Best Drama movies of 1970s

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, Edward Albert, Paul Newman,
Directors : James Goldstone,

An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.

Actors : Robert Duvall, Laurence Olivier, Tommy Lee Jones, Katharine Ross,
Directors : Daniel Petrie,

The aging, retired founder of an auto giant comes out of retirement to try to develop a safe, fuel-efficient car.

Actors : André Falcon, Charles Gérard, Lino Ventura, Françoise Fabian,
Directors : Claude Lelouch,

Released from prison apparently under a New Year amnesty, a criminal tries to pick up the threads of a life changed not only by his daring plan to rob a jewellers in out-of-season Cannes ...

Actors : Jaya Bhaduri, Bindu, Amitabh Bachchan, Asrani,
Directors : Hrishikesh Mukherjee,

A popular singer convinces his new wife to enter show-business, but his pride is wounded when she outshines him.

Actors : Ray Sharkey, Peter Gallagher, Paul Land, Tovah Feldshuh,
Directors : Taylor Hackford,

Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marcucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.

Actors : Charles Bronson, Marlène Jobert, Jill Ireland, Gabriele Tinti,
Directors : René Clément,

A US Army colonel in France tries to track down an escaped sex maniac.

Actors : Rekha, Rakhee Gulzar, Vinod Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Prakash Mehra,

As an orphan on the streets in Shimla, young Sikandar (Amitabh Batchchan) has no one to care of him. For a short while he works for Mr. Ramnath, Little Kamna Ramnath (Rakhee Gulzar) gives ...

Actors : Riccardo Cucciolla, Rosanna Fratello, Cyril Cusack, Gian Maria Volontè,
Directors : Giuliano Montaldo,

The story of two anarchists who were charged and unfairly tried for murder when it was really for their political convictions.

Actors : Asgar Ali, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Arabinda Banerjee, Soumitra Banerjee,
Directors : Satyajit Ray,

A young college graduate is struggling to find a job. He lives in a flat with his younger, employed sister, revolutionary brother and widowed mother. The strain of the situation ultimately causes him to hallucinate.

Actors : Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, Sandy McPeak, Joan Hotchkis,
Directors : Max Baer Jr.,

At last, we're given the answers to the questions raised by the haunting 1967 Bobbie Gentry song of the same title. Eighteen- year-old Billy Joe McAllister is in love with Bobbie Lee, but ...

Actors : Chin-Feng Wang, Hsiung Chao, Lieh Lo, Ping Wang,
Directors : Chang-hwa Jeong,

Two martial arts schools prepare for an important tournament.

Actors : Evgeniya Glushenko, Antonina Shuranova, Elena Solovey, Aleksandr Kalyagin,
Directors : Nikita Mikhalkov,

Early in the 20th century, family and friends gather at the country estate of a general's widow, Anna Petrovna. Sofia, the new wife of Anna's step-son, recognizes Misha, the brother-in-law ...

Actors : Keith Carradine, Talia Shire, John Belushi, Richard Jordan,
Directors : Joan Tewkesbury,

When her marriage falls apart, a psychiatrist seeks out those of her former boyfriends who left the biggest impact on her life, mostly in a bad way.

Actors : Tracy Hyde, Mark Lester, Colin Barrie, Jack Wild,
Directors : Waris Hussein,

Two youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married. Not sometime in the future but as soon as possible. The story is told from the children's point of view.

Actors : Irena Orska, Jan Nowicki, Halina Kowalska, Tadeusz Kondrat,
Directors : Wojciech Has,

Józef visits his dying father at a remote mental institution, where time itself doesn't seem to exist, and the line between dreams and memories becomes indistinguishable.

Actors : Lino Ventura, Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Walter Chiari,
Directors : Terence Young,

When Joe Valachi (Charles Bronson) has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese (Lino Ventura), he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt ...

Actors : Michael Caine, Margaret Leighton, Elizabeth Taylor, Susannah York,
Directors : Brian G. Hutton,

The venomous and amoral wife of a wealthy architect tries, any way she can, to break up the blossoming romance between her husband and his new mistress; a good-natured young widow who holds a dark past.

Actors : Robert Redford, Michael J. Pollard, Lauren Hutton, Noah Beery Jr.,
Directors : Sidney J. Furie,

A story of two motorcycle racers, the inept, unsuspecting Little Fauss (Michael J. Pollard) and the opportunistic, womanizing Halsey Knox (Redford).

Actors : Jim Backus, Ann Sothern, Stuart Whitman, Cloris Leachman,
Directors : Jonathan Demme,

Jonathan Demme directs this joyous relentlessly kitschy celebration of 50's America: opportunity, rock'n'roll, and the road. He follows three generations of women and the men they pick up, ...

Actors : Malcolm McDowell, Peter Firth, Christopher Plummer, Simon Ward,
Directors : Jack Gold,

In WW1 the high casualty rate among the rookie pilots of the Royal Flying Corps puts an enormous strain on the survivors.