Best Crime movies of 1970s

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 : Hristos Valavanidis, Rita Bensousan, Konstantinos Tzoumas, Alkis Panagiotidis,
Directors : Nikos Nikolaidis,

Five friends (representatives of the Fifties generation) now in their forties, get together after many years of silence. One shows up from jail, where he has been entering and exiting for ...

Actors : Saira Banu, Sulakshana Pandit, Vinod Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Prakash Mehra,

Popular Indian leading man Amitabh Bachchan stars in HERA PHERI, a campy Bollywood musical melodrama about faded friendships and family secrets. Best friends Vijay (Bachchan) and Ajay (...

Actors : Donald Pilon, Jean-Louis Roux, Christopher Plummer, Karen Black,
Directors : Harvey Hart,

A detective investigating the death of a heroin-addicted prostitute uncovers evidence pointing to the existence of a murderous devil cult.

Actors : Feroz Khan, Amjad Khan, Vinod Khanna, Zeenat Aman,
Directors : Feroz Khan,

A cabaret dancer and singer, Sheela (Zeenat Aman) has two admirers: a small-time thief Rajesh (Feroz Khan), and a young, eligible widower, Amar (Vinod Khanna). Both are best friends and ...

Actors : Shammi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna, Neetu Singh, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Manmohan Desai,

A policeman adopts the son of a bandit. A misunderstanding leads the officer's own biological son to believe he is the bandit's son and he takes up a secret life of crime; meanwhile, the adopted son becomes an officer of the law.

Actors : Sue Ane Langdon, Vic Morrow, Michael Parks, Jessica Harper,
Directors : Charles B. Pierce,

A young couple, just married, rents a house in a village in Louisiana. But they are not welcome because the inhabitants of the village look upon them with distrust. Meanwhile, in the house ...

Actors : Gisela Hahn, Al Cliver, Harry Baer, Jack Palance,
Directors : Fernando Di Leo,

Tony, a mob loan collector, is dissatisfied with his station in life. Though he dreams of one day being rich, he is stuck with the dead-end job of beating up borrowers who fall behind in ...

Actors : Michael Caine, Louis Jourdan, Cybill Shepherd, Stéphane Audran,
Directors : Ivan Passer,

Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher (Michael Caine) is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore (Martin Balsam) to buy a bank in Switzerland in order to more easily launder their profits. When he arrives, ...

Actors : Tetsuya Watari, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuo Umemiya, Hideo Murota,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

When a cop is transferred to a new precinct it is obvious that the area's yakuza mob are not dealing with just another policeman. The cop is bent on results and is not immune to becoming ...

Actors : David Chiang, Mario Milano, Kuan Tai Chen, Li Ching,

Leaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead drawn into a world of corruption, gang warfare and evil... Where his only protection is his famed fighting technique.

Actors : Lembit Peterson, Mikk Mikiver, Jüri Järvet, Uldis Pucitis,
Directors : Grigori Kromanov,

Police gets a call-out to a lonely hotel in the Alps. When an officer gets to the hotel everything seems to be alright. Suddenly an avalanche cuts them out from the rest of the world and strange things are going to happen.

Actors : Dennis Waterman, John Thaw, Denholm Elliott, Ken Hutchison,
Directors : Tom Clegg,

Second cinematic spin-off from the popular 70's police series. Regan & Carter head a Flying Squad investigation into a series of bank raids by a team of well-armed villains who are flying in from the continent.

Actors : Sverre Holm, Carsten Byhring, Arve Opsahl, Harald Heide-Steen Jr.,
Directors : Knut Bohwim,

Egon Olsen and his gang is about to commit their biggest heist - stealing 6 millions from an under cover operation at a freight company, which the police also follows closely. The safe is both guarded by alarm and the company gorillas.

Actors : Zeenat Aman, Shatrughan Sinha, Prem Chopra, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Raj Khosla,

Vijay Varma (Amitabh Bachchan) and Ravi Kapoor (Shatrughan Sinha) are two close childhood friends. When they thought they have matured enough they decides to enter law policy: one as a ...

Actors : Frederic Forrest, Robert Forster, Al Lettieri, Anthony Quinn,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

After his mistress is savagely beaten up a Mafia leader goes after the killer with a bloody vengeance. Soon after the hunt begins, a gang war ensues.

Actors : Theresa Saldana, Rudy Ramos, Danny Aiello, Jan-Michael Vincent,
Directors : John Flynn,

Tommy takes up temporary housing in a New York neighborhood plagued by a violent gang called the Souls. Tommy is waiting for his next assignment as a seaman and though he tries to avoid the...

Actors : Aud Schønemann, Sverre Holm, Carsten Byhring, Arve Opsahl,
Directors : Knut Bohwim,

Valborg har fått et nytt problem å stri med. Basse, hennes sønn, har ledet en ung kvinne ut i fristelsen, og nå gjelder det å redde ansikt. D.v.s. å få dem gift. Utsiktene er lyse, for Egon...

Actors : Thalmus Rasulala, Diana Sands, Roscoe Orman, Joyce Walker,
Directors : Gilbert Moses,

A social worker tries to get a pimp to change his ways.

Actors : Pyotr Velyaminov, Talgat Nigmatulin, Nikolay Eryomenko, Rein Aren,
Directors : Boris Durov,

A Soviet cargo ship carrying medical opium gets attacked by pirates of an unknown nationality. The crew is left to die on a sinking ship but they manage to escape and now must fight the pirates for survival.