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1970s Thriller Movies

Public list by WPS with 197 movies or TV shows/series

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Chinatown(1974)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 10min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
4.0/5 (with 1,631 votes)

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.

The Call of Sex(1977)

1h 28min | Thriller
2.2/5 (with 6 votes)

A man finds a woman that reminds him of his long lost love: his step-sister with whom he initiated his sex life. But he is married and his wife wants proof of the cheating to get a divorce.

SS Experiment Love Camp(1976)

1h 34min | Horror, War
2.0/5 (with 17 votes)

Near the end of WW2, prisoners of war are used in experiments to perfect the Arian race.

What the Peeper Saw(1972)

1h 29min | Horror, Drama, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 16 votes)

A wealthy author's second wife begins to suspect that her 12-year old stepson may have murdered his mother, who mysteriously died in a bathtub accident.

Survive!(1976)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 51min | Adventure, Drama
2.7/5 (with 12 votes)

Sixteen plane crash survivors stranded in the Andes turn to cannibalism to stay alive. Based on a true story.

The Poseidon Adventure(1972)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 57min | Adventure, Thriller, Action
3.5/5 (with 399 votes)

When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.

The Day of the Jackal(1973)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 23min | Action, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 220 votes)

An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.

Deliverance(1972)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 49min | Drama, Adventure, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 663 votes)

Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.

Earthquake(1974)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 3min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 133 votes)

Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.

Capricorn One(1977)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 3min | Drama, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
3.4/5 (with 187 votes)

In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.

The Swarm(1978)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 56min | Thriller, Science Fiction
2.5/5 (with 71 votes)

Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have deadly venom and attack without reason. Disaster movie-master Irwin Allen's film contains spectacular special effects, including a train crash caused by the eponymous swarm.

The Eagle Has Landed(1976)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 15min | Adventure, Drama, Action, Thriller, War
3.3/5 (with 129 votes)

When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Hitler.

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Airport '77(1977)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 54min | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 118 votes)

Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving passengers must brave panic, slow leaks, oxygen depletion, and more while attempting a daring plan, all while 200 feet underwater.

Sorcerer(1977)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 2min | Adventure, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 200 votes)

Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.

The Cat o' Nine Tails(1971)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 52min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 172 votes)

A reporter and a blind, retired journalist try to solve a series of murders. The crimes are connected to experiments by a pharmaceutical company in secret research. The two end up becoming targets of the killer.

The Long Goodbye(1973)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 52min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Comedy
3.7/5 (with 240 votes)

In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.

The China Syndrome(1979)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 2min | Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 186 votes)

While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.

The Psychic(1977)

1h 35min | Mystery, Thriller, Horror
3.5/5 (with 90 votes)

A woman with psychic powers has a vision of a murder that took place in a house owned by her husband.

Rolling Thunder(1977)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 35min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 72 votes)

A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. When thugs invade his home to steal the silver coins he received for his service, they mangle his hand and leave him and his family for dead. Rane survives and becomes obsessed with getting revenge. Aided by his loyal friend Johnny Vohden, Rane, now wielding a hook for a hand, sets out on his mission of vengeance.

Airport(1970)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 17min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 152 votes)

Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.

Sex and Fury(1973)

1h 28min | Action, Crime
3.0/5 (with 36 votes)

Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and a butterfly). Along the way, she also crosses paths with Shonusuke, a radical set on murdering prominent politician Kurokawa and Christina, an American spy posing as a gambler.

The Car(1977)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 36min | Horror
3.2/5 (with 116 votes)

The film is set in the fictional Utah community of Santa Ynez, which 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's Sheriff, it becomes the job of Captain Wade Parent to stop the murderous driver.

The Domino Principle(1977)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 38min | Drama, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 27 votes)

Roy Tucker, a Vietnam war veteran with excellent shooting skills, is serving a long prison sentence when a mysterious visitor promises him that he will be released if he agrees to carry out a dangerous assignment.

Strip Nude for Your Killer(1975)

1h 38min | Horror, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 27 votes)

A fashion model dies during a botched abortion, and the people closely connected to her are murdered one by one.

Cold Sweat(1970)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 34min | Thriller, Action
3.0/5 (with 26 votes)

During the Korean War, Joe Moran, is convicted for striking a colonel. Imprisoned in Germany he encounters his former company commander Captain Ross, jailed for black marketeering. Together with Ross' cohorts Joe agrees to escape with them, but things go wrong and a policeman is killed. An appalled Joe escapes by himself, abandoning the others, who are recaptured. Years later Joe has a boat rental business where he is found by Ross. Now a wanted drug smuggler he wants the use of Joe's boats and to ensure his cooperation, they kidnap his wife and daughter.

Hatchet for the Honeymoon(1970)

1h 23min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 38 votes)

A madman haunted by the ghost of his ex-wife carves a corpse-laden trail.

The Fifth Floor(1978)

1h 30min | Horror
2.2/5 (with 4 votes)

A young woman collapses on the disco dance floor of what's revealed to be strychnine poisoning. Assuming that this is an attempt at suicide, her boyfriend and doctor have her committed to the Fifth Floor, an asylum with obviously crazy inmates and a predatory orderly. The problem is, she's still sane!

Directed by Howard Avedis - With Bo Hopkins

The Sunday Woman(1975)

1h 45min | Crime, Mystery
3.3/5 (with 30 votes)

Police commissioner Santamaria is investigating the murder of the ambiguous architect Mr. Garrone. The investigations soon drive him into the Torino's high society. Santamaria suspect Anna Carla and at the same time falls in love for her. Lello is the lover of Massimo, Anna Carla’s gay friend. He is following another direction in order to find out the truth, and his results are confusing the Policeman. But another murder happens...

Last Known Address(1970)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 42min | Thriller, Crime
3.8/5 (with 39 votes)

Marceau Léonetti, a competent and energetic officer stops by chance the son of an influential lawyer driving under the influence of alcohol. A few months later, the lawyer falsely accuses Léonetti as being violent and incompetent. As a result Marceau is transferred to a small police station, where he meets young and beautiful Jeanne. Soon they are faced with a tough investigation.

Der Mann im Schilf(1978)

1h 54min | Drama

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