LGBT-Themed Movies, pre 1976

by antropomorf | created - 26 Mar 2013 | updated - 26 Mar 2013 | Public

A complete list of LGBT-themed movies before 1976

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101. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Approved | 218 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

100 Metascore

The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.

Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins

Votes: 314,592 | Gross: $44.82M

102. Walk on the Wild Side (1962)

Approved | 114 min | Drama, Romance

A man arrives in New Orleans searching for his former girlfriend, an artist who now works in a bordello.

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Capucine, Jane Fonda, Anne Baxter

Votes: 2,944

103. The Balcony (1963)

Not Rated | 84 min | Drama

In a fictional country, the Madam of a brothel satisfies the erotic fantasies of her customers, while a revolution is sweeping the nation.

Director: Joseph Strick | Stars: Shelley Winters, Peter Falk, Lee Grant, Peter Brocco

Votes: 684

104. The Haunting (1963)

G | 112 min | Horror

74 Metascore

Hill House has stood for about 90 years and appears haunted: its inhabitants have always met strange, tragic ends. Now Dr. John Markway has assembled a team of people who he thinks will prove whether or not the house is haunted.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn

Votes: 42,512 | Gross: $2.62M

105. Blow Job (1963)

35 min | Documentary, Short

Andy Warhol directs a single 35-minute shot of a man's face to capture his facial expressions as he receives the sexual act depicted in the title.

Director: Andy Warhol | Stars: DeVeren Bookwalter, Willard Maas

Votes: 1,163

106. Scorpio Rising (1963)

28 min | Short, Music

A gang of Nazi bikers prepares for a race as sexual, sadistic, and occult images are cut together.

Director: Kenneth Anger | Stars: Ernie Allo, Bruce Byron, Frank Carifi, Steve Crandell

Votes: 5,712

107. 491 (1964)

110 min | Crime, Drama

Six youth criminals are chosen to participate in a social experiment, named "Guesthouse Objectivity" (Pensionatet Sakligheten), where they are assigned to live together in an apartment ... See full summary »

Director: Vilgot Sjöman | Stars: Lars Lind, Leif Nymark, Stig Törnblom, Lars Hansson

Votes: 432

108. The Leather Boys (1964)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance

An immature teenager marries a young biker but becomes disenchanted with the realities of working-class marriage--and her husband's relationship with his best friend.

Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Rita Tushingham, Colin Campbell, Dudley Sutton, Gladys Henson

Votes: 1,029

109. This Special Friendship (1964)

Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Romance

A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the upperclassman who is the object of his desire. All set in the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.

Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Francis Lacombrade, Didier Haudepin, François Leccia, Dominique Maurin

Votes: 3,040

110. Love Meetings (1964)

Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary

Director Pasolini traverses Italy in 1963 with camera and microphone interviewing people in public places about sex, marriage and gender roles.

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Lello Bersani, Alberto Moravia, Cesare Musatti, Peppino Di Capri

Votes: 2,645

111. The Night of the Iguana (1964)

Approved | 125 min | Drama

An ostracized Episcopal clergyman leads a busload of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, Sue Lyon

Votes: 13,124 | Gross: $9.43M

112. Swastika (1964)

91 min | Drama, Romance

A childless housewife falls in love with a beautiful model.

Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Ayako Wakao, Kyôko Kishida, Eiji Funakoshi, Yûsuke Kawazu

Votes: 1,123

113. Darling (1965)

TV-MA | 128 min | Drama, Romance

Beautiful but amoral model Diana Scott sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Julie Christie, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Harvey, José Luis de Vilallonga

Votes: 7,912

115. The Knack... and How to Get It (1965)

Approved | 84 min | Comedy

A young school teacher tries to master the art of flirtation using his neighbor's skills.

Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Rita Tushingham, Ray Brooks, Michael Crawford, Donal Donnelly

Votes: 3,756

116. The Life of Juanita Castro (1965)

66 min | Comedy

Ronald Tavel's THE LIFE OF JUANITA CASTRO is one of Andy Warhol's triumphs as a filmmaker. A playwright (Tavel himself) taunts a number of actors into improvising a truly ridiculous but ... See full synopsis »

Director: Andy Warhol | Stars: Marie Menken, Elecktrah, Waldo Díaz-Balart, Mercedes Ospina

Votes: 45

117. My Hustler (1965)

79 min | Drama

Filmed on Fire Island, this two reel, 70 minute Warhol film covers the activities of the "Dial A Hustler" service, as an older man seeks a young hustler for a companion.

