| Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) | 7.0 | |
| Summer of Sam (1999) | 6.7 | |
| Argo (2012) | 7.7 | |
| Munich (2005) | 7.5 | |
| Sid and Nancy (1986) | 7.0 |
70s movies and TV shows – page 3
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List of 70s movies
Genre: Comedy, History
Country: Turkey
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Reexamining his own legacy, a renowned figure in erotic cinema decides to branch out and make movies in other genres, from sci-fi to medieval action.
Style:
sitcom, funny, captivating, entertaining, humorous ...
Plot:
filmmaking, adult humor, director, producer, actor, life, career, actress, business, sexuality, adult film industry, biopic ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian based journalists go missing. Four weeks later, veteran foreign correspondent Roger East is lured to East Timor by the young and charismatic José Ramos-Horta to tell the ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
journalism, politics, investigation, media, life is a bitch, uncover truth, political unrest, society, danger, state affairs, dishonesty, hopes ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 2009
Place:
indonesia, new zealand
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China, Vietnam
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.
Style:
suspense, intense, scenic, harsh, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
monster, king kong, giant monster, creature, giant animal, island, survival, giant creature, monster versus monster, chase, expedition, jungle ...
Time:
70s, 1940s, year 2017, 2010s, year 1944 ...
Place:
vietnam, fictional island, washington d.c., pacific ocean, thailand ...
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86K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Travelling businessman, David Mann, angers the driver of a rusty tanker whilst crossing the Californian desert. A simple trip turns deadly as Mann struggles to stay on the road while the tanker plays cat and mouse with his life.
Style:
road movie, creepy, suspense, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night, horror for children
Plot:
car chase, desert, chase, truck, road rage, psychopath, driving, truck driver, duel, mysterious villain, on the road, pursuit ...
Time:
70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place:
california, persia, usa, los angeles, canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico
TV show
Story:
In 1971, four women defy ultraconservative norms and join Mexico's first female police force—only to discover that it's a publicity stunt to distract the media from a serial killer. As the body count grows, they make a pact to bring the ...
Style:
suspense, tense, crime thriller, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, police, feminism, killing, serial murder, murder, murder mystery, murder investigation, murderer, killing spree, investigation, social commentary ...
Time:
70s
Place:
mexico, mexico city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
TV show
Story:
Set in 1970s Norway, a primary school teacher does everything to keep her husband's highly profitable porn business a secret.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, tense, art house, melancholic
Plot:
porn industry, adult filmmaking, taboo, family drama, rise and fall, undercover, relationships, husband wife relationship, couple relations, male female relationship, teacher, family relations ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 90s
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887
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A film about a man with a breakthrough history of Poland in the background. Edward Gierek is one of the most important figures of the 20th century in the collective memory of Polish people.
Style:
serious, dramatic, art film, captivating, historical drama ...
Plot:
politics, biopic, polish history, husband wife relationship, family relations, relationships, famous, couples, politician, society, love, political leader ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
Story:
An all-singing, all-dancing, star-spangled musical leap around the biblical story of the Nativity, set in 1972. With a comic twist, this familiar story is brought to life through the eyes of the innkeeper. Despairing after a bad year, he ...
Style:
parody, semi serious, humorous, stylized, biblical ...
Plot:
life turned upside down, religions or cults, miraculous event, rock opera, divine intervention, stage musical, irreverent, satire, rock music, nativity, babies and infants, ancient history ...
Time:
70s, 2000s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Set in the 1970's, MIGHTY FINE is the story of Joe Fine (Chazz Palminteri) a charismatic, high-spirited man, who relocates his family--wife Stella (Andie MacDowell), a Holocaust survivor, daughters Nathalie (Jodelle Ferland) and Maddie (Rainey ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, sincere, light, heartfelt ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family relations, family life, starting over, parents and children, couples, couple relations, hopes, family drama, father daughter relationship, character study, intimate, holocaust survivor ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, usa, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.
Style:
realistic, stylized, factual, cult classic, period piece ...
Plot:
gay, pianist, aids, lgbtq, celebrity, couples, gays and lesbians, biopic, closeted homosexual, gay romance, music, showbiz ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 2013, year 1979, year 1986 ...
Place:
las vegas, southern california, indiana, usa, california
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524
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Sonia arrives in Trinidad with her two children to join her husband Jo who is working as an oil engineer. On the surface she lives a life of luxury in a large houses with servants. The days are uneventful and blend together into an everlasting ...
Style:
serious, realistic, melancholic, atmospheric, existential ...
Plot:
family problems, couples, introspection, social relations, dishonesty, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, children, female protagonist, alienation, loneliness, isolation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
caribbean
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334K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from ...
Style:
factual, realistic, inspirational, suspense, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, boys' night
Plot:
astronaut, nasa, survival, space travel, moon, disaster, rescue, space program, space exploration, race against time, trapped in space, against the odds ...
Time:
70s, year 1970, 20th century, year 1969, 60s ...
Place:
houston texas, usa, north america, texas, pacific ocean ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and ...
Style:
political, factual, suspense, harsh, brutal ...
Plot:
dictatorship, dictator, doctor, polygamy, genocide, atrocity, corruption, politics, biopic, violence, israeli, violent ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 2006
Place:
africa, uganda, scotland, united kingdom, south africa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
Style:
sexy, gothic, teen, sad, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
suburbs, suicide, depression, suicide attempt, coming of age, overbearing parent, dysfunctional family, teenage life, suicidal, friendship, suburban life, sisters ...
