Movies Set in the 1970s
Kinora's catalogue lists 272 films set in the 1970s, spanning 1970–2024. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
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- 1979
...And Justice for All
Urbandir. Norman Jewison - 2002
24 Hour Party People
Urbandir. Michael Winterbottom - 1977
3 Women
Desertdir. Robert Altman - 1974
A Woman Under the Influence
Urbandir. John Cassavetes - 1974
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Urbandir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder - 1974
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1974
Alice in the Cities
Urbandir. Wim Wenders - 1993
Alive
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Frank Marshall - 1979
All That Jazz
Urbandir. Bob Fosse - 1976
All the President's Men
Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula - 2000
Almost Famous
Urbandir. Cameron Crowe - 2007
American Gangster
Urbandir. Ridley Scott - 1992
American Me
Urbandir. Edward James Olmos - 2003
American Splendor
Urbandir. Robert Pulcini - 1977
Annie Hall
Urbandir. Woody Allen - 1995
Apollo 13
Off Worlddir. Ron Howard - 2012
Argo
Urbandir. Ben Affleck - 1976
Assault on Precinct 13
Urbandir. John Carpenter - 1986
At Close Range
Ruraldir. James Foley - 1978
Autumn Sonata
Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman - 1972
Avanti!
Island · Coastal Seadir. Billy Wilder - 1971
Bananas
Urban · Wildernessdir. Woody Allen - 2000
Before Night Falls
Urbandir. Julian Schnabel - 1979
Being There
Urbandir. Hal Ashby - 1974
Black Christmas
Urbandir. Bob Clark - 2018
BlacKkKlansman
Urbandir. Spike Lee - 1997
Boogie Nights
Urban · Suburbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson - 1989
Born on the Fourth of July
Suburbandir. Oliver Stone - 1993
Bound by Honor
Urbandir. Taylor Hackford - 1979
Breaking Away
Ruraldir. Peter Yates - 1996
Breaking the Waves
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Lars von Trier - 1974
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Rural · Urbandir. Sam Peckinpah - 2005
Brokeback Mountain
Rural · Mountaindir. Ang Lee - 2005
C.R.A.Z.Y.
Urbandir. Jean-Marc Vallée - 1972
Caliber 9
Urbandir. Fernando Di Leo - 1979
Camera Buff
dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski - 1977
Capricorn One
Desertdir. Peter Hyams - 1993
Carlito's Way
Urbandir. Brian De Palma - 1976
Carrie
Suburbandir. Brian De Palma - 1995
Casino
Desert · Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1981
Chariots of Fire
Urbandir. Hugh Hudson - 1973
Charley Varrick
Rural · Desertdir. Don Siegel - 2000
Chopper
Urbandir. Andrew Dominik - 1981
Christiane F.
Urbandir. Uli Edel - 1983
Christine
Suburbandir. John Carpenter - 2002
City of God
Urbandir. Fernando Meirelles - 1970
Claire's Knee
dir. Éric Rohmer - 1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Rural · Wildernessdir. Steven Spielberg - 2012
Cloud Atlas
Urban · Island · Coastal Sea · Off Worlddir. Lilly Wachowski - 1980
Coal Miner's Daughter
Ruraldir. Michael Apted - 1973
Coffy
Urbandir. Jack Hill - 1970
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Mountain · Undergrounddir. Joseph Sargent - 1978
Coma
Urbandir. Michael Crichton - 2007
Control
Urbandir. Anton Corbijn - 1976
Cria!
