Best Crime movies of 1970s

Actors : Masakazu Tamura, Reiko Kasahara, Yuki Aresa, Maya Kitajima,
Directors : Toshiaki Tahara,

The inmates of a womens prison on an isolated island are mistreated and tortured by sadistic guards, but their troubles have only just begun: a new warden--a disgraced official who was ...

Actors : Kelly Thordsen, Hoke Howell, Ross Hagen, Dal Jenkins,
Directors : Ivan Nagy,

Inept Illinois coal miners Charlie (Ross Hagen) and Thad (Kelly Thordsen) become inept 1930s gangsters.

Actors : Elsa Cárdenas, Patricia Ferrer, Dagoberto Rodríguez, Santo,
Directors : Federico Curiel,

SANTO CONTRA LA MAFIA DEL VICIO (Santo vs. the Vice Mafia) has the Masked Mexican wrestling legend battling a dangerous mob that has targeted various Mexican chemical plants for sabotage.

Actors : Radoslav Brzobohatý, Jaromír Hanzlík, Kveta Fialová, Jirí Sovák,
Directors : Josef Mach,

An escort composed of three people transports a huge amount of new one-hundred crown banknotes in a special railway car. At the 196th kilometer, a village girl is waiting at the railway ...

Actors : Sirpa Lane, Roger Vadim, Mathieu Carrière, Michel Duchaussoy,
Directors : Roger Vadim,

This movie is about a woman, Charlotte, who goes in search of the ultimate sexual experience.

Actors : Han Chin, Hua Tsung, Ping Wang, Miao Ching,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

Hsieh Choun, the Black Dragon, is in trouble with the police since Wang Sien Tien's gang is helping them; he is no longer free to conduct his drugs shipments out of the port freely as he ...

Actors : Riccardo Cucciolla, Enzo Cerusico, Junie Vetusto, Claudio Nicastro,
Directors : Vittorio Salerno,

When the eyewitness to a brutal murder decides not to testify, the actual murderer chooses to finger him as the murderer and claim eyewitness status for himself.

Actors : Charles Vanel, Fabio Testi, Jean Seberg, Raymond Pellegrin,
Directors : Pasquale Squitieri,

The fast career of a young Neapolitan among contraband, gambling dens, bribes and illegality. He will upgrade its rank till the maximum level of the "Family".

Actors : Shingo Yamashiro, Hiromi Hanazono, Tatsuo Umemiya, Chiharu Kuri,
Directors : Makoto Naitô,

Umemiya stars as a sexist son-of-a-bitch yakuza involved with the sex business.

Actors : Terry Moore, Gay Perkins, Cyril Poitier, George Montgomery,
Directors : Robert W. Stringer,

A top auto racer goes to work as a driver for a drug-smuggling ring.

Actors : Noel Davis, Gilbert Wynne, Norman Claridge, Gilly Grant,
Directors : Lindsay Shonteff,

Gilbert Wynne stars in this British programmer as Harry Clegg, detective. His mission: To track down the crazed prostitute responsible for a string of murders.

Actors : Hermina Pipinic, Jadranka Vucak, Bozidar Jelenic, Jaksa Mlacic,
Directors : Lordan Zafranovic,

This is an omnibus consisting of three stories, all of which deal with deviations of the human psyche. In the story "Waltz", we learn about the first sexual experiences of a man who attends...

Actors : Vinod Khanna, Madan Puri, Pran, Yogeeta Bali,
Directors : Harmesh Malhotra,

A group of thieves hunt for the traitor who has disappeared with the loot from their last big heist.

Actors : Tsunehiko Watase, Yoshiko Fujita, Teruo Yoshida, Makoto Satô,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

A companion piece to another Ishii directed picture from 1970, also starring Watase, Yoshida and Sato called PRISONERS' BACK LIST.

Actors : Max H. Boulois, Tom Hernández, Virginia Mataix, Guillermo Antón,
Directors : Max H. Boulois,

Mr. Boulois is presented with a key to a Grand Central Station locker containing a million dollars, which will be his if he survives the ordeal. He's then blindfolded, bundled onto a ...

Actors : Ellen Umlauf, Harald Baerow, Jan Koester, Susanne Uhlen,
Directors : Zbynek Brynych,

Munich at night: Robert Susmeit, a 16-year-old teenager who is jealously obsessed with his mother Hilde, traces her and her latest lover at a mundane apartment building where he kills the ...

Actors : Akemi Namiro, Hayato Tani, Isao Sasaki, Yutaka Nakajima,
Directors : Buichi Saitô,

A great example of this series at its best.

Actors : Joao-Augusto Azevedo, Douglas Santos, Ana Maria Miranda, Joffre Soares,
Directors : George Sluizer,

An older man consumed by jealousy over his much younger wife decides to venture into the jungle in search of riches without her. When he returns 4 years later, he finds that his mistrust in her may have been well-founded.

Actors : Helga van Wyk, Chris du Toit, Ian Yule, Dawid van der Walt,
Directors : Ivan Hall,

The police discovers that the perpetrators of an important bank- robbery belong to a group of organized criminals. On the other side was a member of this group killed by his mates during ...

Actors : David Fitzen, Richard Losee, Kristin Kelly, Dahl Gleave,
Directors : Richard Losee,

A madman kidnaps an innocent child and only an ex-race car driver can deliver the ransom, a fortune in gold, in time.