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: World Premieres  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, Richard Benjamin C+ Full Listing of Films Screened Airport Dir. George Seaton. With Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean Seberg C– The Baby Maker Dir. James Bridges. With Barbara Hershey, Collin Wilcox-Horne, Scott Glenn B The Ballad of Cable Hogue Dir. Sam Peckinpah. With Jason Robards, David Warner 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 Claire's Knee Dir. Eric Rohmer. With Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Laurence de Monaghan B+ The Conformist Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci. With Jean-Louis Trintignant, Dominique Sanda B+ Crimes of the Future Dir. David Cronenberg. With Ron Mlodzik, Jon Lidolt, Jack Messinger B Darling Lili Dir. Blake Edwards. With Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Jeremy Kemp, Lance Percival D– Deep End Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski. With John Moulder-Brown, Jane Asher, Christopher Sanford B Diary of a Mad Housewife Dir. Frank Perry. With Carrie Snodgress, Frank Langella C+ Donkey Skin Dir. Jacques Demy. With Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Perrin, Jean Marais B Five Easy Pieces Dir. Bob Rafelson. With Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach B+ The Garden of the Finzi-Continis Dir. Vittorio De Sica. With Lino Capolicchio A Gimme Shelter Dirs. Peter & Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin. Record of Altamont concert A– The Great White Hope Dir. Martin Ritt. With James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert B– Hòa-Bình Dir. Raoul Coutard. With Phi Lan, Huynh Cazenas, Xuan Ha, Marcel Lan Phuong B+ Husbands Dir. John Cassavetes. With Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, John Kullers B 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 Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion Dir. Elio Petri. With Gian Maria Volonté A 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+ MASH Dir. Robert Altman. With Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman B+ The Music Lovers Dir. Ken Russell. With Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson, Kenneth Colley C Myra Breckinridge Dir. Michael Sarne. With Raquel Welch, John Huston, Mae West D+ Notes Towards an African Orestes Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini. Essay film about planned project B+ 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+ 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+ Wanda Dir. Barbara Loden. With Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins, Jerome Their, Milton Gittleman A– 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 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