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1Movie reviews for Manhattan (1979)Manhattan (1979)Movie critics combined give Manhattan a score of 3.5666 out of 4
3.5666
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RDrama, Romance, Comedy $5.69 This movie focuses on the life of 42-year-old Isaac Davis (Woody Allen) who is going through a ...more about Manhattan  starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton
2Movie reviews for Muppet Movie, The (1979)Muppet Movie, The (1979)Movie critics combined give Muppet Movie a score of 3.3201 out of 4
3.3201
51
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GAdventure, Musical, Comedy, Family, Disney $13.99 Convinced by a big time Hollywood agent named Dom DeLuise that he belongs on the big screen ...more about Muppet Movie  starring Jim Henson and Frank Oz
3Movie reviews for Grease (1978)Grease (1978)Movie critics combined give Grease a score of 3.2578 out of 4
3.2578
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PGMusical, Romance, Comedy, Teen $8.26 After a world wind summer fling, bad boy Greaser, Danny, spends his senior year trying to impress ...more about Grease  starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
4Movie reviews for Harold and Maude (1971)Harold and Maude (1971)Movie critics combined give Harold and Maude a score of 3.2572 out of 4
3.2572
39
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PGDrama, Romance, Comedy $7.18 Harold is a depressed, death-obsessed 20-year-old man-child who spends his free time attending ...more about Harold and Maude  starring Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort
5Movie reviews for Young Frankenstein (1974)Young Frankenstein (1974)Movie critics combined give Young Frankenstein a score of 3.2497 out of 4
3.2497
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PGFantasy, Sci-Fi, Comedy $6.86 Dr. Frederick Frankenstein denounces his relationship to his famous grandfather, but he is lured by ...more about Young Frankenstein  starring Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle
6Movie reviews for Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)Movie critics combined give Monty Python and the Holy Grail a score of 3.2351 out of 4
3.2351
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PGAdventure, 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
7Movie reviews for MASH (1970)MASH (1970)Movie critics combined give MASH a score of 3.2245 out of 4
3.2245
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RDrama, War, Comedy $7.49 Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. That's where two young surgeons, Duke and Hawkeye end up during the ...more about MASH  starring Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould
8Movie reviews for Life of Brian (1979)Life of Brian (1979)Movie critics combined give Life of Brian a score of 3.2139 out of 4
3.2139
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RComedy $14.99 Brian was born in a manger the same night as the man who would be Christ. For the rest of his life ...more about Life of Brian  starring Graham Chapman and John Cleese
9Movie reviews for Animal House (1978)Animal House (1978)Movie critics combined give Animal House a score of 3.2014 out of 4
3.2014
80
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RComedy, Teen $4.81 This year Dean Wormer promises to expel a group of ragtag fraternity misfits that insists on ...more about Animal House  starring John Belushi and Tim Matheson
10Movie reviews for Breaking Away (1979)Breaking Away (1979)Movie critics combined give Breaking Away a score of 3.1799 out of 4
3.1799
44
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PGDrama, Comedy, Sports $3.99 One reviewer subtitled it, the Boy Who Wanted to be Italian. The Stollers only child has graduated ...more about Breaking Away  starring Dennis Christopher and Dennis Quaid
11Movie reviews for Dark Star (1974)Dark Star (1974)Movie critics combined give Dark Star a score of 3.1718 out of 4
3.1718
58
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GThriller, Sci-Fi, Comedy $6.98 A space parody about four astronauts whose mission is to destroy unstable planets. After 20 years, ...more about Dark Star  starring Brian Narelle and Dan O'Bannon
12Movie reviews for Jerk, The (1979)Jerk, The (1979)Movie critics combined give Jerk a score of 3.1424 out of 4
3.1424
54
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RComedy $6.31 Navin was born a poor black boy, but when his family informs him he is white he is distraught. ...more about Jerk  starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters
