Top 30 Movies of the 1970s
30 items • Updated 5/7/2026
| 1 |  | The Godfather Part II(1974) | ⭐ 9.0 |
| 2 |  | Jaws(1975) | ⭐ 8.1 |
| 3 |  | Taxi Driver(1976) | ⭐ 8.2 |
| 4 |  | The Godfather(1972) | ⭐ 9.2 |
| 5 |  | Chinatown(1974) | ⭐ 8.1 |
| 6 |  | Apocalypse Now(1979) | ⭐ 8.4 |
| 7 |  | Network(1976) | ⭐ 8.1 |
| 8 |  | The Conversation(1974) | ⭐ 7.7 |
| 9 |  | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope(1977) | ⭐ 8.6 |
| 10 |  | The Exorcist(1973) | ⭐ 8.1 |
| 11 |  | Barry Lyndon(1975) | ⭐ 8.1 |
| 12 |  | Halloween(1978) | ⭐ 7.7 |
| 13 |  | All the President's Men(1976) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 14 |  | Alien(1979) | ⭐ 8.5 |
| 15 |  | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975) | ⭐ 8.6 |
| 16 |  | Dog Day Afternoon(1975) | ⭐ 8.0 |
| 17 |  | Close Encounters of the Third Kind(1977) | ⭐ 7.6 |
| 18 |  | The French Connection(1971) | ⭐ 7.6 |
| 19 |  | Sorcerer(1977) | ⭐ 7.7 |
| 20 |  | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre(1974) | ⭐ 7.4 |
| 21 |  | Cabaret(1972) | ⭐ 7.8 |
| 22 |  | Murder on the Orient Express(1974) | ⭐ 7.2 |
| 23 |  | All That Jazz(1979) | ⭐ 7.8 |
| 24 |  | Being There(1979) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 25 |  | The Last Waltz(1978) | ⭐ 8.1 |
| 26 |  | Tess(1979) | ⭐ 7.3 |
| 27 |  | Paper Moon(1973) | ⭐ 8.1 |
| 28 |  | American Graffiti(1973) | ⭐ 7.4 |
| 29 |  | The Sting(1973) | ⭐ 8.2 |
| 30 |  | Original Cast Album: Company(1970) | ⭐ 8.0 |