Urbandir. Carlos Saura - 1987
Cry Freedom
Urban · Ruraldir. Richard Attenborough - 1978
Dawn of the Dead
Urban · Suburbandir. George A. Romero - 1973
Day for Night
Urbandir. François Truffaut - 1993
Dazed and Confused
Suburbandir. Richard Linklater - 1974
Death Wish
Urbandir. Michael Winner - 1975
Deep Red
Urbandir. Dario Argento - 1972
Deliverance
Wilderness · Ruraldir. John Boorman - 1971
Dirty Harry
Urbandir. Don Siegel - 1975
Dog Day Afternoon
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet - 1995
Dolores Claiborne
Island · Ruraldir. Taylor Hackford - 1973
Don't Look Now
Urbandir. Nicolas Roeg - 1972
Don't Torture a Duckling
Ruraldir. Lucio Fulci - 1997
Donnie Brasco
Urbandir. Mike Newell - 1989
Driving Miss Daisy
Urbandir. Bruce Beresford - 1989
Drugstore Cowboy
Urbandir. Gus Van Sant - 1971
Duel
Desert · Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 2022
Elvis
Urbandir. Baz Luhrmann - 1973
Enter the Dragon
Island · Undergrounddir. Robert Clouse - 1971
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Urbandir. Don Taylor - 1976
Family Plot
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1993
Farewell My Concubine
Urbandir. Chen Kaige - 1972
Fat City
Urbandir. John Huston - 1998
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Urban · Desertdir. Terry Gilliam - 1993
Fire in the Sky
Rural · Wildernessdir. Rob Lieberman - 1970
Five Easy Pieces
Rural · Island · Coastal Seadir. Bob Rafelson - 1994
Forrest Gump
Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Zemeckis - 1975
French Connection II
Urban · Coastal Seadir. John Frankenheimer - 1980
Friday the 13th
Wildernessdir. Sean S. Cunningham - 2012
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1
Urbandir. Anurag Kashyap - 1971
Gentlemen of Fortune
Urbandir. Aleksandr Sery - 1990
GoodFellas
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1988
Gorillas in the Mist
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Michael Apted - 1978
Halloween
Suburbandir. John Carpenter - 1979
Hardcore
Urbandir. Paul Schrader - 1971
Harold and Maude
Suburbandir. Hal Ashby - 1978
Heaven Can Wait
Urbandir. Warren Beatty - 1977
House
Ruraldir. Nobuhiko Obayashi - 1993
In the Name of the Father
Urbandir. Jim Sheridan - 2010
Incendies
Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve - 1978
Interiors
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Woody Allen - 1978
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Urbandir. Philip Kaufman - 1970
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Urbandir. Elio Petri - 1973
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
Urbandir. Leonid Gaidai - 1990
Jacob's Ladder
Urban · Wildernessdir. Adrian Lyne - 1975
Jaws
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Steven Spielberg - 1978
Jaws 2
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Jeannot Szwarc - 1976
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Urbandir. Chantal Akerman - 2014
Jersey Boys
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood - 1996
Kingpin
Rural · Urbandir. Bobby Farrelly - 1971
Klute
Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula - 1979
Kramer vs. Kramer
Urbandir. Robert Benton - 1972
Last Tango in Paris
Urbandir. Bernardo Bertolucci - 2024
Late Night with the Devil
Urbandir. Cameron Cairnes - 1970
Le Cercle Rouge
Urban · Ruraldir. Jean-Pierre Melville - 2021
Licorice Pizza
Suburbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson - 2012
Life of Pi
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Ang Lee - 1970
Love Story
Urbandir. Arthur Hiller - 1978
Magic
Ruraldir. Richard Attenborough - 1973
Magnum Force
Urbandir. Ted Post - 1999
Man on the Moon
Urbandir. Miloš Forman - 1979
Manhattan
Urbandir. Woody Allen - 1976
Marathon Man
Urbandir. John Schlesinger - 1978
Martin
dir. George A. Romero - 1985
Mask
Suburbandir. Peter Bogdanovich - 1973
Mean Streets
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1979
Meatballs
Ruraldir. Ivan Reitman - 1978
Midnight Express
Urbandir. Alan Parker - 2008
Milk
Urbandir. Gus Van Sant - 2004
Miracle
Urbandir. Gavin O'Connor - 1985
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Urbandir. Paul Schrader - 1982
Missing
Urbandir. Costa-Gavras - 1975
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Ruraldir. Terry Gilliam - 1980
