What were the top 5 movies in 1970?

1970 Top 25 Movies

  • MASH (1970) R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, War.
  • Patton (1970) GP | 172 min | Biography, Drama, War.
  • Woodstock (1970) R | 184 min | Documentary, History, Music.
  • Five Easy Pieces (1970) R | 98 min | Drama.
  • Little Big Man (1970)
  • The Wild Child (1970)
  • The Honeymoon Killers (1970)
  • The Great White Hope (1970)

What was the #1 movie in 1970?

Love Story
Top Grossing Movies of 1970

Rank Movie 1970 Gross
1 Love Story $106,397,186
2 Airport $100,489,150
3 M*A*S*H $81,600,000
4 Patton $62,500,000

What was the biggest movie in the 1970s?

Star Wars
Highest-grossing films (United States and Canada)

Rank Title Year
1 Star Wars 1977
2 Superman 1978
3 The Godfather 1972
4 Jaws 1975

What was released in 1970?

The Numbers – Movies Released in 1970

Release Date Movie Genre
June 23 Kelly’s Heroes Comedy
June 24 Catch-22 Black Comedy
Darling Lili Drama
Myra Breckinridge Comedy

What movies are representative of the time 1970s?

The Best Movies of the 1970s, Ranked!

  • Apocalypse Now (1979)
  • Network (1976)
  • Chinatown (1974)
  • Annie Hall (1977)
  • American Graffiti (1973)
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
  • Jaws (1975)
  • Taxi Driver (1976)

What was the number one movie July 1970?

Domestic Box Office For July 1970

Rank Release Distributor
1 Joe Cannon Film Distributors

What was the number one movie in May 1970?

1970: “Love Story”

What was the number one movie in July of 1970?

Why are 70s movies so good?

The scripts were better, the ideas more daring, the execution freer, and most of all, the connections to the real world of American life outside much stronger and deeper.