List of American films of 1970
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This is a list of American films released in 1970.
Patton won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The top-grossing film at the U.S. box office was Airport.
A–B[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre/note | Notes |
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Adam at Six A.M. | Robert Scheerer | Michael Douglas, Lee Purcell, Joe Don Baker, Louise Latham | Drama | National General |
Adam's Woman | Philip Leacock | Beau Bridges, Jane Merrow, John Mills, James Booth | Historical | Warner Bros. |
The Adventurers | Lewis Gilbert | Bekim Fehmiu, Candice Bergen, Charles Aznavour, Olivia de Havilland | Drama | Paramount. From Harold Robbins novel |
Airport | George Seaton | Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, Maureen Stapleton, Van Heflin, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes, Lloyd Nolan, Dana Wynter, Barbara Hale | Disaster film | Universal. Based on Arthur Hailey novel; 10 Oscar nominations |
Alex in Wonderland | Paul Mazursky | Donald Sutherland, Ellen Burstyn, Federico Fellini | Comedy, drama | MGM |
The Angel Levine | Ján Kadár | Zero Mostel, Harry Belafonte, Ida Kamińska | Drama | United Artists |
Angel Unchained | Lee Madden | Larry Bishop, Tyne Daly, Aldo Ray | Drama | AIP |
The Aristocats | Wolfgang Reitherman | Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Gary Dubin | Animation | Disney |
The Baby Maker | James Bridges | Barbara Hershey, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Scott Glenn | Drama | National General |
The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Sam Peckinpah | Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner | Western | Warner Bros. |
Barquero | Gordon Douglas | Lee Van Cleef, Warren Oates | Western | United Artists |
Beneath the Planet of the Apes | Ted Post | James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, Linda Harrison | Science fiction | 20th Century Fox. Planet of the Apes sequel |
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls | Russ Meyer | Cynthia Myers, Dolly Read, Edy Williams | Sex comedy | 20th Century Fox. Roger Ebert script |
Bigfoot | Robert F. Slatzer | John Carradine, Joi Lansing, John Mitchum | Horror | Independent |
Bloody Mama | Roger Corman | Shelley Winters, Bruce Dern, Don Stroud | Crime | AIP |
The Boatniks | Norman Tokar | Robert Morse, Stefanie Powers, Phil Silvers, Norman Fell, Don Ameche | Comedy | Disney |
The Boys in the Band | William Friedkin | Kenneth Nelson, Cliff Gorman, Leonard Frey | Comedy, drama | National General. Based on Mart Crowley play |
Brewster McCloud | Robert Altman | Bud Cort, Sally Kellerman, Shelley Duvall | Fantasy, comedy | MGM |
A Bullet for Pretty Boy | Larry Buchanan | Fabian Forte, Jocelyn Lane, Adam Roarke | Crime | AIP |
C–F[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
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Cannon for Cordoba | Paul Wendkos | George Peppard, Raf Vallone | Western | United Artists |
Catch-22 | Mike Nichols | Alan Arkin, Jon Voight, Bob Newhart, Orson Welles, Buck Henry, Martin Sheen, Bob Balaban, Richard Benjamin, Charles Grodin, Art Garfunkel, Paula Prentiss | War, comedy | Paramount; from novel by Joseph Heller |
C.C. and Company | Seymour Robbie | Joe Namath, Ann-Margret, Jennifer Billingsley | Action | Embassy |
Cherry, Harry & Raquel! | Russ Meyer | Charles Napier, Uschi Digard | Drama | Independent |
The Cheyenne Social Club | Gene Kelly | James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Shirley Jones | Western | National General |
Chisum | Andrew V. McLaglen | John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Ben Johnson, Glenn Corbett, Geoffrey Deuel, Christopher George | Western | Warner Bros. |
The Christine Jorgensen Story | Irving Rapper | John Hansen | Biography | |
Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County | Anton Leader | Dan Blocker, Nanette Fabray, Jim Backus | Western, comedy | Universal |
