| Young Frankenstein (1974) | 8.0 | |
| Swept Away (1974) | 7.5 | |
| Scent of a Woman (1974) | 7.5 | |
| Lenny (1974) | 7.5 | |
| Longwave (2013) | 6.4 |
Year 1974 movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant year 1974 movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, suspense, atmospheric, tense and humorous films and TV shows about / with murder, family relations, nude, danger, death, corruption, female nudity, dialogue, runaway and greed plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as year 1974: Peter Hujar's Day (2025), Project: Metalbeast (1995), The Damned United (2009), My Girl 2 (1994), Longwave (2013), Those Were the Days (2014), Harrigan (2013), Lucan (2013), The Amityville Murders (2018), Phantom of the Paradise (1974).
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List of year 1974 movies
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Spain
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A recently discovered conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz in 1974 reveals a glimpse into New York City’s downtown art scene and the personal struggles and epiphanies that define an artist’s life.
Style:
reflective, art house, avant garde, experimental, period drama
Plot:
gay, gay interest, interview, artist, photography, intimate, creative process, introspection, conversation, urban, memory, epiphany ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new york
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
With the medical breakthrough of a metal-based synthetic skin called "bio-ferron" the prospect for pioneering surgeries for burn victims and cancer patients seems set to occur but for the warped head scientist in charge...it's a ...
Style:
enigmatic, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
werewolf, monster, transformation, scientist, medical research, full moon, insanity, surgery, soldier, trapped, secret, murder ...
Time:
year 1994, year 1974, 70s, jurassic
Place:
hungary
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous ...
Style:
inspirational, tense, factual, sexy, atmospheric ...
Plot:
soccer, football, discipline, soccer coach, biopic, football team, friendship, football player, ambition, mentor, training, rivalry ...
Time:
70s, year 1974, 20th century, year 2009, 60s
Place:
england, northern england, europe, mallorca, london ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do and essay on someone she admires and has never met. She decides she wants to do an assignment on her mother, but quickly realises she knows very little about her. She manages to get ...
Style:
teen, touching, romantic, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
coming of age, child romance, female protagonist, pregnancy, self discovery, small town, happy ending, voice over narration, spring break, husband wife relationship, teenage girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 1974, year 1994, 90s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, pennsylvania
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686
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Switzerland, France, Portugal
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
It is April 1974 and Julie Dujonc-Renens, young feminist journalist and the cunning Joseph-Marie Cauvin, leading reporter for the Swiss radio, have been sent to Portugal to investigate Switzerland’s aid to poor countries. Sparks fly during the bus ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, witty, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
revolution, feminism, rebellion, society, on the road, memory loss, language barrier, scoop, womanizer, radio dj, countryside, female pubic hair ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place:
portugal, europe, france, switzerland, lisbon portugal
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1974.
Style:
political, tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
usa president, whistleblower, fbi, scandal, cover-up, nixon, politics, journalism, husband wife relationship, secret, white house, lie ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s
Place:
washington d.c.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The Dutch football team has just released the heroic World Cup final lost to archrival West Germany. The whole country is in mourning and Jaap Kooijman throws out of sheer frustration the brand new TV out the window. This event is the prelude to an ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, situational comedy, comedy drama ...
Plot:
buddies, friends, nothing goes right, confined, wrongfully committed, hippie, soccer, family values, nostalgia, father son relationship, working class family, social satire ...
Time:
70s, year 1974, 20th century
Place:
holland, rotterdam netherlands
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Amongst the desperation and fear growing in a crime ridden estate in northern England, one man becomes embroiled into saving what community life exists.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspense, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
detective sergeant, fighting crime, law enforcement, estate, gang, danger, murder, working class, community, police procedural, social commentary, class conflict ...
Time:
70s, year 1974, 20th century
Place:
england, northern england
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 63 min.
TV show
Story:
Drama about infamous aristocrat Lord Lucan, who mysteriously disappeared in 1974 after being accused of murdering his children's nanny.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, captivating, detective ...
