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1. The Evil Eye (1963)
Not Rated | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance
A mystery novel-loving American tourist witnesses a murder in Rome, and soon finds herself and her suitor caught up in a series of killings.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: John Saxon, Letícia Román, Valentina Cortese, Titti Tomaino
Votes: 5,369
2. Assassination in Rome (1965)
Unrated | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
In this crime-thriller, Rome proves to be an unhappy destination for an American couple when the husband is kidnapped and his wife begins a desperate search for him.
Director: Silvio Amadio | Stars: Cyd Charisse, Hugh O'Brian, Mario Feliciani, Memmo Carotenuto
Votes: 222
3. A Game of Crime (1964)
87 min | Thriller
David Lugani live in a house with his wife, his brother Charles, paralyzed, blind and dumb, and Secretary Paul. Brother seems to have a special ability, which would allow him to perceive and predict disasters.
Director: Romano Ferrara | Stars: John Drew Barrymore, Luisa Rivelli, Lisa Gastoni, Jean Claudio
Votes: 43
4. Death on the Fourposter (1964)
90 min | Horror
A party of young people gather in a mansion for an occult experiment in which deaths are predicted by a psychic. Soon it turns into more than an experiment . . .
Directors: Jean Josipovici, Ambrogio Molteni | Stars: John Drew Barrymore, Gloria Milland, Luisa Rivelli, Antonella Lualdi
Votes: 196
5. La jena di Londra (1964)
79 min | Horror
A serial killer called "The Hyena" is finally caught and eventually hanged. However, his body disappears before it can be buried, and soon thereafter dead bodies start turning up in a small village.
Director: Gino Mangini | Stars: Giotto Tempestini, Diana Martín, Tony Kendall, Ilona Drash
Votes: 63
6. The Embalmer (1965)
PG | 83 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A crazed killer is on the loose in the catacombs of Venice, Italy. He stalks beautiful women, drags them to his underground lair, kills them, then stuffs them and adds them to his "collection."
Director: Dino Tavella | Stars: Maureen Brown, Luigi Martocci, Alcide Gazzotto, Alba Brotto
Votes: 539
7. Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Thomas Reiner, Arianna Gorini
Votes: 13,017
8. 24 ore di terrore (1964)
86 min | Horror, Thriller
Members of the Mafia are killed off while camped out in a large house.
Director: Gastone Grandi | Stars: A.V. Belfast, Pino Colizzi, Teodoro Corrà, Paul Janning
Votes: 67
9. The Possessed (1965)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
While visiting his favorite resort town during the off-season, a novelist investigates the apparent suicide of a woman he was infatuated with.
Directors: Luigi Bazzoni, Franco Rossellini | Stars: Peter Baldwin, Salvo Randone, Valentina Cortese, Pia Lindström
Votes: 1,436
10. Libido (1965)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
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.
Directors: Ernesto Gastaldi, Vittorio Salerno | Stars: Dominique Boschero, Mara Maryl, Giancarlo Giannini, Luciano Pigozzi
Votes: 584
11. A... For Assassin (1966)
76 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
After a rich mine worker dies in mine accident, his heirs gather in his house to hear the reading of the will.
Director: Angelo Dorigo | Stars: Sergio Ciani, Mary Arden, Ivano Davoli, Nana Aslanoglu
Votes: 104
12. Blow-Up (1966)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A fashion photographer unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, John Castle
Votes: 67,662
13. The Murder Clinic (1966)
GP | 86 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Patients and staff of an isolated mental hospital are being killed off by a hooded maniac who stalks the halls.
Directors: Elio Scardamaglia, Lionello De Felice | Stars: William Berger, Françoise Prévost, Mary Young, Barbara Wilson
Votes: 466
14. Night of Violence (1965)
91 min | Thriller
A masked man is hunting down and murdering women throughout the city. The police set out to capture him before he can kill again.
Director: Roberto Mauri | Stars: Alberto Lupo, Marilù Tolo, Lisa Gastoni, Hélène Chanel
Votes: 100
15. The Third Eye (1966)
Not Rated | 98 min | Thriller, Horror
A young count living with his domineering mother spirals into madness after his mother and fiancée are killed by his jealous, lovesick servant.
