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| 51 |  | Mean Streets (1973) |  3.1864 81 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime |
$5.59
| Charlie is an aspiring mobster in Little Italy, working for his uncle collecting debts and playing ...more about Mean Streets starring Robert De Niro and David Proval |
| 52 |  | Breaking Away (1979) | 3.1799 44 reviews | PG | Drama, 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 |
| 53 |  | 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 |
| 54 |  | Dark Star (1974) | 3.1718 58 reviews | G | Thriller, 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 |
| 55 |  | 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 |
| 56 |  | 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 |
| 57 |  | 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 |
| 58 |  | Network (1976) | 3.1557 62 reviews | NA | Drama |
$19.01
| In 1975 terrorist violence is the stuff of network nightly news programming and the corporate ...more about Network starring Faye Dunaway and William Holden |
| 59 |  | 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 |
| 60 |  | Jerk, The (1979) | 3.1424 54 reviews | R | Comedy |
$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 |
| 61 |  | Wicker Man, The (1973) | 3.1354 90 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$5.99
| Sgt. Howie travels to Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. He discovers ...more about Wicker Man starring Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee |
| 62 |  | Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The (1974) | 3.1326 142 reviews | NA |
$14.87
| En route to visit their grandfather's grave (which has apparently been ritualistically desecrated), ...more about Texas Chain Saw Massacre starring Marilyn Burns and Allen Danziger | |
| 63 |  | Candidate, The (1972) | 3.1297 17 reviews | NA | Drama |
$9.99
| Californian lawyer Bill McKay fights for the little man. His charisma and integrity get him noticed ...more about Candidate starring Robert Redford and Peter Boyle |
| 64 |  | Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (1975) | 3.1124 66 reviews | R | Fantasy, 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 |
| 65 |  | All the President's Men (1976) | 3.1119 54 reviews | R | Drama |
$12.84
| In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be ...more about All the President's Men starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford |
| 66 |  | Grey Gardens (1975) | 3.1117 39 reviews | NA | Documentary |
$24.99
| The Maysles brothers pay visits to Edith Bouvier Beale, nearing 80, and her daughter Edie. ...more about Grey Gardens |
| 67 |  | Being There (1979) | 3.1081 26 reviews | NA | Drama, 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 |
| 68 |  | Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) | 3.1073 46 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$3.91
| Strange underground alien spores are planted in the earth and eventually begin to flower. As people ...more about Invasion of the Body Snatchers starring Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams |
| 69 |  | Late Show, The (1977) | 3.1046 14 reviews | PG | Drama, 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 |
| 70 |  | Gimme Shelter (1970) | 3.1035 63 reviews | NA | Documentary, Music |
$23.99
| In December of 1969, four months after Woodstock, the Rolling Stones and Jefferson Airplane gave a ...more about Gimme Shelter |
| 71 |  | Klute (1971) | 3.1030 37 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$12.71
| John Klute's friend has totally disappeared. The only clue a connection with a call girl, Bree ...more about Klute starring Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland |
| 72 |  | 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 |
| 73 |  | Woodstock (1970) | 3.0907 22 reviews | R | History, Documentary, Music |
$15.90
| An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation ...more about Woodstock starring Richie Havens and Joan Baez |
| 74 |  | China Syndrome, The (1979) | 3.0877 43 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller |
$9.78
| While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, an opportunistic reporter Kimberly ...more about China Syndrome starring Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon |
| 75 |  | Man Who Fell to Earth, The (1976) | 3.0812 56 reviews | NA | Drama, Sci-Fi |
$19.85
| An alien comes to Earth on a mission to gather water to take back to his home planet. With his ...more about Man Who Fell to Earth starring David Bowie and Rip Torn |
| 76 |  | Last Waltz, The (1978) | 3.0805 55 reviews | NA | Documentary, Music |
$5.09
| Thanksgiving, 1976, San Francisco's Winterland: the Band performs its last concert after 16 years ...more about Last Waltz starring Rick Danko and Levon Helm |
| 77 |  | Martin (1977) | 3.0694 47 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror |
$9.99
| A young teenager is compulsively drawn to killing women with razor blades and drinking their blood. ...more about Martin starring John Amplas and Lincoln Maazel |
| 78 |  | 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 |
| 79 |  | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) | 3.0663 48 reviews | G | Fantasy, Musical, Comedy, Family |
$7.36
| Willy Wonka announces five people will win a personal tour through his candy factory. The winners ...more about Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory starring Gene Wilder and Jack Albertson |
| 80 |  | 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 |
| 81 |  | 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 |
| 82 |  | Saturday Night Fever (1977) | 3.0592 56 reviews | R | Drama, Teen, Music |
$7.99
| The highlight of Tony's week is going to the local discotheque where he truly feels at home dancing ...more about Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta and Karen Lynn Gorney |
| 83 |  | Abominable Dr. Phibes, The (1971) | 3.0574 60 reviews | PG-13 | Horror, 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 |
| 84 |  | Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976) | 3.0557 21 reviews | NA | Documentary |
$24.99
| This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining ...more about Harlan County |
| 85 |  | 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 |
| 86 |  | 3 Women (1977) | 3.0465 47 reviews | NA | Drama |
$25.89
| Shy, reclusive girl Pinky starts work at a solarium and becomes emotionally attached to her fellow ...more about 3 Women starring Shelley Duvall and Sissy Spacek |
| 87 |  | Way We Were, The (1973) | 3.0427 10 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical, Romance |
$3.92
| Streisand, a political activist, and Redford, in the military, meet several times starting in ...more about Way We Were starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford |
| 88 |  | THX 1138 (1971) | 3.0385 96 reviews | NA | Drama, Sci-Fi |
$9.05
| George Lucas adapted this, his first film, from a short he made at University. THX 1138, LUH 3417, ...more about THX 1138 starring Robert Duvall and Donald Pleasence |
| 89 |  | 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 |
| 90 |  | Nashville (1975) | 3.0377 48 reviews | NA | Drama, Music |
$3.90
| This movie tells the intersecting stories of various people connected to the music business in ...more about Nashville starring David Arkin and Geraldine Chaplin |
| 91 |  | Heaven Can Wait (1978) | 3.0376 34 reviews | NA | Fantasy, 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 |
| 92 |  | 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 |
| 93 |  | 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 |
| 94 |  | 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 |
| 95 |  | Days of Heaven (1978) | 3.0245 53 reviews | PG | Drama |
$6.94
| Bill and Abby, a young couple who to the outside world pretend to be brother and sister are living ...more about Days of Heaven starring Richard Gere and Brooke Adams |
| 96 |  | Boy and His Dog, A (1975) | 3.0239 48 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$17.95
| A post-apocalyptic tale based on a novella by Harlan Ellison. A boy communicates telepathically ...more about Boy and His Dog starring Don Johnson and Susanne Benton |
| 97 |  | Legend of Hell House, The (1973) | 3.0227 21 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery |
$4.11
| A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic and the only survivor of the ...more about Legend of Hell House starring Pamela Franklin and Clive Revill |
| 98 |  | Barry Lyndon (1975) | 3.0212 63 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Romance |
$9.76
| A gentlemanly rogue travels the battlefields and parlors of 18th century Europe determined to make ...more about Barry Lyndon |
| 99 |  | Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) | 3.0196 69 reviews | NA | Comedy, 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 |
| 100 |  | 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 |
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