Colossus: The Forbin Project | Joseph Sargent | Susan Clark, Eric Braeden | Science fiction | Universal |
Cotton Comes to Harlem | Ossie Davis | Redd Foxx, Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques | Comedy | United Artists |
Count Yorga, Vampire | Bob Kelljan | Robert Quarry, Michael Murphy, Roger Perry | Horror | AIP |
Darker than Amber | Robert Clouse | Rod Taylor, Theodore Bikel, Suzy Kendall | Action | National General |
Darling Lili | Blake Edwards | Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Jeremy Kemp | Musical | Paramount |
The Delta Factor | Tay Garnett | Christopher George, Yvette Mimieux, Yvonne De Carlo | Action | Independent |
Diary of a Mad Housewife | Frank Perry | Carrie Snodgress, Richard Benjamin, Frank Langella | Drama | Universal. Golden Globe for Snodgress |
Dirty Dingus Magee | Burt Kennedy | Frank Sinatra, George Kennedy, Anne Jackson | Western | MGM |
The Dunwich Horror | Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, Talia Shire | Horror | AIP | |
El Condor | John Guillermin | Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Marianna Hill | Western | National General |
Elvis: That's the Way It Is | Denis Sanders | Elvis Presley | Documentary | MGM |
End of the Road | Aram Avakian | Stacy Keach, Harris Yulin, Dorothy Tristan | Drama | Allied Artists |
Equinox | Jack Woods | Frank Bonner | Horror | |
Five Easy Pieces | Bob Rafelson | Jack Nicholson, Susan Anspach, Karen Black | Drama | Columbia; 4 Oscar nominations |
Flesh Feast | Brad F. Grinter | Veronica Lake | Horror | Independent. Lake's final film |
Fools | Tom Gries | Jason Robards, Katharine Ross, Scott Hylands | Drama | Cinerama |
G–I[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
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Gas-s-s-s | Roger Corman | Ben Vereen, Talia Shire, Elaine Giftos | Comedy | AIP |
Getting Straight | Richard Rush | Elliott Gould, Candice Bergen, Jeff Corey | Comedy | Columbia |
Gimme Shelter | Albert and David Maysles | The Rolling Stones | Documentary | Independent |
The Grasshopper | Jerry Paris | Jacqueline Bisset, Jim Brown, Joseph Cotton | Drama | National General |
The Great White Hope | Martin Ritt | James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Chester Morris | Sports | 20th Century Fox. Based on Howard Sackler play; 2 Oscar nominations |
Halls of Anger | Paul Bogart | Calvin Lockhart, Janet MacLachlan, Jeff Bridges | Drama | United Artists |
The Hawaiians | Tom Gries | Charlton Heston, Tina Chen, Geraldine Chaplin, John Phillip Law | Drama | United Artists. Based on James Michener novel |
Hercules in New York | Arthur Allan Seidelman | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Stang, James Karen | Comedy | Independent. Schwarzenegger's first film |
Hi, Mom! | Brian De Palma | Robert De Niro, Allen Garfield, Lara Parker | Comedy | Independent |
The Honeymoon Killers | Leonard Kastle | Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco, Doris Roberts | Crime, drama | Cinerama |
Hornets' Nest | Phil Karlson | Rock Hudson, Sylva Koscina, Sergio Fantoni | War | United Artists |
House of Dark Shadows | Dan Curtis | Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Kathryn Leigh Scott | Horror | MGM. Based on TV series Dark Shadows |
How Do I Love Thee? | Michael Gordon | Jackie Gleason, Maureen O'Hara, Shelley Winters | Comedy | Cinerama |
Husbands | John Cassavetes | Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara, Jenny Runacre | Drama | Columbia |
I Love My Wife | Mel Stuart | Elliott Gould, Brenda Vaccaro, Dabney Coleman, Angel Tompkins | Comedy | Universal |
I Never Sang for My Father | Gilbert Cates | Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons | Drama | Columbia. Based on Robert Anderson play; 3 Oscar nominations |
I Walk the Line | John Frankenheimer | Gregory Peck, Tuesday Weld, Estelle Parsons | Drama | Columbia |
