Movie List for "1970"

Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

Early 1970s. Four strangers check in at the El Royale Hotel. The hotel is deserted, staffed by a single desk clerk. Some of the new guests’ reasons for being there are less than innocent and some are not who they appear to be. Year 2018.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Drew Goddard
Writer: Drew Goddard
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm

Roma (2018)

A year in the life of a middle-class family’s maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s. Year 2018.

Generes: Drama
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Writer: Alfonso Cuarón
Actors: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta

The Kitchen (2019)

The wives of New York gangsters in Hell’s Kitchen in the 1970s continue to operate their husbands’ rackets after they’re locked up in prison. Year 2019.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Andrea Berloff
Writer: Andrea Berloff, Ollie Masters (based on the comic book series created for DC Vertigo by), Ming Doyle (based on the comic book series created for DC Vertigo by)
Actors: Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss, Domhnall Gleeson

Once Upon a Time in Mumbai (2010)

A smuggler rises to power in in 1970s Mumbai, a younger gangster seeks to overthrow him and a police officer is caught in the middle. Year 2010.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Director: Milan Luthria
Writer: Rajat Arora, Bhrigu Brinda (story screenplay and dialogue), Aditi Mediratta (associate writer)
Actors: Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut, Prachi Desai

The Nice Guys (2016)

In 1970s Los Angeles, a mismatched pair of private eyes investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star. Year 2016.

Generes: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Shane Black
Writer: Shane Black, Anthony Bagarozzi
Actors: Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer

Dolemite Is My Name (2019)

Eddie Murphy portrays real-life legend Rudy Ray Moore, a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego, Dolemite, became a 1970s Blaxploitation phenomenon. Year 2019.

Generes: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Director: Craig Brewer
Writer: Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson

Carnage Park (2016)

Part crime caper gone awry, part survival horror film, this 1970s set thriller depicts a harrowing fight for survival after a pair of wannabe crooks botch a bank heist and flee into the … Year 2016.

Generes: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Director: Mickey Keating
Writer: Mickey Keating
Actors: Ashley Bell, Pat Healy, James Landry Hébert, Michael Villar

I’m a Killer (2016)

Inspired by true events from the 1970s, the story revolves around a young detective who becomes the head of a police unit focused on catching a rampant serial killer of women, nicknamed ‘The Silesian Vampire’. Year 2016.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Maciej Pieprzyca
Writer: Maciej Pieprzyca
Actors: Miroslaw Haniszewski, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Agata Kulesza, Magdalena Poplawska

Komediya strogogo rezhima (1992)

The action is set in 1970 as the Soviet Union (and the entire progressive world) are preparing to celebrate Lenin’s centenary. Not to be outdone, the camp commander decides to have the … Year 1992.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Mikhail Grigoryev, Vladimir Studennikov
Writer: Vladimir Studennikov, Mikhail Grigoryev
Actors: Viktor Sukhorukov, Ivan Krivoruchko, Nadezhda Zharikova, Yury Vyushin

Heimat 2: Chronicle of a Generation (1992)

The fortunes of the village Schabbach reflect those of Germany from 1960 to 1970. Year 1992.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
Actors: Henry Arnold, Salome Kammer, Frank Röth, Noemi Steuer

Obratnaya storona Luny (2012–)

In present-day Russia a car accident mysteriously sends a detective back to the 1970s Soviet Union. A remake of the BBC series. Year 2012–.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
Actors: Pavel Derevyanko, Ivan Shibanov, Svetlana Smirnova-Martsinkevich, Karina Razumovskaya

Vanished Empire (2008)

The film’s story takes place in Moscow in the 1970s. Its plot unfolds around the love triangle between two young men and a girl who study at the same university. They argue, make up, and … Year 2008.

Generes: Drama
Director: Karen Shakhnazarov
Writer: Evgeniy Nikishov, Sergey Rokotov
Actors: Aleksandr Lyapin, Lidiya Milyuzina, Egor Baranovskiy, Ivan Kupreenko

Shimana Periye (1976)

The main setting of the movie was a disastrous cyclone and tidal bore which attacked Bangladesh in 1970. That vast spate washed away an opulent girl and a destitute man to a secluded island… Year 1976.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Director: Alamgir Kabir
Writer: N/A
Actors: Jayasree Kabir, Bulbul Ahmed, Kafi Khan, Maya Hazarika

Dolemite Is My Name (2019)

Eddie Murphy portrays real-life legend Rudy Ray Moore, a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego, Dolemite, became a 1970s Blaxploitation phenomenon. Year 2019.

Generes: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Director: Craig Brewer
Writer: Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson

40 Years in the Making: The Magic Music Movie (2017)

TV writer/producer Lee Aronsohn tracks down the scattered members of a beloved early 1970s band with the hope that, 40 years after they broke up, he can get them to play ONE LAST SHOW. Year 2017.

Generes: Documentary
Director: Lee Aronsohn
Writer: Lee Aronsohn
Actors: N/A

Last Summer (2018)

During a long hot summer in the 1970s, four boys roam free through a neglected rural paradise, until a tragedy strikes that sets them against the adult world and changes their lives forever. Year 2018.

Generes: Drama
Director: Jon Jones
Writer: Jon Jones
Actors: Noa Thomas, Gruffydd Weston, Rowan Jones, Christopher Benning