13Movie reviews for Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (1975)Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (1975)Movie critics combined give Rocky Horror Picture Show a score of 3.1124 out of 4
3.1124
66
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RFantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Musical, Comedy $5.84 Brad and Janet are stranded in the mansion of a crazy, transsexual, transvestite scientist on the ...more about Rocky Horror Picture Show  starring Tim Curry and Susan Sarandon
14Movie reviews for Being There (1979)Being There (1979)Movie critics combined give Being There a score of 3.1081 out of 4
3.1081
26
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NADrama, Comedy $13.41 A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old ...more about Being There  starring Peter Sellers and William Dance
15Movie reviews for Late Show, The (1977)Late Show, The (1977)Movie critics combined give Late Show a score of 3.1046 out of 4
3.1046
14
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PGDrama, Crime, Mystery, Comedy $7.00 Art Carney stars as aging gumshoe Ira Wells in Robert Benton's affectionately offbeat homage to the ...more about Late Show  starring Art Carney and Lily Tomlin
16Movie reviews for Robin Hood (1973)Robin Hood (1973)Movie critics combined give Robin Hood a score of 3.0672 out of 4
3.0672
32
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GAdventure, 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
17Movie reviews for Abominable Dr. Phibes, The (1971)Abominable Dr. Phibes, The (1971)Movie critics combined give Abominable Dr. Phibes a score of 3.0574 out of 4
3.0574
60
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PG-13Horror, Mystery, Comedy $8.70 When his wife dies on the operating table, the vengeful Dr. Phibes begins killing her doctors ...more about Abominable Dr. Phibes  starring Vincent Price and Virginia North
18Movie reviews for Heaven Can Wait (1978)Heaven Can Wait (1978)Movie critics combined give Heaven Can Wait a score of 3.0376 out of 4
3.0376
34
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NAFantasy, Comedy $3.90 Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed ...more about Heaven Can Wait  starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie
19Movie reviews for Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)Movie critics combined give Beyond the Valley of the Dolls a score of 3.0196 out of 4
3.0196
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NAComedy, Music $16.19 This film is a sequel in name only to Valley of the Dolls (1967). An all-girl rock band goes to ...more about Beyond the Valley of the Dolls  starring Dolly Read and Marcia McBroom
20Movie reviews for Little Big Man (1970)Little Big Man (1970)Movie critics combined give Little Big Man a score of 3.0062 out of 4
3.0062
37
reviews
PG-13Adventure, 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
21Movie reviews for Blazing Saddles (1974)Blazing Saddles (1974)Movie critics combined give Blazing Saddles a score of 2.9916 out of 4
2.9916
98
reviews
NAWestern, Comedy $2.87 In a Wild West parody, the sheriff is killed and replaced with Bart, a black man. A tactic used by ...more about Blazing Saddles  starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder
22Movie reviews for Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)Movie critics combined give Bedknobs and Broomsticks a score of 2.9911 out of 4
2.9911
21
reviews
GAdventure, 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
23Movie reviews for California Split (1974)California Split (1974)Movie critics combined give California Split a score of 2.9890 out of 4
2.9890
24
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NADrama, ComedyN/AA down on his luck gambler (George Seagal) links up with free spirit Elliot Gould at first to have ...more about California Split  starring George Segal and Elliott Gould
24Movie reviews for Sleeper (1973)Sleeper (1973)Movie critics combined give Sleeper a score of 2.9882 out of 4
2.9882
33
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NASci-Fi, Comedy $5.69 A clarinet player who also runs a health food store is frozen and brought back in the future by ...more about Sleeper  starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton
25Movie reviews for Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)Movie critics combined give Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! a score of 2.9868 out of 4
