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1. The Evil Eye (1963)
Not Rated | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance
A mystery novel-loving American tourist witnesses a murder in Rome, and soon finds herself and her suitor caught up in a series of killings.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: John Saxon, Letícia Román, Valentina Cortese, Titti Tomaino
Votes: 5,360
Widely considered to be the very first Giallo ever made.
released in two versions:
"The Girl Who Knew Too Much" is the original Italian release which has a more serious tone despite some lighthearted moments.
"Evil Eye" is the American cut which includes several scenes not present in the Italian release most of which are of a comedic nature.
The first of five, and one third, Gialli made by Bava. the last being 'A Bay of Blood' AKA 'Twitch of the Death Nerve'.
2. Black Sabbath (1963)
Approved | 97 min | Horror
Boris Karloff hosts a trio of horror stories concerning a stalked call girl, a vampire-like monster who preys on his family, and a nurse who is haunted by her ring's rightful owner.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Lidia Alfonsi, Boris Karloff, Mark Damon
Votes: 13,888
The first segment titled "Il Telefono" is the first ever Giallo to be shot in colour.
3. Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Thomas Reiner, Arianna Gorini
Votes: 12,977
The most influential Giallo of all time. Most Gialli made by Argento, Martino, and others starting from 1970 have their roots firmly planted in here.
4. 24 ore di terrore (1964)
86 min | Horror, Thriller
Members of the Mafia are killed off while camped out in a large house.
Director: Gastone Grandi | Stars: A.V. Belfast, Pino Colizzi, Teodoro Corrà, Paul Janning
Votes: 67
5. Dark Purpose (1964)
Approved | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Shirley Jones plays an innocent young American abroad (Italy, specifically), assistant to the cynically sarcastic art historian Sanders. She becomes romantically involved with Sanders' ... See full summary »
Directors: George Marshall, Vittorio Sala | Stars: Shirley Jones, Rossano Brazzi, George Sanders, Giorgia Moll
Votes: 191
AKA 'Dark Purpose'.
6. Death on the Fourposter (1964)
90 min | Horror
A party of young people gather in a mansion for an occult experiment in which deaths are predicted by a psychic. Soon it turns into more than an experiment . . .
Directors: Jean Josipovici, Ambrogio Molteni | Stars: John Drew Barrymore, Gloria Milland, Luisa Rivelli, Antonella Lualdi
Votes: 194
AKA 'Death on the Fourposter'.
7. A Game of Crime (1964)
87 min | Thriller
David Lugani live in a house with his wife, his brother Charles, paralyzed, blind and dumb, and Secretary Paul. Brother seems to have a special ability, which would allow him to perceive and predict disasters.
Director: Romano Ferrara | Stars: John Drew Barrymore, Luisa Rivelli, Lisa Gastoni, Jean Claudio
Votes: 43
AKA 'A Game of Crime'.
8. Che fine ha fatto Totò baby? (1964)
110 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A pair of brothers, Baby Toto and Pietro, sons of different mothers, live stealing suitcases at the Termini Station in Rome. After a theft they discover that the stolen suitcase they got ... See full summary »
Directors: Ottavio Alessi, Paolo Heusch | Stars: Totò, Pietro De Vico, Mischa Auer, Ivy Holzer
Votes: 262
AKA 'What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?'.
The first of two Gialli made by Ottavio Alessi, the other is 'Top Sensation'.
Don't be dissuaded by the comedy label it has on IMDb. it's a legitimate early Giallo.
9. Assassination in Rome (1965)
Unrated | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
In this crime-thriller, Rome proves to be an unhappy destination for an American couple when the husband is kidnapped and his wife begins a desperate search for him.
Director: Silvio Amadio | Stars: Cyd Charisse, Hugh O'Brian, Mario Feliciani, Memmo Carotenuto
Votes: 222
AKA 'Assassination in Rome'.
The first of three Gialli made by Silvio Amadio.
The other two are:
-Amuck!
-Il sorriso della iena AKA Smile Before Death.
10. Libido (1965)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A young man visits his ancestral home accompanied by his guardian and their respective wives, where he is plagued by the memories and influence of his murderous, psychosexual father.
Directors: Ernesto Gastaldi, Vittorio Salerno | Stars: Dominique Boschero, Mara Maryl, Giancarlo Giannini, Luciano Pigozzi
Votes: 583
11. The Embalmer (1965)
PG | 83 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A crazed killer is on the loose in the catacombs of Venice, Italy. He stalks beautiful women, drags them to his underground lair, kills them, then stuffs them and adds them to his "collection."
Director: Dino Tavella | Stars: Maureen Brown, Luigi Martocci, Alcide Gazzotto, Alba Brotto
Votes: 537
AKA 'The Embalmer'.
