Best Thriller movies of 1970s

Actors : Maribel Martín, Renaud Verley, Alfredo Mayo, Viveca Lindfors,

A young man is released from an asylum and returns home for revenge on his aunt and her three daughters, who had him declared insane in order to steal his inheritance.

Actors : Barry Morse, Kay Hawtrey, Dean Garbett, Lesleh Donaldson,
Directors : William Fruet,

A young woman arrives at her grandmother's house, which used to be a funeral home, to help her turn the place into a bed-and-breakfast inn. After they open, however, guests begin disappearing or turning up dead.

Actors : Chloe Franks, Mark Lester, Ralph Richardson, Shelley Winters,
Directors : Curtis Harrington,

A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.

Actors : Margaret Lee, Klaus Kinski, Jane Garret, Rosalba Neri,
Directors : Fernando Di Leo,

A masked killer stalks an institution for mentally disturbed rich women.

Actors : Kurt Raab, Jeff Roden, Margit Carstensen, Ingrid Caven,
Directors : Ulli Lommel,

Story of a gay serial killer who murders young boys so he can serve them as dinner to his circle of fellow cannibals.

Actors : Meiko Kaji, Rikiya Yasuoka, Jirô Okazaki, Tatsuya Fuji,
Directors : Yasuharu Hasebe,

A street girl gang clashes with racist local gangsters after one of the girls starts dating an Afro-Japanese man.

Actors : Jean-Claude Brialy, Isabelle Adjani, Marie-France Pisier, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : André Téchiné,

The story of a girl in love with a boxer. They plan to go abroad after making a lot of money by participating in an interview intended to discredit a politician at elections time. But the ...

Actors : Yôko Shimada, Kensaku Morita, Gô Katô, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Yoshitarô Nomura,

Detectives investigate the murder of an old man found in a Tokyo rail yard.

Actors : Joe Don Baker, Hope Alexander-Willis, R.G. Armstrong, Richard B. Shull,
Directors : Robert Clouse,

The residents of vacation spot Seal Island find themselves terrorized by a pack of dogs -- the remnants of discarded pets by visiting vacationers.

Actors : Gordon Jackson, Denholm Elliott, Robert Wagner, Bette Davis,
Directors : David Greene,

A CIA agent is used as a pawn in an insane woman's plan to steal a Polaris submarine.

Actors : Katie Johnson, Wallace Earl Laven, Jill Lansing, Stuart Taylor,
Directors : Irvin Berwick,

When a high school senior is dumped by her boyfriend, her grades fall drastically...to avoid failing, she begins seducing her male teachers. Thus begins her downward spiral into drug ...

Actors : Simone Signoret, Paul Crauchet, Bernard Le Coq, Alain Delon,
Directors : Jean Chapot,

The body of a young woman is discovered near a farm. The judge Larcher is in charge and thinks that the farmers (Rose and Pierre) have a link with the murder.

Actors : Silvano Tranquilli, Giancarlo Sbragia, Helmut Berger, Ida Galli,
Directors : Duccio Tessari,

When a girl is murdered in a park, a man is tried and convicted for the crime but afterwards the killings continue.

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Eiji Gô, Kei Yamamoto, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Jun'ya Satô,

Criminals plant a bomb on a high-speed train. It will explode when the train slows down, unless a ransom is paid.

Actors : James Mason, Candice Bergen, Charles Grodin, Trevor Howard,
Directors : Aram Avakian,

Independent diamond broker and his girlfriend attempt a heist at a major Diamond Exchange house in London.

Actors : Judith Jordan, John Mitchum, Joi Lansing, John Carradine,
Directors : Robert F. Slatzer,

Bigfoot kidnaps some women and some bikers decide to go on a rescue mission to save them.

Actors : Arthur Franz, Cheri Howell, Sherry Boucher, Claudia Jennings,
Directors : Joe Mazzuca,

During an all-girl secret society initiation, one of the new members is killed playing Russian Roulette. Many years later the survivors are invited for a reunion to a lavish estate, which ...

Actors : Hal Holbrook, Harry Guardino, Katharine Ross, James Garner,
Directors : James Goldstone,

California small town police chief investigates a suspicious death involving the victim's own dog that presumably killed its owner.

Actors : Aachi Manorama, R.S. Manohar, K. Balaji, Ashokan,
Directors : R. Krishnamurthy,

A village bumpkin poses as a Mafia don to uncover the gang.

Actors : Harry Reems, Chesty Morgan, Richard Towers, Saul Meth,
Directors : Doris Wishman,

After the mob hits a guy with a list, one of the hoods keeps the list for himself to blackmail the people on it. When the mobsters find out he's a double-crosser, they off him, which angers...