Best Crime movies of 1970s

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 : 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.

Actors : Alberto de Mendoza, Claude Jade, Frederick Stafford, Femi Benussi,
Directors : Germán Lorente,

Sandro, a detective, finds his wife strangled. His girl-friend Tiffany, who works as photographer, makes a "Blow up" from a photo, what Sandro finds beside the victim. Sandro and Tiffany ...

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 : Tallie Cochrane, Jabie Abercrombe, Donna Young, Rene Bond,
Directors : Stephen C. Apostolof,

Five inmates break out of a women's prison. Four of them are hardened convicts, but one is a girl who was convicted for a crime she didn't commit. As the authorities chase them down, the ...

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

Actors : Lola Falana, Gene Washington, Millie Perkins, Alex Dreier,
Directors : Matt Cimber,

Foxy Lady Cocoa is out to take down her mobster boyfriend.

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 : Jesús Franco, Paul Muller, Martine Stedil, Lina Romay,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

In Puerto Rico, a down-on-his-luck private detective is hired by a woman to take compromising photos of her husband, a notorioous nightclub owner. After he finishes the job, he finds ...

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 : 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 : 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 : David Niven, Oliver Tobias, 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 : James Mason, Curd Jürgens, Jean Seberg, Stephen Boyd,
Directors : Romain Gary,

Interpol investigates the freelance killings of drug and porn peddlers.

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

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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?