Best Gangster movies of 1970s

Actors : Randy Mewbourn, Bobby Watson, Paul Benefield, Don Watson,
Directors : Jim West,

A criminal gang bust two of their incarcerated colleagues out of jail in order for them to take on a high profile drug smuggling operation.

Actors : Georges Wilson, Riccardo Cucciolla, Franco Nero, John Steiner,
Directors : Damiano Damiani,

Because of a violation of traffic regulations an architect is put in prison. There he witnesses the grim reality of life behind bars: corrupt staff, corrupt inmates, an inhuman judicial system and the power of the Mafia.

Actors : Claudia Cardinale, Giuliano Gemma, Massimo Mollica, Stefano Satta Flores,
Directors : Pasquale Squitieri,

The mafia has overrun a section of the country so ruinously that a very stern man has been sent by the government to be the governor in that region. He has been given wide-ranging power and authority and is not afraid to use it.

Actors : Alexandra Stewart, Sebastian Graham Jones, Bryan Marshall, Edward Judd,
Directors : Fons Rademakers,

A gang of wealthy ne'er do wells rape and terrorize women for fun and force their husbands to watch.

Actors : Van Johnson, Mario Merola, Biagio Pelligra, Maurizio Merli,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

Italian mobster, Michele Barresi heads for the safer climate of Brooklyn after his chief rival is gunned down in the small Sicilian town of Corleone. Commissioner Berni learns of his ...

Actors : Horst Janson, Patrizia Gori, Henry Silva, Herbert Fleischmann,
Directors : Jürgen Roland,

Mafia hot shot comes to Hamburg with the main intention of taking it over. However, the local German crime lord isn't particularly down with his plan and a bloody gang war ensues.

Actors : Lieux Dressler, John Martino, Claudia Jennings, Paul Carr,
Directors : Mark L. Lester,

A mother and daughter who run a brothel for truckers fight back when the Mafia tries to take over their operation.

Actors : Fabian, Jocelyn Lane, Adam Roarke, Astrid Warner,

The movie tells the biography of the gangster Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd who started his career young aged when he saw his father die and seeked out revenge by killing his murderer during a...

Actors : Mitchi Love, Akane Kawasaki, Miwa Cho, Etsuko Shiomi,
Directors : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi,

When the crime boss has to pick one of his thugs for a fight he takes his knife, throws it to the roof and kills a butterfly with it, then the knife falls to one guy's shoulder and that's ...

Actors : Louis Julien, Dora Doll, Carla Gravina, Alain Delon,
Directors : José Giovanni,

Under the influence of drugs, a teenager, Eddy, kills a policeman. His father, Jacques, pleads extenuating circumstances and nearly succeeds in gaining the confidence of the policeman's widow. But the press reveals that Jacques is an ex-gangster who has spent time in prison.

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 : Keith Erickson, Jane Allyson, Jason Yukon, Orita De Chadwick,
Directors : William Rotsler,

Marco is the ambitious godson of a crime boss. His attempt to quickly rise to the top leads to his downfall.

Actors : Richard Crenna, Linda Sorensen, Belinda Montgomery, Paul Williams,
Directors : George Mendeluk,

Sergeant Boyd's police search to find a sniper who has been shooting hookers.

Actors : Paul Nicholas, Gabriele Ferzetti, Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin,
Directors : Pierre Koralnik,

Serge Morgan is a killer working for the American Mafia. After performing a contract in New York for his employers, he takes the plane back to Paris and, during the flight, he gets to know ...

Actors : David Hyry, J. Craig Collicut, Carson Jackson, Jan Sisk,

Mayhem starts when a gang of bikers is accused of a sadistic rape in a small town.

Actors : Tony Page, Lauren Simon, James Reyes, Vera Visconti,
Directors : Clark Worswick,

A Russian homosexual dancer's cousin was raped and killed in a Bronx back alley by angry gangsters. Now he is seeking vengeance.

Actors : Ryôhei Uchida, Tsunehiko Watase, Meiko Kaji, Hideo Murota,
Directors : Sadao Nakajima,

Hijiriko makes off from the bar she works at with money and a car that isn't hers. Meanwhile, Jiro Katagiri is up to no good with his gangster friends and ends up making off with all their ...

Actors : Nora Miao, Lun Chia, Wai-Man Chan, Pauline Yu-Huan Wang,
Directors : Wu Ma,

Handcuff is a biographical film about the life of Hong Kong Gangster Chen Hui Man. In the film, Chan wants to quit the triads and retire to Europe but the dons have other ideas.

Actors : Virna Lisi, Robert Hossein, Charles Aznavour, Albert Minski,
Directors : Sergio Gobbi,

Patterning himself after the American gangster John Dillinger, a criminal is tracked by a inspector, a former childhood friend.

Actors : John Saxon, Renzo Palmer, Lee J. Cobb, Thomas Hunter,
Directors : Stelvio Massi,

A mobster kills a cop during a robbery so he finds himself pursued by the police, his gang, and the media.