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1970s Thriller Movies

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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.

Directed by Sergio Garrone - With Attilio Dottesio, Maurizio Reti, Giorgio Cerioni, Carolyn De Fonseca

Chinatown(1974)

R
| 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.

Directed by Roman Polanski - With Jack Nicholson, John Huston, Faye Dunaway, John Hillerman, Diane Ladd, Roman Polanski, ...
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The Poseidon Adventure(1972)

PG
| 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.

Directed by Ronald Neame - With Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, ...
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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.

Directed by Tulio Demicheli - With Andrés García, Rossy Mendoza, George Hilton, Claudia Gravy, Eduardo Fajardo, Frank Braña, ...

What the Peeper Saw(1972)

R
| 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.

Directed by Andrea Bianchi, James Kelley - With Mark Lester, Britt Ekland, Hardy Krüger, Lilli Palmer, Harry Andrews, Conchita Montes, ...

The Day of the Jackal(1973)

PG
| 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.

Directed by Fred Zinnemann - With Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale, Michel Auclair, Derek Jacobi, Jean Martin, Olga Georges-Picot, ...
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The Eagle Has Landed(1976)

PG
| 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.

Directed by John Sturges - With Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter, Donald Pleasence, Anthony Quayle, ...
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Capricorn One(1977)

PG
| 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.

Directed by Peter Hyams - With Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston, O. J. Simpson, Hal Holbrook, ...
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The Swarm(1978)

PG
| 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.

Directed by Irwin Allen - With Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain, Olivia de Havilland, Ben Johnson, ...
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Sorcerer(1977)

PG
| 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.

Directed by William Friedkin - With Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Hamidou Benmassoud, Peter Capell, Karl John, ...
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Deliverance(1972)

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.

Directed by John Boorman - With Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, James Dickey, Bill McKinney, ...
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Earthquake(1974)

PG
| 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.

Directed by Mark Robson - With Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Barry Sullivan, Victoria Principal, ...
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The Car(1977)

PG
| 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.

Directed by Elliot Silverstein - With James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley, John Rubinstein, Ronny Cox, Kim Richards, ...
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The China Syndrome(1979)

PG
| 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.

Directed by James Bridges - With Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Richard Herd, Scott Brady, Wilford Brimley, ...
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The Cat o' Nine Tails(1971)

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.

Directed by Dario Argento - With James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak, Tino Carraro, Pier Paolo Capponi, Aldo Reggiani, ...
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The Long Goodbye(1973)

R
| 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.

Directed by Robert Altman - With Elliott Gould, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell, Henry Gibson, David Arkin, Nina van Pallandt, ...
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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.

Directed by Mario Bava - With Dagmar Lassander, Laura Betti, Femi Benussi, Luciano Pigozzi, Gerard Tichy

Rolling Thunder(1977)

R
| 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.

Directed by John Flynn - With William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Haynes, James Best, Dabney Coleman, Luke Askew, ...

Airport(1970)

PG
| 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.

Directed by George Seaton - With Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes, ...
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Airport '77(1977)

PG
| 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.

Directed by Jerry Jameson - With Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, James Stewart, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Brenda Vaccaro, ...
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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.

Directed by Noribumi Suzuki - With Reiko Ike, Christina Lindberg, Akemi Negishi, Yōko Mihara

The Psychic(1977)

R
| 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.

Directed by Lucio Fulci - With Jennifer O'Neill, Gianni Garko, Gabriele Ferzetti, Marc Porel, Ida Galli, Jenny Tamburi, ...

Gold(1974)

2h | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Romance / Love
2.8/5 (with 18 votes)

Rod Slater is the newly appointed general manager of the Sonderditch gold mine, but he stumbles across an ingenious plot to flood the mine, by drilling into an underground lake, so the unscrupulous owners can make a killing in the international gold market.

Directed by Peter R. Hunt - With Roger Moore, Susannah York, Ray Milland, Bradford Dillman, John Gielgud, Marc Smith, ...
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The Town That Dreaded Sundown(1976)

R
| 1h 26min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
2.9/5 (with 76 votes)

A Texas Ranger hunts for a hooded serial killer terrorizing the residents of a small town, set in 1946 Arkansas. Loosely based on a true story.

Directed by Charles B. Pierce - With Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, Dawn Wells, Jimmy Clem
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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.

Directed by Andrea Bianchi - With Solvi Stubing, Erna Schürer, Edwige Fenech, Franco Diogene, Nino Castelnuovo, Femi Benussi, ...
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The Domino Principle(1977)

R
| 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.

Directed by Stanley Kramer - With Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Mickey Rooney, Richard Widmark, Edward Albert, Eli Wallach, ...
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Lipstick(1976)

R
| 1h 29min | Drama, Thriller
2.5/5 (with 17 votes)

An aspiring avant-garde composer rapes a fashion model. When she takes him to court, she's slut-shamed by the defense and the man is exonerated. But justice will be served.

Directed by Lamont Johnson - With Margaux Hemingway, Chris Sarandon, Mariel Hemingway, Anne Bancroft, Francesco Scavullo, John Bennett Perry, ...
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Cold Sweat(1970)

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.

Directed by Terence Young - With Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, James Mason, Jill Ireland, Michel Constantin, Luigi Pistilli, ...
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Hollywood Boulevard(1976)

R
| 1h 23min | Comedy, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 14 votes)

A Midwestern ingenue moves to Hollywood and rivals a B-movie queen in low-budget quickies.

Directed by Allan Arkush, Joe Dante - With David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow, Dick Miller, Jonathan Kaplan, Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, Allan Arkush, ...

Born Innocent(1974)

1h 38min | Drama, TV Movie
3.3/5 (with 18 votes)

A constant runaway is given over to the care of the state and finds herself in a remand centre for girls. She is soon caught between the uncaring bureaucracy, the sometimes brutal treatment from her peers and her own abusive family, and only one care worker sees her potential to rise above her tragic circumstances.

Directed by Donald Wrye - With Linda Blair, Richard Jaeckel, Kim Hunter, Joanna Miles
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