12. Night of Violence (1965)
91 min | Thriller
A masked man is hunting down and murdering women throughout the city. The police set out to capture him before he can kill again.
Director: Roberto Mauri | Stars: Alberto Lupo, Marilù Tolo, Lisa Gastoni, Hélène Chanel
Votes: 98
AKA 'Night of Violence'.
13. The Possessed (1965)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
While visiting his favorite resort town during the off-season, a novelist investigates the apparent suicide of a woman he was infatuated with.
Directors: Luigi Bazzoni, Franco Rossellini | Stars: Peter Baldwin, Salvo Randone, Valentina Cortese, Pia Lindström
Votes: 1,427
AKA 'The Possessed'.
The first of two Gialli made by Luigi Bazzoni, the other is 'The Fifth Cord'.
14. A... For Assassin (1966)
76 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
After a rich mine worker dies in mine accident, his heirs gather in his house to hear the reading of the will.
Director: Angelo Dorigo | Stars: Sergio Ciani, Mary Arden, Ivano Davoli, Nana Aslanoglu
Votes: 103
AKA 'A... For Assassin'.
The first of two Gialli made by Angelo Dorigo, the other is 'Assassino senza volto' AKA 'Killer Without a Face'.
15. The Murder Clinic (1966)
GP | 86 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Patients and staff of an isolated mental hospital are being killed off by a hooded maniac who stalks the halls.
Directors: Elio Scardamaglia, Lionello De Felice | Stars: William Berger, Françoise Prévost, Mary Young, Barbara Wilson
Votes: 464
AKA 'The Murder Clinic'.
16. Omicidio per appuntamento (1967)
105 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Vince Dreyser, an American detective in Rome, agrees to meet an old chemist friend, who is also in the city to marry a woman named Lidia. When his friend fails to show up, Dreyser begins ... See full summary »
Director: Mino Guerrini | Stars: George Ardisson, Halina Zalewska, Günther Stoll, Hans von Borsody
Votes: 114
AKA 'Date for a Murder'.
17. I Am What I Am (1967)
X | 104 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Bernard meets Jane in a night club, in London, and he likes her. Her father was killed in a car accident, but she thinks he has been killed because he was blackmailed for a picture of his ... See full summary »
Director: Tinto Brass | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ewa Aulin, Roberto Bisacco, Charles Kohler
Votes: 882
18. Killer Without a Face (1968)
75 min | Horror, Mystery
Director: Angelo Dorigo | Stars: Mara Berni, Gianni Medici, Giuliano Raffaelli, Janine Reynaud
Votes: 46
AKA 'Killer Without a Face'.
19. A Black Veil for Lisa (1968)
R | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
While trying to solve a series of murders, a possessive narcotics detective hires a hit-man to kill his unfaithful wife, but the hunter and the hunted soon begin an affair.
Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: John Mills, Luciana Paluzzi, Robert Hoffmann, Renate Kasché
Votes: 681
AKA 'A Black Veil for Lisa'.
The first of three Gialli made by Massimo Dallamano.
The other two are:
-What Have You Done to Solange?
-What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
Both are fine examples of the genre.
20. Deadly Inheritance (1968)
81 min | Mystery, Thriller
The death of a surprisingly rich railroad worker leads to mysterious murders within his testamentary heirs.
Director: Vittorio Sindoni | Stars: Tom Drake, Femi Benussi, Virgilio Gazzolo, Ernesto Colli
Votes: 318
AKA 'Deadly Inheritance'.
21. Plucked (1968)
86 min | Horror, Thriller
The depraved manager of a high-tech poultry factory - which is genetically engineering boneless chickens - is pulled into a love triangle with his domineering wife and her sexually-liberated cousin, leading to double-crosses and murder.
Director: Giulio Questi | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ewa Aulin, Jean Sobieski
Votes: 1,770
AKA 'Death Laid an Egg'.
22. Una jena in cassaforte (1968)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Four notorious bank robbers - Klaus from Germany, Albert from France, Juan from Spain and Carina from Tangiers meet up in an isolated Castle to divide a large number of diamonds hidden there by their former
Director: Cesare Canevari | Stars: Dimitri Nabokov, Maria Luisa Geisberger, Ben Salvador, Sandro Pizzochero
Votes: 213
AKA 'A Hyena in the Safe'.
23. Naked You Die (1968)
82 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
People start getting killed at a remote and prestigious boarding school for girls. One of the students helps the police and her friends identify the mysterious killer.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Mark Damon, Eleonora Brown, Sally Smith, Patrizia Valturri
Votes: 791
The first of two Gialli made by Antonio Margheriti, the other is 'Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye'.
