Best Drama movies of 1972

Actors : Rajesh Khanna, Bindu, Sujit Kumar, Tanuja,
Directors : Ravikant Nagaich,

A talented artist (Rajesh Khanna) falls in love with a London-returned doctor, but his past creates problems for him. When that part of his past is resolved and he is to marry the girl he ...

Actors : Reha Yurdakul, Aytaç Arman, Cüneyt Arkin, Fatma Girik,
Directors : Memduh Ün,

Actors : Jaya Bhaduri, Agha, Asrani, Anil Dhawan,
Directors : Basu Chatterjee,

Malti Shankar lives in a fairly large house in a small town in India with her mom and dad, while her paternal uncle, Gauri Shankar, who has literally brought Malti up, lives in the house ...

Actors : Chieko Baishô, Hisashi Igawa, Gin Maeda, Chishû Ryû,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

On a beautiful island in Seto Inner Sea, Seichi and Minko make their living by transporting rocks to construction sites by boat. They cherish the deepest affection for this piece of land ...

Actors : Hung Pai, Fei Meng, Lin Lin Li, Yasuaki Kurata,
Directors : Yang Ming Tsai,

A gifted but proud young martial arts student injures and kills an opponent. In retaliation , his father is killed. The young student vows revenge and begins to prepare for his epic face-off.

Actors : Nikolai Ozerov, Kirill Lavrov, Svetlana Golovina, Viktoriya Fyodorova,
Directors : Viktor Sadovsky,

A ski coach in a midlife crisis is about to quit his career in sports.

Actors : Margaret Markov, Carmen Argenziano, Andrea Cagan, Rickey Richardson,
Directors : Joe Viola,

Hot action and lust in the steamy tropical jungle, as heroines break out of a women's prison and start a local revolution.

Actors : Colin Blakely, John Stride, Shelley Winters, Peter Finch,
Directors : Alastair Reid,

A man having marital problems with his shrewish wife picks up a young, pretty and pregnant hitchhiker. Before he knows it, he's in over his head and mixed up in violence and murder.

Actors : Viera Strnisková, Július Vasek, Václav Helsus, Magda Vásáryová,
Directors : Jaromil Jires,

Towards the end of 1942 a young prisoner Maruska (Magda Vásáryová) awaits in her cell in prison in Breslau (after war Polish Wroclaw) her execution. After death sentence it was ninety nine ...

Actors : Christine Kaufmann, Magdalena Montezuma, Manuela Riva, Candy Darling,
Directors : Werner Schroeter,

This is about the life and myths about famous opera singer Maria Malibran (1808-1836). She died on the stage.

Actors : Pierre Baillot, Jean Bouise, Michel Delahaye, Juliet Berto,
Directors : Jacques Rivette,

A shorter version of Out 1, noli me tangere (1971), however some of the omitted scenes of the long version are included.

Actors : Leo Phillips, Carol Kane, Doris Petrie, Donald Pleasence,
Directors : William Fruet,

A father will do anything to protect his family's reputation when his unmarried teenage daughter becomes pregnant because she was raped by her brother's friend.

Actors : Akiko Koyama, Tsunehiko Watase, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi,

Nami is an ex-convict who becomes a hostess to support a sick woman who bailed her out. In doing so, she gets involved in a local gangster's scheme to take over the bar she works for.

Actors : Vitali Solomin, Yefim Kopelyan, Petr Shelokhonov, Mikhail Kokshenov,
Directors : Viktor Tregubovich,

Epic about Cossacks in the Siberian province of Dauria. Cossacks are living in their village like one big family under the guidance of a strong leader - Ataman.

Actors : Dixie Peabody, Clyde Ventura, Joanne Moore Jordan, Terry Mace,
Directors : Barbara Peeters,

Tautly directed biker film, told from the woman's point of view. The heroine sets out on the road to avenge her brother's murder, toting a shotgun and meaning business.

Actors : Kayo Matsuo, Atsuo Nakamura, Sanae Kitabayashi, Yoshio Harada,
Directors : Kazuo Ikehiro,

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry...

Actors : Barbara Mills, Inga Maria, Jeff Gall, Alain Patrick,
Directors : Alain Patrick,

Handsome and successful Jim appears to have it all: he's married to the beautiful and supportive Lisa, has a healthy baby, and works a cool gig as the director of hardcore porno fare. Jim's...

Actors : Ebrahim Naderi, Fourouzan, Hosein Gil, Behrouz Vossoughi,
Directors : Fereydun Gole,

Banafsheh, a young prostitute who has fled with a man to the seaside in hope of starting a new life has to return to her profession as she learns about the betrayal of her lover. Penniless ...

Actors : Alfiero Vincenti, Donyale Luna, Carmelo Bene, Lydia Mancinelli,
Directors : Carmelo Bene,

A psychedelic re-telling of the biblical story. Salome is the daughter of the second wife of King Herod. The King is infatuated with her and after she fails to seduce the prophet John (The ...

Actors : Joanne Moore Jordan, Greg Mullavey, Geri Reischl, Zooey Hall,
Directors : Paul Leder,

Albert tried to kill his rich snobby mother once. Then he was institutionalized. Now he's escaped. Albert is after his mother again. And he will torture and kill anything that lays in the ...