Top Movies of 1970


The top movies of 1970 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

11. Passion of Anna, The ( passion, En )

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson, Erland Josephson, Erik Hell, Sigge Fürst
Plot: Andreas is emotionally isolated following the demise of his marriage. Seeking solace, he finds Anna, a woman grieving the deaths of her husband and son. While the two pursue a relationship - things cannot work out between them as Anna's zealous search for the truth uncovers her delusions and Andreas cannot overcome his disconnect.

12. Kelly's Heroes

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Brian G. Hutton
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland, Gavin MacLeod
Plot: A group of U.S.soldiers sneaks across enemy lines to get their hands on a secret stash of Nazi treasure .

13. Butcher, The ( boucher, Le )

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Chabrol
Actors: Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Antonio Passalia, Pascal Ferone, Mario Beccara, William Guérault
Plot: A working-class butcher strikes up an unlikely friendship with a repressed schoolteacher. A series of gristly murders around town have everyone on edge.

14. Ryan's Daughter

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Lean
Actors: Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, Christopher Jones, John Mills, Leo McKern, Sarah Miles
Plot: WWI seems worlds away from Ireland's Dingle peninsula. A young, conflicted British officer finds himself in the pub - the only customer - while Rosy Ryan Shaughnessy tends bar. The two have a magnetic attraction - but one night a group of Irish revolutionaries expecting a shipment of guns arrives at the pub and everything will come crashing down.

15. Milky Way, The ( voie lactée, La )

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Luis Buñuel
Actors: Paul Frankeur, Laurent Terzieff, Alain Cuny, Edith Scob, Bernard Verley, Michel Piccoli

16. Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer ( Ningen no joken III )

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Yusuke Kawazu, Taketoshi Naitô, Kyôko Kishida, Reiko Hitomi
Plot: The final part in the trilogy: Kaji and his remaining men flee following a Russian defeat as he plans to lead his men back home. But behind enemy lines, he faces new dangers and, ultimately, winds up as a POW - prisoner of the Russians whose communist ideals he once held are far different than what he ever expected.

17. Gimme Shelter

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Albert Maysles, David Maysles
Actors: Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Bill Wyman, Meredith Hunter
Plot: Follows the Rolling Stones on their 1969 tour, mainly focusing on their free concert at Altamont Speedway in California where the decision to use Hell's Angels as security leads to tragic consequences.

18. This Man Must Die ( Que la bête meure )

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Chabrol
Actors: Michel Duchaussoy, Caroline Cellier, Jean Yanne, Anouk Ferjac, Marc Di Napoli, Louise Chevalier
Plot: A single father will stop at nothing to avenge the hit and run death of his daughter. When he learns an actress was in the car - he poses as a screenwriter to get close to her - willing to kill her if she was the driver. But as he get more and more involved with her life, his empathy causes him to change his outlook.

19. Kes

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ken Loach
Actors: David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie, Colin Welland, Brian Glover, Bob Bowes
Plot: A working-class Yorkshire boy, with a troubled home and school life, finds peace and purpose when his English teach encourages him tame and train a pet falcon.

20. The Ballad of Cable Hogue

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Actors: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner, Strother Martin, Slim Pickens, Peter Whitney
Plot: Left for dead in the desert, Hogue stumbles upon a spring that not only saves his life, but proves lucrative as it is the perfect way station for local stagecoaches. A local whore moves in with him and all seems well... until the advent of the automobile changes everything.

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