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
bittersweetplayfuluplifting
Chinatown
bittersweetdreadparanoid
Paper Moon
bittersweetplayfultender
Papillon
bittersweetrawuplifting
Dog Day Afternoon
bittersweetrawunhinged
Proof of the Man
foreign gemoutsiderraw
Sleuth
bittersweetcerebralpitch black
Vengeance Is Mine
foreign gemgut punchraw
Serpico
bittersweetcerebralraw
Lady Snowblood
foreign gemdreadgut punch
The Wolves
foreign gemparanoidraw
The Castle of Cagliostro
foreign gemcozyplayful
The Conversation
cerebralparanoidslow burn
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
foreign gemplayful
The French Connection
raw
Badlands
outsiderrawbittersweet
Caliber 9
foreign gemneon soakedparanoid
The Castle of Sand
foreign gemcerebralparanoid
Dirty Harry
pitch blackrawneon soaked
The Long Goodbye
bittersweetparanoidraw
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
foreign gemparanoidraw
Blue Collar
bittersweetparanoidraw
What's Up, Doc?
bittersweetcomfort cultplayful
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
foreign gemraw
Charley Varrick
paranoidrawoutsider
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
foreign gemparanoidraw
The Man Who Stole the Sun
foreign gem3am cultneon soaked
10 Rillington Place
dreadgut punchraw
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
foreign gempitch blackraw
Assault on Precinct 13
rawslow burndread