Director: Mino Guerrini | Stars: Franco Nero, Gioia Pascal, Erika Blanc, Olga Solbelli
Votes: 561
16. I Am What I Am (1967)
X | 104 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Bernard meets Jane in a night club, in London, and he likes her. Her father was killed in a car accident, but she thinks he has been killed because he was blackmailed for a picture of his ... See full summary »
Director: Tinto Brass | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ewa Aulin, Roberto Bisacco, Charles Kohler
Votes: 883
17. The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968)
R | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A sexy newlywed couple visits the husband's hometown in Geneva, where they are subjected to threats stemming from the death of his former fiancée.
Director: Romolo Guerrieri | Stars: Carroll Baker, Jean Sorel, Ida Galli, Luigi Pistilli
Votes: 957
18. Plucked (1968)
86 min | Horror, Thriller
The depraved manager of a high-tech poultry factory - which is genetically engineering boneless chickens - is pulled into a love triangle with his domineering wife and her sexually-liberated cousin, leading to double-crosses and murder.
Director: Giulio Questi | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ewa Aulin, Jean Sobieski
Votes: 1,774
19. Omicidio per appuntamento (1967)
105 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Vince Dreyser, an American detective in Rome, agrees to meet an old chemist friend, who is also in the city to marry a woman named Lidia. When his friend fails to show up, Dreyser begins ... See full summary »
Director: Mino Guerrini | Stars: George Ardisson, Halina Zalewska, Günther Stoll, Hans von Borsody
Votes: 114
20. Killer Without a Face (1968)
75 min | Horror, Mystery
Director: Angelo Dorigo | Stars: Mara Berni, Gianni Medici, Giuliano Raffaelli, Janine Reynaud
Votes: 46
21. Macabre (1969)
91 min | Thriller
A scheming blonde plots to steal her husband's money, not by killing him, but by driving him to the brink of insanity so that, once he's institutionalized, she and his twin brother (who ... See full summary »
Director: Javier Setó | Stars: Larry Ward, Teresa Gimpera, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Fernando Sánchez Polack
Votes: 264
22. A Black Veil for Lisa (1968)
R | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
While trying to solve a series of murders, a possessive narcotics detective hires a hit-man to kill his unfaithful wife, but the hunter and the hunted soon begin an affair.
Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: John Mills, Luciana Paluzzi, Robert Hoffmann, Renate Kasché
Votes: 683
23. Naked You Die (1968)
82 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After a mysterious trunk arrives at a prestigious girl's boarding school, its staff and students - including an orphaned heiress and an amateur sleuth - are targeted by a shadowy killer.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Mark Damon, Eleonora Brown, Sally Smith, Patrizia Valturri
Votes: 809
24. Deadly Inheritance (1968)
81 min | Mystery, Thriller
The death of a surprisingly rich railroad worker leads to mysterious murders within his testamentary heirs.
Director: Vittorio Sindoni | Stars: Tom Drake, Femi Benussi, Virgilio Gazzolo, Ernesto Colli
Votes: 319
25. Run, Psycho, Run (1968)
93 min | Mystery, Thriller
A man and his wife are vacationing on the Tuscan coast in 1912. When the wife is murdered, the husband sets out to find a young woman who looks just like her, in order to keep her memory alive.
Director: Brunello Rondi | Stars: Gary Merrill, Elga Andersen, Georges Rivière, Rossella Falk
Votes: 60
26. Una ragazza piuttosto complicata (1969)
100 min | Thriller
A young girl named Claudia, flirts with two men, and at the same time, she is also having an affair with her step-mother who doles out her inheritance money from her dead father. Is she playing all three of them to get what she wants?
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Catherine Spaak, Jean Sorel, Florinda Bolkan, Gabriella Boccardo
Votes: 223
27. The Doll of Satan (1969)
90 min | Horror
A couple travels to a castle for the reading of the will of the woman's recently deceased wealthy uncle. It turns out that he left her the castle and its grounds. She is persuaded by ... See full summary »
Director: Ferruccio Casapinta | Stars: Erna Schurer, Roland Carey, Aurora Battista, Aurora Bautista
Votes: 502
28. The Blonde Connection (1969)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
While looking for a stolen diamond necklace, private investigator Bob Martin uncovers a smart serial killer.