Directors: Andy Warhol, Chuck Wein | Stars: Paul America, Joseph Campbell, Genevieve Charbin Cerf, Dorothy Dean

Votes: 338

118. Vinyl (1965)

70 min | Sci-Fi

Warhol's strange interpretation of "A Clockwork Orange." Includes Gerard dancing to the Martha and the Vandellas classic "Nowhere to Run" and being tortured by professional sadists.

Director: Andy Warhol | Stars: Tosh Carillo, Larry Latrae, Gerard Malanga, J.D. McDermott

Votes: 1,151

119. Winter Kept Us Warm (1965)

81 min | Drama, Romance

Its the 1960s at the University of Toronto. Doug is a well-liked senior with an equally popular girlfriend. Peter is a shy freshman, and new to the big city. Peter and Doug become best ... See full summary »

Director: David Secter | Stars: John Labow, Henry Tarvainen, Joy Fielding, Janet Amos

Votes: 170

120. The Nun (1966)

GP | 140 min | Drama

Suzanne is forced against her will to take vows as a nun and three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways. Suzanne's virtue brings disaster to everyone in this faithful adaptation of a bitter attack on religious abuses.

Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver, Micheline Presle, Francine Bergé

Votes: 3,243 | Gross: $0.03M

121. Persona (1966)

Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Thriller

86 Metascore

A nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Björnstrand

Votes: 131,031

122. Young Törless (1966)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama

In a boarding school, a student observes in passive disgust as his two friends manipulate, humiliate and torture a fellow student, justifying their every act.

Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Mathieu Carrière, Marian Seidowsky, Bernd Tischer, Fred Dietz

Votes: 2,667

123. The Boy and the Wind (1967)

104 min | Drama, Mystery

Young engineer on holiday gets involved with a boy having a strange relationship with the wind. Their close friendship arouses suspicion in the small town. When the boy disappears, the engineer is accused of murdering him. But the wind...

Director: Carlos Hugo Christensen | Stars: Ênio Gonçalves, Luiz Fernando Ianelli, Wilma Henriques, Odilon Azevedo

Votes: 201

124. The Fox (1967)

PG | 110 min | Drama

Based on D.H. Lawrence's novella about two young women - sickly, chattering Jill Banford and quiet, strong Ellen March - who are trying, hopelessly, to run a chicken farm in Canada. A ... See full summary »

Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: Keir Dullea, Sandy Dennis, Anne Heywood, Glynne Morris

Votes: 1,279 | Gross: $18.75M

125. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Horror

56 Metascore

A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski, Alfie Bass, Jessie Robins

Votes: 33,879

126. Portrait of Jason (1967)

Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary, Biography

87 Metascore

Black gay prostitute Jason Holliday is rigorously interviewed on his story and character, revealing nuanced truths about life and art.

Director: Shirley Clarke | Stars: Jason Holliday, Shirley Clarke, Carl Lee

Votes: 1,408

127. Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

67 Metascore

Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Brian Keith, Julie Harris

Votes: 8,226 | Gross: $2.10M

128. Daughters of Lesbos (1968)

Not Rated | 64 min | Drama

Exploitative look at a secret lesbian club.

Director: Peter Woodcock | Stars: Geri Miller, Linda Boyce, Jo Sweet, Jackie Richards

Votes: 148

129. The Detective (1968)

Approved | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

While grappling with his wife's infidelity, an NYPD detective investigates the murder of a gay man, which he discovers is linked to official corruption involving sex and drugs.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker, Jack Klugman

Votes: 4,159 | Gross: $14.30M

130. Flesh (1968)

R | 89 min | Drama

A man desperate for money and no income, turns prostitute and interplays with a variety of clients and hustlers.

