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This is a list of American films released in 1970.
Patton won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The top-grossing film at the U.S. box office was Airport.
A–B
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre/note
|
Notes
|
Adam at Six A.M. |
Robert Scheerer |
Michael Douglas, Lee Purcell, Joe Don Baker, Louise Latham |
Drama |
National General
|
Adam's Woman |
Philip Leacock |
Beau Bridges, Jane Merrow, John Mills, James Booth |
Historical |
Warner Bros.
|
The Adventurers |
Lewis Gilbert |
Bekim Fehmiu, Candice Bergen, Charles Aznavour, Olivia de Havilland |
Drama |
Paramount. From Harold Robbins novel
|
Airport |
George Seaton |
Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, Maureen Stapleton, Van Heflin, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes, Lloyd Nolan, Dana Wynter, Barbara Hale |
Disaster film |
Universal. Based on Arthur Hailey novel; 10 Oscar nominations
|
Alex in Wonderland |
Paul Mazursky |
Donald Sutherland, Ellen Burstyn, Federico Fellini |
Comedy, drama |
MGM
|
The Angel Levine |
Ján Kadár |
Zero Mostel, Harry Belafonte, Ida Kamińska |
Drama |
United Artists
|
Angel Unchained |
Lee Madden |
Larry Bishop, Tyne Daly, Aldo Ray |
Drama |
AIP
|
The Aristocats |
Wolfgang Reitherman |
Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Gary Dubin |
Animation |
Disney
|
The Baby Maker |
James Bridges |
Barbara Hershey, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Scott Glenn |
Drama |
National General
|
The Ballad of Cable Hogue |
Sam Peckinpah |
Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
Barquero |
Gordon Douglas |
Lee Van Cleef, Warren Oates |
Western |
United Artists
|
Beneath the Planet of the Apes |
Ted Post |
James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, Linda Harrison
|
Science fiction |
20th Century Fox. Planet of the Apes sequel
|
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls |
Russ Meyer |
Cynthia Myers, Dolly Read, Edy Williams |
Sex comedy |
20th Century Fox. Roger Ebert script
|
Bigfoot |
Robert F. Slatzer |
John Carradine, Joi Lansing, John Mitchum |
Horror |
Independent
|
Bloody Mama |
Roger Corman |
Shelley Winters, Bruce Dern, Don Stroud |
Crime |
AIP
|
The Boatniks |
Norman Tokar |
Robert Morse, Stefanie Powers, Phil Silvers, Norman Fell, Don Ameche |
Comedy |
Disney
|
The Boys in the Band |
William Friedkin |
Kenneth Nelson, Cliff Gorman, Leonard Frey |
Comedy, drama |
National General. Based on Mart Crowley play
|
Brewster McCloud |
Robert Altman |
Bud Cort, Sally Kellerman, Shelley Duvall |
Fantasy, comedy |
MGM
|
A Bullet for Pretty Boy |
Larry Buchanan |
Fabian Forte, Jocelyn Lane, Adam Roarke |
Crime |
AIP
|
C–F
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
Cannon for Cordoba |
Paul Wendkos |
George Peppard, Raf Vallone |
Western |
United Artists
|
Catch-22 |
Mike Nichols |
Alan Arkin, Jon Voight, Bob Newhart, Orson Welles, Buck Henry, Martin Sheen, Bob Balaban, Richard Benjamin, Charles Grodin, Art Garfunkel, Paula Prentiss |
War, comedy |
Paramount; from novel by Joseph Heller
|
C.C. and Company |
Seymour Robbie |
Joe Namath, Ann-Margret, Jennifer Billingsley |
Action |
Embassy
|
Cherry, Harry & Raquel! |
Russ Meyer |
Charles Napier, Uschi Digard |
Drama |
Independent
|
The Cheyenne Social Club |
Gene Kelly |
James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Shirley Jones |
Western |
National General
|
Chisum |
Andrew V. McLaglen |
John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Ben Johnson, Glenn Corbett, Geoffrey Deuel, Christopher George |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
The Christine Jorgensen Story |
Irving Rapper |
John Hansen |
Biography |
|
Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County |
Anton Leader |
Dan Blocker, Nanette Fabray, Jim Backus |
