Best Crime movies of 1970s

Actors : Peter Fonda, Kenneth Tobey, Adam Roarke, Susan George,
Directors : John Hough,

Larry Rayder is an aspiring NASCAR driver, Deke Sommers is mechanic. As they feel they collectively are the best, the only thing that is holding them back is money to build the best vehicle...

Actors : Sean Connery, Martin Balsam, Dyan Cannon, Ralph Meeker,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

After Duke Anderson is released from prison after ten years for taking the rap for a scion of a Mafia family, he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.

Actors : Melvin Van Peebles, John Dullaghan, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales,
Directors : Melvin Van Peebles,

After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.

Actors : Bruce Lee, Dean Jagger, Gig Young, Colleen Camp,

A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.

Actors : Robert Redford, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, George Segal,
Directors : Peter Yates,

Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...

Actors : John Blundell, Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth,
Directors : Alan Clarke,

An uncompromising story of life in a British juvenile offender institution in the 70's.

Actors : Sevda Aktolga, Kemal Sunal, Sener Sen, Halit Akçatepe,
Directors : Ertem Egilmez,

Actors : Keith Carradine, Bert Remsen, Shelley Duvall, John Schuck,
Directors : Robert Altman,

Two convicts break out of Mississippi State Penitentiary in 1936 to join a third on a long spree of bank robbing, their special talent and claim to fame. The youngest of the three falls in ...

Actors : John Hurt, Judy Geeson, Pat Heywood, Richard Attenborough,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

Based on the real-life case of the British serial killer John Christie, and what happened to his neighbors Tim and Beryl Evans.

Actors : Peter Boyle, Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Melinda Dillon,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

A rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall.

Actors : Harry Dean Stanton, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Busey, Theresa Russell,

After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole ...

Actors : Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, Tyne Daly, Lee Remick,
Directors : Don Siegel,

A Russian officer is sent to USA to try and stop sleeper agents who will mindlessly attack government entities when they hear certain coded words.

Actors : Benji, Jane Seymour, Omar Sharif, Chevy Chase,
Directors : Joe Camp,

A murdered detective must avenge his murder after he is reincarnated as a dog.

Actors : Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Michel Piccoli, Kate Reid,
Directors : Louis Malle,

In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs, and danger.

Actors : Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman, Murray Hamilton, Anthony Franciosa,
Directors : Stuart Rosenberg,

A big-city private detective travels to the Deep South to help out an old girlfriend who is worried that her husband will find out that she is cheating on him.

Actors : Frank Adu, Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Franciosa,
Directors : Barry Shear,

Two New York City cops go after amateur crooks who are trying to rip off the Mafia and start a gang war.

Actors : Ben Johnson, Dawn Wells, Jimmy Clem, Andrew Prine,
Directors : Charles B. Pierce,

A Texas Ranger hunts for a hooded serial killer terrorizing the residents of a small town, set in 1946 Texas. Loosely based on a true story.

Actors : Gérard Blain, Dennis Hopper, Lisa Kreuzer, Bruno Ganz,
Directors : Wim Wenders,

Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.

Actors : Vincent Spano, Matt Dillon, Michael Eric Kramer, Pamela Ludwig,
Directors : Jonathan Kaplan,

A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada after the death of one of their own.

Actors : Vivien Merchant, Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Ian Bannen,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

A burned-out British police detective finally snaps while interrogating a suspected child molester.