Best Female Lead movies of 1970s

Actors : Julia Blake, Dorothy Bradley, Kay Eklund, Max Fairchild,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

Oscar-nominated director Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Tender Mercies) crafts a tender coming-of-age tale that introduces one of Australian literature's most beloved characters to ...

Actors : Ken Metcalfe, Jeannie Bell, Pat Anderson, Stan Shaw,
Directors : Cirio H. Santiago,

A young karate expert searches for her brother's killer in Hong Kong.

Actors : Jacques Herlin, Fabio Garriba, Carla Tatò, Gian Maria Volontè,
Directors : Marco Bellocchio,

A populist right-wing tabloid newspaper tries to derail the official police investigation of a brutal murder of a young girl in order to help the fascist and right-wing candidates it supports in the upcoming elections.

Actors : Simone Signoret, Paul Crauchet, Bernard Le Coq, Alain Delon,
Directors : Jean Chapot,

The body of a young woman is discovered near a farm. The judge Larcher is in charge and thinks that the farmers (Rose and Pierre) have a link with the murder.

Actors : Ivan Rassimov, Laura Gemser, Karin Schubert, Don Powell,
Directors : Joe D'Amato,

Famous undercover journalist Emanuelle teams with her friend Cora Norman to uncover a white slave ring that traffics in women kidnapped from various locales around the world. Her ...

Actors : Ni Tien, Norman Fell, Stella Stevens, Tamara Dobson,
Directors : Charles Bail,

When fellow operatives (and childhood friends) Matthew Johnson and Melvin Johnson disappear during an undercover mission in Hong Kong, Cleopatra Jones (Tamara Dobson) travels there to find ...

Actors : Yannis Totsikas, Thanos Grammenos, Toula Stathopoulou, Petros Hoedas,
Directors : Theodoros Angelopoulos,

A woman murders her husband, upon his return home after a long absence, with the complicity of the lover who has relieved her loneliness. Costas Ghoussis, an emigrant recently returned to ...

Actors : Odile Michel, Anouk Ferjac, Michel Puterflam, Eléonore Klarwein,
Directors : Diane Kurys,

In the fall of 1963, Anne is becoming a teenager. She lives in Paris with her mother and her older sister, Frédérique. They're just back from summer at the beach with their father. School ...

Actors : Andrea Montchal, Soledad Miranda, Paul Muller, Greta Schmidt,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

Eugenie, a beautiful but shy young girl, lives with her stepfather, a famous writer specializing in stories of erotica. One day she happens to read one of his "erotic" books and its power ...

Actors : Catherine Alric, Philippe Noiret, Hubert Deschamps, Annie Girardot,
Directors : Philippe de Broca,

Romance in the prime of life. When Lise's car bumps Antoine's bike, they recognize each other from a brief fling 20 years before while at the Sorbonne. He's now a professor of Greek; she's ...

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Eiji Gô, Kei Yamamoto, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Jun'ya Satô,

Criminals plant a bomb on a high-speed train. It will explode when the train slows down, unless a ransom is paid.

Actors : Milton Selzer, Len Lesser, Melody Patterson, Gloria Grahame,
Directors : Philip S. Gilbert,

After her prostitute mother and her john are beaten to death while they are asleep in bed, teen-aged Ellie Masters is sent to an isolated orphanage run by Mrs. Deere and her handyman. ...

Actors : Neriman Köksal, Ediz Hun, Sadettin Erbil, Türkan Soray,
Directors : Atif Yilmaz,

Actors : Jana Brejchová, Zdena Studenková, Václav Voska, Vlastimil Harapes,
Directors : Juraj Herz,

In this gothic rendition of the classic fairy tale, a merchant's youngest daughter is held prisoner by a mysterious winged beast.

Actors : Víctor Alcázar, Judy Geeson, Aurora Bautista, Esperanza Roy,
Directors : Eugenio Martín,

Two sisters running a small hotel in Spain kill female tourists whose morals do not meet their strict religious standards.

Actors : Marthe Keller, André Dussollier, Carla Gravina, Charles Denner,
Directors : Claude Lelouch,

The movie follows the lives of a woman and a man starting from several generations earlier. The story spans a whole century and several continents.

Actors : Donald Pilon, Jean-Louis Roux, Christopher Plummer, Karen Black,
Directors : Harvey Hart,

A detective investigating the death of a heroin-addicted prostitute uncovers evidence pointing to the existence of a murderous devil cult.

Actors : Beverly Garland, Jill Clayburgh, Charles Grodin, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Claudia Weill,

A successful but stressed mathematics professor (Clayburgh) goes to her father's wedding and falls in love with her father's bride's son (Douglas), a prematurely retired pro baseball player...

Actors : Charles Vanel, Sylvia Kristel, Fernand Ledoux, François Perrot,
Directors : Claude Chabrol,

Alice Carol leaves her husband one rainy night, telling him that she does not love him anymore. She travels alone but when her windscreen breaks on a lonely road, she has to stop and seek ...

Actors : Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling, Jackie Curtis, Jonathan Kramer,
Directors : Paul Morrissey,

This film is a satire of the women's liberation movement, staring a trio of female impersonators. Candy is an aloof heiress caught in an unhappy relationship with her brother. Jackie is a ...