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| 1 |  | Godfather, The (1972) |  3.9812 89 reviews | R | Drama, Crime |
$7.18
| War veteran Michael Corlone returns home to find himself becoming increasingly involved with the ...more about Godfather starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino |
| 2 |  | Godfather: Part II, The (1974) | 3.8894 65 reviews | R | Drama, Crime |
$8.97
| The second installment in the Godfather trilogy follows Michael and his position of "Don" in the ...more about Godfather: Part II starring Al Pacino and Robert Duvall |
| 3 |  | Chinatown (1974) | 3.8626 83 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$6.40
| When smooth P.I. Jake Gittes is tricked into taking a case tailing an unfaithful husband he finds ...more about Chinatown starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway |
| 4 |  | Taxi Driver (1976) | 3.8124 134 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$8.95
| A New York City cab driver becomes increasingly disgusted with the scum and low lives of the city. ...more about Taxi Driver starring Robert De Niro and Cybill Shepherd |
| 5 |  | French Connection, The (1971) |  3.7459 39 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$9.27
| Two NYC narcotics cops are trying to trace a heroin connection from France to the U.S. On a tip, ...more about French Connection starring Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey |
| 6 |  | Conversation, The (1974) | 3.5006 72 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$6.13
| Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired to tail a young couple. As he listens to their ...more about Conversation starring Gene Hackman and John Cazale |
| 7 |  | Dirty Harry (1971) | 3.4307 69 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$19.99
| A renegade police officer, Harry, is assigned by the mayor to take down and bring in Scorpio, a ...more about Dirty Harry starring Clint Eastwood and Harry Guardino |
| 8 |  | Serpico (1973) | 3.3766 49 reviews | R | Drama, Crime |
$6.30
| Serpico is a cop in the early 1970s. Unlike all his colleagues, he refuses a share of the money ...more about Serpico starring Al Pacino and John Randolph |
| 9 |  | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | 3.3506 60 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Biography, Crime |
$5.36
| 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 starring Al Pacino and John Cazale |
| 10 |  | Clockwork Orange, A (1971) | 3.3399 129 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Crime |
$14.96
| A British gang member is imprisoned and treated for his psychological deficiencies with "aversion ...more about Clockwork Orange starring Malcolm McDowell and Patrick Magee |
| 11 |  | Sting, The (1973) | 3.3253 52 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Comedy |
$8.09
| Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) is a small time con artist during a big sting mistakenly steals from ...more about Sting starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford |
| 12 |  | Warriors, The (1979) | 3.2899 85 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime, Teen |
$7.96
| The Warriors are wrongly accused of killing a rival gang leader in NYC during an "all gang meeting" ...more about Warriors starring Michael Beck and James Remar |
| 13 |  | Badlands (1973) | 3.2672 58 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$13.79
| Kit Carruthers, a young garbage collector and his girlfriend Holly Sargis from Fort Dupree, South ...more about Badlands starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek |
| 14 |  | Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) |  3.2343 115 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Crime |
$5.54
| Police ambush and kill several gang members in Los Angeles. Gang members make a pact of blood to ...more about Assault on Precinct 13 starring Austin Stoker and Darwin Joston |
| 15 |  | Frenzy (1972) | 3.2329 38 reviews | R | Thriller, Crime |
$9.41
| London is terrorised by a vicious sex killer known as the neck tie murderer. Following the brutal ...more about Frenzy starring Jon Finch and Alec McCowen |
| 16 |  | Mean Streets (1973) | 3.1864 81 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime |
$5.59
| Charlie is an aspiring mobster in Little Italy, working for his uncle collecting debts and playing ...more about Mean Streets starring Robert De Niro and David Proval |
| 17 |  | Shaft (1971) | 3.1578 53 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.46
| John Shaft is the ultimate in suave black detectives. He first finds himself up against Bumpy, the ...more about Shaft starring Richard Roundtree and Moses Gunn |
