Лучшие ленты 1970-х годов по версии издания Furious Cinema:

Top-10:
1. A Clockwork Orange (1971, Dir: Stanley Kubrick)
2. The French Connection (1971, Dir: William Friedkin)
3. Five Easy Pieces (1970, Dir: Bob Rafelson)
4. Dirty Harry (1971, Dir: Don Siegel)
5. Enter The Dragon (1973, Dir: Robert Clouse)
6. Straw Dogs (1971, Dir: Sam Peckinpah)
7. Dog Day Afternoon (1975, Dir: Sidney Lumet)
8. The Deer Hunter (1978, Dir: Michael Cimino)
9. Apocalypse Now (1979, Dir: Francis Ford Coppola)
10. Taxi Driver (1976, Dir: Martin Scorsese)

11-20:
11. Network (1976, Dir: Sidney Lumet)
12. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975, Dir: Milos Foreman)
13. Death Wish (1974, Dir: Michael Winner)
14. Carrie (1976, Dir: Brian DePalma)
15. The Exorcist (1973, Dir: William Friedkin)
16. Last Tango in Paris (1973, Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci)
17. The Towering Inferno (1974, Dir: John Guillermin)
18. Husbands (1970, Dir: John Cassavetes)
19. Soldier Blue (1970, Dir: Ralph Nelson)
20. Play Misty For Me (1971, Dir: Clint Eastwood)

21-30:
21. Get Carter (1971, Dir: Mike Hodges)
22. Prime Cut (1972, Dir: Michael Ritchie)
23. Hardcore (1978, Dir: Paul Schrader)
24. Sleuth (1972, Dir: Joseph L. Mankewiez)
25. Emperor of the North (1973, Dir: Robert Aldrich)
26. The Don is Dead (1973, Dir: Richard Fleischer)
27. The Last American Hero (1973, Dir: Lamont Johnson)
28. The Last Detail (1973, Dir: Hal Ashby)
29. The Outfit (1973, Dir: John Flynn)
30. Lenny (1974, Dir: Bob Fosse)

31-40:
31. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (1974, Dir: Joseph Sargent)
32. Thunderbolt & Lightfoot (1974, Dir: Michael Cimino)
33. The Poseidon Adventure (1972, Dir: Ronald Neame)
34. The Day of the Locust (1975. Dir: John Schlesinger)
35. The Driver (1978, Dir: Walter Hill)
36. Papillon (1973, Dir: Franklin J. Shaffner)
37. Night Moves (1975, Dir: Arthur Penn)
38. Three Days of the Condor (1975, Dir: Sydney Pollack)
39. The Ultimate Warrior (1975, Dir: Robert Clouse)
40. The Gauntlet (1977, Dir: Clint Eastwood)

41-50:
41. Blazing Saddles (1974, Dir: Mel Brooks)
42. Little Fauss & Big Halsy (1972, Dir: Sidney J. Furie)
43. The Omega Man (1971, Dir: Boris Sagal)
44. King Kong (1976, Dir: John Guillermin)
45. Black Sunday (1977, Dir: John Frankenheimer)
46. Animal House (1978, Dir: John Landis)
47. The Omen (1976, Dir: Richard Donner)
48. Fingers (1978, Dir: James Toback)
49. Alien (1979, Dir: Ridley Scott)
50. The China Syndrome (1979, Dir: James Bridges)

Лучшие недооцененные ленты 1970-х годов по версии издания WhatCuture:

Top-15:
1. Нью-Йорк, Нью-Йорк / New York, New York (1977)
2. Heartworn Highways (1976)
3. Сёстры / Sisters (1972)
4. Обход / Walkabout (1971)
5. Пугало / Scarecrow (1973)
6. Убийство китайского букмекера / The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
7. Дочери тьмы / Les lèvres rouges (1971)
8. День Саранчи / The Day of the Locust (1975)
9. Исправительный срок / Straight Time (1978)
10. Американский друг / Der amerikanische Freund (1977)
11. Садовый король / The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
12. Шугарлендский экспресс / The Sugarland Express (1974)
13. Громила и скороход / Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
14. Принесите мне голову Альфредо Гарсиа / Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
15. Игрок / The Gambler (1974)

Лучшие независимые ленты 1970-х годов по версии издания What Nerd:

Top-10:
1. Don't Look Now (1973)
2. Eraserhead (1977)
3. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
4. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
5. Halloween (1978)
6. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
7. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
8. The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
9. Tommy (1975)
10. Pink Flamingos (1972)

Лучшие ленты 1970-х годов по версии издания Humanizing The Vacuum:

Top-10:
1. The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci)
2. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman)
3. Suspiria (Dario Argento)
4. The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman)
5. The Emigrants/The New Land (Jan Troell)
6. The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola)
7. A New Leaf (Elaine May)
8. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Bunuel)
9. The Merchant of Four Seasons (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
10. Dawn of the Dead (George Romero)

