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| 1 |  | Star Wars (1977) |  3.9039 237 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$8.26
| Part IV in George Lucas' epic, "Star Wars: A New Hope" follows Luke Skywalker, a orphaned farm boy, ...more about Star Wars starring Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford |
| 2 |  | Superman (1978) | 3.7628 112 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$5.99
| An alien child is sent to Earth from his dying home planet to help preserve his people. When Clark ...more about Superman starring Christopher Reeve and Gene Hackman |
| 3 |  | French Connection, The (1971) |  3.7459 39 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$9.27
| Two NYC narcotics cops are trying to trace a heroin connection from France to the U.S. On a tip, ...more about French Connection starring Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey |
| 4 |  | Dirty Harry (1971) | 3.4307 69 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$19.99
| A renegade police officer, Harry, is assigned by the mayor to take down and bring in Scorpio, a ...more about Dirty Harry starring Clint Eastwood and Harry Guardino |
| 5 |  | Warriors, The (1979) | 3.2899 85 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime, Teen |
$7.96
| The Warriors are wrongly accused of killing a rival gang leader in NYC during an "all gang meeting" ...more about Warriors starring Michael Beck and James Remar |
| 6 |  | Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) |  3.2343 115 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Crime |
$5.54
| Police ambush and kill several gang members in Los Angeles. Gang members make a pact of blood to ...more about Assault on Precinct 13 starring Austin Stoker and Darwin Joston |
| 7 |  | Rocky (1976) | 3.1668 75 reviews | PG | Action, Drama, Romance, Sports |
$5.69
| A struggling armature boxer from So. Philly gets a once-in-a-lifetime chance at a major heavyweight ...more about Rocky starring Sylvester Stallone and Talia Shire |
| 8 |  | Enter the Dragon (1973) | 3.1593 92 reviews | R | Action, Thriller |
$3.59
| A Shaolin Temple and Kung Fu masteris asked by the British government to compete in a martial arts ...more about Enter the Dragon starring Bruce Lee and Kien Shih |
| 9 |  | Shaft (1971) | 3.1578 53 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.46
| John Shaft is the ultimate in suave black detectives. He first finds himself up against Bumpy, the ...more about Shaft starring Richard Roundtree and Moses Gunn |
| 10 |  | Death Race 2000 (1975) | 3.1478 62 reviews | NA | Action, Sci-Fi, Sports |
$10.98
| In the future, the most popular American pastime will be cross-country car racing. Racers are given ...more about Death Race 2000 starring David Carradine and Simone Griffeth |
| 11 |  | Mad Max (1979) | 3.0981 73 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi |
$4.12
| In the future following the apocalypse pillage and plunder is a way of life. Mild-mannered, police ...more about Mad Max starring Mel Gibson and Joanne Samuel |
| 12 |  | Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) | 3.0629 50 reviews | Not Rated | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War |
$6.88
| In 1941 the Japanese are at odds with the United States on a number of issues which they are ...more about Tora! Tora! Tora! starring Martin Balsam and Shogo Shimada |
| 13 |  | Westworld (1973) | 3.0378 27 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Western |
$13.79
| Two Chicago businessmen visit an expensive fantasy resort where robots and computers simulate ...more about Westworld starring Yul Brynner and Richard Benjamin |
| 14 |  | Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) | 3.0271 40 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| When the planet of the apes is destroyed in 3955 Zira, Cornelius, and Dr. Milo get on a shuttle and ...more about Escape from the Planet of the Apes starring Kim Hunter and Bradford Dillman |
| 15 |  | Bridge Too Far, A (1977) | 3.0252 23 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, History, War |
$6.62
| This WWII film follows the perspectives of American, Polish and British soldiers attempting to ...more about Bridge Too Far starring Dirk Bogarde and James Caan |
| 16 |  | Marathon Man (1976) | 3.0189 32 reviews | R | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
$3.90
| In New York City, the brother of an infamous Nazi war criminal is killed in a head on collision car ...more about Marathon Man starring Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier |
