Best crime from the 70s
The catalogue's crime films from 1970–1979, ranked by audience score. We bias against the cinephile-canonical picks (Letterboxd top-250) — if you've already seen the obvious entries, scroll past the first row.
The Sting
playfuluplifting
Chinatown
cerebralparanoidslow burn
Paper Moon
Papillon
Dog Day Afternoon
bittersweetrawtender
Proof of the Man
Sleuth
Vengeance Is Mine
Serpico
Lady Snowblood
The Wolves
The Castle of Cagliostro
The Conversation
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
The French Connection
Badlands
Caliber 9
The Castle of Sand
Dirty Harry
The Long Goodbye
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Blue Collar
What's Up, Doc?
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Charley Varrick
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
The Man Who Stole the Sun
10 Rillington Place
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Assault on Precinct 13