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
Urbandir. Vladimir Menshov - 2005
Munich
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg - 1976
Murder by Death
dir. Robert Moore - 1975
My Friends
Urbandir. Mario Monicelli - 1991
My Girl
Suburbandir. Howard Zieff - 1975
Nashville
Urbandir. Robert Altman - 1976
Network
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet - 1975
Night Moves
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Arthur Penn - 1979
Norma Rae
Ruraldir. Martin Ritt - 1977
Office Romance
Urbandir. Eldar Ryazanov - 2000
One Hundred Steps
Ruraldir. Marco Tullio Giordana - 1977
Opening Night
Urbandir. John Cassavetes - 1998
Patch Adams
Urbandir. Tom Shadyac - 1999
Payback
Urbandir. Brian Helgeland - 2000
Peppermint Candy
Urban · Ruraldir. Lee Chang-dong - 2007
Persepolis
Urbandir. Vincent Paronnaud - 1979
Phantasm
Suburbandir. Don Coscarelli - 1974
Phantom of the Paradise
Urbandir. Brian De Palma - 1972
Play It Again, Sam
Urbandir. Herbert Ross - 1971
Play Misty for Me
Coastal Seadir. Clint Eastwood - 2014
Predestination
Urbandir. Michael Spierig - 1977
Rabid
Urbandir. David Cronenberg - 1999
Ratcatcher
Urbandir. Lynne Ramsay - 2000
Remember the Titans
Urbandir. Boaz Yakin - 1976
Rocky
Urbandir. John G. Avildsen - 1979
Rocky II
Urbandir. Sylvester Stallone - 1977
Rolling Thunder
Urbandir. John Flynn - 2018
Roma
Urbandir. Alfonso Cuarón - 1972
Roma
Urbandir. Federico Fellini - 1993
Rudy
Urbandir. David Anspaugh - 1977
Saturday Night Fever
Urbandir. John Badham - 1973
Scarecrow
Urban · Ruraldir. Jerry Schatzberg - 1974
Scenes from a Marriage
dir. Ingmar Bergman - 1974
Scent of a Woman
dir. Dino Risi - 2012
Searching for Sugar Man
Urbandir. Malik Bendjelloul - 1973
Serpico
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet - 1971
Shaft
Urbandir. Gordon Parks - 1975
Shivers
Suburbandir. David Cronenberg - 1975
Sholay
Ruraldir. Ramesh Sippy - 1983
Silkwood
Ruraldir. Mike Nichols - 1976
Silver Streak
dir. Arthur Hiller - 1973
Sisters
Urbandir. Brian De Palma - 1977
Slap Shot
Urbandir. George Roy Hill - 1972
Sleuth
Ruraldir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz - 1977
Smokey and the Bandit
Ruraldir. Hal Needham - 2023
Society of the Snow
Mountain · Wildernessdir. J. A. Bayona - 1977
Sorcerer
Wilderness · Urban · Mountaindir. William Friedkin - 1981
Southern Comfort
Wildernessdir. Walter Hill - 1971
Straw Dogs
Ruraldir. Sam Peckinpah - 1977
Stroszek
Urban · Ruraldir. Werner Herzog - 2011
Super 8
Suburban · Undergrounddir. J.J. Abrams - 1978
Superman
Urban · Rural · Off Worlddir. Richard Donner - 1977
Suspiria
Urbandir. Dario Argento - 1974
Swept Away
Island · Coastal Seadir. Lina Wertmüller - 1976
Taxi Driver
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1983
Terms of Endearment
Suburbandir. James L. Brooks - 1977
That Obscure Object of Desire
Urbandir. Luis Buñuel - 1977
The American Friend
Urbandir. Wim Wenders - 1979
The Amityville Horror
Suburbandir. Stuart Rosenberg - 1971
The Andromeda Strain
Underground · Ruraldir. Robert Wise - 2008
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Urbandir. Uli Edel - 1976
The Bad News Bears
Suburbandir. Michael Ritchie - 1971
The Big Boss
Ruraldir. Lo Wei - 2024
The Bikeriders
Urbandir. Jeff Nichols - 1970
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Urbandir. Dario Argento - 1978
The Boys from Brazil
Urban · Ruraldir. Franklin J. Schaffner - 1979
The Brood
Urbandir. David Cronenberg - 1980
The Changeling
Urbandir. Peter Medak - 1979
The China Syndrome
Urbandir. James Bridges - 2013
The Conjuring
Ruraldir. James Wan - 1974
The Conversation
Urbandir. Francis Ford Coppola - 1978
The Deer Hunter
Urban · Wildernessdir. Michael Cimino - 1972
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Urbandir. Luis Buñuel - 1978
The Driver
Urbandir. Walter Hill - 1983
The Evil Dead
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Sam Raimi - 1973
The Exorcist
Urbandir. William Friedkin - 1971
The French Connection
Urbandir. William Friedkin - 2021
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Urbandir. Wes Anderson - 1977
The Gauntlet
Urban · Desertdir. Clint Eastwood - 1972
The Getaway
Urban · Ruraldir. Sam Peckinpah - 1990
The Godfather Part III
Urbandir. Francis Ford Coppola - 1972
The Harder They Come
Urbandir. Perry Henzell - 2023
