1. Patton
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Actors: George C. Scott, Morgan Paull, Karl Malden, Stephen Young, Michael Strong, Frank Latimore
Plot: A hard nosed controversial general is shown in this WW 2 movie about how to win battles and look good doing it.
2. Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Actors: Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees, Joan Gardner, Robie Lester
Plot: A mailman is answering questions about Santa Claus and winds up telling the origin story of the man who delivers the toys every Christmas.
3. Five Easy Pieces
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bob Rafelson
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush, Sally Struthers, Lois Smith, Toni Basil
Plot: A man who works for an oil-drilling company is constantly, irresponsibly on the move.
4. Conformist, The ( conformista, Il )
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Actors: Stefania Sandrelli, Fosco Giachetti, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Gastone Moschin, Pierre Clémenti, Enzo Tarascio
Plot: An Italian fascist with a complicated past is tasked with hunting down his old professor, who has fled Italy and is not considered an anti-fascist threat.
5. Au hasard Balthazar
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Bresson
Actors: Anne Wiazemsky, François Lafarge, Philippe Asselin, Nathalie Joyaut, Walter Green, Jean-Claude Guilbert
Plot: We follow the life of Balthazar, a donkey and his owner - who share a parallel life with his owner - from a loving childhood to being downtrodden and beaten later in life. But Balthazar may still end life well, as a miller believes he is the reincarnation of a saint.
6. M*A*S*H
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Altman
Actors: Donald Sutherland, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Roger Bowen
Plot: A group of Medical Officers in Korea during the Korean War try to maintain sanity by doing things that are of a typical American.
7. Red Circle, The ( cercle rouge, Le )
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Actors: Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volontè, Yves Montand, Paul Crauchet, Paul Amiot
Plot: An aristocratic just-paroled thief, an escaped murderer and an alcoholic ex-police sharpshooter form an unlikely trio bent on pulling off a daring jewel heist. Standing in their way is a vengeful mob boss, a persistent police superintendent. In this world, no on is innocent.
8. Woodstock
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Wadleigh
Actors: Joan Baez, Joe Cocker, Arlo Guthrie, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, The Who
Plot: Filmmakers document the1969 Woodstock festival in Bethel, NY featuring musical performances and a candid look at some of the 500,000 concertgoers, the organizers and townspeople who were all a part of the historic event.
9. Mouchette
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Bresson
Actors: Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal, Paul Hebert, Jean Vimenet, Marie Susini
Plot: Fourteen-year-old Mouchette's mother is an invalid and her father is a mean drunk. Her bleak existence doesn't improve as she searches for security.
10. Little Big Man
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Arthur Penn
Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George, Martin Balsam, Richard Mulligan, Jeff Corey
Plot: The 121-year-old Jack Crabb reflects on his life of being raised by Indians, watching his wife die at the hands of Custer and being the sole survivor of Little Big Horn.
