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| 101 |  | Hills Have Eyes, The (1977) |  3.0143 54 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$8.11
| Driving through the barren desert to California the family's car breaks down in the middle of an ...more about Hills Have Eyes starring Susan Lanier and Robert Houston |
| 102 |  | Omega Man, The (1971) | 3.0117 54 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$5.99
| Robert Neville, a doctor,due to an experimental vaccine, is the only survivor of an apocalyptic war ...more about Omega Man starring Charlton Heston and Anthony Zerbe |
| 103 |  | 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 |
| 104 |  | 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 |
| 105 |  | Day of the Jackal, The (1973) | 3.0056 16 reviews | PG | Thriller |
$6.33
| It is the early 60s in France. The remaining survivors of the aborted French Foreign Legion have ...more about Day of the Jackal starring Edward Fox and Terence Alexander |
| 106 |  | Carrie (1976) | 3.0050 108 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror |
$5.69
| Carrie White is a shy young girl who doesn't make friends easily. After her class mates taunt her ...more about Carrie starring Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie |
| 107 |  | Soylent Green (1973) | 3.0042 24 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$7.99
| In the year 2022, earth's face has completely changed. New York's population, for example, has ...more about Soylent Green starring Charlton Heston and Leigh Taylor-Young |
| 108 |  | And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) | 3.0036 26 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$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 |
| 109 |  | Lenny (1974) | 3.0020 14 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$5.50
| Interview-style biography of controversial and pioneering stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce. The film ...more about Lenny starring Dustin Hoffman and Valerie Perrine |
| 110 |  | All That Jazz (1979) | 3.0020 45 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Musical |
$5.99
| Overworked, exhausted dancer Joe Gideon relies on a slew of drugs to keep up with is hectic ...more about All That Jazz starring Roy Scheider and Jessica Lange |
| 111 |  | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) | 3.0005 19 reviews | R | History, Western |
$12.71
| Former outlaw Pat Garrett is now town sheriff. When Billy the Kid escapes from jail Garrett is ...more about Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid starring James Coburn and Kris Kristofferson |
| 112 |  | Day of the Woman (1978) | 2.9958 86 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$13.36
| The film follows Jennifer, a writer who is working on a new novel and needs to get out of the city ...more about Day of the Woman starring Camille Keaton and Eron Tabor |
| 113 |  | Magic (1978) | 2.9952 26 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Romance |
$14.25
| Magician's assistant Corky performs disastrously at his first solo appearance. He is given a ...more about Magic starring Anthony Hopkins and Ann-Margret |
| 114 |  | Blazing Saddles (1974) | 2.9916 98 reviews | NA | Western, 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 |
| 115 |  | 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 |
| 116 |  | Boy and His Dog, A (1975) | 2.9892 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 |
| 117 |  | California Split (1974) | 2.9890 24 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy | N/A | A 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 |
| 118 |  | Sleeper (1973) | 2.9882 33 reviews | NA | Sci-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 |
| 119 |  | Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978) | 2.9868 29 reviews | NA | Horror, 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! |
| 120 |  | Five Easy Pieces (1970) | 2.9867 24 reviews | NA | Drama, Music |
$3.95
| Robert Dupea has given up his promising career as a concert pianist and is now working in oil ...more about Five Easy Pieces starring Karen Black and Fannie Flagg |
| 121 |  | Phantasm (1979) | 2.9860 39 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$12.14
| Mike, a young teenage boy who has just lost his parents, is afraid to lose his brother. This fear ...more about Phantasm starring Bill Thornbury and Reggie Bannister |
| 122 |  | Amour l'après-midi, L' (1972) | 2.9780 20 reviews | NA |
$9.99
| The last of Rohmer's Six Moral Tales. Frederic leads a bourgeois life; he is a partner in a small ...more about Amour l'après-midi | |
| 123 |  | Shootist, The (1976) | 2.9780 26 reviews | NA | Drama, Western |
$3.66
| An aging gunfighter discovers he has cancer. Over the course of two months, he attempts to mend old ...more about Shootist starring John Wayne and Lauren Bacall |
| 124 |  | Slap Shot (1977) | 2.9761 48 reviews | NA | Drama, 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 |
| 125 |  | Jeremiah Johnson (1972) | 2.9760 12 reviews | NA | Western |
$6.90
