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Best Movies of 1970

The highest-rated films released in 1970, ranked by TMDB user score among titles with at least 500 votes.

Most watched in 1970

The Aristocats1970 · ★ 7.3 · 1h 18m Beneath the Planet of the Apes1970 · ★ 6.2 · 1h 35m They Call Me Trinity1970 · ★ 7.6 · 1h 55m Patton1970 · ★ 7.4 · 2h 52m M*A*S*H1970 · ★ 6.9 · 1h 56m Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion1970 · ★ 8.2 · 1h 51m

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   #1 Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) · ★ 8.2 · 900 votes · 1h 51m · thriller, drama

   Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and t…

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   #2 They Call Me Trinity (1970) · ★ 7.6 · 1,499 votes · 1h 55m · action, comedy, western

   The simple story has the pair coming to the rescue of peace-loving Mormons when land-hungry Major Harriman sends his bullies to harass them into giving up their fertile valley. Tri…

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   #3 Le Cercle Rouge (1970) · ★ 7.6 · 755 votes · 2h 20m · thriller, drama, crime

   When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped mur…

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   #4 Patton (1970) · ★ 7.4 · 1,260 votes · 2h 52m · drama, history, war

   "Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion…

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   #5 Kelly's Heroes (1970) · ★ 7.4 · 861 votes · 2h 24m · comedy, adventure, war

   A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.…

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   #6 Little Big Man (1970) · ★ 7.4 · 745 votes · 2h 19m · comedy, adventure, drama

   Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.…

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   #7 The Aristocats (1970) · ★ 7.3 · 5,463 votes · 1h 18m · comedy, adventure, animation

   When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the legatees, lea…

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   #8 Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) · ★ 7.2 · 623 votes · 2h 24m · drama, history, war

   In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code w…

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   #9 Donkey Skin (1970) · ★ 7.2 · 569 votes · 1h 30m · comedy, fantasy, romance

   A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.…

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    #10 The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) · ★ 7.1 · 862 votes · 1h 36m · thriller, horror, mystery

    An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city and conducts his own investigation, despite him and his gi…

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    #11 Five Easy Pieces (1970) · ★ 7.1 · 621 votes · 1h 38m · drama

    Robert Dupea spends his days doing various odd jobs, drinking and womanizing until an encounter with his sister makes him revisit his past.…

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    #12 Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) · ★ 7.0 · 709 votes · 1h 54m · adventure, romance, western

    When a wandering mercenary named Hogan rescues a nun called Sister Sara from the unwanted attentions of a band of rogues on the Mexican plains, he has no idea what he has let himse…

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    #13 El Topo (1970) · ★ 7.0 · 701 votes · 2h 5m · action, adventure, drama

    El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man.…

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    #14 M*A*S*H (1970) · ★ 6.9 · 1,194 votes · 1h 56m · comedy, drama, war

    One of the world's most acclaimed comedies, M*A*S*H focuses on three Korean War Army surgeons brilliantly brought to life by Donald Sutherland, Tom Skerritt and Elliott Gould. Thou…

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    #15 Love Story (1970) · ★ 6.8 · 763 votes · 1h 40m · romance, drama

    Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, t…

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    #16 The Gendarme Takes Off (1970) · ★ 6.3 · 566 votes · 1h 30m · comedy

    The whole clique of Cruchot's police station is retired. Now he lives with his rich wife in her castle - and is bored almost to death. He fights with the butler, because he isn't e…

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    #17 Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) · ★ 6.2 · 1,527 votes · 1h 35m · adventure, science-fiction, mystery

    The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission lands on the planet of the apes, and uncovers a horrible secret beneath the surface.…

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