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Every 1970s film in the catalog

193 films from the 1970s, from the famous to the buried. Every title links to its feels-like page: what to watch next if it hit the spot.

1979

Aliendread, unsettling, cerebral
Apocalypse Nowcontemplative, bleak
Being Therewitty, playful, contemplative
Breaking Awaycontemplative, witty, playful
Escape from Alcatrazcontemplative, tense
French Fried Vacation 2witty, playful
Kramer vs. Kramercontemplative
Life of Brianwitty, playful, darkly funny
Long Weekenddread, unsettling, twisty
Mad Maxkinetic, tense, cerebral
Manhattanwitty, playful, contemplative
Moonrakerkinetic, epic, tense
Nosferatu the Vampyrecontemplative, dread, unsettling
Phantasmdread, unsettling, cerebral
Real Lifewitty, playful, unsettling
Rocky IIcontemplative, kinetic, romantic
Stalkercerebral, contemplative
Star Trek: The Motion Picturecerebral, epic, twisty
The Black Stallionwarm, cozy, epic
The Castle of Cagliostroepic, witty, playful
The In-Lawswitty, playful, epic
The Muppet Moviewarm, cozy, witty
The Tin Drumcontemplative, epic, bleak
The Warriorskinetic, tense

1978

Animal Housewitty, playful
Autumn Sonatacontemplative, stylish, melancholy
Blue Collarcontemplative, gritty
Comatense, twisty, dread
Dawn of the Deaddread, unsettling, cerebral
Days of Heavencontemplative, romantic, tender
Drunken Masterkinetic, witty, playful
Game of Deathcontemplative, kinetic, tense
Gates of Heaven
Greaseromantic, tender, witty
Halloweendread, unsettling, tense
Hooperkinetic, witty, playful
Invasion of the Body Snatcherscerebral, dread, unsettling
Jaws 2dread, unsettling, tense
Midnight Expresscontemplative, gritty
Same Time, Next Yearwitty, playful, contemplative
Snake in the Eagle's Shadowkinetic, witty, playful
Straight Timegritty, contemplative
Supermancerebral, kinetic, epic
The 36th Chamber of Shaolinkinetic, epic
The Deer Huntercontemplative, bleak, romantic
The Five Venomskinetic, contemplative, twisty
The Last Waltzstylish
The Star Wars Holiday Specialepic, cerebral, warm
Watership Downepic, contemplative

1977

Annie Hallwitty, playful, contemplative
Close Encounters of the Third Kindcerebral, contemplative, obsessive
Eraserheaddread, unsettling, cerebral
Pete's Dragondreamlike, whimsical, witty
Rolling Thundercontemplative, tense, kinetic
Saturday Night Fevercontemplative, romantic
Sorcerertense, epic
Star Warsepic, kinetic, cerebral
Storm Boycontemplative, warm, cozy
Suspiriadread, unsettling
The Last Wavecontemplative, twisty, dread
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Poohwhimsical, warm, cozy
The Rescuersdreamlike, warm, cozy
The Sentineldread, unsettling, twisty
The Spy Who Loved Meepic, kinetic, tense

1976

All the President's Mencontemplative, twisty, tense
Assault on Precinct 13tense, kinetic, gritty
Carriedread, unsettling, tense
Grey Gardensparanoid, whimsical
Harlan County U.S.A.
Illustrious Corpsestense
Logan's Runkinetic, cerebral, bleak
Marathon Mantense, gritty, contemplative
Networkcontemplative, darkly funny
Rockycontemplative, romantic, hopeful
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodomdread, unsettling, contemplative
Taxi Drivergritty, contemplative, obsessive
The Omendread, unsettling, tense
The Outlaw Josey Walesgritty, melancholy, relentless
The Tenanttense, twisty, contemplative
The Twelve Tasks of Asterixwarm, cozy, whimsical

1975

A Boy and His Dogcontemplative, cerebral, witty
Barry Lyndoncontemplative, epic
Deep Reddread, unsettling, twisty
Dersu Uzalaepic, contemplative, warm
Dog Day Afternoongritty, contemplative, tense
Escape to Witch Mountainepic, dreamlike, cerebral
Footprints on the Moontense, twisty, contemplative
Jawsdread, unsettling, tense
Mirrorcontemplative, epic, dreamlike
Monty Python and the Holy Grailepic, witty, playful
Night Movestense, gritty, contemplative
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nestcontemplative, warm
Picnic at Hanging Rockcontemplative, twisty, atmospheric
Rollerballcerebral, kinetic, bleak
Sholaykinetic, melancholy, warm
The Man from Hong Kongkinetic, gritty, epic
The Rocky Horror Picture Showwitty, playful, cerebral
Three Days of the Condortense, twisty, paranoid

