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.

30 films · sélectionnés dans le catalogue · classés par consensus critique

The Sting

1973 · ★ 8.0

playfuluplifting

Chinatown

1974 · ★ 7.9

cerebralparanoidslow burn

Paper Moon

1973 · ★ 7.9

Papillon

1973 · ★ 7.8

Dog Day Afternoon

1975 · ★ 7.8

bittersweetrawtender

Proof of the Man

1977 · ★ 7.8

Sleuth

1972 · ★ 7.7

Vengeance Is Mine

1979 · ★ 7.6

Serpico

1973 · ★ 7.5

Lady Snowblood

1973 · ★ 7.5

The Wolves

1971 · ★ 7.5

The Castle of Cagliostro

1979 · ★ 7.5

The Conversation

1974 · ★ 7.5

Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

1978 · ★ 7.5

The French Connection

1971 · ★ 7.5

Badlands

1974 · ★ 7.5

Caliber 9

1972 · ★ 7.5

The Castle of Sand

1974 · ★ 7.4

Dirty Harry

1971 · ★ 7.4

The Long Goodbye

1973 · ★ 7.4

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973 · ★ 7.4

Blue Collar

1978 · ★ 7.4

What's Up, Doc?

1972 · ★ 7.4

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

1973 · ★ 7.4

Charley Varrick

1973 · ★ 7.4

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss

1975 · ★ 7.3

The Man Who Stole the Sun

1979 · ★ 7.3

10 Rillington Place

1971 · ★ 7.3

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

1974 · ★ 7.3

Assault on Precinct 13

1976 · ★ 7.3