Time:
70s, 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
detroit, michigan, yale university
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23K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Style:
grindhouse, tense, suspenseful, stylized, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
private detective, blaxploitation, gangster, lone hero, gang, mafia, brutality, organized crime, kidnapping, urban, hitman, gunfight ...
Time:
70s, year 1971, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, america, africa, harlem ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The vacationers at a winter wonderland struggle to survive after an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort. Their holiday then turns into a game of survival.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, avalanche, rescue, ski, natural disaster, catastrophe, survival, ski resort, adaptation, winter, danger, skating ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Place:
antarctic, tokyo
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an unapologetic account of ...
Style:
sweet, thought provoking, talky, suspense, contemplative ...
Plot:
filmmaking, african american, blaxploitation, racism, interracial relations, prejudice, black man, family drama, eccentricity, fighting the system, hollywood, showbiz ...
Time:
70s, y2k, year 2003, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, slasher horror, slasher, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kidnapping, child abduction, phone terror, basement, serial child killer, victim, small town, locked in a basement, escape attempt, psycho killer, murder, kidnapped ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 2020s, 20th century
Place:
colorado, denver colorado
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107K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
Style:
inspirational, serious, factual, realistic, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
entrepreneur, business, creativity, computer, rise to the top, entrepreneurship, biopic, inventor, marketing, inventions and discoveries, prodigy, startup ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 2013, 90s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, india, new jersey
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18K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.
Style:
sexy, tense, realistic, cynical, witty ...
Plot:
writers, paranoia, giant, biopic, creativity, eccentricity, writer's life, media, ambition, rise and fall, research, friendship between men ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
pentagon, washington d.c., new york, bahamas, zurich switzerland ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
The story is about identical twins (played by Hema Malini) who are separated at birth and grow up with different temperaments. The twins then swap places.
Style:
humorous, sentimental, semi serious, realistic
Plot:
disorder, twins, female protagonist, family relations, dishonesty, fall in love, twin sister, mistaken identity, women, revenge, strong female character, siblings relations ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
india
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111K
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Fawlty Towers is a British sitcom produced by BBC Television that was first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975 and 1979. Twelve episodes were made. The show was written by John Cleese and his then wife Connie Booth, both of whom also starred in the ...
Style:
sitcom, hilarious, humorous, not serious, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
farce, owner, snob, cockney, british, hotel, married couple, tourist, couples, monty python, humour, disorder ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
england, britain, europe, seattle
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the three teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets to the sold-out show becomes the focal point of their existence. They'll do anything for tickets -- compete in a strip club's ...
Style:
period piece, road movie, funny, teen, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
rock and roll, virginity, heavy metal, coming of age, youth, friendship, high school, road trip, domineering mother, telephone call, runaway, music ...
Time:
70s, year 1999, 90s, 20th century, year 1978 ...
Place:
michigan, detroit, ohio, usa, cleveland ohio
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
The Wonder Years is an American television comedy-drama created by Neal Marlens and Carol Black. It ran on ABC from 1988 through 1993. The pilot aired on January 31, 1988, following ABC's coverage of Super Bowl XXII.
The show achieved a spot ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, sitcom, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
childhood, generation gap, childhood sweetheart, friends, coming of age, high school, first love, teenage life, dating, family relations, love and romance, family life ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Alienated, hopeful-filmmaker Pat Johnson's epic story growing up in rural Illinois, falling in love, and becoming the first fan of the movie that changed everything.
Style:
funny, satirical, semi serious, thrilling, humorous ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
filmmaking, fan culture, grownups, pop culture, coming of age, satire, filmmaker, film history, obsession, small town, self discovery, youth ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When East German Eric Brogar (Dolph Lundgren) wins a gold medal in the pentathlon, he escapes to freedom in the west with the help of a beautiful American athlete. But his demanding coach, Heinrich Mueller (David Soul) vows revenge and Eric's ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
olympics, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, vengeance, power relations, betrayal, rivalry, coach, employer employee relationship, athlete, neo nazi ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
europe, east germany, seoul, berlin germany, germany ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
After fully recovering from her near fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first female cyborg, is assigned to spy missions of her own.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
superheroine, superhuman powers, androids and robots, danger, investigation, escapades, government agency, undercover, chases and races, ex athlete, government facility, female protagonist ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa, las vegas
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Six Million Dollar Man is an American television series about a former astronaut with bionic implants working for a fictional government office known as OSI. The series is based on the Martin Caidin novel Cyborg, which was the series's ...
Style:
serious, retro, exciting, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
undercover, investigation, escapades, chases and races, androids and robots, surgery, government agency, danger, cyborgs, boss, u.s. air force, superhero ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Muppet Show is a comedy-variety television series produced by puppeteer Jim Henson and featuring The Muppets. After two pilot episodes produced in 1974 and 1975 failed to get the attention of America's network heads, Lew Grade approached ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, exciting, sitcom, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, adult, preschool
Plot:
puppet, muppets, pig, media satire, variety show, eagle, bear, friends, showbiz, fame, workplace, performer's life ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
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952
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Set in Montreal during the disco phenomenon some 35 years ago, Funkytown follows the life of a group of colorful characters. We follow their lives and tribulations as everyone converges on a regular basis at Montreal's hot disco spot: ...
Style:
serious, captivating, disturbing, suspense, sexual ...
Plot:
disco, gay husband, gay relationship, nightclub, lifestyle, addiction, nightlife, actor's life, society, artists and showbiz, social decay, social relations ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1971, year 1982 ...
Place:
montreal, canada, toronto ontario canada, quebec, new york
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