Best Female Lead movies of 1973

Actors : Ellen Burstyn, Lee J. Cobb, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair,
Directors : William Friedkin,

When a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.

Actors : Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman, Lois Chiles,
Directors : Sydney Pollack,

Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.

Actors : Robert DoQui, Booker Bradshaw, William Elliott, Pam Grier,
Directors : Jack Hill,

A black nurse takes vigilante justice against inner-city drug dealers after her sister becomes their latest victim.

Actors : Hy Pyke, Cheryl Smith, William Whitton, Lesley Taplin,
Directors : Richard Blackburn,

A young girl who returns to her hometown to see her dying father finds herself being drawn into a web of vampirism and witchcraft.

Actors : Henry Gibson, Debbie Reynolds, Rex Allen, Paul Lynde,

A gentle and wise grey spider with a flair for promotion pledges to save a young pig from slaughter for dinner food.

Actors : Monique van de Ven, Wim van den Brink, Tonny Huurdeman, Rutger Hauer,
Directors : Paul Verhoeven,

Sort of a cross between "Love Story" and an earthy Rembrandt painting, this movie stars Rutger Hauer as a gifted Dutch sculptor who has a stormy, erotic, and star-crossed romance with a ...

Actors : Rolf Hoppe, Pavel Trávnícek, Carola Braunbock, Libuse Safránková,
Directors : Václav Vorlícek,

Life changes dramatically for a Czech housemaid when the house driver gives her three magical hazel nuts.

Actors : Antonio Fargas, Brenda Sykes, Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey,
Directors : Jack Starrett,

During the 1970s, U.S. Special Agent Cleopatra Jones proves to be an invaluable asset to the local police forces in the war on drugs.

Actors : Jean-Pierre Léaud, Bernadette Lafont, Isabelle Weingarten, Françoise Lebrun,
Directors : Jean Eustache,

In Paris, the pedantic Alexandre lives with his mate Marie in her apartment, an open relationship. Alexandre, who is idle and chauvinist, spends his days reading, drinking and shagging ...

Actors : Luc Merenda, Tina Aumont, John Richardson, Suzy Kendall,
Directors : Sergio Martino,

Someone is strangling coeds in Perugia. The only clue is that the killer owns a red and black scarf, and police are stumped. American exchange student Jane and her friends decide to take a ...

Actors : Paloma Picasso, Fabrice Luchini, Lise Danvers, Charlotte Alexandra,
Directors : Walerian Borowczyk,

An erotic collection of short stories, an anthology comprised of tantalizing tales about sexual desire and its diverse manifestations.

Actors : Akemi Negishi, Yôko Hori, Ryôko Ema, Reiko Ike,
Directors : Noribumi Suzuki,

During the Meiji era, a gambler called Ocho takes revenge on three gangsters who killed her father, shelters a wanted anarchist and confronts a British spy.

Actors : Cemil Sahbaz, Sadri Alisik, Ferdi Merter, Erol Amaç,
Directors : Hulki Saner,

The Enterprise picks up a Turkish hobo.

Actors : Henry Fonda, Helmut Berger, Elizabeth Taylor, Keith Baxter,
Directors : Larry Peerce,

Barbara gets secret plastic surgery in Switzerland in an attempt to save her marriage to Mark, but he doesn't seem interested in meeting her. She checks in to a ski resort to wait for Mark,...

Actors : Anjanette Comer, Marianna Hill, Ruth Roman, Susanne Zenor,
Directors : Ted Post,

A social worker, still reeling from the loss of her architect husband, investigates the eccentric, psychedelic Wadsworth Family, consisting of a mother, two daughters, and an adult son with the apparent mental capacity of an infant.

Actors : Robert Lang, Laurence Harvey, Billie Whitelaw, Elizabeth Taylor,
Directors : Brian G. Hutton,

Ellen Wheeler, a rich woman, is recovering from a nervous breakdown with the help of her husband and a good friend. One day, while staring out the window, she witnesses a murder. But does ...

Actors : Margaret Markov, Sid Haig, Lynn Borden, Pam Grier,
Directors : Eddie Romero,

When two troublemaking female prisoners (one a revolutionary, the other a former harem-girl) can't seem to get along, they are chained together and extradited for safekeeping. The women, ...

Actors : Giuliano Gemma, Robert Middleton, Bud Spencer, Bill Vanders,
Directors : Enzo Barboni,

Two nice guys, a wrestler (Bud Spencer) and an Ice-cream vendor (Giuliano Gemma) are mistaken for dangerous killers by an important local gangster, whose nickname is "Sorriso". With the ...

Actors : Christina von Blanc, Rosa Palomar, Carmen Yazalde, Anne Libert,

A girl arrives from London to visit her estranged relatives in a remote castle for the reading of her father's will. After a while she discovers that they are all in fact dead and her ...

Actors : Paul Scofield, Katharine Hepburn, Kate Reid, Lee Remick,
Directors : Tony Richardson,

A well-to-do Connecticut family is upended when the grown daughter's godparents, seized by a nameless terror, decide they've come to live with them.