List of American films of 1970

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
A.k.a. Cassius ClayJimmy JacobsMuhammad AliDocumentary, SportsUnited Artists
Adam at Six A.M.Robert ScheererMichael Douglas, Lee Purcell, Joe Don Baker, Louise LathamDramaNational General
Adam's WomanPhilip LeacockBeau Bridges, Jane Merrow, John Mills, James BoothHistoricalWarner Bros.
The AdventurersLewis GilbertBekim Fehmiu, Candice Bergen, Charles Aznavour, Olivia de HavillandDramaParamount. From Harold Robbins novel
AirportGeorge SeatonBurt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, Maureen Stapleton, Van Heflin, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes, Lloyd Nolan, Dana Wynter, Barbara HaleDisasterUniversal. Based on Arthur Hailey novel; 10 Oscar nominations
Alex in WonderlandPaul MazurskyDonald Sutherland, Ellen Burstyn, Federico FelliniComedy, DramaMGM
The Angel LevineJán KadárZero Mostel, Harry Belafonte, Ida KamińskaDramaUnited Artists
Angel UnchainedLee MaddenLarry Bishop, Tyne Daly, Aldo RayDramaAIP
The AristocatsWolfgang ReithermanPhil Harris, Eva Gabor, Gary DubinAnimationDisney
The Baby MakerJames BridgesBarbara Hershey, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Scott GlennDramaNational General
The Ballad of Cable HogueSam PeckinpahJason Robards, Stella Stevens, David WarnerWesternWarner Bros.
BarqueroGordon DouglasLee Van Cleef, Warren OatesWesternUnited Artists
Beneath the Planet of the ApesTed PostJames Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, Linda HarrisonScience fiction20th Century Fox. Planet of the Apes sequel
Beyond the Valley of the DollsRuss MeyerCynthia Myers, Dolly Read, Edy WilliamsSex comedy20th Century Fox. Roger Ebert script
BigfootRobert F. SlatzerJohn Carradine, Joi Lansing, John MitchumHorrorIndependent
Bloody MamaRoger CormanShelley Winters, Bruce Dern, Don StroudCrimeAIP
The BoatniksNorman TokarRobert Morse, Stefanie Powers, Phil Silvers, Norman Fell, Don AmecheComedyDisney
The Boys in the BandWilliam FriedkinKenneth Nelson, Cliff Gorman, Leonard FreyComedy, DramaNational General. Based on Mart Crowley play
Brewster McCloudRobert AltmanBud Cort, Sally Kellerman, Shelley DuvallFantasy, ComedyMGM
A Bullet for Pretty BoyLarry BuchananFabian Forte, Jocelyn Lane, Adam RoarkeCrimeAIP

C–F
Title Director Cast Genre Note
Cannon for CordobaPaul WendkosGeorge Peppard, Raf ValloneWesternUnited Artists
Catch-22Mike NicholsAlan Arkin, Jon Voight, Bob Newhart, Orson Welles, Buck Henry, Martin Sheen, Bob Balaban, Richard Benjamin, Charles Grodin, Art Garfunkel, Paula PrentissWar, ComedyParamount; from novel by Joseph Heller
C.C. and CompanySeymour RobbieJoe Namath, Ann-Margret, Jennifer BillingsleyActionEmbassy
The Cheyenne Social ClubGene KellyJames Stewart, Henry Fonda, Shirley JonesWesternNational General
ChisumAndrew V. McLaglenJohn Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Ben Johnson, Glenn Corbett, Geoffrey Deuel, Christopher GeorgeWesternWarner Bros.