24. Run, Psycho, Run (1968)
93 min | Mystery, Thriller
A man and his wife are vacationing on the Tuscan coast in 1912. When the wife is murdered, the husband sets out to find a young woman who looks just like her, in order to keep her memory alive.
Director: Brunello Rondi | Stars: Gary Merrill, Elga Andersen, Georges Rivière, Rossella Falk
Votes: 60
AKA 'Run, Psycho, Run'.
25. The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968)
R | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A sexy newlywed couple visits the husband's hometown in Geneva, where they are subjected to threats stemming from the death of his former fiancée.
Director: Romolo Guerrieri | Stars: Carroll Baker, Jean Sorel, Ida Galli, Luigi Pistilli
Votes: 958
AKA 'The Sweet Body of Deborah'.
26. Paranoia (1969)
X | 91 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A rich, alcoholic widow assuages her loneliness through a ménage à trois with two seductive step-siblings, whose true motives threaten her sanity and life.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Carroll Baker, Lou Castel, Colette Descombes, Tino Carraro
Votes: 1,624
The first of eight Gialli made by prolific Giallo director Umberto Lenzi.
The other seven are:
-So Sweet... So Perverse.
-Paranoia AKA 'A Quiet Place to Kill'.
-Oasis of Fear.
-Knife of Ice.
-Seven Blood-Stained Orchids.
-Spasmo.
-Eyeball.
27. The Doll of Satan (1969)
90 min | Horror
A couple travels to a castle for the reading of the will of the woman's recently deceased wealthy uncle. It turns out that he left her the castle and its grounds. She is persuaded by ... See full summary »
Director: Ferruccio Casapinta | Stars: Erna Schurer, Roland Carey, Aurora Battista, Aurora Bautista
Votes: 502
AKA 'The Doll of Satan'.
28. Vergogna schifosi (1969)
95 min | Thriller
Years after getting away with murder, the three young perpetrators from Milan suddenly receive an incriminating photo, accompanied by a request for money. Despite their quick payment, they keep getting new messages.
Director: Mauro Severino | Stars: Lino Capolicchio, Marília Branco, Roberto Bisacco, Daniël Sola
Votes: 55
AKA 'Dirty Angels'.
29. Double Face (1969)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
After a businessman's unfaithful wife is seemingly killed in a car accident, he is led by several unscrupulous characters to believe that she is actually alive.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Christiane Krüger, Günther Stoll, Annabella Incontrera
Votes: 1,014
The first of three Gialli made by Riccardo Freda.
The other two are:
-The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire.
-Murder Obsession.
30. Carnal Circuit (1969)
R | 99 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A man hides his best friend from the hoods who are out to get him, and suffers a violent beating as a result. The friend is eventually killed nevertheless so the man tries to find answers.
Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Dorothy Malone, Robert Hoffmann, Luciana Paluzzi, Frank Wolff
Votes: 193
AKA 'The Insatiables' AKA 'Carnal Circuit'.
The first of five Gialli made by Alberto De Martino.
The other four are:
-The Man with Icy Eyes.
-The Killer Is on the Phone.
-Shadows in an Empty Room.
-Formula for a Murder.
31. Interrabang (1969)
93 min | Thriller
A photographer is sailing with his wife, her sister and his nympho-maniacal model. He leaves the three women alone to get a part for his boat. A mysterious man shows up, who might be an ... See full summary »
Director: Giuliano Biagetti | Stars: Haydée Politoff, Corrado Pani, Beba Loncar, Umberto Orsini
Votes: 263
32. Naked Violence (1969)
92 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Some youngsters kill their teacher; but they won't tell their motivation. The police detective on the case feels some sinister influence behind the young murderers.
Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Pier Paolo Capponi, Nieves Navarro, Marzio Margine, Renato Lupi
Votes: 850
AKA 'Naked Violence'.
The first of two Gialli made by Fernando Di Leo, the other is 'Slaughter Hotel' AKA 'Asylum Erotica'
33. L'isola delle svedesi (1969)
84 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Following a row with her fiancé Maurizio, Manuela breaks off with him and decides to go to a Mediterranean island where her friend Eleonora now lives a solitary life. The friendship between... See full summary »
Director: Silvio Amadio | Stars: Catherine Diamant, Ewa Green, Nino Segurini, Wolfgang Hillinger
Votes: 91
AKA 'No Man's Island' AKA 'Twisted Girls'.
34. One on Top of the Other (1969)
R | 108 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An unscrupulous doctor is accused of killing his asthmatic wife as part of an insurance scam, despite discovering that she has a doppelgänger who works as a stripper and call girl.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jean Sorel, Marisa Mell, Elsa Martinelli, Alberto de Mendoza
Votes: 2,670
AKA 'One on Top of the Other' AKA 'Perversion Story'.
