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 Grade // By Title, with Full Reviews Top Ten List 1.  Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion Dir. Elio Petri. With Gian Maria Volonté A 2.  The Garden of the Finzi-Continis Dir. Vittorio De Sica. With Lino Capolicchio A 3.  Bloody Mama Dir. Roger Corman. With Shelley Winters, Don Stroud, Robert De Niro A– 4.  Wanda Dir. Barbara Loden. With Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins, Jerome Their, Milton Gittleman A– 5.  Gimme Shelter Dirs. Peter & Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin. Record of Altamont concert A– 6.  Performance Dirs. Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg. With James Fox, Mick Jagger A– 7.  The Conformist Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci. With Jean-Louis Trintignant, Dominique Sanda B+ 8.  Five Easy Pieces Dir. Bob Rafelson. With Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach B+ 9.  The Landlord Dir. Hal Ashby. With Beau Bridges, Pearl Bailey, Marki Bey, Diana Sands B+ 10.  Claire's Knee Dir. Eric Rohmer. With Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Laurence de Monaghan B+ Remainder of Films Screened Hòa-Bình Dir. Raoul Coutard. With Phi Lan, Huynh Cazenas, Xuan Ha, Marcel Lan Phuong B+ MASH Dir. Robert Altman. With Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman B+ Notes Towards an African Orestes Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini. Essay film about planned project B+ Tristana Dir. Luis Buñuel. With Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Lola Gaos, Franco Nero B+ Woodstock Dir. Michael Wadleigh. Documentary about legendary music festival near Bethel, NY B+ The Baby Maker Dir. James Bridges. With Barbara Hershey, Collin Wilcox-Horne, Scott Glenn B The Boys in the Band Dir. William Friedkin. With Kenneth Nelson, Frederick Combs B Crimes of the Future Dir. David Cronenberg. With Ron Mlodzik, Jon Lidolt, Jack Messinger B Deep End Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski. With John Moulder-Brown, Jane Asher, Christopher Sanford B Donkey Skin Dir. Jacques Demy. With Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Perrin, Jean Marais B Husbands Dir. John Cassavetes. With Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, John Kullers B I Walk the Line Dir. John Frankenheimer. With Gregory Peck, Tuesday Weld, Charles Durning B Trash Dir. Paul Morrissey. With Joe Dallesandro, Holly Woodlawn, Jane Forth, Diane Podel B The Wild Child Dir. François Truffaut. With Jean-Pierre Cargol, François Truffaut B Zabriskie Point Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni. With Daria Halprin, Mark Frechette, Rod Taylor B The Great White Hope Dir. Martin Ritt. With James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert B– Patton Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner. With George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates B– Watermelon Man Dir. Melvin Van Peebles. With Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons B– Diary of a Mad Housewife Dir. Frank Perry. With Carrie Snodgress, Frank Langella C+ Joe Dir. John G. Avildsen. With Dennis Patrick, Peter Boyle, Susan Sarandon, Patrick McDermott C+ A Man Called Horse Dir. Elliot Silverstein. With Richard Harris, Judith Anderson, Manu Tupou C+ The Owl and the Pussycat Dir. Herbert Ross. With Barbra Streisand, George Segal C+ The Strawberry Statement Dir. Stuart Hagmann. With Bruce Davison, Kim Darby C+ Two Mules for Sister Sara Dir. Don Siegel. With Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacLaine C+ Where's Poppa? Dir. Carl Reiner. With George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Trish Van Devere C+ Wuthering Heights Dir. Robert Fuest. With Anna Calder-Marshall, Timothy Dalton C+ The Christine Jorgensen Story Dir. Irving Rapper. With John Hansen, Joan Tompkins C The Music Lovers Dir. Ken Russell. With Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson, Kenneth Colley C Puzzle of a Downfall Child Dir. Jerry Schatzberg. With Faye Dunaway, Barry Primus C Sexual Freedom in Denmark Dir. M.C. von Hellen. With Ole Lassen, Lizzie Bundgaard C Airport Dir. George Seaton. With Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean Seberg C– I Never Sang for My Father Dir. Gilbert Cates. With Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman C– Little Big Man Dir. Arthur Penn. With Dustin Hoffman, Chief Dan George, Richard Mulligan C– On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Dir. Vincente Minnelli. With Barbra Streisand C– The People Next Door Dir. David Greene. With Deborah Winters, Eli Wallach, Julie Harris C– Love Story Dir. Arthur Hiller. With Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw, John Marley, Ray Milland D+ Myra Breckinridge Dir. Michael Sarne. With Raquel Welch, John Huston, Mae West D+ The Out-of-Towners Dir. Arthur Hiller. With Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis, Robert Nichols D+ Ryan's Daughter Dir. David Lean. With Sarah Miles, Robert Mitchum, Christopher Jones D+ Rabbit, Run Dir. Jack Smight. With James Caan, Carrie Snodgress, Anjanette Comer, Arthur Hill D Darling Lili Dir. Blake Edwards. With Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Jeremy Kemp, Lance Percival D– Lovers and Other Strangers Dir. Cy Howard. With Bea Arthur, Richard Castellano D–