Best Crime movies of 1976

Actors : Rena Niehaus, Flavio Bucci, Michele Placido, Bruno Corazzari,
Directors : Eriprando Visconti,

A teenage girl is kidnapped by 3 guys and taken to an abandoned house in the country, and make her write her own ransom letter. She soon discovers that one of her captors is infatuated with...

Actors : Norman Burton, Cesare Danova, William Smith, Connie Stevens,
Directors : Howard Avedis,

Seattle undercover narc Jackie Parker (Stevens) is out to bust the drug smuggling ring commanded by Philip Bianco (Danova).

Actors : Claude Boisson, Olivier Mathot, Monica Swinn, Lina Romay,

A nightclub stripper hooks up with two playboys and ends up with an invitation to their midnight orgy.

Actors : Roddy McDowall, Anthony Caruso, Fred Williamson, Stuart Whitman,
Directors : Fred Williamson,

Johnny Barrows, a G.I, is dishonorably discharged from the army after striking his commanding officer. When he returns home, he is mugged and thrown in jail. Down on his luck and with no ...

Actors : Stockard Channing, Franklyn Ajaye, Sam Waterston, Richard Daughty,
Directors : Jerry Schatzberg,

A young woman with a long rap sheet who steals cars for a living is befriended by a public defender who tries to steer her straight. But her goal is to steal and subsequently sell enough ...

Actors : John Ireland, John Saxon, David Janssen, Senta Berger,
Directors : Jack Arnold,

A former U.S.Justice Department official is hired as a security consultant for a Zurich based Swiss bank when five of its clients are blackmailed.

Actors : Yoshio Harada, Ken Takakura, Ryôko Nakano, Ryô Ikebe,
Directors : Jun'ya Satô,

A tough police detective is falsely accused of corruption, and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.

Actors : Bo Svenson, John Colicos, Robert Culp, Belinda Montgomery,
Directors : Bob Clark,

The Mafia tries to take revenge against a man who testified against them in court.

Actors : Jana Bellan, Timothy Brown, Russ Tamblyn, Geoffrey Land,
Directors : Al Adamson,

Kicks Carter, a streetwise Las Vegs cop, is out to shut down an upscale hotel that is actually a front for a host of illegal activities. A gang headed by the scuzzy Ziggy is running ...

Actors : Morgan Woodward, Timothy Bottoms, Bo Hopkins, Susan George,
Directors : Jack Starrett,

A crooked sheriff in a small Southern town frames an ex-convict in a drug bust and takes his girlfriend.

Actors : John Saxon, Mirella D'Angelo, Maurizio Merli, Raymond Pellegrin,
Directors : Marino Girolami,

Actors : Yi Chang, Shao Chun Chao, Bruce Li, Kang Chin,
Directors : Tso Nam Lee,

This martial arts movie tries to explain the strange death of the international movie star and kung fu master Bruce Lee. Most of the story centers on a former disciple of Lee who launches a...

Actors : Pilar Pellicer, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Salvador Sánchez, Diana Bracho,
Directors : Felipe Cazals,

Based in the true case of the sisters who ran brothels in which kidnapping, killings and clandestine burial were common.

Actors : Barbara Eden, Fred Astaire, James Franciscus, Jack Carter,
Directors : Byron Chudnow,

An ex-con man and his five trained Dobermans help a Treasury Dept. agent stop a racketeer and his gang.

Actors : William Smith, Jennifer Billingsley, Ray Girardin, Jude Farese,
Directors : Jack Starrett,

Hollywood action film star Rafe Stoker has sunk $130,000 of his own money into his own production, but can't find legitimate financing to complete the film. His mob-connected investor ...

Actors : Art Maier, Lou Bedford, Fred Williamson, Bernard Kirby,
Directors : Fred Williamson,

Fearful that their star witness might be murdered, two attorneys hire a protector to bring him from Los Angeles to New York. Jesse Crowder (Fred Williamson) is a no-nonsense tough guy. He ...

Actors : David Hyry, J. Craig Collicut, Carson Jackson, Jan Sisk,

Mayhem starts when a gang of bikers is accused of a sadistic rape in a small town.

Actors : Dora Doll, Louis Julien, Carla Gravina, Alain Delon,
Directors : José Giovanni,

Under the influence of drugs, a teenager, Eddy, kills a policeman. His father, Jacques, pleads extenuating circumstances and nearly succeeds in gaining the confidence of the policeman's widow. But the press reveals that Jacques is an ex-gangster who has spent time in prison.

Actors : Hiroshi Chô, Renji Ishibashi, Kyôichi Mizuki, Junko Miyashita,
Directors : Noboru Tanaka,

The landlord of a boarding house in 1923 Tokyo, is keen on spying on the bizarre close encounters taking place beneath his roof. One day he sees a prostitute killing a customer, and decides he's found his soulmate.

Actors : Jack Canon, Gladys Lavitan, Larry Lambeth, Leslie Rivers,
Directors : Frederick R. Friedel,

A woman living in a boarding house is kidnapped by a small-time criminal. Soon others in the gang try to take her away from him so they can get the ransom.