Top Movies of 1974


The top movies of 1974 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

131. Fly a Flag for Poplar

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ron Orders, Tony Wickert
Plot: A documentary that follows the day-to-day lives of the citizens of Poplar in London's East End. It also looks to the past and the importance the labour movement had on the current state of the people who call the district their home.

132. Master Touch, The ( uomo da rispettare, Un )

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michele Lupo
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Giuliano Gemma, Florinda Bolkan, Wolfgang Preiss, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Romano Puppo

133. Hearts and Minds

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Davis
Actors: George Coker, J. William Fulbright, Robert Muller, Daniel Ellsberg, Walt Rostow, Georges Bidault
Plot: Using a series of archival news footage, as well as their own footage and interviews, Hearts and Minds explores the opposing sides of the Vietnam War and how the racism and militarism prolonged the conflict and gives voice the Vietnamese who chose to fight back.

134. It's Alive

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Larry Cohen
Actors: John P. Ryan, Sharon Farrell, James Dixon, William Wellman Jr., Shamus Locke, Andrew Duggan
Plot: An ordinary couple produce an extraordinary mutant baby with fangs that sets off on a killing spree to survive. Determined to destroy the child, the anguished father joins a citywide hunt for the little monster but suddenly has second thoughts and defends his hideous offspring.

135. Sugar Hill

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Paul Maslansky
Actors: Marki Bey, Robert Quarry, Don Pedro Colley, Betty Anne Rees, Richard Lawson, Larry Don Johnson

136. S*P*Y*S

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Irvin Kershner
Actors: Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, Zouzou, Joss Ackland, Xavier Gélin, Vladek Sheybal

137. For Pete's Sake

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Yates
Actors: Barbra Streisand, Michael Sarrazin, Estelle Parsons, Molly Picon, William Redfield, Louis Zorich

138. Bad Man's River

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Comedy/Western
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Eugenio Martín
Actors: Lee Van Cleef, James Mason, Gina Lollobrigida, Simón Andreu, Diana Lorys, Gianni Garko
Plot: Robber Roy King loses his wife, Alicia, to revolutionary Montero. Despite their rivalry they collaborate in an attempt to rob the Mexican government of one million dollars.

139. Phase IV

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Saul Bass
Actors: Michael Murphy, Nigel Davenport, Lynne Frederick, Alan Gifford, Robert Henderson, Helen Horton
Plot: Ants begin to attack everything around them, killing humans. An outpost is created for two scientists, so they can unravel this horrible event. The insects are one step ahead in every move that man makes. A family ignores the evacuation order, and the only survivor, a girl, is taken inside the outpost. There is a plan; an ant's plan.

140. Old Dracula ( Vampira )

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Clive Donner
Actors: David Niven, Teresa Graves, Peter Bayliss, Jennie Linden, Nicky Henson, Linda Hayden

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