The Secret Agent

2025

Portuguese

♡ 26

98%

Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.

Peter Hujar's Day

2025

English

♡ 4

91%

1970s

based on novel or book

Ira Sachs Director

Rebecca Hall as Linda Rosenkrantz

Ben Whishaw as Peter Hujar

A recently discovered conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz in 1974 reveals a glimpse into New York City’s downtown art scene and the personal struggles and epiphanies that define an artist’s life.

Breakdown: 1975

2025

English

♡ 2

62%

1970s

cultural revolution

Documentary

documentary filmmaking

film critic

groundbreaking

new american cinema

In 1975, as America faced social and political upheaval, filmmakers turned chaos into art.

The Mastermind

2025

English

♡ 17

90%

In a sedate Massachusetts suburb circa 1970, unemployed family man and amateur art thief J.B. Mooney sets out on his first heist. With the museum cased and accomplices recruited, he has an airtight plan. Or so he thinks.

The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo

♡ 4

investigative journalism

vietnam war

war photographer

A two-year investigation uncovers a scandal behind the making of one of the most recognized photographs of the 20th century. Five decades of secrets are unraveled in the search for justice for a man known only as "the stringer."

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

2002

English

6.9

♡ 18

76%

79%

1970s

Action

based on memoir or autobiography

Peter Care Director

Vincent D'Onofrio as Father Casey

Emile Hirsch as Francis Doyle

Jena Malone as Margie Flynn

Jodie Foster as Sister Assumpta

A group of Catholic school friends, after being caught drawing an obscene comic book, plan a heist that will outdo their previous prank and make them local legends.

King of Hearts

2019

Finnish

6.2

♡ 4

Aleksi Mäkelä Director

Anssi Lindström as Joona Jalkanen

Matti Ristinen as Kari Tapio

Sakari Kuosmanen as roudari Pussinen

Mikko Kouki as Veikko Samuli

The story of Kari Tapio, who sang his way into the hearts of the Finns in the 70's and whose popularity lasted until his death in 2010.

Concerning Violence

2014

Swedish

7.5

♡ 4

90%

Göran Olsson Director

Lauryn Hill as Narrator in English version

Amilcar Cabral as Self - founder of Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde

William Tubman as Self - president of Liberia

Simão Elias as Self - The Mozambique Liberation Front

Based on powerful archival material documenting the most daring moments in the struggle for liberation in the Third World, this documentary is accompanied by classic text from The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon.

Waltzing with Brando

2024

English

6.9

♡ 4

1970s

architect

based on memoir or autobiography

The story of how Marlon Brando plucked Bernard Judge, an obscure but idealistic Los Angeles architect from his stable existence and convinced him that he should build the world’s first ecologically perfect retreat on a tiny and uninhabitable Tahitian island.

The Ice Tower

2025

French

6.0

♡ 6

1970s. From her high mountain village, 15-year-old Jeanne dreams of leaving her childhood orphanage and discovering the world. Fleeing to the city of lights, she finds refuge in a shed. In the morning, the Snow Queen appears to her, dazzling. The shed turns out to be a studio where a film adapted from the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, The Snow Queen, is being shot. Cristina, the star, who embodies the Queen, reigns supreme on the set. Fascinated by this cruel woman with a disturbing charm, both powerful and vulnerable, Jeanne becomes her protege and her confidante as the trap closes in on her.

The Rocker

2008

English

6.2

♡ 27

40%

Peter Cattaneo Director

Emma Stone as Amelia

Jason Sudeikis as David Marshall

Simon Sinn as Mr. Lee

Bradley Cooper as Trash

In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at stardom arise when he is asked to perform with his teenage nephew's high school rock band.

Any Day Now

2012

English

7.4

♡ 11

78%

Travis Fine Director

Kamala Lopez as Agent Martinez

Frances Fisher as Judge Meyerson

Alan Rachins as Judge Resnick

Jamie Anne Allman as Marianna Deison

In the late 1970s, when a mentally handicapped teenager is abandoned, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the family he's never had. But once the unconventional living arrangement is discovered by authorities, the men must fight the legal system to adopt the child.

Slums of Beverly Hills

1998

English

6.7

♡ 29

82%

semi autobiographical

teenage girl

Tamara Jenkins Director

David Krumholtz as Ben

Mena Suvari as Rachel

Marisa Tomei as Rita

Natasha Lyonne as Vivian

In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.

Northern Soul

2014

English

6.4

♡ 11

78%

Elaine Constantine Director

Antonia Thomas as Angela

James Lance as DJ Ray Henderson

Ricky Tomlinson as John's Grandad

Steve Coogan as Mr. Banks

Set in 1974, an authentic and uplifting tale of two friends whose horizons are opened up by the discovery of black American soul music.

Woodlawn

2015

English

6.5

♡ 23

79%

based on a true story

Andrew Erwin Director

Sean Astin as Hank

Joy Brunson as Johnnie

Jon Voight as Paul Bryant

John F. Kennedy as Self

Love and unity in a school torn by racism and hate in the 1970s. A gifted high school football player must learn to embrace his talent and his faith as he battles racial tensions on and off the field.

Breath

2017

English

6.7

♡ 22

80%

based on novel or book

Simon Baker Director

Zev Eleftheriou as Bus Driver

Elizabeth Debicki as Eva

Rachael Blake as Mrs. Pike

Simon Baker as Sando

A pair of teenagers in Western Australia looking to escape the monotony of life in a small town take up surfing lessons from a guy named Sando.

Indian Horse

2017

English

7.3

♡ 19

80%

88%

1970s

Action

based on novel or book

Stephen S. Campanelli Director

Michael Vincent Dagostino as Doctor

Evan Adams as Evan

Michiel Huisman as Father Gaston

Forrest Goodluck as Saul

Follows the life of Native Canadian Saul Indian Horse as he survives residential school and life amongst the racism of the 1970s. A talented hockey player, Saul must find his own path as he battles stereotypes and alcoholism.

Dreamcatcher

2003

English

5.5

♡ 70

27%

based on novel or book

Drama

friends

Horror

religion and supernatural

Sci-Fi

snowstorm

Thriller

Lawrence Kasdan Director

Morgan Freeman as Col. Abraham Curtis

Campbell Lane as Old Man Gosselin

Timothy Olyphant as Pete

Michael Dobson as Stranger on Curb

Four boyhood pals perform a heroic act and are changed by the powers they gain in return. Years later, on a hunting trip in the Maine woods, they're overtaken by a vicious blizzard that harbors an ominous presence. Challenged to stop an alien force, the friends must first prevent the slaughter of innocent civilians by a military vigilante ... and then overcome a threat to the bond that unites the four of them.