Best Crime movies of 1970s

Actors : Meiko Kaji, Makoto Satô, Tatsuya Fuji, Jô Shishido,
Directors : Yasuharu Hasebe,

A uniformly excellent, no-no-nonsense, straightforward yakuza sage. This also has one of underrated and comparatively-unknown-in-the-west composer Kaburagi's most exciting and memorable ...

Actors : Mitch Vogel, Lindsay Bloom, Patrick Wayne, R.G. Armstrong,
Directors : Howard Avedis,

A trip across the United States takes a wrong turn when three California teenagers have their van stolen. Stranded in a backwoods town with the sheriff refusing to help, the trio decide to settle scores while getting justice.

Actors : Frank Whiteman, Meredith MacRae, Clayton Wilcox, Allen Garfield,
Directors : Paul Leder,

An art student living with his sister is actually a maniac strangling dancers and prostitutes. One victim's sister starts looking for him...

Actors : Jirí Bartoska, Miroslav Moravec, Jirí Krampol, Josef Vinklár,
Directors : Otakar Fuka,

A well organized group works at a petrol-pump: the chief Vávra, Engineer Stejskal and Karafa. Work is done quickly and the profit in their own pockets grows as well. The fourth employer, ...

Actors : Junko Fuji, Kôji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura, Tomisaburô Wakayama,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

It is almost unheard of for a ninkyô or jitsuroku yakuza to have an even halfway happy ending.

Actors : Lyubov Virolaynen, Nikolay Penkov, Mikhail Golubovich, Lyudmila Chursina,
Directors : Olgerd Vorontsov,

A life of a driver Stephan Chekmenev turns out to be very lucky: healthy children, loving wife, solid loghouse... See full synopsis »

Actors : Lewis J. Stadlen, David Doyle, Russ Thacker, Brad Sullivan,
Directors : Robert J. Siegel,

An American soldier sent to Vietnam goes AWOL and returns to his hometown. His parents turn him over to military authorities. He is court-martialled and sent to the toughest military prison...

Actors : Ryôji Hayama, Shin'ichi Chiba, Makoto Satô, Kôji Nanbara,
Directors : Ryuichi Takamori,

One of Chiba's most enjoyable films.

Actors : Jay Robinson, Dub Taylor, Adam Roarke, Lynn Borden,
Directors : Barry Pollack,

A gambler with serious debts hijacks a small private plane, planning to collect a $1,000,000 ransom. Unfortunately, he's not in the best of company with his mates, and the F.B.I. is waiting...

Actors : Rajesh Khanna, Aruna Irani, Tamanna, Kim,
Directors : Danny Denzongpa,

Dr. Vijay is a psychiatrist and is in love with a beautiful young woman named Asha. He is stunned when another doctor refers Asha to him, as Asha has been having hallucinations and ...

Actors : Bruno Cremer, Maurice Ronet, Anny Duperey, Mario Adorf,
Directors : Bruno Gantillon,

A discredited police inspector is given a second chance, in the form of a dangerous assignment. Chosen because of his uncanny resemblance to a Lt. Revere, the inspector impersonates him in ...

Actors : Rune Dybedahl, Cecilie Holter, Anders Volle, Margot Alfstad,
Directors : Oddvar Bull Tuhus,

Handlingen utspilles i 1958, året da Amerikanerne skjøt opp Explorer og Russerne Sputnik III. Det er imidlertid ikke slike begivenheter som opptar filmens ungdommelige hovedpersoner, ...

Actors : Rajendra Kumar, Nasir Hussain, Kumkum, Mala Sinha,
Directors : Ramanand Sagar,

Delhi-based Kamla lives a wealthy lifestyle along with her widower dad, Dindayal, and is a popular stage singer and dancer. She goes for a holiday in scenic Kulu, meets with flute-player ...

Actors : Milos Kopecký, Michaela Misková, Josef Vetrovec, Ludek Munzar,
Directors : Vladimír Cech,

Attorney Horic (Milos Kopecký) is a specialist for cases connected with motoring. He approaches to his work unconventionally, he does not hesitate to search for evidence right in the terrain and he is willing to take various risks.

Actors : Pino Colizzi, Luciano Catenacci, Alfio Caltabiano, Ornella Muti,
Directors : Alfio Caltabiano,

Assunta Morano is the daughter of Bug Morano, a Sicilian boss transplanted to prohibition era Chicago.

Actors : Jirô Okazaki, Junko Natsu, Tatsuya Fuji, Tako Tobe,
Directors : Koreyoshi Kurahara,

Patronized by a gang ruling the city, Mako delinquently plays around a night club every night with her bad company. One night, a guy Hideo gets closer to her for one-night stand, and they ...

Actors : Henry G. Sanders, Rita Moreno, Rudy Solari, Asher Brauner,
Directors : Bobby Roth,

Bobby needs money and the easiest way is to ask his father for a job. But Dad decides his son should start at the bottom of his carpet business and earn his way to a better position. Bobby ...

Actors : Mario Almada, Roger Cudney, Fernando Almada, Ursula Prats,
Directors : Rubén Galindo,

Two detective brothers look for the criminals who killed their brother, as they catch drug dealers and interrogate thugs in the name of the law.

Actors : Eun-a Ko, Mu-ryong Choi, Jeong-hun Kim, Ji-mee Kim,
Directors : Jang-ho Byeon,

Yeong-hun drowns his friend because he has been lusting after his wife, In-ae, for years. In-ae flees, but Yeong-hun tracks her down and spends the night with her. She escapes from him ...

Actors : Pino Colizzi, John Saxon, Arthur Kennedy, Agostina Belli,
Directors : Vittorio Schiraldi,

Stefano, son of the Mafia Don Angelino Ferrante, is killed by Gaspare Ardizzone for refusing to sell some valuable land. The old don sends for Ferrante Santino Billeci from America, in the ...