Feature Film, Released between 1968-12-05 and 1977-05-12, User Rating between 5.2 and 10, Rating Count at most 1,000,000, Mystery, US-G/US-PG/US-PG-13/US-R, Color, United States, English, Running Time between 60 and 200 (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Chinatown (1974)
18A | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez
Votes: 285,131 | Gross: $29.20M
2. The Conversation (1974)
G | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Frederic Forrest
Votes: 94,947 | Gross: $4.42M
3. The Stepford Wives (1975)
PG | 115 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman
Votes: 15,705 | Gross: $8.72M
4. Three Days of the Condor (1975)
14A | 117 min | Mystery, Thriller
A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max von Sydow
Votes: 46,526 | Gross: $41.51M
5. Soylent Green (1973)
PG | 97 min | Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In the world ravaged by the greenhouse effect and overpopulation, an NYPD detective investigates the murder of a big company CEO.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors
Votes: 55,749
6. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
PG | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In December 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.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery
Votes: 53,688
7. Night of Dark Shadows (1971)
95 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A painter and his wife move into a home and find themselves plagued by ghosts and spirits of his ancestors that used to be witches.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: David Selby, Grayson Hall, Kate Jackson, Lara Parker
Votes: 1,311 | Gross: $3.05M
8. Sisters (1972)
R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A fledgling Staten Island journalist witnesses a brutal murder in the neighboring apartment of a French-Canadian model, but the police do not believe that the crime took place. With the help of a private detective, she seeks out the truth.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning, William Finley
Votes: 14,836 | Gross: $0.35M
9. The Long Goodbye (1973)
A | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Private investigator Philip Marlowe helps a friend out of a jam, but in doing so gets implicated in his wife's murder.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell
Votes: 25,008 | Gross: $0.96M
10. Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
G | 97 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Two mysterious orphan children have extraordinary powers and are chased by a scheming millionaire. But where do these kids really call home?
Director: John Hough | Stars: Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasence, Kim Richards
Votes: 9,006 | Gross: $20.00M
11. Klute (1971)
18A | 114 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider
Votes: 21,471 | Gross: $17.44M
12. High Plains Drifter (1973)
PG | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Western
A gun fighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago and is hired to bring the townsfolk together in an attempt to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Mitchell Ryan
Votes: 48,431 | Gross: $15.70M
13. Magnum Force (1973)
18+ | 124 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
San Francisco Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is on the trail of vigilante Police Officers who are not above going beyond the law to kill the city's undesirables.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitchell Ryan, David Soul
Votes: 54,523 | Gross: $4.56M
14. Breakheart Pass (1975)
95 min | Mystery, Western
John Deakin is being transported, as a prisoner, on a train with supplies and medicine to Fort Humboldt, Nevada.
Director: Tom Gries | Stars: Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, Jill Ireland
Votes: 6,447
15. Murder by Death (1976)
95 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Five famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery.
Director: Robert Moore | Stars: Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Eileen Brennan
Votes: 32,774
16. The Andromeda Strain (1971)
G | 131 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A team of top scientists work feverishly in a secret, state-of-the-art laboratory to discover what has killed the citizens of a small town and learn how this deadly contagion can be stopped.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: James Olson, Arthur Hill, David Wayne, Kate Reid
Votes: 32,825 | Gross: $3.42M
17. The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
G | 113 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Inspector Jacque Clouseau (Peter Sellers) is put on the case when the Pink Panther diamond is stolen, with the Phantom's trademark glove the only clue.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer, Catherine Schell, Herbert Lom
Votes: 24,448 | Gross: $41.83M
18. 3 Women (1977)
PG | 124 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Two roommates/physical therapists, one a vain woman and the other a mysterious teenager, share a bizarre relationship.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule, Robert Fortier
Votes: 13,289
19. Communion (1976)
18+ | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
In 1961, a divorced catholic couple's life is turned upside down when one of their two adolescent daughters is suspected of her younger sister's brutal murder during her First Communion, and a series of subsequent stabbings.
