Best Mystery movies of 1970s

Actors : Hal Holbrook, Harry Guardino, Katharine Ross, James Garner,
Directors : James Goldstone,

California small town police chief investigates a suspicious death involving the victim's own dog that presumably killed its owner.

Actors : Forrest Swanson, Linda Gentile, Jennifer Runyon, William Lauer,
Directors : David Hess,

A group of teenagers at a party find themselves being stalked by a maniacal killer in a Santa Claus costume.

Actors : Mel Ferrer, Michele Placido, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Ray Milland,
Directors : Flavio Mogherini,

Two seemingly separate stories in New South Wales: a burned, murdered body of a young woman is found on the beach, and a retired inspector makes inquiries; also, Linda, a waitress and ferry...

Actors : Rodolfo Acosta, Norman Bartold, Ivy Bethune, Merry Anders,
Directors : Carl Monson,

In order to qualify to inherit the family fortune, the four heirs must spend the night in the family estate. However, during the night someone starts killing them off.

Actors : Jack Jones, Bill Owen, Pamela Stephenson, David Doyle,
Directors : Pete Walker,

A singer holes up at a sinister estate to write new songs for his act. The ghost of his murdered wife begins to haunt him, then the person who actually killed her shows up at the mansion.

Actors : Ines Pellegrini, Martine Brochard, Andrés Mejuto, John Richardson,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

A maniac killer in a red cape and hood is killing off American tourists on a tour bus by gouging out their eyeballs.

Actors : Charles Vanel, Sylvia Kristel, Fernand Ledoux, François Perrot,
Directors : Claude Chabrol,

Alice Carol leaves her husband one rainy night, telling him that she does not love him anymore. She travels alone but when her windscreen breaks on a lonely road, she has to stop and seek ...

Actors : Jana Brejchová, Václav Voska, Zdena Studenková, Vlastimil Harapes,
Directors : Juraj Herz,

In this gothic rendition of the classic fairy tale, a merchant's youngest daughter is held prisoner by a mysterious winged beast.

Actors : Yvonne Furneaux, Ely Galleani, Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman,
Directors : Dino Risi,

An obscure Italian magistrate suspects that a well-known industrialist commited murder, and decides to investigate him, and bring him to court, whatever it takes. But - will the magistrate ...

Actors : Silvano Tranquilli, Giancarlo Sbragia, Helmut Berger, Ida Galli,
Directors : Duccio Tessari,

When a girl is murdered in a park, a man is tried and convicted for the crime but afterwards the killings continue.

Actors : Gloria Guida, Hugo Stiglitz, Andrés García, John Huston,
Directors : René Cardona Jr.,

The passengers and crew of a boat on a summer cruise in the Caribbean stray near the famed Bermuda Triangle, and mysterious things start happening.

Actors : Marilù Tolo, Salvo Randone, George Hilton, William Berger,
Directors : Tonino Valerii,

A mysterious decapitation leads Inspector Peretti into a case of blackmail, deceit and the unsolved kidnapping of a young girl.

Actors : Daniel Grimm, Chantal Paley, Jean Raynaud, Jean Rougeul,
Directors : Raoul Ruiz,

Two narrators, one seen and one unseen, discuss possible connections between a series of paintings. The on-screen narrator walks through three-dimensional reproductions of each painting, ...

Actors : Jack Elam, Dub Taylor, Dennis Fimple, John David Carson,
Directors : Joy N. Houck Jr.,

Two men exploring the Louisiana swamps encounter a Bigfoot-type creature.

Actors : James Mason, Robert Preston, Ron Weyand, Beau Bridges,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil and harmless as it seems.

Actors : Shinjirô Ebara, Isao Natsuyagi, Sachiko Hidari, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

One woman's search to find the truth about her husband's death in World War II.

Actors : Paola Tedesco, Fernando Cerulli, Franco Citti, Corrado Pani,
Directors : Antonio Bido,

A pharmacist is murdered, and a woman happens to see the culprit leave the scene. She soon finds herself being stalked by the killer, and when her boyfriend tries to discover who the ...

Actors : Simone Signoret, Paul Crauchet, Bernard Le Coq, Alain Delon,
Directors : Jean Chapot,

The body of a young woman is discovered near a farm. The judge Larcher is in charge and thinks that the farmers (Rose and Pierre) have a link with the murder.

Actors : Richard Basehart, Barnard Hughes, George C. Scott, Martin Sheen,
Directors : George C. Scott,

An accidental nerve gas leak by the military kills not only a rancher's livestock, but also his son. When he tries to hold the military accountable for their actions, he runs up against a wall of silence.

Actors : Ivan Rassimov, Corinne Cléry, Leonard Mann, Richard Kiel,

Hoping to overthrow his brother as ruler of the planet Metropolis, the evil Graal enlists the help of the insane Dr. Kraspin, who has invented a chemical capable of turning an ordinary ...