70s Thrillers

[jamesp]

Some great choices posted by everyone so far. I'd have to say that Enemy of the State might be the best Bruckheimer movie. I always find myself watching it on cable on a weekend afternoon and still enjoy it.

Peter Bogdanovich's Targets (1968), about a Vietnam vet who goes on a shooting rampage with a sniper rifle
John Carpenter's Assault On Precinct 13
The Parallax View, while not as good as Three Days of the Condor, is a pretty good thriller.
Rolling Thunder
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, not a thriller but a good crime movie
The Driver
I also love Night Moves.

One movie that is not a thriller but a classic cable TV movie to watch that I still associate with these kind of 1970s movies is Papilllion, the movie with Dustin Hoffman & Steve McQueen imprisoned on an island.

[Zookeeper Joe]

All-time best conspiracy/paranoia thriller = The Parallax View.  Outstanding.  The novel it's based on, not so much.

A 70's conspiracy thriller that I love, but is maybe not as good but is really entertaining --- Capricorn One....

[Zookeeper Joe]

Some great choices posted by everyone so far. I'd have to say that Enemy of the State might be the best Bruckheimer movie. I always find myself watching it on cable on a weekend afternoon and still enjoy it.

Peter Bogdanovich's Targets (1968), about a Vietnam vet who goes on a shooting rampage with a sniper rifle
John Carpenter's Assault On Precinct 13
The Parallax View, while not as good as Three Days of the Condor, is a pretty good thriller.
Rolling Thunder
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, not a thriller but a good crime movie
The Driver
I also love Night Moves.

One movie that is not a thriller but a classic cable TV movie to watch that I still associate with these kind of 1970s movies is Papilllion, the movie with Dustin Hoffman & Steve McQueen imprisoned on an island.

1) Damn you for mentioning Parallax View first.
2) I just re-watched Three Days of the Condor --- not as good as I remembered it.  I have to go with Parallax View as the better film.
3) Assault on Precinct 13 --- GREAT.

[Joe Rogaine]

Some great choices posted by everyone so far. I'd have to say that Enemy of the State might be the best Bruckheimer movie. I always find myself watching it on cable on a weekend afternoon and still enjoy it.

Peter Bogdanovich's Targets (1968), about a Vietnam vet who goes on a shooting rampage with a sniper rifle
John Carpenter's Assault On Precinct 13
The Parallax View, while not as good as Three Days of the Condor, is a pretty good thriller.
Rolling Thunder
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, not a thriller but a good crime movie
The Driver
I also love Night Moves.

One movie that is not a thriller but a classic cable TV movie to watch that I still associate with these kind of 1970s movies is Papilllion, the movie with Dustin Hoffman & Steve McQueen imprisoned on an island.

Nice! Been meaning to check out Targets but forgot about it until you mentioned it. Just saw Chinese Bookie on Sundance this weekend they ran a Cassavetes mini marathon.

[Bryan]

1) Damn you for mentioning Parallax View first.

Ahem:

Thrillers from the 1970s are about my favourite type of movies. At the top of my personal list would be The Long Goodbye and The Parallax View.

I also like Capricorn One, if only for the cast. It's always good to see Elliot Gould. It's got a good concept, kinda crummy execution.

[jamesp]

1) Damn you for mentioning Parallax View first.

Ahem:

Thrillers from the 1970s are about my favourite type of movies. At the top of my personal list would be The Long Goodbye and The Parallax View.

I also like Capricorn One, if only for the cast. It's always good to see Elliot Gould. It's got a good concept, kinda crummy execution.

Capricorn One does have O.J. in one of his best screen performances (next to the Naked Gun)

[Zookeeper Joe]

1) Damn you for mentioning Parallax View first.

Ahem:

Thrillers from the 1970s are about my favourite type of movies. At the top of my personal list would be The Long Goodbye and The Parallax View.

I also like Capricorn One, if only for the cast. It's always good to see Elliot Gould. It's got a good concept, kinda crummy execution.

Sorry Bryan --- i guess i should have damned you.

David Huddleston is great in Capricorn One.  So is Telly Savalas (Gould: "My name is Caulfield..."  Savalas: "I can't help that!")