Best Police Movies & TV Series of the 1970s

The 45 best-rated police movies and TV series of the 1970s on 3eyedraven, ranked by a weighted audience score so the genuinely great rises above one-off perfect ratings. Every title has cast, ratings, trailers and where to watch.

Dog Day Afternoon 1975 ★ 7.8
Halloween 1978 ★ 7.6
Le Cercle Rouge 1970 ★ 7.6
Serpico 1973 ★ 7.5
The Day of the Jackal 1973 ★ 7.5
El patrullero 777 1978 ★ 7.9
Dirty Harry 1971 ★ 7.5
The Long Goodbye 1973 ★ 7.4
Caliber 9 1972 ★ 7.5
Don't Torture a Duckling 1972 ★ 7.3
Assault on Precinct 13 1976 ★ 7.3
Jo 1971 ★ 7.2
Starsky & Hutch 1975 ★ 7.3
Frenzy 1972 ★ 7.1
Vanishing Point 1971 ★ 7.1
Straight Time 1978 ★ 7.2
Kojak 1973 ★ 7.2
Two Men in Town 1973 ★ 7.1
Crime Busters 1977 ★ 7.0
Sholay 1975 ★ 7.0
Death Wish 1974 ★ 6.9
McCloud 1970 ★ 7.2
The Streets of San Francisco 1972 ★ 7.0
The Pink Panther Strikes Again 1976 ★ 6.9