Best Drama movies of 1970s

Actors : Cüneyt Arkin, Zerrin Arbas, Bilal Inci, Yavuz Selekman,
Directors : Natuk Baytan,

When, now senior, Battal Gazi is killed by Byzantine Prince, his son swears to take revenge.

Actors : Norman Alden, Kevin McCarthy, Raquel Welch, Helena Kallianiotes,
Directors : Jerrold Freedman,

Roller-derby skater K. C. Carr tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams of stardom.

Actors : Stacy Keach, Tisha Sterling, Keenan Wynn, Susan Tyrrell,
Directors : Burt Kennedy,

Everyone figures Lou Ford, a small-town, Montana, deputy sheriff, to be a normal, good-old-boy kind of regular Joe. But no one knows about "the sickness" that drives him to kill.

Actors : Michael Gothard, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Jérôme Beauvarlet, Monique Giraudy,
Directors : Barbet Schroeder,

Filmmaker Barbet Schroeder explores themes of sexual freedom, mind alteration, and pursuit of paradise against the backdrop of an early 70's encounter with the Mapuga rain forest tribe in upland New Guinea.

Actors : Hughie Restorick, Jean Taylor Smith, Stephen Archibald, Karl Fieseler,
Directors : Bill Douglas,

The second part (My ain folk) of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he paid for it with the ...

Actors : Kuan Tai Chen, Lieh Lo, Yue Wong, Lily Li,
Directors : Chia-Liang Liu,

A couple unite - she is fluent in the crane style of kung fu, he in tiger style. They have a son, but the boy's father is killed by the evil eunuch Bai Mei. Disguised as a girl, his mom ...

Actors : Emma Cohen, Eusebio Poncela, Charly Bravo, Vicente Parra,
Directors : Eloy de la Iglesia,

A young man, Marco, working as a butcher, accidentally kills a taxi driver. His girlfriend Paula wants to go to the police so he has to kill her too. He then has to kill his brother, his ...

Actors : James Booth, Rosemary Leach, Ringo Starr, David Essex,
Directors : Claude Whatham,

Abandoned by his father at an early age, Jim MacLaine seems to have inherited the old man's restlessness. Despite his apparent intelligence, Jim decides not to take the exams that would ...

Actors : Jean-Louis Trintignant, Maurice Biraud, Romy Schneider, Paul Amiot,
Directors : Pierre Granier-Deferre,

Two people, a Frenchman Julien Maroyeur and a Jewish German woman (Anna Kupfer) met on a train while escaping the German army entering France.

Actors : Serene Hedin, James Remar, Trevor Howard, Nick Ramus,
Directors : Kieth Merrill,

An ancient Indian warrior who has reached the end of his life is brought back from his 'death' to save his family from a raiding party of enemy Indians in this unique story of 'Indians ...

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Katharine Hepburn, Irene Papas, Geneviève Bujold,
Directors : Mihalis Kakogiannis,

The women of Troy face enslavement after the fall of their city.

Actors : Keizô Kanie, Kazuko Inano, Shintarô Katsu, Keiko Aikawa,
Directors : Yasuzô Masumura,

During the currency devaluation by the Edo treasury, officer Hanzo deals with a temple priestess who sells her pupils as prostitutes, and a notorious thief who plans to rob the mint.

Actors : Sandy Harbutt, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Deryck Barnes, Lex Mitchell,
Directors : Sandy Harbutt,

Members of the Grave Diggers Motorcycle Club are being knocked off one by one, and someone needs to find out why! Sandy Harbutt's timeless Australian cult film about a bunch of renegades riding Kawasaki 900s.

Actors : Kerim Afsar, Azra Balkan, Melike Demirag, Civan Canova,
Directors : Yilmaz Güney,

After betraying his social class, denying his peasant roots and fleeing his native village, Ahmed has become a successful businessman and has found a place in the sun among the bourgeoisie....

Actors : Uschi Glas, Mark Lester, Walter Slezak, Peter Lee Lawrence,
Directors : James Hill,

When farmer Evan's mare has a fine son, he promises the black stallion to his son Joe. The youngster enjoy growing up as playmates. Alas, once the good squire is buried, his mean heir, who ...

Actors : Hassan Darabi, Masud Zandbegleh, Mostafa Tari,
Directors : Abbas Kiarostami,

A grade-school-age boy, neglected by his parents, lies, cheats, and steals to accumulate enough money to afford a bus ride to a large city and a ticket to see his favorite soccer team play.

Actors : Orson Welles, Mathieu Carrière, Michel Bouquet, Susan Hampshire,
Directors : Harry Kümel,

A young sailor finds himself trapped in the labyrinthine mansion of his occultist uncle, along with a number of eccentric and mysterious relatives who all seem to be harboring a dark secret.

Actors : Dave Armstrong, Barry Baker, Terry Barry, Reg Bazell,

A young British punk and roadie for The Clash navigates life in socially torn 1970s England.

Actors : Clarissa Kaye-Mason, Ken Goodlet, Mark McManus, Mick Jagger,
Directors : Tony Richardson,

Based on a true story, Ned Kelly is unable to support his family in the Australian outback, he turns to stealing horses in order to make money. He gets more deeply drawn into the outlaw ...

Actors : Ron Howard, Gary Grimes, Charles Martin Smith, Lee Marvin,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

Three farm boys in the Old West help a wounded bank robber, who teaches him the trade.