Highest-Rated Movies about '1970s'

Outback (1971), Traffic (1971), The Castle of Cagliostro (1979), Blame It on Fidel (2006), Chhoti Si Baat (1975), Batman: Soul of the Dragon (2021), The Magic Flute (1975), A Fistful of Dynamite (1971) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best 1970s movies.

#1. Outback (1971)

Storyline: After finishing up the school term in a remote outback town, teacher John Grant (Gary Bond) looks forward to spending his holiday with his girlfriend in Sydney. But John gets waylaid in a mining town where a gambling spree leaves him completely broke. He quickly falls in with the hard-drinking locals, who constantly ply him with alcohol and force him to participate in a gruesome kangaroo hunt. Disgusted, John tries to hitchhike out of town and, when that fails, begins to contemplate suicide.

Plot Keywords: adventure, western, australia, wilderness survival, revenge, action, crime ...

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#5. Chhoti Si Baat (1975)

Storyline: A mild-mannered accountant, Arun Pradeep (Amol Palekar) is infatuated with pretty young Prabha Narayan (Vidya Sinha), but his withdrawn nature prevents him from asserting himself. When the slick Nagesh Shastri (Asrani) sets his sights on Prabha, Arun realizes that he has to make a move soon or risk losing her. In order to get a crash course in romance, he enlists the help of love expert Col. Julius Nagendranath Wilfred Singh (Ashok Kumar) and attempts to win the girl of his dreams.

Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, drama, musical, bollywood, indian cinema, classic ...

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#6. Batman: Soul of the Dragon (2021)

Storyline: Set in the midst of the swinging 1970s, this Elseworlds adventure finds Bruce Wayne training under a master sensei. It is here that Bruce, along with other elite students, is forged in the fire of the martial arts discipline. The lifelong bonds they form will be put to the test when a deadly menace arises from their past. It will take the combined efforts of Batman and world-renowned martial artists Richard Dragon, Ben Turner and Lady Shiva to battle the monsters of this world and beyond!

Plot Keywords: action, animation, adventure, superhero, dc comics, martial arts, 1970s ...

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#10. The Godfather (1972)

Storyline: The Godfather "Don" Vito Corleone is the head of the Corleone mafia family in New York. He is at the event of his daughter's wedding. Michael, Vito's youngest son and a decorated WW II Marine is also present at the wedding. Michael seems to be uninterested in being a part of the family business. Vito is a powerful man, and is kind to all those who give him respect but is ruthless against those who do not. But when a powerful and treacherous rival wants to sell drugs and needs the Don's influence for the same, Vito refuses to do it. What follows is a clash between Vito's fading old values and the new ways which may cause Michael to do the thing he was most reluctant in doing and wage a mob war against all the other mafia families which could tear the Corleone family apart.

Plot Keywords: gangster, crime, drama, family, power, betrayal, violence ...

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#11. The Landlord (1970)

Storyline: As his 30th birthday nears, the aristocratic Elger Winthrop Enders (Beau Bridges) finally decides to leave his parents' home, and he purchases an apartment complex in the slums of New York. The coldhearted Elger plans to boot out the current residents and refashion the crumbling dwelling into a luxurious bachelor pad. But after the spoiled young man befriends locals Francine (Diana Sands) and Margie (Pearl Bailey), he abandons his plans and instead focuses on charming his lovely neighbors.

Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, social issues, race relations, class conflict, satire, new york ...

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#12. The Weather Underground (2003)

Storyline: When the Beatles land in America in the early 1960s, young men wearing their hair long strike the nation as an abomination. But within a few years, youthful rebellion grows more severe: Witness the Weathermen, the radical antiwar activists who mobilize (unsuccessfully) to overthrow the U.S. government. With contemporary interviews and archival footage, this documentary elucidates the Weather Underground's controversial history and continuing significance.

Plot Keywords: documentary, history, politics, radicalism, anti-war, social movement, revolution ...

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