The Holdovers
Rural · Urbandir. Alexander Payne - 1976
The House with Laughing Windows
Ruraldir. Pupi Avati - 1999
The Hurricane
Urbandir. Norman Jewison - 1997
The Ice Storm
Suburbandir. Ang Lee - 2019
The Irishman
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1979
The Jerk
Rural · Urbandir. Carl Reiner - 1984
The Killing Fields
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. Roland Joffé - 1976
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Urbandir. John Cassavetes - 2007
The Kite Runner
Urbandir. Marc Forster - 1973
The Last Detail
Urbandir. Hal Ashby - 2006
The Last King of Scotland
Urbandir. Kevin Macdonald - 1976
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Nicolas Gessner - 1980
The Long Good Friday
Urbandir. John Mackenzie - 1973
The Long Goodbye
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Altman - 1974
The Longest Yard
dir. Robert Aldrich - 1973
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
dir. Gérard Oury - 2021
The Many Saints of Newark
Urbandir. Alan Taylor - 1979
The Muppet Movie
Rural · Desertdir. James Frawley - 1971
The Omega Man
Urbandir. Boris Sagal - 1976
The Omen
Urbandir. Richard Donner - 1971
The Panic in Needle Park
Urbandir. Jerry Schatzberg - 1974
The Parallax View
Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula - 1975
The Passenger
Desert · Urbandir. Michelangelo Antonioni - 1996
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Urbandir. Miloš Forman - 1974
The Phantom of Liberty
Urbandir. Luis Buñuel - 1972
The Poseidon Adventure
Coastal Seadir. Ronald Neame - 2017
The Post
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg - 1977
The Rescuers
Wilderness · Urbandir. Wolfgang Reitherman - 1975
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Ruraldir. Jim Sharman - 2009
The Secret in Their Eyes
Urban · Ruraldir. Juan José Campanella - 1975
The Stepford Wives
Suburbandir. Bryan Forbes - 1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Underground · Urbandir. Joseph Sargent - 1976
The Tenant
Urbandir. Roman Polanski - 1974
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Ruraldir. Tobe Hooper - 1974
The Towering Inferno
Urbandir. John Guillermin - 2000
The Virgin Suicides
Suburbandir. Sofia Coppola - 1979
The Warriors
Urban · Undergrounddir. Walter Hill - 1972
The Way of the Dragon
Urbandir. Bruce Lee - 1973
The Wicker Man
Island · Ruraldir. Robin Hardy - 1971
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
Urbandir. Elio Petri - 1975
Three Days of the Condor
Urbandir. Sydney Pollack - 1974
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Ruraldir. Michael Cimino - 1992
Thunderheart
Ruraldir. Michael Apted - 1979
Time After Time
Urbandir. Nicholas Meyer - 2011
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Urbandir. Tomas Alfredson - 1994
To Live
Ruraldir. Zhang Yimou - 2000
Together
Suburbandir. Lukas Moodysson - 1973
Turkish Delight
Urbandir. Paul Verhoeven - 1971
Two-Lane Blacktop
Rural · Desertdir. Monte Hellman - 1976
Ugly, Dirty and Bad
Urbandir. Ettore Scola - 1983
Under Fire
Urbandir. Roger Spottiswoode - 1971
Vanishing Point
Desertdir. Richard C. Sarafian - 1971
Wake in Fright
Desert · Ruraldir. Ted Kotcheff - 1971
Walkabout
Desert · Wilderness · Urbandir. Nicolas Roeg - 2006
We Are Marshall
Urbandir. McG - 1993
What's Love Got to Do with It
Urbandir. Brian Gibson - 1972
What's Up, Doc?
Urbandir. Peter Bogdanovich - 1989
When Harry Met Sally...
Urbandir. Rob Reiner - 1976
Who Can Kill a Child?
Island · Coastal Seadir. Chicho Ibáñez Serrador - 1971
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Urbandir. Mel Stuart - 1975
Xala
Urbandir. Ousmane Sembène - 1970
Zabriskie Point
Desert · Urbandir. Michelangelo Antonioni - 2007
Zodiac
Urbandir. David Fincher
Frequently asked
How many movies are set in the 1970s?
Kinora's catalogue lists 272 films set in the 1970s, spanning 1970–2024.
What are some movies set in the 1970s?
Films set in the 1970s in our catalogue include ...And Justice for All (1979), 24 Hour Party People (2002), 3 Women (1977), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), and Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974).
What is the oldest movie set in the 1970s?
Claire's Knee (1970) is the earliest film set in the 1970s in our catalogue; the most recent is The Bikeriders (2024).