Best Female Lead movies of 1970s

Actors : Stratford Johns, Norman Eshley, Brian Murphy, Yootha Joyce,
Directors : Peter Frazer-Jones,

Mildred decides that she and George will celebrate their anniversary at a posh London hotel - whatever the cost. However, a shady businessman mistakes George for a hit man.

Actors : Marjoe Gortner, Merrie Lynn Ross, Jesse Vint, Lynda Carter,
Directors : Mark L. Lester,

A young country-star wannabe takes off from her carhop career to join with a young, modern Billy the Kid wannabe for an adventure in theft, murder and mayhem.

Actors : Geraldine Chaplin, Humbert Balsan, Bernadette Lafont, Kika Markham,
Directors : Jacques Rivette,

On an island beach a woman vows to avenge her brother's death at the hands of a pirate leader. With help, the woman spies on the pirates and then gets a job as bodyguard to the pirate leader.

Actors : Yoshiaki Makita, Kaizo Kamoda, Naho Kimura, Mariko Okada,
Directors : Yoshishige Yoshida,

An engineer's wife returns home with a lost teenager. A man posing as her dad tries to get her back, causing the engineer to recall his youth as a revolutionary, obscured by dreamlike disruptions of time and space, fantasy and reality.

Actors : Pamela Stanford, Gérard Lemaire, Olivier Mathot, Silvia Solar,

After botching a kidnapping, two criminals hide with their victim in a friends house in the jungle. After one of them rapes the friend's wife, they're left to be eaten by a nearby cannibal tribe.

Actors : Marcello Mastroianni, Jacques Stany, Venantino Venantini, Sophia Loren,
Directors : Dino Risi,

Discovering her boyfriend is married, a young lady attempts to take her life, pausing only to phone a Help Line. Finding herself very much alive in hospital she meets the priest who took ...

Actors : Kwok Kuen Chan, Fei Ai, Ping Chen, Shen Chan,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

Two clans compete for dominance over the martial arts world in this classic of violent swordplay and political intrigue. A complex tale of deception and double crosses. Killer Clans leaves ...

Actors : Catharine Burgess, Erwin Fuller, Jay B. Larson, Vaughn Armstrong,
Directors : Al Adamson,

In the year 2047, sex is forbidden and Big Brother uses robots to keep on eye on everyone. One young girl tries to outwit the government so she can be with the man she loves.

Actors : Lou Jacobi, Don De Natale, Louise Kirtland, Teresa Wright,
Directors : James Ivory,

"Roseland" is made up of three stories, sometimes connecting, all set in the famed New York dance palace, and all having the same theme: finding the right dance partner.

Actors : Eduard Cupák, Iva Janzurová, Jirí Sovák, Olga Schoberová,
Directors : Václav Vorlícek,

After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be ...

Actors : Heather Rattray, Robert Logan, Ham Larsen, Susan Damante,
Directors : Frank Zuniga,

The Wilderness Family now face terrifying times in fierce winter storms, an avalanche, and being attacked by a ferocious pack of hungry wolves. Watch as America's favorite family stands ...

Actors : Carmen Yazalde, Anne Libert, Doris Thomas, Karin Field,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

A group of nun's become possessed by demons and are then tortured in a dungeon of horrors during the inquisition.

Actors : Hidetoshi Kageyama, Nagatoshi Sakamoto, Terumi Azuma, Naomi Tani,
Directors : Masaru Konuma,

A woman must endure an extreme ritual when her ex-husband, who has recently escaped from jail, kidnaps her.

Actors : Péter Fried, László Szabó, Katalin Berek, Gyöngyvér Vigh,
Directors : Márta Mészáros,

Single factory worker Kata, 43, wants to have a child with her long-time secret lover, a married man called Joska. He doesn't like the idea. Kata befriends teenage schoolgirl Anna, ...

Actors : Jonas Bergström, Catriona MacColl, Christine Böhm, Barry Stokes,
Directors : Jacques Demy,

The story of Lady Oscar, a female military commander who served during the time of the French Revolution.

Actors : Emel Sayin, Metin Akpinar, Adile Nasit, Suzan Avci,
Directors : Zeki Ökten,

Actors : Sharon Farrell, Ellen Barber, Edward Bell, Danielle Brisebois,
Directors : Robert Allen Schnitzer,

This Thriller/horror movie tells the tale of a young girl who is terrified that her insane mother will take her away from her beloved foster mother. One day, the crazed real mother attempts...

Actors : Betty Vergès, Claus Richt, Wolf Goldan, Olivia Pascal,
Directors : Sigi Rothemund,

In this sex comedy, a good-looking German girl goes on vacation in Greece, and a large number of people try to get her to go to bed with them. With a light, teasing manner, she turns all of...

Actors : Micheline Lanctôt, Donald Pilon, Robert Rivard, Reynald Bouchard,
Directors : Gilles Carle,

A woman imbued with naturalistic and libertarian theories leaves her city home to live in the countryside with her young son. There she meets a litigious farmer who fights against the banks...

Actors : Deborah Raffin, John Amos, Michael Learned, Diane Lane,
Directors : Gus Trikonis,

A young nurse becomes determined to reach an unresponsive teenage cerebral palsy patient by encouraging her to write to her favorite rock singer, Elvis Presley.