Director: Paul Morrissey | Stars: Joe Dallesandro, Geraldine Smith, Patti D'Arbanville, Candy Darling

Votes: 2,601

131. Gates to Paradise (1968)

89 min | Drama

In 1212, children from all over Europe lead a crusade to free Jerusalem from Turkish authorities. Nicholas and Stephen use all their might to defeat the enemy.

Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Lionel Stander, Ferdy Mayne, Pauline Challoner, Mathieu Carrière

Votes: 234

132. The Killing of Sister George (1968)

X | 138 min | Drama

The life of a soap opera actress begins to unravel as she fears her character will be written out of the series.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Beryl Reid, Susannah York, Coral Browne, Ronald Fraser

Votes: 2,561

133. Les Biches (1968)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

Architect Paul Thomas insinuates himself into the relationship of two bisexual women living in a St. Tropez villa with tragic consequences.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacqueline Sassard, Stéphane Audran, Nane Germon

Votes: 3,562

134. Young Wolves (1968)

107 min | Drama

Alain, "a young wolf", elegant and racy, is maintained by the princess Linzani. At the same time, he goes out with a girl of his age, Sylvie, who despite her bold attitude has never had a lover.

Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Christian Hay, Haydée Politoff, Yves Beneyton, Maurice Garrel

Votes: 143

135. The Lion in Winter (1968)

PG | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History

1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. When he allows his imprisoned wife Eleanor of Aquitaine out for a Christmas visit, they all variously plot to force him into a decision.

Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle

Votes: 34,233 | Gross: $22.28M

136. Lonesome Cowboys (1968)

X | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Five lonesome cowboys get all hot & bothered at home en the range after confronting Ramona Alvarez and her nurse.

Directors: Andy Warhol, Paul Morrissey | Stars: Viva, Tom Hompertz, Louis Waldon, Eric Emerson

Votes: 581 | Gross: $0.09M

137. The Sergeant (1968)

R | 108 min | Drama

A story of a brilliant master sergeant with a great career behind him and transferred to yet another post, his attraction to a younger man eventually overrides him, to a point where his latent homosexuality, finally emerges.

Director: John Flynn | Stars: Rod Steiger, John Phillip Law, Ludmila Mikaël, Frank Latimore

Votes: 697

138. She Mob (1968)

82 min | Drama

A gang of four lesbian inmates escapes from prison and kidnaps the boyfriend of a wealthy woman. She hires a tough private eye to find her boyfriend and rescue him.

Directors: Maurice Levy, Harry Wuest | Stars: Marni Castle, Monique Duval, Adam Clyde, Twig

Votes: 251

139. Teorema (1968)

Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Mystery

A mysterious young man seduces each member of a bourgeois family. When he suddenly leaves, how will their lives change?

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Silvana Mangano, Terence Stamp, Massimo Girotti, Anne Wiazemsky

Votes: 15,283

140. Therese and Isabelle (1968)

Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Romance

Two young girls experience awakening sexuality in the heated atmosphere of a Swiss girls' boarding school...

Director: Radley Metzger | Stars: Essy Persson, Anna Gaël, Barbara Laage, Anne Vernon

Votes: 642

141. The Damned (1969)

R | 157 min | Drama, War

The dramatic collapse of a wealthy, industrialist/Junker family during the reign of the Third Reich.

Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem, Helmut Berger

Votes: 9,930 | Gross: $0.63M

142. Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama

The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in Japan.

Director: Toshio Matsumoto | Stars: Pîtâ, Osamu Ogasawara, Yoshimi Jô, Koichi Nakamura

Votes: 7,283

143. The Gay Deceivers (1969)

R | 97 min | Comedy

Danny and Elliot avoid military service by pretending to be gay, but they have to act the part when the recruiting officer doesn't buy it.

Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Kevin Coughlin, Brooke Bundy, Lawrence P. Casey, Jo Ann Harris

Votes: 880

144. Hunting Scenes from Bavaria (1969)

88 min | Drama, Horror

Abram returns to his small village and although his repairing skills are needed, people's suspicion about his sexual preferences make his life hard.