11-20:
11. Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett)
12. The Landlord (Hal Ashby)
13. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola)
14. Vengeance Is Mine (Shohei Imamura)
15. Badlands (Terrence Malick)
16. The Man Who Would Be King (John Huston)
17. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Vittorio de Sica)
18. Thieves Like Us (Robert Altman)
19. The Butcher (Claude Chabrol)
20. Jaws (Steven Spielberg)

21-30:
21. Wanda (Barbara Loden)
22. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog)
23. McCabe and Mrs Miller (Robert Altman)
24. Wise Blood (John Huston)
25. Night Moves (Arthur Penn)
26. All That Jazz (Bob Fosse)
27. Carrie (Brian De Palma)
28. Harlan County, USA (Barbara Kopple)
29. The Tenant (Roman Polanski)
30. Xala (Ousmane Sembène)

31-40:
31. Mikey and Nicky (Elaine May)
32. Next Stop, Greenwich Village (Paul Mazursky)
33. Chloe in the Afternoon (Eric Rohmer)
34. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese)
35. Ali–Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
36. The Outlaw Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood)
37. 3 Women (Robert Altman)
38. Sorcerer (William Friedkin)
39. Opening Night (John Cassavetes)
40. Mean Streets (Martin Scoarsese)

41-50:
41. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
42. The Late Show (Robert Benton)
43. Annie Hall (Woody Allen)
44. The Passenger (Michelangelo Antonioni)
45. Sunday, Bloody Sunday (John Schlesinger)
46. Beware of a Holy Whore (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
47. The Story of Adele H (Francois Truffaut)
48. Assault on Precinct 13 (John Carpenter)
49. Man of Marble (Andrzej Wajda)
50. Star Wars (George Lucas)

51-60:
51. In a Year of 13 Moons (Rainer Marie Fassbinder)
52. Autumn Sonata (Ingmar Bergman)
53. The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich)
54. Chinatown (Roman Polanski)
55. Les Rendez-vous d’Anna (Chantal Akerman)
56. The Duellists (Ridley Scott),
57. Gates of Heaven (Errol Morris)
58. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Philip Kaufman)
59. The Green Room (François Truffaut)
60. Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks)

61-70:
61. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Ermanno Olmi)
62. An Unmarried Woman (Paul Mazursky)
63. Fox and His Friends (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
64. Love and Death (Woody Allen)
65. Lacombe, Lucien (Louis Malle)
66. F For Fake (Orson Welles)
67. Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick)
68. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Bertrand Blier)
69. The Driver (Walter Hill)
70. Cabaret (Bob Fosse)

71-80:
71. Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet)
72. Ulzana’s Raid (Robert Aldrich)
73. Sounder (Martin Ritt)
74. Deliverance (John Boorman)
75. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola)
76. Alien (Ridley Scott)
77. Hearts and Minds (Peter Davis)
78. Life of Brian (Terry Jones)
79. Amarcord (Federico Fellini)
80. The Friends of Eddie Coyle (Peter Yates)

81-90:
81. Breaking Away (Peter Yates)
82. Shampoo (Hal Ashby)
83. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola)
84. Norma Rae (Martin Ritt)
85. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Vittorio de Sica)
86. Winter Kills (William Richert)
87. Five Easy Pieces (Bob Rafelson)
88. Illustrious Corpses (Francesco Rosi)
89. 10 (Blake Edwards)
90. Chilly Scenes of Winter (Joan Micklin Silver)

30 европейских шедевров 1970-х годов по версии издания Taste of Cinema:

Top-10:
1. The Conformist/The Spider’s Stratagem (1970)
2. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
3. Le Boucher (1970)
4. Kes (1970)
5. Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
6. The Emigrants/The New Land (1971/72)
7. WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971)
8. Murmur of the Heart (1971)
9. Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971)
10. Cries and Whispers (1972)

11-20:
11. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
12. Chloe in the Afternoon (a.k.a. Love in the Afternoon) (1972)
13. Solaris (1972)
14. Day for Night (1973)
15. The Mother and the Whore (1973)
16. Amarcord (1973)
17. The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
18. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
19. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
20. India Song (1975)

21-30:
21. 1900 (1976)
22. The Ascent (1977)
23. Man of Marble (1977)
24. Seven Beauties (1977)
25. The American Friend (1977)
26. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1977)
27. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
28. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)
29. Stalker (1979)
30. Quadrophenia (1979)

Лучшие sci-fi фильмы 1970-х годов по версии издания Den of Geek:

Top:
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
THX 1138 (1971)
The Omega Man (1971)
Silent Running (1972)
The Crazies (1973)
Soylent Green (1973)
Westworld (1973)
Sleeper (1973)

