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Top-grossing films: 1970-1979

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  • Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal in Love Story (1970)

    1. Love Story

    19701h 40mPG84Metascore
    6.9 (39K)
    A boy and a girl from different backgrounds fall in love regardless of their upbringing - and then tragedy strikes.
    DirectorArthur HillerStarsAli MacGrawRyan O'NealJohn Marley
  • Burt Lancaster, Jacqueline Bisset, Van Heflin, George Kennedy, Dean Martin, Barbara Hale, Helen Hayes, Barry Nelson, Lloyd Nolan, Jean Seberg, Maureen Stapleton, and Dana Wynter in Airport (1970)

    2. Airport

    19702h 17mG42Metascore
    6.6 (23K)
    A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
    DirectorsGeorge SeatonHenry HathawayStarsBurt LancasterDean MartinGeorge Kennedy
  • Robert Duvall, Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Sally Kellerman, and Jo Ann Pflug in M*A*S*H (1970)

    3. M*A*S*H

    19701h 56mR80Metascore
    7.3 (80K)
    The staff of a Korean War field hospital uses humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
    DirectorRobert AltmanStarsDonald SutherlandElliott GouldTom Skerritt
  • Patton (1970)

    4. Patton

    19702h 52mPG86Metascore
    7.9 (111K)
    The World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.
    DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsGeorge C. ScottKarl MaldenStephen Young
  • Woodstock (1970)

    5. Woodstock

    19703h 4mR95Metascore
    8.1 (19K)
    Oscar-winning musical chronicle that brilliantly captures the three-day rock concert and celebration of peace and love that became a capstone for the Sixties.
    DirectorMichael WadleighStarsJoan BaezRichie HavensRoger Daltrey
  • Scatman Crothers, Eva Gabor, Sterling Holloway, Hermione Baddeley, Pat Buttram, Dean Clark, Gary Dubin, Liz English, Phil Harris, Lord Tim Hudson, George Lindsey, Roddy Maude-Roxby, Thurl Ravenscroft, Vito Scotti, and Paul Winchell in The Aristocats (1970)

    6. The Aristocats

    19701h 18mG66Metascore
    7.1 (120K)
    With the help of a smooth talking tomcat, a family of Parisian felines set to inherit a fortune from their owner try to make it back home after a jealous butler kidnaps them and leaves them in the country.
    DirectorWolfgang ReithermanStarsPhil HarrisEva GaborSterling Holloway
  • Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man (1970)

    7. Little Big Man

    19702h 19mPG-1363Metascore
    7.5 (39K)
    Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.
    DirectorArthur PennStarsDustin HoffmanFaye DunawayChief Dan George
  • Ryan's Daughter (1970)

    8. Ryan's Daughter

    19703h 20mR
    7.4 (11K)
    Set in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married woman in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.
    DirectorDavid LeanStarsRobert MitchumTrevor HowardJohn Mills
  • Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Jason Robards, E.G. Marshall, Tatsuya Mihashi, Koreya Senda, Takahiro Tamura, Eijirô Tôno, James Whitmore, and Sô Yamamura in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

    9. Tora! Tora! Tora!

    19702h 24mG46Metascore
    7.5 (39K)
    The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness.
    DirectorsRichard FleischerKinji FukasakuToshio MasudaStarsMartin BalsamSô YamamuraJason Robards
  • Chariots of the Gods (1970)

    10. Chariots of the Gods

    19701h 32mG
    6.2 (1.8K)
    Based on Erich Von Daniken's book purporting to prove that throughout history aliens have visited earth.
    DirectorHarald ReinlStarsHeinz-Detlev BockKlaus KindlerChristian Marschall
  • Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

    11. Fiddler on the Roof

    19713h 1mG67Metascore
    8.0 (50K)
    In pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant with traditional values contends with marrying off three of his daughters with modern romantic ideals while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.
    DirectorNorman JewisonStarsTopolNorma CraneLeonard Frey
  • Gene Hackman and Marcel Bozzuffi in The French Connection (1971)

