Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3176 Films to Buy & Rent
Murder Most English (TV Series) (The Flaxborough Chronicles) (1977)
- Feat. Anton Rodgers, Christopher Timothy
- Based on the Colin Watson mysteries, this Ever–so–English detective series follows two English detectives as they solve particularly…
Rhinemann Exchange, The (TV Mini-Series) (1977)
- Dir. Burt Kennedy
Feat. Stephen Collins, Larry Hagman, Roddy McDowall…
- Vintage spy thriller follows a US intelligence agent (Collins) on a mission to oversee the exchange of high–altitude gyroscope plans. A little…
Rolling Thunder (1977)
- Dir. John Flynn
Feat. William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones
- A classic of 70's exploitation, this gritty revenge thriller follows a Vietnam vet who returns home a hero, but soon embarks on a mission of bloody…
Silver Bears (1977)
- Dir. Ivan Passer
Feat. Michael Caine, Cybill Shepherd, Louis Jourdan…
- Low–key crime comedy caper with Michael Caine playing a financial wizard working with a crime boss to launder money from a Swiss bank.
Sorcerer (1977)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal
- Second film adaptation of the French novel WAGES OF FEAR, following the fates of four outcasts who take on a job transporting a cargo of unstable…
Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centrefold Model? (1977)
- Dir. Russ Mayberry
Feat. Barbara Eden, Joseph Mascolo, Joan Hackett…
- "Edgy" TV movie with Barbara Eden as female private detective going undercover as a porno actress to find a millionaire's missing daughter.
Summerfield (1977)
- Dir. Ken Hannam
Feat. John Waters, Charles Tingwell, Nick Tate
- A low–key but atmospheric mystery from the Australian New Wave of the 1970s, in which a well–meaning replacement teacher (Tate) arrives…
Sweeney! (1977)
- Dir. David Wickes
Feat. John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Barry Foster
- An officer in the Flying Squad, a division of London's Metropolitan Police, becomes embroiled in a political scandal when he investigates the death…
All the President's Men (1976)
- Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford
- Chilling account of events that led to the publicising of the Watergate scandal, as uncovered by two reporters. A key film of the 1970s.
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American Friend, The (1976)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Bruno Ganz, Samuel Fuller, Nicholas Ray
- Twisting thriller stars Bruno Ganz as an apparently terminally–ill man duped into murder. Dennis Hopper plays the American 'friend', while…