Zardoz (1974)
Dark Star (1974)
Phase IV (1974)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
A Boy and His Dog (1975)
Rollerball (1975)
Shivers (1975)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Logan’s Run (1976)
Demon Seed (1977)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Time After Time (1979)

12 недооцененных лент 1970-х годов по версии издания Wealth of Geeks:

Top-12:
1. Don't Look Now (1973)
2. Harold and Maude (1971)
3. Never Give an Inch (Sometimes a Great Notion) (1971)
4. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
5. The Streetfighter (Hard Times) (1975)
6. The Gauntlet (1977)
7. The Conversation (1974)
8. The Harder They Come (1972)
9. The Way We Were (1973)
10. Papillon (1973)
11. Breaking Away (1979)
12. The Last Detail (1973)

10 великих американских лент 70-х годов по версии BFI:

Top-10:
Five Easy Pieces (1970) Director: Bob Rafelson
The Last Picture Show (1971) Director: Peter Bogdanovich
The Godfather / The Godfather Part II (1972/74) Director: Francis Ford Coppola
American Graffiti (1973) Director: George Lucas
A Woman under the Influence (1974) Director: John Cassavetes
All the President’s Men (1976) Director: Alan J. Pakula
Taxi Driver (1976) Director: Martin Scorsese
Eraserhead (1977) Director: David Lynch
Girlfriends (1978) Director: Claudia Weill
Killer of Sheep (1978) Director: Charles Burnett

Лучшие хорроры 1970-х годов по версии издания Slash Films:

Top-10:
1. Техасская резня бензопилой / The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
2. Чужой / Alien (1979)
3. Изгоняющий дьявола / The Exorcist (1973)
4. Хэллоуин / Halloween (1978)
5. Челюсти / Jaws (1975)
6. Плетеный человек / The Wicker Man (1973)
7. Рассвет мертвецов / Dawn of the Dead (1978)
8. Суспирия / Suspiria (1977)
9. Кэрри / Carrie (1976)
10. А теперь не смотри / Don't Look Now (1973)

11-20:
11. Вторжение похитителей тел / Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
12. Чёрное Рождество / Black Christmas (1974)
13. Голова-ластик / Eraserhead (1977)
14. Дом / Hausu (1977)
15. Омен / The Omen (1976)
16. Шоу ужасов Рокки Хоррора / The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
17. Призрак рая / Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
18. Фантазм / Phantasm (1979)
19. Демоны / Shura (1971)
20. Ганджа и Хесс / Ganja & Hess (1973)

Лучшие ленты 1970-х годов по версии издания Looper:

Top-10:
1. The Godfather
2. Apocalypse Now
3. The Godfather Part II
4. Taxi Driver
5. Chinatown
6. The Last Picture Show
7. Alien
8. Stalker
9. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
10. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

11-20:
11. Annie Hall
12. Badlands
13. The French Connection
14. American Graffiti
15. Day for Night
16. Jaws
17. Love and Death
18. Nashville
19. Patton
20. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

21-30:
21. Mean Streets
22. Scenes from a Marriage
23. Days of Heaven
24. Aguirre: The Wrath of God
25. Solaris
26. Don't Look Now
27. Dog Day Afternoon
28. The Conversation
29. The Sting
30. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

31-40:
31. Halloween
32. The Mirror
33. A Woman Under the Influence
34. Klute
35. Barry Lyndon
36. The Deer Hunter
37. Sleuth
38. Being There
39. All the President's Men
40. 3 Women

41-50:
41. The Long Goodbye
42. Assault on Precinct 13
43. Network
44. Serpico
45. Young Frankenstein
46. Enter the Dragon
47. The Bad News Bears
48. McCabe and Mrs. Miller
49. The Passenger
50. Life of Brian

51-60:
51. Dirty Harry
52. Carrie
53. Grey Gardens
54. Girlfriends
55. Paper Moon
56. Cabaret
57. The Wicker Man
58. Eraserhead
59. Blue Collar
60. Superman: The Movie

61-70:
61. Five Easy Pieces
62. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
63. A Clockwork Orange
64. The Exorcist
65. Manhattan
66. Duel
67. Deliverance
68. House
69. Suspiria
70. Walkabout

71-80:
71. Dawn of the Dead
72. National Lampoon's Animal House
73. The Castle of Cagliostro
74. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
75. Rocky
76. Fantastic Planet
77. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
78. Kramer vs. Kramer
79. An Unmarried Woman
80. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

81-95:
81. Blazing Saddles
82. Mad Max
83. The Muppet Movie
84. All that Jazz
85. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
86. Play Misty for Me
87. Last Tango in Paris
88. Straw Dogs
89. The Man Who Fell to Earth
90. The Warriors
91. Saturday Night Fever
92. Harold and Maude
93. Sorcerer
94. Shaft
95. The Rocky Horror Picture Show