Western, comedy |
Universal
|
Colossus: The Forbin Project |
Joseph Sargent |
Susan Clark, Eric Braeden |
Science fiction |
Universal
|
Cotton Comes to Harlem |
Ossie Davis |
Redd Foxx, Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
Count Yorga, Vampire |
Bob Kelljan |
Robert Quarry, Michael Murphy, Roger Perry |
Horror |
AIP
|
Darker than Amber |
Robert Clouse |
Rod Taylor, Theodore Bikel, Suzy Kendall |
Action |
National General
|
Darling Lili |
Blake Edwards |
Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Jeremy Kemp |
Musical |
Paramount
|
The Delta Factor |
Tay Garnett |
Christopher George, Yvette Mimieux, Yvonne De Carlo |
Action |
Independent
|
Diary of a Mad Housewife |
Frank Perry |
Carrie Snodgress, Richard Benjamin, Frank Langella |
Drama |
Universal. Golden Globe for Snodgress
|
Dirty Dingus Magee |
Burt Kennedy |
Frank Sinatra, George Kennedy, Anne Jackson |
Western |
MGM
|
The Dunwich Horror |
Daniel Heller |
Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, Talia Shire |
Horror |
AIP
|
El Condor |
John Guillermin |
Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Marianna Hill |
Western |
National General
|
Elvis: That's the Way It Is |
Denis Sanders |
Elvis Presley |
Documentary |
MGM
|
End of the Road |
Aram Avakian |
Stacy Keach, Harris Yulin, Dorothy Tristan |
Drama |
Allied Artists
|
Equinox |
Jack Woods |
Frank Bonner |
Horror |
|
Five Easy Pieces |
Bob Rafelson |
Jack Nicholson, Susan Anspach, Karen Black |
Drama |
Columbia; 4 Oscar nominations
|
Flesh Feast |
Brad F. Grinter |
Veronica Lake |
Horror |
Independent. Lake's final film
|
Fools |
Tom Gries |
Jason Robards, Katharine Ross, Scott Hylands |
Drama |
Cinerama
|
G–I
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
Gas-s-s-s |
Roger Corman |
Ben Vereen, Talia Shire, Elaine Giftos |
Comedy |
AIP
|
Getting Straight |
Richard Rush |
Elliott Gould, Candice Bergen, Jeff Corey |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Gimme Shelter |
Albert and David Maysles |
The Rolling Stones |
Documentary |
Independent
|
The Grasshopper |
Jerry Paris |
Jacqueline Bisset, Jim Brown, Joseph Cotton |
Drama |
National General
|
The Great White Hope |
Martin Ritt |
James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Chester Morris |
Sports |
20th Century Fox. Based on Howard Sackler play; 2 Oscar nominations
|
Halls of Anger |
Paul Bogart |
Calvin Lockhart, Janet MacLachlan, Jeff Bridges |
Drama |
United Artists
|
The Hawaiians |
Tom Gries |
Charlton Heston, Tina Chen, Geraldine Chaplin, John Phillip Law |
Drama |
United Artists. Based on James Michener novel
|
Hercules in New York |
Arthur Allan Seidelman |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Stang, James Karen |
Comedy |
Independent. Schwarzenegger's first film
|
Hi, Mom! |
Brian De Palma |
Robert De Niro, Allen Garfield, Lara Parker |
Comedy |
Independent
|
The Honeymoon Killers |
Leonard Kastle |
Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco, Doris Roberts |
Crime, drama |
Cinerama
|
Hornets' Nest |
Phil Karlson |
Rock Hudson, Sylva Koscina, Sergio Fantoni |
War |
United Artists
|
House of Dark Shadows |
Dan Curtis |
Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Kathryn Leigh Scott |
Horror |
MGM. Based on TV series Dark Shadows
|
How Do I Love Thee? |
Michael Gordon |
Jackie Gleason, Maureen O'Hara, Shelley Winters |
Comedy |
Cinerama
|
Husbands |
John Cassavetes |
Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara, Jenny Runacre |
Drama |
Columbia
|
I Love My Wife |
Mel Stuart |
Elliott Gould, Brenda Vaccaro, Dabney Coleman, Angel Tompkins |
Comedy |
Universal
|
I Never Sang for My Father |
Gilbert Cates |
Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons |
Drama |
Columbia. Based on Robert Anderson play; 3 Oscar nominations
|
I Walk the Line |
John Frankenheimer |
