1970'S Movies
by campbellsgrl | created - 17 Oct 2021 | updated - 3 months ago | PublicMovies Released in 1970's
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1. Pete's Dragon (1977)
G | 128 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An orphan boy and his magical dragon come to town with his abusive adoptive parents in pursuit.
Directors: Don Chaffey, Don Bluth | Stars: Sean Marshall, Helen Reddy, Jim Dale, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 26,521 | Gross: $40.10M
2. The Rescuers (1977)
G | 77 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Two mice of the Rescue Aid Society search for a little girl kidnapped by unscrupulous treasure hunters.
Directors: John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, Art Stevens | Stars: Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, Geraldine Page, Joe Flynn
Votes: 69,906 | Gross: $71.22M
3. Robin Hood (1973)
G | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The story of the legendary British outlaw portrayed with the characters as anthropomorphic animals.
Directors: Wolfgang Reitherman, David Hand | Stars: Brian Bedford, Phil Harris, Roger Miller, Peter Ustinov
Votes: 138,919 | Gross: $32.06M
4. The AristoCats (1970)
G | 78 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
With the help of a smooth talking tomcat, a family of Parisian felines set to inherit a fortune from their owner try to make it back home after a jealous butler kidnaps them and leaves them in the country.
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman | Stars: Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Sterling Holloway, Scatman Crothers
Votes: 114,724 | Gross: $37.68M
5. Herbie Rides Again (1974)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Helen Hayes, Ken Berry, Stefanie Powers, John McIntire
Votes: 8,843 | Gross: $38.23M
6. Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)
G | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. Unbeknownst to Herbie's driver, thieves have hidden a stolen diamond in Herbie's gas tank, and are now trying to get it back.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Dean Jones, Don Knotts, Julie Sommars, Jacques Marin
Votes: 8,123
7. Freaky Friday (1976)
G | 98 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A mother and daughter find their personalities switched and have to live each other's lives on one strange Friday.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Barbara Harris, Jodie Foster, John Astin, Patsy Kelly
Votes: 14,084 | Gross: $25.94M
8. The Black Hole (1979)
PG | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A research vessel finds a missing ship, commanded by a mysterious scientist, on the edge of a black hole.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms
Votes: 27,985
9. The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
G | 93 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
In 1907, four explorers discover a lost colony of Vikings in the Arctic.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: David Hartman, Donald Sinden, Jacques Marin, Mako
Votes: 3,162
10. The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)
G | 100 min | Comedy, Family, Western
Three orphan children strike gold in 1878 California.
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Bill Bixby, Susan Clark, Don Knotts, Tim Conway
Votes: 6,563 | Gross: $36.85M
11. The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)
G | 88 min | Comedy, Family, Western
The adventures of two idiotic outlaw wannabees, Amos and Theodore.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Tim Matheson, Kenneth Mars
Votes: 3,261 | Gross: $20.93M
12. Candleshoe (1977)
G | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Welcome to Candleshoe, a stately English manor where a swashbuckling pirate hid a fortune in Spanish doubloons centuries ago. And that's what young orphan Casey and a sly con man are determined to find.
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Jodie Foster, David Niven, Helen Hayes, Leo McKern
Votes: 4,949
13. The Wild Country (1970)
G | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A family leaves city life to take possession of a Wyoming ranch.
Director: Robert Totten | Stars: Steve Forrest, Vera Miles, Ron Howard, Clint Howard
Votes: 349
14. The Biscuit Eater (1972)
G | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In this touching adventure, a remake of the popular 1940 film, two Georgia young boys team up and befriend a feral bird dog, whom they train to participate in a field trials.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Earl Holliman, Pat Crowley, Lew Ayres, Godfrey Cambridge
Votes: 550 | Gross: $0.42M
15. Scandalous John (1971)
G | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way other people--and the law--tell him he has to.
Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Brian Keith, Alfonso Arau, Michele Carey, Rick Lenz
Votes: 177 | Gross: $0.03M
16. Snowball Express (1972)
G | 93 min | Comedy, Family
When John Baxter inherits a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains, he quits his job in New York and moves west to run it--only to find his "estate" in a state of total dilapidation.
