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 gemcerebralpitch black
Chinatown
bittersweetdreadparanoid
Dog Day Afternoon
bittersweetrawunhinged
Deep Red
foreign gemdreadsurreal
All the President's Men
cerebralparanoidslow burn
Sleuth
bittersweetcerebralpitch black
Jaws
dreadrawslow burn
The Warriors
3am cultneon soakedplayful
Slap the Monster on Page One
foreign gemparanoid
One Way or Another
foreign gemdreadslow burn
Halloween
dreadraw
The Day of the Jackal
paranoidslow burn
The Killing Game
foreign gemoutsiderneon soaked
The French Connection
raw
Caliber 9
foreign gemneon soakedparanoid
Duel
paranoidraw
The Omen
dreadgut punch
The Execution Game
foreign gemparanoidraw
Dirty Harry
pitch blackrawneon soaked
Sorcerer
dreadrawslow burn
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
foreign gemrawtender
Charley Varrick
paranoidrawoutsider
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
foreign gemraw
Carrie
body horrordreadgut punch
Deliverance
dreadgut punchraw
The Man Who Stole the Sun
foreign gem3am cultneon soaked
10 Rillington Place
dreadgut punchraw
Assault on Precinct 13
rawslow burndread
Wake in Fright
dreadrawsurreal
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
bittersweetparanoidraw