Best Crime movies of 1970s

Actors : Joe Don Baker, Felicia Farr, Andrew Robinson, Walter Matthau,
Directors : Don Siegel,

A man, his wife, and their friend, stage a bloody bank robbery, unaware they are stealing money from the Mob.

Actors : Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Ed Begley Jr., Yaphet Kotto,
Directors : Paul Schrader,

Three workers, Zeke (Richard Pryor), Jerry (Harvey Keitel) and Smokey (Yaphet Kotto), are working at a car plant and drinking their beers together. One night when they steal away from their...

Actors : Colin Blakely, Geneviève Page, Robert Stephens, Christopher Lee,
Directors : Billy Wilder,

When a bored Holmes eagerly takes the case of Gabrielle Valladon after an attempt on her life, the search for her missing husband leads to Loch Ness and the legendary monster.

Actors : Jennifer Warren, Gene Hackman, Harris Yulin, Edward Binns,
Directors : Arthur Penn,

Los Angeles private detective Harry Moseby is hired by a client to find her runaway teenage daughter and he stumbles upon a case of murder and artifact smuggling.

Actors : Carl Bradshaw, Jimmy Cliff, Ras Daniel Hartman, Janet Bartley,
Directors : Perry Henzell,

Wishing to become a successful Reggae singer, a young Jamaican man finds himself tied to corrupt record producers and drug pushers.

Actors : Mink Stole, Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce, David Lochary,
Directors : John Waters,

A spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitch-hiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes.

Actors : Barbara Hershey, Barry Primus, David Carradine, Bernie Casey,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

During the Great Depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to exact revenge on the management of a railroad.

Actors : Robert DoQui, Booker Bradshaw, William Elliott, Pam Grier,
Directors : Jack Hill,

A black nurse takes vigilante justice against inner-city drug dealers after her sister becomes their latest victim.

Actors : Nora Miao, Bruce Lee, Ping Ou Wei, Chuck Norris,
Directors : Bruce Lee,

A man visits his relatives at their restaurant in Italy and has to help them defend against brutal gangsters harassing them.

Actors : Richard Libertini, Alan Arkin, Nancy Dussault, Peter Falk,
Directors : Arthur Hiller,

On the eve of their children's marriage, NYC in-laws Sheldon Kornpett and Vince Ricardo embark on a series of misadventures involving the CIA, the Treasury Department and Central American dictators.

Actors : Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Steve McQueen, Sally Struthers,
Directors : Sam Peckinpah,

A recently released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.

Actors : Antonio Fargas, Peter Brown, Terry Carter, Pam Grier,
Directors : Jack Hill,

A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.

Actors : Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini, Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Bernardo Bertolucci,

The epic tale of a class struggle in 20th Century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.

Actors : Ron O'Neal, Sheila Frazier, Carl Lee, Julius Harris,
Directors : Gordon Parks Jr.,

The daily routine of cocaine dealer Priest who wants to score one more super deal and retire.

Actors : Sterling Hayden, Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Mark Rydell,
Directors : Robert Altman,

Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.

Actors : Bruce Lee, James Tien, Marilyn Bautista, Maria Yi,

A young man sworn to an oath of non-violence works with his cousins in an ice factory where they mysteriously begin to disappear.

Actors : Robert Mitchum, Herb Edelman, Ken Takakura, Brian Keith,
Directors : Sydney Pollack,

Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter - and ends up on the wrong side of the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia...

Actors : Sean Connery, Martin Balsam, Dyan Cannon, Ralph Meeker,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

After Duke Anderson is released from prison after ten years for taking the rap for a scion of a Mafia family, he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.

Actors : Melvin Van Peebles, John Dullaghan, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales,
Directors : Melvin Van Peebles,

After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.

Actors : Peter Fonda, Kenneth Tobey, Adam Roarke, Susan George,
Directors : John Hough,

Larry Rayder is an aspiring NASCAR driver, Deke Sommers is mechanic. As they feel they collectively are the best, the only thing that is holding them back is money to build the best vehicle...