Best thrillers 1971 – 1980 - Charts
Best thrillers 1971 – 1980
1. The Shining (1980)
UK / USA, Horror / Drama
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall
2. La Tour infernale (1974)
USA, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: John Guillermin
Cast: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman
3. Jaws (1975)
USA, Thriller / Adventure
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw
4. The Day of the Jackal (1973)
UK / France, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Edward Fox, Michel Auclair
5. The Old Gun (1975)
France / West Germany, War / Thriller
Directed by: Robert Enrico
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Romy Schneider
6. Chinatown (1974)
USA, Mystery / Drama
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway
7. The Medusa Touch (1978)
UK / France, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Jack Gold
Cast: Richard Burton, Lino Ventura
8. The Omen (1976)
USA / UK, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Richard Donner
Cast: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick
9. Sleuth (1972)
UK, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine
10. Three Days of the Condor (1975)
USA, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway
11. ...And Justice for All (1979)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Cast: Al Pacino, Jack Warden
12. The French Connection (1971)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: William Friedkin
Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey
13. All the President's Men (1976)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford
14. Midnight Express (1978)
UK / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Alan Parker
Cast: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle
15. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale
16. Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Don Siegel
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan
17. Straw Dogs (1971)
UK / USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George
18. Un cadavre au dessert (1976)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Robert Moore
Cast: Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote
19. Marathon Man (1976)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier
20. Dirty Harry (1971)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Don Siegel
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino
21. Watership Down (1978)
UK / Canada, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Martin Rosen
Cast: John Hurt, Richard Briers
22. Death on the Nile (1978)
UK, Crime / Drama
Directed by: John Guillermin
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin
23. The Getaway (1972)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw
24. The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971)
Italy, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Damiano Damiani
Cast: Franco Nero, Georges Wilson
26. I... For Icarus (1979)
France, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Henri Verneuil
Cast: Yves Montand, Michel Etcheverry
27. L'Aventure du Poséidon (1972)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Ronald Neame, Irwin Allen
Cast: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine
29. 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
30. The Tenant (1976)
France, Thriller / Mystery
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Roman Polański, Isabelle Adjani
31. Dear Inspector (1978)
France, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Philippe de Broca
Cast: Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret
32. La Nuit des masques (1978)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: John Carpenter
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis
33. Deliverance (1972)
USA, Adventure / Thriller
Directed by: John Boorman
Cast: Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds
34. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach
36. State of Siege (1972)
France / West Germany, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori
37. Badlands (1973)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Terrence Malick
Cast: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek
38. The Passage (1979)
UK, War / Drama
Directed by: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Malcolm McDowell
40. The Wicker Man (1973)
UK, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Robin Hardy
Cast: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee
41. French Connection 2 (1975)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey
42. The Conversation (1974)
USA, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Gene Hackman, John Cazale
43. Three Men to Kill (1980)
France, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Jacques Deray
Cast: Alain Delon, Dalila Di Lazzaro
44. The Day of the Locust (1975)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black
45. The Boys from Brazil (1978)
UK / USA, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier
46. Capricorn One (1977)
USA / UK, Drama / Sci-fi
Directed by: Peter Hyams
Cast: Elliott Gould, James Brolin
47. Wake in Fright (1971)
Australia / USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond
48. Juggernaut (1974)
UK / USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Richard Lester
Cast: Richard Harris, Omar Sharif
49. Dirty Hands (1975)
France / Italy, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Romy Schneider, Rod Steiger
50. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Mexico / USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Warren Oates, Isela Vega
51. The Big Racket (1976)
Italy, Action / Crime
Directed by: Enzo G. Castellari
Cast: Fabio Testi, Vincent Gardenia
52. Lady Snowblood (1973)
Japan, Action / Drama
Directed by: Toshiya Fujita
Cast: Meiko Kaji, Kō Nishimura
53. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw
54. Chinese Roulette (1976)
