Best Crime movies of 1970s

Actors : Pat Hingle, Ron Leibman, Sheila Frazier, David Selby,
Directors : Gordon Parks,

The true story of two New York City cops. Greenberg & Hantz fought the system, became detectives and were known on the streets as "Batman & Robin".

Actors : Jean-Louis Trintignant, Charles Gérard, Christine Lelouch, Danièle Delorme,
Directors : Claude Lelouch,

Story about an incurable thief, his success and his failures.

Actors : Jean-François Balmer, Marie Dubois, Carole Laure, Yves Montand,
Directors : Alain Corneau,

The main character is unhappily married and has an affair. When his wife finds out, she lures his girlfriend to a cliff and throws herself of it, making the girlfriend look as her killer. ...

Actors : Bo Svenson, Forrest Tucker, Lurene Tuttle, Leif Garrett,
Directors : Jack Starrett,

Buford Pusser's last days as Sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee in 1970 and his subsequent death in 1974.

Actors : Amza Pellea, Jean Constantin, Gheorghe Dinica, Ion Besoiu,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

The Iron Guard, also known as Legion of Archangel Michael, was a Romanian nationalist and patriotic movement of extreme right; as such, after it rose to power, it supported Nazi Germany and...

Actors : Tsunehiko Watase, Kôji Tsuruta, Akiko Kudô, Tomisaburô Wakayama,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.

Actors : Aude Landry, Lisa Langlois, Laurent Malet, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Claude Chabrol,

Homicide detective Steve Carella is trying to solve the brutal murder of 17-year-old Muriel Stark. Her younger cousin Patricia, who saw the killer and barely escaped with her life, helps him. However, the case soon takes a bizarre turn.

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 : John Saxon, Renzo Palmer, Tomas Milian, Maurizio Merli,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

Luigi Maietto (Chinaman) escapes from prison he then orders two henchman to murder the inspector whose testimonal led to his being jailed. Inspector Tanzi is left for dead but lives. The ...

Actors : Yumi Kanei, Masakazu Tamura, Hiroshi Tsukata, Meiko Kaji,
Directors : Yasuharu Hasebe,

Once again on the lam, Matsu is helped by a strip club worker who holds a grudge against the detective who's trying to find her.

Actors : Michel Constantin, Claudia Cardinale, Enrique Lucero, Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Directors : José Giovanni,

Episodic portrait of a criminal, from 1934 until after the war. Roberto Borgo is tough, cool, sardonic, loyal, and deadly. He comes to Marseilles to help his friend Xavier Saratov get out ...

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 : Sebastian Papaiani, Amza Pellea, Ilarion Ciobanu, George Constantin,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

Actors : Miki Sugimoto, Seiko Saburi, Misuzu Ôta, Reiko Ike,
Directors : Noribumi Suzuki,

Three new students at a super strict girls' school face off against the oppressive administration, a corrupt politician and a sadistic student discipline brigade.

Actors : Eddie Burt, Richard Demarco, Tom Mannion, Alex Mackenzie,
Directors : Bill Forsyth,

Ronnie, Wal, Andy and Vic are four bored, unemployed teens in dreary, rainy Glasgow. Ronnie comes up with a great idea. He has noticed that stainless steel sinks are worth a lot of money ...

Actors : Aud Schønemann, Sverre Holm, Carsten Byhring, Arve Opsahl,
Directors : Knut Andersen,

Historien begynner på Kanariøyene, banden har endelig greid å komme seg til syden. Men selv der skal oppholdet betales, og når Egon gjør et lite brekk for å fikse det, blir han tatt. Ute av...

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 : Julie Parrish, Simmy Bow, Hal Reed, Byron Mabe,
Directors : Byron Chudnow,

After a failed bank robbery, an ex-con, an ex-waitress and a few of their friends train a pack of doberman dogs to rob a bank for them.

Actors : Aud Schønemann, Sverre Holm, Carsten Byhring, Arve Opsahl,
Directors : Knut Bohwim,

Ved hjelp av en korrupt diplomat planlegger Olsenbanden å rane Verdensbanken. Denne gangen får de også hjelp av Dynamitt-Harry. Men denne gangen som Data-Harry. Harry sovnet en dag i en ...

Actors : Miki Sugimoto, Eiji Gô, Hideo Murota, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Yukio Noda,

After a politician's daughter is kidnapped by a ruthless gang, a brutal policewoman is released from jail and sent after them.