Director: Harald Philipp | Stars: Dean Reed, Fabio Testi, Ini Assmann, Leon Askin
Votes: 250
29. So Sweet... So Perverse (1969)
92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A bored, married Parisian socialite is pulled into a web of lust and deception after he seemingly rescues a woman from her abusive boyfriend.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Carroll Baker, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Erika Blanc, Horst Frank
Votes: 1,238
30. Double Face (1969)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
After a businessman's unfaithful wife is seemingly killed in a car accident, he is led by several unscrupulous characters to believe that she is actually alive.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Christiane Krüger, Günther Stoll, Annabella Incontrera
Votes: 1,014
31. Carnal Circuit (1969)
R | 99 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A man hides his best friend from the hoods who are out to get him, and suffers a violent beating as a result. The friend is eventually killed nevertheless so the man tries to find answers.
Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Dorothy Malone, Robert Hoffmann, Luciana Paluzzi, Frank Wolff
Votes: 193
32. Interrabang (1969)
93 min | Thriller
A photographer is sailing with his wife, her sister and his nympho-maniacal model. He leaves the three women alone to get a part for his boat. A mysterious man shows up, who might be an ... See full summary »
Director: Giuliano Biagetti | Stars: Haydée Politoff, Corrado Pani, Beba Loncar, Umberto Orsini
Votes: 264
33. Paranoia (1969)
X | 91 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A rich, alcoholic widow assuages her loneliness through a ménage à trois with two seductive step-siblings, whose true motives threaten her sanity and life.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Carroll Baker, Lou Castel, Colette Descombes, Tino Carraro
Votes: 1,628
34. A Quiet Place to Kill (I) (1970)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A troubled race-car driver plots to kill her ex-husband at the behest of his new wife, but their scheme quickly goes awry.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Carroll Baker, Jean Sorel, Luis Dávila, Alberto Dalbés
Votes: 1,393
35. Top Sensation (1969)
X | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Hoping to sway her unbalanced son into losing his virginity, an oil baroness takes him and several of her decadent friends on a cruise, culminating in an orgy of lust and murder.
Director: Ottavio Alessi | Stars: Maud Belleroche, Maurizio Bonuglia, Edwige Fenech, Ruggero Miti
Votes: 716
36. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
GP | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An American expatriate in Rome attempts to unmask a serial killer he witnessed in the act of an attempted murder - and is now hunting him and his girlfriend.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi
Votes: 24,101 | Gross: $0.42M
37. One on Top of the Other (1969)
R | 108 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An unscrupulous doctor is accused of killing his asthmatic wife as part of an insurance scam, despite discovering that she has a doppelgänger who works as a stripper and call girl.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jean Sorel, Marisa Mell, Elsa Martinelli, Alberto de Mendoza
Votes: 2,677
38. Yellow: The Cousins (1969)
89 min | Crime
Director: Gianfranco Baldanello | Stars: Lisa Seagram, Maurizio Bonuglia, Caterina Barbero, Franco Ricci
Votes: 110
39. Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970)
Not Rated | 82 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
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.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: William Berger, Ira von Fürstenberg, Edwige Fenech, Howard Ross
Votes: 3,458
40. The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
An insurance investigator tries to determine any irregularities in the policy of a heiress' dead husband, but soon finds himself suspected of her murder.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: George Hilton, Anita Strindberg, Alberto de Mendoza, Janine Reynaud
Votes: 3,572
41. The Weekend Murders (1970)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A family goes to a British estate to hear the reading of a will and while there they are murdered one by one.
Director: Michele Lupo | Stars: Anna Moffo, Ida Galli, Gastone Moschin, Peter Baldwin
Votes: 588
42. The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The wife of a struggling businessman is blackmailed by a mysterious man into having a sadistic affair with him, or he will leak evidence implicating her husband of murder.
Director: Luciano Ercoli | Stars: Dagmar Lassander, Pier Paolo Capponi, Simón Andreu, Osvaldo Genazzani
Votes: 2,140
43. Death Occurred Last Night (1970)
TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A compassionate police captain searches for a mentally challenged 25 year old daughter of a widower, who's been kidnapped and forced into prostitution.
Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Raf Vallone, Frank Wolff, Gabriele Tinti, Gillian Bray
Votes: 726
44. In the Folds of the Flesh (1970)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Thriller, Horror
The guests of a villa are killed off one by one by their hosts. Incest, decapitations and a cyanide bath feature amongst the other bizarre delights.