Director: Peter Fleischmann | Stars: Martin Sperr, Angela Winkler, Else Quecke, Michael Strixner

Votes: 756

145. Midnight Cowboy (1969)

R | 113 min | Drama

79 Metascore

A naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver

Votes: 120,917 | Gross: $44.79M

146. Fellini Satyricon (1969)

R | 129 min | Drama, Fantasy

A series of disjointed mythical tales set in first-century Rome.

Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Salvo Randone

Votes: 17,193 | Gross: $1.14M

147. Staircase (1969)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Charles Dyer (Sir Rex Harrison) and Harry Leeds (Richard Burton) are a couple that have been living together for nearly twenty years. Both earn a living as hairdressers in the West End of ... See full summary »

Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Rex Harrison, Richard Burton, Cathleen Nesbitt, Beatrix Lehmann

Votes: 962

148. Venus in Furs (1969)

R | 86 min | Horror, Thriller

A jazz trumpeter becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman whose corpse he discovers on a beach, after which she seemingly returns to life to take revenge on those responsible for her death.

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: James Darren, Barbara McNair, Maria Rohm, Klaus Kinski

Votes: 2,221

149. Women in Love (1969)

R | 131 min | Drama, Romance

Two best friends fall in love with a pair of women, but the relationships soon go in very different directions.

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson, Jennie Linden

Votes: 8,565 | Gross: $1.03M

150. The Boys in the Band (1970)

R | 118 min | Drama

65 Metascore

Tempers fray and true selves are revealed when a heterosexual accidentally intrudes on a homosexual party.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Kenneth Nelson, Peter White, Leonard Frey, Frederick Combs

Votes: 5,898 | Gross: $7.63M

151. The Conformist (1970)

R | 113 min | Drama

100 Metascore

A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin, Enzo Tarascio

Votes: 33,729 | Gross: $0.54M

152. The Dark Side of Tomorrow (1970)

R | 84 min | Drama, Romance

While their husbands are away on a hunting trip, two bored housewives get together to commiserate. One thing leads to another, and they wind up in bed. For one of the women the incident was... See full summary »

Directors: Jack Deerson, Barbara Peeters | Stars: Elizabeth Plumb, Alisa Courtney, John Aprea, Wayne Want

Votes: 184

153. Dorian Gray (1970)

R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller

A corrupt young man seemingly sells his soul to eternally retain his youthful beauty, all while a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: Helmut Berger, Richard Todd, Herbert Lom, Marie Liljedahl

Votes: 1,280

154. Entertaining Mr Sloane (1970)

Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Sloane, a manipulative lodger, joins Kath's household. Kemp recognizes Sloane as a murderer. Sloane kills Kemp. The story takes an unexpected turn regarding Sloane's fate, deviating from conventional justice.

Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Beryl Reid, Harry Andrews, Peter McEnery, Alan Webb

Votes: 744

155. It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (1971)

67 min | Documentary, Drama

A harsh but deeply sympathetic sociological essay film about gay life in Berlin in a time of secrecy and oppression, with no diegetic sound and constant narration, following Daniel's unsatisfying immersion into gay society.

Director: Rosa von Praunheim | Stars: Bernd Feuerhelm, Berryt Bohlen, Ernst Kuchling, Volker Eschke

Votes: 574

156. Myra Breckinridge (1970)

R | 94 min | Comedy

After undergoing gender reassignment surgery, an aspiring actress travels to Hollywood, where she also wants to make a claim on her wealthy uncle's estate.

Director: Michael Sarne | Stars: Mae West, John Huston, Raquel Welch, Rex Reed

Votes: 3,455 | Gross: $8.72M

157. Monique (1970)

X | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Monique is a vivacious French au pair girl who not only looks after the children, but also sexually satisfies the parents.

Director: John Bown | Stars: David Sumner, Joan Alcorn, Sibylla Kay, Nicola Bown

Votes: 128

158. The Music Lovers (1971)

R | 123 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Piano teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexuality by marrying, but unfortunately he chooses a nymphomaniac whom he cannot satisfy.

