The 30 best Mystery movies of the 1970s

1. 1

   Chinatown (1974)

   directed by Roman Polanski · 130 min · 7.9 4,384 votes

2. 2

   Solaris (1972)

   directed by Andrei Tarkovsky · 165 min · 7.8 1,892 votes

3. 3

   All the President's Men (1976)

   directed by Alan J. Pakula · 138 min · 7.7 2,150 votes

4. 4

   Deep Red (1975)

   directed by Dario Argento · 127 min · 7.7 1,630 votes

5. 5

   The Conversation (1974)

   directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 114 min · 7.5 2,102 votes

6. 6

   The Tenant (1976)

   directed by Roman Polanski · 126 min · 7.6 1,260 votes

7. 7

   Sleuth (1972)

   directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz · 138 min · 7.7 749 votes

8. 8

   Three Days of the Condor (1975)

   directed by Sydney Pollack · 117 min · 7.3 1,414 votes

9. 9

   High Plains Drifter (1973)

   directed by Clint Eastwood · 105 min · 7.3 1,385 votes

10. 10

    The Long Goodbye (1973)

    directed by Robert Altman · 112 min · 7.4 804 votes

11. 11

    Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

    directed by Sidney Lumet · 128 min · 7.1 1,618 votes

12. 12

    Death on the Nile (1978)

    directed by John Guillermin · 140 min · 7.2 945 votes

13. 13

    Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

    directed by Peter Weir · 115 min · 7.2 912 votes

14. 14

    Murder by Death (1976)

    directed by Robert Moore · 94 min · 7.1 931 votes

15. 15

    The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)

    directed by Dario Argento · 96 min · 7.1 857 votes

16. 16

    The Passenger (1975)

    directed by Michelangelo Antonioni · 126 min · 7.2 556 votes

17. 17

    Black Christmas (1974)

    directed by Bob Clark · 98 min · 7.0 972 votes

18. 18

    The House with Laughing Windows (1976)

    directed by Pupi Avati · 106 min · 7.2 419 votes

19. 19

    Soylent Green (1973)

    directed by Richard Fleischer · 97 min · 6.9 1,476 votes

20. 20

    The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972)

    directed by Yves Robert · 90 min · 7.0 499 votes

21. 21

    The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)

    directed by Nicolas Gessner · 94 min · 7.0 367 votes

22. 22

    The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)

    directed by Blake Edwards · 113 min · 6.8 705 votes

23. 23

    Coma (1978)

    directed by Michael Crichton · 113 min · 6.8 472 votes

24. 24

    The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

    directed by Billy Wilder · 125 min · 6.8 348 votes

25. 25

    The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)

    directed by Dario Argento · 112 min · 6.7 462 votes

26. 26

    The Boys from Brazil (1978)

    directed by Franklin J. Schaffner · 125 min · 6.7 462 votes

27. 27

    Sisters (1973)

    directed by Brian De Palma · 93 min · 6.7 458 votes

28. 28

    Obsession (1976)

    directed by Brian De Palma · 99 min · 6.7 332 votes

29. 29

    Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

    directed by Dario Argento · 102 min · 6.5 438 votes

30. 30

    Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)

    directed by Alfred Sole · 108 min · 6.4 319 votes

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Method: TMDb audience rating weighted by vote count, with a vote floor per list. No position is editorial opinion; it is the catalogue, ordered.

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