Best Female Lead movies of 1970s

Actors : Marie Tifo, Charlotte Laurier, Louise Marleau, Germain Houde,
Directors : Francis Mankiewicz,

A woman is overwhelmed with having to deal with her emotionally unstable daughter, mentally-challenged brother and two suitors while simultaneously trying to run her small firewood business.

Actors : Miki Sugimoto, Masami Sôda, Chiyoko Kazama, Reiko Ike,
Directors : Atsushi Mihori,

After her father is exploited and killed by a yakuza gang, a tough woman, fresh out of prison, exacts her revenge over said gang with the help of three girls she met in prison.

Actors : Sofiko Chiaureli, Ia Ninidze, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Maia Kankava,
Directors : Giorgi Shengelaia,

Pavle, who is a poor cart-driver has two girls, Maro and Tamro. The girls have a dream to take classes at a ballet school, but Pavle cannot afford such a luxury. Vardo, a laundress, decides to help the little girls.

Actors : James Harder, Sarah Kennedy, Norman Rose, Jill Clayburgh,
Directors : Nelson Lyon,

Victim of an obscene caller becomes obsessed with her fantasy of ?him and attempts to track down IRL.

Actors : Flore Fitzgerald, Michel Galabru, Gérard Lanvin, Nathalie Baye,
Directors : Bertrand Tavernier,

Laurence, a young schoolteacher from Lyons, takes a week's leave. During the break, she reflects on her career and her personal life.

Actors : Carter Wong, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Han Jae Ji, Angela Mao,
Directors : Feng Huang,

Korea, 1934. During the Japanese occupation, there is open warfare between rival martial arts schools. There is a fight in the marketplace, and three Chinese students can't stand the unfair...

Actors : Galina Artyomova, Yuri Senkevich, Viktoriya Novikova, Valentin Nikulin,
Directors : Vladimir Bychkov,

As the story opens, a busful of tourists are touring Copenhagen. Their guide draws their attention to the beautiful statue at Langelinie. At that, the film's focus moves below the waterline, where several fish tell the story of ...

Actors : Chieko Baishô, Kaori Momoi, Tetsuya Takeda, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

Three complete strangers embark on a road-trip to Hokkaido.

Actors : Lisa Pelikan, Bert Convy, Nina Foch, Amy Johnston,
Directors : Brice Mack,

Ostracized at a snooty private school because of her rural, poor background, a scholarship student is tormented to the point where her only remaining recourse is revenge, using the only ...

Actors : Richard Smedley, Cheri Caffaro, Patrick Wright, Laurie Rose,
Directors : Don Schain,

Cheerleaders and models are kidnapped & sold by a white slavery ring. Female agent is sent to rescue them.

Actors : Sabine Haudepin, Philippe Marlaud, Annick Alane, Michel Caron,
Directors : Maurice Pialat,

A study of a group of young working class people in a French village, who are embarking upon adult life. The film follows the choices and decisions made for their futures.

Actors : Luce Garcia-Ville, Jeanne Moreau, Lucia Bosé, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Marguerite Duras,

This art film has no conventional dialog between the main characters. This tells a strangely compelling story of two women in a suburban home who are listening to radio news broadcasts about a missing child in their area.

Actors : Gene Kelly, Liv Ullmann, Edward Albert, Binnie Barnes,
Directors : Milton Katselas,

Forty year old Norwegian-American divorcée Ann Stanley owns her own Manhattan based real estate agency specializing in upscale Manhattan apartments. She lives with her seventeen year old ...

Actors : Ana Farra, Ewa Aulin, Lucia Bosé, Espartaco Santoni,
Directors : Jorge Grau,

The ageing Countess discovers that the blood of a maid can temporarily restore her youth and great beauty. She falls in love with a dashing young soldier but is compelled to kill again and ...

Actors : Leonora Fani, Jeff Blynn, Gianni Dei, Michele Renzullo,
Directors : Mario Landi,

In Venice a detective is on the trail of a killer who commits a double murder (a married couple) then more grisly killings occur. Sex, drugs, gore and perversions are ingredients of this sadistic and sleazy giallo.

Actors : Ingrid Bergman, Sally Prager, George Rose, Johnny Doran,
Directors : Fielder Cook,

Precocious Claudia and her brother run away from home and hide in the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

Actors : György Cserhalmi, Mária Bajcsay, József Madaras, Mari Töröcsik,
Directors : Miklós Jancsó,

It has been fifteen years since the death of her father, Agamemnon, and Elektra still burns with hatred for Aegisztosz, who conspired with Elektra's mother to kill him.

Actors : Anant Nag, Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

Coming from a poor and destitute family, Urvashi is encouraged by her mother, Shanta (Sualbha Deshpande) to be on more than friendly terms with a much older male, Keshav Dalvi (Amol Palekar...

Actors : Christopher Stone, Lyle Waggoner, Timothy Scott, Mary Charlotte Wilcox,
Directors : Jacques Lacerte,

A young socialite struggling to control her necrophiliac urges is torn between her affection for a kind businessman and the mortician who supplies her with bodies.

Actors : Anton Diffring, Serge Merlin, Cyrielle Clair, Christopher Mitchum,
Directors : Alejandro Jodorowsky,

An English girl and an Indian elephant, born on the same day, share a common destiny.