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Dean Jones, Nancy Olson, Harry Morgan, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 2,042
17. Superdad (1973)
G | 96 min | Comedy, Family
A father tries to help his daughter meet better friends, only to find his meddling backfires after he finds out that his daughter's friends are the best thing for her.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Bob Crane, Kurt Russell, Barbara Rush, Joe Flynn
Votes: 854 | Gross: $0.24M
18. The Boatniks (1970)
G | 99 min | Comedy, Family
Newly assigned to duty in the coast guard at Newport Beach, a young ensign finds himself involved in romantic complications, as well as with jewel thieves, whose antics contribute to moments of hysteria and hilarity.
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Robert Morse, Stefanie Powers, Phil Silvers, Norman Fell
Votes: 858 | Gross: $18.61M
19. The Million Dollar Duck (1971)
G | 89 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Professor Dooley takes home a duck from his research laboratory as a pet for his son, but soon finds out that it lays golden eggs.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Dean Jones, Sandy Duncan, Joe Flynn, Tony Roberts
Votes: 2,680 | Gross: $11.12M
20. Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)
G | 88 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
A chemistry student invents a spray that makes its wearer invisible. A crook finds out about it, and plans to steal it for himself.
Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Kurt Russell, Cesar Romero, Joe Flynn, Jim Backus
Votes: 2,291
21. The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
G | 92 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Dexter Riley and his friends accidently discover a new chemical mixed with a cereal seems to give anyone temporary superhuman strength
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, Eve Arden, Cesar Romero
Votes: 3,733
22. The World's Greatest Athlete (1973)
G | 93 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
A down on his luck coach travels to Africa where he spots the world's greatest athlete - a white Tarzan-type. The coach brings him back to the U.S. of A. to compete.
Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: John Amos, Jan-Michael Vincent, Tim Conway, Roscoe Lee Browne
Votes: 1,722 | Gross: $0.13M
23. The Barefoot Executive (1971)
G | 96 min | Comedy, Family
A mailroom clerk and a chimp team up to pick hit TV shows.
Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, Harry Morgan, Wally Cox
Votes: 2,059
24. Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979)
G | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
An astronaut and his android double travel back to the time of King Arthur.
Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: Dennis Dugan, Jim Dale, Ron Moody, Kenneth More
Votes: 1,392
25. The Bears and I (1974)
G | 89 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A man seeking peace and quiet finds himself father to three bears.
Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: Patrick Wayne, Chief Dan George, Andrew Duggan, Michael Ansara
Votes: 580 | Gross: $0.27M
26. King of the Grizzlies (1970)
G | 93 min | Family, Western
Ernest T. Seton, an American artist and author, tells the story of a mighty grizzly.
Director: Ron Kelly | Stars: John Yesno, Chris Wiggins, Hugh Webster, Jack Van Evera
Votes: 206
27. One Little Indian (1973)
G | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Western
On the run from the Cavalry, a man tries to disappear while accompanied by two camels and a runaway boy. His escape is made harder when he meets a widow and her daughter who may turn him in.
Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: James Garner, Vera Miles, Pat Hingle, Morgan Woodward
Votes: 723
28. Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
G | 92 min | Adventure, Drama
Two young children, who, rather than part with an old pet lion who was once a circus performer, go on a perilous mountain trek to stay with a recluse friend.
Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: Michael Douglas, Jodie Foster, Johnny Whitaker, Will Geer
Votes: 1,094
29. The Castaway Cowboy (1974)
G | 91 min | Comedy, Family, Western
A Texas cowboy is rescued at sea by a 12-year-old boy. While he waits to return home, he decides to help out his rescuer's family.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: James Garner, Vera Miles, Robert Culp, Eric Shea
Votes: 905
30. Charley and the Angel (1973)
G | 93 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Charley is a workaholic family man that finds out from an angel that his "number's up" and he will be dying soon so he tries to change his ways and be a better husband and father with the time he has left.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Cloris Leachman, Harry Morgan, Kurt Russell
Votes: 643
31. Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
G | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An apprentice witch, three kids and a cynical magician conman search for the missing component to a magic spell to be used in the defense of Britain in World War II.
Directors: Robert Stevenson, Ward Kimball | Stars: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe
Votes: 40,718 | Gross: $18.53M
32. Run, Cougar, Run (1972)
G | 87 min | Drama, Family, Western
In Utah, the idyllic existence of a mountain lion family is threatened when tourists, bent on sport-hunting cougars, make their appearance.
Director: Jerome Courtland | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Frank Aletter, Lonny Chapman, Douglas Fowley
Votes: 120
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