Best Crime movies of 1976

Actors : Martin Balsam, Elke Sommer, Ray Lovelock, Ettore Manni,
Directors : Franco Prosperi,

An undercover cop goes to jail to infiltrate a gang and uses his assignment to get revenge.

Actors : Pilar Pellicer, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Salvador Sánchez, Diana Bracho,
Directors : Felipe Cazals,

Based in the true case of the sisters who ran brothels in which kidnapping, killings and clandestine burial were common.

Actors : William Smith, Jennifer Billingsley, Ray Girardin, Jude Farese,
Directors : Jack Starrett,

Hollywood action film star Rafe Stoker has sunk $130,000 of his own money into his own production, but can't find legitimate financing to complete the film. His mob-connected investor ...

Actors : Jerzy Kulej, Ryszard Faron, Jan Szczepanski, Zdzislaw Rychter,
Directors : Marek Piwowski,

The film is a story of a young man coerced into undercover work for the police, in return for their dropping of charges against him. He is to befriend a leader of a gang of juvenile ...

Actors : Bo Svenson, Phillip R. Allen, Cybill Shepherd, Mel Scott,
Directors : Paul Wendkos,

A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and only one of the robbers, Murdock, makes ...

Actors : Jack Canon, Gladys Lavitan, Larry Lambeth, Leslie Rivers,
Directors : Frederick R. Friedel,

A woman living in a boarding house is kidnapped by a small-time criminal. Soon others in the gang try to take her away from him so they can get the ransom.

Actors : Luc Merenda, Luciana Paluzzi, Gabriele Ferzetti, Lee J. Cobb,
Directors : Fernando Di Leo,

Nick Hezard, a young con man, wants to avenge the death of a friend of his and organizes a swindle trying to cheat Robert Turner, an American businessman he thinks responsible for his ...

Actors : Rena Niehaus, Flavio Bucci, Michele Placido, Bruno Corazzari,
Directors : Eriprando Visconti,

A teenage girl is kidnapped by 3 guys and taken to an abandoned house in the country, and make her write her own ransom letter. She soon discovers that one of her captors is infatuated with...

Actors : Rockne Tarkington, Richard X. Slattery, Mike Lane, Glenn R. Wilder,
Directors : Joe Tornatore,

A group of Vietnam vets, tired of the depredation of the Mafia on their neighborhood, decide to take on the mob on their own terms--but by using a very different twist.

Actors : Cesare Danova, Norman Burton, William Smith, Connie Stevens,
Directors : Howard Avedis,

Seattle undercover narc Jackie Parker (Stevens) is out to bust the drug smuggling ring commanded by Philip Bianco (Danova).

Actors : Stefano Patrizi, Benjamin Lev, Tomas Milian, Eleonora Giorgi,
Directors : Romolo Guerrieri,

In this riveting Italian exploitation thriller, three young men embark upon a terrifying series of bloody crimes, engaging in robbery, gunplay, and murder. As the entire police force ...

Actors : Bo Svenson, John Colicos, Robert Culp, Belinda Montgomery,
Directors : Bob Clark,

The Mafia tries to take revenge against a man who testified against them in court.

Actors : Barbara Eden, Fred Astaire, James Franciscus, Jack Carter,
Directors : Byron Chudnow,

An ex-con man and his five trained Dobermans help a Treasury Dept. agent stop a racketeer and his gang.

Actors : Akiko Koyama, Shin'ichi Chiba, Akane Kawasaki, Isao Natsuyagi,
Directors : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi,

A karate fighter and a samurai join opposing gangs to take them down from the inside.

Actors : Eddie Albert, Lonny Chapman, Stephen McHattie, Kay Lenz,
Directors : Charles S. Dubin,

A young drifter (Stephen McHattie) and his newly acquired girlfriend (Kay Lenz) witness a corrupt local Sheriff kill his deputy, soon becoming the prime suspects they set off across country to evade capture.

Actors : Joseph Bottoms, Bernhard Wicki, Omar Sharif, Karen Black,
Directors : Ivan Passer,

Financier persuades his mistress to marry a rich industrialist for his money, then discovers that he and the new wife are to be murdered by her new husband.

Actors : Silvia Dionisio, Elio Zamuto, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Claudio Cassinelli,
Directors : Mario Caiano,

A gang pulls a robbery, which goes seriously awry. In their eagerness to escape they start shooting and it turns into a bloodbath, after which they take hostages in their escape attempt. ...

Actors : Yi Chang, Shao Chun Chao, Bruce Li, Kang Chin,
Directors : Tso Nam Lee,

This martial arts movie tries to explain the strange death of the international movie star and kung fu master Bruce Lee. Most of the story centers on a former disciple of Lee who launches a...

Actors : Paola Senatore, Annarita Grapputo, Piero Santi, Cesare Barro,
Directors : Mario Imperoli,

Tony is the young member of an upper class Roman family; he lives a hectic double life, and under the guise of good student, he likes to persecute and kill prostitutes in the company of a couple of friends.

Actors : Bernard Blier, Jean-Luc Bideau, Klaus Kinski, Marie Dubois,
Directors : Serge Moati,

After his family tries to kill him and he has been pronounced dead, Michel returns to vex them. He presents each one with a voodoo doll, warning of their fate.