Plot:
murder, estate, crumbling marriage, family relations, custody, dysfunctional family, custody battle, accusation, true crime, post war, murder mystery, killing spree ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1974, 2000s
Place:
england, london, english channel
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
On the night of November 13th, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. took a high powered rifle and murdered his entire family as they slept. At his trial, DeFeo claimed that 'voices' in the house commanded him to kill. This is their story.
Style:
demonic, suspense, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric ...
Plot:
supernatural, nightmare, murder, mental patient, hearing voices, danger, hallucination, taunting, demon, pandemic, sex in car, house ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s, 21st century
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The families of 18 soldiers who heroically died in 1944 are meeting at the place of the squad last battle.
Style:
bleak, realistic, sentimental, thought provoking, compassionate ...
Plot:
world war two, memories, death, parents and children, murder, grief, tragedy, loss, storytelling, danger, memorial service, honor ...
Time:
year 1944, year 1974, year 1970
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Rock Opera version of Phantom Of The Opera with elements of Faust. Record producer Swan steals both the music and the girl (Phoenix) from composer Leach. Disfigured Leach plans revenge on Swan and his rock palace, The Paradise, and becomes The ...
Style:
gothic, black comedy, independent film, scary, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
deal with the devil, rock opera, masked man, rock, vengeance, rock and roll, macabre, rock star, record company, childhood, hopes, tragedy ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1974, 80s
Place:
new york, cincinnati ohio, liverpool
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After they find buried treasure, four hapless brothers from the countryside discover that changing their fortunes will take more than gold.
Style:
slapstick, sitcom, buddy comedy, light hearted, situational comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
treasure, village life, gold, fish out of water, misadventure, brothers, city life, class differences, urbanization, social commentary, inheritance, working class ...
Time:
70s, year 1974
Place:
turkey
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218K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of connections to occult practices, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless ...
Style:
psychological horror, suspenseful, dread, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
serial killer, occult, sociopath, sadistic psychopath, fbi, satanism, black magic, devil worship, supernatural horror, murder, female investigator, crime spree ...
Time:
year 1974, 90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1995 ...
Place:
oregon
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, clever, satanic, suspense ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, family outing ...
Plot:
treasure, treasure hunt, archaeology, treasure hunter, archaeologist, adventurer, secret place, riddles and clues, map, ancient, artifact, journey ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, year 1974, 19th century, 20th century ...
Place:
washington d.c., philadelphia, pennsylvania, new jersey, new york ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Nine-year-old Karo grows up with her parents in an Amsterdam commune in the Seventies. She leads a carefree existence in this utopia-for-adults. Everything is shared in the squat, but not everyone is able to honor these ideals. Karo gets confused ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, emotional, eros ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
commune, hippie commune, hedgehog, youth, coming of age, political protest, hippie, children, girl, family relations, free love, moral dilemma ...
Time:
70s, year 1974
Place:
holland, europe, amsterdam
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, History, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The final part of Pasolini's Trilogy of Life series is rich with exotic tales of slaves and kings, potions, betrayals, demons and, most of all, love and lovemaking in all its myriad forms. Mysterious and liberating, this is an exquisitely ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, semi serious, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
arabian nights, naked man, erotica, sex slave, sex, oral sex, erection, male nudity, nude young male, gay, sexual promiscuity, misandry ...
Time:
year 1974, middle ages, 8th century
Place:
middle east, arabia, iran, asia, nepal ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
Style:
talky, light, humorous, hilarious, period piece ...
Plot:
newspaper, journalist, journalism, reporter, workplace, satire, media, friends, media satire, workplace situations, writers, scoop ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 1974, 1930s, 70s
Place:
chicago, usa, philadelphia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 202 min.
Story:
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Style:
epic, captivating, neo noir, saga, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, revenge, murder, gangster, cosa nostra, sicilian mafia, literary, immigration, crime boss, assassination, melancholy ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 1940s, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place:
cuba, sicily, new york, las vegas, italy ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Retired professor of American origin lives solitary life in luxurious palazzo in Rome He is confronted by vulgar Italian marchesa and her companions: her lover, her daughter and daughter's boyfriend and forced to rent to them an apartment on ...
