1970s Crime Movies
The 40 most popular 1970s crime movies on Flickfolio, ranked by popularity. Click any film for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.

The Godfather
1972 · 2h 55m
country: United States
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

Women Hell Song
1970 · 1h 10m
country: Japan
The roaming outlaw Okayo, also known as Benten due to the prominent tattoo of the Buddhist Goddess of Love emblazoned across her back. On the run from her persecutors, who seek to claim the tattoo and its skin canvas as a bounty, Okayo finds a safe haven in the arms of the mysterious shakuhachi (bamboo flute) playing Seigaku, himself tattooed with the image of Kisshoten, the Goddess of Prosperity.

The Godfather Part II
1974 · 3h 22m
country: United States
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

Oedipus Orca
1977 · 1h 32m
country: Italy
Sequel to "La Orca" which follows the life of the kidnapped girl after she returns home to her boyfriend and family. After her kidnap ordeal Alice tries to return to her normal life, but her memories still haunt her and her way to see the world has been changed forever.

Taxi Driver
1976 · 1h 54m
country: United States
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.

A Clockwork Orange
1971 · 2h 17m
country: United Kingdom
In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that'll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity, can Alex change his tune?

The Sting
1973 · 2h 9m
country: United States
A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.

Dirty Harry
1971 · 1h 42m
country: United States
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.

La Orca
1976 · 1h 30m
country: Italy
A teenage girl is kidnapped by 3 guys and taken to an abandoned house in the country, where she is made to write her own ransom letter. She soon discovers that one of her captors is infatuated with her and she will use those feelings to stay alive.

Chinatown
1974 · 2h 10m
country: United States
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

Death Wish
1974 · 1h 33m
country: United States
After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.

The Way of the Dragon
1972 · 1h 40m
country: Hong Kong
After a Chinese restaurant in Rome is threatened by the mafia, who will stop at nothing to acquire the property, the owner recruits a family friend in Hong Kong, kung fu expert Tang Lung, to help them defend their business.

Raping!
1978 · 1h 9m
country: Japan
A woman on her way to Tokyo is repeatedly raped by various men she encounters on the highway.

Eddie & Suzanne
1975 · 1h 26m
country: Norway
The former convicted Eddie from Oslo meet Suzanne, the daughter of a tyrannic Swedish police chief, in a discotheque by coincidence. Together they run off to France. The father starts the hunt for them, thinking they're doing drugs.

Rope Hell
1978 · 1h 9m
country: Japan
Akiko is the heir to a yakuza clan. Hitoshi, who has been kicked out of the rival Hono Clan after attempting to seduce Akiko, kidnaps her at the behest of Hanamura. Hanamura has formed a new gang and intends to use Akiko as a hostage to take over her clan's territory. During the torture and abuse sessions which follow, Akiko comes to enjoy the treatment and forsakes her gangland empire.

The French Connection
1971 · 1h 44m
country: United States
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.

Silent Shores
1973 · 1h 18m
country: Soviet Union
The fishery supervision employee is killed. During the investigation the public law enforcement official has looked out on the trace of the illegal grouping which has serious reasons for the commission of more considerable crimes than the illegal animals killings.

Dog Day Afternoon
1975 · 2h 5m
country: United States
Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.

Soylent Green
1973 · 1h 37m
country: United States
In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.

The Enforcer
1976 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Dirty Harry Callahan returns again, this time saddled with a rookie female partner. Together, they must stop a terrorist group consisting of angry Vietnam veterans.

Pink Flamingos
1972 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".

Traídas Pelo Desejo
1976
country: Brazil
No overview available

Mean Streets
1973 · 1h 52m
country: United States
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.

Midnight Express
1978 · 2h 1m
country: United Kingdom
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".

Papillon
1973 · 2h 31m
country: United States
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

Без права на пощаду
1970
country: Soviet Union
No overview available

French Connection II
1975 · 1h 59m
country: United States
"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseilles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York.

Female Yakuza Tale
1973 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, fighting both the male yakuzas and a gang of female thieves.

Desperate Living
1977 · 1h 31m
country: United States
After killing her husband, Peggy Gravel and her murderous maid Grizelda wind up in the crazy town of Mortville, where Queen Carlotta presides over a sleazy collection of misfits.
Fray Dollar
Fray Dollar
1970 · 1h 30m
country: Puerto Rico
The branch of a bank in a small town is in bankruptcy. To regain the trust of the people, they offer the town's priest the position of Bank Manager, who in turn, begins to carry out all kinds of loans and social aid to the people.

The Castle of Cagliostro
1979 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
After a successful robbery leaves famed thief Lupin the Third and his partner Jigen with nothing but a large amount of expertly crafted counterfeit bills, he decides to track down the forgers responsible—and steal any other treasures he may find in the Castle of Cagliostro, including the 'damsel in distress' he finds imprisoned there.

The Perennial Weed
1975 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
A detective wonders that his sister is a murder suspect.

Straw Dogs
1971 · 1h 56m
country: United States
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate.

Nenê Bandalho
1971 · 1h 23m
country: Brazil
The police mobilize their resources to capture Nenê Bandalho and, while he tries to escape, he remembers some of his life's most important episodes.

Magnum Force
1973 · 2h 4m
country: United States
"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.

The Longest Yard
1974 · 2h 1m
country: United States
A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw the game in return for an early release, but he is also concerned about the inmates' lack of self-esteem.

Farewell, My Lovely
1975 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.

Oryu's Passion: Bondage Skin
1975 · 1h 16m
country: Japan
When the boss of a yakuza clan in 1920s Osaka is assassinated, Oryu, his mistress, vows revenge. Her search for the killer takes her out of the city. The old boss' son proves a poor leader, only interested in Omitsu, his high-class girlfriend. Yajima, the second-in-command, is taking advantage of the situation to accumulate power for himself...

The Getaway
1972 · 2h 3m
country: United States
A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.

Spider-Man
1977 · 1h 28m
country: United States
When an extortionist threatens to force a multi-suicide unless a huge ransom is paid, only Peter Parker can stop him with his new powers as Spider-Man.