10 '70s Movies That Deserved a Best Picture Nomination

Serpico, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, and Last Tango in Paris are among the best movies of the 1970s that deserved an Oscar nod for Best Picture.

March 11, 2025 · 1 min · 76 words · Shannon Flowers

However, there were also some great films that sadly didnt even get a nomination in the top category.

Here are ten 1970s movies that deserved a Best Picture nomination.

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McCabe and Mrs. Miller

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Peter Boyle smiling as Joe in Joe

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Robert Redford as Bill McKay looking confused and scratching the back of his head in The Candidate (1972)

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Elliott Gould in a suit smoking a cigarette at the beach while waves splash behind him in The Long Goodbye.

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Robert De Niro and David Proval next to each other in a bar in Mean Streets

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Al Pacino smiling as Serpico in Serpico

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Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, and Randy Quaid in ‘The Last Detail

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Joseph Frady looking back at a person offscreen in The Parallax View

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A child stares out an open front door where an ominous orange glow is coming though

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