The 30 best Drama movies of the 1970s

1. 1

   The Godfather (1972)

   directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 175 min · 8.7 23,501 votes

2. 2

   The Godfather Part II (1974)

   directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 202 min · 8.6 14,289 votes

3. 3

   One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

   directed by Miloš Forman · 133 min · 8.4 11,716 votes

4. 4

   Apocalypse Now (1979)

   directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 196 min · 8.3 9,347 votes

5. 5

   Taxi Driver (1976)

   directed by Martin Scorsese · 114 min · 8.1 13,755 votes

6. 6

   The Deer Hunter (1978)

   directed by Michael Cimino · 182 min · 8.0 4,372 votes

7. 7

   Stalker (1979)

   directed by Andrei Tarkovsky · 162 min · 8.1 2,591 votes

8. 8

   Rocky (1976)

   directed by John G. Avildsen · 119 min · 7.8 8,864 votes

9. 9

   Barry Lyndon (1975)

   directed by Stanley Kubrick · 185 min · 8.0 3,271 votes

10. 10

    The Sting (1973)

    directed by George Roy Hill · 129 min · 8.0 3,086 votes

11. 11

    Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

    directed by Sidney Lumet · 125 min · 7.9 3,494 votes

12. 12

    Annie Hall (1977)

    directed by Woody Allen · 93 min · 7.7 4,336 votes

13. 13

    Papillon (1973)

    directed by Franklin J. Schaffner · 151 min · 7.8 2,178 votes

14. 14

    Network (1976)

    directed by Sidney Lumet · 121 min · 7.8 2,100 votes

15. 15

    Manhattan (1979)

    directed by Woody Allen · 96 min · 7.7 2,669 votes

16. 16

    Solaris (1972)

    directed by Andrei Tarkovsky · 165 min · 7.8 1,892 votes

17. 17

    Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)

    directed by Elio Petri · 111 min · 8.2 894 votes

18. 18

    All the President's Men (1976)

    directed by Alan J. Pakula · 138 min · 7.7 2,150 votes

19. 19

    Amarcord (1973)

    directed by Federico Fellini · 123 min · 7.9 1,238 votes

20. 20

    Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

    directed by Robert Benton · 105 min · 7.6 2,532 votes

21. 21

    Mirror (1975)

    directed by Andrei Tarkovsky · 107 min · 7.9 1,119 votes

22. 22

    We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974)

    directed by Ettore Scola · 125 min · 8.3 663 votes

23. 23

    Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

    directed by Don Siegel · 113 min · 7.5 3,269 votes

24. 24

    A Special Day (1977)

    directed by Ettore Scola · 107 min · 8.1 788 votes

25. 25

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

    directed by Steven Spielberg · 137 min · 7.4 4,827 votes

26. 26

    Serpico (1973)

    directed by Sidney Lumet · 130 min · 7.5 2,253 votes

27. 27

    Paper Moon (1973)

    directed by Peter Bogdanovich · 102 min · 7.9 864 votes

28. 28

    The Conversation (1974)

    directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 114 min · 7.5 2,102 votes

29. 29

    Autumn Sonata (1978)

    directed by Ingmar Bergman · 99 min · 8.0 725 votes

30. 30

    Cries and Whispers (1972)

    directed by Ingmar Bergman · 95 min · 7.9 802 votes

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Method: TMDb audience rating weighted by vote count, with a vote floor per list. No position is editorial opinion; it is the catalogue, ordered.

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