The Invincible Six | Jean Negulesco | Stuart Whitman, Elke Sommer, Curd Jürgens | Adventure | Independent. Negulesco's final film |
J–M[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
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Jenny | George Bloomfield | Marlo Thomas, Alan Alda, Marian Hailey | Drama | Cinerama |
Joe | John G. Avildsen | Peter Boyle, Susan Sarandon, Dennis Patrick | Drama | Cannon |
Kelly's Heroes | Brian G. Hutton | Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland | War, action | MGM |
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Sidney Lumet | Paul Newman, James Earl Jones | Documentary | Independent |
The Kremlin Letter | John Huston | Richard Boone, Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson | Thriller | 20th Century Fox. From a novel by Noel Behn |
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun | Anatole Litvak | Samantha Eggar, Oliver Reed, John McEnery | Thriller | Columbia |
The Landlord | Hal Ashby | Beau Bridges, Louis Gossett Jr., Lee Grant, Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey | Comedy | United Artists |
Land Raiders | Nathan H. Juran | Telly Savalas, George Maharis, Arlene Dahl, Janet Landgard | Western | Columbia |
The Last Escape | Walter Grauman | Stuart Whitman, John Collin, Martin Jarvis | War | United Artists |
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots | Sidney Lumet | James Coburn, Lynn Redgrave, Robert Hooks | Drama | Warner Bros. Based on Tennessee Williams play |
The Last Warrior | Carol Reed | Anthony Quinn, Claude Akins, Shelley Winters, Tony Bill | Western | Warner Bros. |
The Lawyer | Sidney J. Furie | Barry Newman, Diana Muldaur, Harold Gould | Drama | Paramount |
The Liberation of L.B. Jones | William Wyler | Roscoe Lee Browne, Lee J. Cobb, Lola Falana, Yaphet Kotto | Drama | Columbia. Wyler's final film |
Little Big Man | Arthur Penn | Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Chief Dan George | Western | National General. From a novel by Thomas Berger |
Little Fauss and Big Halsy | Sidney J. Furie | Robert Redford, Michael J. Pollard, Lauren Hutton | Drama | Paramount |
Love Story | Arthur Hiller | Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw, Ray Milland, John Marley | Tear Jerker | Paramount. From novel by Erich Segal; 7 Oscar nominations |
Lovers and Other Strangers | Cy Howard | Bea Arthur, Cloris Leachman, Vincent Gardenia, Richard Castellano, Bonnie Bedelia, Gig Young, Diane Keaton | Comedy | Cinerama. From a play by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna |
Loving | Irvin Kershner | George Segal, Eva Marie Saint, Sterling Hayden | Drama | Columbia |
The Man from O.R.G.Y. | James Hill | Robert Walker, Louisa Moritz, Lynne Carter | Comedy | Cinemation Industries |
M*A*S*H | Robert Altman | Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Sally Kellerman, Tom Skerritt, Jo Ann Pflug, John Schuck, Robert Duvall, René Auberjonois, Roger Bowen, Fred Williamson | Comedy, war | 20th Century Fox; from a novel by Richard Hooker; 5 Oscar nominations |
Macho Callahan | Bernard L. Kowalski | David Janssen, Jean Seberg, Lee J. Cobb | Western | Embassy |
Maidstone | Norman Mailer | Norman Mailer, Rip Torn | Drama | Independent. Written by Mailer |
A Man Called Horse | Elliot Silverstein | Richard Harris, Judith Anderson, Jean Gascon | Western | National General |
The McMasters | Alf Kjellin | Burl Ives, Brock Peters, Nancy Kwan | Western | Independent |
The Molly Maguires | Martin Ritt | Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar | Drama | Paramount |
Monte Walsh | William A. Fraker | Lee Marvin, Jack Palance, Jeanne Moreau | Western | National General |
The Moonshine War | Richard Quine | Alan Alda, Richard Widmark, Patrick McGoohan | Drama | MGM. From a novel by Elmore Leonard |
Move | Stuart Rosenberg | Elliott Gould, Paula Prentiss, Joe Silver | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