Director: Sergio Bergonzelli | Stars: Eleonora Rossi Drago, Pier Angeli, Fernando Sancho, Alfredo Mayo
Votes: 771
45. Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
GP | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A cleaver-wielding bridal designer murders various young brides-to-be in an attempt to unlock a repressed childhood trauma.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Stephen Forsyth, Dagmar Lassander, Laura Betti, Jesús Puente
Votes: 4,326
46. The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)
R | 81 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
An ambassador's wife discovers that one of the men in her life - either her husband, an ex-lover or her current lover - may be a vicious serial killer.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: George Hilton, Edwige Fenech, Conchita Airoldi, Manuel Gil
Votes: 5,451
47. Le tue mani sul mio corpo (1970)
91 min | Thriller
A young rich layabout becomes the object of lust of his father's trophy wife, while he is more interested in her best friend.
Director: Brunello Rondi | Stars: Lino Capolicchio, Erna Schurer, Colette Descombes, José Quaglio
Votes: 83
48. Il tuo dolce corpo da uccidere (1970)
88 min | Thriller
A man fantasizes about killing his wife. When he receives an anonymous letter with information that his wife is cheating on him, he decides to come up with a plan making his fantasies come true.
Director: Alfonso Brescia | Stars: George Ardisson, Françoise Prévost, Orchidea De Santis, Eduardo Fajardo
Votes: 196
49. Amuck! (1972)
R | 98 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
The secretary of a writer and his wife investigates the disappearance of her lover - their previous secretary - and finds herself the target of the couple's erotic desires and a murder plot.
Director: Silvio Amadio | Stars: Farley Granger, Barbara Bouchet, Rosalba Neri, Umberto Raho
Votes: 1,334
50. In the Devil's Garden (I) (1971)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
After one schoolgirl is raped while taking a short cut through the local woods, and another is murdered in the same woods a few days later, the local police are baffled. With the help of a ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Suzy Kendall, Frank Finlay, Freddie Jones, James Laurenson
Votes: 718
51. Asylum Erotica (1971)
89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A rehabilitation hospital in the Italian countryside which offers treatment for women suffering from various psychological disorders is stalked by a mysterious cloaked killer.
Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Margaret Lee, Rosalba Neri, Jane Garret
Votes: 1,857
52. The Double (1971)
88 min | Mystery, Thriller
A man is shot in an underground car-park by a mysterious bearded man. As he dies he recollects the events that led him to this situation, including adulterous liaisons and jealous envy.
Director: Romolo Guerrieri | Stars: Ewa Aulin, Jean Sorel, Lucia Bosè, Silvano Tranquilli
Votes: 294
53. What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)
R | 107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A teacher who is having an affair with one of his students is reluctant to present an alibi when his lover witnesses the first in a series of murders connected to their school.
Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: Fabio Testi, Karin Baal, Cristina Galbó, Joachim Fuchsberger
Votes: 5,925
54. The Devil with Seven Faces (1971)
90 min | Mystery, Thriller
The theft of jewels and mistaken identity complicate the life of Mary causing her to become the target of a vicious gang of criminals in this giallo crime thriller.
Director: Osvaldo Civirani | Stars: Carroll Baker, George Hilton, Stephen Boyd, Lucretia Love
Votes: 565
55. Devil in the Brain (1972)
106 min | Mystery, Thriller
A child suspected of killing his father is imprisoned in a mental hospital. A doctor finds him mentally healthy and begins to suspect another explanation.
Director: Sergio Sollima | Stars: Stefania Sandrelli, Keir Dullea, Micheline Presle, Tino Buazzelli
Votes: 295
56. A Bay of Blood (1971)
R | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The murder of a wealthy countess triggers a chain reaction of brutal killings in the surrounding bay area, as several unscrupulous characters try to seize her large estate.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Camaso, Anna Maria Rosati
Votes: 12,715
57. The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)
Not Rated | 99 min | Mystery, Thriller
A popular television presenter is accused of killing a teenage girl in a park, who happens to be his daughter's best friend.
Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Helmut Berger, Giancarlo Sbragia, Ida Galli, Silvano Tranquilli
Votes: 2,066
58. The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A corpse is found in the trunk of a car that belongs to the Swiss ambassador to the UK. Speculations run wild, as more people around the ambassador keep falling victim to the vicious killer. A former detective is hired to investigate.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Luigi Pistilli, Dagmar Lassander, Anton Diffring, Arthur O'Sullivan
Votes: 1,027
59. The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
GP | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Two journalists try to solve a series of murders connected to a pharmaceutical company's secret experiments, becoming targets of the killer themselves.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak, Pier Paolo Capponi
Votes: 13,029
60. The Fifth Cord (1971)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A maverick, heavy-drinking journalist pursues a killer who is targeting acquaintances of his, prompting the police to brand him a suspect in their investigation.
