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
bittersweetraw
Dog Day Afternoon
bittersweetrawunhinged
Proof of the Man
Sleuth
bittersweetcerebralpitch black
Vengeance Is Mine
foreign gemgut punchraw
Serpico
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
bittersweetslow burntender
Caliber 9
foreign gemneon soakedraw
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
paranoidraw
The Castle of Sand
foreign gemcerebralparanoid
Dirty Harry
pitch blackraw
The Long Goodbye
bittersweetparanoidtender
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
Charley Varrick
paranoidraw
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
foreign gemparanoidraw
The Man Who Stole the Sun
foreign gemparanoidslow burn
10 Rillington Place
dreadgut punchraw
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
foreign gemrawunhinged