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| 1 |  | Godfather, The (1972) |  3.9812 89 reviews | R | Drama, Crime |
$7.18
| War veteran Michael Corlone returns home to find himself becoming increasingly involved with the ...more about Godfather starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino |
| 2 |  | Godfather: Part II, The (1974) | 3.8894 65 reviews | R | Drama, Crime |
$8.97
| The second installment in the Godfather trilogy follows Michael and his position of "Don" in the ...more about Godfather: Part II starring Al Pacino and Robert Duvall |
| 3 |  | Chinatown (1974) | 3.8626 83 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$6.40
| When smooth P.I. Jake Gittes is tricked into taking a case tailing an unfaithful husband he finds ...more about Chinatown starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway |
| 4 |  | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | 3.8136 100 reviews | R | Drama |
$5.20
| In order to avoid jail McMurphy convinces a judge he is insane and belongs in a hospital not prison. ...more about One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest starring Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher |
| 5 |  | Taxi Driver (1976) | 3.8124 134 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$8.95
| A New York City cab driver becomes increasingly disgusted with the scum and low lives of the city. ...more about Taxi Driver starring Robert De Niro and Cybill Shepherd |
| 6 |  | 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 |
| 7 |  | Spirit of the Beehive (1973) | 3.7171 31 reviews | NA | Drama |
$24.99
| Eight year old Ana (Ana Torrent) is convinced that Frankenstein still exists after seeing the film ...more about Spirit of the Beehive starring Fernando Fernan Gomez and Teresa Gimpera |
| 8 |  | Exorcist, The (1973) | 3.6087 162 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Horror |
$5.24
| The Exorcist is based on the 1971 novel by William Peter Blatty and considered one of the scariest ...more about Exorcist starring Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow |
| 9 |  | Manhattan (1979) | 3.5666 56 reviews | R | Drama, 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 |
| 10 |  | Amarcord (1973) | 3.5077 32 reviews | R | Drama, Comedy |
$24.99
| In this movie Fellini portrays his home town of Rimini as he remembered it in '30s, during his ...more about Amarcord starring Pupella Maggio and Armando Brancia |
| 11 |  | Conversation, The (1974) | 3.5006 72 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$6.13
| Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired to tail a young couple. As he listens to their ...more about Conversation starring Gene Hackman and John Cazale |
| 12 |  | Straw Dogs (1971) | 3.4996 70 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller |
$7.59
| To avoid the Vietnam-era chaos, mathematician David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman) and his wife, Amy ...more about Straw Dogs starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George |
| 13 |  | 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 |
| 14 |  | Serpico (1973) | 3.3766 49 reviews | R | Drama, Crime |
$6.30
| Serpico is a cop in the early 1970s. Unlike all his colleagues, he refuses a share of the money ...more about Serpico starring Al Pacino and John Randolph |
| 15 |  | Clockwork Orange, A (1971) | 3.3399 129 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Crime |
$14.96
| A British gang member is imprisoned and treated for his psychological deficiencies with "aversion ...more about Clockwork Orange starring Malcolm McDowell and Patrick Magee |
| 16 |  | Sting, The (1973) | 3.3253 52 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Comedy |
$8.09
| Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) is a small time con artist during a big sting mistakenly steals from ...more about Sting starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford |
| 17 |  | Last Picture Show, The (1971) | 3.3242 41 reviews | R | Drama |
$9.66
| Sonny Crawford (Timothy Bottoms) and Duane Jackson (Jeff Bridges) are two young boys trying to find ...more about Last Picture Show starring Timothy Bottoms and Jeff Bridges |
| 18 |  | Eraserhead (1977) | 3.2961 81 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Horror |
$16.55
| Henry is forced into a live-in relationship with his girlfriend when they discover she is pregnant. ...more about Eraserhead starring Jack Nance and Charlotte Stewart |
| 19 |  | 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 |
| 20 |  | Harold and Maude (1971) | 3.2572 39 reviews | PG | Drama, 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 |
| 21 |  | 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 |
| 22 |  | Dawn of the Dead (1978) |  3.2429 187 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Horror |
$5.07
| A group of four people are forced to live in an abandoned shopping mall after leagues of zombies ...more about Dawn of the Dead starring David Emge and Ken Foree |
| 23 |  | McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) | 3.2297 53 reviews | NA | Drama, Western |
$13.79
| A young and charismatic gambler teams up with a business savvy madam to open a bar and brothel. ...more about McCabe & Mrs. Miller starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie |
| 24 |  | Sounder (1972) | 3.2267 13 reviews | G | Drama |
$3.99
| The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious ...more about Sounder starring Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield |
| 25 |  | Deer Hunter, The (1978) | 3.2260 83 reviews | R | Drama, War |
$7.35
| Michael, Steven and Nick are young factory workers from Pennsylvania who get drafted to fight in ...more about Deer Hunter starring Robert De Niro and John Cazale |
| 26 |  | MASH (1970) | 3.2245 31 reviews | R | Drama, 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 |
| 27 |  | Walkabout (1971) | 3.2192 37 reviews | R | Drama |
$18.49
| Two young children are stranded in the Australian outback and are forced to cope on their own. They ...more about Walkabout starring Jenny Agutter |
| 28 |  | Patton (1970) | 3.2187 83 reviews | PG | Drama, War, Biography |
$8.26
| The story of WWII General George S. Patton. His unconventional tactics, tough as nails exterior and ...more about Patton starring George C. Scott and Karl Malden |
| 29 |  | American Graffiti (1973) | 3.1893 54 reviews | PG | Drama, Comedy, Teen |
$5.61
| It's the end of summer and a group of teenagers each have very different paths to take in the ...more about American Graffiti starring Richard Dreyfuss and Paul Le Mat |
| 30 |  | Cabaret (1972) | 3.1875 44 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical |
$6.46
| An American cabaret singer and a British writer are in Germany during the rise of the Nazi ...more about Cabaret starring Liza Minnelli and Michael York |
| 31 |  | 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 |
| 32 |  | 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 |
| 33 |  | 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 |
| 34 |  | 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 |
| 35 |  | 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 |
| 36 |  | 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 |
| 37 |  | 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 |
| 38 |  | 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 |
| 39 |  | 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 |
| 40 |  | 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 |
| 41 |  | 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 |
| 42 |  | 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 |
| 43 |  | 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 |
| 44 |  | 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 |
| 45 |  | 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 |
| 46 |  | 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 |
| 47 |  | Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972) | 3.0610 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 |
| 48 |  | 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 |
| 49 |  | 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 |
| 50 |  | 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 |
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