The first of six Gialli made by Lucio Fulci.
The other five are:
-A Lizard in a Woman's Skin.
-Don't Torture a Duckling.
-The Psychic.
-The New York Ripper.
-Murder-Rock: Dancing Death
35. Psychout for Murder (1969)
R | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Shortly after her release from a mental hospital, a young woman begins a campaign of revenge against those who placed her there.
Director: Rossano Brazzi | Stars: Adrienne Larussa, Rossano Brazzi, Nino Castelnuovo, Paola Pitagora
Votes: 451
AKA 'Psychout for Murder'.
36. Top Sensation (1969)
X | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Hoping to sway her unbalanced son into losing his virginity, an oil baroness takes him and several of her decadent friends on a cruise, culminating in an orgy of lust and murder.
Director: Ottavio Alessi | Stars: Maud Belleroche, Maurizio Bonuglia, Edwige Fenech, Ruggero Miti
Votes: 715
Enters giallo queen Edwige Fenech.
She starred in nine Gialli. The other eight are:
-Five Dolls for an August Moon.
-The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh.
-All the Colors of the Dark.
-The Case of the Bloody Iris.
-Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key.
-Strip Nude for Your Killer.
-Il ficcanaso.(a spoof)
-Phantom of Death.
37. Una ragazza piuttosto complicata (1969)
100 min | Thriller
A young girl named Claudia, flirts with two men, and at the same time, she is also having an affair with her step-mother who doles out her inheritance money from her dead father. Is she playing all three of them to get what she wants?
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Catherine Spaak, Jean Sorel, Florinda Bolkan, Gabriella Boccardo
Votes: 220
AKA 'A Complicated Girl'.
38. So Sweet... So Perverse (1969)
92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A bored, married Parisian socialite is pulled into a web of lust and deception after he seemingly rescues a woman from her abusive boyfriend.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Carroll Baker, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Erika Blanc, Horst Frank
Votes: 1,237
AKA 'So Sweet... So Perverse'.
39. Yellow: The Cousins (1969)
89 min | Crime
Director: Gianfranco Baldanello | Stars: Lisa Seagram, Maurizio Bonuglia, Caterina Barbero, Franco Ricci
Votes: 109
40. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
GP | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An American expatriate in Rome attempts to unmask a serial killer he witnessed in the act of an attempted murder - and is now hunting him and his girlfriend.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi
Votes: 24,048 | Gross: $0.42M
Enters Dario Argento, the most famous and prolific Giallo director of all time.
Argento made a total of thirteen Gialli. Here are the other twelve:
-The Cat o' Nine Tails.
-Four Flies on Grey Velvet.
-Deep Red.
-Tenebre.
-Phenomena.
-Opera.
-Trauma.
-The Stendhal Syndrome.
-Sleepless.
-The Card Player.
-Do You Like Hitchcock?.
-Giallo.
41. Death Occurred Last Night (1970)
TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A compassionate police captain searches for a mentally challenged 25 year old daughter of a widower, who's been kidnapped and forced into prostitution.
Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Raf Vallone, Frank Wolff, Gabriele Tinti, Gillian Bray
Votes: 718
AKA 'Death Occurred Last Night'.
The first of three Gialli made by Duccio Tessari.
The other two are:
-The Bloodstained Butterfly.
-L'uomo senza memoria AKA 'Puzzle'.
42. Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970)
Not Rated | 82 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
An industrialist invites his colleagues to his private island so they can exploit a resin formula invented by one of the guests, but a killer within the group disrupts the proceedings.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: William Berger, Ira von Fürstenberg, Edwige Fenech, Howard Ross
Votes: 3,447
43. The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The wife of a struggling businessman is blackmailed by a mysterious man into having a sadistic affair with him, or he will leak evidence implicating her husband of murder.
Director: Luciano Ercoli | Stars: Dagmar Lassander, Pier Paolo Capponi, Simón Andreu, Osvaldo Genazzani
Votes: 2,130
The first of three Gialli made by Luciano Ercoli.
The other two are:
-Death Walks on High Heels.
-Death Walks at Midnight.
44. Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
GP | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A cleaver-wielding bridal designer murders various young brides-to-be in an attempt to unlock a repressed childhood trauma.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Stephen Forsyth, Dagmar Lassander, Laura Betti, Jesús Puente
Votes: 4,322
45. In the Folds of the Flesh (1970)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Thriller, Horror
The guests of a villa are killed off one by one by their hosts. Incest, decapitations and a cyanide bath feature amongst the other bizarre delights.
Director: Sergio Bergonzelli | Stars: Eleonora Rossi Drago, Pier Angeli, Fernando Sancho, Alfredo Mayo
Votes: 772
AKA 'In the Folds of the Flesh'.
