Movie List for "1970"

Romanzo criminale (2005) Crime Drama Movie

Set in the 1970s, it’s the story of three lifelong friends who take control of organized crime in Rome. Year 2005.

Generes: Crime, Drama
Director: Michele Placido
Writer: Giancarlo De Cataldo, Stefano Rulli, Sandro Petraglia
Actors: Kim Rossi Stuart, Anna Mouglalis, Pierfrancesco Favino

Laskar Pelangi (2008) Adventure Drama Family Movie

In the 1970s, a group of 10 students struggles with poverty and develop hopes for the future in Gantong Village on the farming and tin mining island of Belitung off the east coast of Sumatra. Year 2008.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, Family
Director: Riri Riza
Writer: Salman Aristo, Andrea Hirata, Mira Lesmana
Actors: Cut Mini Theo, Zulfanny, Ikranagara

Searching for Sugar Man (2012) Documentary Biography Music Movie

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez. Year 2012.

Generes: Documentary, Biography, Music
Director: Malik Bendjelloul
Writer: Malik Bendjelloul, Stephen ‘Sugar’ Segerman, Craig Bartholomew Strydom
Actors: Rodriguez, Stephen ‘Sugar’ Segerman, Dennis Coffey

Ischeznuvshaya imperiya (2008) Drama Movie

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 face their first disappointments and victories Year 2008.

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

Gui lin rong ji (1998) Drama Movie

Rong Rong is the tough Mama Boss from childhood in pre-1949 Guilin until her disillusion in 1970s Taipei, where she struggles to run a noodle shop and contend with a host of colorful customers. Year 1998.

Generes: Drama
Director: Yan Xie
Writer: Hsien-Yung Pai, Yan Xie, Cindy Yang
Actors: Carol ‘Do Do’ Cheng, Pao-Ming Ku, Kevin Lin

The Last King of Scotland (2006) Biography Drama History Movie

Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin’s regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s. Year 2006.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Writer: Peter Morgan, Jeremy Brock, Giles Foden
Actors: James McAvoy, Forest Whitaker, Gillian Anderson

Ma-yak-wang (2018) Action Crime Drama Movie

Set in Busan, South Korea during the 1970s, Lee Doo-sam builds an empire as a drug smuggler in the Busan underworld, while public prosecutor Kim In-goo attempts to take down Lee Doo-sam. Year 2018.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Min-ho Woo
Writer: Min-ho Woo
Actors: Kang-ho Song, Jo Jung-Suk, Bae Doona

Huo zhe (1994) Drama War Movie

After Fugui and Jiazhen lose their personal fortunes, they raise a family and survive difficult cultural changes during 1940s to 1970s China. Year 1994.

Generes: Drama, War
Director: Yimou Zhang
Writer: Wei Lu, Hua Yu
Actors: You Ge, Gong Li, Ben Niu

Shaft (2000) Action Crime Thriller Movie

New York City police detective John Shaft (nephew of the original 1970s detective) goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder. Year 2000.

Generes: Action, Crime, Thriller
Director: John Singleton
Writer: Ernest Tidyman (novel), John Singleton (story), Shane Salerno (story), Richard Price (screenplay), John Singleton (screenplay), Shane Salerno (screenplay)
Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale

The Pornographer (2001) Drama Movie

Jacques Laurent made pornographic films in the 1970s and ’80s, but had put that aside for 20 years. His artistic ideas, born of the ’60s counter-culture, had elevated the entire genre. Year 2001.

Generes: Drama
Director: Bertrand Bonello
Writer: Bertrand Bonello (scenario)
Actors: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jérémie Renier, Dominique Blanc, Catherine Mouchet

Gia (1998) Biography Drama Romance Movie

The story of the life of Gia Carangi, a top fashion model from the late 1970s, from her meteoric rise to the forefront of the modeling industry, to her untimely death. Year 1998.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: Michael Cristofer
Writer: Jay McInerney, Michael Cristofer
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Michael Cole, Kylie Travis

Vysotsky: Thank God I’m Alive (2011) Biography Drama Movie

Russian poet, singer and actor Vladimir Vysotsky was an idol of the 1970s and ’80s. In 1980, at the age of 42, he passed away during the Moscow Olympic Games. This is the story of his last … Year 2011.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Pyotr Buslov
Writer: Nikita Vysotskiy
Actors: Sergey Bezrukov, Oksana Akinshina, Andrey Smolyakov, Ivan Urgant

The Golden Glove (2019) Crime Drama Horror Thriller Movie

A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s. Year 2019.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Director: Fatih Akin
Writer: Fatih Akin (screenplay), Heinz Strunk (novel)
Actors: Jonas Dassler, Adam Bousdoukos, Margarete Tiesel, Katja Studt

Peacock (2005) Drama Movie

China in the late 1970s and early 1980s: the life of an ordinary working family as seen through its three siblings. Year 2005.

Generes: Drama
Director: Changwei Gu
Writer: Qiang Li
Actors: Jing An, Li Feng, Changwei Gu, Meiying Huang

K.G.F: Chapter 1 (2018) Action Drama Movie

In the 1970s, a fierce rebel rises against brutal oppression and becomes the symbol of hope to legions of downtrodden people. Year 2018.

Generes: Action, Drama
Director: Prashanth Neel
Writer: Prashanth Neel
Actors: Yash, Srinidhi Shetty, Ramachandra Raju, Archana Jois

Misbehaviour (2020) Drama History Movie

A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London. Year 2020.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Philippa Lowthorpe
Writer: Rebecca Frayn (story written by), Rebecca Frayn, Gaby Chiappe
Actors: Keira Knightley, Greg Kinnear, Daniel Tiplady, Kajsa Mohammar