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Displaying Search Results: 166 Best Movies from 1970 till 1979

The French Connection ( 1971 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  104

Country:  United States

Language:  English | French | Italian

Director:  William Friedkin

Writer:   Ernest Tidyman | Robin Moore | William Friedkin

Stars:   Gene Hackman | Fernando Rey | Roy Scheider | Tony Lo Bianco

Plot:    A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.

Dirty Harry ( 1971 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Thriller

Runtime:  102

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Don Siegel | Clint Eastwood

Writer:   Harry Julian Fink | Rita M. Fink | Dean Riesner | Harry Julian Fink | Rita M. Fink | Terrence Malick | Jo Heims | John Milius

Stars:   Clint Eastwood | Harry Guardino | Reni Santoni | John Vernon

Plot:    When a man calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath.

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town ( 1970 )

Genre:   Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical

Runtime:  48

Country:  United States | Japan

Language:  English

Director:  Jules Bass | Arthur Rankin Jr.

Writer:   Romeo Muller

Stars:   Fred Astaire | Mickey Rooney | Keenan Wynn | Paul Frees

Plot:    A mailman reveals the origin of Santa Claus.

The Year Without a Santa Claus ( 1974 )

Genre:   Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical

Runtime:  51

Country:  United States | Japan

Language:  English

Director:  Jules Bass | Arthur Rankin Jr.

Writer:   William J. Keenan | Phyllis McGinley

Stars:   Shirley Booth | Mickey Rooney | Dick Shawn | George S. Irving

Plot:    When a weary and discouraged Santa Claus considers skipping his Christmas Eve run one year, Mrs. Claus and his elves set out to change his mind.

The Muppet Movie ( 1979 )

Genre:   Adventure | Comedy | Family | Musical

Runtime:  95

Country:  United Kingdom | United States

Language:  English

Director:  James Frawley

Writer:   Jerry Juhl | Jack Burns

Stars:   Jim Henson | Frank Oz | Jerry Nelson | Richard Hunt

Plot:    Kermit and his newfound friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog legs merchant is after Kermit.

Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro ( 1979 )

Genre:   Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy

Runtime:  100

Country:  Japan

Language:  Japanese | English | French

Director:  Hayao Miyazaki

Writer:   Monkey Punch | Maurice Leblanc | Hayao Miyazaki | Haruya Yamazaki

Stars:   Yasuo Yamada | Eiko Masuyama | Kiyoshi Kobayashi | Makio Inoue

Plot:    A dashing thief, his gang of desperadoes and an intrepid cop struggle to free a princess from an evil count, and learn the secret of a treasure that she holds part of the key to.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind ( 1977 )

Genre:   Drama | Sci-Fi

Runtime:  138

Country:  United States | United Kingdom

Language:  English

Director:  Steven Spielberg

Writer:   Steven Spielberg | Hal Barwood | Jerry Belson | John Hill | Matthew Robbins

Stars:   Richard Dreyfuss | François Truffaut | Teri Garr | Melinda Dillon

Plot:    An Indiana electric lineman finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.

The Shootist ( 1976 )

Genre:   Drama | Romance | Western

Runtime:  100

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Don Siegel

Writer:   Glendon Swarthout | Miles Hood Swarthout | Scott Hale

Stars:   John Wayne | Lauren Bacall | Ron Howard | James Stewart

Plot:    A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.

Nashville ( 1975 )

Genre:   Comedy | Drama | Music

Runtime:  160

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Robert Altman

Writer:   Joan Tewkesbury

Stars:   David Arkin | Barbara Baxley | Ned Beatty | Karen Black

Plot:    Over the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention.

Love and Death ( 1975 )

Genre:   Comedy | War

Runtime:  85

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Woody Allen

Writer:   Woody Allen

Stars:   Woody Allen | Diane Keaton | Georges Adet | Frank Adu

Plot:    In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three ( 1974 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Thriller

Runtime:  104

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Spanish

Director:  Joseph Sargent

Writer:   John Godey | Peter Stone

Stars:   Walter Matthau | Robert Shaw | Martin Balsam | Hector Elizondo

Plot:    Four armed men hijack a New York City subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. The city's police are faced with a conundrum: Even if it's paid, how could they get away?

