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Top Thriller Movies - Pre-1980

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On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront

1954 • Elia Kazan

IndieCrimeDramaThriller
GoldMetascore: 91
The French Connection

The French Connection

1971 • William Friedkin

IndieActionCrimeDrama
GoldMetascore: 94
In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

1967 • Norman Jewison

IndieDramaMysteryThriller
GoldMetascore: 76
Rebecca

Rebecca

1940 • Alfred Hitchcock

IndieDramaMysteryRomance
GoldMetascore: 86
Chinatown

Chinatown

1974 • Roman Polanski

IndieDramaMysteryThriller
GoldMetascore: 92
Midnight Express

Midnight Express

1978 • Alan Parker

IndieBiographyCrimeDrama
SilverMetascore: 59
High Noon

High Noon

1952 • Fred Zinnemann

IndieDramaThrillerWestern
SilverMetascore: 89
Klute

Klute

1971 • Alan J. Pakula

IndieCrimeMysteryThriller
SilverMetascore: 81
Spellbound

Spellbound

1945 • Alfred Hitchcock

IndieDramaFilm-NoirMystery
SilverMetascore: 78
Gaslight

Gaslight

1944 • George Cukor

CrimeDramaMystery
SilverMetascore: 78
The Conversation

The Conversation

1974 • Francis Ford Coppola

IndieDramaMysteryThriller
SilverMetascore: 88
Yojimbo

Yojimbo

1961 • Akira Kurosawa

IndieForeignActionDramaThriller
SilverMetascore: 93
Dog Day Afternoon

Dog Day Afternoon

1975 • Sidney Lumet

IndieBiographyCrimeDrama
SilverMetascore: 86
Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil

1958 • Orson Welles

IndieCrimeDramaFilm-Noir
SilverMetascore: 99
The Towering Inferno

The Towering Inferno

1974 • John Guillermin

IndieActionDramaThriller
SilverMetascore: 69
The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal

1973 • Fred Zinnemann

CrimeDramaThriller
SilverMetascore: 80
Persona

Persona

1966 • Ingmar Bergman

ForeignDramaThriller
SilverMetascore: 86
The Wages of Fear

The Wages of Fear

1953 • Henri-Georges Clouzot

ForeignAdventureDramaThriller
SilverMetascore: 85
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