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson, Max Adrian, Christopher Gable

Votes: 3,025 | Gross: $0.20M

159. No desearás al vecino del quinto (1970)

83 min | Comedy

Pedro, a handsome gynecologist who lives in Toledo (Spain), does not have just a clientele due to the jealousy that his sex appeal causes in the husbands and boyfriends of his patients. To ... See full summary »

Director: Ramón Fernández | Stars: Alfredo Landa, Jean Sorel, Ira von Fürstenberg, Isabel Garcés

Votes: 185

160. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

PG-13 | 125 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

When a bored Holmes eagerly takes the case of Gabrielle Valladon after an attempt on her life, the search for her missing husband leads to Loch Ness and the legendary monster.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Robert Stephens, Christopher Lee, Colin Blakely, Geneviève Page

Votes: 13,324 | Gross: $3.30M

161. Something for Everyone (1970)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In post-war Austria, young, handsome country lad Konrad Ludwig (Michael York) charms his way into a butler position at the castle of the widowed (and destitute) Countess von Ornstein (... See full summary »

Director: Harold Prince | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Michael York, Anthony Higgins, Heidelinde Weis

Votes: 1,087 | Gross: $0.30M

162. Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970)

PG | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The story of three wildly neurotic characters: A facially disfigured girl, a homosexual paraplegic and an introvert epileptic who, after leaving the hospital, set up housekeeping together in a cottage where they support each other.

Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Liza Minnelli, Ken Howard, Robert Moore, James Coco

Votes: 1,027 | Gross: $0.39M

163. Trash (1970)

Unrated | 110 min | Drama

During the course of a day, a heroin addict overdoses in front of an upper-class couple, attempts to fool welfare by having his girlfriend fake a pregnancy, and frustrates the women in his life with his drug-induced impotence.

Director: Paul Morrissey | Stars: Joe Dallesandro, Holly Woodlawn, Geri Miller, Andrea Feldman

Votes: 2,885 | Gross: $1.50M

164. The Vampire Lovers (1970)

R | 91 min | Horror

63 Metascore

Seductive vampire Carmilla Karnstein and her family target the beautiful and the rich in a remote area of late eighteenth-century Gemany.

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Ingrid Pitt, Pippa Steel, Madeline Smith, Peter Cushing

Votes: 7,478

165. Les amis (1971)

93 min | Drama

Teenager Paul has an affair with the older Philippe.

Director: Gérard Blain | Stars: Philippe March, Jean-Claude Dauphin, Nathalie Fontaine, Yan Epstein

Votes: 220

166. Daughters of Darkness (1971)

R | 87 min | Horror

74 Metascore

While passing through a vacation resort, a newlywed couple encounters a mysterious, strikingly beautiful countess and her aide.

Director: Harry Kümel | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, John Karlen, Danielle Ouimet, Andrea Rau

Votes: 7,053

167. Death in Venice (1971)

GP | 130 min | Drama, Romance

While recovering in Venice, sickly composer Gustav von Aschenbach becomes dangerously fixated with teenager Tadzio.

Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, Nora Ricci

Votes: 23,050 | Gross: $0.15M

168. Fortune and Men's Eyes (1971)

R | 102 min | Drama

The young, naive Smitty is sent to prison for six months; Cathy, his girlfriend, watches as he disappears behind the bars and barbed wire. He's assigned a cell with Queenie, a balls-out ... See full summary »

Directors: Harvey Hart, Jules Schwerin | Stars: Wendell Burton, Michael Greer, Zooey Hall, Danny Freedman

Votes: 568 | Gross: $0.18M

169. The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman (1971)

R | 82 min | Horror

Elvira and her friend Genevieve travel through the French countryside in search of the lost grave of a medieval vampire, Countess Wandesa.

Director: León Klimovsky | Stars: Paul Naschy, Gaby Fuchs, Barbara Capell, Andrés Resino

Votes: 2,070

170. Pink Narcissus (1971)

Not Rated | 65 min | Drama, Fantasy

An erotic poem set in the fantasies of a young male prostitute.

Director: James Bidgood | Stars: Don Brooks, Bobby Kendall, Charles Ludlam

Votes: 1,672 | Gross: $0.01M

171. Some of My Best Friends Are... (1971)

R | 110 min | Drama

A dramatic expose of the lives of a group of gays who meet in a New York City bar on Christmas Eve.