The Christine Jorgensen StoryIrving RapperJohn HansenBiography
Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico CountyAnton LeaderDan Blocker, Nanette Fabray, Jim BackusWestern, ComedyUniversal
Colossus: The Forbin ProjectJoseph SargentSusan Clark, Eric BraedenScience fictionUniversal
Cotton Comes to HarlemOssie DavisRedd Foxx, Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. JacquesComedyUnited Artists
Count Yorga, VampireBob KelljanRobert Quarry, Michael Murphy, Roger PerryHorrorAIP
Darker than AmberRobert ClouseRod Taylor, Theodore Bikel, Suzy KendallActionNational General
Darling LiliBlake EdwardsJulie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Jeremy KempMusicalParamount
The Delta FactorTay GarnettChristopher George, Yvette Mimieux, Yvonne De CarloActionIndependent
Diary of a Mad HousewifeFrank PerryCarrie Snodgress, Richard Benjamin, Frank LangellaDramaUniversal. Golden Globe for Snodgress
Dirty Dingus MageeBurt KennedyFrank Sinatra, George Kennedy, Anne JacksonWesternMGM
The Dunwich HorrorDaniel HallerSandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, Talia ShireHorrorAIP
El CondorJohn GuillerminJim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Marianna HillWesternNational General
Elvis: That's the Way It IsDenis SandersElvis PresleyDocumentaryMGM
End of the RoadAram AvakianStacy Keach, Harris Yulin, Dorothy TristanDramaAllied Artists
EquinoxJack WoodsFrank BonnerHorror
Five Easy PiecesBob RafelsonJack Nicholson, Susan Anspach, Karen BlackDramaColumbia; 4 Oscar nominations
FlapCarol ReedAnthony Quinn, Claude Akins, Shelley Winters, Victor French, John War EagleWesternWarner Bros.
Flesh FeastBrad F. GrinterVeronica LakeHorrorIndependent. Lake's final film
FoolsTom GriesJason Robards, Katharine Ross, Scott HylandsDramaCinerama

G–I
Title Director Cast Genre Note
Gas-s-s-sRoger CormanBen Vereen, Talia Shire, Elaine GiftosComedyAIP
Getting StraightRichard RushElliott Gould, Candice Bergen, Jeff CoreyComedyColumbia
Gimme ShelterAlbert and David MayslesThe Rolling StonesDocumentaryIndependent
The GrasshopperJerry ParisJacqueline Bisset, Jim Brown, Joseph CottenDramaNational General
The Great White HopeMartin RittJames Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Chester MorrisSports, Romance, Drama20th Century Fox. Based on Howard Sackler play; 2 Oscar nominations
Halls of AngerPaul BogartCalvin Lockhart, Janet MacLachlan, Jeff BridgesDramaUnited Artists
The HawaiiansTom GriesCharlton Heston, Tina Chen, Geraldine Chaplin, John Phillip LawDramaUnited Artists. Based on James Michener novel
Hercules in New YorkArthur Allan SeidelmanArnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Stang, James KarenComedyIndependent. Schwarzenegger's first film
Hi, Mom!Brian De PalmaRobert De Niro, Allen Garfield, Lara ParkerComedyIndependent
The Honeymoon KillersLeonard KastleShirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco, Doris RobertsCrime dramaCinerama
Hornets' NestPhil KarlsonRock Hudson, Sylva Koscina, Sergio FantoniWarUnited Artists
House of Dark ShadowsDan CurtisJonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Kathryn Leigh ScottHorrorMGM. Based on TV series Dark Shadows
How Do I Love Thee?Michael GordonJackie Gleason, Maureen O'Hara, Shelley WintersComedyCinerama
HusbandsJohn CassavetesPeter Falk, Ben Gazzara, Jenny RunacreDramaColumbia
I Love My WifeMel StuartElliott Gould, Brenda Vaccaro, Dabney Coleman, Angel TompkinsComedyUniversal
I Never Sang for My FatherGilbert CatesMelvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Estelle ParsonsDramaColumbia. Based on Robert Anderson play; 3 Oscar nominations
