Best Gangster movies of 1970s

Actors : Fabijan Sovagovic, Milena Dravic, Bekim Fehmiu, Biserka Alibegovic,
Directors : Antun Vrdoljak,

A film about a small-time gangster, a loser who finally seems on the road to going straight.

Actors : Stacy Keach, Bridget Pole, Harris Yulin, Denver John Collins,
Directors : John Parsons,

When government attorney Mike Mandell begins to suffer from a mental disorder that periodically transforms him into another mobster personality known as "Sonny," his strange behavior doesn't escape the notice of a narcotics agent.

Actors : Gabriele Ferzetti, Rada Rassimov, Philippe Leroy, Henry Silva,
Directors : Giovanni Fago,

The kidnapping of a 6-year-old leads to a race against time between a Mafia hitman and a police commissioner. The mafioso then realizes the child must be saved in order to spare his own life.

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Eiji Gô, Yutaka Nakajima, Etsuko Shiomi,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

A former police captain recruits a group of deadly murderers to remove the corrupt and mafia Yakuza . Their first task is to intercept a briefcase from a band that trafficked drugs.

Actors : Tetsuya Watari, Tamio Kawaji, Yuri Yoshioka, Mieko Fujimoto,
Directors : Yasuharu Hasebe,

The clash between a group of motorist gangster and a professional hunter who desire for revenge.

Actors : Dimitris Bislanis, Natasa O'Frey, Anestis Vlahos, Nikos Verlekis,
Directors : Dimitris Galatis,

A gang of ruthless drug smugglers manipulate a girl who does everything in order to have her daily fix.

Actors : Wei Ho Tu, Lau Chan, Charlie Chin, Yuen San Wong,
Directors : Dan Fan,

Young smuggler Koi Lah (Wai Wo To) battles his way up from the gutter until he witnesses a compromising incident involving the local mob boss. He decides to go straight and immediately ...

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 : Kevin McCarthy, José María Caffarel, Helmut Berger, Sydne Rome,
Directors : José Gutiérrez Maesso,

The story concerns a mob family, headed by gambling czar Jose Ferrer. When one of family's hit men (Helmut Berger) fails to come up to expectations, Ferrer orders the man's execution.

Actors : Alfredo Alcón, Edgardo Suárez, José Slavin, Marta González,
Directors : Leopoldo Torre Nilsson,

The life of "El Pibe Cabeza", an authentic Argentine gangster in the '30.

Actors : Chun Hsiung Ko, George Lazenby, Yu Wang, Angela Mao,
Directors : Shan-Hsi Ting,

A Hong Kong mobster's sister is working with authorities on their investigation into her own brother's plot to assassinate the Queen.

Actors : Virginia Gregg, Charles Woolf, Fred Williamson, Tracy Reed,
Directors : Fred Williamson,

Crowder is a man who will do anything, if the price is right. He is a private detective with a past in the police force. A woman comes to his office one day and asks if he will find her ...

Actors : Jenny Tamburi, George Eastman, Roberto Giraudo, Jack Palance,
Directors : Alfonso Brescia,

Dan Caputo arrives at New York to avenge the death of his father, an ex-cop who was involved in mob business.

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.

Actors : Hiroki Matsukata, Shin'ichi Chiba, Mikio Narita, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Sadao Nakajima,

Set in Okinawa 1971, one year before the return of power to the mainland, this film highlights the bloody battle of Okinawa Yakuza gangsters versus mainland system.

Actors : Barbara Vittoria Calori, Maud Adams, Adolfo Celi, Tony Lo Bianco,
Directors : Mario Lanfranchi,

The city suffers and succumbs unarmed, but an ex secret agent succeeds in winning the struggle against the gangsterism. Intrigue and violence grip a society victim of the crime.

Actors : I.S. Johar, Rekha, Sonia Sahni, Randhir Kapoor,
Directors : Prakash Mehra,

A male finds his life complicated after the entry of a look-alike gangster.

Actors : Tony Vieira, Francisco A. Soares, Heitor Gaiotti, Claudete Joubert,
Directors : Tony Vieira,

A man has sex with a woman that he shouldn't. Her lover is a crime boss and owner of a white slave ring, and he is going to retaliate.

Actors : Jan Sterling, Sarah Kennedy, Zalman King, Susan Strasberg,
Directors : Joseph Adler,

A restaurateur unwisely misappropriates mob money in order to buy a house for his aging father.

Actors : Carole King, David McCoy, Susan Beacher, Kerry Chandler,
Directors : Leody M. Diaz,

An Interpol agent is killed by gangsters after he saves the life of a wealthy industrialist who stood in their way. When the rest of his family is killed in a car crash, the Interpol ...