Director: Mervyn Nelson | Stars: Tom Bade, James Murdock, Paul Blake, Gary Campbell

Votes: 367 | Gross: $0.12M

172. Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)

R | 110 min | Drama

The emotional intricacies of a polyamorous relationship between young artist Bob and his two lovers: a lonely male doctor and a frustrated female office worker.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft

Votes: 7,070 | Gross: $0.54M

173. Vanishing Point (1971)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

61 Metascore

During the 1970s, car-delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time, but always runs into trouble.

Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Charlotte Rampling, Dean Jagger

Votes: 30,549

174. Villain (1971)

R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.

Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: Richard Burton, Ian McShane, Nigel Davenport, Donald Sinden

Votes: 2,038

175. Women in Revolt (1971)

X | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

This film is a satire of the women's liberation movement, staring a trio of female impersonators. Candy is an aloof heiress caught in an unhappy relationship with her brother. Jackie is a ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Morrissey | Stars: Candy Darling, Jackie Curtis, Holly Woodlawn, Jonathan Kramer

Votes: 820

176. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)

Not Rated | 124 min | Drama, Romance

73 Metascore

A troubled fashion designer strikes up a romance with a much younger woman.

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Eva Mattes

Votes: 11,051

177. Cabaret (1972)

PG | 124 min | Drama, Music, Musical

80 Metascore

A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.

Director: Bob Fosse | Stars: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey

Votes: 59,434 | Gross: $42.77M

178. Deliverance (1972)

R | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

80 Metascore

Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's dammed and turned into a lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a canoeing trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.

Director: John Boorman | Stars: Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox

Votes: 119,360 | Gross: $7.06M

179. Heat (1972)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Spoof of the casual sexual adventures of a one-time child actor in Hollywood. It also involves a bratty on-again, off-again lesbian character.

Director: Paul Morrissey | Stars: Joe Dallesandro, Sylvia Miles, Andrea Feldman, Pat Ast

Votes: 1,891

180. Ludwig (1973)

R | 238 min | Biography, Drama, History

The reign of the tormented Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from 1864 to 1886.

Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano

Votes: 6,003

181. My Dearest Senorita (1972)

80 min | Romance, Drama

A 43-year-old woman living in a small town discovers that she is actually a man. Will she change her sex and suffer the reaction of a narrow-minded society?

Director: Jaime de Armiñán | Stars: José Luis López Vázquez, Julieta Serrano, Antonio Ferrandis, Enrique Ávila

Votes: 666

182. Pink Flamingos (1972)

NC-17 | 93 min | Comedy, Crime

47 Metascore

Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".

Director: John Waters | Stars: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole

Votes: 27,926 | Gross: $0.18M

183. X, Y & Zee (1972)

PG | 110 min | Drama

The venomous and amoral wife of a wealthy architect tries, any way she can, to break up the blossoming romance between her husband and his new mistress; a good-natured young widow who holds a dark past.

Director: Brian G. Hutton | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Susannah York, Margaret Leighton

Votes: 1,416 | Gross: $1.36M

184. All Nudity Shall Be Punished (1973)

102 min | Drama

Rich, spoiled youngman encounters a prostitute, and gets confused about the nature of his feelings for her; he can't decide between attraction, and repulsion.

Director: Arnaldo Jabor | Stars: Paulo Porto, Darlene Glória, Elza Gomes, Paulo César Peréio

Votes: 631

185. An American Family (1973)

720 min | Documentary, Music, Reality-TV

Follows the real lives of the Loud family, a motley group of suburbanites.

Stars: Patricia Loud, Bill Loud, Lance Loud, Kevin Loud

Votes: 265

186. Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973)

R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A young woman, rendered mute after a childhood sexual assault, is trained to seek violent revenge on those who kidnapped and forced her into prostitution.

Director: Bo Arne Vibenius | Stars: Christina Lindberg, Heinz Hopf, Despina Tomazani, Per-Axel Arosenius

Votes: 8,531

187. Tenderness of the Wolves (1973)

Not Rated | 82 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Using his status as a police informant to procure his victims, baby-faced, shaven-headed Fritz Haarmann dismembers their bodies after death and sells the flesh to restaurants, dumping the remainder out of sight.

