Top 26 Crime Movies Highly Recommended Released in 1974

A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder. See more about Chinatown / IMDB / YouTube

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered. Find out about The Conversation / IMDB / YouTube

An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town, and her older greaser boyfriend, embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota Badlands. Look into Badlands / IMDB / YouTube

In December 1935, when his transcontinental luxury train is stranded by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before, with a multitude of suspects. See more about Murder on the Orient Express / IMDB / YouTube

A New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks. In self-defense, the vengeful man kills muggers on the mean streets after dark. Explore Death Wish / IMDB / YouTube

Four armed men hijack a New York City subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. The city's police are faced with a conundrum: Even if it's paid, how could they get away? Check out The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / IMDB / YouTube

With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organize a daring new heist. Details on Thunderbolt and Lightfoot / IMDB / YouTube

An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines. More about The Parallax View / IMDB / YouTube

A sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on (and get pummeled by) the guards. Look into The Longest Yard / IMDB / YouTube

An American barroom pianist and his prostitute girlfriend go on a trip through the Mexican underworld to collect the bounty on the head of a dead gigolo. Explore Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia / IMDB / YouTube

A woman attempts to reunite her family by helping her husband escape prison and together kidnapping their son. But things don't go as planned when they are forced to take a police hostage on the road. Info on The Sugarland Express / IMDB / YouTube

A young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family. Read about Lady Snowblood / IMDB / YouTube

A vigilante takes a job as a high-class prostitute to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend. See more about Foxy Brown / IMDB / YouTube

A melon farmer battles organized crime and a hit man who wants to kill him. More about Mr. Majestyk / IMDB / YouTube

Two thugs travel around France terrorizing their compatriots. Check out Going Places / IMDB / YouTube

When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one is in the bag - thereby, the police precipitate in a desperate car chase against Pace and his Eleanor across Southern California. Get info on Gone in 60 Seconds / IMDB / YouTube

A young woman, rendered mute after a childhood sexual assault, undertakes training in firearms, martial arts and driving to wreak vengeance upon those who have forced her into prostitution. Info on Thriller: A Cruel Picture / IMDB / YouTube

Down-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags along for the ride. Look into Dirty Mary Crazy Larry / IMDB / YouTube

The mad adventures of the mad Italians, searching for the mad treasures in the mad Russia. Find out about Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia / IMDB / YouTube

Seattle cop is caught up in a corrupt police force that he is trying to make right. McQ is a cop with a mission. Check out McQ / IMDB / YouTube

A deranged rural farmer becomes a grave robber and murderer after the death of his possessive mother, whose corpse he keeps, among others, as his companion in a decaying farmhouse. Read about Deranged / IMDB / YouTube

After failing to reach a deal with her enemies, a mercenary karateka protects the daughter of a recently-deceased oil tycoon from the evil conglomerate gunning for her inheritance. Read about The Street Fighter / IMDB / YouTube

Earl Macklin robs a bank owned by the mob, serves his prison time and is released, only to start a private war against the crime outfit that owned the bank. See more about The Outfit / IMDB / YouTube

When two men break out of prison, they join up with another and restart their criminal ways, robbing banks across the South. Read about Thieves Like Us / IMDB / YouTube

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. More about Madhouse / IMDB / YouTube

Two reckless San Francisco police detectives finally obtain evidence against a local crime boss, and while waiting for a witness to arrive before making an arrest, they have to discreetly guard his life against an assassination attempt. Look into Freebie and the Bean / IMDB / YouTube