Director: Luigi Bazzoni | Stars: Franco Nero, Silvia Monti, Wolfgang Preiss, Ira von Fürstenberg
Votes: 2,569
61. Seven Murders for Scotland Yard (1972)
R | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In this version of the famous story of the London serial killer, Jack not only likes to kill prostitutes but he is a cannibal as well.
Director: José Luis Madrid | Stars: Paul Naschy, Patricia Loran, Renzo Marignano, Orchidea De Santis
Votes: 356
62. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)
Not Rated | 95 min | Mystery, Thriller
The potentially unhinged daughter of a British politician is accused of killing her hedonistic neighbor after she witnesses the murder in a dream.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Stanley Baker, Jean Sorel, Silvia Monti
Votes: 5,791
63. My Dear Killer (1972)
100 min | Mystery, Thriller
A mysterious decapitation leads Inspector Peretti into a case of blackmail, deceit, and the unsolved kidnapping of a young girl.
Director: Tonino Valerii | Stars: George Hilton, Salvo Randone, William Berger, Manuel Zarzo
Votes: 1,662
64. Death Walks on High Heels (1971)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
After a French stripper is harassed by a man who wants a cache of diamonds stolen by her late father, she flees to England in the company of a doctor, but danger follows.
Director: Luciano Ercoli | Stars: Frank Wolff, Nieves Navarro, Simón Andreu, Carlo Gentili
Votes: 2,274
65. In the Eye of the Hurricane (1971)
100 min | Horror, Romance, Thriller
Ruth and Michel separate after Ruth finds another man, Paul. Ruth and Paul go to her sunny, idyllic beach side villa to spend summer. They are having a great time together, and then things ... See full summary »
Director: José María Forqué | Stars: Analía Gadé, Jean Sorel, Rosanna Yanni, Tony Kendall
Votes: 601
66. The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971)
R | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A rich, mentally-unstable man - with a penchant for playing deadly S&M games with women who resemble his dead wife - sparks off a chain of bizarre events after getting remarried.
Director: Emilio Miraglia | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Marina Malfatti, Enzo Tarascio, Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Votes: 2,924
67. Cold Eyes of Fear (1971)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Respectable lawyer Peter picks up Anna, an Italian woman of dubious virtue, from the club and takes her back to his Uncle's place. They soon discover they are not alone. A gunman Quill (Julian Mateos), is waiting for them.
Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Giovanna Ralli, Frank Wolff, Fernando Rey, Julián Mateos
Votes: 924
68. Cross Current (1971)
90 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A speed-boat racer suffers amnesia after an boating accident and goes to his isolated villa to recuperate. The relationship with his wife is troubled so he starts an affair (sort of) with ... See full summary »
Director: Tonino Ricci | Stars: Philippe Leroy, Elga Andersen, Ivan Rassimov, Rosanna Yanni
Votes: 140
69. Oasis of Fear (1971)
R | 90 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Two hippies find themselves on the run from the law and soon end up going undercover in a villa owned by a mysterious woman.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Irene Papas, Ray Lovelock, Ornella Muti, Michel Bardinet
Votes: 1,065
70. Something Creeping in the Dark (1971)
Unrated | 90 min | Horror
A group of stranded travelers takes refuge in an old abandoned house, only to find out that they are not the only residents of the building.
Director: Mario Colucci | Stars: Farley Granger, Lucia Bosè, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Stelvio Rosi
Votes: 420
71. Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
PG | 104 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A musician is stalked by an unknown homicidal maniac, who blackmails him for the accidental killing of another stalker.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Aldo Bufi Landi
Votes: 9,884
72. The Sensuous Doll (1972)
R | 78 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Gonzales, a Spaniard living in Istanbul, reports the disappearance of La Rossa, a beautiful woman living with a mad painter, John Ward. Convinced that Ward has killed her, Gonzales sets out to trap him.
Director: Renzo Russo | Stars: Farley Granger, Erika Blanc, Krista Nell, Ivana Novak
Votes: 232
73. Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972)
Unrated | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A woman, a survivor of a failed murder attempt by the so-called "Half-Moon Killer", and her husband try to find a connection between herself, six other women, and the killer.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Antonio Sabato, Uschi Glas, Pier Paolo Capponi, Rossella Falk
Votes: 2,691
74. Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)
Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A series of victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open, much in the same way tarantulas are killed by the black wasp. The victims all seem to have a connection with a spa.