Gregory Peck, Tuesday Weld, Estelle Parsons |
Drama |
Columbia
|
The Invincible Six |
Jean Negulesco |
Stuart Whitman, Elke Sommer, Curd Jürgens |
Adventure |
Independent. Negulesco's final film
|
J–M
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
Jenny |
George Bloomfield |
Marlo Thomas, Alan Alda, Marian Hailey |
Drama |
Cinerama
|
Joe |
John G. Avildsen |
Peter Boyle, Susan Sarandon, Dennis Patrick |
Drama |
Cannon
|
Kelly's Heroes |
Brian G. Hutton |
Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland |
War, action |
MGM
|
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis |
Sidney Lumet |
Paul Newman, James Earl Jones |
Documentary |
Independent
|
The Kremlin Letter |
John Huston |
Richard Boone, Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson |
Thriller |
20th Century Fox. From a novel by Noel Behn
|
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun |
Anatole Litvak |
Samantha Eggar, Oliver Reed, John McEnery |
Thriller |
Columbia
|
The Landlord |
Hal Ashby |
Beau Bridges, Louis Gossett Jr., Lee Grant, Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
Land Raiders |
Nathan H. Juran |
Telly Savalas, George Maharis, Arlene Dahl, Janet Landgard |
Western |
Columbia
|
The Last Escape |
Walter Grauman |
Stuart Whitman, John Collin, Martin Jarvis |
War |
United Artists
|
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots |
Sidney Lumet |
James Coburn, Lynn Redgrave, Robert Hooks |
Drama |
Warner Bros. Based on Tennessee Williams play
|
The Last Warrior |
Carol Reed |
Anthony Quinn, Claude Akins, Shelley Winters, Tony Bill |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
The Lawyer |
Sidney J. Furie |
Barry Newman, Diana Muldaur, Harold Gould |
Drama |
Paramount
|
The Liberation of L.B. Jones |
William Wyler |
Roscoe Lee Browne, Lee J. Cobb, Lola Falana, Yaphet Kotto |
Drama |
Columbia. Wyler's final film
|
Little Big Man |
Arthur Penn |
Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Chief Dan George |
Western |
National General. From a novel by Thomas Berger
|
Little Fauss and Big Halsy |
Sidney J. Furie |
Robert Redford, Michael J. Pollard, Lauren Hutton |
Drama |
Paramount
|
Love Story |
Arthur Hiller |
Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw, Ray Milland, John Marley |
Tear Jerker |
Paramount. From novel by Erich Segal; 7 Oscar nominations
|
Lovers and Other Strangers |
Cy Howard |
Bea Arthur, Cloris Leachman, Vincent Gardenia, Richard Castellano, Bonnie Bedelia, Gig Young, Diane Keaton |
Comedy |
Cinerama. From a play by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna
|
Loving |
Irvin Kershner |
George Segal, Eva Marie Saint, Sterling Hayden |
Drama |
Columbia
|
The Man from O.R.G.Y. |
James Hill |
Robert Walker, Louisa Moritz, Lynne Carter |
Comedy |
Cinemation Industries
|
MASH |
Robert Altman |
Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Sally Kellerman, Tom Skerritt, Jo Ann Pflug, John Schuck, Robert Duvall, René Auberjonois, Roger Bowen, Fred Williamson |
Comedy, war |
20th Century Fox; from a novel by Richard Hooker; 5 Oscar nominations
|
Macho Callahan |
Bernard L. Kowalski |
David Janssen, Jean Seberg, Lee J. Cobb |
Western |
Embassy
|
Maidstone |
Norman Mailer |
Norman Mailer, Rip Torn |
Drama |
Independent. Written by Mailer
|
A Man Called Horse |
Elliot Silverstein |
Richard Harris, Judith Anderson, Jean Gascon |
Western |
National General
|
The McMasters |
Alf Kjellin |
Burl Ives, Brock Peters, Nancy Kwan |
Western |
Independent
|
The Molly Maguires |
Martin Ritt |
Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar |
Drama |
Paramount
|
Monty Walsh |
William A. Fraker |
Lee Marvin, Jack Palance, Jeanne Moreau |
Western |
National General
|
The Moonshine War |
Richard Quine |
Alan Alda, Richard Widmark, Patrick McGoohan |
Drama |
MGM. From a novel by Elmore Leonard
