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The 1970s on disc

The films of the 1970s worth owning, ranked by standing.

Murder on the Orient Express (1974) disc cover

Murder on the Orient Express

1974 · Sidney Lumet

American Graffiti (1973) disc cover

American Graffiti

1973 · George Lucas

Enter the Dragon (1973) disc cover

Enter the Dragon

1973 · Robert Clouse

Network (1976) disc cover

1976 · Sidney Lumet

Mean Streets (1973) disc cover

1973 · Martin Scorsese

Cabaret (1972) disc cover

1972 · Bob Fosse

1975 · Ramesh Sippy

Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future 1973

Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future

1973 · Leonid Gaidai

The Mirror (1975) disc cover

1975 · Andrei Tarkovsky

Saturday Night Fever (1977) disc cover

Saturday Night Fever

1977 · John Badham

Grease (1978) disc cover

1978 · Randal Kleiser

Deep Throat 1972

1972 · Gerard Damiano

Young Frankenstein (1974) disc cover

Young Frankenstein

1974 · Mel Brooks

My Left Foot 1979

1979 · Jim Sheridan

MASH (1970) disc cover

1970 · Robert Altman

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) disc cover

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

1974 · Tobe Hooper

1900 (1976) disc cover

1976 · Bernardo Bertolucci

Mad Max (1979) disc cover

1979 · George Miller

The Towering Inferno (1974) disc cover

The Towering Inferno

1974 · John Guillermin

Papillon (1973) disc cover

1973 · Franklin J. Schaffner

The Irony of Fate (1976) disc cover

The Irony of Fate

1976 · Eldar Ryazanov

Three Days of the Condor (1975) disc cover

Three Days of the Condor

1975 · Sydney Pollack

Kelly's Heroes (1970) disc cover

1970 · Brian G. Hutton

Cries and Whispers (1972) disc cover

Cries and Whispers

1972 · Ingmar Bergman

The Omen (1976) disc cover

1976 · Richard Donner

Day for Night (1973) disc cover

1973 · François Truffaut

The Last Picture Show (1971) disc cover

The Last Picture Show

1971 · Peter Bogdanovich

The Day of the Jackal (1973) disc cover

The Day of the Jackal

1973 · Fred Zinnemann

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) disc cover

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

1971 · Mel Stuart

Way of the Dragon (1972) disc cover

Way of the Dragon

1972 · Bruce Lee

1941 (1979) disc cover

1979 · Steven Spielberg

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) disc cover

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970 · Richard Fleischer

Magnum Force (1973) disc cover

1973 · Ted Post

Serpico (1973) disc cover

1973 · Sidney Lumet

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) disc cover

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

1975 · Pier Paolo Pasolini

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) disc cover

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

1975 · Jim Sharman

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) disc cover

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1974 · Martin Scorsese

Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) disc cover

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971 · Robert Stevenson

Death on the Nile (1978) disc cover

Death on the Nile

1978 · John Guillermin

Emmanuelle (1974) disc cover

1974 · Just Jaeckin

Caligula (1979) disc cover

1979 · Bob Guccione

Frenzy (1972) disc cover

1972 · Alfred Hitchcock

A Bridge Too Far (1977) disc cover

A Bridge Too Far

1977 · Richard Attenborough

The Big Boss (1971) disc cover

The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) disc cover

The Outlaw Josey Wales

1976 · Clint Eastwood

Duel (1971) disc cover

1971 · Steven Spielberg

Deliverance (1972) disc cover

1972 · John Boorman

Julia (1977) disc cover

1977 · Fred Zinnemann