Director: Paolo Cavara | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Claudine Auger, Barbara Bouchet, Rossella Falk
Votes: 3,630
75. The Fourth Victim (1971)
88 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
A wealthy Englishman finds his third wife dead. After the police discover that his first two wives had also died suddenly, an investigation is launched. Meanwhile, a new neighbor moves in and becomes very interested in Arthur.
Director: Eugenio Martín | Stars: Carroll Baker, Michael Craig, Miranda Campa, José Luis López Vázquez
Votes: 517
76. L'uomo più velenoso del cobra (1971)
86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A gangster seeks those who killed his brother. A series of murders follow.
Director: Bitto Albertini | Stars: George Ardisson, Erika Blanc, Alberto de Mendoza, Janine Reynaud
Votes: 153
77. The Designated Victim (1971)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Seeking an escape from his unhappy marriage, a disillusioned advertising executive is lured by a sociopathic Count into a bizarre plot to kill each other's relatives.
Director: Maurizio Lucidi | Stars: Tomas Milian, Pierre Clémenti, Katia Christine, Luigi Casellato
Votes: 864
78. A.A.A. Massaggiatrice bella presenza offresi... (1972)
85 min | Horror, Thriller
Young Cristina runs away from home to satisfy her desire for independence and money, much to her father's disappointment. She becomes a call girl, but soon after meeting a pimp called Oskar, some of her new clients meet an untimely demise.
Director: Demofilo Fidani | Stars: Paola Senatore, Jerry Colman, Raffaele Curi, Simonetta Vitelli
Votes: 191
79. Tropic of Cancer (1972)
TV-MA | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
While vacationing in Haiti, a married couple meet an old doctor friend who resides there. Dr. Williams has invented a new drug formula, and there are a few unscrupulous parties interested in acquiring it by any means necessary.
Directors: Giampaolo Lomi, Edoardo Mulargia | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Anita Strindberg, Gabriele Tinti, Umberto Raho
Votes: 613
80. Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods (1972)
90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An old professor rents a mysterious old villa, and finds a tape recorded by a previous occupant, detailing her debauched lifestyle and the events leading to her murder.
Director: Sauro Scavolini | Stars: Erika Blanc, Peter Lee Lawrence, Ezio Marano, Rosario Borelli
Votes: 438
81. The Killer Is on the Phone (1972)
R | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
When a beautiful actress returns from a short trip to London, a mysterious man begins to stalk her. As she slowly turns the corner, she sees him and faints. Hours later she awakens, unable to recognize her own husband and friends.
Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Telly Savalas, Anne Heywood, Osvaldo Ruggieri, Giorgio Piazza
Votes: 357
82. A White Dress for Marialé (1972)
92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman, who witnessed her father kill himself as a child, invites several friends to her husband's secluded castle. Unbeknownst to them, she has a sinister motive for the invitation.
Director: Romano Scavolini | Stars: Ida Galli, Luigi Pistilli, Ivan Rassimov, Pilar Velázquez
Votes: 722
83. The French Sex Murders (1972)
Not Rated | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A man is accused of killing his favorite prostitute in a French brothel. He's tried and sentenced to death. He tries to escape but dies during pursuit. Soon, people connected to the case are killed one by one.
Director: Ferdinando Merighi | Stars: Anita Ekberg, Rosalba Neri, Evelyne Kraft, Howard Vernon
Votes: 1,114
84. Who Saw Her Die? (1972)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Between a four-year gap in the murder of a young girl, the daughter of a well-known sculptor is discovered dead, and her parents conduct an investigation, only to discover they are much out of their depth.
Director: Aldo Lado | Stars: George Lazenby, Anita Strindberg, Adolfo Celi, Dominique Boschero
Votes: 2,916
85. Knife of Ice (1972)
91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A mute woman finds herself at the center of a series of murders in the mountains of Spain, which police suspect are being committed by a drug-addled Satanist.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Carroll Baker, Alan Scott, Ida Galli, Eduardo Fajardo
Votes: 1,341
86. The Two Faces of Fear (1972)
88 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A professor's wife falls in love with her husband's assistant. When she learns he's planning to move to another city, she does everything she can to avoid it, with no success. Soon afterwards, he's found dead, in obscure circumstances.
