Best crime films 1971 – 1980 - Charts
Best crime films 1971 – 1980
1. The Godfather (1972)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino
2. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall
3. The Sting (1973)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford
4. Papillon (1973)
USA / France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman
5. Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Oldřich Lipský
6. Two Men in Town (1973)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: José Giovanni
Cast: Jean Gabin, Alain Delon
7. The Day of the Jackal (1973)
UK / France, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Edward Fox, Michel Auclair
8. Serpico (1973)
USA / Italy, Biography / Crime
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Al Pacino, John Randolph
9. Chinatown (1974)
USA, Mystery / Drama
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway
10. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
UK / USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee
11. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
UK / USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Cast: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom
12. Three Days of the Condor (1975)
USA, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway
13. ...And Justice for All (1979)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Cast: Al Pacino, Jack Warden
14. The French Connection (1971)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: William Friedkin
Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey
15. Holy Year (1976)
France / Italy, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Jean Girault
Cast: Jean Gabin, Jean-Claude Brialy
16. Midnight Express (1978)
UK / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Alan Parker
Cast: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle
17. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale
18. Taxi Driver (1976)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster
19. Odds and Evens (1978)
Italy / USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer
20. The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
UK, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Cast: Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer
21. Straw Dogs (1971)
UK / USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George
22. Cop or Hood (1979)
France, Action / Crime
Directed by: Georges Lautner
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Georges Géret
23. Murder by Death (1976)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Robert Moore
Cast: Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote
24. Marathon Man (1976)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier
25. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall
26. Dirty Harry (1971)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Don Siegel
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino
27. The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
UK, Adventure / Crime
Directed by: Michael Crichton
Cast: Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland
29. Death on the Nile (1978)
UK, Crime / Drama
Directed by: John Guillermin
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin
30. The Getaway (1972)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw
31. The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971)
Italy, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Damiano Damiani
Cast: Franco Nero, Georges Wilson
33. Happy New Year (1973)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Claude Lelouch
Cast: Lino Ventura, Françoise Fabian
34. I... For Icarus (1979)
France, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Henri Verneuil
Cast: Yves Montand, Michel Etcheverry
36. Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Land of Demons (1973)
Japan, Action / Drama
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
Cast: 若山富三郎, Michiyo Ookusu
37. Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)
Italy, Action / Crime
Directed by: Damiano Damiani
Cast: Franco Nero, Martin Balsam
38. The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Jerry Schatzberg
Cast: Al Pacino, Kitty Winn
39. The Silent One (1973)
France / Italy, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Claude Pinoteau
Cast: Lino Ventura, Leo Genn
41. Badlands (1973)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Terrence Malick
Cast: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek
42. Crime Busters (1977)
Italy, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Enzo Barboni
Cast: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer
44. French Connection 2 (1975)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey
45. Three Men to Kill (1980)
France, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Jacques Deray
Cast: Alain Delon, Dalila Di Lazzaro
46. The Valachi Papers (1972)
Italy / France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Terence Young
Cast: Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura
47. Ther Death of the Black King (1971)
Czechoslovakia, Crime / Comedy
Directed by: Jiří Sequens st.
