Greatest 28 Thriller 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. Info on 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. Explore The Conversation / IMDB / YouTube

James Bond is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin, while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder. Get info on The Man with the Golden Gun / IMDB / YouTube

A puritan police sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, who the pagan locals claim never existed. Explore The Wicker Man / 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. More about Murder on the Orient Express / IMDB / YouTube

During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger. See more about Black Christmas / IMDB / YouTube

At the opening party of a colossal San Francisco skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out due to careless building practices by the contractor, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it. Info on The Towering Inferno / 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. Info on 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

In the late 23rd century, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements. Explore Zardoz / IMDB / YouTube

A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise. Learn about Phantom of the Paradise / 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. Look into The Parallax View / 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. More about Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia / IMDB / YouTube

Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California. Learn about Earthquake / IMDB / YouTube

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

While on the Trans-Siberian Express, an anthropologist and his rival must contain the threat posed by the former's cargo: a prehistoric ape which is the host for a parasitic life-form. More about Horror Express / IMDB / YouTube

Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, a journalist in possession of the man's diary investigates the alleged sighting of a former S.S. Captain, who commanded a concentration camp during World War II. Get info on The Odessa File / IMDB / YouTube

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

A 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land. Details on Airport 1975 / IMDB / YouTube

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

Suddenly, desert ants form a group intelligence and wage war on the humans. It's up to a couple of scientists and a girl to stop them Get info on Phase IV / 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. Check out 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. Read about 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. Check out Dirty Mary Crazy Larry / IMDB / YouTube

A blackmailer demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he placed aboard the transatlantic liner Britannic. Check out Juggernaut / IMDB / YouTube

A young soldier killed in the Vietnam War inexplicably shows up at his family home on the night of his death. Details on Dead of Night / 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. Explore 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. Info on Deranged / IMDB / YouTube