Director: Ulli Lommel | Stars: Kurt Raab, Jeff Roden, Margit Carstensen, Ingrid Caven

Votes: 1,584

188. The Murdered House (1971)

103 min | Drama

Newly wed arrives at her husband's family house, in the country. The heavy atmosphere of the house frightens her, and she takes refuge in her homosexual son-in-law's room, who is kept ... See full summary »

Director: Paulo César Saraceni | Stars: Norma Bengell, Tetê Medina, Carlos Kroeber, Nelson Dantas

Votes: 135

189. Arabian Nights (1974)

X | 130 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

In ancient Arabia, a beautiful slave girl chooses a youth to be her new master, then she is kidnapped and they must search for each other. Stories are told within stories: love, travel and the whims of destiny.

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Franco Merli, Tessa Bouché

Votes: 9,050

190. Conversation Piece (1974)

R | 121 min | Drama, Romance

A reclusive retired professor is faced with confronting modernity when a group of vulgar youths led by an obnoxious marchesa take up residence in his unused upper residence.

Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Helmut Berger, Silvana Mangano, Claudia Marsani

Votes: 5,193

191. Female Trouble (1974)

NC-17 | 89 min | Comedy, Crime

A spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitch-hiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes.

Director: John Waters | Stars: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole

Votes: 10,469

192. Freebie and the Bean (1974)

R | 113 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

San Francisco police detectives Freebie and Bean are determined to bust local crime boss Red Meyers at any cost, even if this means destroying the whole city in the process.

Director: Richard Rush | Stars: Alan Arkin, James Caan, Loretta Swit, Jack Kruschen

Votes: 3,589

193. Immoral Tales (1973)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Romance

An erotic collection of short stories, an anthology comprised of tantalizing tales about sexual desire and its diverse manifestations.

Director: Walerian Borowczyk | Stars: Lise Danvers, Fabrice Luchini, Charlotte Alexandra, Paloma Picasso

Votes: 5,457

194. Mi hijo no es lo que parece (1974)

80 min | Comedy, Musical

Love, music and entanglements: a showgirl tries luck in tragedy, but she will be surprised by the arrival of her son from Bombay, with ideas very different from those of Spain; while the ... See full summary »

Director: Angelino Fons | Stars: Celia Gámez, Esperanza Roy, Jorge Lago, José Sazatornil

Votes: 20

195. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)

R | 115 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

62 Metascore

With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organize a daring new heist.

Director: Michael Cimino | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy, Geoffrey Lewis

Votes: 28,746 | Gross: $25.00M

196. A Very Natural Thing (1974)

R | 80 min | Drama, Romance

A poignant romantic drama examines the life of gay 26 year old, ex-monk, school teacher living in Manhattan. When he meets a man at a gay bar, they connect and are soon living together. Unfortunately their views on monogamy don't match.

Director: Christopher Larkin | Stars: Robert McLane, Curt Gareth, Bo White, Anthony McKay

Votes: 989 | Gross: $0.07M

197. Vampyres (1974)

R | 87 min | Horror

A pair of women lure passers-by to their countryside mansion to feed on them to satisfy their need for blood.

Director: José Ramón Larraz | Stars: Marianne Morris, Anulka Dziubinska, Murray Brown, Brian Deacon

Votes: 4,278

198. Anna und Edith (1975 TV Movie)

77 min | Drama

Anna and Edith are both employees in an insurance agency. There, their boss doesn't exactly make their life easy for them, because he boasts about their work successes.

Director: Gerrit Neuhaus | Stars: Barbara Stanek, Karin Siefart, Henning Gissel, Randolf Kronberg

Votes: 7

199. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

R | 125 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

86 Metascore

Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Penelope Allen, Sully Boyar

Votes: 273,213 | Gross: $50.00M

200. Fox and His Friends (1975)

Not Rated | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A suggestible working-class innocent wins the lottery but lets himself be taken advantage of by his bourgeois new boyfriend and his circle of materialistic friends.

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peter Chatel, Karlheinz Böhm, Adrian Hoven

Votes: 6,757



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