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 gemdreadparanoid
Chinatown
bittersweetdreadparanoid
Dog Day Afternoon
bittersweetrawunhinged
Deep Red
foreign gemdreadsurreal
All the President's Men
Sleuth
bittersweetcerebralpitch black
Jaws
dreadraw
The Warriors
3am cultrawunhinged
Slap the Monster on Page One
foreign gemparanoid
One Way or Another
foreign gemdreadslow burn
Halloween
dreadraw
The Day of the Jackal
The Killing Game
foreign gemneon soakedparanoid
The French Connection
raw
Caliber 9
foreign gemneon soakedraw
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
paranoidraw
Duel
paranoidraw
The Omen
The Execution Game
foreign gemparanoidraw
Dirty Harry
pitch blackraw
Sorcerer
dreadrawslow burn
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Charley Varrick
paranoidraw
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
foreign gemraw
Carrie
dreadgut punchoutsider
Deliverance
dreadgut punchraw
The Man Who Stole the Sun
foreign gemparanoidslow burn
10 Rillington Place
dreadgut punchraw
Assault on Precinct 13
rawslow burn
Wake in Fright
dreadrawsurreal