Dirty Harry v The French Connection?

so there is a rather large gap for me as you can see

p.s. hell, the entire Dirty Harry series is better than The French Connection. plus, even my personal opinion aside... I am pretty sure Dirty Harry has more appeal with the masses(i.e. more popular) too. because I feel if someone is going to use a measuring stick for a movies worth it boils down to popularity and whether a lot of people like it to a fairly higher degree or not. like if a lot of people only mildly like a movie but not many love it, then it's good but nothing special. but if you got a good portion of the general public liking a movie to a higher degree(like where it's among their favorites) then it's more likely to be something special etc.