Best Drama movies of 1970s

Actors : Anne Bancroft, Shirley MacLaine, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Tom Skerritt,
Directors : Herbert Ross,

When her daughter joins a ballet company, a former dancer is forced to confront her long-ago decision to give up the stage to have a family.

Actors : Bernard Cribbins, Dinah Sheridan, Iain Cuthbertson, William Mervyn,
Directors : Lionel Jeffries,

After the enforced absence of their father, three children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where during their adventures they attempt to discover the reason for his disappearance.

Actors : Sam Wanamaker, Lee Remick, Amy Irving, Richard Dreyfuss,
Directors : Joel Oliansky,

The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. It is Paul's last chance to compete, but newcomer Heidi may be a better pianist. Can romance be far away? Will ...

Actors : Klaus Löwitsch, Hans Hirschmüller, Hanna Schygulla, Irm Hermann,
Directors : Rainer Werner Fassbinder,

Hans Epp is a self-destructive man who lives a dissatisfied life. He tries to find meaning as a fruit vendor, but a heart attack impedes his ability to work, which turns his dissatisfaction into despair.

Actors : Leonardo Treviglio, Barney James, Neil Kennedy, Richard Warwick,

Reassigned to a lowly outpost, a Roman guard's Christian beliefs clash with his gay commander's desire for closeness. Being tortured becomes pleasurable.

Actors : James Earl Jones, Lou Gilbert, Joel Fluellen, Jane Alexander,
Directors : Martin Ritt,

A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.

Actors : Catlin Adams, Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier, Lucie Arnaz,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of being a popular singer.

Actors : Riccardo Cucciolla, Lea Lander, George Eastman, Don Backy,

Following a bungled robbery, three violent criminals take a young woman, a middle-aged man, and a child hostage and force them to drive them outside Rome to help them make a clean escape.

Actors : Jonathan Frid, Roger Davis, Grayson Hall, Kathryn Leigh Scott,
Directors : Dan Curtis,

Vampire Barnabas Collins is accidentally released from his centuries-long confinement at his family's estate in Maine. He targets his clueless descendants who live there now and pursues Maggie, the incarnation of his lost love.

Actors : Angela Winkler, Dieter Laser, Jürgen Prochnow, Mario Adorf,

A young woman's life is scrutinized by police and tabloid press after she spends the night with a suspected terrorist.

Actors : Michael Margotta, Bruce Dern, William Tepper, Karen Black,
Directors : Jack Nicholson,

Hector is a star basketball player for the College basketball team he plays for, the Leopards. His girlfriend, Olive, doesn't know whether to stay with him or leave him. And his friend, ...

Actors : Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Barbara Harris, Alan Alda,
Directors : Jerry Schatzberg,

Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well...

Actors : Doris Roberts, Shirley Stoler, Mary Jane Higby, Tony Lo Bianco,

An obese, embittered nurse doesn't mind if her toupee-wearing boyfriend romances and fleeces other women, as long as he takes her along on his con jobs.

Actors : Elliott Gould, Céline Lomez, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York,
Directors : Daryl Duke,

A timid bank teller anticipates a bank robbery and steals the money himself before the crook arrives. When the sadistic crook realizes he's been fooled, he tracks down the teller and engages him in a cat-and-mouse chase for the cash.

Actors : Anne Archer, Parker Stevenson, Sam Elliott, Stephen Young,
Directors : Daniel Petrie,

Rick is in his 30s, but still works full-time as a lifeguard on the beaches of Los Angeles in California. He enjoys the fun of it, but even more the silent moments. However when he meets ...

Actors : Leonid Bykov, Sergei Podgornyj, Sergei Ivanov, Rustam Sagdullaev,
Directors : Leonid Bykov,

Stunning WWII flying sequences as the Soviet Air Force battles the Luftwaffe. Veteran Russian pilots teach their new recruits about life, death & love. When the older men fly into battle, ...

Actors : Paul Sorvino, Morris Carnovsky, Lauren Hutton, James Caan,
Directors : Karel Reisz,

Axel Freed is a literature professor. He has the gambling vice. When he has lost all his money, he borrows from his girlfriend, then his mother and finally some bad guys that chase him. Despite all of this he cannot stop gambling.

Actors : Carol Burnett, Paul Dooley, Amy Stryker, Desi Arnaz Jr.,
Directors : Robert Altman,

The daughter of a Louisville truck driver marries the scion of a very wealthy family, but reception at the family estate is boycotted by the invited guests.

Actors : Michiyo Ohkusu, Shingo Yamashiro, Akihiro Tomikawa, Tomisaburô Wakayama,
Directors : Kenji Misumi,

Five warriors challenge Ogami to duels. Each holds a part of information needed to complete the assassination of a mad clan leader.

Actors : Jean-Pierre Bagot, Roland Amstutz, Michel Albertini, Yves Montand,
Directors : Henri Verneuil,

Conspiracy thriller inspired by the conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of JFK. After a fictional president is assassinated, a determined, tough prosecutor investigates the emerging conspiracy behind it.