| 18 |  | Late Show, The (1977) | 3.1046 14 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Comedy |
$7.00
| Art Carney stars as aging gumshoe Ira Wells in Robert Benton's affectionately offbeat homage to the ...more about Late Show starring Art Carney and Lily Tomlin |
| 19 |  | Klute (1971) | 3.1030 37 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$12.71
| John Klute's friend has totally disappeared. The only clue a connection with a call girl, Bree ...more about Klute starring Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland |
| 20 |  | Rescuers, The (1977) | 3.0655 27 reviews | G | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Crime, Musical, Mystery, Family, Animation, Disney |
$8.99
| Bernard and Bianca, of the Rescue Aid Society (a mouse organization) receive a message in a bottle ...more about Rescuers starring Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor |
| 21 |  | Pink Panther Strikes Again, The (1976) | 2.9737 25 reviews | NA | Crime, Comedy |
$4.99
| Charles Dreyfus escapes from the mental asylum and tries to kill Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau. ...more about Pink Panther Strikes Again starring Peter Sellers and Herbert Lom |
| 22 |  | Last House on the Left, The (1972) | 2.9689 72 reviews | R | Thriller, Horror, Crime |
$5.69
| When two friends go into the city to see their favorite band, they meet a couple of drug dealers ...more about Last House on the Left starring Sandra Cassel and Lucy Grantham |
| 23 |  | ...And Justice for All (1979) | 2.9632 17 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$3.92
| When a corrupt judge is charged with rape, Arthur Kirkland must defend him. Kirkland has had ...more about ...And Justice for All starring Al Pacino and Jack Warden |
| 24 |  | Electra Glide in Blue (1973) | 2.9357 27 reviews | NA | Action, Crime |
$5.50
| A short Arizona motorcycle cop gets his wish and is promoted to Homicide following the mysterious ...more about Electra Glide in Blue starring Robert Blake and Mitch Ryan |
| 25 |  | Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The (1976) | 2.9281 16 reviews | NA | Crime, Mystery, Comedy | N/A | Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to ...more about Seven-Per-Cent Solution starring Alan Arkin and Régine (I) |
| 26 |  | Honeymoon Killers, The (1970) | 2.9279 26 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance |
$21.95
| Martha Beck is an obese nurse. Through a Lonely Hearts club, she meets and falls in love with ...more about Honeymoon Killers starring Shirley Stoler and Tony Lo Bianco |
| 27 |  | Last of Sheila, The (1973) | 2.9267 11 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$13.79
| Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run car accident following a party one night. A year later her ...more about Last of Sheila starring Richard Benjamin and Dyan Cannon |
| 28 |  | Sugarland Express, The (1974) | 2.9250 32 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime |
$4.99
| Lou-Jean, a blonde woman, tells her husband, who is imprisoned, to escape. They plan to kidnap ...more about Sugarland Express starring Goldie Hawn and Ben Johnson |
| 29 |  | Murder by Death (1976) | 2.9246 31 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Comedy |
$15.69
| Millionnaire Lionel Twain invites the five most brilliant private eyes to a dinner - and a murder. ...more about Murder by Death starring Eileen Brennan and Truman Capote |
| 30 |  | Prime Cut (1972) | 2.9205 12 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Crime |
$4.94
| A Chicago mob enforcer is sent to Kansas City to settle a debt with a cattle rancher who not only ...more about Prime Cut starring Gene Hackman and Angel Tompkins |
| 31 |  | Over the Edge (1979) | 2.9166 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Teen |
$12.71
| New Grenada is a planned community set in the desert where there is nothing for the kids to do, ...more about Over the Edge starring Michael Eric Kramer and Pamela Ludwig |
| 32 |  | Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) | 2.9006 38 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$9.99
| A family scandal causes a wealthy and powerful Mexican rancher to make the pronouncement--'Bring me ...more about Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia starring Warren Oates and Isela Vega |
| 33 |  | Long Goodbye, The (1973) | 2.8823 42 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$4.72
| Chain-smoking, wisecracking private eye Philip Marlowe drives a buddy from LA to the Tijuana border ...more about Long Goodbye starring Elliott Gould and Enrique Lucero |
