Best Mystery movies of 1970s

Actors : Pat Hingle, Jennifer O'Neill, James Coburn, Skye Aubrey,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

At a Boston hospital, Dr. Carey becomes an amateur sleuth to help clear a colleague who's accused of botching an illegal abortion that kills a 15 year old girl.

Actors : Billy Connolly, Richard Burton, David Bradley, Dominic Guard,
Directors : Anthony Page,

At a Catholic public school, Benjamin Stanfield is tired of being the teacher's pet and decides to play a practical joke on his form master Father Goddard. In confession, Stanfield tells ...

Actors : Bulle Ogier, Hermine Karagheuz, Jean Babilée, Juliet Berto,
Directors : Jacques Rivette,

The Queen of the Night battles the Queen of the Sun over a magical diamond that will allow the winner to remain on Earth, specifically in modern day Paris.

Actors : Diana Dors, Peter Cushing, Georgia Brown, Christopher Lee,
Directors : Peter Sasdy,

Already three trustees of the Van Traylen fund have died during the last months, looking like suicides. However after a mysterious accident of a bus with the last three trustees and 30 ...

Actors : Ivan Rassimov, Adolfo Lastretti, Robert Hoffmann, Suzy Kendall,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

Christian (Robert Hoffman) and his girlfriend are taking a walk on a deserted beach when they discover a woman's body lying. A closer look proves that she's alive. The next day Christian ...

Actors : Masao Adachi, Rie Yokoyama, Ken Yoshizawa, Yuki Aresa,
Directors : Kôji Wakamatsu,

The movie focuses on the actions of a revolutionary movement.

Actors : Jack Elam, Dub Taylor, Dennis Fimple, John David Carson,
Directors : Joy N. Houck Jr.,

Two men exploring the Louisiana swamps encounter a Bigfoot-type creature.

Actors : Paola Tedesco, Fernando Cerulli, Franco Citti, Corrado Pani,
Directors : Antonio Bido,

A pharmacist is murdered, and a woman happens to see the culprit leave the scene. She soon finds herself being stalked by the killer, and when her boyfriend tries to discover who the ...

Actors : Silvano Tranquilli, Giancarlo Sbragia, Helmut Berger, Ida Galli,
Directors : Duccio Tessari,

When a girl is murdered in a park, a man is tried and convicted for the crime but afterwards the killings continue.

Actors : Hal Holbrook, Harry Guardino, Katharine Ross, James Garner,
Directors : James Goldstone,

California small town police chief investigates a suspicious death involving the victim's own dog that presumably killed its owner.

Actors : Jana Brejchová, Václav Voska, Zdena Studenková, Vlastimil Harapes,
Directors : Juraj Herz,

In this gothic rendition of the classic fairy tale, a merchant's youngest daughter is held prisoner by a mysterious winged beast.

Actors : Yvonne Furneaux, Ely Galleani, Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman,
Directors : Dino Risi,

An obscure Italian magistrate suspects that a well-known industrialist commited murder, and decides to investigate him, and bring him to court, whatever it takes. But - will the magistrate ...

Actors : Jack Jones, Bill Owen, Pamela Stephenson, David Doyle,
Directors : Pete Walker,

A singer holes up at a sinister estate to write new songs for his act. The ghost of his murdered wife begins to haunt him, then the person who actually killed her shows up at the mansion.

Actors : Marilù Tolo, Salvo Randone, George Hilton, William Berger,
Directors : Tonino Valerii,

A mysterious decapitation leads Inspector Peretti into a case of blackmail, deceit and the unsolved kidnapping of a young girl.

Actors : Daniel Grimm, Chantal Paley, Jean Raynaud, Jean Rougeul,
Directors : Raoul Ruiz,

Two narrators, one seen and one unseen, discuss possible connections between a series of paintings. The on-screen narrator walks through three-dimensional reproductions of each painting, ...

Actors : Simone Signoret, Paul Crauchet, Bernard Le Coq, Alain Delon,
Directors : Jean Chapot,

The body of a young woman is discovered near a farm. The judge Larcher is in charge and thinks that the farmers (Rose and Pierre) have a link with the murder.

Actors : Shinjirô Ebara, Isao Natsuyagi, Sachiko Hidari, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

One woman's search to find the truth about her husband's death in World War II.

Actors : Charles Vanel, Sylvia Kristel, Fernand Ledoux, François Perrot,
Directors : Claude Chabrol,

Alice Carol leaves her husband one rainy night, telling him that she does not love him anymore. She travels alone but when her windscreen breaks on a lonely road, she has to stop and seek ...

Actors : Rodolfo Acosta, Norman Bartold, Ivy Bethune, Merry Anders,
Directors : Carl Monson,

In order to qualify to inherit the family fortune, the four heirs must spend the night in the family estate. However, during the night someone starts killing them off.

Actors : Gloria Guida, Hugo Stiglitz, Andrés García, John Huston,
Directors : René Cardona Jr.,

The passengers and crew of a boat on a summer cruise in the Caribbean stray near the famed Bermuda Triangle, and mysterious things start happening.