| 17 |  | Poseidon Adventure, The (1972) | 3.0164 58 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
$13.78
| A passenger ship, on her way to the scrap yard is pushed to her limits by the new owners to save on ...more about Poseidon Adventure starring Gene Hackman and Ernest Borgnine |
| 18 |  | Outlaw Josey Wales, The (1976) | 3.0108 45 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Drama, Western |
$28.99
| When a group of renegade Union soldiers destroys his farm and murders his family a peaceful, quite ...more about Outlaw Josey Wales starring Clint Eastwood and Chief Dan George |
| 19 |  | Big Doll House, The (1971) | 2.9684 16 reviews | NA | Action, Drama |
$7.02
| ...more about Big Doll House starring Roberta Collins and Pam Grier |
| 20 |  | Crazies, The (1973) | 2.9653 55 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$12.95
| A biological weapon gone awry is only the start of problems in the little town of Evan's City, ...more about Crazies starring Lane Carroll and Harold Wayne Jones |
| 21 |  | Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) | 2.9501 41 reviews | NA | Action, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| Cornelius and Zira's son Caesar leads apes to revolution in this installment of the apes saga. Dogs ...more about Conquest of the Planet of the Apes starring Natalie Trundy and Hari Rhodes |
| 22 |  | Electra Glide in Blue (1973) | 2.9357 27 reviews | NA | Action, Crime |
$5.50
| A short Arizona motorcycle cop gets his wish and is promoted to Homicide following the mysterious ...more about Electra Glide in Blue starring Robert Blake and Mitch Ryan |
| 23 |  | Prime Cut (1972) | 2.9205 12 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Crime |
$4.94
| A Chicago mob enforcer is sent to Kansas City to settle a debt with a cattle rancher who not only ...more about Prime Cut starring Gene Hackman and Angel Tompkins |
| 24 |  | Big Bad Mama (1974) | 2.9109 25 reviews | NA | Action, Comedy |
$10.98
| After the death of her lover, Wilma takes over his bootlegging business, but without much success. ...more about Big Bad Mama starring Angie Dickinson and William Shatner |
| 25 |  | Towering Inferno, The (1974) | 2.9056 32 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller |
$8.25
| Doug Roberts, Architect, returns from a long vacation to find work nearly completed on his ...more about Towering Inferno starring William Holden and Faye Dunaway |
| 26 |  | Black Sunday (1977) | 2.8784 27 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller |
$5.56
| Terrorist organization Black September is planning an attack on the United States. A woman called ...more about Black Sunday starring Robert Shaw and Bruce Dern |
| 27 |  | Vanishing Point (1971) | 2.8635 24 reviews | R | Action, Drama |
$6.33
| Kowalski, the hero of the story, works for a car delivery service. He takes delivery of a 1970 ...more about Vanishing Point starring Cleavon Little and Dean Jagger |
| 28 |  | Swarm, The (1978) | 2.8579 17 reviews | NA | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$5.98
| Killer bees from South America have been breeding with the gentler bees of more northern climes, ...more about Swarm starring Michael Caine and Katharine Ross |
| 29 |  | King Kong (1976) | 2.8520 50 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Romance |
$3.42
| An expedition of the "Petrox" company, is exploring in search of petrol. A strange island where ...more about King Kong starring Jeff Bridges and Charles Grodin |
| 30 |  | Midway (1976) | 2.8409 19 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, History, War |
$5.95
| The summer of 1942 brought Naval stalemate to the Pacific as the American and Japanese fleets stood ...more about Midway starring Charlton Heston and Henry Fonda |
| 31 |  | Duellists, The (1977) | 2.8409 34 reviews | PG | Action, Drama, War |
$8.97
| Set during the grand, sweeping Napoleonic age, an officer in the French army insults another ...more about Duellists starring Keith Carradine and Albert Finney |
| 32 |  | Wind and the Lion, The (1975) | 2.8313 11 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure |
$5.95
| At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers. The ...more about Wind and the Lion starring Sean Connery and Candice Bergen |
| 33 |  | Silver Streak (1976) | 2.8279 21 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Crime, Romance, Comedy |
$9.99
| A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a ...more about Silver Streak starring Gene Wilder and Jill Clayburgh |
| 34 |  | Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977) | 2.8246 27 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
