Best Crime movies of 1978

Actors : Yi-Hsing Chen, Chiang-neng Chen, Yung-Li Chen, Dan Lau,
Directors : Shan Hua,

A maniac hunts down and butchers a young woman.

Actors : Meiko Kaji, Hisashi Igawa, Ryûdô Uzaki, Sachiko Hidari,
Directors : Yasuzô Masumura,

A rich merchant gives his clerk an I.O.U. instead of wages. When the impoverished clerk presents the paper to the merchant at the agreed upon time asking for payment, the man flies into a ...

Actors : Joseph Cotten, Gloria Guida, Leonard Mann, Adolfo Celi,
Directors : Giuseppe Rosati,

The death of a multinational company's chairman induces the three candidates for the chairmanship to plot the ones against the others. One of the three simulates a deadly car accident to carry out his perfect criminal plan.

Actors : Clara Colosimo, Claudia Cardinale, Benedetta Fantoli, Stefano Satta Flores,

In un caseggiato tre ladruncoli vengono scoperti e viene chiamata la polizia ed uno dei tre viene ucciso da un poliziotto. Luigi, che vive là con la moglie Marta e la figlia Rossana assiste...

Actors : Wakako Sakai, Bunta Sugawara, Mika Matsushita, Kin'ya Kitaôji,
Directors : Sadao Nakajima,

The film is a lighthearted story of four teenage girlfriends of various temperaments who escape from their parents for a few days in 1963 for an adventure in Myrtle Beach... See full synopsis »

Actors : José Lewgoy, Gil Gomes, Marineide Vidal, Tião Ribas D'Avila,
Directors : Clery Cunha,

Story based on a true event. Shoe salesman arrives home and finds his wife and a young friend murdered. Crime reporter and insurance agent join forces to solve the mystery, taking a walk on the wild side of the city.

Actors : Henryk Bista, Miroslaw Konarowski, Piotr Lysak, Tomasz Zaliwski,
Directors : Tadeusz Chmielewski,

A psychological detective story about a police hunt for the murderer of young boys during the Christmas season. The police commissioner ends up tracing the clues to his own home, where he ...

Actors : Harijs Liepins, Valdemars Zandbergs, Astrida Kairisha, Vytautas Tomkus,
Directors : Aloizs Brencs,

After seven years in prison, Voldemars Viters returns to the outside world. He is 46 and has nothing - no family, no work. However, he agrees to take part in one last heist - the robbing of...

Actors : Tamara Syomina, Gennadi Korolkov, Konstantin Grigorev, Lev Prygunov,
Directors : Aleksandr Faintsimmer,

Actors : Antônio Fagundes, Armando Bógus, Irene Ravache, Rolando Boldrin,
Directors : João Batista de Andrade,

A series of murders begins to haunt Cordilheira, a small town near São Paulo, Brazil. The investigations show there is a love triangle involved.

Actors : Bunta Sugawara, Toshirô Mifune, Shin Saburi, Chiezô Kataoka,
Directors : Sadao Nakajima,

The eastern and western factions of the Yakuza battle to control Japan.

Actors : Gordon Mitchell, Gianni Gori, Anna Romanou, Annamaria Clementi,
Directors : Ilias Mylonakos,

A group of villains steals a shipment of gold but after a while they are forced to dispose it in a sea in order to get away with their crime.