My Lover, My Son | John Newland | Romy Schneider, Donald Houston Dennis Waterman | Drama | MGM. Made in Britain |
Myra Breckinridge | Michael Sarne | Raquel Welch, Mae West, Rex Reed, John Huston, Farrah Fawcett | Sex comedy | 20th Century Fox. From a story by Gore Vidal |
N–S[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
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Nam's Angels | Jack Starrett | Paul Koslo, Bernie Hamilton, Adam Roarke | War, biker | Independent |
No Blade of Grass | Cornel Wilde | Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace, Lynne Frederick | Sci-fi | MGM |
Norwood | Jack Haley Jr. | Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Joe Namath | Comedy | Paramount |
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | Vincente Minnelli | Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand, Jack Nicholson | Musical | Paramount; based on Broadway show |
One More Time | Jerry Lewis | Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Esther Anderson | Comedy | United Artists. Salt and Pepper sequel |
The Only Game in Town | George Stevens | Elizabeth Taylor, Warren Beatty, Hank Henry | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
The Out-of-Towners | Arthur Hiller | Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis, Anne Meara | Comedy | Paramount. Screenplay by Neil Simon |
The Owl and the Pussycat | Herbert Ross | Barbra Streisand, George Segal, Robert Klein | Comedy | Columbia. Screenplay by Buck Henry |
Patton | Franklin J. Schaffner | George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates | War, biography | 20th Century Fox; Oscar for Scott |
The People Next Door | David Greene | Eli Wallach, Julie Harris, Deborah Winters | Drama | Embassy |
The Phantom Tollbooth | Chuck Jones | Butch Patrick, Mel Blanc, June Foray | Family | MGM |
The Phynx | Lee H. Katzin | Joan Blondell, Ultra Violet, Martha Raye | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
Pieces of Dreams | Daniel Haller | Robert Forster, Lauren Hutton, Will Geer | Drama | United Artists |
Pigeons | John Dexter | Jordan Christopher, Jill O'Hara, Robert Walden | Comedy | MGM |
Promise at Dawn | Jules Dassin | Melina Mercouri, Assi Dayan, Didier Haudepin | Drama | Embassy |
Pufnstuf | Hollingsworth Morse | Jack Wild, Billie Hayes, Martha Raye | Musical | Universal |
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You | Rod Amateau | Ian McShane, Anna Calder-Marshall, John Gavin | Comedy | United Artists |
Puzzle of a Downfall Child | Jerry Schatzberg | Faye Dunaway, Roy Scheider, Barry Primus | Drama | Universal |
R. P. M. | Stanley Kramer | Anthony Quinn, Ann-Margret, Gary Lockwood | Drama | Columbia |
Rabbit, Run | Jack Smight | James Caan, Carrie Snodgress, Anjanette Comer | Comedy, drama | Warner Bros. From a novel by John Updike |
The Rebel Rousers | Martin B. Cohen | Cameron Mitchell, Jack Nicholson, Diane Ladd | Biker | Independent |
The Revolutionary | Paul Williams | Jon Voight, Seymour Cassel, Robert Duvall | Drama | United Artists |
Rio Lobo | Howard Hawks | John Wayne, Jorge Rivero, Jennifer O'Neill | Western | National General. Hawks' final film |
Ritual of Evil | Robert Day | Louis Jourdan | Horror | Made for TV |
Savage Intruder | Donald Wolfe | Miriam Hopkins, Gale Sondergaard, Florence Lake | Thriller | Independent |
Skullduggery | Gordon Douglas | Burt Reynolds, Susan Clark, Paul Hubschmid | Drama | Universal |
Soldier Blue | Ralph Nelson | Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence | Western | Embassy |
Something for Everyone | Harold Prince | Angela Lansbury, Michael York, Anthony Higgins | Comedy | National General |
Song of Norway | Andrew L. Stone | Florence Henderson, Christina Schollin, Robert Morley | Musical | Cinerama |
Start the Revolution Without Me | Bud Yorkin | Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
The Strawberry Statement | Stuart Hagmann | Bruce Davison, Kim Darby, Bud Cort | Drama | MGM |
Street Scenes | Martin Scorsese | Documentary | ||