West Germany / France, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Anna Karina, Brigitte Mira
55. The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
Japan, Crime / Action
Directed by: Kazuhiko Hasegawa
Cast: Bunta Sugawara, Kazuo Kitamura
56. Fear Over the City (1975)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Henri Verneuil
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Denner
57. The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
UK, War / Adventure
Directed by: John Sturges
Cast: Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland
58. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
USA, Thriller / Action
Directed by: John Carpenter
Cast: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston
59. The China Syndrome (1979)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: James Bridges
Cast: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon
60. Big Guns (1973)
Italy / France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Duccio Tessari
Cast: Alain Delon, Richard Conte
61. Sorcerer (1977)
USA, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: William Friedkin
Cast: Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer
62. Hardcore (1979)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Paul Schrader
Cast: George C. Scott, Peter Boyle
63. Punishment Park (1971)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Peter Watkins
Cast: Carmen Argenziano, Peter Watkins
64. The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
UK / Italy, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Sophia Loren, Richard Harris
65. The Naked Prey (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. Operation Ogre (1979)
Spain / France, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Gillo Pontecorvo
Cast: Gian Maria Volonté, Ángela Molina
68. Death Wish (1974)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Michael Winner
Cast: Charles Bronson, Vincent Gardenia
69. The Beguiled (1971)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Don Siegel
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page
70. The Serpent's Egg (1977)
USA / West Germany, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: David Carradine, Liv Ullmann
71. Hunter Will Get You (1976)
France, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Philippe Labro
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bruno Cremer
73. The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
UK, Crime / Mystery
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Geraldine Chaplin
74. Charley Varrick (1973)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Don Siegel
Cast: Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker
75. Le Massacre à la scie (1974)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Tobe Hooper
Cast: Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger
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. The Internecine Project (1974)
UK / West Germany, Thriller
Directed by: Ken Hughes
Cast: James Coburn, Lee Grant
79. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Sean Connery, Jill St. John
80. Rabid Dogs (1974)
Italy, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Mario Bava
Cast: Riccardo Cucciolla, Lea Lander
81. State Reasons (1978)
France / Italy, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: André Cayatte
Cast: Jean Yanne, Monica Vitti
82. L'Inspecteur ne renonce jamais (1976)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: James Fargo
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly
83. The Track (1975)
France / Italy, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Serge Leroy
Cast: Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Luc Bideau
84. The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)
Italy / Spain, Thriller / Mystery
Directed by: Sergio Martino
Cast: George Hilton, Anita Strindberg
85. Fear Is the Key (1972)
UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Michael Tuchner
Cast: Barry Newman, Suzy Kendall
86. The Andromeda Strain (1971)
USA, Sci-fi / Mystery
Directed by: Robert Wise
Cast: Arthur Hill, David Wayne
87. Night Watch (1973)
UK / USA, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Brian G. Hutton
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey
88. The American Friend (1977)
West Germany / France, Crime / Mystery
Directed by: Wim Wenders
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz
89. Caliber 9 (1972)
Italy, Action / Crime
Directed by: Fernando Di Leo
Cast: Gastone Moschin, Barbara Bouchet
90. Blood in the Streets (1973)
Italy / France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Sergio Sollima
Cast: Oliver Reed, Fabio Testi
91. The Klansman (1974)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Terence Young
Cast: Lee Marvin, Richard Burton
92. Deep Red (1975)
Italy, Mystery / Crime
Directed by: Dario Argento
Cast: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi
93. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Philip Kaufman
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams
94. Coma (1978)
USA, Thriller / Mystery
Directed by: Michael Crichton
Cast: Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas
95. Magic (1978)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret
96. The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)
Italy / Spain, Mystery / Horror
Directed by: Sergio Martino
Cast: George Hilton, Edwige Fenech
97. Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Japan, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Shôhei Imamura
Cast: Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ogawa
98. L'Aube des morts (1978)
USA / Italy, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: George A. Romero
Cast: Ken Foree, Gaylen Ross
99. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee
100. The Cage (1975)
France, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Pierre Granier-Deferre
Cast: Lino Ventura, Ingrid Thulin