This is a list of notable Hindi movies from the 1970s which I have categorized as GEMs. As explained elsewhere on this website (in the “About” section”), a “GEM” is an all-time classic which stands out from the rest (at least in my opinion); in other words, it is a Genuine Masterpiece which is greatly enjoyable and memorable.
Note that the list is sortable by each column. (Multiple levels of sorting are possible by sorting more than one column in succession, from lowest to highest.)
Most of the movies are available for free viewing on YouTube, and a link is provided below in the “Video” column. In other cases, the link may indicate that the movie is available to Netflix or Amazon Prime subscribers or for a nominal fee on YouTube. Many of the movies are also available for checkout at public libraries.
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Year
Hindi film
GEM!
Producer
Director
Male stars (selected)
Female stars (selected)
Video
Wikipedia
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1970
Johny Mera Naam
Gulshan Rai
Vijay Anand
Dev Anand, Pran, Premnath
Hema Malini
1971
Anand
N C Sippy
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Rajesh Khanna*, Amitabh Bachchan
Sumita Sanyal
1971
Dushmun
Premji
Dulal Guha
Rajesh Khanna
Mumtaz, Meena Kumari
1972
Amar Prem
Shakti Films
Shakti Samanta
Rajesh Khanna*, Vinod Mehra
Sharmila Tagore
1972
Anuraag
Shakti Films
Shakti Samanta
Vinod Mehra, Ashok Kumar, Rajesh Khanna
Moushmi Chatterjee, Nutan
1972
Parichay
V K Sobti
Gulzar
Jeetendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Vinod Khanna, Pran
Jaya Bhaduri
1973
Abhimaan
Susheela Kamat
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Amitabh Bachchan
Jaya Bhaduri
1973
Achanak
Raj Sippy
Gulzar
Vinod Khanna
Lily Chakravarty, Farida Jalal
1973
Daag
Yash Raj Films
Yash Chopra
Rajesh Khanna
Sharmila Tagore, Rakhee
1973
Dhund
B R Chopra
B R Chopra
Sanjay Khan, Navin Nischol, Danny Denzongpa, Ashok Kumar