2.9868
29
reviews
NAHorror, Sci-Fi, Musical, Comedy $9.99 After a wave of reports of mysterious attacks involving people and pets being eaten by the ...more about Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
26Movie reviews for Slap Shot (1977)Slap Shot (1977)Movie critics combined give Slap Shot a score of 2.9761 out of 4
2.9761
48
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NADrama, Comedy, Sports $8.11 The player-coach of a nowhere small town hockey team must deal with an intractable owner, hostile ...more about Slap Shot  starring Michael Ontkean and Jennifer Warren
27Movie reviews for Pink Panther Strikes Again, The (1976)Pink Panther Strikes Again, The (1976)Movie critics combined give Pink Panther Strikes Again a score of 2.9737 out of 4
2.9737
25
reviews
NACrime, Comedy $4.99 Charles Dreyfus escapes from the mental asylum and tries to kill Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau. ...more about Pink Panther Strikes Again  starring Peter Sellers and Herbert Lom
28Movie reviews for Longest Yard, The (1974)Longest Yard, The (1974)Movie critics combined give Longest Yard a score of 2.9491 out of 4
2.9491
44
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NADrama, Comedy, Sports $3.90 A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison ...more about Longest Yard  starring Burt Reynolds and Eddie Albert
29Movie reviews for Wattstax (1973)Wattstax (1973)Movie critics combined give Wattstax a score of 2.9365 out of 4
2.9365
35
reviews
NAComedy, Documentary, Music $11.64 Documentary with a selection from a non-stop 7-hour musical event at Watts, the Los Angeles ...more about Wattstax
30Movie reviews for Fiddler on the Roof (1971)Fiddler on the Roof (1971)Movie critics combined give Fiddler on the Roof a score of 2.9352 out of 4
2.9352
19
reviews
NADrama, Musical, Comedy, Family $12.99 Film version of the stage musical, based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem. Tevye the Milkman is a ...more about Fiddler on the Roof  starring Topol and Norma Crane
31Movie reviews for Murder by Death (1976)Murder by Death (1976)Movie critics combined give Murder by Death a score of 2.9246 out of 4
2.9246
31
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NAThriller, Crime, Mystery, Comedy $15.69 Millionnaire Lionel Twain invites the five most brilliant private eyes to a dinner - and a murder. ...more about Murder by Death  starring Eileen Brennan and Truman Capote
32Movie reviews for And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)Movie critics combined give And Now for Something Completely Different a score of 2.9216 out of 4
2.9216
26
reviews
NAComedy $5.99 A collection of re-filmed sketches from the first and second series of the cult TV comedy show ...more about And Now for Something Completely Different  starring Graham Chapman and John Cleese
33Movie reviews for I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)Movie critics combined give I Wanna Hold Your Hand a score of 2.9212 out of 4
2.9212
28
reviews
NAComedy, Teen $8.89 Six teenagers from New Jersey set off for New York to see the Beatles live on the Ed Sullivan ...more about I Wanna Hold Your Hand  starring Nancy Allen and Bobby Di Cicco
34Movie reviews for Big Bad Mama (1974)Big Bad Mama (1974)Movie critics combined give Big Bad Mama a score of 2.9109 out of 4
2.9109
25
reviews
NAAction, 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
35Movie reviews for Sunshine Boys, The (1975)Sunshine Boys, The (1975)Movie critics combined give Sunshine Boys a score of 2.8906 out of 4
2.8906
15
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NAComedy $9.76 Lewis and Clark were famous comedians during the vaudeville era; off-stage, though, they couldn't ...more about Sunshine Boys  starring Walter Matthau and George Burns
36Movie reviews for Paper Moon (1973)Paper Moon (1973)Movie critics combined give Paper Moon a score of 2.8743 out of 4
2.8743
25
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NADrama, Comedy $5.97 Adapted from the novel, "Addie Pray" (1971) by Joe David Brown, PAPER MOON is the story of Moses ...more about Paper Moon  starring Tatum O'Neal and Madeline Kahn
37Movie reviews for Hair (1979)Hair (1979)Movie critics combined give Hair a score of 2.8674 out of 4
2.8674
25
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NADrama, Musical, Comedy $6.59 This movie, based on cult Broadway musical of the '60ties, tells a story about Claude, young man ...more about Hair  starring Treat Williams and Beverly D'Angelo