$5.99
| The British discover that someone has perfected a way of tracking submerged submarines and is ...more about Spy Who Loved Me starring Roger Moore and Barbara Bach |
| 35 | | Double Agent 73 (1974) | 2.8155 15 reviews | NA | Action |
$11.99
| Underworld drug king Toplar is flooding the market with low-grade heroin. Agent 99 gets a bit too ...more about Double Agent 73 starring Chesty Morgan |
| 36 |  | Rocky II (1979) | 2.8150 24 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Sports |
$5.69
| After his fight with Apollo Creed, Rocky decides to live a peaceful life with his wife Adrian. ...more about Rocky II starring Sylvester Stallone and Talia Shire |
| 37 |  | Wild Geese, The (1978) | 2.7987 13 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, War |
$10.95
| A British multinational seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of ...more about Wild Geese starring Richard Burton and Roger Moore |
| 38 |  | Arena, The (1974) | 2.7930 15 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure | N/A | Two thousand years ago, the people of Rome are so blasée, so used to violence, that entertaining ...more about Arena starring Margaret Markov and Pam Grier |
| 39 |  | Get Carter (1971) | 2.7905 23 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$13.41
| A vicious London gangster, Jack Carter, travels to Newcastle for his brother's funeral. He begins ...more about Get Carter starring Michael Caine and Ian Hendry |
| 40 |  | Emperor of the North Pole (1973) | 2.7879 13 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller |
$6.88
| It is during the great depression in the US, and the land is full of people who are now homeless. ...more about Emperor of the North Pole starring Ernest Borgnine and Keith Carradine |
| 41 |  | Diamonds Are Forever (1971) | 2.7873 45 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$43.91
| After traveling the world in his quest to kill Blofeld, Bond returns triumphant, only to discover a ...more about Diamonds Are Forever starring Sean Connery and Jill St. John |
| 42 |  | Bite the Bullet (1975) | 2.7841 21 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Western |
$3.92
| At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to ...more about Bite the Bullet starring Gene Hackman and Candice Bergen |
| 43 |  | Coffy (1973) | 2.7731 35 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.49
| Coffy is a nurse whose younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by ...more about Coffy starring Pam Grier and Booker Bradshaw |
| 44 |  | Golden Voyage of Sinbad, The (1974) | 2.7691 17 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Family |
$8.26
| Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the ...more about Golden Voyage of Sinbad starring Caroline Munro and Tom Baker |
| 45 |  | Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) | 2.7666 43 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi |
$6.88
| In an effort to find the missing astronaut Taylor (Charlton Heston), James Fransiscus goes on a ...more about Beneath the Planet of the Apes starring James Franciscus and Kim Hunter |
| 46 |  | Harder They Come, The (1972) | 2.7627 26 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Crime, Music |
$24.99
| A poor Jamaican, a 1970s anti-hero, tries to make it with a hit record but finds that payola rules. ...more about Harder They Come starring Jimmy Cliff and Janet Barkley |
| 47 |  | Beast Must Die, The (1974) | 2.7561 33 reviews | NA | Action, Horror, Mystery |
$11.12
| Tom Newcliffe, a rich businessman and expert hunter summons six guests to his huge country estate ...more about Beast Must Die starring Calvin Lockhart and Peter Cushing |
| 48 |  | Three Musketeers, The (1973) |  2.7453 29 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure |
$21.26
| The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a king's musketeer. He meets and ...more about Three Musketeers starring Oliver Reed and Raquel Welch |
| 49 |  | Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) | 2.7446 48 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| After conquering the oppressive humans in "Conquest for the Planet of the Apes", Caeser(Roddy ...more about Battle for the Planet of the Apes starring Michael Stearns and Claude Akins |
| 50 |  | Switchblade Sisters (1975) | 2.7403 20 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Crime |
$7.02
| The "Dagger Debs" are a gang of snarling girls, and Maggie is their newest member. Lace, the ever ...more about Switchblade Sisters starring Robbie Lee and Joanne Nail |
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