46. A Quiet Place to Kill (I) (1970)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A troubled race-car driver plots to kill her ex-husband at the behest of his new wife, but their scheme quickly goes awry.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Carroll Baker, Jean Sorel, Luis Dávila, Alberto Dalbés
Votes: 1,382
AKA 'A Quiet Place to Kill'.
47. Wanted Ringo (1970)
73 min | Western
Ringo comes to a Mexican village, searching for his brother from whom he has heard no news. He comes with a sheriff who immediately has work on his hands, as those who get killed are certainly too many.
Director: Mario Pinzauti | Stars: Jean Louis, Omero Gargano, Lucia Bomez, Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
Votes: 47
AKA 'Ringo, It's Massacre Time'.
Obscure Spaghetti Western Giallo.
48. Il tuo dolce corpo da uccidere (1970)
88 min | Thriller
A man fantasizes about killing his wife. When he receives an anonymous letter with information that his wife is cheating on him, he decides to come up with a plan making his fantasies come true.
Director: Alfonso Brescia | Stars: George Ardisson, Françoise Prévost, Orchidea De Santis, Eduardo Fajardo
Votes: 196
AKA 'Your Sweet Body to Kill'.
The first of three Gialli made by Alfonso Brescia.
The other two are:
-Naked Girl Killed in the Park.
-Murder in Blue Light.
49. The Weekend Murders (1970)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A family goes to a British estate to hear the reading of a will and while there they are murdered one by one.
Director: Michele Lupo | Stars: Anna Moffo, Ida Galli, Gastone Moschin, Peter Baldwin
Votes: 586
50. Devil's Ransom (1971)
R | 85 min | Crime, Thriller
A couple of blackmailers abduct a child from a married couple as a means of coercing the banker husband into funneling a huge sum of cash in their direction.
Director: Piero Sciumè | Stars: Marisa Mell, Philippe Leroy, Lea Massari, Roger Hanin
Votes: 110
AKA 'Devil's Ransom'.
51. The Masked Thief (1971)
77 min | Western
This is the tale of twins; one a sheriff, the other a ruthless outlaw and rapist.
Director: Mario Bianchi | Stars: Craig Hill, Ágata Lys, Frank Braña, Nuccia Cardinali
Votes: 65
AKA 'The Masked Thief'.
Obscure Spaghetti Western Giallo.
52. Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)
Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A series of victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open, much in the same way tarantulas are killed by the black wasp. The victims all seem to have a connection with a spa.
Director: Paolo Cavara | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Claudine Auger, Barbara Bouchet, Rossella Falk
Votes: 3,623
The first of two Gialli made by Paolo Cavara. the other one is 'Plot of Fear'.
53. The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)
Not Rated | 99 min | Mystery, Thriller
A popular television presenter is accused of killing a teenage girl in a park, who happens to be his daughter's best friend.
Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Helmut Berger, Giancarlo Sbragia, Ida Galli, Silvano Tranquilli
Votes: 2,062
AKA 'The Bloodstained Butterfly'.
54. The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)
R | 81 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
An ambassador's wife discovers that one of the men in her life - either her husband, an ex-lover or her current lover - may be a vicious serial killer.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: George Hilton, Edwige Fenech, Conchita Airoldi, Manuel Gil
Votes: 5,444
The first of eight Gialli made by Sergio Martino.
The other seven are:
-The Case of the Scorpion's Tail.
-All the Colors of the Dark.
-Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key.
-Torso.
-The Suspicious Death of a Minor.
-The Scorpion with Two Tails.
-Mozart Is a Murderer.
55. The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
GP | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Two journalists try to solve a series of murders connected to a pharmaceutical company's secret experiments, becoming targets of the killer themselves.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak, Pier Paolo Capponi
Votes: 13,008
56. Cross Current (1971)
90 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A speed-boat racer suffers amnesia after an boating accident and goes to his isolated villa to recuperate. The relationship with his wife is troubled so he starts an affair (sort of) with ... See full summary »
Director: Tonino Ricci | Stars: Philippe Leroy, Elga Andersen, Ivan Rassimov, Rosanna Yanni
Votes: 140
AKA 'Cross Current'.
57. Death Walks on High Heels (1971)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
After a French stripper is harassed by a man who wants a cache of diamonds stolen by her late father, she flees to England in the company of a doctor, but danger follows.
Director: Luciano Ercoli | Stars: Frank Wolff, Nieves Navarro, Simón Andreu, Carlo Gentili
Votes: 2,267
AKA 'Death Walks on High Heels'.
58. The Designated Victim (1971)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Seeking an escape from his unhappy marriage, a disillusioned advertising executive is lured by a sociopathic Count into a bizarre plot to kill each other's relatives.
