Best Thriller movies of 1971

Actors : Arthur O'Sullivan, Anton Diffring, Luigi Pistilli, Dagmar Lassander,
Directors : Riccardo Freda,

In Dublin, a young woman is brutally murdered in her home by a maniac that throws acid in her face and then slits her throat with a razor. Her mangled body is later discovered in the boot ...

Actors : Björn Adelly, Christina Lindberg, Heinz Hopf, Siv Ericks,
Directors : Gustav Wiklund,

Young Lena is trapped in a complex situation of sex and lies.

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 : 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 : Jean-Louis Trintignant, Sacha Distel, Dominique Sanda, Carla Gravina,
Directors : Philippe Labro,

A strange series of murders are being committed in Nice on the French riviera. The commissionaire Carella is in charge and tries desperately to find a missing link between all of these ...

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 : 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 : 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 : Ewa Strömberg, Soledad Miranda, Fred Williams, Horst Tappert,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

A mineral is discovered which can turn metal to gold or humans into zombies. When the mineral is stolen, secret agents are sent in to get the mineral back!

Actors : Julián Mateos, Frank Wolff, Fernando Rey, Giovanna Ralli,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

Respectable lawyer Peter picks up Anna, an Italian woman of dubious virtue, from the club and takes her back to his Uncle's place. They soon discover they are not alone. A gunman Quill (Julian Mateos), is waiting for them.

Actors : Lucretia Love, Carroll Baker, Stephen Boyd, George Hilton,
Directors : Osvaldo Civirani,

The theft of jewels and mistaken identity complicate the life of Mary causing her to become the target of a vicious gang of criminals in this giallo crime thriller.

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 : Faith Domergue, Barbara Bouchet, Corrado Gaipa, Antonio Sabato,
Directors : Alberto De Martino,

A state senator is murdered outside his home, and the police arrest a strange man described as having "icy eyes" for the crime. An Italian reporter finds a stripper who claims to have been ...

Actors : Georges Wilson, Riccardo Cucciolla, Franco Nero, John Steiner,
Directors : Damiano Damiani,

Because of a violation of traffic regulations an architect is put in prison. There he witnesses the grim reality of life behind bars: corrupt staff, corrupt inmates, an inhuman judicial system and the power of the Mafia.

Actors : Nélida Quiroga, Stephen Boyd, Marisa Mell, Jesús Puente,
Directors : José Antonio Nieves Conde,

A wealthy landowner haunted by the spectre of his dead mother has a fling with a beautiful fugitive who bears a striking resemblance to his missing wife, who may have been murdered.

Actors : Analía Gadé, Jean Sorel, Tony Kendall, Rosanna Yanni,
Directors : José María Forqué,

Ruth and Michel separate after Ruth finds another man, Paul. Ruth and Paul go to her sunny, idyllic beach side villa to spend summer. They are having a great time together, and then things ...

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.

Actors : Mickey Rooney, Luana Anders, Keenan Wynn,
Directors : Yabo Yablonsky,

An insane Hollywood makeup man kidnaps a woman, keeps her prisoner in his warehouse full of props.

Actors : James Daly, Bradford Dillman, Leslie Nielsen, Angie Dickinson,
Directors : Bob Wynn,

A reporter uncovers an amazing medical plot.

Actors : Charles Dierkop, Scott Glenn, Gilda Texter, James Iglehart,
Directors : Joe Viola,

Sex, violence and bikers on an action filled ride, in this film produced and co-written by Jonathan Demme.