I Walk the LineJohn FrankenheimerGregory Peck, Tuesday Weld, Estelle ParsonsDramaColumbia
The Invincible SixJean NegulescoStuart Whitman, Elke Sommer, Curd JürgensAdventureIndependent. Negulesco's final film

J–M
Title Director Cast Genre Note
JennyGeorge BloomfieldMarlo Thomas, Alan Alda, Marian HaileyDramaCinerama
JoeJohn G. AvildsenPeter Boyle, Susan Sarandon, Dennis PatrickDramaCannon
Kelly's HeroesBrian G. HuttonClint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Donald SutherlandWar, ActionMGM
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisSidney LumetPaul Newman, James Earl JonesDocumentaryIndependent
The Kremlin LetterJohn HustonRichard Boone, Max von Sydow, Bibi AnderssonThriller20th Century Fox. From a novel by Noel Behn
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a GunAnatole LitvakSamantha Eggar, Oliver Reed, John McEneryThrillerColumbia
The LandlordHal AshbyBeau Bridges, Louis Gossett Jr., Lee Grant, Diana Sands, Pearl BaileyComedyUnited Artists
Land RaidersNathan H. JuranTelly Savalas, George Maharis, Arlene Dahl, Janet LandgardWesternColumbia
The Last EscapeWalter GraumanStuart Whitman, John Collin, Martin JarvisWarUnited Artists
Last of the Mobile Hot ShotsSidney LumetJames Coburn, Lynn Redgrave, Robert HooksDramaWarner Bros. Based on Tennessee Williams play
The Last WarriorCarol ReedAnthony Quinn, Claude Akins, Shelley Winters, Tony BillWesternWarner Bros.
The LawyerSidney J. FurieBarry Newman, Diana Muldaur, Harold GouldDramaParamount
The Liberation of L.B. JonesWilliam WylerRoscoe Lee Browne, Lee J. Cobb, Lola Falana, Yaphet KottoDramaColumbia. Wyler's final film
Little Big ManArthur PennDustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Chief Dan GeorgeWesternNational General. From a novel by Thomas Berger
Little Fauss and Big HalsySidney J. FurieRobert Redford, Michael J. Pollard, Lauren HuttonDramaParamount
Love StoryArthur HillerRyan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw, Ray Milland, John MarleyTear jerkerParamount. From novel by Erich Segal; 7 Oscar nominations
Lovers and Other StrangersCy HowardBea Arthur, Cloris Leachman, Vincent Gardenia, Richard Castellano, Bonnie Bedelia, Gig Young, Diane KeatonComedyCinerama. From a play by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna
LovingIrvin KershnerGeorge Segal, Eva Marie Saint, Sterling HaydenDramaColumbia
The Man from O.R.G.Y.James HillRobert Walker, Louisa Moritz, Lynne CarterComedyCinemation Industries
M*A*S*HRobert AltmanDonald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Sally Kellerman, Tom Skerritt, Jo Ann Pflug, John Schuck, Robert Duvall, René Auberjonois, Roger Bowen, Fred WilliamsonComedy, War20th Century Fox; from a novel by Richard Hooker; 5 Oscar nominations
Macho CallahanBernard L. KowalskiDavid Janssen, Jean Seberg, Lee J. CobbWesternEmbassy
MaidstoneNorman MailerNorman Mailer, Rip TornDramaIndependent. Written by Mailer
A Man Called HorseElliot SilversteinRichard Harris, Judith Anderson, Jean GasconWesternNational General
The McMastersAlf KjellinBurl Ives, Brock Peters, Nancy KwanWesternIndependent
Menace on the MountainVincent McEveetyPat Crowley, Albert Salmi, Richard Anderson, Charles Aidman, Jodie Foster, Dub TaylorDramaDisney, Made for-TV
The Molly MaguiresMartin RittSean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha EggarDramaParamount
Monte WalshWilliam A. FrakerLee Marvin, Jack Palance, Jeanne MoreauWesternNational General
The Moonshine WarRichard QuineAlan Alda, Richard Widmark, Patrick McGoohanDramaMGM. From a novel by Elmore Leonard