Director: Maurizio Lucidi | Stars: Tomas Milian, Pierre Clémenti, Katia Christine, Luigi Casellato
Votes: 861
59. The Double (1971)
88 min | Mystery, Thriller
A man is shot in an underground car-park by a mysterious bearded man. As he dies he recollects the events that led him to this situation, including adulterous liaisons and jealous envy.
Director: Romolo Guerrieri | Stars: Ewa Aulin, Jean Sorel, Lucia Bosè, Silvano Tranquilli
Votes: 294
60. The Fifth Cord (1971)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A maverick, heavy-drinking journalist pursues a killer who is targeting acquaintances of his, prompting the police to brand him a suspect in their investigation.
Director: Luigi Bazzoni | Stars: Franco Nero, Silvia Monti, Wolfgang Preiss, Ira von Fürstenberg
Votes: 2,562
61. Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
PG | 104 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A musician is stalked by an unknown homicidal maniac, who blackmails him for the accidental killing of another stalker.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Aldo Bufi Landi
Votes: 9,855
62. L'uomo più velenoso del cobra (1971)
86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A gangster seeks those who killed his brother. A series of murders follow.
Director: Bitto Albertini | Stars: George Ardisson, Erika Blanc, Alberto de Mendoza, Janine Reynaud
Votes: 153
63. The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A corpse is found in the trunk of a car that belongs to the Swiss ambassador to the UK. Speculations run wild, as more people around the ambassador keep falling victim to the vicious killer. A former detective is hired to investigate.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Luigi Pistilli, Dagmar Lassander, Anton Diffring, Arthur O'Sullivan
Votes: 1,025
64. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)
Not Rated | 95 min | Mystery, Thriller
The potentially unhinged daughter of a British politician is accused of killing her hedonistic neighbor after she witnesses the murder in a dream.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Stanley Baker, Jean Sorel, Silvia Monti
Votes: 5,779
65. Madness - Gli occhi della luna (1971)
78 min | Crime, Horror, Music
Three men flee at night from an asylum. One is taken back, another accidentally falls under a car and dies, but the third manages to lose track and takes refuge in a country house. The next... See full summary »
Director: Cesare Rau | Stars: Thomas Hunter, Benjamin Lev, Francesca Romana Coluzzi, Merlene Mayer
Votes: 42
66. The Man with Icy Eyes (1971)
95 min | Drama, Thriller
A state senator is murdered outside his home, and the police arrest a strange man described as having "icy eyes" for the crime. An Italian reporter finds a stripper who claims to have been ... See full summary »
Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Antonio Sabato, Barbara Bouchet, Faith Domergue, Corrado Gaipa
Votes: 219
67. The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971)
R | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A rich, mentally-unstable man - with a penchant for playing deadly S&M games with women who resemble his dead wife - sparks off a chain of bizarre events after getting remarried.
Director: Emilio Miraglia | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Marina Malfatti, Enzo Tarascio, Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Votes: 2,918
The first of two Gialli made by Emilio Miraglia. The other one is 'The Red Queen Kills 7 Times'.
68. Oasis of Fear (1971)
R | 90 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Two hippies find themselves on the run from the law and soon end up going undercover in a villa owned by a mysterious woman.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Irene Papas, Ray Lovelock, Ornella Muti, Michel Bardinet
Votes: 1,061
69. The Price of Death (1971)
91 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Gunfighter Silver is hired by a lawyer to prove that his client, Chester Conway, is innocent of the saloon hold-up he's condemned to hang for.
Director: Lorenzo Gicca Palli | Stars: Gianni Garko, Mimma Biscardi, Franco Abbina, Luciano Catenacci
Votes: 331
Spaghetti Western Giallo.
70. Questa libertà di avere... le ali bagnate (1971)
85 min | Drama
A young beat imagines a story in which he is the protagonist: Pierre is an unsuccessful writer and lives with the money of his rich lover. One day, Pierre meets Miriam, a former lover and ... See full summary »
Director: Alessandro Santini | Stars: Mark Damon, Rita Calderoni, Franco Silva, Femi Benussi
Votes: 17
Very obscure Giallo.
71. Asylum Erotica (1971)
89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A rehabilitation hospital in the Italian countryside which offers treatment for women suffering from various psychological disorders is stalked by a mysterious cloaked killer.
Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Margaret Lee, Rosalba Neri, Jane Garret
Votes: 1,852
72. The Legacy of Caine (1971)
90 min | Crime, Thriller
The relatives of a young rebellious heir to a fortune, who spends most of his time on a yacht, try to have the kid interned as a madman, but are mysteriously killed one by one, in the family's villa.
