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| 1 |  | Jaws (1975) |  3.9366 201 reviews | PG | Adventure, Thriller, Horror |
$7.17
| After a teenager and a child are attacked by a Great White shark in a quiet beach community, the ...more about Jaws starring Roy Scheider and Robert Shaw |
| 2 |  | 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 |
| 3 |  | 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 |
| 4 |  | Apocalypse Now (1979) |  3.4773 316 reviews | R | Action, Adventure, Drama, War |
$10.30
| During the height of the Vietnam War, Special Forces Captain Willard is given the assignment to ...more about Apocalypse Now starring Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen |
| 5 |  | Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) | 3.2520 83 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| When several locals witness a strange alien encounter, they are all mysteriously drawn to a remote ...more about Close Encounters of the Third Kind starring Richard Dreyfuss and François Truffaut |
| 6 |  | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) |  3.2351 149 reviews | PG | Adventure, Comedy |
$11.99
| King Arthur sets on his quest for the Holy Grail. Along the way, he meets gallant and not so ...more about Monty Python and the Holy Grail starring Graham Chapman and John Cleese |
| 7 |  | Deliverance (1972) | 3.1782 48 reviews | R | Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
$9.99
| Canoeing down a river, four city men run into some unfriendly locals. Unable to escape from the ...more about Deliverance starring Jon Voight and Burt Reynolds |
| 8 |  | 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 |
| 9 |  | Robin Hood (1973) | 3.0672 32 reviews | G | Adventure, Musical, Comedy, Family, Animation, Disney |
$10.99
| Retelling of the Robin Hood legend with animals for the characters. Robin Hood is an outlaw who ...more about Robin Hood starring Brian Bedford and Phil Harris |
| 10 |  | Rescuers, The (1977) | 3.0655 27 reviews | G | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Crime, Musical, Mystery, Family, Animation, Disney |
$8.99
| Bernard and Bianca, of the Rescue Aid Society (a mouse organization) receive a message in a bottle ...more about Rescuers starring Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor |
| 11 |  | 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 |
| 12 |  | Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972) | 3.0467 53 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, Biography |
$19.85
| A few decades after the destruction of the Inca empire, a Spanish expedition leaves the mountains ...more about Aguirre starring Klaus Kinski and Ruy Guerra |
| 13 |  | Time After Time (1979) | 3.0249 15 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Romance |
$9.30
| H.G. Wells has just invented a time machine but hasn't tried it out yet. When he discovers that one ...more about Time After Time starring David Warner and Mary Steenburgen |
| 14 |  | 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 |
| 15 |  | 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 |
| 16 |  | 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 |
| 17 |  | Little Big Man (1970) | 3.0062 37 reviews | PG-13 | Adventure, Drama, War, Western, Comedy |
$8.97
| At 120 years old, Jack Crabb tells his life story about being adopted by Indians, "saved" by a ...more about Little Big Man starring Dustin Hoffman and Faye Dunaway |
| 18 |  | Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) | 2.9911 21 reviews | G | Adventure, War, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Comedy, Family, Animation, Disney |
$10.98
| During WWII in England, Charlie, Carrie, and Paul Rawlins are sent to live with Eglantine Price, an ...more about Bedknobs and Broomsticks starring Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson |
| 19 |  | Pete's Dragon (1977) | 2.9654 13 reviews | G | Adventure, Fantasy, Musical, Family, Animation, Disney |
$17.87
| In New England in the early 20th century, Pete is a nine-year-old orphan escaping from his brutal ...more about Pete's Dragon starring Sean Marshall and Helen Reddy |
| 20 |  | Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) | 2.9371 29 reviews | G | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Family, Disney |
$12.30
| Tia (Kim Richards) and Tony (Ike Eisenmann) are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. ...more about Escape to Witch Mountain starring Eddie Albert and Ike Eisenmann |
| 21 |  | Jaws 2 (1978) | 2.9238 43 reviews | NA | Adventure, Thriller, Horror |
$3.92
| The small island resort town of Amity is trying to bounce back from the financial problems it had ...more about Jaws 2 starring Roy Scheider and Lorraine Gary |
| 22 |  | Papillon (1973) | 2.9079 31 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Biography |
$13.79
| Based on the true story of Henri Charriere, also known as Papillon, which is French for 'butterfly' ...more about Papillon starring Dustin Hoffman and Victor Jory |
| 23 |  | 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 |
| 24 |  | Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) | 2.8354 35 reviews | NA | Adventure, Horror, Romance, Comedy |
$6.62
| The moon rises at a predestined angle and awakens the sleeping Dr. Phibes three years later. To his ...more about Dr. Phibes Rises Again starring Vincent Price and Robert Quarry |
| 25 |  | 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 |
