Best Mystery movies of 1970s

Actors : Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Adrienne Corri, Peter Cushing,
Directors : Jim Clark,

A horror movie star returns to his famous role after years in a mental institution. But the character seems to be committing murders independent of his will.

Actors : Anthony Zerbe, Barbara McNair, Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau,
Directors : Gordon Douglas,

In San Francisco, a high-priced call girl is murdered and the case is assigned to Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs.

Actors : Gianni Cavina, Francesca Marciano, Giulio Pizzirani, Lino Capolicchio,
Directors : Pupi Avati,

Stefano, a young restorer, is commissioned to save a controversial mural located in the church of a small, isolated village.

Actors : Luc Merenda, Tina Aumont, John Richardson, Suzy Kendall,
Directors : Sergio Martino,

Someone is strangling coeds in Perugia. The only clue is that the killer owns a red and black scarf, and police are stumped. American exchange student Jane and her friends decide to take a ...

Actors : Silvia Monti, Jean Sorel, Florinda Bolkan, Stanley Baker,
Directors : Lucio Fulci,

A young woman is accused of murdering her debauched neighbor after dreaming it. Was she set up, or did she really do it?

Actors : Micheál MacLiammóir, Debbie Reynolds, Dennis Weaver, Shelley Winters,
Directors : Curtis Harrington,

Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood, California after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.

Actors : Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone, Candy Clark,
Directors : Michael Winner,

Grizzled American private detective in England investigates a complicated case of blackmail turned murder involving a rich but honest elderly general, his two loose socialite daughters, a pornographer and a gangster.

Actors : Cristina Galbó, Fabio Testi, Karin Baal, Joachim Fuchsberger,
Directors : Massimo Dallamano,

In London, the Italian gym teacher Enrico 'Henry' Rosseni is having a love affair with his eighteen year-old student Elizabeth Seccles, who is the daughter of the owner of the Catholic ...

Actors : John Nettleton, Pamela Franklin, Sandor Elès, Michele Dotrice,
Directors : Robert Fuest,

Two young English women go on a cycling tour of the French countryside. When one of them goes missing, the other begins to search for her. But who can she trust?

Actors : Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing, Charles Gray, Marlene Clark,
Directors : Paul Annett,

Eight people have been invited to an island estate for the weekend. One of them is a werewolf. Can you guess which one?

Actors : Briony Behets, Mike McEwen, Roy Day, John Hargreaves,
Directors : Colin Eggleston,

When a suburban couple go camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn't in an accommodating mood.

Actors : Elke Sommer, Telly Savalas, Sylva Koscina, Alessio Orano,
Directors : Mario Bava,

Surreal goings-on at a Spanish villa in this poetic horror fairytale, which was crassly re-edited into The House of Exorcism (1975) for US release.

Actors : Jean-Pierre Bagot, Roland Amstutz, Michel Albertini, Yves Montand,
Directors : Henri Verneuil,

Conspiracy thriller inspired by the conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of JFK. After a fictional president is assassinated, a determined, tough prosecutor investigates the emerging conspiracy behind it.

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, Bradford Dillman, Barbara Parkins, Alan Alda,
Directors : Paul Wendkos,

Alan Alda's character is a music journalist whose career as a piano player came to an end when his debut concert received undeservedly scathing reviews.

Actors : Edwige Fenech, Manuel Gil, George Hilton, Conchita Airoldi,
Directors : Sergio Martino,

An ambassador's wife discovers that one of the men in her life - either her husband, an ex-lover or her current lover - may be a vicious serial killer.

Actors : Frank Bonner, Robin Christopher, Edward Connell, Barbara Hewitt,

Four friends are attacked by a demon while on a picnic, due to possession of a tome of mystic information. Told in flashbacks by the sole survivor.

Actors : Stephen Forsyth, Jesús Puente, Dagmar Lassander, Laura Betti,
Directors : Mario Bava,

A bridal design shop owner kills various young brides-to-be in an attempt to unlock a repressed childhood trauma that's causing him to commit murder.

Actors : Cemil Sahbaz, Sadri Alisik, Ferdi Merter, Erol Amaç,
Directors : Hulki Saner,

The Enterprise picks up a Turkish hobo.

Actors : Cameron Mitchell, Wesley Eure, Nicolas Beauvy, Pamelyn Ferdin,
Directors : Dennis Donnelly,

A ski-masked maniac kills apartment complex tenants with the contents of a toolbox.

Actors : Patrick O'Neal, Mary Woronov, James Patterson, Astrid Heeren,
Directors : Theodore Gershuny,

A man inherits a mansion, which once was a mental home. He visits the place and begins to investigate some crimes that happened in old times, scaring the people living in the region.