Style:
homoerotic, aesthetic, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
decadence, gay, professor, male objectification, philosophy, european, capitalism, social problems, sex, lgbt, satire, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The portrait of a woman going through a terminal illness and the tumorous lives of her husband and son.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
terminal illness, death of mother, love letter, family relations, mother son relationship, death, couples, family problems, crumbling marriage, elderly, human nature, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, france
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
In 1944 Lucien Lacombe, a young peasant in the Lot region is refused permission to join the French Resistance. Instead, the opposing "French Gestapo" obtain from him information about an underground leader and recruit him into their ...
Style:
anthology, art house, postmodern, visual, controversial ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
world war two, french resistance, occupation, gestapo, nazi occupation, children in wartime, resistance, resistance movement, nazi, wartime life, world war, holocaust ...
Time:
1940s, year 1974, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
vichy, france, israel, europe, germany
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Having failed in their quest for the Holy Grail, the knights of the Round Table return to Camelot, their number reduced to a mere handful. Seeing a rift developing between Lancelot and Mordred, Arthur urges his knights to bury their differences and ...
Style:
arthurian, spiritual, anthology, fairy tale, surreal ...
Plot:
arthurian legend, medieval, true love, knight, transgression, secret lover, holy grail, betrayal, lake, chivalry, castle, female nudity ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages, year 1974, 6th century, 5th century
Place:
france, england, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the Establisment as too obscene for the public.
Style:
black and white, psychological, atmospheric, clever, realistic ...
Plot:
stand up comedian, drug abuse, judaism, showbiz, addiction, biopic, rise and fall, adult humor, courtroom, drug addiction, civil rights, drug ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 1974, 50s, 70s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An ambitious reporter, investigating a senator's assassination, realizes witnesses to the shooting are systematically dying and discovers a multi-million dollar corporation which serves as a front for the recruitment of political assassins.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, neo noir, political, intense ...
Plot:
politics, conspiracy, reporter, corruption, political conspiracy, journalism, murder, investigation, undercover, paranoia, assassin, media ...
Time:
70s, year 1974, 20th century
Place:
seattle, los angeles, washington state, usa, latin america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When the single middle-aged Luis travels from Barcelona to bury the remains of his mother in the vault of his family in Segovia, he is lodged by his aunt Pilar in her old house where he spent his summer of 1936 with her. He meets his cousin ...
Style:
contemplative, controversial, surreal, biting, realistic ...
Plot:
cousins in love, children, spanish civil war, traumatic childhood, first love, family relations, travel, coming of age, love and romance, life is a bitch, youth, state affairs ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1936
Place:
iberian peninsula, spain, europe, barcelona
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Five friends visiting their grandfather's house in the country are hunted and terrorized by a chain-saw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, scary, suspenseful, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, massacre, cannibalism, chainsaw, masked killer, murder, homicidal maniac, psychopath, danger, macabre, killer, maniac ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1974, year 1973
Place:
texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, north america
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Three friends face mid-life crises. Paul is a writer who's blocked. François has lost his ideals and practices medicine for the money; his wife grows distant, even hostile. The charming Vincent, everyone's favorite, faces bankruptcy, his ...
Style:
art house, contemplative, realistic, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, small business owner, group of friends, male bonding, financial problem, small business, writers, marital crisis, male female relationship, sexuality, drunk, heart attack ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s
Place:
europe, france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Mabel, a mother and wife, is on the brink of insanity as her blue-collar husband Nick attempts to understand her plight.
Style:
independent film, art house, psychological, depressing, tense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
marriage, mental illness, dysfunctional family, working class, construction worker, housewife, mental health, visceral, illness, illicit affair, psychiatry, bipolar disorder ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his ...
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, horror comedy, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
mad scientist, castle, frankenstein, monster, experiment, satire, frankenstein's monster, farce, laboratory, hunchback, sex scene, blindness ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1974, near future ...
Place:
transylvania, arizona, europe, usa, seattle
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