I recently posted a list of some of my favorite and grittiest of New York City films from the 1970s. This time around I thought I select some crime films from the combined states that make up New England. As you may suspect Massachusetts, Boston in particular, makes up the majority of the films and the grittiest. Not all these films are gritty or from the 70’s but they are films with criminal elements.

 

The Friends of Eddie Coyle  (Massachusetts)

 

Dolores Clairborne (Maine)

 

Mystic River (Massachusetts)

 

The Stranger (Connecticut)

 

Gone, Baby, Gone  (Massachusetts)

 

The Stepford Wives  (Connecticut)

 

The Trouble With Harry  (Vermont)

 

American Buffalo (Rhode Island)

 

The Departed  (Massachusetts)

 

To Die For (New Hampshire)

 

The Boston Strangler (Massachusetts)

 

Shutter Island (Massachusetts)