# The best crime films of the 1970s

The Godfather, Taxi Driver, The Sting, Le Cercle Rouge, Chinatown, Dog Day Afternoon and I as in Icarus: the 1970s crime films rated highest by AlloCiné viewers.

- 22 votes · 15 items
- Sep 8, 2022 · testeur89
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## Top 15

1. **The Godfather (1972)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Francis Ford Coppola.
2. **Le Cercle Rouge (1970)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Jean-Pierre Melville.
3. **The Godfather Part II (1974)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Francis Ford Coppola.
4. **Taxi Driver (1976)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Martin Scorsese.
5. **Dog Day Afternoon (1975)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Sidney Lumet.
6. **I as in Icarus (1979)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Henri Verneuil.
7. **Chinatown (1974)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Roman Polanski.
8. **All the President's Men (1976)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Alan J. Pakula.
9. **Escape from Alcatraz (1979)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Don Siegel.
10. **Serpico (1973)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Sidney Lumet.
11. **The French Connection (1971)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — William Friedkin.
12. **Scum (1979)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Alan Clarke.
13. **The Sting (1973)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — George Roy Hill.
14. **Le Juge Fayard dit « le Shériff » (1977)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Yves Boisset.
15. **Murder by Decree (1979)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Bob Clark.

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