Films that feel like 70s paranoia
Surveillance, conspiracy, distrust of every institution. Post-Watergate American cinema and its descendants — Pakula, Coppola, Polanski, and the modern films that inherited the dread.
The Godfather
devastatingslow burn
Succubus
dreadlate night
The Godfather Part II
slow burndevastating
Twin Peaks
devastatingcultdread
Psycho
late nightdreadslow burn
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
cozyslow burndevastating
High and Low
foreign gemcultslow burn
Rear Window
dreaddevastatingslow burn
Perfect Blue
dreadforeign gemcult
Michael Jackson's Thriller
late nightcultdread
Le Trou
neon soakedforeign gemcult
Apocalypse Now
surrealweirddevastating
Counterattack
foreign gemdreadlate night
Star Wars
mindfuck
Woman in the Dunes
foreign gemcultslow burn
The Handmaiden
foreign gemslow burndevastating
A Clockwork Orange
mindfuckslow burn
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
foreign gemcultdevastating
Alien
late nightdreadmindfuck
The Usual Suspects
mindfuckneon soakeddevastating
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
neon soakeddreadmindfuck
Vertigo
dreadneon soakedslow burn
Bound by Honor
devastatingcultslow burn
Taxi Driver
neon soakedslow burndevastating
Double Indemnity
cultdreadneon soaked
The Invisible Guest
mindfuckforeign gemdevastating
Yojimbo
foreign gemcultdevastating
M
foreign gemcultdevastating
Memories of Murder
neon soakedforeign gemcult
1987: When the Day Comes
foreign gemdevastatingdread