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Films with the genre "Thriller", sorted by production date
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Boxcar Bertha (1972)
, 1h28Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy-drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Rail transport films, Political films, Road movies, Gangster films
Actors Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, John Carradine, Bernie Casey, Harry Northup
The story of Bertha Thompson (played by Barbara Hershey) and "Big" Bill Shelly (played by David Carradine), two train robbers and lovers who are caught up in the plight of railroad workers in the American South. When Bertha is implicated in the murder of a wealthy gambler, the pair become fugitives.
The Boxer (1972)
, 1h23Directed by Francesco Prosperi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Robert Blake, Ernest Borgnine, Catherine Spaak, Francesco Prosperi, Gabriele Ferzetti, Tomás Milián
Un jeune boxeur est accusé du meurtre de son manager corrompu. Pour lui, la seule solution est de trouver lui-même le vrai meurtrier.
Scoundrel in White (1972)
, 1h55Directed by Claude Chabrol
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Mia Farrow, Laura Antonelli, Dominique Zardi, Daniel Lecourtois, Patrick Préjean
Paul (Belmondo), a former womanizer who marries the head of the medical department's "unattractive" daughter Christine (Farrow) because he thinks attractive women can't be trusted and make poor wives.
Far from Dallas (1972)
, 1h35Origin France
Genres Thriller
Actors Daniel Gélin, Alexandra Stewart, Philippe Rouleau, Robert Vattier, Jean-Pierre Andréani, Gérard Dessalles
Frenzy (1972)
, 1h56Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, Barry Foster, Billie Whitelaw, Anna Massey, Barbara Leigh-Hunt
In London, a serial killer is raping women and strangling them with neckties. Most of the film takes place in Covent Garden, which at the time was still the wholesale fruit and vegetable market district. Fairly early in the film, the audience sees that fruit merchant Robert Rusk (Barry Foster) is in fact the murderer. However, circumstantial evidence has already built up around his friend Richard Blaney (Jon Finch).
Images (1972)
, 1h41Directed by Robert Altman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about writers, Feminist films, Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Political films
Actors Susannah York, René Auberjonois, Marcel Bozzuffi, Cathryn Harrison, Hugh Millais, Barbara Baxley
Wealthy housewife and children's author Cathryn (Susannah York) receives a series of disturbing and eerie phone calls in her home in London one dreary night. The female voice on the other end suggests mockingly to her that her husband Hugh (René Auberjonois) is having an affair.
Madame Sin (1972)
, 1h30Directed by David Greene
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action
Themes Spy films
Actors Bette Davis, Robert Wagner, Denholm Elliott, Gordon Jackson, Catherine Schell, Dudley Sutton
The title character is a vicious villainess who commands a Thought Factory in the Scottish Highlands. Intent on achieving world domination, she kidnaps ex-CIA agent Anthony Lawrence and forces him to help her hijack a secret nuclear weapon, the Polaris submarine.
, 1h45Directed by Waris Hussein
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Perry King, Michael Hordern, Barbara Trentham, Pat Ast, Míriam Colón
Norah Benson and her younger brother Joel Delaney attend a party being given by Dr. Erika Lorenz. Joel's girlfriend Sherry appears. Norah is extremely protective of her brother, and it is subtly implied that theirs is not an ordinary siblings' relationship. The siblings have sensibly different, albeit somehow complementary mindsets; in contrast to Norah's upscale, self-compliant snobbishness, Joel is more of an adventurous, bohemian type and frequently goes on trips to exotic locations.
Killer (1972)
, 1h25Directed by Denys de La Patellière, Bernard Stora, Thierry Chabert
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes La provence
Actors Jean Gabin, Fabio Testi, Bernard Blier, Uschi Glas, Ginette Garcin, Félix Marten
Le commissaire divisionnaire Le Guen, qui a réussi à arrêter le tueur Georges Gassot, se heurte aux méthodes plus modernes de François Tellier, nouveau directeur de la P.J. Gassot s'enfuit de l'hôpital psychiatrique à destination de Marseille où il rencontre une jeune prostituée allemande Gerda. Mais Le Guen, par l'intermédiaire d'un journaliste, fait croire au Milieu que Gassot est à Marseille pour se mettre à la tête de leurs affaires ; le meurtre du souteneur de Gerda, à Marseille, et celui du passeur de Gassot à Marseille laissent croire à cette version. Gassot remonte à Paris, suivi par Le Guen.
