Best Crime movies of 1971

Actors : Ray Lovelock, Michel Bardinet, Ornella Muti, Irene Papas,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

Two hippies find themselves on the run from the law and soon end up going undercover in a villa owned by a mysterious woman.

Actors : Leslie Caron, Mitchell Ryan, Alex Dreier, Warren Oates,
Directors : Paul Magwood,

A hardboiled aging private eye is hired to find and protect a missing government witness sought after by the gangsters. The witness is a beautiful French woman and even the cops can't be trusted. The case is tough, but so is Chandler.

Actors : Luigi Casellato, Pierre Clémenti, Katia Christine, Tomas Milian,
Directors : Maurizio Lucidi,

A wealthy, decadent count convinces a disillusioned playboy that they shall murder one another's relatives, to get away with the perfect crime. The count murders the playboy's unpleasant ...

Actors : Herbert Kerr, Casey Donovan, Cheri Caffaro, Duane Tucker,
Directors : Don Schain,

A rich society girl is recruited to go undercover and expose a drug/blackmail/prostitution ring in her small town.

Actors : Filiz Akin, Yilmaz Güney, Eris Akman, Refik Kemal Arduman,
Directors : Yilmaz Güney,

Actors : Judy Huxtable, Christopher Sandford, Barry Evans, Susan George,
Directors : Pete Walker,

After their parents divorce, one daughter lives with her mother in England while the other lives with her father in Portugal. After the untimely death of her mother, the one daughter stands...

Actors : Rumi Aiki, Mitsuko Aoi, Noboru Andô, Hideyo Amamoto,
Directors : Hideo Gosha,

After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, a gangster gets released early - only to find that his ex-gang has merged with the Kannos. But with bitter resentments lingering on both sides, bloodshed is bound to begin anew.

Actors : Frank Finlay, Freddie Jones, Suzy Kendall, James Laurenson,
Directors : Sidney Hayers,

After one schoolgirl is raped while taking a short cut through the local woods, and another is murdered in the same woods a few days later, the local police are baffled. With the help of a ...

Actors : Jackson Beck, Pamela Gruen, Devin Goldenberg, Allen Garfield,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

Private detective takes on a case and gets mixed up in murder, sex and blackmail.

Actors : Dev Anand, Kishore Sahu, Shatrughan Sinha, Zaheeda,
Directors : Amarjeet,

Raja has been abandoned by his biological mother at a very young age, and grows up with Master, a criminal don and card-sharp, who would like Raja to continue working with him on a ...

Actors : Ray Sager, Jeffrey Allen, Gloria King, Tim Holt,
Directors : Herschell Gordon Lewis,

A redneck con artist sets himself up as a preacher in a small Deep South town to run his moonshine distillery and clashes with a number of locals and a federal agent bent on shutting his operation down.

Actors : Paula Shannon, Linda Van Compernolle, Brian Klinknett, Erica Bigelow,
Directors : Frank Howard,

A mixture of documentary footage and re-enactment scenes, some filmed on the action locations, of the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders committed by the gang known as the Manson Family.

Actors : Michael Sugich, Dan Spelling, Jeanne Crain, Alex Nicol,
Directors : Lee Madden,

A woman is persecuted by Jesus freaks after they've crucified her preacher husband.

Actors : George 'Buck' Flower, Steven Hodge, Fred Finkleloffe, John Tull,
Directors : Bethel Buckalew,

A boxer's manager pays a prostitute to make his boxer's nights hot, and endless. Not so strange, considering all the dirty deals the manager has with the local mafia. The strong champion ...

Actors : Michel Constantin, Mireille Darc, Bernard Blier, Jean Yanne,
Directors : Georges Lautner,

The day he is released from jail, Serge is expected by four killers sent by Count Charles Varèse assigned to make him confess where he has hidden the jewels stolen during his last stickup. ...

Actors : James Mason, Curd Jürgens, Jean Seberg, Stephen Boyd,
Directors : Romain Gary,

Interpol investigates the freelance killings of drug and porn peddlers.

Actors : Jean Yanne, Senta Berger, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Pellegrin,
Directors : Yves Boisset,

The electoral battle is raging in Marseilles. The Corsican Clan, under the rule of the Orsini family, is being challenged by the next generation, younger gangsters who support the ...

Actors : Harry Chest, Momo, Peggy Church, Tracy Handfuss,

Guy in a pickup truck kidnaps 5 women off the street, intending to make them his sex slaves.

Actors : Iurie Darie, Puiu Calinescu, Jean Constantin, Toma Caragiu,
Directors : Mircea Dragan,

Actors : Michael Stearns, Robert Lott, Linda York, Barbara Mills,
Directors : Lee Frost,

A murderer escapes from a chain gang, forcing his co-inmate to go along. The latter's girlfriend helps, but gets raped by the aggressive prisoner. The desperate duo next invades the home of an older farmer and his teen-aged wife.