1970: World Premieres 1970: U.S. Releases 1970: Still Left to See 1970: Cannes Festival Looking Back Moving Ahead Browse Films by Title / Year / Reviews Home / Blog / E-Mail The Movies of 1970: U.S. Releases  By Title // By Grade, with Top Ten Complete Reviews ★ = Full Review   /   ★ = Capsule Review   /   ★ = Special Feature or Blog Review (new window) ★  Diary of a Mad Housewife Dir. Frank Perry. With Carrie Snodgress, Frank Langella C+ Full Listing of Films Screened 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. With Marina Vlady, Anny Duperey A Airport Dir. George Seaton. With Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean Seberg C– Au hasard, Balthazar Dir. Robert Bresson. With Anne Wiazemsky, François Lafarge A The Baby Maker Dir. James Bridges. With Barbara Hershey, Collin Wilcox-Horne, Scott Glenn B Black Girl Dir. Ousmane Sembene. With Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinek B+ Bloody Mama Dir. Roger Corman. With Shelley Winters, Don Stroud, Robert De Niro A– The Boys in the Band Dir. William Friedkin. With Kenneth Nelson, Frederick Combs B The Christine Jorgensen Story Dir. Irving Rapper. With John Hansen, Joan Tompkins C Darling Lili Dir. Blake Edwards. With Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Jeremy Kemp, Lance Percival D– Diary of a Mad Housewife Dir. Frank Perry. With Carrie Snodgress, Frank Langella C+ Double Suicide Dir. Masahiro Shinoda. With Kichiemon Nakamura, Shima Iwashita A– Fellini Satyricon Dir. Federico Fellini. With Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Salvo Randone C+ Five Easy Pieces Dir. Bob Rafelson. With Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach B+ The Great White Hope Dir. Martin Ritt. With James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert B– The Honeymoon Killers Dir. Leonard Kastle. With Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco A– Husbands Dir. John Cassavetes. With Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, John Kullers B I Am Curious–Blue Dir. Vilgot Sjöman. With Lena Nyman, Börje Ahlstedt, Vilgot Sjöman C+ I Never Sang for My Father Dir. Gilbert Cates. With Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman C– I Walk the Line Dir. John Frankenheimer. With Gregory Peck, Tuesday Weld, Charles Durning B Joe Dir. John G. Avildsen. With Dennis Patrick, Peter Boyle, Susan Sarandon, Patrick McDermott C+ The Landlord Dir. Hal Ashby. With Beau Bridges, Pearl Bailey, Marki Bey, Diana Sands B+ Little Big Man Dir. Arthur Penn. With Dustin Hoffman, Chief Dan George, Richard Mulligan C– Love Story Dir. Arthur Hiller. With Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw, John Marley, Ray Milland D+ Lovers and Other Strangers Dir. Cy Howard. With Bea Arthur, Richard Castellano D– A Man Called Horse Dir. Elliot Silverstein. With Richard Harris, Judith Anderson, Manu Tupou C+ Mandabi Dir. Ousmane Sembene. With Makhouredia Gueye, Ynousse N'Diaye, Isseu Niang A– MASH Dir. Robert Altman. With Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman B+ Mississippi Mermaid Dir. François Truffaut. With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve B Mouchette Dir. Robert Bresson. With Nadine Nortier, Paul Hebert, Marie Cardinal A My Night at Maud's Dir. Éric Rohmer. With Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian A– Myra Breckinridge Dir. Michael Sarne. With Raquel Welch, John Huston, Mae West D+ On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Dir. Vincente Minnelli. With Barbra Streisand C– The Out-of-Towners Dir. Arthur Hiller. With Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis, Robert Nichols D+ The Owl and the Pussycat Dir. Herbert Ross. With Barbra Streisand, George Segal C+ The Passion of Anna Dir. Ingmar Bergman. With Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson B Patton Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner. With George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates B– The People Next Door Dir. David Greene. With Deborah Winters, Eli Wallach, Julie Harris C– Performance Dirs. Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg. With James Fox, Mick Jagger B+ Puzzle of a Downfall Child Dir. Jerry Schatzberg. With Faye Dunaway, Barry Primus C Rabbit, Run Dir. Jack Smight. With James Caan, Carrie Snodgress, Anjanette Comer, Arthur Hill D Ryan's Daughter Dir. David Lean. With Sarah Miles, Robert Mitchum, Christopher Jones D+ Sexual Freedom in Denmark Dir. M.C. von Hellen. With Ole Lassen, Lizzie Bundgaard C The Strawberry Statement Dir. Stuart Hagmann. With Bruce Davison, Kim Darby C+ Trash Dir. Paul Morrissey. With Joe Dallesandro, Holly Woodlawn, Jane Forth, Diane Podel B Tristana Dir. Luis Buñuel. With Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Lola Gaos, Franco Nero B+ Two Mules for Sister Sara Dir. Don Siegel. With Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacLaine C+ Watermelon Man Dir. Melvin Van Peebles. With Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons B– Where's Poppa? Dir. Carl Reiner. With George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Trish Van Devere C+ The Wild Child Dir. François Truffaut. With Jean-Pierre Cargol, François Truffaut B Women in Love Dir. Ken Russell. With Glenda Jackson, Jennie Linden, Alan Bates, Oliver Reed B+ Woodstock Dir. Michael Wadleigh. Documentary about legendary music festival near Bethel, NY B+ Wuthering Heights Dir. Robert Fuest. With Anna Calder-Marshall, Timothy Dalton C+ Zabriskie Point Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni. With Daria Halprin, Mark Frechette, Rod Taylor B