Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. He shows inadequate respect to the treasurer, who wants him dead.

Coup d'Etat

1973

Japanese

6.8

♡ 6

Yoshishige Yoshida Director

Seishirô Hara as

Shintarô Nanjô as

Masao Imafuku as

Rentarô Mikuni as Kazuki Kitamura / Ikki Kita

A freestyle biopic of Ikki Kita, the ultranationalist intellectual whose ideas inspired the failed military coup in 1936.

Superdad

1973

English

5.1

♡ 2

35%

college student

Comedy

Family

parent child relationship

scholarship

Vincent McEveety Director

Kurt Russell as Bart

Nicholas Hammond as Roger Rhinehurst

Allison McKay as Secretary

Barbara Rush as Sue McCready

A dad tries to impress the daughter -- a soon-to-be college student he thinks is hanging around with a bad crowd.

Scarecrow

1973

English

7.2

♡ 23

76%

Jerry Schatzberg Director

Eileen Brennan as Darlene

Ann Wedgeworth as Frenchy

Al Pacino as Lion

Richard Lynch as Riley

Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.

The Sting

1973

English

8.2

♡ 73

93%

George Roy Hill Director

Paul Newman as

Sally Kirkland as Crystal

Dana Elcar as F.B.I. Agent Polk

Byron Morrow as Mr. Jameson from Chicago

A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.

The Knock Out Cop

1973

Italian

6.7

♡ 8

Steno Director

Bud Spencer as Inspector 'Flatfoot' Rizzo

Raymond Pellegrin as Lawyer De Ribbis

Vittorio Duse as Police officer

Emilio Messina as (uncredited)

Inspector “Flatfoot” Rizzo investigates crime and corruption in Naples.

The MacKintosh Man

1973

English

6.3

♡ 5

58%

43%

spy

Thriller

John Huston Director

Roland Culver as Judge

Aileen Lewis as Member of Parliament

Paul Newman as Rearden

Ian Bannen as Slade

A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang...

A Pain in the Ass

1973

French

7.0

♡ 6

Édouard Molinaro Director

Nino Castelnuovo as Bellhop

Édouard Molinaro as Le patron de café

Jean-Louis Tristan as L'inspecteur de l'hôtel

Lino Ventura as Ralf Milan

Ralf Milan, a hitman, arrives in Montpellier to kill an important witness. He checks in a hotel without knowing that his neighbour has become neurotic after his wife left him.

Onna jigoku: Mori wa nureta

1973

Japanese

5.5

♡ 6

Tatsumi Kumashiro Director

Akira Takahashi as Jihei

Hiroko Isayama as Sachiko Murai

Moeko Ezawa as Waitress

Rie Nakagawa as Yoko / Wife

Sachiko has just committed a crime. She is helped by a couple to whom she grants her confidence. Quickly this couple blackmails her and threatens to deliver her to the police. Sachiko has no other choice but to obey them.

Mean Streets

1973

English

7.2

♡ 90

92%

Martin Scorsese Director

Harvey Keitel as Charlie

Cesare Danova as Giovanni

Martin Scorsese as Jimmy Shorts

Robert De Niro as Johnny Boy

Victor Argo as Mario

Vincent Price as Verden Fell

A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.

Bang the Drum Slowly

1973

English

6.7

♡ 9

90%

John D. Hancock Director

Robert De Niro as Bruce

Hector Elias as Diego

Alan Manson as Doc Loftus

Michael Moriarty as Henry

The story of a New York pro baseball team and two of its players. Henry Wiggen is the star pitcher and Bruce Pearson is the normal, everyday catcher who is far from the star player on the team and friend to all of his teammates. During the off-season, Bruce learns that he is terminally ill, and Henry, his only true friend, is determined to be the one person there for him during his last season with the club. Throughout the course of the season, Henry and his teammates attempt to deal with Bruce's impending illness, all the while attempting to make his last year a memorable one.

Jimi Hendrix

1973

English

7.7

♡ 12

86%

Gary Weis Director

Pete Townshend as Self - Interviewee

Eric Clapton as Self - Interviewee

Little Richard as Self - Interviewee

Billy Cox as Self - Interviewee

Made shortly after his death, this documentary explores the brief life and remarkable legacy of guitarist Jimi Hendrix. After finding fame in the U.K., Hendrix brought his act back to the U.S., where his influential playing style left a blazing imprint on a whole generation of musicians. Employing interviews with family and contemporaries, such as Eric Clapton, as well as scorching live performances from Woodstock and Isle of Wight, the film paints an indelible portrait of a rock 'n' roll legend.

Blue Summer

1973

English

4.4

♡ 4

Chuck Vincent Director

Harding Harrison as Gene's Father

Sylvia Bernstein as Gene's Mother

Shana McGran as Liza

Larry Lima as Roger

A couple of dudes pack a van full of beer and go on a road trip in search of sexual adventures. They get that and more.

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

1973

English

5.4

♡ 58

33%

post-apocalyptic future

Sci-Fi

J. Lee Thompson Director

Noah Keen as Abe the teacher

Roddy McDowall as Caesar / Cornelius

Colleen Camp as Julie - Lisa's Servant

Paul Stevens as Mendez

The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar lives in harmony with a group of humans. Gorilla General Aldo tries to cause an ape civil war and a community of human mutants who live beneath a destroyed city try to conquer those whom they perceive as enemies. All leading to the finale.

Hollywood 90028

1973

English

5.7

♡ 6

88%

Christina Hornisher Director

Melonie Haller as

Gayle Davis as Gretchen

Beverly Walker as Karen

Jeannette Dilger as Michele

Mark, a cameraman who aspires to work on serious Hollywood films but can only find work making porno loops, turns to murder when his personal and professional frustrations reach their breaking point.

Papillon

1973

English

8.0

♡ 106

73%

90%

Action

based on memoir or autobiography

Franklin J. Schaffner Director

Fred Sadoff as Deputy Warden

Len Lesser as Guard

Victor Jory as Indian Chief

Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.