Best Psychopath movies of 1970s that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Albert Brooks, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Robert De Niro,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, while attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.

Actors : Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Warren Clarke, Michael Bates,
Directors : Stanley Kubrick,

In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.

Actors : Jon Finch, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Anna Massey, Barry Foster,
Directors : Alfred Hitchcock,

A serial murderer is strangling women with a necktie. The London police have a suspect, but he is the wrong man.

Actors : Clint Eastwood, Donna Mills, John Larch, Jessica Walter,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A brief fling between a male disc jockey and an obsessed female fan takes a frightening, and perhaps even deadly turn when another woman enters the picture.

Actors : Elton John, Ann-Margret, Roger Daltrey, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Ken Russell,

A psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and, subsequently, the object of a religious cult.

Actors : John Savage, James Woods, Franklyn Seales, Ted Danson,
Directors : Harold Becker,

Greg Powell is a disturbed ex-con who recruits Jimmy Smith (aka Jimmy Youngblood), a petty thief, as his partner in crime. Powell panics one night when the two of them are pulled over by a ...

Actors : Martin Balsam, John Cassavetes, Charlton Heston, Beau Bridges,
Directors : Larry Peerce,

A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a major championship game. The police, led by Captain Peter Holly (Charlton Heston) and SWAT ...