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Films with the genre "Thriller", sorted by production date
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Taxi Car (1972)
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Sadhana Shivdasani, Adoor Bhasi, Prem Nazir, Sadhana, Vijayasree, Vincent
Tears of Blood (1972)
, 1h34Directed by Alfred Vohrer
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Anita Lochner, Alain Noury, Wolfgang Reichmann, Eva Christian, Ruth Maria Kubitschek, Dirk Galuba
Christine, une étudiante, tombe amoureuse d'Alain, un Français qui apprend la germanistique à Lübeck. Le père sévère de Christine, l'industriel Luba, s'oppose à ce couple et réfléchit dans son lit. Toutefois, Christine et Alain passent beaucoup de temps ensemble. Ils vont sur la mer Baltique, rendent visite à Jens Brodersen, qui prédit au couple un long voyage. Christine est prise de plus en plus de la nature impérieuse de son père. Pour en savoir plus sur lui et le divorce des parents, elle rend visite à sa mère à Hambourg, laquelle ne veut plus entendre parler de son ancien mari.
Trouble Man (1972)
, 1h39Directed by Ivan Dixon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Robert Hooks, Paul Winfield, Paula Kelly, Ralph Waite, Bill Henderson, Gordon Jump
Dans ce drame urbain, un homme de la ville cherche à fuir à la fois les flics et des escrocs dans ce drame urbain. T (Robert Hooks) est la combinaison d'un requin de piscine, d'un détective privé et d'un homme à tout faire du ghetto, menant ses affaires depuis un club de billard dans le centre-sud de Los Angeles.
, 1h45Directed by Massimo Dallamano
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Karin Baal, Joachim Fuchsberger, Cristina Galbó, Camille Keaton, Fabio Testi, Claudia Butenuth
Italian teacher Enrico Rosseni is having an affair with one of his lovely young students. While on an afternoon outing the two lovers learn that a fellow student is brutally murdered mere yards from them. Now other female students are being targeted by a killer with a sinister vendetta and Rosseni is looking like a suspect.
Who Saw Her Die? (1972)
, 1h35Directed by Aldo Lado
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors George Lazenby, Anita Strindberg, Adolfo Celi, Dominique Boschero, Peter Chatel, Piero Vida
France, 1968. Dans une station de ski, une petite fille rousse, Nicole, est assassinée à coups de pierre par un individu voilé et vêtu de noir qui enterre ensuite son cadavre dans la neige.
, 1h36Directed by Sergio Martino
Origin Italie
Genres Erotic, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Serial killer films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Edwige Fenech, Luigi Pistilli, Anita Strindberg, Ivan Rassimov, Enrica Bonaccorti, Daniela Giordano
Oliviero Rouvigny (Pistilli), a failed writer and an alcoholic, lives in a crumbling mansion with his wife Irina (Strindberg), who is scared of Oliviero's cat, Satan, that used to belong to his late mother. To fight boredom, Oliviero organizes decadent parties for local hippies and humiliates and abuses Irina in front of the guests. After his mistress, a young student, is found murdered, Oliviero becomes the primary suspect. When he finds their maid dead on the premises, he decides to conceal it to avoid further suspicions.
When Michael Calls (1972)
, 1h38Directed by Philip Leacock
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Ben Gazzara, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Marian Waldman, Al Waxman
Helen Connelly is a woman whose nephew Michael died fifteen years earlier. She is separated from her husband, Doremus. She is close to Michael's brother, Craig. When mysterious happenings began taking place and she begins receiving phone calls from the supposedly dead Michael, Helen begins to wonder if Michael is really dead or if she is losing touch with reality.
The Woman Hunter (1972)
, 1h10Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Barbara Eden, Robert Vaughn, Stuart Whitman, Sydney Chaplin, Sydney Chaplin, Larry Storch
Dina Hunter (Barbara Eden), wealthy and unstable, takes a Mexican holiday with her husband Jerry (Robert Vaughn) in order for her to recover from a traffic accident. An artist named Paul Carter (Stuart Whitman) becomes intrigued in Dina and wants to paint her portrait. Dina's interest in him leads her to uncover clues that he is more than just an artist — she discovers that he may possibly be a jewel thief and murderer. She tries to convince her husband and the local authorities but no one will believe her story.
