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Best 70s Adventure Movies

Explore the top-rated 70s Adventure movies ranked by audience and critic scores. Iconic classics and hidden gems from the 70s.

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Star Wars Poster

#1. Star Wars (1977)

★ 8.2/10 22,797 votes

Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.

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#2. Dersu Uzala (1975)

★ 7.9/10 650 votes

A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. A deep and abiding bond evolves between the two men, one civilized in the usual sense, the other at home in the glacial Siberian woods.

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#3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

★ 7.8/10 6,578 votes

King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".

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#4. Jaws (1975)

★ 7.7/10 11,815 votes

When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to kill the beast before it strikes again.

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#5. A Touch of Zen (1970)

★ 7.6/10 233 votes

Yang Hui-zhen, a mysterious princess on the run from corrupt government officials, is joined in her endeavors by skilled Buddhist monks and an unambitious painter named Gu Sheng-zhai.

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#6. The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)

★ 7.5/10 1,167 votes

After a successful robbery leaves famed thief Lupin the Third and his partner Jigen with nothing but a large amount of expertly crafted counterfeit bills, he decides to track down the forgers responsible—and steal any other treasures he may find in the Castle of Cagliostro, including the 'damsel in distress' he finds imprisoned there.

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#7. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

★ 7.5/10 733 votes

Tired of life as soldiers, Peachy Carnehan and Danny Dravot travel to the isolated land of Kafiristan, where they are ultimately embraced by the people and revered as rulers. After a series of misunderstandings, the natives come to believe that Dravot is a god, but he and Carnehan can't keep up their deception forever.

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#8. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)

★ 7.5/10 517 votes

During the Qing Dynasty, a fishmonger is killed by the reigning Manchu government for supporting the anti-government movement; his son manages to escape to Shaolin Temple, where he plans to learn its secretive brand of martial arts to seek revenge.

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#9. Sorcerer (1977)

★ 7.5/10 686 votes

Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.

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#10. Hedgehog in the Fog (1975)

★ 7.5/10 271 votes

A little hedgehog, on the way to visit his friend the bear, gets lost in thick fog, where horses, dogs and even falling leaves take on a terrifying new aspect...

Aguirre, the Wrath of God Poster

#11. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)

★ 7.4/10 1,291 votes

A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon River in search of the lost city of El Dorado. When great difficulties arise, Aguirre’s men start to wonder whether their quest will lead them to prosperity or certain death.

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#12. Little Big Man (1970)

★ 7.4/10 739 votes

Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.

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#13. Kelly's Heroes (1970)

★ 7.4/10 849 votes

A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance Poster

#14. Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)

★ 7.4/10 255 votes

Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro.

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#15. The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)

★ 7.3/10 1,378 votes

Asterix and Obelix depart on an adventure to complete twelve impossible tasks to prove to Caesar that they are as strong as the Gods. You'll roar with laughter as they outwit, outrun, and generally outrage the very people who are trying to prove them "only human".

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