Best Crime movies of 1970s

Actors : Joe Don Baker, Tyne Daly, Robert Loggia, Richard Jaeckel,
Directors : Earl Bellamy,

After a wave of unsolved car thefts, an insurance company calls in private investigator Pete Nobeck to solve the case. While the chief of police isn't thrilled about having an outsider come...

Actors : Joe Don Baker, Gabriel Dell, John Marley, Conny Van Dyke,
Directors : Phil Karlson,

A gambler kills a sheriff in self defense. But as everyone in conspiring against him, he is condemned to a long sentence in prison.

Actors : Ed Cambridge, D'Urville Martin, Billy Dee Williams, Celia Milius,
Directors : Oscar Williams,

Black revolutionaries take action in the white suburbs.

Actors : Martin Potter, Judy Geeson, Alexis Kanner, Michael Redgrave,
Directors : Alan Gibson,

Unnaturally close, jet-setting twins become enmeshed in the Swinging London scene, where their relationship is strained after they befriend a predatory hustler and his girlfriend.

Actors : Morgan Woodward, Timothy Bottoms, Bo Hopkins, Susan George,
Directors : Jack Starrett,

A crooked sheriff in a small Southern town frames an ex-convict in a drug bust and takes his girlfriend.

Actors : Tao-Liang Tan, Nami Misaki, Jim Kelly, Sing Chen,
Directors : Tso Nam Lee,

When a diamond is stolen in Hong Kong, the company insuring the diamond sends a former CIA agent to Hong Kong to retrieve it. Meanwhile, one of the thieves begins to have a change of heart ...

Actors : Silvano Tranquilli, Luciana Paluzzi, Claudio Gora, Henry Silva,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

When a crook gets framed as a drug kingpin, the mob decide to "off" his wife. Revenge is the name of the game, and the manhunt is on!

Actors : Martin Balsam, Paola Pitagora, Terence Hill, Adalberto Maria Merli,
Directors : Eriprando Visconti,

Luisa Latin, betrayed by her husband, is imprisoned for the murder of her husband's mistress - who is still alive. When Luisa is released from prison, she kills her.

Actors : Wayne Crawford, Don Craig, Robin Hughes, Abe Zwick,
Directors : Thomas Casey,

Stanley and Paul, a pair of friends on the run from the law, rent a house in the suburbs, where they decide the best way to lay low is for Paul to dress as a woman and pretend to be ...

Actors : Luc Merenda, Mariangela Giordano, Gianni Dei, Carlos Monzón,
Directors : Stelvio Massi,

Young southerner Marco Russo moves to the mafia-controlled north of Italy and finds work with the powerful Manzetti family. He then proceeds to stir the pot between the Manzettis and their top rivals the Belmondos.

Actors : Ernest Borgnine, Ann Wedgeworth, Carroll O'Connor, Anita Dangler,
Directors : Ivan Passer,

In the crime-ridden 70's New York City, two cops have had enough. They, along with few other disgruntled people decide to take the things into their own hands.

Actors : Ursula Andress, Fabio Testi, Eli Wallach, Massimo Girotti,
Directors : Maurizio Lucidi,

After robbing a jewellery shop in Canada, two Americans arrange a meeting near the US borders in order to split the loot. One of them has an accident with his car on his way there and gets ...

Actors : Van Johnson, Biagio Pelligra, Mario Merola, Maurizio Merli,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

Italian mobster, Michele Barresi heads for the safer climate of Brooklyn after his chief rival is gunned down in the small Sicilian town of Corleone. Commissioner Berni learns of his ...

Actors : Alberto Dalbés, Maribel Hidalgo, Evelyne Scott, William Berger,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

Horror mystery about the residents of a Louisiana castle who are being murdered by a masked killer. When the family arrives for the reading of Marion's will, his wife is strapped to the ...

Actors : Mitchi Love, Akane Kawasaki, Etsuko Shiomi, Miwa Cho,
Directors : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi,

When the crime boss has to pick one of his thugs for a fight he takes his knife, throws it to the roof and kills a butterfly with it, then the knife falls to one guy's shoulder and that's ...

Actors : Lieh Lo, Ching Chen, Ping Chen, Shen Chan,
Directors : Meng Hua Ho,

One night a textile worker is sexually assaulted by five deviants. The young lady tries to cope with the aftermath of this dramatic event but her life is ruined.

Actors : Ulf Pilgaard, Jens Okking, Poul Reichhardt, Henning Jensen,
Directors : Esben Høilund Carlsen,

Actors : Telly Savalas, Mark Lester, Ely Galleani, Franco Nero,
Directors : Silvio Narizzano,

Sadism and sleaze dominate this fast-paced film about the getaway aftermath of a heist-gone-wrong-turned-kidnapping.

Actors : Bill Cosby, George Spell, Leif Erickson, Gloria Foster,
Directors : E.W. Swackhamer,

After the Civil War, a black ex-union soldier, his wife, and his son settle in Arizona Territory to homestead and build their lives. At first, Caleb Revers race doesn't seem to matter, but then things change.

Actors : Natsuko Yashiro, Keizô Kanie, Akemi Nijô, Naomi Tani,
Directors : Yasuharu Hasebe,

A rape victim realizes that she enjoys sexual assault and continuously offers herself to be raped while searching for her original rapist.