Best Crime movies of 1964

Actors : Edward G. Robinson, Laurence Harvey, Paul Newman, Claire Bloom,
Directors : Martin Ritt,

Travelers in the 1870s Southwest discuss a recent murder trial in which all the principals told differing stories about the events.

Actors : Alexander Knox, Sean Connery, Ralph Richardson, Gina Lollobrigida,
Directors : Basil Dearden,

Tyrannical but ailing tycoon Charles Richmond becomes very fond of his attractive Italian nurse, Maria. The nurse, in turn, falls in love with Charles' ne'er-do-well nephew Anthony, who plots ways to gain control of his uncle's fortune.

Actors : Sophie Hardy, Siegfried Lowitz, Heinz Drache, Joachim Fuchsberger,
Directors : Alfred Vohrer,

The sister of a famous, but as yet uncaught, criminal named The Hexer is murdered. Inspector Higgins of Scotland Yard believes that The Hexer will surface to take his revenge on his ...

Actors : Rafaela Aparicio, Carlos Larrañaga, Lina Canalejas, Tota Alba,
Directors : Fernando Fernán Gómez,

Paquita and her brother Venancio, both single and childish, live in a small town near Madrid. Their bossy eldest sister Ignacia, also an old maid, dominates them. One night, Paquita hears ...

Actors : Jenny Orléans, Jean-Pierre Talbot, Jean Bouise, Félix Fernández,
Directors : Philippe Condroyer,

Film based on the characters from the comic created by "Hergé".

Actors : Rick Harris, Stacy Smith, Bill Bloom, John Ensign,
Directors : Ben Parker,

A troubled teen with an undeserved criminal past is the suspect when young women start turning up around town dead and marked up with lipstick.

Actors : Tamio Kawaji, Chieko Matsubara, Yuji Kodaka, Jô Shishido,
Directors : Takumi Furukawa,

A convict fresh out of prison, with a handicapped sister, is coerced by a wealthy mob boss into organizing an armored racetrack car heist.

Actors : Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Diane Cilento, Richard Attenborough,
Directors : Charles Crichton,

A prominent London Psychologist seems to have taken his own life, causing stunned disbelief amongst his colleagues and patients. His teenage daughter refuses to believe it was suicide as ...

Actors : Albert Finney, Sheila Hancock, Mona Washbourne, Susan Hampshire,
Directors : Karel Reisz,

A psychotic killer gets in the good graces of his aging invalid employer, and worms his way into the affection of her beautiful daughter, with unpleasant results for all.

Actors : Nobuo Nakamura, Yôko Fujiyama, Yôsuke Natsuki, Hiroshi Koizumi,
Directors : Ishirô Honda,

The Earth is attacked by a giant jellyfish monster from outer space that, for some reason, has a sweet tooth for diamonds.

Actors : Heinz Reincke, Götz George, Richard Münch, Hildegard Knef,
Directors : Alfred Vohrer,

The nephew of a murdered millionaire decides to track down his uncle's killer. He faces many life-threatening dangers as he tries to break into the inner circle of the sinister criminal "The Tortoise."

Actors : Ken Scott, Booth Colman, Merry Anders, Russ Bender,
Directors : Maury Dexter,

A down-on-his-luck California apartment house manager hatches a plan to rob a Catalina Island bank--and escape with his accomplices using scuba gear.

Actors : Gabriella Giorgelli, Ken Mitsuda, Nicole Karen, Mie Hama,

Four swindle stories, taking place successively in Tokyo - Japan (Les cinq bienfaiteurs de Fumiko), Amsterdam - The Netherlands (La riviere de diamants), Italie (La feuille de route), and Paris - France (L'homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel).

Actors : Veronica Bellach, Marlaina Abbie, Gigi Darlene, Audrey Campbell,
Directors : Joseph P. Mawra,

Olga uses pot parties and comic-book violence to turn Gigi Darlene and other female captives before putting them to work as drug-addicted hookers.

Actors : Victor Francen, Jean-Louis Barrault, Bourvil, Francis Blanche,
Directors : Jean-Pierre Mocky,

Two police inspectors Triquet and Vergus launch their investigations to arrest a dangerous escaped forger named Mickey Le Bénedictin.

Actors : Catherine Schell, Gary Raymond, Margot Trooger, Albert Lieven,
Directors : Freddie Francis,

A businessman organises a caper to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.

Actors : Ella Daphni, Judy Young, W.B. Parker, Audrey Campbell,
Directors : Joseph P. Mawra,

After having been run out of New York City's Chinatown, brothel owner Madame Olga moves her ring of prostitutes and criminals to a deserted ore mine and starts over.

Actors : Naoko Kubo, Tamio Kawaji, Chieko Matsubara, Akira Kobayashi,
Directors : Seijun Suzuki,

Another subversion of audience expectations has Kobayashi acting somewhat cowardly in the snow-bound final showdown, an unheard-of trait in a ninkyô yakuza hero. Also with Tamio Kawaji as a sword-wielding assassin in Zero-cape-and -hat(!)

Actors : Cameron Mitchell, Jayne Mansfield, Ivor Salter, Dodie Heath,

Three thieves rip off a shipment of used money being sent back to the US. As they are escaping the robbery (after having taken a hostage), they wind up on an island in a hotel with an ...

Actors : Peter van Eyck, O.E. Hasse, Yvonne Furneaux, Rika Dialyna,

The evil Dr. Mabuse develops a death ray with which he threatens the world.