Cheating, cos they're earlier, but I thought of them immediately when I saw this thread's title: just about any Cassavetes, and wasn't A Woman Under The Influence 70s? Think so. The Incident ('66, Martin Sheen and Tony Musante take over a subway car full of citizens, for kicks, not for ransom), Panic In Needle Park, Mikey and Nicky, and (despite the cute title)
The Little Fugitive http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046004/reviews
― dow, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 00:48 (twelve years ago) link