Director: Alfred Sole | Stars: Linda Miller, Mildred Clinton, Paula E. Sheppard, Niles McMaster
Votes: 9,047
20. Sleuth (1972)
138 min | Mystery, Thriller
A man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Alec Cawthorne, John Matthews
Votes: 43,929 | Gross: $4.08M
21. Bug (1975)
PG | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
An earthquake releases a strain of mutant cockroaches with the ability to start fires, which proceed to cause destructive chaos in a small town. The studies carried out by scientist James ... See full summary »
Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Bradford Dillman, Joanna Miles, Richard Gilliland, Jamie Smith-Jackson
Votes: 1,972 | Gross: $3.60M
22. Night Moves (1975)
100 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Los Angeles private investigator Harry Moseby is hired by a client to find her runaway teenage daughter. Moseby tracks the daughter down, only to stumble upon something much more intriguing and sinister.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Edward Binns, Harris Yulin
Votes: 11,327
23. Burnt Offerings (1976)
PA | 116 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A family moves into a large old mansion that seems to have a mysterious and maybe even sinister power over their actions.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart
Votes: 9,396
24. They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)
97 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
California small town police chief investigates a suspicious death involving the victim's own dog that presumably killed its owner.
Director: James Goldstone | Stars: James Garner, Katharine Ross, Hal Holbrook, Harry Guardino
Votes: 989
25. The Last of Sheila (1973)
14 | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her wealthy husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt mystery game. The game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Richard Benjamin, James Coburn, James Mason, Dyan Cannon
Votes: 5,057
26. Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
91 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
California State Police Captain Sam Surcher investigates a string of teenage girl murders at Oceanfront High School.
Director: Roger Vadim | Stars: Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson, Telly Savalas, John David Carson
Votes: 1,930
27. Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
95 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by paroled convict Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, former seedy nightclub dancer.
Director: Dick Richards | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles
Votes: 6,458 | Gross: $4.36M
28. Obsession (1976)
PG | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his wife.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow, Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Votes: 8,580 | Gross: $1.00M
29. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
125 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
When a bored Holmes eagerly takes the case of Gabrielle Valladon after an attempt on her life, the search for her missing husband leads to Loch Ness and the legendary monster.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Robert Stephens, Christopher Lee, Colin Blakely, Geneviève Page
Votes: 10,274 | Gross: $3.30M
30. The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
R | 115 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Barbara Parkins, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 2,229
31. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A hooded serial killer terrorizes the residents of a small Arkansas town in 1946.
Director: Charles B. Pierce | Stars: Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, Dawn Wells, Jimmy Clem
Votes: 6,741
32. Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A recently institutionalized woman has bizarre experiences after moving into a supposedly haunted country farmhouse and fears she may be losing her sanity once again.
Director: John D. Hancock | Stars: Zohra Lampert, Barton Heyman, Kevin O'Connor, Gretchen Corbett
Votes: 6,730
33. Fuzz (1972)
92 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Police in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.
Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch, Jack Weston, Tom Skerritt
Votes: 1,514 | Gross: $0.57M
34. The Hospital (1971)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
An over-burdened doctor struggles to find meaning in his life while a murderer stalks the halls of his hospital.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes, Richard Dysart
Votes: 5,403 | Gross: $19.71M
35. Madhouse (1974)
92 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A horror movie star returns to his famous role after years in a mental institution. But the character seems to be committing murders independent of his will.
Director: Jim Clark | Stars: Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry, Adrienne Corri
Votes: 3,296
36. The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
91 min | Comedy, Crime, Music
The younger brother of the consulting detective tries to steal Sherlock's glory by solving an important case assisted by an eccentric Scotland Yard detective and a lovely but suspicious actress.
Director: Gene Wilder | Stars: Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise
Votes: 6,089
37. The Drowning Pool (1975)
PG | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A big-city private detective travels to the Deep South to help out an old girlfriend who is worried that her husband will find out that she is cheating on him.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Murray Hamilton
Votes: 4,613
38. God Told Me To (1976)
13+ | 91 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."
Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Tony Lo Bianco, Deborah Raffin, Sandy Dennis, Sylvia Sidney
Votes: 4,513
39. McQ (1974)
PG | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Seattle cop is caught up in a corrupt police force that he is trying to make right. Mq is a cop with a mission.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, Colleen Dewhurst
Votes: 4,596 | Gross: $0.24M
40. Marlowe (1969)
96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young woman from Kansas hires LA private detective Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: James Garner, Gayle Hunnicutt, Carroll O'Connor, Rita Moreno
Votes: 3,007
41. The Seven-Ups (1973)
103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
Director: Philip D'Antoni | Stars: Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Victor Arnold, Jerry Leon
Votes: 4,610 | Gross: $2.32M
42. Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Bored with his highway traffic duties, Arizona motorcycle patrolman John Wintergreen is assigned to Homicide where his polite investigative style irks his macho boss.
Director: James William Guercio | Stars: Robert Blake, Billy Green Bush, Mitchell Ryan, Jeannine Riley
Votes: 4,641 | Gross: $0.30M
43. The Other (1972)
PG | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A series of gruesome accidents plague a small American farming community in the summer of 1935, encircling two identical twin brothers and their family.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur, Chris Udvarnoky, Martin Udvarnoky
Votes: 5,439 | Gross: $0.48M
44. They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
PG | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In San Francisco, a high-priced call girl is murdered and the case is assigned to Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Barbara McNair, Anthony Zerbe
Votes: 3,127 | Gross: $5.12M
45. Two-Minute Warning (1976)
R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A crazed sniper is set to kill spectators at an L.A. Coliseum football championship game and the police races against time to eliminate him.
Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam, Beau Bridges
Votes: 3,319
46. Hustle (1975)
120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
At the instigation of a grieving father, a Los Angeles cop investigates the suspicious circumstances of a girl's apparent suicide.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Catherine Deneuve, Ben Johnson, Paul Winfield
Votes: 2,098
47. The Midnight Man (1974)
117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An ex-con, once a cop, now working as security in a college, decides to investigate the murder of one of the students, a daughter of a senator.
Directors: Roland Kibbee, Burt Lancaster | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Cameron Mitchell, Morgan Woodward
Votes: 804
48. The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)
105 min | Horror, Mystery
When college professor, Peter Proud begins experiencing flashbacks of an earlier life, he's mysteriously drawn to a place he's never been to, but which seems familiar and where he soon finds his previous incarnation's wife.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Michael Sarrazin, Jennifer O'Neill, Margot Kidder, Cornelia Sharpe
Votes: 1,579
49. Tower of Evil (1972)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of experienced archeologists are searching for an old and mystic Phoenician treasure when they are surprised by a series of mysterious murders...
Director: Jim O'Connolly | Stars: Bryant Haliday, Jill Haworth, Mark Edwards, Jack Watson
Votes: 1,404 | Gross: $0.03M
50. Darker Than Amber (1970)
PG | 96 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Professional beach bum and 'knight errant' Travis McGee goes up against psychotic body-builder Terry Bartell. McGee pulls out all the stops when he joins a Carribean cruise to bring the killer to justice.
Director: Robert Clouse | Stars: Rod Taylor, Theodore Bikel, Suzy Kendall, Ahna Capri
Votes: 420
51. Night of the Dark Full Moon (1972)
81 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A man inherits a mansion, which once was a mental home. He visits the place and begins to investigate some crimes that happened in old times, scaring the people living in the region.
Director: Theodore Gershuny | Stars: Patrick O'Neal, James Patterson, Mary Woronov, Astrid Heeren
Votes: 3,715
52. Peeper (1975)
87 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
In 1947, a smart-mouthed Brit working in L.A. as a private eye (or peeper) is on a case to find the long lost daughter of a shady client pursued by two dangerous goons. The case leads him to a rich oddball Beverly Hills family.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Michael Caine, Natalie Wood, Kitty Winn, Michael Constantine
Votes: 601
53. Count Yorga, Vampire (1970)
PG-13 | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A couple invites a Count from Hungary, who recently immigrated to America, to conduct a seance for the woman's recently deceased mother, oblivious to the fact that he is actually a vampire.