|
Move |
Stuart Rosenberg |
Elliott Gould, Paula Prentiss, Joe Silver |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
My Lover, My Son |
John Newland |
Romy Schneider, Donald Houston Dennis Waterman |
Drama |
MGM. Made in Britain
|
Myra Breckinridge |
Michael Sarne |
Raquel Welch, Mae West, Rex Reed, John Huston, Farrah Fawcett |
Sex comedy |
20th Century Fox. From a story by Gore Vidal
|
N–S
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
Nam's Angels |
Jack Starrett |
Paul Koslo, Bernie Hamilton, Adam Roarke |
War, biker |
Independent
|
No Blade of Grass |
Cornel Wilde |
Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace, Lynne Frederick |
Sci-fi |
MGM
|
Norwood |
Jack Haley Jr. |
Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Joe Namath |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever |
Vincente Minnelli |
Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand, Jack Nicholson |
Musical |
Paramount; based on Broadway show
|
One More Time |
Jerry Lewis |
Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Esther Anderson |
Comedy |
United Artists. Salt and Pepper sequel
|
The Only Game in Town |
George Stevens |
Elizabeth Taylor, Warren Beatty, Hank Henry |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
The Out-of-Towners |
Arthur Hiller |
Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis, Anne Meara |
Comedy |
Paramount. Screenplay by Neil Simon
|
The Owl and the Pussycat |
Herbert Ross |
Barbra Streisand, George Segal, Robert Klein |
Comedy |
Columbia. Screenplay by Buck Henry
|
Patton |
Franklin J. Schaffner |
George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates |
War, biography |
20th Century Fox; Oscar for Scott
|
The People Next Door |
David Greene |
Eli Wallach, Julie Harris, Deborah Winters |
Drama |
Embassy
|
The Phantom Tollbooth |
Chuck Jones |
Butch Patrick, Mel Blanc, June Foray |
Family |
MGM
|
The Phynx |
Lee H. Katzin |
Joan Blondell, Ultra Violet, Martha Raye |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
Pieces of Dreams |
Daniel Haller |
Robert Forster, Lauren Hutton, Will Geer |
Drama |
United Artists
|
Pigeons |
John Dexter |
Jordan Christopher, Jill O'Hara, Robert Walden |
Comedy |
MGM
|
Promise at Dawn |
Jules Dassin |
Melina Mercouri, Assi Dayan, Didier Haudepin |
Drama |
Embassy
|
Pufnstuf |
Hollingsworth Morse |
Jack Wild, Billie Hayes, Martha Raye |
Musical |
Universal
|
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You |
Rod Amateau |
Ian McShane, Anna Calder-Marshall, John Gavin |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
Puzzle of a Downfall Child |
Jerry Schatzberg |
Faye Dunaway, Roy Scheider, Barry Primus |
Drama |
Universal
|
R. P. M. |
Stanley Kramer |
Anthony Quinn, Ann-Margret, Gary Lockwood |
Drama |
Columbia
|
Rabbit, Run |
Jack Smight |
James Caan, Carrie Snodgress, Anjanette Comer |
Comedy, drama |
Warner Bros. From a novel by John Updike
|
The Rebel Rousers |
Martin B. Cohen |
Cameron Mitchell, Jack Nicholson, Diane Ladd |
Biker |
Independent
|
The Revolutionary |
Paul Williams |
Jon Voight, Seymour Cassel, Robert Duvall |
Drama |
United Artists
|
Rio Lobo |
Howard Hawks |
John Wayne, Jorge Rivero, Jennifer O'Neill |
Western |
National General. Hawks' final film
|
Savage Intruder |
Donald Wolfe |
Miriam Hopkins, Gale Sondergaard, Florence Lake |
Thriller |
Independent
|
Skullduggery |
Gordon Douglas |
Burt Reynolds, Susan Clark, Paul Hubschmid |
Drama |
Universal
|
Soldier Blue |
Ralph Nelson |
Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence |
Western |
Embassy
|
Something for Everyone |
Harold Prince |
Angela Lansbury, Michael York, Anthony Higgins |
Comedy |
National General
|
Song of Norway |
Andrew L. Stone |
Florence Henderson, Christina Schollin, Robert Morley |
Musical |
Cinerama
|
Start the Revolution Without Me |
