Best Mystery movies of 1970s

Actors : Leonora Fani, Jeff Blynn, Gianni Dei, Michele Renzullo,
Directors : Mario Landi,

In Venice a detective is on the trail of a killer who commits a double murder (a married couple) then more grisly killings occur. Sex, drugs, gore and perversions are ingredients of this sadistic and sleazy giallo.

Actors : Barbara Bouchet, Nino Segurini, Farley Granger, Rosalba Neri,
Directors : Silvio Amadio,

A writer's secretary tries to find her missing friend and uncovers a murder plot.

Actors : Claude Brasseur, Mireille Darc, Fiore Altoviti, Alain Delon,
Directors : Georges Lautner,

On a beach in Nice, François meets the mysterious Peggy and falls in love with her. Following her to a villa, he meets Marc, a lawyer who has a strange relationship with the girl. Marc tells François that Peggy is a drug addict: she kills men who approach her.

Actors : Claude Piéplu, Jacques Denis, Miou-Miou, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Claude Miller,

David is an accountant. He leaves town every Friday, pretending he is going to take care of his parents at their old people's home. But actually his parents are dead, and he spends the ...

Actors : David Bailey, Randolph Roberts, Scott Brady, Tiffany Bolling,
Directors : Richard L. Bare,

A tongue-in-cheek psycho movie in "Duo-vision." The entire feature employs the split-screen technique used in parts of Brian De Palma's "Sisters" that same year. As a handyman at a seacoast...

Actors : Danilo Mattei, Anicée Alvina, Catherine Deneuve, Vittorio Gassman,
Directors : Dino Risi,

Bizarre events keep occurring in an old mansion, and it's soon obvious that something mysterious is up in the attic.

Actors : Jean-Louis Trintignant, Sacha Distel, Dominique Sanda, Carla Gravina,
Directors : Philippe Labro,

A strange series of murders are being committed in Nice on the French riviera. The commissionaire Carella is in charge and tries desperately to find a missing link between all of these ...

Actors : Rosanna Schiaffino, Lucretia Love, Chris Avram, Eva Czemerys,
Directors : Giuseppe Bennati,

Patrick Davenant con alcuni familiari e amici si reca, dopo una festa, a visitare un vecchio teatro di proprietà della famiglia, mai usato ma tenuto sempre in ordine. I rapporti tra di loro...

Actors : Robert Mitchum, Mike Connors, James Franciscus, Jaclyn Smith,
Directors : Ted Post,

A woman is convinced by her lover to poison her cruel husband, a rich businessman. However, she becomes terrified when she finds the lover dead as well. A sinister PI, who's investigating her husband's disappearance, contacts her.

Actors : Yôko Shimada, Teruhiko Aoi, Mieko Takamine, Kôji Ishizaka,
Directors : Kon Ichikawa,

After the death of the Father , His family are gathered to share Inheritances , but suddenly a woman with a mysterious masked man arrive there , claiming to be the other wife of the man ...

Actors : Morgan Woodward, Burt Lancaster, Cameron Mitchell, Susan Clark,

An ex-con, once a cop, now working as security in a college, decides to investigate the murder of one of the students, a daughter of a senator.

Actors : Christine Kaufmann, Fabio Testi, Ivan Desny, Jack Taylor,
Directors : Alberto Negrin,

A detective investigating the murder of a teenage girl begins to focus his suspicions on the three girlfriends of the victim, who call themselves "The Inseparables."

Actors : Johnnie Hill, Emerson Boozer, Owen Watson, René Van Clief,
Directors : Michael Fink,

The female head of a detective agency is hired by a crime lord to figure out who's taking his action.

Actors : Charles Janssens, Cox Habbema, Hugo Metsers, Willeke van Ammelrooy,
Directors : Harry Kümel,

Actors : Barry Newman, Diana Muldaur, Robert Colbert, Harold Gould,
Directors : Sidney J. Furie,

Tony Petrocelli, a bright young lawyer practicing in the rich cattle town of Baker, becomes embroiled in a murder case.

Actors : Claudine Gabay, Noëlle Chatelet, Delphine Seyrig, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Marguerite Duras,

In response to her new friend's queries, Vera recounts the story of her life, beginning with marrying her no-good husband Cayre (Gerard Depardieu), who has been using her for some time to keep his failing building business afloat.

Actors : Isabela Corona, María Rebeca, Manuel Ojeda, Diana Bracho,
Directors : Arturo Ripstein,

Old aunt Alejandra goes to live with a Mexican middle-class family; she's bitter and the children tease her and make her life miserable, but the old woman is truly a witch, and takes revenge.

Actors : Sylvia Kristel, David Rappaport, Rutger Hauer, Rita Tushingham,
Directors : Paul de Lussanet,

A wealthy visitor to a small town befriends a midget and gets involved with two women as his behaviour becoming ever stranger.

Actors : Ivano Staccioli, Gianni Garko, Carroll Baker, Pilar Velázquez,
Directors : Gianfranco Piccioli,

A wealthy doctor Andrea Valenti (Gianni Garko) accidentally kills his mistress, then the doctor falls victim of blackmail.

Actors : Simone Bach, Maurice Ronet, Romy Schneider, Gabriele Tinti,
Directors : Léonard Keigel,

Marina and her boyfriend have an argument while on a trip in France. While driving with the car among the cliffs, he starts speeding and the car falls into the sea. Marina can jump out of ...