Best Thriller movies of 1970s

Actors : Tom Pittman, Bob Jones, Ray Lynch, Hal Reed,
Directors : Tom Hanson,

The San Francisco area is beset by a series of seemingly random murders without motive or pattern. The police are taunted by phone calls and letters. Could the maniac be the violent, truck ...

Actors : Deborah Raffin, Stuart Whitman, James Mitchum, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Richard Compton,

A Native American travels around a resort town, murdering cops and rich people with a high-powered crossbow, while demanding that the town's richest residents pay him money to stop the killings.

Actors : Farida Jalal, Parveen Babi, Pran, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Ravi Tandon,

A terminally ill man frames himself for murder to allow his family to collect the reward money. After a successful operation, he escapes police custody and searches for the real killer.

Actors : Yul Brynner, Massimo Ranieri, Martin Balsam, Barbara Bouchet,
Directors : Antonio Margheriti,

A retired hit-man decides to take one last job to avenge the murder of his brother by a mafia gang. An eager would-be mobster helps him.

Actors : William Smith, Peter Brown, Tom Simcox, Ahna Capri,
Directors : William Gibson,

Wildlife photographer Terry and her brother Art go to Venezuela for a photo shoot. They hire Jim Pendrake to guide them through the jungle. However, the trio run afoul of evil local hunter Caribe.

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, John Phillip Law, Sam Wanamaker, Christopher Plummer,
Directors : Peter Collinson,

Helen has been incapable of speech since seeing her husband die - will she become the target of a deranged serial killer targeting disabled people?

Actors : Quinto Parmeggiani, Corinne Cléry, Michele Placido, Edoardo Faieta,
Directors : Paolo Cavara,

A man is strangled by a female prostitute in his home at the same time as a woman is killed by a man with a spanner on an empty bus. In both cases the killer leaves an illustration from the...

Actors : Stefanie Powers, Margaretta Scott, Jane Lapotaire, James Olson,
Directors : Alan Gibson,

Stefanie Powers stars as an American girl who goes to the south of France to do her thesis research on a recently deceased composer.

Actors : Joseph Cotten, Tomas Milian, Maria Fiore, Mario Piave,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

A biker's brother is killed while investigating the kidnapping of a young boy, the byproduct of a war between two crime families. The biker vows to get revenge by finding the kidnapped boy and destroying the two families.

Actors : Douglas Wilmer, Tony Haygarth, Carolyn Seymour, David Hemmings,
Directors : John Mackenzie,

A new school teacher learns that the previous teacher was killed by his pupils, and he fears the same will happen to him.

Actors : Marjorie Yates, Debbie Farrington, Donald Sumpter, Sylvia O'Donnell,
Directors : Ian Merrick,

A gung-ho ex-military man pursues a secret life of crime, culminating in the kidnapping of a teenage heiress.

Actors : Richard Harris, Gordon Jackson, John Vernon, Ann Turkel,

Aboard the cargo vessel converted into a luxury cruise ship, S.S. Campari, somewhere in the Caribbean is lying in port, due to a succession of delays. Chief Officer Johnny Carter, who has ...

Actors : Diana Lorys, Paul Naschy, Eduardo Calvo, Eva León,
Directors : Carlos Aured,

An ex-convict, troubled by dreams that he strangles women, is hired as the caretaker on an estate owned by three very strange sisters. Soon after his arrival, a serial killer begins ...

Actors : Antonio Salines, Corrado Pani, Luis Dávila, Lou Castel,
Directors : Cesare Canevari,

A gang rescues a criminal from the gallows to attach them and rob a stagecoach full of gold. When they get the loot, betray him and leave him dying in the middle of the desert. The band ...

Actors : Howard Vernon, Anita Ekberg, Evelyne Kraft, Rosalba Neri,
Directors : Ferdinando Merighi,

A prostitute in a French brothel is assassinated, the prime suspect is one of her regular clients, soon afterwards the witnesses that testified against the suspect are killed by an strange individual.

Actors : Nelly Borgeaud, Jean Carmet, Michel Piccoli, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Jacques Rouffio,

Civil servant Adrien Courtois comes to Paris in order to make his money bear fruits.

Actors : Kim Nicholas, Ruth Roman, Jennifer Bishop, William Shatner,
Directors : William Grefé,

A paranoid, leisure-suit-wearing conman/gigolo named Matt Stone seduces lonely women, bilks them of their savings via an investment scam, then kills them. When he begins seeing an ...

Actors : Luciana Paluzzi, Brenda Sykes, Martin Landau, Jim Brown,
Directors : Robert Hartford-Davis,

A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to equality and success, must act as a go-between for militant-minded brother and the white gang ...

Actors : Danièle Ajoret, Christian Barbier, Jean Gabin, Michel Barbey,
Directors : Pierre Granier-Deferre,

Near the Baie de la Seine swamps, opposite the Port of Le Havre, Auguste Maroilleur, an elderly farmer, exploits 400 hectares of crop land with the help of his family, over which he rules ...

Actors : Ronald L. Marchini, Michael Chong, Joshua Johnson, Mari Honjo,
Directors : Paul Kyriazi,

An evil Oriental Dragon Lady injects three martial arts fighters with a serum that turns them into zombie-like assassins, and she sends them out against her enemies.