Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The '70s

If you loved The '70s, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Insurgent

Insurgent

2015★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The '70s for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart....

#2
American Pastoral

American Pastoral

2016★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The '70s for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family....

#3
V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta

2006★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The '70s for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V resc...

#4
Equilibrium

Equilibrium

2002★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The '70s for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the...

#5
Disgrace

Disgrace

2008★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The '70s for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Disgrace is the story of a South African professor of English who loses everything: his reputation, his job, his peace of mind, his good looks, his dreams of artistic success, and ...

#6
The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

1990★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The '70s for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility....

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