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
playfuluplifting
Chinatown
cerebralparanoidslow burn
Paper Moon
bittersweetplayfultender
Papillon
rawuplifting
Dog Day Afternoon
bittersweetrawtender
Proof of the Man
foreign gemoutsiderraw
Sleuth
cerebralparanoidplayful
Vengeance Is Mine
foreign gemrawslow burn
Serpico
bittersweetcerebralraw
Lady Snowblood
foreign gemgut punchneon soaked
The Wolves
foreign gemrawslow burn
The Castle of Cagliostro
foreign gemcozyplayful
The Conversation
paranoidslow burn
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
foreign gemplayful
The French Connection
raw
Badlands
bittersweetoutsiderraw
Caliber 9
foreign gemparanoidpitch black
The Castle of Sand
foreign gemcerebralslow burn
Dirty Harry
neon soakedparanoidraw
The Long Goodbye
bittersweetparanoidraw
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
foreign gemrawunhinged
Blue Collar
bittersweetraw
What's Up, Doc?
bittersweetplayful
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
foreign gemraw
Charley Varrick
outsiderraw
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
foreign gemparanoidraw
The Man Who Stole the Sun
foreign gem3am cultneon soaked
10 Rillington Place
dreadgut punch
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
foreign gempitch blackraw
Assault on Precinct 13
dreadraw