MoveStuart RosenbergElliott Gould, Paula Prentiss, Joe SilverComedy20th Century Fox
My Lover, My SonJohn NewlandRomy Schneider, Donald Houston Dennis WatermanDramaMGM. Made in Britain
Myra BreckinridgeMichael SarneRaquel Welch, Mae West, Rex Reed, John Huston, Farrah FawcettSex comedy20th Century Fox. From a story by Gore Vidal

N–S
Title Director Cast Genre Note
Nam's AngelsJack StarrettPaul Koslo, Bernie Hamilton, Adam RoarkeWar, BikerIndependent
No Blade of GrassCornel WildeNigel Davenport, Jean Wallace, Lynne FrederickScience fictionMGM
NorwoodJack Haley Jr.Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Joe NamathComedyParamount
On a Clear Day You Can See ForeverVincente MinnelliBarbra Streisand, Yves Montand, Jack NicholsonMusicalParamount; based on Broadway show
One More TimeJerry LewisSammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Esther AndersonComedyUnited Artists. Salt and Pepper sequel
The Only Game in TownGeorge StevensElizabeth Taylor, Warren Beatty, Hank HenryDrama20th Century Fox
The Out-of-TownersArthur HillerJack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis, Anne MearaComedyParamount. Screenplay by Neil Simon
The Owl and the PussycatHerbert RossBarbra Streisand, George Segal, Robert KleinComedyColumbia. Screenplay by Buck Henry
PattonFranklin J. SchaffnerGeorge C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael BatesBiography, War20th Century Fox; Oscar for Scott
The People Next DoorDavid GreeneEli Wallach, Julie Harris, Deborah WintersDramaEmbassy
The Phantom TollboothChuck JonesButch Patrick, Mel Blanc, June ForayFamilyMGM
The PhynxLee H. KatzinJoan Blondell, Ultra Violet, Martha RayeComedyWarner Bros.
Pieces of DreamsDaniel HallerRobert Forster, Lauren Hutton, Will GeerDramaUnited Artists
PigeonsJohn DexterJordan Christopher, Jill O'Hara, Robert WaldenComedyMGM
The Private Life of Sherlock HolmesBilly WilderRobert Stephens, Geneviève Page, Colin BlakelyDramaUnited Artists
Promise at DawnJules DassinMelina Mercouri, Assi Dayan, Didier HaudepinDramaEmbassy
PufnstufHollingsworth MorseJack Wild, Billie Hayes, Martha RayeMusicalUniversal
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love YouRod AmateauIan McShane, Anna Calder-Marshall, John GavinComedyUnited Artists
Puzzle of a Downfall ChildJerry SchatzbergFaye Dunaway, Roy Scheider, Barry PrimusDramaUniversal
R. P. M.Stanley KramerAnthony Quinn, Ann-Margret, Gary LockwoodDramaColumbia
Rabbit, RunJack SmightJames Caan, Carrie Snodgress, Anjanette ComerComedy, DramaWarner Bros. From a novel by John Updike
The Rebel RousersMartin B. CohenCameron Mitchell, Jack Nicholson, Diane LaddBikerIndependent
The RevolutionaryPaul WilliamsJon Voight, Seymour Cassel, Robert DuvallDramaUnited Artists
Rio LoboHoward HawksJohn Wayne, Jorge Rivero, Jennifer O'NeillWesternNational General. Hawks' final film
Ritual of EvilRobert DayLouis JourdanHorrorMade-for-TV
Savage IntruderDonald WolfeMiriam Hopkins, Gale Sondergaard, Florence Lake ThrillerIndependent
SkullduggeryGordon DouglasBurt Reynolds, Susan Clark, Paul HubschmidDramaUniversal
Soldier BlueRalph NelsonCandice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald PleasenceWesternEmbassy
Something for EveryoneHarold PrinceAngela Lansbury, Michael York, Anthony HigginsComedyNational General
Song of NorwayAndrew L. Stone Florence Henderson, Christina Schollin, Robert MorleyMusicalCinerama
Start the Revolution Without MeBud YorkinGene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh GriffithComedyWarner Bros.
