The French Connection

This movie has the best chase scenes - both fast and slow - I’ve ever watched. I was out of breath - or holding bated breath - with the characters multiple times, and the handheld camera really pulled me into the frame. 

I loved this so much more than The Taking of Pelham 123 as a dirty portrait of dirty New York transportation and crime. It’s just so much smarter and suspenseful and the ending is utterly, sickeningly perfect. 

Ned, you were right about this one.