Best Thriller movies of 1970s

Actors : Pia Degermark, Christopher Jones, Paul Rogers, Ralph Richardson,
Directors : Frank Pierson,

From the John le Carré novel about a British spy, who sends a Polish defector to East Germany, to verify missile sites.

Actors : Arthur Franz, Cheri Howell, Sherry Boucher, Claudia Jennings,
Directors : Joe Mazzuca,

During an all-girl secret society initiation, one of the new members is killed playing Russian Roulette. Many years later the survivors are invited for a reunion to a lavish estate, which ...

Actors : Gordon Jackson, Denholm Elliott, Robert Wagner, Bette Davis,
Directors : David Greene,

A CIA agent is used as a pawn in an insane woman's plan to steal a Polaris submarine.

Actors : Jay North, Angel Tompkins, Anthony James, Marlene Schmidt,
Directors : Howard Avedis,

18-year-old Sean's first summer after completing high school is much spent with 28-year-old teacher Diane, whose husband is too often motorcycle-racing instead of with her. Wacko Ralph also...

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 : Roberta Leighton, Cliff Emmich, Jason Evers, Wayne Crawford,

Little coastal town is being terrorized by deadly Barracudas.

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 : Shin'ichi Chiba, Eiji Gô, Kei Yamamoto, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Jun'ya Satô,

Criminals plant a bomb on a high-speed train. It will explode when the train slows down, unless a ransom is paid.

Actors : Duke Mitchell, Louis Zito, Vic Caesar, Lorenzo Dodo,
Directors : Duke Mitchell,

Mimi Miceli Jr. is, the son of a Mafia don who was exiled back to Sicily. He wants to get back into the family business and transplant it from New York to Hollywood. After the kidnapping ...

Actors : Yul Brynner, Henry Fonda, Dirk Bogarde, Philippe Noiret,
Directors : Henri Verneuil,

A soviet diplomat hatches a complicated plan to enable him to defect to the West.

Actors : Mascha Rabben, Anthony Dawson, Marquard Bohm, Mario Adorf,
Directors : Roland Klick,

In a deserted mining town at the end of nowhere three desperate men fight over a suitcase full of cash.

Actors : Debra Berger, Myriam Boyer, Mathieu Carrière, Christine Boisson,
Directors : Denis Héroux,

A Vietnam vet terrorizes a house full of nurses.

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 : Fabio Testi, Mariangela Melato, Maurice Garrel, Lou Castel,
Directors : Claude Chabrol,

A group of anarchist leftist called "Nada" and led by the terrorist Buenaventura Diaz abducts the American ambassador Richard Poindexter in a brothel in Paris and brings him to a farm in ...

Actors : Liv Ullmann, Max von Sydow, Trevor Howard, Per Oscarsson,
Directors : Laslo Benedek,

A man named Salem escapes from an insane asylum where he was confined for an axe-murder. Falsely convicted under a plea of "guilty due to insanity", he does not plan to let his sister and ...

Actors : Jean-Louis Trintignant, Charles Gérard, Christine Lelouch, Danièle Delorme,
Directors : Claude Lelouch,

Story about an incurable thief, his success and his failures.

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 : 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 : Jean Anderson, Patricia Neal, Nicholas Clay, Pamela Brown,
Directors : Alastair Reid,

Effective psychological love story with a macabre twist not found in the original Joy Cowley novel. The dreary existence of middle- aged spinster Maura Prince takes an unexpected turn with ...

Actors : Aachi Manorama, R.S. Manohar, K. Balaji, Ashokan,
Directors : R. Krishnamurthy,

A village bumpkin poses as a Mafia don to uncover the gang.