Top 28 Crime Movies Fan Favorite Released in 1970

The life and times of Virgil Starkwell, inept bank robber. Info on Take the Money and Run / IMDB / YouTube

After leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist. Find out about Le cercle rouge / IMDB / YouTube

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. See more about The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes / IMDB / YouTube

A high-ranking police inspector kills his mistress and deliberately plants clues indicating his responsibility for the crime in a sardonic test to prove that he is above suspicion. Get info on Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion / IMDB / YouTube

A violent East London gangster undergoes a transformation of identity while hiding from his former colleagues in the home of a jaded Bohemian rock star and his two girlfriends. Find out about Performance / IMDB / YouTube

The entire squad of gendarmes from Saint-Tropez has been retired. But there is no such power that could stop them from protecting the law and public order. Explore The Gendarme Takes Off / IMDB / YouTube

A Vietnam vet moves into an apartment and peers through other people's windows across the street, meets one of the women, and discovers Black theater. Get info on Hi, Mom! / IMDB / YouTube

An obese, embittered nurse doesn't mind if her toupee-wearing boyfriend romances and fleeces other women, as long as he takes her along on his con jobs. Explore The Honeymoon Killers / IMDB / YouTube

An introverted loner living in the bowels of the Astrodome plots to develop - with the aid of a mysterious guardian angel - a pair of wings that will help him fly. Get info on Brewster McCloud / IMDB / YouTube

During the 1930s, in Marseilles, France, two small time crooks work for local crime bosses until they decide to go into business for themselves. See more about Borsalino / IMDB / YouTube

A man asserts himself within the life of an actress he believes is somehow responsible for his son's death. Look into This Man Must Die / IMDB / YouTube

A serial killer who drains his victims' blood is on the loose in London. The police follow him to a house owned by an eccentric scientist. Read about Scream and Scream Again / IMDB / YouTube

Two men - a wealthy ad executive and a far-right factory worker - form a dangerous bond after the former confesses to the latter about murdering his daughter's drug-dealer boyfriend. Get info on Joe / IMDB / YouTube

In San Francisco, a high-priced call girl is murdered and the case is assigned to Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs. Read about They Call Me Mister Tibbs! / IMDB / YouTube

A US Army colonel in France tries to track down an escaped sex maniac. Read about Rider on the Rain / IMDB / YouTube

A psychologically disturbed matriarch presides over her damaged family of bank-robbing misfits. Look into Bloody Mama / IMDB / YouTube

An industrialist invites his colleagues to his private island so they can exploit a resin formula invented by one of the guests, but a killer within the group disrupts the proceedings. Read about Five Dolls for an August Moon / IMDB / YouTube

With his wife and daughter being held hostage, a seasoned ex-military man is involved in a shady smuggling operation to save his family. Learn about Cold Sweat / IMDB / YouTube

Two Harlem cops investigate a robbery, believing that a reverend has staged it in order to steal the money he's collected for a local fundraiser. Details on Cotton Comes to Harlem / IMDB / YouTube

As an incognito nun tries to help a doctor clean up an inner-city ghetto, the pair grow closer with time. Explore Change of Habit / IMDB / YouTube

During the Cold War a Naval Intelligence officer endowed with a powerful photographic memory is transferred to the CIA to participate in a covert operation in Moscow. Learn about The Kremlin Letter / IMDB / YouTube

Motorcycle racer Rommel seeks vengeance against JC, a madman who murdered the sidehacker's fiancee. Details on Five the Hard Way / IMDB / YouTube

Police inspector Léonetti, a tough, efficient policeman, has been sent to a second-rate police station after being reprimanded. There he is given a partner, young and beautiful Jeanne Dumas. The duo are soon assigned a very difficult mission: to find a man whose evidence is instrumental in convicting a murderer. They start searching throughout Paris... Read about Last Known Address / IMDB / YouTube

A young boy reluctantly aids his swindling father in a threatening scam. Info on Boy / IMDB / YouTube

A wealthy, fatherless British clan kidnaps bums and hippies and forces them to participate in an elaborate role-playing game in which they are the perfect family; those who refuse or attempt escape are ritualistically murdered. Learn about Girly / IMDB / YouTube

A bittersweet, idyllic story about a year in the life of 14-year-old Newt Winger, born into a poor Black family in Kansas, who learns about love, fear, racial injustice, and immorality. Read about The Learning Tree / IMDB / YouTube

A paroled gangster and his son plan to rob a Las Vegas gambling house, unaware that the casino is bitterly contested by the West Coast and East Coast mobs. Look into Machine Gun McCain / IMDB / YouTube

A man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing. With several women as well as the police on his tail, he sets out to find an old friend. See more about Gods of the Plague / IMDB / YouTube