38Movie reviews for Catch-22 (1970)Catch-22 (1970)Movie critics combined give Catch-22 a score of 2.8625 out of 4
2.8625
29
reviews
NAWar, Comedy $3.90 A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, ...more about Catch-22  starring Alan Arkin and Marcel Dalio
39Movie reviews for Big Wednesday (1978)Big Wednesday (1978)Movie critics combined give Big Wednesday a score of 2.8413 out of 4
2.8413
29
reviews
NADrama, Comedy, Teen $8.63 In the 60's three friends lived for the waves, but over the course of 15 years the three, with ...more about Big Wednesday  starring Jan-Michael Vincent and William Katt
40Movie reviews for Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)Movie critics combined give Dr. Phibes Rises Again a score of 2.8354 out of 4
2.8354
35
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NAAdventure, 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
41Movie reviews for Bad News Bears, The (1976)Bad News Bears, The (1976)Movie critics combined give Bad News Bears a score of 2.8352 out of 4
2.8352
39
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NAComedy, Sports $5.75 First of a trilogy of films takes an unflinching look at the underbelly of little league baseball ...more about Bad News Bears  starring Walter Matthau and Chris Barnes
42Movie reviews for Kentucky Fried Movie, The (1977)Kentucky Fried Movie, The (1977)Movie critics combined give Kentucky Fried Movie a score of 2.8284 out of 4
2.8284
19
reviews
NAComedy $6.36 A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung fu ...more about Kentucky Fried Movie  starring Marilyn Joi and Saul Kahan
43Movie reviews for Silver Streak (1976)Silver Streak (1976)Movie critics combined give Silver Streak a score of 2.8279 out of 4
2.8279
21
reviews
NAAction, 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
44Movie reviews for Allegro non troppo (1977)Allegro non troppo (1977)Movie critics combined give Allegro non troppo a score of 2.8272 out of 4
2.8272
19
reviews
PGFantasy, Musical, Comedy, Animation $16.13 An enthusiastic filmmaker thinks he's come up with a totally original idea: animation set to ...more about Allegro non troppo  starring Mirella Falco and Maurizio Nichetti
45Movie reviews for Bananas (1971)Bananas (1971)Movie critics combined give Bananas a score of 2.8234 out of 4
2.8234
29
reviews
PG-13Comedy $6.62 Fielding Mellish (a consumer products tester) becomes infatuated with Nancy (a political activist). ...more about Bananas  starring Woody Allen and Louise Lasser
46Movie reviews for Junior Bonner (1972)Junior Bonner (1972)Movie critics combined give Junior Bonner a score of 2.8205 out of 4
2.8205
24
reviews
NADrama, Western, Comedy $6.62 Living from rodeo to rodeo Junior Bonner returns to Arizona to find the solid, loving family he ...more about Junior Bonner  starring Robert Preston and Ida Lupino
47Movie reviews for Bugsy Malone (1976)Bugsy Malone (1976)Movie critics combined give Bugsy Malone a score of 2.8193 out of 4
2.8193
20
reviews
NACrime, Musical, Comedy, FamilyN/AA gangster movie where all the gangsters are children. Instead of real bullets they use "splurge ...more about Bugsy Malone  starring Scott Baio and Jodie Foster
48Movie reviews for Freaky Friday (1976)Freaky Friday (1976)Movie critics combined give Freaky Friday a score of 2.8170 out of 4
2.8170
11
reviews
GFantasy, Comedy, Family, Disney $7.34 Schoolgirl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter, Annabel. ...more about Freaky Friday  starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster
49Movie reviews for Phantom of the Paradise (1974)Phantom of the Paradise (1974)Movie critics combined give Phantom of the Paradise a score of 2.8060 out of 4
2.8060
32
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NAThriller, Horror, Musical, Comedy $6.33 Rock Opera version of Phantom Of The Opera with elements of Faust. Record producer Swan steals both ...more about Phantom of the Paradise  starring Archie Hahn and Jeffrey Comanor
50Movie reviews for Cat and the Canary, The (1979)Cat and the Canary, The (1979)Movie critics combined give Cat and the Canary a score of 2.7938 out of 4
2.7938
21
reviews
NAHorror, Mystery, Comedy $7.99 When an elderly man dies, some of his relatives gather to hear the reading of the will. When it is ...more about Cat and the Canary  starring Honor Blackman and Michael Callan
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