Posted by Solomon on 10/28/2019, 10:46 am
Edited by Solomon on 10/30/2019, 3:51 pm
This list is incomplete. Distinguishing these from Tier 2 titles is difficult. I have no objective method. There are a fair number in this list that could replace ones in tier 2. An argument of some sort would have to be made to do that. The ratings are from IMDb as an extra. They were not used to sort titles into this tier.
10/29/19 Added The Organization, They Call Me Mr. Tibbs and No Way Out
10/30/19 Added 52 Pick-Up (1986)
5.8 1968 If He Hollers, Let Him Go
6.6 1968 Jigsaw
6.7 1970 Along Came a Spider
6.1 1971 They Call Me Mr. Tibbs
5.9 1971 Going Home
6.0 1971 The Organization
5.8 1972 Hit Man
6.8 1973 The Seven-Ups
5.5 1974 Black Eye
6.7 1974 Smile Jenny, You’re Dead
5.7 1975 Deadly Hero
6.0 1976 Special Delivery
4.4 1977 Nowhere to Hide
5.7 1978 The One Man Jury
6.4 1978 Remember My Name
5.8 1978 The Big Sleep
6.0 1980 Borderline
5.9 1980 The First Deadly Sin
7.4 1980 The Last Song
6.4 1980 Night of the Juggler
6.2 1980 Union City
5.5 1981 The Big Black Pill
6.4 1982 The Border
6.5 1982 Hammett
6.0 1982 I, the Jury
6.0 1982 One Shoe Makes It Murder
6.1 1985 Badge of the Assassin
6.1 1985 Blackout
6.1 1985 The Mean Season
6.0 1985 Target
5.8 1986 8 Million Ways to Die
6.4 1986 52 Pick-Up
5.2 1986 One Police Plaza
6.5 1987 Best Seller
7.1 1987 No Way Out
5.9 1987 Nowhere to Hide
5.8 1987 The Rosary Murders
6.7 1988 Colors
6.2 1988 Off Limits
6.0 1988 Shakedown
6.1 1988 Tequila Sunrise
5.2 1989 Physical Evidence
5.2 1989 Third Degree Burn
5.6 1990 Bright Angel
5.1 1990 Everybody Wins
7.0 1990 King of New York
5.3 1991 Blue Desert
6.2 1991 Delusion
7.0 1991 The Last Boy Scout
4.9 1991 Love Kills
5.7 1991 Mortal Thoughts
8.6 1991 The Silence of the Lambs
5.9 1992 Final Analysis
4.1 1992 Inside Edge
6.8 1992 Laws of Gravity
5.0 1992 Nails
6.1 1992 Raising Cain Recut
5.8 1992 Storyville
5.5 1992 Sunstroke
6.3 1992 Unlawful Entry
5.7 1993 Army of One aka Joshua Tree
6.2 1993 Hard Target
5.5 1993 The Hit List
5.1 1993 Love, Cheat & Steal
6.1 1993 Point of No Return
6.2 1993 Rising Sun
5.0 1993 Sliver
5.9 1993 The Wrong Man
6.1 1994 Confessions of a Hitman
6.0 1994 Killer aka Bulletproof Heart
5.9 1994 Past Tense
5.5 1994 Web of Deception
6.3 1995 Assassins
5.9 1995 Black Day, Blue Night
5.7 1995 Café Society
6.6 1995 Copycat
6.9 1995 Dead Presidents
6.4 1995 Just Cause
6.4 1995 The Nature of the Beast
6.3 1995 Nick of Time
5.9 1995 Sweet Nothing
7.3 1996 Bound
6.5 1996 Bullet
6.2 1996 Eye for an Eye
6.2 1996 City Hall
6.2 1996 Fear
5.8 1996 Heaven’s Prisoners
6.4 1996 Kansas City
5.2 1996 The Rich Man’s Wife
4.0 1996 Showgirl Murders
4.5 1996 Striptease
5.8 1997 A Gun for Jennifer
6.7 1997 Absolute Power
7.0 1997 Affliction
4.5 1997 Amnesia
6.2 1997 The Beneficiary
6.9 1997 Breakdown
5.6 1997 Face Down
6.5 1997 Gang Related
7.0 1997 Running Time
5.8 1998 Brown’s Requiem
6.2 1998 Dark Harbor
5.6 1998 Goodbye Lover
6.1 1998 Poodle Springs
6.1 1998 Route 9
6.2 1998 Twilight
6.5 1998 Wild Things
6.1 1999 Best Laid Plans
6.3 1999 The General’s Daughter
5.2 2000 Get Carter
5.8 2000 Reindeer Games
6.0 2000 Tick Tock
6.9 2001 Bully
6.8 2001 Hannibal
6.5 2001 Skeletons in the Closet
4.9 2002 Abandon
5.8 2002 Assassination Tango
6.1 2002 The Badge
6.6 2002 Dark Blue
6.0 2002 City of Ghosts
6.2 2002 Femme Fatale
6.2 2002 Murder by Numbers
7.1 2002 Narc
7.2 2002 Red Dragon
5.5 2002 Swindle
5.6 2002 The Pilot’s Wife
5.6 2003 Blind Horizon
5.6 2003 Briar Patch aka Plain Dirty
6.5 2003 The Deep End
5.8 2003 I Witness
5.5 2003 Jericho Mansions
5.5 2003 Purgatory Flats
6.1 2004 The I Inside
6.6 2004 Secret Window
6.6 2005 Derailed
6.3 2005 The Ice Harvest
5.6 2006 The Contract
6.7 2007 The Brave One
6.6 2008 Bangkok Dangerous
5.0 2008 The Informers
6.0 2008 Killshot
5.8 2009 Don McKay
6.1 2009 The Missing Person
6.3 2010 The American
6.1 2010 The Killer Inside Me
6.4 2010 Red, White & Blue
4.4 2011 House of the Rising Sun
5.7 2011 Texas Killing Fields
6.2 2011 Thin Ice
5.3 2011 Trespass
6.2 2012 Killing Them Softly
5.3 2012 Spring Breakers
6.8 2013 Out of the Furnace
5.8 2014 A Single Shot
5.0 2014 American Heist
4.3 2014 Amnesiac
5.2 2014 The Bag Man
5.9 2014 The Barber
4.9 2014 Big Muddy
8.1 2014 Gone Girl
6.7 2014 Man from Reno
6.2 2014 Ned Rifle
6.4 2014 Two Step
5.1 2015 An Act of War
6.9 2015 Black Mass
6.3 2015 Cop Car
6.6 2015 Focus
5.4 2015 The Frontier
5.8 2015 The Gunman
5.2 2015 Mojave
6.6 2015 Run All Night
6.2 2015 Uncle John
5.6 2015 Wild Card
7.3 2016 The Accountant
6.2 2016 Manhattan Night
6.1 2018 Braven
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