1970

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows 1970

poster Martial Law
Martial Law
86mn - Action, Crime, Drama
An undercover cop teams up with a martial-arts expert to stop a gang of drug smugglers and car thieves.
poster The Death of Richie
The Death of Richie
(3.4/5)
96mn - Drama, Short
A sensitive but confused teenager feels pressure from all directions and turns to drugs, which causes problems for him in school and at home.
poster This Is Not a Test
This Is Not a Test
(2.7/5)
73mn - Drama, Action, Thriller
Late one night on a rural road in the western US, a policeman sets up a roadblock and begins stopping all traffic. When several cars and a big truck have stopped, he tells everyone why: a nuclear attack o…
poster Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys
Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys
(3.2/5)
91mn - Short, Drama, Music
Dramatization looks at the tumultuous relationship that existed between rock group The Beach Boy's Brian and Dennis Wilson and their father, Murry. It also examines their struggles with drugs and alcohol.
poster Grass
Grass
(3.6/5)
80mn - Documentary
Marijuana is the most controversial drug of the 20th Century. Smoked by generations to little discernible ill effect, it continues to be reviled by many governments on Earth. In this Genie Award-winning d…
poster The Cape Town Affair
The Cape Town Affair
100mn - Action, Thriller
South African secret agents attempt to save confidential microfilm before it falls into the hands of Communists. A color remake of the Sam Fuller film, Pickup on South Street.
poster Hot Stuff
Hot Stuff
(3.2/5)
91mn - Comedy
When a police department's burglary task force is facing the possibility of being shut down because of their low conviction rate decides to try a new approach to apprehending their targets. They take over…
poster The Cops Are Robbers
The Cops Are Robbers
(2.8/5)
93mn - Drama, Crime, Short
Made-for-TV drama about one of the largest crimes in history—the 1980 robbery of the Boston Depositors Trust by a group of policemen. Capt. Gerry Clemente is the leader of a gang of rotten cops who take t…
poster Last Woman on Earth
Last Woman on Earth
(3.5/5)
71mn - Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Harold Gern, a shady businessman from New York, is spending a holiday in Puerto Rico with his attractive wife Evelyn. They are joined by Martin Joyce, Harold's lawyer, who has come to discuss the latest i…
poster A Simple Matter of Justice
A Simple Matter of Justice
58mn -
A powerful and moving piece documenting the lesbian, gay and bisexual movement in the early 1990s, A Simple Matter of Justice expresses all the emotions of the joyful protest that was the 1993 March on Wa…
poster Deadwood '76
Deadwood '76
97mn - Western
A young drifter is mistaken for Billy the Kid. The concequences prove deadly.
poster Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die
Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die
100mn - Western
A determined debt collector arrives in Tucson to collect his 10% commission after retrieving $100,000 for a corrupt bank president. When the banker refuses to pay and frames him for a crime, the collector…
poster Rogues' Gallery
Rogues' Gallery
60mn - Mystery, Thriller
Reporter Patsy Reynolds and photographer Eddie Porter are assigned to interview John Foster, head of the Emmerson Foundation regarding a listening device the organization is working on. Foster evades them…
poster Teaserama
Teaserama
69mn - Documentary
A collection of numerous burlesque acts from the 1950s, including strippers, and cult character Betty Page introducing the acts.
poster Robin and Marian
Robin and Marian
(3.3/5)
106mn - Action, Adventure, Drama
Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.
poster Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
78mn - Sci-Fi, Short
In 2020, after the colonization of the moon, the spaceships Vega, Sirius and Capella are launched from Lunar Station 7. They are to explore Venus under the command of Professor Hartman, but an asteroid co…
poster Yuma
Yuma
(3.2/5)
75mn - Western, Short
A down-and-dirty town is forced to shape up when a new marshal (Clint Walker) comes to town. However, when a scheme is launched to destroy the lawman's authority, he must discover the perpetrators and pre…
poster Campbell's Kingdom
Campbell's Kingdom
(3.2/5)
102mn - Adventure, Drama
Given only six months to live, Englishman Bruce Campbell goes to Canada to claim "Campbell's Kingdom", the land he inherited from his grandfather. In order to clear his grandfather's name and prove there …
poster Never Let Go
Never Let Go
(3.6/5)
90mn - Drama, Thriller, Crime
John Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the hoods in the employ of Lionel Meadows, the sadistic organizer of a London car conversion racket. The car was …
poster The Return
The Return
86mn - Mystery, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Two young children and an adult in a small town have an encounter with an alien spaceship. 25 years later the children are reunited as adults in the same town which is now beset by strange cattle mutilati…
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