Best drama from the 70s
The catalogue's drama films from 1970–1979, ranked by audience score. We bias against the cinephile-canonical picks (Letterboxd top-250) — if you've already seen the obvious entries, scroll past the first row.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
bittersweetcerebralgut punch
We All Loved Each Other So Much
foreign gembittersweettender
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
foreign gemdreadparanoid
Scenes from a Marriage
foreign gembittersweetcerebral
The Izu Dancer
foreign gembittersweettender
A Special Day
foreign gembittersweetslow burn
The Sting
bittersweetplayfuluplifting
The Deer Hunter
epicgut punchraw
Space Battleship Yamato
foreign gemcozyepic
Autumn Sonata
foreign gembittersweetgut punch
Cries and Whispers
foreign gemdreadgut punch
Amarcord
foreign gembittersweetplayful
Chinatown
bittersweetdreadparanoid
Dersu Uzala
foreign gembittersweetslow burn
Paper Moon
bittersweetplayfultender
Papillon
bittersweetraw
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
Dog Day Afternoon
bittersweetrawunhinged
Rocky
bittersweettenderuplifting
Network
cerebralparanoid
Proof of the Man
The Ascent
foreign gemdreadgut punch
A Woman Under the Influence
gut punchrawslow burn
1900
foreign gemepicslow burn
Solaris
foreign gemcerebralslow burn
Day for Night
foreign gembittersweetcerebral
Fiddler on the Roof
bittersweetcozytender
The Exorcist
dreadgut punchparanoid
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
foreign gembittersweetoutsider
Annie Hall
bittersweetcerebraltender