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Top Thriller Movies - Pre-1980

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The French Connection

The French Connection

1971 · William Friedkin

IndieActionCrimeDrama
Gold
On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront

1954 · Elia Kazan

CrimeDramaThriller
Gold
In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

1967 · Norman Jewison

DramaMysteryThriller
Gold
The Conversation

The Conversation

1974 · Francis Ford Coppola

IndieDramaMysteryThriller
Gold
Blow-Up

Blow-Up

1966 · Michelangelo Antonioni

DramaMysteryThriller
Gold
Rebecca

Rebecca

1940 · Alfred Hitchcock

DramaMysteryRomance
Gold
Chinatown

Chinatown

1974 · Roman Polanski

DramaMysteryThriller
Gold
Z

Z

1969 · Costa-Gavras

IndieWorldCrimeDramaThriller
Gold
A Man Escaped

A Man Escaped

1956 · Robert Bresson

WorldDramaThrillerWar
Gold
The Wages of Fear

The Wages of Fear

1953 · Henri-Georges Clouzot

IndieWorldAdventureDramaThriller
Gold
High Noon

High Noon

1952 · Fred Zinnemann

DramaThrillerWestern
Gold
And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None

1945 · René Clair

CrimeDramaMystery
Gold
The Collector

The Collector

1965 · William Wyler

DramaThriller
Gold
Midnight Express

Midnight Express

1978 · Alan Parker

BiographyCrimeDrama
Silver
All the President's Men

All the President's Men

1976 · Alan J. Pakula

DramaHistoryThriller
Silver
Dog Day Afternoon

Dog Day Afternoon

1975 · Sidney Lumet

BiographyCrimeDrama
Silver
Woman in the Dunes

Woman in the Dunes

1964 · Hiroshi Teshigahara

WorldDramaThriller
Silver
Rififi

Rififi

1955 · Jules Dassin

IndieWorldCrimeDramaThriller
Silver
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