1974

Ali: Fear Eats the Soulromantic, tender, contemplative
Badlandscontemplative, romantic, tender
Black Christmasdread, unsettling, twisty
Blazing Saddlesgritty, witty, playful
Chinatowngritty, twisty, tense
Dark Starwitty, playful, cerebral
Gone in 60 Secondskinetic, gritty, tense
Murder on the Orient Expresscontemplative, tense, twisty
Phase IVdread, unsettling, cerebral
Scenes from a Marriagecontemplative, romantic, tender
The Conversationgritty, contemplative, twisty
The Godfather Part IIcontemplative, gritty
The Man with the Golden Gunepic, kinetic, tense
The Parallax Viewgritty, contemplative, tense
The Street Fighterkinetic, gritty, tense
The Texas Chain Saw Massacredread, unsettling
Thunderbolt and Lightfootwitty, playful, epic
Young Frankensteinwitty, playful
Zardozdreamlike, kinetic, tense

1973

Amarcordwitty, playful, contemplative
American Graffitiwitty, playful, contemplative
Battles Without Honor and Humanitygritty, kinetic, contemplative
Charley Varrickgritty, tense, contemplative
Don't Look Nowtense, contemplative, dread
Enter the Dragonkinetic
F for Fake
Fantastic Planetcerebral, bleak, awe
High Plains Driftergritty, contemplative, twisty
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Professionwitty, playful, cerebral
Lady Snowbloodkinetic, gritty, contemplative
Live and Let Dieepic, kinetic, tense
Magnum Forcecontemplative, gritty, kinetic
Mean Streetscontemplative, gritty, romantic
My Name Is Nobodywitty, playful, gritty
O Lucky Man!witty, playful, stylish
Papillongritty, contemplative
Robin Hoodwhimsical, warm, cozy
Serpicogritty, contemplative, epic
Soylent Greencerebral, gritty, twisty
The Exorcistdread, unsettling
The Friends of Eddie Coylegritty, contemplative, tense
The Holy Mountaincontemplative, darkly funny, dreamlike
The Legend of Hell Housedread, unsettling, twisty
The Outfitgritty, contemplative, relentless
The Stingwitty, playful, gritty
The Wicker Mandread, unsettling
Thriller: A Cruel Picturekinetic, tense, gritty
Westworldepic, cerebral, gritty

1972

Across 110th Streetkinetic, gritty, contemplative
Aguirre, the Wrath of Godepic, contemplative
Caliber 9gritty, tense
Cries and Whisperscontemplative
Deliverancecontemplative, epic, tense
Fat Citycontemplative, atmospheric
Fist of Furycontemplative, kinetic, tense
Last Tango in Pariscontemplative, romantic, tender
Marjoe
Silent Runningepic, cerebral, contemplative
Slaughterhouse-Fivecontemplative, cerebral, bleak
Solariscontemplative, cerebral, twisty
The Amazing Mr. Blundenwarm, cozy, dreamlike
The Godfathercontemplative, gritty, melancholy
The Ruling Classwitty, playful, contemplative
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoewitty, playful, twisty
The Way of the Dragonkinetic, gritty, melancholy
What's Up, Doc?witty, playful, gritty

1971

A Clockwork Orangecerebral, gritty
A New Leafwitty, playful, romantic
Diamonds Are Foreverkinetic, tense
Dirty Harrykinetic, gritty, tense
Duck, You Suckergritty
Duelkinetic, tense
Escape from the Planet of the Apeskinetic, cerebral, bleak
Get Cartergritty, tense, melancholy
Harold and Maudewitty, playful, contemplative
Let's Scare Jessica to Deathdread, unsettling, twisty
Minnie and Moskowitzromantic, tender, contemplative
Punishment Parkcontemplative, tense, bleak
The Andromeda Straincerebral, tense, contemplative
The Big Bosskinetic
The French Connectionkinetic, gritty, tense
The Omega Mancerebral, kinetic, contemplative
THX 1138cerebral, contemplative, bleak
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factorywarm, cozy, dreamlike

1970

A Touch of Zenkinetic, epic, dreamlike
Beneath the Planet of the Apesepic, cerebral, twisty
Colossus: The Forbin Projectcerebral, tense
Gimme Shelterstylish
Kescontemplative, wistful, cozy
Le Cercle Rougegritty, contemplative, tense
M*A*S*Hwitty, playful, contemplative
Pattonbleak, contemplative, epic
The Aristocatswhimsical, witty, playful
They Call Me Trinitykinetic, witty, playful
Woodstockstylish, romantic