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Best Crime Movies of the 1970s
The Godfather (1972)
RCrime, Drama2h55An organized crime dynasty's aging patriarch transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
RCrime, Drama3h22The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
RCrime, Drama, Sci-Fi2h16In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.
The Sting (1973)
PGComedy, Crime, Drama2h09Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.
Taxi Driver (1976)
RCrime, Drama1h54A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action by attempting to liberate a presidential campaign worker and an underage prostitute.
Paper Moon (1973)
PGComedy, Crime, Drama1h42During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
RBiography, Crime, Drama2h05Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.
Papillon (1973)
PGBiography, Crime, Drama2h31A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Badlands (1973)
PGAction, Crime, Drama1h34An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.
Dirty Harry (1971)
RAction, Crime, Thriller1h42When a madman calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces the city, tough-as-nails San Francisco Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down and ferret out the crazed psychopath.
Enter the Dragon (1973)
RAction, Crime, Drama1h42A secret agent comes to an opium lord's island fortress with other fighters for a martial-arts tournament.
Serpico (1973)
RBiography, Crime, Drama2h10An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
The French Connection (1971)
RAction, Crime, Drama1h44A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
PGAction, Biography, Crime1h52Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possible successful attempt at escaping from one of the most infamous prisons in the world.
Midnight Express (1978)
RBiography, Crime, Drama2h01Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.
The Warriors (1979)
RAction, Crime, Thriller1h32In the near future, a charismatic leader summons the street gangs of New York City in a bid to take it over. When he is killed, The Warriors are falsely blamed and now must fight their way home while every other gang is hunting them down.
Marathon Man (1976)
RCrime, Thriller2h05A history student becomes caught in the middle of a dangerous international plot involving Nazis, stolen jewels, and government agents.
Mean Streets (1973)
RCrime, Drama, Thriller1h52A small-time hood tries to keep the peace between his friend Johnny and Johnny's creditors.
Soylent Green (1973)
PGCrime, Mystery, Sci-Fi1h37A nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth.
The Enforcer (1976)
RAction, Crime, Thriller1h36San Francisco Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan must foil a terrorist organization made up of disgruntled Vietnam veterans. But this time, he's teamed with female partner Inspector Kate Moore, with whom he's not too excited to be working.