The Strawberry Statement Stuart HagmannBruce Davison, Kim Darby, Bud CortDramaMGM
Street ScenesMartin ScorseseDocumentary
SunflowerVittorio De SicaMarcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Lyudmila SavelyevaDramaEmbassy
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody CameHy AverbackBrian Keith, Tony Curtis, Don AmecheComedyCinerama

T–Z
Title Director Cast Genre Note
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie MoonOtto PremingerLiza Minnelli, Ken Howard, Kay ThompsonComedy, DramaParamount. From a novel by Marjorie Kellogg
There Was a Crooked Man...Joseph L. MankiewiczKirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Warren Oates, Burgess Meredith, Hume Cronyn, Martin GabelWestern, ComedyWarner Bros.
They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!Gordon DouglasSidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Barbara McNairDramaUnited Artists. In the Heat of the Night sequel
...tick...tick...tick...Ralph NelsonJim Brown, George Kennedy, Fredric MarchActionMGM
Tiger by the TailR. G. SpringsteenChristopher George, Tippi Hedren, Dean JaggerDramaIndependent
Togetherness Arthur MarksGeorge Hamilton, Peter Lawford, Olga Schoberová ComedyIndependent
Too Late the HeroRobert AldrichMichael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Henry FondaWarCinerama
Tora! Tora! Tora!Richard Fleischer, Kinji FukasakuJason Robards, So Yamamura, Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, James Whitmore, E.G. Marshall, Edward Andrews, Richard Anderson, Neville BrandWar, Drama20th Century Fox; 5 Oscar nominations
TrashPaul MorrisseyJoe Dallesandro, Holly Woodlawn, Jane ForthDramaIndependent
The Traveling ExecutionerJack SmightStacy Keach, Bud Cort, Marianna HillWesternMGM
The Twelve ChairsMel BrooksFrank Langella, Ron Moody, Dom DeLuiseComedyUniversal
Two Mules for Sister SaraDon SiegelClint Eastwood, Shirley MacLaineWesternUniversal
UndergroundArthur H. NadelRobert Goulet, Danielle GaubertDramaUnited Artists
Up in the CellarTheodore J. FlickerJoan Collins, Larry Hagman, Judy PaceDramaAIP
WUSAStuart RosenbergPaul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony PerkinsDramaParamount
A Walk in the Spring RainGuy GreenIngrid Bergman, Anthony Quinn, Fritz WeaverRomanceColumbia
Watermelon ManMelvin Van PeeblesGodfrey Cambridge, D'Urville Martin, Estelle ParsonsComedyColumbia
The Way We Live NowBarry Brown Nicholas Pryor, Joanna Miles, Lois SmithDramaUnited Artists
What Do You Say to a Naked Lady?Allen FuntRichard RoundtreeComedyUnited Artists
Where's Poppa?Carl ReinerGeorge Segal, Ruth Gordon, Ron LeibmanComedyUnited Artists
Which Way to the Front?Jerry LewisJerry Lewis, Jan Murray, John Wood (English actor)ComedyWarner Bros.
The Wild CountryRobert TottenVera Miles, Steve Forrest, Ron HowardAdventureDisney
The Wizard of GoreHerschell Gordon LewisRay Sager, Judy Cler, Wayne RataySplatterMayflower Pictures
WoodstockMichael WadleighJimi Hendrix, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Joe Cocker, Santana, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Janis Joplin, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Sly and the Family StoneDocumentaryWarner Bros.; from August, 1969 music festival
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. GoBurgess MeredithJames Mason, Jeff Bridges, Irene TsuDramaNational General Pictures
You Can't Win 'Em AllPeter CollinsonTony Curtis, Charles Bronson, Michèle MercierWarColumbia
Zabriskie PointMichelangelo AntonioniDaria Halprin, G. D. Spradlin, Rod TaylorDramaMGM
Zig ZagRichard A. CollaGeorge Kennedy, Anne Jackson, Eli WallachThrillerMGM

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