Cast: Jaroslav Marvan, Josef Bláha
49. Going Places (1974)
France, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Bertrand Blier
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere
51. Straight Time (1978)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Ulu Grosbard
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell
52. Dirty Hands (1975)
France / Italy, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Romy Schneider, Rod Steiger
53. The Big Racket (1976)
Italy, Action / Crime
Directed by: Enzo G. Castellari
Cast: Fabio Testi, Vincent Gardenia
54. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Mexico / USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Warren Oates, Isela Vega
55. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw
56. Enter the Dragon (1973)
Hong Kong / USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Robert Clouse
Cast: Bruce Lee, John Saxon
57. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: John Cassavetes
Cast: Ben Gazzara, Seymour Cassel
58. The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
Japan, Crime / Action
Directed by: Kazuhiko Hasegawa
Cast: Bunta Sugawara, Kazuo Kitamura
60. Fear Over the City (1975)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Henri Verneuil
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Denner
61. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
USA, Thriller / Action
Directed by: John Carpenter
Cast: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston
62. Big Guns (1973)
Italy / France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Duccio Tessari
Cast: Alain Delon, Richard Conte
63. The French Detective (1975)
France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Pierre Granier-Deferre
Cast: Lino Ventura, Patrick Dewaere
64. The Umbrella Coup (1980)
France, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Gérard Oury
Cast: Pierre Richard, Valérie Mairesse
65. Death Drive (1977)
Italy, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Pasquale Festa Campanile
Cast: Franco Nero, Corinne Cléry
66. The Bus (1976)
Switzerland / Turkey, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Tunç Okan
Cast: Tuncel Kurtiz, Tunç Okan
67. Violent City (1975)
Italy, Action / Crime
Directed by: Marino Girolami
Cast: Maurizio Merli, Richard Conte
68. The Restroom Robbery (1975)
France, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Jacques Besnard
Cast: Bernard Blier, Michel Serrault
69. Death Wish (1974)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Michael Winner
Cast: Charles Bronson, Vincent Gardenia
70. Hunter Will Get You (1976)
France, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Philippe Labro
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bruno Cremer
71. The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
UK, Crime / Mystery
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Geraldine Chaplin
72. Charley Varrick (1973)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Don Siegel
Cast: Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker
74. Max and the Junkmen (1971)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Claude Sautet
Cast: Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli
76. Murder by Decree (1979)
UK / Canada, Crime / Mystery
Directed by: Bob Clark
Cast: Christopher Plummer, James Mason
77. The Castle of Sand (1974)
Japan, Crime / Mystery
Directed by: Yoshitarō Nomura
Cast: Kensaku Morita, 島田陽子
78. Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: H.B. Halicki
Cast: H.B. Halicki, Marion Busia
79. Rabid Dogs (1974)
Italy, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Mario Bava
Cast: Riccardo Cucciolla, Lea Lander
80. Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
UK / USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Cast: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom
81. Gentlemen of Luck (1972)
Soviet Union, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Aleksandr Seryj
Cast: Jevgenij Leonov, Georgiy Vitsin
83. Fear Is the Key (1972)
UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Michael Tuchner
Cast: Barry Newman, Suzy Kendall
84. The American Friend (1977)
West Germany / France, Crime / Mystery
Directed by: Wim Wenders
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz
85. Blue Collar (1978)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Paul Schrader
Cast: Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel
86. Milano Calibro 9 (1972)
Italy, Action / Crime
Directed by: Fernando Di Leo
Cast: Gastone Moschin, Barbara Bouchet
87. Blood in the Streets (1973)
Italy / France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Sergio Sollima
Cast: Oliver Reed, Fabio Testi
88. The Klansman (1974)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Terence Young
Cast: Lee Marvin, Richard Burton
89. Buffet Froid (1979)
France, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Bertrand Blier
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Bernard Blier
90. Deep Red (1975)
Italy, Mystery / Crime
Directed by: Dario Argento
Cast: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi
91. Carnapping (1980)
West Germany, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Wigbert Wicker
Cast: Bernd Stephan, Anny Duperey
92. A Fistful of Hell (1973)
Italy / West Germany, Crime / Action
Directed by: Steno
Cast: Bud Spencer, Adalberto Maria Merli
93. The Police War (1979)
France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Robin Davis
Cast: Claude Brasseur, Marlène Jobert
94. A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972)
France, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: François Truffaut
Cast: Bernadette Lafont, Claude Brasseur
95. Dangerous Encounters: 1st Kind (1980)
Hong Kong, Action / Crime
Directed by: Hark Tsui
Cast: Lo Lieh, Chen-Chi Lin
96. Manhunt (1972)
Italy / West Germany, Crime
Directed by: Fernando Di Leo
Cast: Mario Adorf, Henry Silva
97. Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Michael Anderson
Cast: Michael York, Richard Attenborough
98. Mr. Klein (1976)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Joseph Losey
Cast: Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau
99. Wsród nocnej ciszy (1978)
Poland, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Tadeusz Chmielewski
Cast: Tomasz Zaliwski, Piotr Łysak
100. Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: James William Guercio
Cast: Robert Blake, Billy Green Bush