The Master Touch (1972)
, 1h52Directed by Michele Lupo
Origin Italie
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Kirk Douglas, Giuliano Gemma, Florinda Bolkan, Wolfgang Preiss, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Bruno Corazzari
Steve Wallace, a safe cracker, has just been released from prison. He attempts one last burglary with the help of a circus gymnast in Germany.
The Annuity (1972)
, 1h38Directed by Pierre Tchernia
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Themes Films about families, La provence, Vieillesse
Actors Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru, Claude Brasseur, Rosy Varte, Jean-Pierre Darras, Odette Laure
En 1930 à Paris, Léon Galipeau, médecin généraliste à la compétence discutable, ausculte Louis Martinet, célibataire de 59 ans. Persuadé que son patient, usé, n'a que deux ans tout au plus à vivre, Galipeau convainc son frère Émile d'acquérir en viager la maison de campagne que possède Martinet dans un petit village de pêcheurs alors méconnu : Saint-Tropez. Confiants dans leur affaire, les deux frères acceptent même d'indexer la rente viagère sur le cours d'une valeur, pensent-ils, sans avenir : l'aluminium.
A Clockwork Orange (1972)
, 2h16Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Social science fiction, Crime
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Prison films, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Rape in fiction, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about classical music and musicians, Films about psychiatry, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Adrienne Corri, Miriam Karlin, Godfrey Quigley, Anthony Sharp
In futuristic London, Alex DeLarge is the leader of his "droogs", Georgie, Dim and Pete. One night, after getting intoxicated on "drencrom" (milk laced with drugs), they engage in an evening of "ultra-violence," which includes beating an elderly vagrant and fighting a rival gang led by Billyboy. After stealing a car, they drive to the country home of writer F. Alexander, where they beat Mr. Alexander to the point of crippling him for life. Alex then rapes his wife while singing "Singin' in the Rain".
Blacula (1972)
, 1h33Directed by William Crain
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion, Dracula films, Vampires in film
Actors William Horace Marshall, Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas, Gordon Pinsent, Thalmus Rasulala, Elisha Cook, Jr.
In 1780, Prince Mamuwalde (William H. Marshall), the ruler of the Abani African nation, seeks the help of Count Dracula (Charles Macaulay) in suppressing the slave trade. Dracula refuses to help, and transforms Mamuwalde into a vampire, whom he names Blacula and imprisons in a sealed coffin. Mamuwalde's wife, Luva (Vonetta McGee), is also imprisoned and dies in captivity. In 1972, the coffin has been purchased as part of an estate by two interior decorators, Bobby McCoy (Ted Harris) and Billy Schaffer (Rick Metzler) and shipped to Los Angeles. Bobby and Billy open the coffin and become Prince Mamuwalde's first victims. At the funeral home where Bobby McCoy's body is laid, Mamuwalde spies on mourning friends Tina Williams (Vonetta McGee), her sister Michelle (Denise Nicholas), and Michelle's boyfriend, Dr. Gordon Thomas (Thalmus Rasulala), a pathologist for the Los Angeles Police Department. Mamuwalde believes Tina is the reincarnation of his deceased wife, Luva. On close investigation of the corpse at the funeral home, Dr. Thomas notices oddities with Bobby McCoy's death that he later concludes to be consistent with vampire folklore.
, 1h40Directed by Emilio Miraglia
Origin Italie
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Barbara Bouchet, Marina Malfatti, Sybil Danning, Ugo Pagliai, Marino Masè, Pia Giancaro
Two sisters, Kitty (Barbara Bouchet) and Evelyn, are cursed by a family painting depicting a hundred year-cycle in which a Red Queen is raised from the dead to kill seven times. After Evelyn seemingly perishes and multiple killings ensue, their niece Franziska (Marina Malfatti) and Kitty start to suspect that Evelyn may be the Red Queen.
Deliverance (1972)
, 1h49Directed by John Boorman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, LGBT-related films, Rape and revenge films
Actors Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, Billy Redden, Bill McKinney
Four Atlanta businessmen, Lewis Medlock (Burt Reynolds), Ed Gentry (Jon Voight), Bobby Trippe (Ned Beatty) and Drew Ballinger (Ronny Cox), decide to canoe down a river in the remote northern Georgia wilderness, expecting to have fun and witness the area's unspoiled nature before the fictional Cahulawassee River valley is flooded by construction of a dam. Lewis, an experienced outdoorsman, is the leader. Ed is also a veteran of several trips but lacks Lewis' machismo. Bobby and Drew are novices.