Best 1970s Mystery Movies

Looking for the best 1970s Mystery movies? These are the 11 highest-rated 1970s Mystery titles in our catalogue, led by The Castle of Sand, A Trace of Murder and Clans of Intrigue. The list is ranked by audience score; open any title for its cast, trailer and legal places to watch.

1. The Castle of Sand (1974)

★ 7.4/10

Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
2. A Trace of Murder (1970)

★ 7.0/10

While investigating a murder of a millionaire's business rival, Columbo becomes suspicious when a police forensics expert and the millionaire's wife let slip an in-depth knowledge of the case - and each other.
3. Clans of Intrigue (1977)

★ 6.4/10

Chu Liuxiang is having drinks with his friend, Monk Wuhua. Gong Nanyan of the Holy Water Palace suddenly appears and accuses Chu of having stolen the palace's Heaven's One Holy Water and committed a series of murders…
4. Darker Than Amber (1970)

★ 6.4/10

Professional beach bum and 'knight errant' Travis McGee goes up against psychotic body-builder Terry Bartell. McGee pulls out all the stops when he joins a Caribbean cruise to bring the killer to justice.
5. The Body of My Enemy (1976)

★ 6.4/10

A man accused of murder discovers a trail of corruption leading to the powerful family of his former love. Going underground, he seeks allies in a town where trust is scarce.
6. Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (1971)

★ 5.9/10

Four elderly ladies with a lot of time on their hands get the idea to create a fictional "girl" for a computer dating service. However, things take a turn for the worse when their description of the "girl" attracts a…
7. Savage Hunt of King Stakh (1979)

★ 5.4/10

A mystical drama based on a story by V. Korotkevich. The film is set in out-of-the-way Belarusian woodlands at the end of the 19th century. A young ethnographer, Andrej Bielarecki, comes here to research local folk…
8. The Squirrel (1979)

★ 5.3/10

It tells the story of the struggle between gangs of thieves chasing after a jeweled necklace. A very valuable piece of jewelry made by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent for Hürrem Sultan is put up for sale. At the end of…
9. The Glass Ceiling (1971)

★ 5.2/10

A lonely housewife hears a man’s footsteps in the apartment above her late at night. The upstairs neighbor insists it is her husband who has returned from business but her explanations are soon contradicted. The woman…
10. Slaves (1977)

★ 5.2/10

A brothel owner is questioned in the disappearance of the daughter of a wealthy man after she is still not returned, or told of her possible whereabouts, after the $5,000,000 ransom was paid.
11. A Garden Variety Mystery (1970)

★ 0.0/10

A Garden Variety Mystery follows Ivy, an average college student who if it was up to her she would just go to class and smoke weed, while working her side hustle as an amateur private investigator catching cheating…