Best Crime movies of 1970s

Actors : Pierre Agostino, Chuck Alford, Carolyn Brandt, Jim Parker,
Directors : Ray Dennis Steckler,

Hollywood Strangler ("Johnathan Click") kills young models... Skid Row Slasher kills winos ... What will happen when they meet?

Actors : Krista Nell, Erika Blanc, Farley Granger, Ivana Novak,
Directors : Renzo Russo,

Gonzales, a Spaniard living in Istanbul, reports the disappearance of La Rossa, a beautiful woman living with a mad painter, John Ward. Convinced that Ward has killed her, Gonzales sets out to trap him.

Actors : Angel Tompkins, Billy Curtis, Jerry Maren, Frank Delfino,
Directors : Chris Christenberry,

A gangster's former mistress hooks up with a troupe of circus midgets who, as a sideline, rob banks and casinos.

Actors : Luce Marquand, Jacques Dufilho, Albin Guichard, Franco Pesce,
Directors : Jean-Louis Trintignant,

A father plan to kill in the same day the 9 members of the jury who had condemned his son to the death sentence.

Actors : Raj Babbar, Padmini Kolhapure, Deepak Parashar, Zeenat Aman,
Directors : B.R. Chopra,

After the passing of multi-millionaire Ramlal Gupta, his only son and heir, Ramesh, takes over the estate and business. He attends a Beauty Contest sponsored by Vimal Fabrics, and is ...

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 : Floy Dean, Teresa Graves, Fred Williamson, Rosemary Forsyth,
Directors : Jack Arnold,

Private detective investigated a series of murders connected with a drug ring in Venice, California.

Actors : John Saxon, Mirella D'Angelo, Maurizio Merli, Raymond Pellegrin,
Directors : Marino Girolami,

Actors : Hiroshi Chô, Renji Ishibashi, Kyôichi Mizuki, Junko Miyashita,
Directors : Noboru Tanaka,

The landlord of a boarding house in 1923 Tokyo, is keen on spying on the bizarre close encounters taking place beneath his roof. One day he sees a prostitute killing a customer, and decides he's found his soulmate.

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 : Marcel Bozzuffi, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Nello Pazzafini, Riccardo Salvino,
Directors : Domenico Paolella,

After criminal gangs wreak havoc in the streets of Italy, a take-no-guff police commissioner forms a highly trained band of motorcycle riding cops to stop them.

Actors : Klaus Maria Brandauer, Barry Newman, Karen Jensen, Anna Karina,
Directors : Lee H. Katzin,

A list of agents and collaborators, hidden by the Nazis in an Austrian lake in 1945, is sought after by various interested parties during the Cold War.

Actors : Cliff Emmich, Les Lannom, William Watson, Christopher Mitchum,
Directors : Richard Taylor,

Lonigan and his partner Tony, two drug dealers, shoot two cops who attempt to set them up, and run away with a million bucks and the drugs, which they stash in a red Corvette Stingray in a ...

Actors : Thalmus Rasulala, Judy Pace, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Julian Christopher,
Directors : Barry Pollack,

Thalmus is the leader for a group of criminals who gather in L.A. to rob a bank. Their goal is to found a new bank.

Actors : Ewa Strömberg, Roberto Camardiel, Jack Taylor, Fred Williams,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

Actors : Linda Haynes, Geoffrey Lewis, Ellen Travolta, Lurene Tuttle,
Directors : Gregory Goodell,

A demented prison doctor performs gruesome shock therapy experiments on inmates.

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, Daniel Gélin, Michel Galabru, Jean Carmet,
Directors : Jean-Pierre Mocky,

Michel Dolannes resigns from a major newspaper as a journalist to launch a new journal 'Le Cosmopolite' which reveals all kinds of shady deals.One day, he is killed but who is the killer ?

Actors : Brigitte Fossey, Jacques Dutronc, Bruno Cremer, Marlène Jobert,
Directors : Claude Lelouch,

Actors : Forrest Lorne, Ray Wray, Laurel Canyon, Candy Sweet,
Directors : Ray Williams,

Two girls are driving home when their car breaks down in the country. They are kidnapped by a gang of drug-crazed hippies, and repeatedly raped. They escape, but soon run into a death cult ...