Sunflower | Vittorio De Sica | Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Lyudmila Savelyeva | Drama | Embassy |
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came | Hy Averback | Brian Keith, Tony Curtis, Don Ameche | Comedy | Cinerama |
T–Z[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
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Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon | Otto Preminger | Liza Minnelli, Ken Howard, Kay Thompson | Comedy, drama | Paramount. From a novel by Marjorie Kellogg |
There Was a Crooked Man... | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Warren Oates, Burgess Meredith, Hume Cronyn, Martin Gabel | Western, comedy | Warner Bros. |
They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! | Gordon Douglas | Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Barbara McNair | Drama | United Artists. In the Heat of the Night sequel |
...tick...tick...tick... | Ralph Nelson | Jim Brown, George Kennedy, Fredric March | Action | MGM |
Tiger by the Tail | R. G. Springsteen | Christopher George, Tippi Hedren, Dean Jagger | Drama | Independent |
Arthur Marks | George Hamilton, Peter Lawford, Olga Schoberová | Comedy | Independent | |
Too Late the Hero | Robert Aldrich | Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Henry Fonda | War | Cinerama |
Tora! Tora! Tora! | Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku | Jason Robards, So Yamamura, Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, James Whitmore, E.G. Marshall | War, drama | 20th Century Fox; 5 Oscar nominations |
Trash | Paul Morrissey | Joe Dallesandro, Holly Woodlawn, Jane Forth | Drama | Independent |
The Traveling Executioner | Jack Smight | Stacy Keach, Bud Cort, Marianna Hill | Western | MGM |
The Twelve Chairs | Mel Brooks | Frank Langella, Ron Moody, Dom DeLuise | Comedy | Universal |
Two Mules for Sister Sara | Don Siegel | Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacLaine | Western | Universal |
Up in the Cellar | Theodore J. Flicker | Joan Collins, Larry Hagman, Judy Pace | Drama | AIP |
WUSA | Stuart Rosenberg | Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Perkins | Drama | Paramount |
A Walk in the Spring Rain | Guy Green | Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Quinn, Fritz Weaver | Romance | Columbia |
Watermelon Man | Melvin Van Peebles | Godfrey Cambridge, D'Urville Martin, Estelle Parsons | Comedy | Columbia |
The Way We Live Now | Barry Brown | Nicholas Pryor, Joanna Miles, Lois Smith | Drama | United Artists |
What Do You Say to a Naked Lady? | Allen Funt | Richard Roundtree | Comedy | United Artists |
Where's Poppa? | Carl Reiner | George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Ron Leibman | Comedy | United Artists |
Which Way to the Front? | Jerry Lewis | Jerry Lewis, Jan Murray, John Wood (English actor) | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
The Wild Country | Vera Miles, Steve Forrest, Ron Howard | Adventure | Disney | |
Woodstock | Michael Wadleigh | Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Joe Cocker, Janis Joplin, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Sly and the Family Stone | Documentary | Warner Bros.; from August, 1969 music festival |
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | Burgess Meredith | James Mason, Jeff Bridges, Irene Tsu | Drama | National General Pictures |
You Can't Win 'Em All | Peter Collinson | Tony Curtis, Charles Bronson, Michèle Mercier | War | Columbia |
Zabriskie Point | Michelangelo Antonioni | Daria Halprin, G. D. Spradlin, Rod Taylor | Drama | MGM |
Zig Zag | Richard A. Colla | George Kennedy, Anne Jackson, Eli Wallach | Thriller | MGM |
See also[]
- 1970 in the United States
External links[]
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- 1970 films at the Internet Movie Database
- List of 1970 box office number-one films in the United States
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