horror Picture Show — Jim Sharman (1975)—

Grease — Randal Kleiser (1978)—

Saturday Night Fever — John Badham (1977)—

Up in Smoke — Lou Adler (1978)—