| A quiet mountain man living like a hermit is forced to lead a group of soldiers through a sacred ...more about Jeremiah Johnson starring Robert Redford and Will Geer |
| 126 |  | Pink Panther Strikes Again, The (1976) | 2.9737 25 reviews | NA | Crime, 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 |
| 127 |  | Hardcore (1979) | 2.9732 22 reviews | R | Drama |
$3.95
| Jake Van Dorn is businessman from American heartland who shares strong Calvinist convictions with ...more about Hardcore starring George C. Scott and Peter Boyle |
| 128 |  | Last House on the Left, The (1972) | 2.9689 72 reviews | R | Thriller, Horror, Crime |
$5.69
| When two friends go into the city to see their favorite band, they meet a couple of drug dealers ...more about Last House on the Left starring Sandra Cassel and Lucy Grantham |
| 129 |  | 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 |
| 130 |  | 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 |
| 131 |  | 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 |
| 132 |  | ...And Justice for All (1979) | 2.9632 17 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$3.92
| When a corrupt judge is charged with rape, Arthur Kirkland must defend him. Kirkland has had ...more about ...And Justice for All starring Al Pacino and Jack Warden |
| 133 |  | Play Misty for Me (1971) | 2.9580 21 reviews | NA | Thriller |
$7.15
| A DJ for KRML, a jazz radio station in Carmel has what he believes to be a casual affair with one ...more about Play Misty for Me starring Clint Eastwood and Jessica Walter |
| 134 |  | Charlotte's Web (1973) | 2.9558 22 reviews | NA |
$7.99
| Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will ...more about Charlotte's Web | |
| 135 |  | 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 |
| 136 |  | Shampoo (1975) | 2.9493 13 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy |
$3.95
| In this farcical satire of 60s sexual practices, Warren Beatty is a hairdresser who simply can't ...more about Shampoo starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie |
| 137 |  | Black Christmas (1974) | 2.9492 104 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$12.02
| Just before Christmas break a mysterious psychotic killer sneaks into the attic of a sorority house ...more about Black Christmas starring Olivia Hussey and Keir Dullea |
| 138 |  | Longest Yard, The (1974) | 2.9491 44 reviews | NA | Drama, 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 |
| 139 |  | Theatre of Blood (1973) | 2.9475 33 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery, Comedy |
$9.99
| Edward Lionheart (Vincent Price) stars as an actor overlooked for a critics' acting award, despite ...more about Theatre of Blood starring Vincent Price and Diana Rigg |
| 140 |  | High Plains Drifter (1973) | 2.9439 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Western |
$8.99
| A stranger rides out of the hot desert into a small town in the wild west. The towns people are ...more about High Plains Drifter starring Clint Eastwood and Dan Vadis |
| 141 |  | Last Detail, The (1973) | 2.9416 16 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$14.84
| Two Navy men are assigned to guard a young prisoner in transit to serve out his sentence. Along the ...more about Last Detail starring Otis Young and Randy Quaid |
| 142 |  | 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 |
| 143 |  | Wattstax (1973) | 2.9365 35 reviews | NA | Comedy, Documentary, Music |
$11.64
| Documentary with a selection from a non-stop 7-hour musical event at Watts, the Los Angeles ...more about Wattstax |
| 144 |  | Satanic Rites of Dracula, The (1974) | 2.9363 26 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$2.95
| In London in the 1970s, Scotland Yard police investigators think they have uncovered a case of ...more about Satanic Rites of Dracula starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing |
| 145 |  | 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 |
| 146 |  | Fiddler on the Roof (1971) | 2.9352 19 reviews | NA | Drama, 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 |
| 147 |  | Delicate Balance, A (1973) | 2.9335 15 reviews | NA | Drama |
$23.28
| The setting is the comfortable Connecticut home of a well-to-do family. Agnes is a determined, ...more about Delicate Balance starring Katharine Hepburn and Paul Scofield |
| 148 |  | Beguiled, The (1971) | 2.9326 23 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Thriller |
$7.21
| During the civil war, injured Yankee soldier, John McBurney is rescued on the verge of death by a ...more about Beguiled starring Clint Eastwood and Geraldine Page |
| 149 | | Overlord (1975) | 2.9295 15 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$21.95
| ...more about Overlord starring Brian Stirner and Davyd Harries |
| 150 |  | Brood, The (1979) | 2.9293 46 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$9.27
| A man's wife is under the care of an eccentric psychiatrist who uses innovative and theatrical ...more about Brood starring Oliver Reed and Samantha Eggar |
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