Best Mystery movies of 1970s

Actors : John Scanlon, Angelo Infanti, Rosalba Neri, Daniela Giordano,
Directors : William Rose,

A sadistic killer cult kidnaps and sacrifices beautiful women. A young girl, just paroled from prison, moves into a strange house and appears to be the cult's next victim.

Actors : Andrés Mejuto, Guglielmo Spoletini, Gianni Garko, María Silva,
Directors : Rafael Romero Marchent,

A pair of outlaws are on the hunt for some loot they know is missing from a robbery. Outsmarting and killing anyone who tries to foil their plans.

Actors : Shreeram Lagoo, Vinod Khanna, Vidya Sinha, Sadhu Meher,
Directors : Raj N. Sippy,

A police detective helps a wealthy shoe company owner search for the young son of the owner's chaufeur whom was kidnapped by a disgruntled ex-employee and his gang for a large ransom.

Actors : Chun Shih, Sylvia Chang, Feng Hsu, Hui Lou Chen,
Directors : King Hu,

A scholar, tasked to copy a sutra, meets with a mysterious old lady and her daughter in the mountains.

Actors : Susan Keller, John Candy, Stephen Young, Lawrence Dane,
Directors : Martyn Burke,

Four men kidnap an old girlfriend on Halloween night as a joke to ruin a real estate deal, only to have a very real clown-masked killer stalk them seeking revenge.

Actors : James Daly, Bradford Dillman, Leslie Nielsen, Angie Dickinson,
Directors : Bob Wynn,

A reporter uncovers an amazing medical plot.

Actors : Ezzat El Alaili, Seif El Dine, Soad Hosny, Mahmoud El-Meliguy,
Directors : Youssef Chahine,

Actors : Mayumi Ogawa, Yôko Yamamoto, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Yoshitarô Nomura,

The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors.

Actors : Patricia Neal, Cloris Leachman, Bobby Darin, Tessa Dahl,
Directors : Darren McGavin,

Also known as "Run Stranger Run", this small film centres round an adopted teen who runs away to what he believes to be his birth town and mother... See full synopsis »

Actors : Yun Ling, Tony Liu, Lung Ti, Li Ching,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

Once again we follow the ultimate playboy sword master, Chu Liu Hsiang, and his faithful friend, Yi Tien Hung, on another amazing adventure in Southeastern China. This time, our heroes make...

Actors : Marcel Bozzuffi, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Lonsdale, David Birney,
Directors : Geoffrey Reeve,

American Neil Bowman is traveling through France when he meets British photographer Lila. They are hired by French land owner Duc de Croyter to escort a Hungarian scientist to New York. But...

Actors : Dyanne Thorne, Lory Hansen, Peter Carpenter, Leslie Simms,
Directors : Alex Nicol,

A nightclub singer has nightmares about being involved in adultery and murder, only to wake up and find that they may not be nightmares.

Actors : Perla Cristal, Jean Seberg, Marisol, Barry Stokes,
Directors : Juan Antonio Bardem,

A serial killer uses a scythe to slash his murder victims--or maybe it's *her* murder victims?

Actors : Khosrow Shojazadeh, Esmat Safavi, Manuchehr Farid, Parvaneh Massoumi,
Directors : Bahram Beizai,

In a remote village beside the sea in north of Iran the villagers see a boat which approaching them. In the boat is a wounded man Ayat who can not remember what had happened to him. A widow...

Actors : Helena Rojo, David Young, Cristina Ferrare, John Carradine,
Directors : Juan López Moctezuma,

A female bisexual artist turns out to be a vampire.

Actors : Gayle Hunnicutt, Flora Robson, David Hemmings, Wilfrid Hyde-White,
Directors : Richard C. Sarafian,

Reformed drug addict Tim Brett is holidaying in Italy with his aunt. When she is murdered, he tries to investigate, and soon his whole life is out of control.

Actors : Michelle Jarman, Nick Tate, Elizabeth Alexander, John Waters,
Directors : Ken Hannam,

A teacher discovers one of his students has a rare blood disease, and is drawn into a mystery that culminates in a thrilling climax.

Actors : Klaus Maria Brandauer, Karen Jensen, Barry Newman, Anna Karina,
Directors : Lee H. Katzin,

A list of agents and collaborators, hidden by the Nazis in an Austrian lake in 1945, is sought after by various interested parties during the Cold War.

Actors : John Mills, Margaret Tyzack, Simon MacCorkindale, Barbara Kellerman,
Directors : Piers Haggard,

A separate screenplay by Nigel Kneale for theaters, parallel to the 1979 Quatermass four part mini-series. The story set in the near future involves influences from outer space that are possessing people. Professor Quatermass must save his granddaughter from the clutches of a popular and sinister cult "Planet People" that "performs raptures".

Actors : Joel Grey, Dorothy Tristan, Elizabeth Wilson, Cliff Robertson,
Directors : Frank Perry,

A small-town police chief investigating a murder is offered help by a self-described psychic. However, when the chief discovers that the "psychic" is in possession of information known only...