Director: Lamberto Benvenuti | Stars: Stefania Careddu, Dean Reed, Gino Lavagetto, Umberto Raho
Extremely obscure Giallo.
73. The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
An insurance investigator tries to determine any irregularities in the policy of a heiress' dead husband, but soon finds himself suspected of her murder.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: George Hilton, Anita Strindberg, Alberto de Mendoza, Janine Reynaud
Votes: 3,567
74. A Bay of Blood (1971)
R | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The murder of a wealthy countess triggers a chain reaction of brutal killings in the surrounding bay area, as several unscrupulous characters try to seize her large estate.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Camaso, Anna Maria Rosati
Votes: 12,679
75. The Devil with Seven Faces (1971)
90 min | Mystery, Thriller
The theft of jewels and mistaken identity complicate the life of Mary causing her to become the target of a vicious gang of criminals in this giallo crime thriller.
Director: Osvaldo Civirani | Stars: Carroll Baker, George Hilton, Stephen Boyd, Lucretia Love
Votes: 562
76. I due gattoni a nove code... e mezza ad Amsterdam (1972)
85 min | Comedy
Franco and Ciccio, two journalists, are sent to Amsterdam to investigate a mysterious murder. After having managed to infiltrate the libertine circles of the city, the two take a compromising photo that will get them into trouble.
Director: Osvaldo Civirani | Stars: Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Luciano Pigozzi, Elisabeth Sennfors
Votes: 60
A Giallo spoof.
77. A.A.A. Massaggiatrice bella presenza offresi... (1972)
85 min | Horror, Thriller
Young Cristina runs away from home to satisfy her desire for independence and money, much to her father's disappointment. She becomes a call girl, but soon after meeting a pimp called Oskar, some of her new clients meet an untimely demise.
Director: Demofilo Fidani | Stars: Paola Senatore, Jerry Colman, Raffaele Curi, Simonetta Vitelli
Votes: 189
78. They're Coming to Get You! (1972)
R | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
A woman recovering from a car accident in which she lost her unborn child finds herself pursued by a coven of devil worshipers.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: George Hilton, Edwige Fenech, Ivan Rassimov, Julián Ugarte
Votes: 4,597
79. Amuck! (1972)
R | 98 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
The secretary of a writer and his wife investigates the disappearance of her lover - their previous secretary - and finds herself the target of the couple's erotic desires and a murder plot.
Director: Silvio Amadio | Stars: Farley Granger, Barbara Bouchet, Rosalba Neri, Umberto Raho
Votes: 1,333
80. The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Having recently escaped the clutches of a hippie sex cult, a beautiful model is pursued by a serial killer whose previous victims include former occupants of her new apartment.
Director: Giuliano Carnimeo | Stars: Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, Paola Quattrini, Giampiero Albertini
Votes: 3,300
81. The Crimes of the Black Cat (1972)
R | 96 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A blind pianist tries to figure out who is responsible for a string of murders using a black cat with its claws dipped in curare.
Director: Sergio Pastore | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Sylva Koscina, Giovanna Lenzi, Renato De Carmine
Votes: 1,044
82. The Dead Are Alive! (1972)
R | 105 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A photographer on an archaeological expedition digging up Etruscan ruins in Italy begins to suspect that not all the Etruscans buried there are actually dead.
Director: Armando Crispino | Stars: Alex Cord, Samantha Eggar, John Marley, Nadja Tiller
Votes: 1,057 | Gross: $0.11M
The first of two Gialli made by Armando Crispino. The other one is 'Autopsy'.
83. La morte scende leggera (1972)
85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A man finds his wife brutally murdered. He has no alibi so is instructed by his lawyer to go into hiding in an abandoned hotel. Strange occurrences start happening immediately.
Director: Leopoldo Savona | Stars: Stelio Candelli, Patrizia Viotti, Veronika Korosec, Rossella Bergamonti
Votes: 167
84. Death Walks at Midnight (1972)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
During a drug-fuelled photoshoot, a model witnesses a brutal murder in the apartment opposite hers, and is forced to become an amateur sleuth to unravel the mystery.
Director: Luciano Ercoli | Stars: Nieves Navarro, Simón Andreu, Peter Martell, Carlo Gentili
Votes: 1,999
85. Delirium (1972)
R | 102 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A respected psychologist who regularly works with the police becomes a suspect in a series of gruesome murders of young women.
Director: Renato Polselli | Stars: Mickey Hargitay, Rita Calderoni, Raul Lovecchio, Carmen Young
Votes: 1,225
86. Devil in the Brain (1972)
106 min | Mystery, Thriller
A child suspected of killing his father is imprisoned in a mental hospital. A doctor finds him mentally healthy and begins to suspect another explanation.
