Best crime from the 60s
The catalogue's crime films from 1960–1969, 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.
High and Low
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Le Trou
foreign gemslow burndread
Divorce Italian Style
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Le Samouraï
foreign gemcerebraldread
Z
foreign gemparanoidraw
Cool Hand Luke
bittersweetoutsiderraw
Crooks in Clover
foreign gemcozyplayful
The Bad Sleep Well
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Cash Calls Hell
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In the Heat of the Night
bittersweetparanoidraw
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
bittersweetplayfultender
Purple Noon
foreign gembittersweetneon soaked
Birdman of Alcatraz
outsiderslow burntender
How to Steal a Million
cozyplayfultender
In Cold Blood
dreadgut punchraw
Japan Organized Crime Boss
foreign gembittersweetraw
Breathless
foreign gemneon soakedparanoid
Bonnie and Clyde
bittersweetplayfulraw
Band of Outsiders
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Salvatore Giuliano
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Cape Fear
dreadparanoidraw
The Trial
dreadparanoidslow burn
Brutal Tales of Chivalry
foreign gemneon soakedraw
The Stranger Within a Woman
foreign gemparanoidtender
Pale Flower
foreign gemneon soakedparanoid
Pierrot le Fou
foreign gembittersweetplayful
Big Time Gambling Boss
foreign gemoutsiderparanoid
A Fugitive from the Past
foreign gembittersweetdread
Pitfall
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I, the Executioner
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