Best Crime movies of 1974

Actors : Alberto Dalbés, Maribel Hidalgo, Evelyne Scott, William Berger,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

Horror mystery about the residents of a Louisiana castle who are being murdered by a masked killer. When the family arrives for the reading of Marion's will, his wife is strapped to the ...

Actors : Shirô Itô, Yûki Meguro, Eiko Ezaki, Maria Anzai,
Directors : Takashi Tsuboshima,

Though his father's partner Jigen wants him to take charge of the Lupin Empire and the obsessed detective Zenigata wants him behind bars, Lupin III is only concerned about being with the beautiful (and treacherous) lady thief Fujiko.

Actors : Floy Dean, Teresa Graves, Fred Williamson, Rosemary Forsyth,
Directors : Jack Arnold,

Private detective investigated a series of murders connected with a drug ring in Venice, California.

Actors : Pat Hingle, Rebecca Dianna Smith, John Beck, Dack Rambo,
Directors : Elliot Silverstein,

Sadistic low-budget thriller about newlyweds Dack Rambo and Rebecca Danna Smith who are pursued and terrorized by a pair of rural killer rapists. One of the psychos is John Beck from the '...

Actors : Phil Hoover, Sondra Currie, Tony Young, Elizabeth Stuart,
Directors : Lee Frost,

A lady cop infiltrates an all-female criminal gang.

Actors : Tamayo Mitsukawa, Michiyo Bandô, Etsuko Shiomi, Hisako Tanaka,
Directors : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi,

This time Koryu heads to Yokohama in search of a woman named Birei, kidnapped by diamond smugglers who move their hot rocks by surgically implanting them into the nubile buttocks of Chinese...

Actors : Michel Constantin, Giancarlo Giannini, Giuliana Calandra, Giuseppe Maffioli,
Directors : Sergio Corbucci,

An experienced truck-driver is forced to become assistant to a young Sicilian driver. The Beast, the truck they drive around Europe, becomes their ground for mutual respect and trust.

Actors : Paula Kelly, Lino Ventura, Isaac Hayes, Fred Williamson,
Directors : Duccio Tessari,

An ex-convict priest and a framed former policeman hunt a machine-gun killer behind a bank robbery.

Actors : Ulf Pilgaard, Jens Okking, Poul Reichhardt, Henning Jensen,
Directors : Esben Høilund Carlsen,

Actors : Lieux Dressler, John Martino, Claudia Jennings, Paul Carr,
Directors : Mark L. Lester,

A mother and daughter who run a brothel for truckers fight back when the Mafia tries to take over their operation.

Actors : Ernest Borgnine, Ann Wedgeworth, Carroll O'Connor, Anita Dangler,
Directors : Ivan Passer,

In the crime-ridden 70's New York City, two cops have had enough. They, along with few other disgruntled people decide to take the things into their own hands.

Actors : Vonetta McGee, George Murdock, Max Julien, Glynn Turman,
Directors : Gordon Parks Jr.,

A rare blaxploitation classic starring Vonette McGee & Max Julien, Thomasine & Bushrod was intended as a counterpart to Bonnie and Clyde. This pair of thieves, who operate in the American ...

Actors : Hollis McLaren, Ernest Borgnine, Michael J. Pollard, Louis Zorich,
Directors : John Trent,

Three vicious thugs are on the run in rural America after robbing a local bank. They seek refuge at the home of a reclusive farmer, but he is prepared for their arrival and holds them at ...

Actors : Einari Koppel, Aleksey Batalov, Boris Ivanov, Faime Jurno,
Directors : Samson Samsonov,

Actors : Mario Carotenuto, Gastone Moschin, Tomas Milian, Ray Lovelock,
Directors : Stelvio Massi,

A cop is consumed with the desire to get revenge on the crook who shot his wife to death during a robbery. The crook in question is Marseilles who is trying to assemble funds for his own retirement.

Actors : Annazette Chase, Philip Michael Thomas, Robert Burr, Richard Lawson,

To make money, a Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters.

Actors : Giancarlo Giannini, Tina Aumont, Fernando Rey, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Mauro Bolognini,

Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister's reactionary, violent and abusive husband and is eventually arrested for the murder. However, ...

Actors : Roger Robinson, Eugene Roche, Gordon Pinsent, George Peppard,
Directors : Richard T. Heffron,

In 1970s Los Angeles, honest cop Vince Newman struggles to win the battle against crime and against corruption in his own department.

Actors : Preston Pierce, Georgina Spelvin, Susie Ewing, Rosalind Miles,
Directors : Al Adamson,

A team of girls go on a killing spree across the country.

Actors : Bunta Sugawara, Isao Natsuyagi, Noboru Andô, Akira Kobayashi,
Directors : Hideo Gosha,

A retired yakuza is caught in the middle of a growing conflict between two rival clans.