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Best Crime Movies of the 1970s
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1

3.9812
89
reviews
R
Drama, Crime
$15.91
War veteran Michael Corlone returns home to find himself becoming increasingly involved with the ... more about Godfather, The (1972) starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino
2

3.8894
65
reviews
R
Drama, Crime
$11.83
The second installment in the Godfather trilogy follows Michael and his position of "Don" in the ... more about Godfather: Part II, The (1974) starring Al Pacino and Robert Duvall
3

3.8626
83
reviews
R
Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
$11.95
When smooth P.I. Jake Gittes is tricked into taking a case tailing an unfaithful husband he finds ... more about Chinatown (1974) starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway
4

3.8124
134
reviews
R
Drama, Thriller, Crime
$6.14
A New York City cab driver becomes increasingly disgusted with the scum and low lives of the city. ... more about Taxi Driver (1976) starring Robert De Niro and Cybill Shepherd
5

3.7458
39
reviews
R
Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
$5.84
Two NYC narcotics cops are trying to trace a heroin connection from France to the U.S. On a tip, ... more about French Connection, The (1971) starring Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey
6

3.5064
72
reviews
PG
Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
$4.47
Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired to tail a young couple. As he listens to their ... more about Conversation, The (1974) starring Gene Hackman and John Cazale
7

3.4307
69
reviews
R
Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
$1.90
A renegade police officer, Harry, is assigned by the mayor to take down and bring in Scorpio, a ... more about Dirty Harry (1971) starring Clint Eastwood and Harry Guardino
8

3.3766
49
reviews
R
Drama, Crime
$8.95
Al Pacino is forcefully real as Frank Serpico, an independent young recruit entering the police ... more about Serpico (1973) starring Al Pacino and John Randolph
9

3.3506
60
reviews
R
Drama, Thriller, Biography, Crime
$1.76
A desperate and half-crazed man attempts to rob a bank to help pay for his lover's sex change ... more about Dog Day Afternoon (1975) starring Al Pacino and John Cazale
10

3.3399
129
reviews
R
Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Crime
$8.93
A British gang member is imprisoned and treated for his psychological deficiencies with "aversion ... more about Clockwork Orange, A (1971) starring Malcolm McDowell and Patrick Magee