Director: Bob Kelljan | Stars: Robert Quarry, Roger Perry, Michael Murphy, Michael Macready
Votes: 2,224 | Gross: $0.21M
54. Child's Play (1972)
14A | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil and harmless as it seems.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: James Mason, Robert Preston, Beau Bridges, Ron Weyand
Votes: 918 | Gross: $0.13M
55. The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
113 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
To treat his friend's cocaine induced delusions, Watson lures Sherlock Holmes to Sigmund Freud.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Duvall, Nicol Williamson
Votes: 4,091
56. What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)
14A | 101 min | Crime, Musical, Mystery
Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood, California after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.
Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver, Micheál MacLiammóir
Votes: 1,578
57. They Might Be Giants (1971)
98 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
In a Manhattan psychiatric hospital a man, convinced he is Sherlock Holmes, is treated by a female doctor who happens to be named Watson.
Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: George C. Scott, Joanne Woodward, Jack Gilford, Lester Rawlins
Votes: 2,622
58. The Blue Bird (1976)
G | 99 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A pair of peasant children, Mytyl ( Patsy Kensit ) and her brother Tyltyl ( Todd Lookinland ), are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness (Nedezhda Pavlova) by the ... See full summary »
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, Cicely Tyson, Ava Gardner
Votes: 953 | Gross: $0.89M
59. Justine (1969)
116 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
In British Palestine of 1938, several men vie for the affections of a Coptic banker's wife who's involved with the anti-British underground movement.
Directors: George Cukor, Joseph Strick | Stars: Anouk Aimée, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Forster, Anna Karina
Votes: 383 | Gross: $2.78M
60. Private Parts (1972)
87 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Young Cheryl moves into her estranged aunt Martha's rundown King Edward Hotel. One of its offbeat residents, disturbed photographer George, takes special interest in her. Cheryl begins suspecting that a resident was murdered.
Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: Ayn Ruymen, Lucille Benson, John Ventantonio, Laurie Main
Votes: 1,397
61. Siddhartha (1972)
89 min | Drama, Mystery
The story of a young Indian who embarks upon a journey to find the meaning of existence. Based on the novel by Hermann Hesse.
Director: Conrad Rooks | Stars: Shashi Kapoor, Simi Garewal, Romesh Sharma, Pinchoo Kapoor
Votes: 1,127
62. St. Ives (1976)
94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A crime novelist is hired by a shady character to negotiate the return of stolen confidential documents.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Charles Bronson, Jacqueline Bisset, John Houseman, Maximilian Schell
Votes: 1,921
63. The Late Show (1977)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
A grumpy semi-retired private investigator partners with a quirky female client to catch the people who murdered his partner.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Art Carney, Lily Tomlin, Bill Macy, Eugene Roche
Votes: 2,298
64. Shamus (1973)
106 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Millions in diamonds are stolen from a safe in NYC and later the burglar is killed. Shamus is paid $10,000 by the owner to find the diamonds or killer.
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Dyan Cannon, John P. Ryan, Joe Santos
Votes: 1,158 | Gross: $0.48M
65. One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)
100 min | Family, Adventure, Comedy
A suspected Western spy steals a secret microfilm from China and hides it in the skeleton of a museum dinosaur, prompting a frantic search for it by various interested parties.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Helen Hayes, Derek Nimmo, Hugh Burden
Votes: 1,561
66. Sasquatch: The Legend of Bigfoot (1976)
102 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery
Scientists mount an expedition to find a Bigfoot-type creature.
Director: Ed Ragozzino | Stars: George Lauris, Steve Boergadine, Jim Bradford, Ken Kenzle
Votes: 566
67. A Reflection of Fear (1972)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A disturbed young girl starts believing that there is something very sinister at work after her estranged father visits her at her mother and grandmother's house with the woman he plans to marry.
