Best Crime movies of 1970s

Actors : Claudia Cardinale, Giuliano Gemma, Francisco Rabal, Stefano Satta Flores,
Directors : Pasquale Squitieri,

Two friends grow up together in the Sicily of the '50s. Two different destiny, two different way of life. Could their friendship survive to the mafia shadow?

Actors : Dick Kaysø, Jytte Abildstrøm, Dirch Passer, Freddy Albeck,
Directors : Henning Ørnbak,

Con-man "Viffer" is now involved with the mafia, but when the mob boss Don Luigi wants him married to his appalling daughter, he runs off, with even the heist from a big con act.

Actors : John Harmon, Robert Gribbin, Russell Johnson, Randy Echols,
Directors : Irvin Berwick,

Howard is a mild-mannered young man who drives a truck for a commercial laundry. He's also a mother-obsessed psycho who picks up young female hitchhikers, rapes them and kills them. As the ...

Actors : Akiko Koyama, Shin'ichi Chiba, Akane Kawasaki, Isao Natsuyagi,
Directors : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi,

A karate fighter and a samurai join opposing gangs to take them down from the inside.

Actors : Oliver Tobias, David Niven, Elke Sommer, Richard Jordan,
Directors : Ralph Thomas,

Pinky is released from prison and has decided to go straight from now on, but accidentally getting himself a job as a maintenance man at a large bank, gives him a lot of undue attention ...

Actors : Jacques Dutronc, Isabelle Adjani, Françoise Arnoul, Serge Reggiani,
Directors : Jacques Rouffio,

Violette and François are a couple with a child.As they cannot lead a good life with odd jobs,François starts to steal.

Actors : Poul Bundgaard, Dirch Passer, Tove Maës, Klaus Pagh,
Directors : Henning Ørnbak,

Charming con-man Viffer and his partner Rikard have placed the millions from a heist in a Swiss bank account. But now Rikard has died, but thankfully only after tattooing the account number...

Actors : Ivan Desny, Bernd Stephan, Hans Beerhenke, Anny Duperey,
Directors : Wigbert Wicker,

Actors : Rosie Stone, Frank Bannon, Joshua Bryant, Linda York,

Two Los Angeles detectives are assigned to track down and arrest a brutal rapist-murderer terrorizing the city. Their job is complicated by the fact that the killer is able to avoid capture because he can pose as a woman.

Actors : Catherine Rétoré, Franziskus Abgottspon, Clémentine Amouroux, Gerald Battiaz,
Directors : Alain Tanner,

Two young women from very different backgrounds journey into the countryside seeking respite from unsatisfactory lives and relationships, but ultimately find that there is no way back to ...

Actors : Frances E. Williams, Reginald Farmer, Frank DeKova, Paul Harris,
Directors : Bill Brame,

A numbers king pin tries to stay in business as the mafia and police close in around him.

Actors : James Mason, Curd Jürgens, Jean Seberg, Stephen Boyd,
Directors : Romain Gary,

Interpol investigates the freelance killings of drug and porn peddlers.

Actors : Barbara Bouchet, Eduardo Fajardo, Malisa Longo, Christopher Mitchum,
Directors : Tulio Demicheli,

After 2 years in prison Ricco is released and on a path of vengeance. His father, the head of a mafia family, is gunned down by the ambitious Don Vito and now Ricco is looking to settle the score.

Actors : Franco Nero, Licinia Lentini, Mario Maranzana, Sybil Danning,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

An American narcotics agent is murdered in Italy. The head of the department decides to hire Larry Stanziani, 'The Cobra'. Larry, a former agent and now a third-rate private detective, uses...

Actors : Anne Lockhart, Robert Carradine, Desi Arnaz Jr., Melanie Griffith,
Directors : Joseph Ruben,

Three teenagers leave Los Angeles and drive north to Alaska, wind up robbing a pipeline and taking one of the employees hostage.

Actors : Paul L. Smith, Yi Chang, Bruce Li, Angela Mao,
Directors : Jimmy Shaw,

Shrewd'n'suave Chang Wong and his redoubtable female partner devise an elaborate plan to take out a heroin drug ring led by the nefarious Paul. Moreover, Wong also works for a rival ...

Actors : Ediz Hun, Bülent Kayabas, Filiz Akin, Hayati Hamzaoglu,
Directors : Orhan Aksoy,

Zeynep lives with his old father. She has lost her ability to speak because of an accident. She needs an operation in order to be able to talk again. One day, five prison fugitives come to ...

Actors : Yoshirô Aoki, Kai Atô, Yûsaku Matsuda, Asami Kobayashi,
Directors : Tôru Murakawa,

A journalist steals a gun from a cop after killing him and goes on a spree of robbery and murder.

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Masaru Shiga, Janet Hatta, Eiko Matsuda,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

A tough-as-nails cop from Okinawa investigates a savage murder in Tokyo's nightlife district. Originally dismissed as a bumpkin, he soon proves more savvy than the local police.

Actors : Iurie Darie, Puiu Calinescu, Jean Constantin, Toma Caragiu,
Directors : Mircea Dragan,