Movies Set in the 1970s
Kinora's catalogue lists 123 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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- 1974
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Urbandir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder - 1974
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 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 - 2003
American Splendor
Urbandir. Robert Pulcini - 1977
Annie Hall
Urbandir. Woody Allen - 1995
Apollo 13
Off Worlddir. Ron Howard - 2012
Argo
Urbandir. Ben Affleck - 1979
Being There
Urbandir. Hal Ashby - 2018
BlacKkKlansman
Urbandir. Spike Lee - 1997
Boogie Nights
Urban · Suburbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson - 1979
Breaking Away
Ruraldir. Peter Yates - 1996
Breaking the Waves
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Lars von Trier - 2005
Brokeback Mountain
Rural · Mountaindir. Ang Lee - 2005
C.R.A.Z.Y.
Urbandir. Jean-Marc Vallée - 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 - 2000
Chopper
Urbandir. Andrew Dominik - 2002
City of God
Urbandir. Fernando Meirelles - 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 - 2007
Control
Urbandir. Anton Corbijn - 1978
Dawn of the Dead
Urban · Suburbandir. George A. Romero - 1973
Day for Night
Urbandir. François Truffaut - 1993
Dazed and Confused
Suburbandir. Richard Linklater - 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 - 1997
Donnie Brasco
Urbandir. Mike Newell - 1989
Driving Miss Daisy
Urbandir. Bruce Beresford - 1971
Duel
Desert · Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 1973
Enter the Dragon
Island · Undergrounddir. Robert Clouse - 1993
Farewell My Concubine
Urbandir. Chen Kaige - 1970
Five Easy Pieces
Rural · Island · Coastal Seadir. Bob Rafelson - 1994
Forrest Gump
Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Zemeckis - 2012
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1
Urbandir. Anurag Kashyap - 1990
GoodFellas
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1978
Halloween
Suburbandir. John Carpenter - 1971
Harold and Maude
Suburbandir. Hal Ashby - 2010
Incendies
Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve - 1978
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Urbandir. Philip Kaufman - 1970
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Urbandir. Elio Petri - 1990
Jacob's Ladder
Urban · Wildernessdir. Adrian Lyne - 1975
Jaws
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Steven Spielberg - 1976
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Urbandir. Chantal Akerman - 2014
Jersey Boys
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood - 1971
Klute
Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula - 1979
Kramer vs. Kramer
Urbandir. Robert Benton - 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 - 1979
Manhattan
Urbandir. Woody Allen - 1973
Mean Streets
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 2008
Milk
Urbandir. Gus Van Sant - 2004
Miracle
Urbandir. Gavin O'Connor - 1975
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Ruraldir. Terry Gilliam - 2005
Munich
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg - 1975
Nashville
Urbandir. Robert Altman - 1976
Network
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet - 2007
Persepolis
Urbandir. Vincent Paronnaud - 2014
Predestination
Urbandir. Michael Spierig - 1999
Ratcatcher
Urbandir. Lynne Ramsay - 2000
Remember the Titans
Urbandir. Boaz Yakin - 1976
Rocky
Urbandir. John G. Avildsen - 2018
Roma
Urbandir. Alfonso Cuarón - 1993
Rudy
Urbandir. David Anspaugh - 2012
Searching for Sugar Man
Urbandir. Malik Bendjelloul - 1973
Serpico
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet - 1975
Sholay
Ruraldir. Ramesh Sippy - 1983
Silkwood
Ruraldir. Mike Nichols - 2023
Society of the Snow
Mountain · Wildernessdir. J. A. Bayona - 1977
Sorcerer
Wilderness · Urban · Mountaindir. William Friedkin - 2011
Super 8
Suburban · Undergrounddir. J.J. Abrams - 1978
Superman
Urban · Rural · Off Worlddir. Richard Donner - 1977
Suspiria
Urbandir. Dario Argento - 1976
Taxi Driver
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1983
Terms of Endearment
Suburbandir. James L. Brooks - 1979
The Amityville Horror
Suburbandir. Stuart Rosenberg - 2008
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Urbandir. Uli Edel - 2024
The Bikeriders
Urbandir. Jeff Nichols - 1980
The Changeling
Urbandir. Peter Medak - 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 - 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 - 2023
The Holdovers
Rural · Urbandir. Alexander Payne - 2019
The Irishman
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 2007
The Kite Runner
Urbandir. Marc Forster - 2006
The Last King of Scotland
Urbandir. Kevin Macdonald - 1980
The Long Good Friday
Urbandir. John Mackenzie - 1973
The Long Goodbye
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Altman - 2017
The Post
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg - 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 - 1973
The Wicker Man
Island · Ruraldir. Robin Hardy - 1975
Three Days of the Condor
Urbandir. Sydney Pollack - 2011
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Urbandir. Tomas Alfredson - 1994
To Live
Ruraldir. Zhang Yimou - 1971
Wake in Fright
Desert · Ruraldir. Ted Kotcheff - 1971
Walkabout
Desert · Wilderness · Urbandir. Nicolas Roeg - 2006
We Are Marshall
Urbandir. McG - 1989
When Harry Met Sally...
Urbandir. Rob Reiner - 1975
Xala
Urbandir. Ousmane Sembène - 2007
Zodiac
Urbandir. David Fincher
Frequently asked
How many movies are set in the 1970s?
Kinora's catalogue lists 123 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 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Alive (1993), All That Jazz (1979), and All the President's Men (1976).
What is the oldest movie set in the 1970s?
Five Easy Pieces (1970) is the earliest film set in the 1970s in our catalogue; the most recent is The Bikeriders (2024).