| 26 |  | 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 |
| 27 |  | Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter (1974) | 2.8053 35 reviews | NA | Adventure, Horror |
$6.13
| Vampire hunter and expert swordsman Kronos finds himself in a small village where several of the ...more about Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter starring Horst Janson and John Carson |
| 28 |  | 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 |
| 29 |  | 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 |
| 30 |  | 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 |
| 31 |  | 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 |
| 32 |  | Man Who Would Be King, The (1975) | 2.7553 25 reviews | NA | Adventure |
$13.79
| This adaptation of the famous short story by Rudyard Kipling tells the story of Daniel Dravot and ...more about Man Who Would Be King starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine |
| 33 |  | Jabberwocky (1977) |  2.7496 25 reviews | NA | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Comedy |
$19.99
| After the death of his father the young cooper 'Dennis Cooper' goes to town where he has to pass ...more about Jabberwocky starring Michael Palin and Harry H. Corbett |
| 34 |  | 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 |
| 35 |  | Equinox (1970) | 2.7298 15 reviews | NA | Adventure, Horror, Mystery |
$24.99
| Four friends are attacked by a demon while on a picnic, due to possession of a tome of mystic ...more about Equinox starring Barbara Hewitt |
| 36 |  | Moonraker (1979) | 2.7250 23 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$43.91
| A Boeing 747 carrying a US space shuttle on loan to the UK crashes into the Atlantic Ocean. When ...more about Moonraker starring Roger Moore and Lois Chiles |
| 37 |  | Jubilee (1977) | 2.7158 28 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Music |
$27.95
| In the year 1578, Queen Elizabeth I asks her court magician, Dr. John Dee, to give her a vision of ...more about Jubilee starring Jenny Runacre and Toyah Willcox |
| 38 |  | Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks (1976) | 2.7051 13 reviews | NA | Adventure | N/A | Finding a new employer, and looking not a day older since the end of World War II, Ilsa works for ...more about Ilsa starring Dyanne Thorne |
| 39 | | Land That Time Forgot, The (1975) | 2.7048 10 reviews | NA | Adventure, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British ship and takes the survivors on board. After it ...more about Land That Time Forgot starring Susan Penhaligon and Keith Barron |
| 40 |  | Doll Squad, The (1974) | 2.7030 12 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller | N/A | ...more about Doll Squad starring Michael Ansara and Francine York |
| 41 |  | Herbie Rides Again (1974) | 2.6959 8 reviews | G | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Comedy, Family, Disney |
$7.34
| Alonzo Hawk is a mean-spirited property developer who has bought several blocks of land in the ...more about Herbie Rides Again starring Helen Hayes and Ken Berry |
| 42 |  | Kelly's Heroes (1970) | 2.6940 26 reviews | G | Action, Adventure, War, Comedy |
$3.68
| During World War II a German Colonel is captured by the Americans but before he can be interrogated ...more about Kelly's Heroes starring Clint Eastwood and Don Rickles |
| 43 | | Fistful of Dynamite, A (1971) | 2.6583 10 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, War, Western | N/A | In Mexico at the time of the Revolution, Juan, the leader of a bandit family, meets John Mallory, ...more about Fistful of Dynamite starring James Coburn and Rod Steiger |
| 44 |  | Live and Let Die (1973) | 2.6401 43 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime |
$43.91
| James Bond is sent to New York to investigate the mysterious deaths of several British agents. He ...more about Live and Let Die starring Roger Moore and Jane Seymour |
| 45 |  | Wild Geese, The (1978) | 2.6054 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 |
| 46 |  | Black Stallion, The (1979) | 2.5971 22 reviews | NA | Adventure, Family, Sports |
$5.79
| While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion ...more about Black Stallion starring Kelly Reno and Mickey Rooney |
| 47 |  | Man of La Mancha (1972) | 2.5478 20 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$6.59
| This musical version of Don Quixote is framed by an incident allegedly from the life of its author, ...more about Man of La Mancha starring Peter O'Toole and Sophia Loren |
| 48 |  | Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The (1970) | 2.5167 19 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Comedy |
$4.42
| Director Billy Wilder adds a new and intriguing twist to the personality of intrepid detective ...more about Private Life of Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Stephens and Colin Blakely |
| 49 |  | Rio Lobo (1970) | 2.5064 14 reviews | NA | Adventure, War, Western, Romance |
$5.96
| Col. Cord McNally an ex union officer teams up with a couple of ex Johnny Rebs to search for the ...more about Rio Lobo starring Susana Dosamantes and John Wayne |
| 50 |  | Island of Dr. Moreau, The (1977) | 2.4674 15 reviews | NA | Adventure, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Romance |
$5.99
| A ship-wrecked man floats ashore on an island in the Pacific Ocean. The island is inhabited by a ...more about Island of Dr. Moreau starring Burt Lancaster and Michael York |
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