Best Crime movies of 1970s

Actors : Deborah Raffin, Sylvia Sidney, Sandy Dennis, Tony Lo Bianco,
Directors : Larry Cohen,

A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."

Actors : Carol Kane, Carmen Argenziano, Rutanya Alda, Charles Durning,
Directors : Fred Walton,

A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.

Actors : Vincent Price, Judy Huxtable, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee,
Directors : Gordon Hessler,

A serial killer who drains his victims' blood is on the loose in London; the police follow him to a house owned by an eccentric scientist.

Actors : Rose Arrick, Ned Beatty, Peter Falk, John Cassavetes,
Directors : Elaine May,

In Philadelphia, a small-time bookie who stole mob money is in hiding and he begs a childhood friend to help him evade the hit-man who's on his trail.

Actors : Victor Arnold, Roy Scheider, Jerry Leon, Tony Lo Bianco,
Directors : Philip D'Antoni,

A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.

Actors : Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats,
Directors : Peter Yates,

After his last crime has him looking at a long prison sentence for repeat offenses, a low level Boston gangster decides to snitch on his friends to avoid jail time.

Actors : Gena Rowlands, Julie Carmen, Tony Knesich, Buck Henry,
Directors : John Cassavetes,

When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.

Actors : D'Urville Martin, Lady Reed, Rudy Ray Moore, Jerry Jones,
Directors : D'Urville Martin,

Dolemite is a pimp who was set up by Willie Greene and the cops, who have planted drugs, stolen furs, and guns in his trunk and got him sentenced to 20 years in jail. One day, Queen B and a...

Actors : Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, Colleen Dewhurst, John Wayne,
Directors : John Sturges,

Seattle cop Lon McQ investigates the murder of his best friend and the corruption within the police department.

Actors : Luciano Catenacci, Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Marisa Laurito,
Directors : Sergio Corbucci,

The navy's detective gets his brother, the ex-gambler to help him liquidate an illegal gaming house on a yacht near Miami.

Actors : Billy Green Bush, Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth,
Directors : William Wiard,

A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well. Tom Horn finds that the ...

Actors : Metin Akpinar, Emel Sayin, Zeki Alasya, Tarik Akan,
Directors : Ertem Egilmez,

4 friends who are mistreated in a casino want to revenge by kidnapping the singer of the casino.

Actors : Michel Galabru, Jean-Pierre Rambal, Maurice Risch, Louis de Funès,
Directors : Jean Girault,

The bungling inspector Cruchot (Funès) finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from some oil-drinking humanoid aliens. The only way to tell the aliens from the real people,...

Actors : Michael Brandon, Bud Spencer, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle,
Directors : Dario Argento,

A musician is stalked by an unknown killer who's blackmailing him for an accidential killing of another stalker. But is everything what it appears to be?

Actors : D'Urville Martin, Gloria Hendry, Art Lund, Fred Williamson,
Directors : Larry Cohen,

Tommy Gibbs is a tough kid, raised in the ghetto, who aspires to be a kingpin criminal. As a young boy, his leg is broken by a bad cop on the take, during a payoff gone bad. Nursing his ...

Actors : Barry Cahill, Nancy Morgan, Elizabeth Rogers, Ron Howard,
Directors : Ron Howard,

A rich girl steals her dad's Rolls Royce and heads off to Las Vegas to get married. However, her angry parents, a jealous suitor, and a bunch of reward seekers are determined to stop her.

Actors : Kemal Sunal, Zeki Alpan, Kadir Savun, Nevra Serezli,
Directors : Kartal Tibet,

This is the story of the politician named Zubuk. He gets expelled from the political party that he is a member of, due to corruption. The journalist Yasar wants to make a news story about ...

Actors : Linda Haynes, James Best, Tommy Lee Jones, William Devane,
Directors : John Flynn,

Major Charles Rane comes back from the war and is given a number of gifts from his hometown because he is a war hero. Some greedy thugs decide that they want to steal a number of silver ...

Actors : Vonetta McGee, Neda Arneric, Richard Roundtree, Frank Finlay,
Directors : John Guillermin,

P.I. John Shaft is recruited to go undercover to break up a modern slavery ring where young Africans are lured to Paris to do chain-gang work.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Anthony Zerbe, Michael Moriarty, Tuesday Weld,
Directors : Karel Reisz,

Vietnam veteran Ray Hicks gets conned into helping his buddy John Converse smuggle some heroin, only to wind up on the lam with John's wife when the deal goes sour.