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| 1 |  | Chinatown (1974) |  3.8626 83 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$6.40
| When smooth P.I. Jake Gittes is tricked into taking a case tailing an unfaithful husband he finds ...more about Chinatown starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway |
| 2 |  | Conversation, The (1974) |  3.5006 72 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$6.13
| Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired to tail a young couple. As he listens to their ...more about Conversation starring Gene Hackman and John Cazale |
| 3 |  | Badlands (1973) | 3.2672 58 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$13.79
| Kit Carruthers, a young garbage collector and his girlfriend Holly Sargis from Fort Dupree, South ...more about Badlands starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek |
| 4 |  | Wicker Man, The (1973) |  3.1354 90 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$5.99
| Sgt. Howie travels to Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. He discovers ...more about Wicker Man starring Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee |
| 5 |  | Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) | 3.1073 46 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$3.91
| Strange underground alien spores are planted in the earth and eventually begin to flower. As people ...more about Invasion of the Body Snatchers starring Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams |
| 6 |  | Late Show, The (1977) | 3.1046 14 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Comedy |
$7.00
| Art Carney stars as aging gumshoe Ira Wells in Robert Benton's affectionately offbeat homage to the ...more about Late Show starring Art Carney and Lily Tomlin |
| 7 |  | Klute (1971) | 3.1030 37 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$12.71
| John Klute's friend has totally disappeared. The only clue a connection with a call girl, Bree ...more about Klute starring Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland |
| 8 |  | Rescuers, The (1977) | 3.0655 27 reviews | G | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Crime, Musical, Mystery, Family, Animation, Disney |
$8.99
| Bernard and Bianca, of the Rescue Aid Society (a mouse organization) receive a message in a bottle ...more about Rescuers starring Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor |
| 9 |  | Abominable Dr. Phibes, The (1971) | 3.0574 60 reviews | PG-13 | Horror, Mystery, Comedy |
$8.70
| When his wife dies on the operating table, the vengeful Dr. Phibes begins killing her doctors ...more about Abominable Dr. Phibes starring Vincent Price and Virginia North |
| 10 |  | Legend of Hell House, The (1973) | 3.0227 21 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery |
$4.11
| A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic and the only survivor of the ...more about Legend of Hell House starring Pamela Franklin and Clive Revill |
| 11 |  | Black Christmas (1974) | 2.9492 104 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$12.02
| Just before Christmas break a mysterious psychotic killer sneaks into the attic of a sorority house ...more about Black Christmas starring Olivia Hussey and Keir Dullea |
| 12 |  | Theatre of Blood (1973) | 2.9475 33 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery, Comedy |
$9.99
| Edward Lionheart (Vincent Price) stars as an actor overlooked for a critics' acting award, despite ...more about Theatre of Blood starring Vincent Price and Diana Rigg |
| 13 |  | Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The (1976) | 2.9281 16 reviews | NA | Crime, Mystery, Comedy | N/A | Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to ...more about Seven-Per-Cent Solution starring Alan Arkin and Régine (I) |
| 14 |  | Last of Sheila, The (1973) | 2.9267 11 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$13.79
| Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run car accident following a party one night. A year later her ...more about Last of Sheila starring Richard Benjamin and Dyan Cannon |
| 15 |  | Murder by Death (1976) | 2.9246 31 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Comedy |
$15.69
| Millionnaire Lionel Twain invites the five most brilliant private eyes to a dinner - and a murder. ...more about Murder by Death starring Eileen Brennan and Truman Capote |
| 16 |  | Sleuth (1972) | 2.9159 21 reviews | NA | Thriller, Mystery | N/A | Milo Tindle and Andrew Wyke have something in common, Andrew's wife. In an attempt to find a way ...more about Sleuth starring Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine |
| 17 |  | Stepford Wives, The (1975) | 2.8937 52 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$5.56
| Stepford Wives is about a small suburb where the women happily go about their housework - cleaning, ...more about Stepford Wives starring Katharine Ross and Paula Prentiss |
| 18 |  | Long Goodbye, The (1973) | 2.8823 42 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$4.72
| Chain-smoking, wisecracking private eye Philip Marlowe drives a buddy from LA to the Tijuana border ...more about Long Goodbye starring Elliott Gould and Enrique Lucero |
| 19 |  | Blue Sunshine (1976) | 2.8810 33 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$18.87
| A group of college kids who took some experimental LSD suffer the side effects ten years later. One ...more about Blue Sunshine starring Zalman King and Deborah Winters |
| 20 |  | To the Devil a Daughter (1976) | 2.8674 22 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$6.97
| An excommunicated priest sets up a satanic cult that only looks Catholic on the outside. He ...more about To the Devil a Daughter starring Richard Widmark and Christopher Lee |
| 21 |  | Other, The (1972) | 2.8287 23 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Mystery |
$5.99
| In the summer of 1935, 9-year-old twins Niles and Holland Perry live with their family on a ...more about Other starring Uta Hagen and Diana Muldaur |
| 22 |  | Coma (1978) | 2.8080 17 reviews | NA | Thriller, Mystery |
$1.96
| A young woman doctor discovers something sinister going on in her hospital. Relatively healthy ...more about Coma |
| 23 |  | Amerikanische Freund, Der (1977) | 2.8076 30 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$2.99
| Jonathan Zimmermann, a picture framer in Hamburg is diagnosed as having leukemia. Ripley, an ...more about Amerikanische Freund starring Dennis Hopper and Bruno Ganz |
| 24 |  | Omen, The (1976) | 2.7972 37 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$7.76
| Rome, 6juin, 6heures du matin. Katherine Thorn, l'épouse d'un diplomate américain de renom, est ...more about Omen starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick |
| 25 |  | Cat and the Canary, The (1979) | 2.7938 21 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery, Comedy |
$7.99
| When an elderly man dies, some of his relatives gather to hear the reading of the will. When it is ...more about Cat and the Canary starring Honor Blackman and Michael Callan |
| 26 |  | Last Wave, The (1977) | 2.7868 18 reviews | NA | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery |
$21.95
| A Sydney lawyer has more to worry about than higher-than-average rainfall when he is called upon to ...more about Last Wave starring Richard Chamberlain and Olivia Hamnett |
| 27 |  | Communion (1976) | 2.7799 28 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery | N/A | ...more about Communion starring Mildred Clinton |
| 28 |  | Andromeda Strain, The (1971) | 2.7744 30 reviews | NA | Thriller, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$9.87
| A U.S. Army satellite (Scoop VII) falls to earth near Piedmont, New Mexico. The recovery team ...more about Andromeda Strain starring Arthur Hill and David Wayne |
| 29 |  | Obsession (1976) | 2.7708 25 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | N/A | New Orleans businessman Michael Courtland's life is shattered when his wife and daughter are ...more about Obsession starring Cliff Robertson and Genevieve Bujold |
| 30 |  | Big Sleep, The (1978) | 2.7596 20 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$7.99
| Set in England, rather than California, the story follows Raymond Chandler's book fairly closely ...more about Big Sleep starring Sarah Miles and Richard Boone |
| 31 |  | Beast Must Die, The (1974) | 2.7561 33 reviews | NA | Action, Horror, Mystery |
$11.12
| Tom Newcliffe, a rich businessman and expert hunter summons six guests to his huge country estate ...more about Beast Must Die starring Calvin Lockhart and Peter Cushing |
| 32 |  | Cars That Ate Paris, The (1974) | 2.7502 36 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery, Comedy |
$14.71
| A small town in rural Australia (Paris) makes its living by causing car accidents and salvaging any ...more about Cars That Ate Paris starring Terry Camilleri and Rick Scully |
| 33 |  | Amityville Horror, The (1979) |  2.7383 84 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$4.99
| Based on a true story that was claimed by writer Jay Anson, The Amityville Horror is about a large ...more about Amityville Horror starring James Brolin and Margot Kidder |
