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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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Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970 · Drama
Two Mules for Sister Sara
1970 · Adventure
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
1970 · Comedy
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970 · Comedy
Ned Kelly
1970 · Action
Count Yorga, Vampire
1970 · Horror
Eyewitness
1970 · Thriller
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
1970 · Thriller
The Cross and the Switchblade
1970 · Drama
The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970 · Drama
Crimes of the Future
1970
The Out of Towners
1970 · Comedy
If You Were Young: Rage
1970 · Drama
Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970 · Crime
The Grasshopper
1970 · Romance
Watermelon Man
1970 · Comedy
The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart
1970 · Drama
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970 · Action
Too Late the Hero
1970 · Drama
The Landlord
1970 · Drama
Samskara
1970 · Drama
Pufnstuf
1970 · Comedy
Let It Be
1970 · Music
The Strangler
1970 · Thriller
It Was In May
1970 · Drama
Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970 · Horror
Beast of Blood
1970 · Horror
Sachaa Jhutha
1970 · Drama
A Day at the Beach
1970 · Drama
A Man Called Horse
1970 · Adventure
The Confession
1970 · Drama
Hi, Mom!
1970 · Crime
My Husband’s Woman
1970 · Comedy
Eden and After
1970 · Mystery
The Walking Stick
1970 · Drama
Nadu Iravil
1970 · Mystery
Vietnam Veedu
1970 · Drama
Multiple Maniacs
1970 · Crime
Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970 · Thriller
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
1970 · Drama
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