Director: Sergio Sollima | Stars: Stefania Sandrelli, Keir Dullea, Micheline Presle, Tino Buazzelli
Votes: 294
87. Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
Not Rated | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
When a southern Italian town is rocked by a string of child murders, the police and two urban outcasts search for the culprit amid scapegoating within the superstitious community.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas
Votes: 10,680
88. Eye in the Labyrinth (1972)
95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman searches for her missing lover, a psychiatrist who has suddenly vanished for no apparent reason. She ends up at a villa populated by a group of eccentric individuals. A string of murders commences immediately.
Director: Mario Caiano | Stars: Rosemary Dexter, Adolfo Celi, Horst Frank, Sybil Danning
Votes: 1,067
The first of two Gialli made by Mario Caiano. The other one is 'Without Trace'.
89. The French Sex Murders (1972)
Not Rated | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A man is accused of killing his favorite prostitute in a French brothel. He's tried and sentenced to death. He tries to escape but dies during pursuit. Soon, people connected to the case are killed one by one.
Director: Ferdinando Merighi | Stars: Anita Ekberg, Rosalba Neri, Evelyne Kraft, Howard Vernon
Votes: 1,112
90. The Killer Is on the Phone (1972)
R | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
When a beautiful actress returns from a short trip to London, a mysterious man begins to stalk her. As she slowly turns the corner, she sees him and faints. Hours later she awakens, unable to recognize her own husband and friends.
Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Telly Savalas, Anne Heywood, Osvaldo Ruggieri, Giorgio Piazza
Votes: 355
91. Creeping Death (1972)
94 min | Horror, Mystery, Western
Federal agent Alan Fields, undercover as Jonathan Pinkerton, an employee of Lloyds of London, is investigating a bank robbery where one of the three thieves has killed the other two to take possession of all the money.
Director: Mario Bianchi | Stars: Robert Woods, Frank Braña, Nieves Navarro, Carlo Gaddi
Votes: 144
Spaghetti Western Giallo.
92. Knife of Ice (1972)
91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A mute woman finds herself at the center of a series of murders in the mountains of Spain, which police suspect are being committed by a drug-addled Satanist.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Carroll Baker, Alan Scott, Ida Galli, Eduardo Fajardo
Votes: 1,338
93. My Dear Killer (1972)
100 min | Mystery, Thriller
A mysterious decapitation leads Inspector Peretti into a case of blackmail, deceit, and the unsolved kidnapping of a young girl.
Director: Tonino Valerii | Stars: George Hilton, Salvo Randone, William Berger, Manuel Zarzo
Votes: 1,658
94. Naked Girl Murdered in the Park (1972)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
An investigator is assigned to investigate a man's family after he is found dead only hours after taking out a million dollar insurance policy.
Director: Alfonso Brescia | Stars: Robert Hoffmann, Irina Demick, Pilar Velázquez, Howard Ross
Votes: 525
95. The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972)
PG | 99 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Two sisters inherit their family castle, which is said to be haunted by their ancestor, a dark-haired, red-robed woman who is said to take seven lives every hundred years.
Director: Emilio Miraglia | Stars: Barbara Bouchet, Ugo Pagliai, Marina Malfatti, Marino Masé
Votes: 3,215
96. Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972)
Unrated | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A woman, a survivor of a failed murder attempt by the so-called "Half-Moon Killer", and her husband try to find a connection between herself, six other women, and the killer.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Antonio Sabato, Uschi Glas, Pier Paolo Capponi, Rossella Falk
Votes: 2,685
97. Smile Before Death (1972)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
After the death of her mother, which was ruled as suicide, a teenage girl comes back home to find her mother's husband, and a female photographer, occupying the house. But nothing is as it seems.
Director: Silvio Amadio | Stars: Jenny Tamburi, Silvano Tranquilli, Rosalba Neri, Hiram Keller
Votes: 751
98. The Slasher ...is the Sex Maniac! (1972)
X | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A serial killer is on the loose. His victims are unfaithful wives and he always leaves compromising photographs at the crime scene.
Director: Roberto Bianchi Montero | Stars: Farley Granger, Sylva Koscina, Silvano Tranquilli, Annabella Incontrera
Votes: 1,092
99. A White Dress for Marialé (1972)
92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman, who witnessed her father kill himself as a child, invites several friends to her husband's secluded castle. Unbeknownst to them, she has a sinister motive for the invitation.
Director: Romano Scavolini | Stars: Ida Galli, Luigi Pistilli, Ivan Rassimov, Pilar Velázquez
Votes: 720
100. The Terror with Cross-Eyes (1972)
93 min | Comedy, Thriller
Director: Steno | Stars: Enrico Montesano, Luca Sportelli, Alighiero Noschese, Francis Blanche
Votes: 62
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