| 34 |  | Magnum Force (1973) | 2.8499 31 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$7.99
| San Francisco Police Inspector `Dirty' Harry Callahan and his new partner, Early Smith have been ...more about Magnum Force starring Clint Eastwood and Hal Holbrook |
| 35 |  | Blue Collar (1978) | 2.8284 24 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | Three workers, Zeke, Jerry and Smokey, are working at a car plant and drinking their beers together. ...more about Blue Collar starring Richard Pryor and Ed Begley Jr. |
| 36 |  | Silver Streak (1976) | 2.8279 21 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Crime, Romance, Comedy |
$9.99
| A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a ...more about Silver Streak starring Gene Wilder and Jill Clayburgh |
| 37 |  | Bugsy Malone (1976) | 2.8193 20 reviews | NA | Crime, Musical, Comedy, Family | N/A | A gangster movie where all the gangsters are children. Instead of real bullets they use "splurge ...more about Bugsy Malone starring Scott Baio and Jodie Foster |
| 38 |  | Amerikanische Freund, Der (1977) | 2.8076 30 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$2.99
| Jonathan Zimmermann, a picture framer in Hamburg is diagnosed as having leukemia. Ripley, an ...more about Amerikanische Freund starring Dennis Hopper and Bruno Ganz |
| 39 |  | Driver, The (1978) | 2.8004 18 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.75
| "The Driver" is specialist in a rare business: he drives getaway cars in robberies. His exceptional ...more about Driver starring Bruce Dern and Isabelle Adjani |
| 40 |  | Desperate Living (1977) | 2.7935 26 reviews | NA | Crime, Comedy |
$10.05
| A rich housewife murders her husband with the help of her overweight maid, and the two go on the ...more about Desperate Living starring Liz Renay and Mink Stole |
| 41 |  | Get Carter (1971) | 2.7905 23 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$13.41
| A vicious London gangster, Jack Carter, travels to Newcastle for his brother's funeral. He begins ...more about Get Carter starring Michael Caine and Ian Hendry |
| 42 |  | Onion Field, The (1979) | 2.7854 18 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime |
$5.69
| Greg Powell is a disturbed ex-con who recruits Jimmy Smith (aka Jimmy Youngblood), a petty thief, ...more about Onion Field starring James Woods and Franklyn Seales |
| 43 |  | Coffy (1973) | 2.7731 35 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.49
| Coffy is a nurse whose younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by ...more about Coffy starring Pam Grier and Booker Bradshaw |
| 44 |  | Harder They Come, The (1972) | 2.7627 26 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Crime, Music |
$24.99
| A poor Jamaican, a 1970s anti-hero, tries to make it with a hit record but finds that payola rules. ...more about Harder They Come starring Jimmy Cliff and Janet Barkley |
| 45 |  | Big Sleep, The (1978) | 2.7596 20 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$7.99
| Set in England, rather than California, the story follows Raymond Chandler's book fairly closely ...more about Big Sleep starring Sarah Miles and Richard Boone |
| 46 |  | Mack, The (1973) | 2.7523 23 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime |
$7.71
| Goldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up king of the pimping game. Trouble ...more about Mack starring Max Julien and Don Gordon |
| 47 |  | Switchblade Sisters (1975) |  2.7403 20 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Crime |
$7.02
| The "Dagger Debs" are a gang of snarling girls, and Maggie is their newest member. Lace, the ever ...more about Switchblade Sisters starring Robbie Lee and Joanne Nail |
| 48 |  | Dillinger (1973) | 2.7256 28 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Biography, Crime |
$4.02
| After a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one of ...more about Dillinger starring Warren Oates and Ben Johnson |
| 49 |  | Hustle (1975) | 2.7193 18 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$6.99
| Reynolds stars as Phil Gaines, a bitter, cynical cop who investigates the case of a dead ...more about Hustle starring Burt Reynolds and Sharon Kelly |
| 50 |  | Jubilee (1977) | 2.7158 28 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Music |
$27.95
| In the year 1578, Queen Elizabeth I asks her court magician, Dr. John Dee, to give her a vision of ...more about Jubilee starring Jenny Runacre and Toyah Willcox |
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