Baffled! (1972)
, 1h30Directed by Philip Leacock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Actors Leonard Nimoy, Susan Hampshire, Rachel Roberts, Vera Miles, Ray Brooks, Angharad Rees
Sweet Kill (1972)
, 1h25Directed by Curtis Hanson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Tab Hunter, John Aprea, Isabel Jewell, Angus Scrimm, Roberta Collins
Eddie Collins finds that he is unable to perform sexually with women because of some earlier repressed memories of his mother. After accidentally killing a woman while trying to sleep with her, he finds that he is able to get aroused by the dead body. This leads him into a chain of luring women into bed in order to kill them for sexual gratification.
Poor Albert and Little Annie (1972)
, 1h21Directed by Paul Leder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Geri Reischl, Greg Mullavey
Albert (Zooey Hall) has tried to kill his rich snobbish mother once, for which he was institutionalized. The low security hospital she has sent him to, however, isn't prepared to deal with the extent of his problems. Obsessed with his own hatred for his mother, Albert is dangerously violent toward all women and attacks a nurse, after which his doctor decides to send him to a high-security state institution. Albert easily escapes by murdering an orderly, and the police put his mother in hiding after he phones her and threatens her. Unfortunately, when Albert returns to his mother's home, he finds her housekeeper Alice (Marlene Tracy), whom he tortures and murders.
Night of the Dark Full Moon (1972)
, 1h25Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about families, Christmas films, Films about sexuality
Actors Patrick O'Neal, James Patterson, Mary Woronov, John Carradine, Astrid Heeren, Walter Abel
On Christmas Eve 1950, Wilfred Butler runs out of his rural house and appears to have been set on fire. He collapses in the snow and is believed to be dead.
Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
, 1h45Directed by Lucio Fulci
Origin Italie
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Serial killer films
Actors Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomás Milián, Irène Papas, Marc Porel, Georges Wilson
In the small Southern Italian village of Accendura, three local boys, Bruno, Michele, and Tonino are engaged in mischief. Giuseppe Barra (Vito Passeri) a local simpleton and peeping tom, who is seen spying on two swinging couples, is taunted by the boys.
Short Night of Glass Dolls (1972)
, 1h32Directed by Aldo Lado
Origin Italie
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Ingrid Thulin, Jean Sorel, Barbara Bach, Mario Adorf, Fabijan Šovagović, Relja Bašić
The corpse of reporter Gregory Moore (Jean Sorel) is found in a Prague plaza and brought to the local morgue. But Moore is actually alive, trapped inside his dead body and desperately recalling how the mysterious disappearance of his beautiful girlfriend (Barbara Bach) led to a terrifying conspiracy of depravity. Can a reporter with no visible signs of life solve this perverse puzzle before he meets his ultimate deadline?
The Nightcomers (1972)
, 1h36Directed by Michael Winner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham, Dame Thora Hird, Harry Andrews, Anna Palk
Recently orphaned, Flora and Miles are abandoned by their new guardian (Harry Andrews) and entrusted to the care of housekeeper Mrs. Grose (Thora Hird), governess Miss Jessel (Stephanie Beacham), and Peter Quint (Brando), the former valet and now gardener. With only these three adults for company, the children live an isolated life in the sprawling country manor estate. The children are particularly fascinated by Peter Quint due to his eclectic knowledge and engaging stories, and willingness to entertain them. With this captive audience, Quint doses out his strange philosophies on love and death. The governess, Miss Jessel, also falls under Peter's spell, and despite her repulsion the two embark on a sadomasochistic love affair. Flora and Miles become fascinated with this relationship, and help Quint and Jessel to escape the interference of disapproving Mrs.