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

Death on the Nile
1978 · 2h 20m
country: United Kingdom
As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect.

Delirium
1972 · 1h 42m
country: Italy
A respected doctor becomes the prime suspect in a series of gruesome murders.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979 · 2h 11m
country: United States
When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command.

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.

Murder on the Orient Express
1974 · 2h 8m
country: United Kingdom
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

All the President's Men
1976 · 2h 18m
country: United States
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.

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.

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.

Deep Red
1975 · 2h 7m
country: Italy
An English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of his psychic neighbor. With the help of a tenacious young reporter, he tries to discover the killer using very unconventional methods. The two are soon drawn into a shocking web of dementia and violence.

High Plains Drifter
1973 · 1h 46m
country: United States
A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.

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

Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970 · 1h 35m
country: United States
The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission lands on the planet of the apes, and uncovers a horrible secret beneath the surface.

The Sign of Scorpio
1974 · 1h 33m
country: Brazil
For the launch of his new giant horoscope computer, famous astrologer Alex invites to his private island friends representing each of the 12 zodiac signs. During the welcome party, one of the guests is mysteriously murdered. Unable to leave the island, the others witness new deaths, always announced in advance by the computer.

Foul Play
1978 · 1h 56m
country: United States
A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.

Solaris
1972 · 2h 47m
country: Soviet Union
A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.

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.

Mysteries
1978 · 1h 37m
country: Netherlands
In the winter of 1891 a stranger arrives in a small coastal town on the Isle of Man. His presence soon disturbs the lives of the local inhabitants, especially the beautiful daughter of the parson.

Three Days of the Condor
1975 · 1h 57m
country: United States
When bookish CIA researcher Joe Turner finds all his co-workers dead, he, together with a woman he has kidnapped, must work together to outwit those responsible until he determines who he can really trust.

Black Christmas
1974 · 1h 38m
country: Canada
As the residents of the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority house prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to harass them with a series of obscene phone calls.

The Conversation
1974 · 1h 55m
country: United States
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.

The Deep
1977 · 2h 3m
country: United Kingdom
A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters.

Find That Girl
1970 · 1h 27m
country: Soviet Union
Police are conducting a homicide investigation after man dies in car accident.

Light at the End of the Tunnel
1974 · 1h 28m
country: Soviet Union
A load of gold is stolen. Detectives make criminals play by their rules.

The Face in the Target
1978 · 2h 14m
country: Soviet Union
A classic mystery based on "The Face in the Target" story by G.K. Chesterton.

The Night Stalker
1972 · 1h 14m
country: United States
Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into his own hands.

Golden Mine
1977 · 2h 19m
country: Soviet Union
The film is set in the 1970s Leningrad, Russia. Fugitive Brunov is a dangerous criminal, who escaped from jail. He is after the treasure that was hidden by him years ago at his former country-house. He is having plastic surgery to hide his identity, while preparing for his next crime. He is trying to kill another man, who is also after the same treasure. Investigators Zarubin, Kromkin and Lebedeva are untangling the case.

The Car
1977 · 1h 36m
country: United States
The Utah community of Santa Ynez is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town sheriff, Captain Wade Parent is determined to stop the murderous driver.

The Long Goodbye
1973 · 1h 52m
country: United States
In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.

Death Ship
1971 · 1h 19m
country: Yugoslavia
The holiday romance of Daniel and Marjana is disturbed by a premonition of an imminent fatal event. In this vision, the beloved accompanies her lover on an arduous and wearisome voyage by sea and when the situation seems most desperate, a mysterious ship suddenly appears on the horizon…

The Return of the Pink Panther
1975 · 1h 53m
country: United Kingdom
The famous Pink Panther jewel has once again been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is called in to catch the thief. The Inspector is convinced that 'The Phantom' has returned and utilises all of his resources – himself and his Asian manservant – to reveal the identity of 'The Phantom'.

Daughter of the Sun
1975 · 1h 50m
country: Bangladesh
A jobless imaginative artist finds his fantasies when a sculpture he creates comes to life every night.

The Tenant
1976 · 2h 6m
country: France
A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.

The Boys from Brazil
1978 · 2h 5m
country: United Kingdom
Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot, masterminded by Dr. Josef Mengele, to rekindle the Third Reich.
Der Mörder
Der Mörder
1979
country: Germany
No overview available

Obsession
1976 · 1h 39m
country: United States
A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his late wife.

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
1976 · 1h 31m
country: Canada
13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives in a New England beach town. Whenever the landlady inquires after Rynn's father, she claims that he's not available. But when the landlady's son, Frank, won't leave Rynn alone, she teams up with a neighbor Mario to maintain the dark family secret that she's been keeping to herself.

Perversión
1974 · 1h 30m
country: Spain
Marisa Salinas gets her first job at one of the top publishing companies of her country. Don Ricardo Arencibia, her boss, is a man who does not appreciate innovation and new proposals from the staff, but enjoys bloody crime stories, and beautiful women. Don Ricardo invites Marisa out for dinner; they start behind friends and, soon, they start a sexual relationship. All goes well - safe for a little mystery that envelops Ricardo's ex-wife. Marisa decides to investigate... and she will uncover much more than she expected: Ricardo had been trying to make Marisa look like his former wife, and there is a plot involving large scale corruption.

Frenzy
1971 · 1h 23m
country: Greece
A woman murders her disabled husband and informs his brother (with whom she is having an affair), but she realizes she has misdialed and accidentally confessed her crime to a stranger. The caller attempts to blackmail her, but when he tries to rape her she kills him in the struggle. Worse still, her doctor and lover inform her to say nothing because her husband has been dead for eight months and everything that has happened she has imagined.

Murder by Death
1976 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.

Revenge of the Pink Panther
1978 · 1h 39m
country: United Kingdom
Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is dead. At least that is what the world—and Charles Dreyfus—believe when a dead body is discovered in Clouseau's car after being shot off the road. Naturally, Clouseau knows differently and, taking advantage of not being alive, sets out to discover why an attempt was made on his life.