Enter the Dragon ( 1973 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Thriller

Runtime:  102

Country:  Hong Kong SAR China | United States

Language:  English | Cantonese

Director:  Robert Clouse

Writer:   Michael Allin | Bruce Lee

Stars:   Bruce Lee | John Saxon | Jim Kelly | Ahna Capri

Plot:    A Shaolin martial artist travels to an island fortress to spy on an opium lord - who is also a former monk from his temple - under the guise of attending a fighting tournament.

Shurayuki-hime ( 1973 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  97

Country:  Japan

Language:  Japanese | English

Director:  Toshiya Fujita

Writer:   Kazuo Kamimura | Kazuo Koike | Norio Osada

Stars:   Meiko Kaji | Toshio Kurosawa | Masaaki Daimon | Miyoko Akaza

Plot:    A young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.

Deliverance ( 1972 )

Genre:   Adventure | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  109

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  John Boorman

Writer:   James Dickey | James Dickey | John Boorman

Stars:   Jon Voight | Burt Reynolds | Ned Beatty | Ronny Cox

Plot:    Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's dammed and turned into a lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a canoeing trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.

Jeremiah Johnson ( 1972 )

Genre:   Adventure | Drama | Western

Runtime:  108

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Crow | French

Director:  Sydney Pollack

Writer:   Vardis Fisher | Raymond W. Thorp | Robert Bunker | John Milius | Edward Anhalt

Stars:   Robert Redford | Will Geer | Delle Bolton | Josh Albee

Plot:    A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in single combat on the early frontier.

Play It Again, Sam ( 1972 )

Genre:   Comedy | Romance

Runtime:  85

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Italian

Director:  Herbert Ross

Writer:   Woody Allen | Woody Allen

Stars:   Woody Allen | Diane Keaton | Tony Roberts | Jerry Lacy

Plot:    A film critic obsessed with Casablanca (1942) seeks to get over his wife leaving him by dating again with the help of a married couple and his illusory idol, Humphrey Bogart.

Walkabout ( 1971 )

Genre:   Adventure | Drama

Runtime:  100

Country:  United Kingdom | Australia | United States

Language:  English | Aboriginal | Czech

Director:  Nicolas Roeg

Writer:   Edward Bond | Donald G. Payne | Nicolas Roeg

Stars:   Jenny Agutter | Luc Roeg | David Gulpilil | John Meillon

Plot:    Two city-bred siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy on his "walkabout": a ritual separation from his tribe.

Giù la testa ( 1971 )

Genre:   Drama | War | Western

Runtime:  157

Country:  Italy

Language:  English | Italian | Spanish

Director:  Sergio Leone

Writer:   Sergio Leone | Sergio Donati | Luciano Vincenzoni | Sergio Donati | Sergio Leone | Roberto De Leonardis | Carlo Tritto

Stars:   Rod Steiger | James Coburn | Romolo Valli | Maria Monti

Plot:    A low-life bandit and an I.R.A. explosives expert rebel against the government and become heroes of the Mexican Revolution.

McCabe & Mrs. Miller ( 1971 )

Genre:   Drama | Western

Runtime:  120

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Cantonese

Director:  Robert Altman

Writer:   Edmund Naughton | Robert Altman | Brian McKay | Robert Towne | Joseph Calvelli

Stars:   Warren Beatty | Julie Christie | Rene Auberjonois | William Devane

Plot:    A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.

Duel ( 1971 )

Genre:   Action | Thriller

Runtime:  90

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Steven Spielberg

Writer:   Richard Matheson | Richard Matheson

Stars:   Dennis Weaver | Jacqueline Scott | Eddie Firestone | Lou Frizzell

Plot:    A business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer.

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