Director: William A. Fraker | Stars: Robert Shaw, Sally Kellerman, Mary Ure, Sondra Locke
Votes: 510
68. Wicked, Wicked (1973)
95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A tongue-in-cheek psycho movie in "Duo-vision." The entire feature employs the split-screen technique used in parts of Brian De Palma's "Sisters" that same year. As a handyman at a seacoast... See full summary »
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: David Bailey, Tiffany Bolling, Randolph Roberts, Scott Brady
Votes: 493
69. Cancel My Reservation (1972)
99 min | Comedy, Mystery
Bob Hope is a stressed out talk show host who is sent on a vacation to Arizona on doctor's orders and has to play Sherlock Holmes with his wife, the lovely Eva Marie Saint, to solve a series of murders that has Bob as the prime suspect.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Bellamy, Forrest Tucker
Votes: 401
70. Hard Contract (1969)
PA | 106 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A cold hearted American hit man goes to Europe for 'one last score'. His encounter with a beautiful young woman casts self doubt on his lifeblood, and influences him to resist carrying out the contract
Director: S. Lee Pogostin | Stars: James Coburn, Lee Remick, Lilli Palmer, Burgess Meredith
Votes: 491
71. Blade (1973)
90 min | Mystery, Thriller
A homicide detective goes after a woman-hating serial killer, who uses knives to murder his victims.
Director: Ernest Pintoff | Stars: John Marley, Jon Cypher, Kathryn Walker, William Prince
Votes: 201
72. Ash Wednesday (1973)
99 min | Drama, Mystery
Barbara Sawyer (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) gets secret plastic surgery in Switzerland in an attempt to save her marriage to Mark Sawyer (Henry Fonda), but he doesn't seem interested in meeting ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Henry Fonda, Helmut Berger, Keith Baxter
Votes: 544 | Gross: $1.03M
73. Rage (1972)
100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An accidental nerve gas leak by the military kills not only a rancher's livestock, but also his son. When he tries to hold the military accountable for their actions, he runs up against a wall of silence.
Director: George C. Scott | Stars: George C. Scott, Richard Basehart, Martin Sheen, Barnard Hughes
Votes: 799
74. The Carey Treatment (1972)
14 | 101 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: James Coburn, Jennifer O'Neill, Pat Hingle, Skye Aubrey
Votes: 1,194 | Gross: $0.49M
75. The Black Bird (1975)
110 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The son of famous detective Sam Spade carries on the family tradition of getting involved with the Maltese Falcon - and with the people who will stop at nothing, including murder, to get it.
Director: David Giler | Stars: George Segal, Stéphane Audran, Lionel Stander, Lee Patrick
Votes: 427
76. Arnold (1973)
94 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Upon his death, Arnold marries his lover, Karen, in spite of his widow, and leaves deathtraps accompanied by audiotapes and his preserved and articulate corpse for those who cared only for his money.
Director: Georg Fenady | Stars: Stella Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Elsa Lanchester, Shani Wallis
Votes: 367
77. The Salzburg Connection (1972)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A list of agents and collaborators, hidden by the Nazis in an Austrian lake in 1945, is sought after by various interested parties during the Cold War.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Barry Newman, Anna Karina, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Karen Jensen
Votes: 303
78. The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972)
103 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A government investigator tries to find out the truth behind the break-in at a top secret research facility.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: George Peppard, Michael Sarrazin, Christine Belford, Cliff Potts
Votes: 493 | Gross: $0.20M
79. The Lawyer (1970)
120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Tony Petrocelli, a bright young lawyer practicing in the rich cattle town of Baker, becomes embroiled in a murder case.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Barry Newman, Harold Gould, Diana Muldaur, Robert Colbert
Votes: 190
80. Terror House (1972)
AA | 90 min | Horror, Mystery
College student Regina wins a getaway vacation at the quiet Red Wolf Inn, which is run by a friendly elderly couple, but it gradually becomes clear that something is amiss.
