Best thriller from the 70s
The catalogue's thriller 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.
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
foreign gemcultdevastating
Chinatown
neon soakeddevastatingcult
Dog Day Afternoon
cultdevastatingdread
Deep Red
foreign gemlate nightcult
All the President's Men
cultslow burndevastating
Sleuth
cultdreadslow burn
Jaws
devastatinglate nightdread
The Warriors
cultdread
Slap the Monster on Page One
foreign gemcultdevastating
One Way or Another
foreign gemcultdevastating
Halloween
late nightdread
The Day of the Jackal
cultdread
The Killing Game
foreign gemcultdevastating
The French Connection
dreadcult
Caliber 9
foreign gemcultdread
Duel
cultdread
The Omen
late nightcultdread
The Execution Game
foreign gemcultdevastating
Dirty Harry
neon soakedcultdread
Sorcerer
liminaldevastatingcult
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
foreign gemcultdevastating
Charley Varrick
cozyautumnalcult
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
foreign gemcultdevastating
Carrie
dreadlate nightcult
Deliverance
weirdcultdevastating
The Man Who Stole the Sun
foreign gemcultdread
10 Rillington Place
cultdread
Assault on Precinct 13
dreadcult
Wake in Fright
cultdevastatingdread
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
cultdevastatingdread