Bud Yorkin |
Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
The Strawberry Statement |
Stuart Hagmann |
Bruce Davison, Kim Darby, Bud Cort |
Drama |
MGM
|
Street Scenes |
Martin Scorsese |
|
Documentary |
|
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came |
Hy Averback |
Brian Keith, Tony Curtis, Don Ameche |
Comedy |
Cinerama
|
T–Z
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon |
Otto Preminger |
Liza Minnelli, Ken Howard, Kay Thompson |
Comedy, drama |
Paramount. From a novel by Marjorie Kellogg
|
There Was a Crooked Man... |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Warren Oates, Burgess Meredith, Hume Cronyn, Martin Gabel |
Western, comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! |
Gordon Douglas |
Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Barbara McNair |
Drama |
United Artists. In the Heat of the Night sequel
|
...tick...tick...tick... |
Ralph Nelson |
Jim Brown, George Kennedy, Fredric March |
Action |
MGM
|
Tiger by the Tail |
R. G. Springsteen |
Christopher George, Tippi Hedren, Dean Jagger |
Drama |
Independent
|
Togetherness |
Arthur Marks |
George Hamilton, Peter Lawford, Olga Schoberová |
Comedy |
Independent
|
Too Late the Hero |
Robert Aldrich |
Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Henry Fonda |
War |
Cinerama
|
Tora! Tora! Tora! |
Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku |
Jason Robards, So Yamamura, Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, James Whitmore, E.G. Marshall |
War, drama |
20th Century Fox; 5 Oscar nominations
|
Trash |
Paul Morrissey |
Joe Dallesandro, Holly Woodlawn, Jane Forth |
Drama |
Independent
|
The Traveling Executioner |
Jack Smight |
Stacy Keach, Bud Cort, Marianna Hill |
Western |
MGM
|
The Twelve Chairs |
Mel Brooks |
Frank Langella, Ron Moody, Dom DeLuise |
Comedy |
Universal
|
Two Mules for Sister Sara |
Don Siegel |
Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacLaine |
Western |
Universal
|
Up in the Cellar |
Theodore J. Flicker |
Joan Collins, Larry Hagman, Judy Pace |
Drama |
AIP
|
WUSA |
Stuart Rosenberg |
Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Perkins |
Drama |
Paramount
|
A Walk in the Spring Rain |
Guy Green |
Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Quinn, Fritz Weaver |
Romance |
Columbia
|
Watermelon Man |
Melvin Van Peebles |
Godfrey Cambridge, D'Urville Martin, Estelle Parsons |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
The Way We Live Now |
Barry Brown |
Nicholas Pryor, Joanna Miles, Lois Smith |
Drama |
United Artists
|
What Do You Say to a Naked Lady? |
Allen Funt |
Richard Roundtree |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
Where's Poppa? |
Carl Reiner |
George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Ron Leibman |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
Which Way to the Front? |
Jerry Lewis |
Jerry Lewis, Jan Murray, John Wood (English actor) |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
The Wild Country |
Robert Totten |
Vera Miles, Steve Forrest, Ron Howard |
Adventure |
Disney
|
Woodstock |
Michael Wadleigh |
Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Joe Cocker, Janis Joplin, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Sly and the Family Stone |
Documentary |
Warner Bros.; from August, 1969 music festival
|
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go |
Burgess Meredith |
James Mason, Jeff Bridges, Irene Tsu |
Drama |
National General Pictures
|
You Can't Win 'Em All |
Peter Collinson |
Tony Curtis, Charles Bronson, Michèle Mercier |
War |
Columbia
|
Zabriskie Point |
Michelangelo Antonioni |
Daria Halprin, G. D. Spradlin, Rod Taylor |
Drama |
MGM
|
Zig Zag |
Richard A. Colla |
George Kennedy, Anne Jackson, Eli Wallach |
Thriller |
MGM
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