Best World War I movies of 1970s

Actors : Jason Robards, Timothy Bottoms, Kathy Fields, Marsha Hunt,
Directors : Dalton Trumbo,

A World War I soldier, rendered blind, deaf, limbless, and mute by a horrific artillery shell attack, finds a unique way of communicating with his doctors.

Actors : Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Peter Frampton, Maurice Gibb,
Directors : Michael Schultz,

Small town band hits it big, but they must battle a nefarious plot in the music industry.

Actors : Bo Svenson, Susan Sarandon, Robert Redford, Bo Brundin,
Directors : George Roy Hill,

A biplane pilot who had missed flying in WWI takes up barnstorming and later a movie career in his quest for the glory he had missed, eventually getting a chance to prove himself in a film ...

Actors : Doug McClure, John McEnery, Susan Penhaligon, Keith Barron,
Directors : Kevin Connor,

During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British ship and takes the survivors on board. After it takes a wrong turn, the submarine takes them to the unknown land of Caprona, where they ...

Actors : Roger Moore, Ian Holm, Lee Marvin, Barbara Parkins,
Directors : Peter R. Hunt,

During World War I, a British aristocrat, an American entrepreneur, and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battlecruiser, which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar.

Actors : Roger Moore, David Niven, Gregory Peck, Trevor Howard,
Directors : Andrew V. McLaglen,

A true World War II story: the British must attack a German ship, but it's safe, in neutral Goa. So they send civilians, ex-soldiers about sixty-years-old.

Actors : Lance Percival, Julie Andrews, Jeremy Kemp, Rock Hudson,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

Set during WWI, this movie is a cute spin on the Mata Hari legend.

Actors : John Phillip Law, Barry Primus, Corin Redgrave, Don Stroud,
Directors : Roger Corman,

The story of Manfred von Richthofen, the German air ace during World War I and his struggle with the enemy aces and some jealous German officers.

Actors : Robert Powell, David Warner, Eric Porter, Karen Dotrice,
Directors : Don Sharp,

In March 1914, a mining engineer named Richard Hannay tries to prevent Prussian agents from executing a political assassination designed to trigger World War I.

Actors : Malcolm McDowell, Peter Firth, Christopher Plummer, Simon Ward,
Directors : Jack Gold,

In WW1 the high casualty rate among the rookie pilots of the Royal Flying Corps puts an enormous strain on the survivors.

Actors : Monica Nordquist, Björn Granath, Liv Alsterlund, Jonna Liljendahl,
Directors : Göran Graffman,

Madicken is a Swedish girl from the upper level family, growing up during the time of first world war which did not include Sweden. She lives happily with her family, experiencing the world and making brave and crazy things.

Actors : Jean Tissier, Simone Signoret, Ottavia Piccolo, Alain Delon,
Directors : Pierre Granier-Deferre,

Her youth has been spent working for a farm family, being raped by father and son, marrying the son who has now left her a happy widow. She is happy because World War I is over and she is ...

Actors : Richard Burton, Virna Lisi, Raquel Welch, Nathalie Delon,
Directors : Edward Dmytryk,

A World War I pilot whom everybody envies as a "ladykiller" actually is one - after he beds the women he's after, he murders them.

Actors : Peter Carsten, Elke Sommer, Marius Goring, Michael York,
Directors : Etienne Périer,

In 1915, frustrated with the German air-raids on London, British Intelligence sends Scots officer Geoffrey Richter-Douglas, who has German ancestry, to Germany, to find information about the latest German Zeppelin.

Actors : Alain Cuny, Giampiero Albertini, Gian Maria Volontè, Mark Frechette,
Directors : Francesco Rosi,

On the Italian/Austrian front during World War I, a disastrous Italian attack upon the Austrian positions leads to a mutiny among the decimated Italian troops.

Actors : Trish Van Devere, George C. Scott, Eli Wallach, Red Buttons,
Directors : Stanley Donen,

Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.

Actors : David Bowie, Kim Novak, Sydne Rome, David Hemmings,
Directors : David Hemmings,

After World War I, a war hero returns to Berlin to find that there's no place for him--he has no skills other than what he learned in the army, and can only find menial, low-paying jobs. He decides to become a gigolo to lonely rich women.

Actors : José Ferrer, James Wainwright, Broderick Crawford, Michael Parks,
Directors : Larry Cohen,

The story of the late J. Edgar Hoover, who was head of the FBI from 1924-1972. The film follows Hoover from his racket-busting days through his reign under eight U.S. presidents.

Actors : Pierre Clémenti, Ugo Bologna, Katya Berger, Michele Soavi,
Directors : Mimmo Cattarinich,

A writer returns home from World War I. He has developed a very bad case of post traumatic stress disorder. He contemplates suicide, but becomes interested in the 12 year old niece of the ...

Actors : Scott Glenn, Keith Carradine, Cristina Raines, Hilarie Thompson,
Directors : Leo Garen,

A group of friends who were World War I flyers ride their motorcycles across America in search of what they believe their generation lost during the war.