Poliziotteschi starter pack

1known

Milano calibro 9

Di Leo's masterpiece. Cold, fast, well written.

2cult

Almost Human

Tomas Milian as a repellent psychopath. Deeply unpleasant, very good.

3cult

The Italian Connection

Mario Adorf on foot versus a car. Best chase in Italian cinema.

4cult

The Big Racket

Castellari's best. The car-rolling-down-the-hill shot is famous for a reason.

5cult

Revolver

Di Leo's saddest. Oliver Reed, and a Morricone theme that hurts.

6cult

Violent Naples

Merli takes his no-mercy cop routine to Naples. Fast, brutal, and politically incoherent as ever.

7cult

Street Law

Castellari's Death Wish. An ordinary engineer, brutalised and ignored, arms himself.

8obscure

The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist

Late-cycle Castellari. Everyone is exhausted and it shows productively.