Greatest 30 Crime Movies Highly Recommended Released in 1965

Bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau falls in love with murder suspect Maria Gambrelli and tries to clear her name. See more about A Shot in the Dark / IMDB / YouTube

Three thrill-seeking go-go dancers kidnap a young girl and attempt to swindle an old rancher and his two sons out of their small fortune, but their scheme does not play out as they intended. Find out about Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! / IMDB / YouTube

An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative. Get info on Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte / IMDB / YouTube

Three stories about Shurik - a young student. He fights against criminals, falls in love, confuses apartments, passes exams - he lives after all. Explore Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures / IMDB / YouTube

A masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome. Details on Blood and Black Lace / IMDB / YouTube

A sophisticated and self-assured woman from Paris joins a middle-class rural estate as a maid and causes quite a stir among the variously uptight, perverse and violent inhabitants. More about Diary of a Chambermaid / IMDB / YouTube

After being chosen to represent France in an international congress, Cruchot and his troops must go to New York, and adapt to its social and cultural aspects. Find out about The Gendarme in New York / IMDB / YouTube

When Professor Marchand, a famous scientist, mysteriously disappears, the commissioner, Juve, immediately suspects Fantomas. Look into Fantomas Unleashed / IMDB / YouTube

After a kidnapped bank teller uses a neighbor's wandering cat to send an S.O.S., the F.B.I. assigns a cat-allergic Agent to the case. Read about That Darn Cat! / IMDB / YouTube

Teenagers Libby and Kit innocently spend an evening making random prank calls that lead to murderous consequences. Check out I Saw What You Did / IMDB / YouTube

A germ that could destroy life on Earth is stolen from a biological warfare lab and the thief threatens to release it into the open, prompting a security officer to act. Learn about The Satan Bug / IMDB / YouTube

The witnesses of a train murder must take the investigation into their own hands if they want to survive. Look into The Sleeping Car Murder / IMDB / YouTube

San Francisco ex-con Eddie Pedak wants to go straight, but local cop Mike Vido, motivated by a personal vendetta, keeps harassing him while Eddie's brother Walter wants Eddie for one last major heist. Check out Once a Thief / IMDB / YouTube

After cheating death, master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu returns with a plot to contaminate the River Thames with a powerful toxin extracted from Tibetan poppies. More about The Face of Fu Manchu / IMDB / YouTube

American singer Johnny Tyronne is enlisted by sinister forces to assassinate an Arab king--and falls in love with that very king's daughter. Get info on Harum Scarum / IMDB / YouTube

After the mob tries to kill him for an unknown reason, a comedian steals the identity of a homeless man and goes on the run. Get info on Mickey One / IMDB / YouTube

After Atsushi commits murder, he is blackmailed into keeping a suitcase full of embezzled money. What follows is a descent into lustful, reckless actions and regret. More about The Pleasures of the Flesh / IMDB / YouTube

A vengeful veterinarian and a grieving widow join forces to track down a trio of violent bikers after they commit heinous acts against their loved ones. Check out Motorpsycho! / IMDB / YouTube

While visiting his favorite resort town during the off-season, a novelist investigates the apparent suicide of a woman he was infatuated with. Check out The Possessed / IMDB / YouTube

A rising political star faces scandal and blackmail when the young woman he tries to help turns out to be a juvenile delinquent. See more about Kitten with a Whip / IMDB / YouTube

After a small aircraft crashes in the Kalahari Desert, one of the seven passengers decides that his survival chances would increase if he eliminates the other men in the group. See more about Sands of the Kalahari / IMDB / YouTube

Three thieves escape from a heist, one of them killing the other two. He is sheltered by a prostitute and sought after by the police, but only after ten years his true motivation unravels. Details on A Fugitive from the Past / IMDB / YouTube

Bank robbers serve 15 years for heist. Upon release, they seek stashed loot, but the hiding spot (a tree) is now behind a police station due to urban expansion. Their quest to retrieve the money becomes complicated by the new location. Read about The Big Job / IMDB / YouTube

After a car accident in England, an American develops amnesia and tries to find his true identity, using various clues, but ends-up in the midst of a mysterious murder. Learn about Hysteria / IMDB / YouTube

A hooded serial killer finds a novel way to murder his victims--he lashes them to death with a whip. The police try to track him down before any more murders occur. Explore The Sinister Monk / IMDB / YouTube

A young man visits his ancestral home accompanied by his guardian and their respective wives, where he is plagued by the memories and influence of his murderous, psychosexual father. See more about Libido / IMDB / YouTube

The British secret service hire a WWII veteran to voluntarily kidnap and smuggle a 13-year-old Arab prince into Spain. Once there, a gullible American mercenary is hired to protect him, but greed threatens to spoil the operation. Read about Masquerade / IMDB / YouTube

A true story of Peter Kurten, a serial killer who committed nine murders and many other offenses in Dusseldorf during the Great Depression era. Find out about The Secret Killer / IMDB / YouTube

U.N.C.L.E. agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin are sent to the Swiss Alps to find a secret nuclear weapon design but T.H.R.U.S.H. agents kidnap Solo and replace him with a look-alike double. Check out The Spy with My Face / IMDB / YouTube

Agent OSS 117 is dispatched to Rio de Janeiro to investigate an organization developing a mysterious drug which is capable of completely controlling anyone injected with it. Get info on OSS 117: Mission for a Killer / IMDB / YouTube