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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from the 1970s
2,399 movies from the 1970s, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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1970 · Drama
Macho Callahan
1970 · Western
Darker Than Amber
1970 · Mystery
Lost Flight
1970 · Drama
Soldier Blue
1970 · Western
Diary of a Mad Housewife
1970 · Comedy
Goodbye Gemini
1970 · Horror
Performance
1970 · Drama
Puppet on a Chain
1970 · Thriller
Space Amoeba
1970 · Adventure
The Beast in the Cellar
1970 · Horror
La Piscine
1970 · Drama
Cleopatra
1970 · Documentary
Barquero
1970 · Western
The Angel Levine
1970 · Drama
You Can’t Win ’Em All
1970 · War
Something For Everyone
1970 · Crime
Cry of the Banshee
1970 · Horror
The Man Who Haunted Himself
1970 · Drama
30,000 Miles Under the Sea
1970 · Animation
Hoffman
1970 · Drama
Cromwell
1970 · War
Joe
1970 · Crime
The Revolutionary
1970 · Drama
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970 · Thriller
Take the Money and Run
1970 · Comedy
Where’s Poppa?
1970 · Comedy
Goin’ Down the Road
1970 · Drama
Judy
1970 · Horror
The Boatniks
1970 · Family
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
1970 · Drama
Shinbone Alley
1970 · Romance
Chisum
1970 · Western
Myra Breckinridge
1970 · Drama
Catch-22
1970 · Drama
Kelly's Heroes
1970 · Adventure
No Blade of Grass
1970 · Adventure
Heer Ranjha
1970 · Music
Darling Lili
1970 · Romance
A Walk in the Spring Rain
1970 · Drama
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