Best Mystery movies of 1970s

Actors : Kathryn Walker, William Prince, Jon Cypher, John Marley,
Directors : Ernest Pintoff,

A homicide detective goes after a woman-hating serial killer, who uses knives to murder his victims.

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 : 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 : 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 ...

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 : Krista Nell, Patrizia Webley, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Femi Benussi,
Directors : Alfredo Rizzo,

Gothic lesbians prowl the corridors of a miserable little castle in Italy and fall prey to a deranged count with resplendent canine gnashers, a ghostly white complexion and the personality of Atilla the Hun.

Actors : David Chiang, Yi Chang, Lieh Lo, Yu Wang,

The martial world is now awash in one-armed knights, who aren't inclined to make any permanent alliances among themselves.

Actors : Samantha Eggar, Barry Morse, Keir Dullea, Jack Palance,
Directors : Peter Sasdy,

A group of people find themselves as slaves in what looks like a Wild West town, but with no memory of who they are or how they got there. In this town, people advance through killing ...

Actors : Olive Denneccio, João Fernandes, Linda Southern, Larry Hunter,
Directors : Doris Wishman,

A seemingly pleasant fellow, Arthur goes berserk and rapes any woman in front of him wearing gold earrings. One woman tells the investigating detective (who is Arthur's uncle) she was raped...

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 : John Phillip Law, Alessandro Poggi, Olga Bisera, Nathalie Delon,
Directors : Marcello Aliprandi,

Martino is a young child who claims to have an invisible friend called Luca. His parents assume it is just a game, but strange things start to happen...

Actors : Roddy McDowall, Elsa Lanchester, Shani Wallis, Stella Stevens,
Directors : Georg Fenady,

Upon his death, Arnold marries his lover, Karen, in spite of his widow, and leaves deathtraps accompanied by audiotapes and his preserved and articulate corpse for those who cared only for his money.

Actors : Esther Studer, Nanda Van Bergen, Lina Romay, Michael Maien,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

Margarita, the only witness of a brutal murder, has temporary amnesia due to shock. She's sent to a psychiatric clinic where a masked man rapes her and kills another woman. She must piece her memory back together before he returns.

Actors : Klaus Kinski, Hiram Keller, Tina Aumont, Fons Rademakers,
Directors : Sandy Whitelaw,

A doctor trying to develop a serum to lengthen life tries his formula out on the unsuspecting residents of an old-age home.

Actors : Silvano Tranquilli, Ewa Aulin, Jean Sorel, Lucia Bosé,
Directors : Romolo Guerrieri,

A man is shot in an underground car-park by a mysterious bearded man. As he dies he recollects the events that led him to this situation, including adulterous liaisons and jealous envy.

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

Actors : Maribel Hidalgo, Alberto Dalbés, Evelyne Scott, William Berger,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

Horror mystery about the residents of a Louisiana castle who are being murdered by a masked killer. When the family arrives for the reading of Marion's will, his wife is strapped to the ...

Actors : Patty Shepard, Dean Selmier, Fernando Cebrián, Carmen Sevilla,
Directors : Eloy de la Iglesia,

Marta spends a few days alone while her husband is on a business trip. But she starts to get scared when she hears some mysterious steps every night on the top floor. Her neighbor will try ...

Actors : Sylvia Kristel, David Rappaport, Rita Tushingham, Rutger Hauer,
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.