Highest Rated Movies of the 1970s

Every movie below is scored by averaging its rating on every platform that carries it — IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Letterboxd, Google and more — into one number out of 100. Only titles rated by at least three platforms are ranked.

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220 results

Dark Star 60/100 · 88.9K votes · 1974 · 10 ratings C 60 202

The Green Room 59/100 · 9.8K votes · 1978 · 9 ratings D 59 203

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom 59/100 · 308.4K votes · 1975 · 7 ratings D 59 204

Game of Death 59/100 · 77.5K votes · 1978 · 9 ratings D 59 205

King Kong 59/100 · 120.5K votes · 1976 · 9 ratings D 59 206

Piranha 58/100 · 89.5K votes · 1978 · 11 ratings D 58 207

French Fried Vacation 58/100 · 45.5K votes · 1978 · 3 ratings D 58 208

Rabid 58/100 · 85.4K votes · 1977 · 8 ratings D 58 209

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes 57/100 · 104.4K votes · 1972 · 9 ratings D 57 210

The Gendarme Takes Off 56/100 · 19.9K votes · 1970 · 3 ratings D 56 211

Jaws 2 55/100 · 457.5K votes · 1978 · 12 ratings D 55 212

1941 55/100 · 86K votes · 1979 · 10 ratings D 55 213

Beneath the Planet of the Apes 53/100 · 141.5K votes · 1970 · 10 ratings D 53 214

The Black Hole 53/100 · 57.7K votes · 1979 · 10 ratings D 53 215

When a Stranger Calls 50/100 · 301.9K votes · 1979 · 8 ratings D 50 216

Lust for a Vampire 49/100 · 12.6K votes · 1971 · 6 ratings F 49 217

Battle for the Planet of the Apes 47/100 · 95.5K votes · 1973 · 9 ratings F 47 218

Caligula 46/100 · 87.9K votes · 1979 · 8 ratings F 46 219

Emmanuelle 45/100 · 22K votes · 1974 · 6 ratings F 45 220

Exorcist II: The Heretic 33/100 · 100.2K votes · 1977 · 11 ratings F 33