| 34 |  | Equinox (1970) | 2.7298 15 reviews | NA | Adventure, Horror, Mystery |
$24.99
| Four friends are attacked by a demon while on a picnic, due to possession of a tome of mystic ...more about Equinox starring Barbara Hewitt |
| 35 |  | Hustle (1975) | 2.7193 18 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$6.99
| Reynolds stars as Phil Gaines, a bitter, cynical cop who investigates the case of a dead ...more about Hustle starring Burt Reynolds and Sharon Kelly |
| 36 |  | Equus (1977) | 2.6781 20 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery |
$6.89
| A psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, investigates the savage blinding of six horses with a metal spike in ...more about Equus starring Richard Burton and Peter Firth |
| 37 |  | Siddhartha (1972) | 2.6718 25 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery |
$16.15
| ...more about Siddhartha starring Shashi Kapoor and Simi Garewal |
| 38 |  | Bug (1975) | 2.6556 11 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$9.99
| An earthquake releases a strain of mutant cockroaches with the ability to start fires, which ...more about Bug starring Bradford Dillman and Joanna Miles |
| 39 |  | Cat o' Nine Tails, The (1971) | 2.6336 20 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Crime, Mystery |
$2.19
| Franco Arno is a blind man that lives with his young niece and makes a living writing crossword ...more about Cat o' Nine Tails starring James Franciscus and Pier Paolo Capponi |
| 40 |  | Shock Waves (1977) | 2.6282 30 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$13.47
| This horror movie concerns a shipwrecked yachting party. Rose (Brooke Adams) and her fellow ...more about Shock Waves starring Peter Cushing and Brooke Adams |
| 41 |  | God Told Me To (1976) | 2.6215 37 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Crime, Mystery |
$9.99
| The storyline of this movie involves a series of motiveless murders committed by various New York ...more about God Told Me To starring Tony Lo Bianco and Deborah Raffin |
| 42 |  | House That Dripped Blood, The (1970) | 2.6145 18 reviews | PG | Horror, Mystery |
$6.21
| A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house: 1) A ...more about House That Dripped Blood starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing |
| 43 |  | Endless Night (1971) | 2.5938 12 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$6.97
| ...more about Endless Night starring Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett |
| 44 |  | Murder by Decree (1979) | 2.5770 21 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Crime, Mystery |
$2.94
| Sherlock Holmes investigates London's most infamous case, Jack the Ripper. As he investigates, he ...more about Murder by Decree starring Christopher Plummer and David Hemmings |
| 45 |  | They Might Be Giants (1971) | 2.5611 7 reviews | NA | Mystery, Romance, Comedy | N/A | They Might be Giants chronicles the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in modern day New ...more about They Might Be Giants starring George C. Scott and Joanne Woodward |
| 46 |  | Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The (1970) | 2.5167 19 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Comedy |
$4.42
| Director Billy Wilder adds a new and intriguing twist to the personality of intrepid detective ...more about Private Life of Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Stephens and Colin Blakely |
| 47 |  | Death on the Nile (1978) | 2.4906 17 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$2.94
| Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot has a set of murder suspects on a boat in the Nile after a rich ...more about Death on the Nile starring Peter Ustinov and Jane Birkin |
| 48 |  | Quintet (1979) | 2.4552 26 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$27.97
| ...more about Quintet starring Fernando Rey and Vittorio Gassman |
| 49 | | And Then There Were None (1974) | 2.4354 11 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Mystery | N/A | Updated version of the Agatha Christie book "And Then There Were None. In this version, the group ...more about And Then There Were None starring Charles Aznavour and Maria Rohm |
| 50 |  | Farewell, My Lovely (1975) | 2.3915 13 reviews | NA | Thriller, Mystery | N/A | This, the second adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel, is much closer to the source text than the ...more about Farewell starring Charlotte Rampling and John Ireland |
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