Director: Bud Townsend | Stars: Linda Gillen, John Neilson, Arthur Space, Mary Jackson
Votes: 512 | Gross: $0.12M
81. Man on a Swing (1974)
110 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A small-town police chief investigating a murder is offered help by a self-described psychic. However, when the chief discovers that the "psychic" is in possession of information known only... See full summary »
Director: Frank Perry | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Joel Grey, Dorothy Tristan, Elizabeth Wilson
Votes: 375
82. Target: Harry (1969)
R | 85 min | Mystery, Thriller
Pilot Harry Black is hired to fly a man named Carlyle to Istanbul, where he's murdered. Now, mysterious Diane Reed and a local gangster, Rashi, are after Harry believing that he has the priceless plates Carlyle used to counterfeit money.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vic Morrow, Suzanne Pleshette, Victor Buono, Cesar Romero
Votes: 136
83. That Man Bolt (1973)
PG | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
To take a briefcase from Hong Kong to Mexico City, via Los Angeles, is it necessary to call on that man - Bolt? With the number of dangerous spies and gangsters who are after that briefcase, maybe Jefferson Bolt is not enough.
Directors: Henry Levin, David Lowell Rich | Stars: Fred Williamson, Byron Webster, Miko Mayama, Teresa Graves
Votes: 270
84. Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973)
90 min | Mystery
A teenage drifter becomes embroiled in the lives and mysteries of the residents in a small coastal fishing village while searching for his family roots.
Director: Darren McGavin | Stars: Patricia Neal, Cloris Leachman, Bobby Darin, Tessa Dahl
Votes: 148
85. The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler (1971)
G | 100 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A reporter uncovers an amazing medical plot.
Director: Bob Wynn | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Bradford Dillman, James Daly, Angie Dickinson
Votes: 228
86. The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975)
80 min | Comedy, Mystery, Crime
A chicken hatchery owner (and novice private eye) tries to solve the arrow murder of local milkman, philanderer and animal fetishist.
Director: Dean Hargrove | Stars: Gabriel Dell, Will Geer, Anjanette Comer, Joyce Van Patten
Votes: 207
87. Together Brothers (1974)
94 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A group of ghetto kids try to find out who killed a popular police officer.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Ahmad Nurradin, Anthony Wilson, Nelson Sims, Kenneth Bell
Votes: 168
88. So Sad About Gloria (1973)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A young woman just released from a mental hospital moves back in with her family. However, she is soon troubled by disturbing visions in which she commits a series of axe murders.
Director: Harry Thomason | Stars: Lori Saunders, Robert Ginnaven, Dean Jagger, Lou Hoffman
Votes: 102
89. Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? (1971)
90 min | Crime, Mystery
A prostitute is murdered on the streets of a tough, low-income neighborhood. A diabetic retired boxer who knew her is appalled by the lack of interest shown in the case by the police or ... See full summary »
Director: Ernest Pintoff | Stars: Red Buttons, Sylvia Miles, Alice Playten, Conrad Bain
Votes: 166
90. The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1975)
83 min | Mystery, Thriller
A boat captain in the Caribbean becomes part of a bond theft/murder cover up.
Director: Robert Arkless | Stars: Dorothy Malone, Keenan Wynn, Aldo Ray, Alex Sheafe
Votes: 57
91. Fugitive Lovers (1975)
93 min | Mystery, Romance
Making his morning rounds in a Bel Air neighborhood, swimming pool cleaner Blue Schuyler is startled by the sight of a lovely young woman floating, lifeless, under the water. He jumps in, ... See full summary »
Director: John Carr | Stars: Steve Oliver, Sondra Currie, John Russell, Virginia Mayo
Votes: 39
92. Scratch Harry (1969)
94 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A wife discovers that her husband is cheating on her. Enraged, she puts together a plan to take her revenge on him. What she doesn't know is that her husband has a similar plan in mind for ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Matter | Stars: Harry Walker Staff, Victoria Wilde, Christine Kelly, Mio Domani
Votes: 13
93. Revenge Is My Destiny (1971)
95 min | Drama, Mystery
A Vietnam vet returns home to his wife. His home is there, but his wife isn't. When the authorities prove to be no help, he cuts a violent swath across the countryside in search of his missing missus.
Director: Joseph Adler | Stars: Chris Robinson, Sidney Blackmer, Elisa Ingram, Joe E. Ross
Votes: 53