Best Drama movies of 1970s

Actors : Slim Pickens, Amy Irving, Dyan Cannon, Willie Nelson,
Directors : Jerry Schatzberg,

Willie Nelson is a country singer on the road caught in a romantic triangle with Dyan Cannon and Amy Irving, the daughter of one of his longtime musical sidekick.

Actors : Elayne Heilveil, Michael C. Gwynne, Rip Torn, Ahna Capri,
Directors : Daryl Duke,

A cynical look at the life of a not so nice country-western singer, Maury Dann - played by Rip Torn in one of his most memorable performances. He ruthlessly manipulates every one around him...

Actors : Keith Buckley, Paul Hennen, Patsy Puttnam, Arthur Hewlett,
Directors : Jacques Demy,

Greed, corruption, ignorance, and disease. Midsummer, 1349: the Black Death reaches northern Germany. Minstrels go to Hamelin for the Mayor's daughter's wedding to the Baron's son. He wants...

Actors : Imtiaz Khan, Zeenat Aman, Dharmendra, Vijay Arora,
Directors : Nasir Hussain,

Three brothers are separated after their parents' murder. Years later, their only hope of avenging their parents and reuniting as a family lies in the song they learned as children.

Actors : Robert Powell, Broderick Crawford, David Hemmings, Carmen Duncan,
Directors : Simon Wincer,

A modern-day politician is faced with an incomprehensible in this mystical-fantasy. Senator Rast is a very powerful man. But his is nothing compared to the extraordinary power of the ...

Actors : Pat Ast, Andrea Feldman, Sylvia Miles, Joe Dallesandro,
Directors : Paul Morrissey,

"Heat" is a parody of "Sunset Boulevard." Joey Davis, an unemployed ex-child actor, uses sex to get his landlady, Lydia, to reduce his rent, and then tries to exert his influence on Sally ...

Actors : Mari Töröcsik, Iván Darvas, Lili Darvas, Erzsi Orsolya,
Directors : Károly Makk,

The wife of a political prisoner tends to her mother-in-law and keeps from the old woman the truth about her son, whom she believes is in New York making a film.

Actors : Shams El-Barudy, Fayez Halawa, Youssef Chaban, Muhammad Al-Araby,
Directors : Salah Abouseif,

Actors : Joseph Cotten, Silvana Mangano, Alberto Sordi, Bette Davis,
Directors : Luigi Comencini,

Every year, a Countess invites a poor Italian family to play in a card game.

Actors : Beverly Johnson, Peter Ustinov, Michael Caine, Kabir Bedi,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

Dr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment, her husband will do anything to recover her and to punish the bad guys, but that will be not an easy task.

Actors : Dustin Hoffman, David Burns, Jack Warden, Barbara Harris,
Directors : Ulu Grosbard,

Georgie Soloway, a pop hit love song writer who cannot love, himself, or others. He spends his days with various women flying his plane, and dropping in to the world around him.

Actors : Krister Ekman, Leif Naeslund, Christina Lindberg, Monica Ekman,
Directors : Dan Wolman,

Maid in Sweden tells the story of Inga, a 16-year-old Swedish girl who leaves her rural home to spend a weekend in the Swedish capital. An innocent with no experience, but with prodigious ...

Actors : Country Joe and the Fish, John Rubinstein, Patricia Quinn, Don Johnson,
Directors : George Englund,

Two gunfighters separate and experience surreal visions on their journey through the west.

Actors : Jan Skotnicki, Mariusz Dmochowski, Jerzy Stuhr, Franciszek Pieczka,
Directors : Krzysztof Kieslowski,

1970. After discussions and dishonest negotiations, a decision is taken as to where a large new chemical factory is to be built and Bednarz, an honest Party man, is put in charge of the ...

Actors : Andreas Mannkopff, Klaus Kinski, Josephine Chaplin, Herbert Fux,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

A serial killer whose mother was a prostitute starts killing streetwalkers as a way of paying back his mother for her abuse.

Actors : Simone Signoret, Annie Cordy, Jean Gabin, Jacques Rispal,
Directors : Pierre Granier-Deferre,

Courbevoie (France), 1971. Julien Bouin, a former typographist, and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus, hardly talk to each other in their small house, soon to be demolished...

Actors : Evert Anderson, Anja Schmidt, Thommy Berggren, Kelvin Malave,
Directors : Bo Widerberg,

About the life and death of the legendary Swedish/American agitator Joe Hill.

Actors : Patti D'Arbanville, Bernard Giraudeau, Mathieu Carrière, Mona Kristensen,
Directors : David Hamilton,

A coming of age story centering on the exploits of a young girl during summer vacation.

Actors : Britt Ekland, Hywel Bennett, Hayley Mills, Per Oscarsson,
Directors : Sidney Gilliat,

Based on an Agatha Christie suspense novel; a newly-wed couple are threatened after building their dream home on cursed land.

Actors : Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Galabru, Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert,
Directors : Bertrand Tavernier,

An unstable former French Sergeant commits many atrocities. A judge considers how this case could benefit or damage his career.