Best Drama movies of 1972

Actors : Lavrentis Dianellos, Nikos Rizos, Aliki Vougiouklaki, Nikos Galanos,
Directors : Takis Vougiouklakis,

Young Aliki, after the death of her father, Mr. Nestoras, who was the general administrator of a theatrical company, takes the road to Athens with her sole companion Arapis, her dog. The ...

Actors : Bassan Lofti Abou-Ghazala, Saleh Kholoki, Mohamed Kheir-Halouani, Abderrahman Alrahy,
Directors : Tewfik Saleh,

Set in Iraq (but shot in Syria), this is the story of three men who try to leave their impoverished and hopeless lives to get get work in Kuwait. They hire a water-truck driver to transport...

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 : Seif Abol Naga, Dawlad Abiad, Ahmed Mazhar, Faten Hamama,
Directors : Hussein Kamal,

Well off widow working Mother "Mona" is struggling raising 6 kids at different ages ranging from elementary school to University graduating students. The day she thinks to bring a new ...

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 : Pentti Auer, Elina Hoffrén, Heikki Kinnunen, Leo Lastumäki,
Directors : Seppo Huunonen,

Valtteri and Sepe, two ordinary white-collar guys from southern Finland drive up north to implement a plan they've been hatching for months. Because they simply love the taste of lamb, ...

Actors : Manolo Fábregas, Sara García, Lucha Villa, Héctor Suárez,
Directors : Luis Alcoriza,

A mechanic takes his family to a car race and a series of events occur which brings problems, betrayals, violence and the unexpected death of an elderly person.

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 : Luis Arroyo, Marcia Forbes, Harlan Cary Poe, Evelyn Kingsley,
Directors : Stanley H. Brassloff,

Emotionally stunted child woman Jamie Godard not only suffers from an unhealthy fixation on her long absent father, but also has an obsession with all the toys he gave her as a little girl....

Actors : Claude Jade, Bernard Le Coq, Jean Rochefort, Annie Girardot,
Directors : Serge Korber,

Seit Jahren lebt Marie-Louise allein mit ihren Kindern Laura und Jean-Paul. Als der untreue Gatte wieder auftaucht, hält Medizinstudentin Laura zur Mutter, doch Jean-Paul wendet sich von ...

Actors : Zita Duarte, João Guedes, Laura Soveral, Ruy Furtado,
Directors : Fernando Lopes,

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 : Gustaw Holoubek, Anna Dymna, Andrzej Lapicki, Maja Komorowska,
Directors : Tadeusz Konwicki,

Middle-aged Andrzej takes a dreamlike journey to his troubled past, trying to understand his friend's suicide.

Actors : Annik Borel, Maria Arnold, Tracy Handfuss, Jacqueline Giroux,
Directors : Tom DeSimone,

Six female prisoners are given a weekend furlough to prepare them for their upcoming parole. While out, they all have miscellaneous sexual experiences, some good, some bad. One returns to ...

Actors : Orchidea de Santis, Erika Blanc, Ezio Marano, Peter Lee Lawrence,
Directors : Sauro Scavolini,

German ornithologist rents old Villa, in which supposedly has many years no one lived. Walking around the neighborhood, he finds a crumpled foil. Purging them and after listening, he learns...

Actors : José Luis López Vázquez, Enrique Ávila, Julieta Serrano, Antonio Ferrandis,
Directors : Jaime de Armiñán,

A 43-year-old woman discovers she is actually a man...

Actors : Hale Soygazi, Cüneyt Arkin, Seyyal Taner, Kahraman Kiral,
Directors : Osman F. Seden,

Actors : Saira Banu, Navin Nischol, Ashok Kumar, Pran,
Directors : Brij,

Numerous plot lines intersect in this comedic romp about a female Victoria-carriage driver who disguises herself as a boy, and the hunt for the stash of diamonds hidden in her Victoria.

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 : Fernando Torres, Paulo César Peréio, Luiz Linhares, José Wilker,
Directors : Joaquim Pedro de Andrade,

A film version of the Minas Gerais Conspiracy, a separatist movement that took place on the year 1789, from its beginning to the execution of Tiradentes.