Director: Tulio Demicheli | Stars: George Hilton, Fernando Rey, Luciana Paluzzi, Anita Strindberg
Votes: 194
87. The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972)
PG | 99 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Two sisters inherit their family castle, which is said to be haunted by their ancestor, a dark-haired, red-robed woman who is said to take seven lives every hundred years.
Director: Emilio Miraglia | Stars: Barbara Bouchet, Ugo Pagliai, Marina Malfatti, Marino Masé
Votes: 3,220
88. Delirium (1972)
R | 102 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A respected psychologist who regularly works with the police becomes a suspect in a series of gruesome murders of young women.
Director: Renato Polselli | Stars: Mickey Hargitay, Rita Calderoni, Raul Lovecchio, Carmen Young
Votes: 1,226
89. The Dead Are Alive! (1972)
R | 105 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A photographer on an archaeological expedition digging up Etruscan ruins in Italy begins to suspect that not all the Etruscans buried there are actually dead.
Director: Armando Crispino | Stars: Alex Cord, Samantha Eggar, John Marley, Nadja Tiller
Votes: 1,059 | Gross: $0.11M
90. Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery
An American journalist temporarily stationed in Central Europe searches for his new girlfriend, who has suddenly disappeared.
Director: Aldo Lado | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Jean Sorel, Mario Adorf, Barbara Bach
Votes: 3,671
91. The Murder Mansion (1972)
R | 86 min | Horror, Thriller
A couple lost in thick fog, take refuge in an old mansion next to a cemetery, and strange things start to happen.
Director: Francisco Lara Polop | Stars: Analía Gadé, Ida Galli, Andrés Resino, Lisa Leonardi
Votes: 1,420
92. Death Walks at Midnight (1972)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
During a drug-fuelled photoshoot, a model witnesses a brutal murder in the apartment opposite hers, and is forced to become an amateur sleuth to unravel the mystery.
Director: Luciano Ercoli | Stars: Nieves Navarro, Simón Andreu, Peter Martell, Carlo Gentili
Votes: 2,006
93. La morte scende leggera (1972)
85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A man finds his wife brutally murdered. He has no alibi so is instructed by his lawyer to go into hiding in an abandoned hotel. Strange occurrences start happening immediately.
Director: Leopoldo Savona | Stars: Stelio Candelli, Patrizia Viotti, Veronika Korosec, Rossella Bergamonti
Votes: 167
94. Eye in the Labyrinth (1972)
95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman searches for her missing lover, a psychiatrist who has suddenly vanished for no apparent reason. She ends up at a villa populated by a group of eccentric individuals. A string of murders commences immediately.
Director: Mario Caiano | Stars: Rosemary Dexter, Adolfo Celi, Horst Frank, Sybil Danning
Votes: 1,071
95. Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
Not Rated | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
When a southern Italian town is rocked by a string of child murders, the police and two urban outcasts search for the culprit amid scapegoating within the superstitious community.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas
Votes: 10,699
96. Death Carries a Cane (1973)
Not Rated | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A photographer witnesses a murder through a telescope but can't identify the killer. She reports it to police, but other witnesses are found murdered. She may be the next target.
Director: Maurizio Pradeaux | Stars: Robert Hoffmann, Nieves Navarro, Jorge Martín, Anuska Borova
Votes: 792
97. The Police Are Blundering in the Dark (1975)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
During an outbreak of violent murders in the area targeting young women, a journalist searching for a female friend gone missing ends up in a villa owned by an eccentric photographer.
Director: Helia Colombo | Stars: Joseph Arkim, Francisco Cortéz, Richard Fielding, Alberto Gasparri
Votes: 540
98. The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Having recently escaped the clutches of a hippie sex cult, a beautiful model is pursued by a serial killer whose previous victims include former occupants of her new apartment.
Director: Giuliano Carnimeo | Stars: Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, Paola Quattrini, Giampiero Albertini
Votes: 3,307
99. Naked Girl Murdered in the Park (1972)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
An investigator is assigned to investigate a man's family after he is found dead only hours after taking out a million dollar insurance policy.
Director: Alfonso Brescia | Stars: Robert Hoffmann, Irina Demick, Pilar Velázquez, Howard Ross
Votes: 524
100. The Slasher ...is the Sex Maniac! (1972)
X | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A serial killer is on the loose. His victims are unfaithful wives and he always leaves compromising photographs at the crime scene.
Director: Roberto Bianchi Montero | Stars: Farley Granger, Sylva Koscina, Silvano Tranquilli, Annabella Incontrera
Votes: 1,093
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