    12. The French Connection

    19711h 44mR94Metascore
    7.7 (145K)
    A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsGene HackmanRoy ScheiderFernando Rey
  • Sean Connery, Jill St. John, and Lana Wood in Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

    13. Diamonds Are Forever

    19712hPG59Metascore
    6.5 (118K)
    A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon.
    DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsSean ConneryJill St. JohnCharles Gray
  • Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry (1971)

    14. Dirty Harry

    19711h 42mR87Metascore
    7.7 (176K)
    When a man calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath.
    DirectorsDon SiegelClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodAndrew RobinsonHarry Guardino
  • Billy Jack (1971)

    15. Billy Jack

    19711h 54mGP50Metascore
    6.2 (6.9K)
    Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaway.
    DirectorTom LaughlinStarsTom LaughlinDelores TaylorClark Howat
  • Oliver Conant, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, and Jennifer O'Neill in Summer of '42 (1971)

    16. Summer of '42

    19711h 44mPG59Metascore
    7.2 (9.6K)
    A teenager spending his summer vacation on Nantucket Island develops an innocent love for a young war bride who's awaiting news about her husband's fate.
    DirectorRobert MulliganStarsJennifer O'NeillGary GrimesJerry Houser
  • Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms, Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman, Cybill Shepherd, and Ben Johnson in The Last Picture Show (1971)

    17. The Last Picture Show

    19711h 58mR93Metascore
    8.0 (55K)
    In 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied North Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically.
    DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsTimothy BottomsJeff BridgesCybill Shepherd
  • Jack Nicholson and Ann-Margret in Carnal Knowledge (1971)

    18. Carnal Knowledge

    19711h 38mR77Metascore
    6.9 (16K)
    Chronicling the romantic relationships of two men who meet and become friends in college.
    DirectorMike NicholsStarsJack NicholsonCandice BergenArt Garfunkel
  • Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange (1971)

    19. A Clockwork Orange

    19712h 16mR77Metascore
    8.2 (913K)
    Alex DeLarge and his droogs barbarize a decaying near-future.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMalcolm McDowellPatrick MageeMichael Bates
  • Angela Lansbury, Dal McKennon, Bob Holt, Cindy O'Callaghan, Roy Snart, David Tomlinson, Ian Weighill, and Lennie Weinrib in Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)

    20. Bedknobs and Broomsticks

    19711h 57mG59Metascore
    7.1 (42K)
    An apprentice witch, three kids, and a cynical magician conman search for the missing component to a magic spell to be used in the defense of Britain in World War II.
    DirectorsRobert StevensonWard KimballStarsAngela LansburyDavid TomlinsonRoddy McDowall
  • Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972)

    21. The Godfather

    19722h 55mR100Metascore
    9.2 (2.1M)
    The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
    DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames Caan
  • Ernest Borgnine, Gene Hackman, Leslie Nielsen, Red Buttons, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson, Carol Lynley, Pamela Sue Martin, Arthur O'Connell, and Eric Shea in The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

    22. The Poseidon Adventure

    19721h 57mPG70Metascore
    7.1 (52K)
    A group of passengers must embark on a harrowing struggle for survival after a rogue wave capsizes their cruise ship at sea.
    DirectorRonald NeameStarsGene HackmanErnest BorgnineShelley Winters
  • Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal in What's Up, Doc? (1972)

    23. What's Up, Doc?

    19721h 34mG73Metascore
    7.7 (29K)
    The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.
    DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsBarbra StreisandRyan O'NealMadeline Kahn
  • 24. Behind the Green Door

    19721h 12mX
    5.8 (2.4K)
    A beautiful woman is abducted and initiated into a live sex act on a private stage, participating in lesbianism, interracial sex and a public orgy.
    DirectorsArtie MitchellJim MitchellStarsMarilyn ChambersGeorge S. McDonaldJohnnie Keyes
  • Deliverance (1972)

    25. Deliverance

    19721h 49mR80Metascore
    7.6 (125K)
    Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's dammed and turned into a lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a canoeing trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
    DirectorJohn BoormanStarsJon VoightBurt ReynoldsNed Beatty

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