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.

51. Love Story

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Arthur Hiller
Actors: Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, John Marley, Ray Milland, Russell Nype, Tommy Lee Jones
Plot: A Harvard Law student and music student find themselves falling deeply in love. Despite being denied his wealth by his father, who disapproves the relationship, the two stick together, with only each other to rely on. Yet this love will soon face the ultimate test.

52. Sometimes a Great Notion ( Never Give a Inch )

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Paul Newman
Actors: Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin, Richard Jaeckel, Linda Lawson

53. Start the Revolution Without Me

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Bud Yorkin
Actors: Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran, Billie Whitelaw, Victor Spinetti

54. Zabriskie Point

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Actors: Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin, Paul Fix, G.D. Spradlin, Bill Garaway, Kathleen Cleaver

55. Double Suicide ( Shinjû: Ten no amijima )

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Actors: Shima Iwashita, Kichiemon Nakamura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Tokie Hidari, Shizue Kawarazaki, Yusuke Takita

56. The Twelve Chairs

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Mel Brooks
Actors: Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise, David Lander, Andréas Voutsinas, Diana Coupland
Plot: This is a farcical tale of three men in search of treasure buried in one
of 12 identical armchairs.

57. Slogan

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pierre Grimblat
Actors: Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin, Andréa Parisy, Daniel Gélin, Henri-Jacques Huet, Juliet Berto

58. Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The ( Uccello dalle piume di cristallo, L' )

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dario Argento
Actors: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi, Renato Romano, Umberto Raho
Plot: An American writer witnesses a murder days before his return home. He decides to stay and solve the case, not knowing the serial killer is now targeting him and his girlfriend.

59. The Landlord

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Hal Ashby
Actors: Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey, Louis Gossett Jr., Walter Brooke

60. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion ( Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto )

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Elio Petri
Actors: Gian Maria Volonté, Florinda Bolkan, Gianni Santuccio, Orazio Orlando, Sergio Tramonti, Arturo Dominici
Plot: The chief of homicide detectives murders his mistress and leaves deliberate clues pointing to his own guilt just to see if he can still get away with the crime.

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