Best Crime movies of 1970s

Actors : Meiko Kaji, Makoto Satô, Tatsuya Fuji, Jô Shishido,
Directors : Yasuharu Hasebe,

A uniformly excellent, no-no-nonsense, straightforward yakuza sage. This also has one of underrated and comparatively-unknown-in-the-west composer Kaburagi's most exciting and memorable ...

Actors : Oh-jang Mun, So-ra Yun, Il-ryong Shin, Sun-jae Lee,
Directors : Won-se Lee,

Kim Su-im, the mistress of an American colonel, is arrested and charged with being a North Korean spy. While not denying the charge, Miss Kim takes the trial as an opportunity to relate her...

Actors : Bruno Cremer, Maurice Ronet, Anny Duperey, Mario Adorf,
Directors : Bruno Gantillon,

A discredited police inspector is given a second chance, in the form of a dangerous assignment. Chosen because of his uncanny resemblance to a Lt. Revere, the inspector impersonates him in ...

Actors : Erik S. Klein, Agnes Kraus, Norbert Christian, Angelica Domröse,
Directors : Ralf Kirsten,

Abel Hradscheck, the owner of an inn in the Oderbruch country, faces financial ruin. For this state of affairs, Ursula, his wife and former actress, is by no means free of blame. She is a "...

Actors : Ryôji Hayama, Shin'ichi Chiba, Makoto Satô, Kôji Nanbara,
Directors : Ryuichi Takamori,

One of Chiba's most enjoyable films.

Actors : Nana Kinomi, Eiji Gô, Bunta Sugawara, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

One of maverick director Ishii's best pictures.

Actors : Pino Colizzi, John Saxon, Arthur Kennedy, Agostina Belli,
Directors : Vittorio Schiraldi,

Stefano, son of the Mafia Don Angelino Ferrante, is killed by Gaspare Ardizzone for refusing to sell some valuable land. The old don sends for Ferrante Santino Billeci from America, in the ...

Actors : Mischa Hausserman, Frederick Jaeger, Rita Tushingham, William Berger,
Directors : Peter Patzak,

A young woman begins having an affair with a mysterious man. He takes her to his cabin for a weekend and they fall in love. What she doesn't know is that this man is orchestrating a huge bank heist with a twist.

Actors : Nobuo Kaneko, Noboru Shiraishi, Ryôko Ema, Yûko Kanô,
Directors : Ikuo Sekimoto,

Released from reform school, the Girl Boss (Yuko Kano) and her girl gang enter in conflict with another girl gang who are allied to the powerful Yakuza Boss (Toru Abe). The Girl Boss teams ...

Actors : Pino Colizzi, Luciano Catenacci, Alfio Caltabiano, Ornella Muti,
Directors : Alfio Caltabiano,

Assunta Morano is the daughter of Bug Morano, a Sicilian boss transplanted to prohibition era Chicago.

Actors : Kôji Tsuruta, Junko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Tomisaburô Wakayama,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

It is almost unheard of for a ninkyô or jitsuroku yakuza to have an even halfway happy ending.

Actors : Master Bhagwan, Azad, Bindu, Indira Bansal,
Directors : Samir Ganguly,

Jagtap alias Jaggu has taken to crime as a career and has the police on the lookout for him. The police manage to apprehend Jaggu's associate, Kaalia, who decides to act as an informant for...

Actors : Katherine Cortez, Nita Patterson, Don Cummins, Larry Parks,
Directors : J.G. Patterson Jr.,

The murder of an innocent, happy couple leads to a courtroom trial that would sentence the killer to death, but who really did it?

Actors : Kveta Fialová, Václav Babka, Lubomír Lipský, Jirí Sovák,
Directors : Hynek Bocan,

A British citizen by the name of George Reiner (Jirí Sovák) arrives at Prague airport. He was once a Czech safe-breaker, and has now returned home after thirty years to steal twenty-dollar ...

Actors : Eun-a Ko, Jeong-hun Kim, Mu-ryong Choi, Ji-mee Kim,
Directors : Jang-ho Byeon,

Yeong-hun drowns his friend because he has been lusting after his wife, In-ae, for years. In-ae flees, but Yeong-hun tracks her down and spends the night with her. She escapes from him ...

Actors : Lewis J. Stadlen, David Doyle, Russ Thacker, Brad Sullivan,
Directors : Robert J. Siegel,

An American soldier sent to Vietnam goes AWOL and returns to his hometown. His parents turn him over to military authorities. He is court-martialled and sent to the toughest military prison...

Actors : Ni Tien, Feng Tien, Sombat Metanee, Lieh Lo,

A Thai army undercover drug agent infiltrates an opium ring in the Golden triangle, but falls in love with the woman ring leader.

Actors : Akio Hasegawa, Harue Akagi, Hiroki Matsukata, Shintarô Katsu,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

When a rebellious roughneck enlists in the Navy and goes on a rampage against his superiors, he is sent to the Yokosuka Naval Prison.

Actors : Dub Taylor, Jay Robinson, Adam Roarke, Lynn Borden,
Directors : Barry Pollack,

A gambler with serious debts hijacks a small private plane, planning to collect a $1,000,000 ransom. Unfortunately, he's not in the best of company with his mates, and the F.B.I. is waiting...

Actors : Elke Sommer, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, Patrick Mower,
Directors : Sidney Hayers,

An imprisoned gypsy makes a break for it which triggers a manhunt.