Best Drama movies of 1973

Actors : Dean Shek, Siu Tin Yuen, Hung Lieh Chen, Jackie Chan,

Young Jackie was intrigued by Kung-Fu since an early age, but his father strictly forbade its practice. One day, he meets an old beggar who offers to teach Jackie how to fight. Jackie grows...

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

Actors : Rajesh Khanna, Rekha, Simi Garewal, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Hrishikesh Mukherjee,

Somnath (Somu) lives in a shanty house in a Delhi slum with his widowed mom, and unmarried sister, Sarla. He is friendly with Calcutta-based wealthy Vikram (Vicky) Maharaj. When Vicky's dad...

Actors : Paola Pitagora, Fabio Testi, Agostina Belli, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Sergio Sollima,

An Italian official's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers demand that a notorious prisoner be released in order for the man to get his wife back. He gets the man released--but then ...

Actors : Danièle Vlaminck, Michel David, Christina Lindberg, Stellan Skarsgård,
Directors : Torgny Wickman,

Anita is a girl of only 16 years, and while she has developed early physically, to a mature woman, she is psychologically completly ruthless. Her relationship the her parents and her ...

Actors : Vincent Van Patten, Marcel Bozzuffi, Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland,

A runaway teenager and a mixed-race horse breeder strike an unlikely friendship in the context of common hardships.

Actors : Robert Ryan, Fredric March, Lee Marvin, Jeff Bridges,
Directors : John Frankenheimer,

A salesman with a sudden passion for reform has an idea to sell to his barfly buddies: throw away your pipe dreams. The drunkards, living in a flophouse above a saloon, resent the idea.

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 : Bobita, Chitra Banerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Sandhya Roy,
Directors : Satyajit Ray,

As food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation, while his generous wife, Ananga, conversely tries to help and support the community.

Actors : Richard Burton, Marcello Mastroianni, John Steiner, Leo McKern,
Directors : George P. Cosmatos,

In the Nazi occupied city of Rome, an assault on an SS brigade draws retaliation from the military governship. "Massacre in Rome" is the true story of how this partisan attack led to the ...

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 : David Daker, Donna Mullane, John Chaffey, Peter Sellers,
Directors : Anthony Simmons,

A retired entertainer makes his living as a street musician on the streets of London. Two young children befriend the old musician, brightening his otherwise colorless life.

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 : Trish Van Devere, James Coburn, Walter Pidgeon, Michael Sarrazin,
Directors : Bruce Geller,

A would-be criminal is taken in by a professional in the game, who teaches him how pickpockets work in teams.

Actors : Kurt Raab, Jeff Roden, Margit Carstensen, Ingrid Caven,
Directors : Ulli Lommel,

Story of a gay serial killer who murders young boys so he can serve them as dinner to his circle of fellow cannibals.

Actors : Vincent Gardenia, Gian Maria Volontè, Charles Cioffi, Silverio Blasi,
Directors : Francesco Rosi,

Biopic of Mafia boss Lucky Luciano, covering his life from 1946 to 1962 with occasional flashbacks.

Actors : Kerem Yilmazer, Nazan Adali, Hülya Koçyigit, Ali Sen,
Directors : Lütfi Akad,

A young woman moves with her husband and small child to her husband's family in Istanbul. Her son becomes ill and the doctor tells her that he will soon die if he doesn't get an operation. ...

Actors : Marc Porel, Richard Conte, Carla Gravina, Alain Delon,
Directors : Duccio Tessari,

A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications--and many bloody shootouts-ensue.

Actors : Ralph Richardson, Anthony Hopkins, Denholm Elliott, Claire Bloom,
Directors : Patrick Garland,

Nora Helmer had years earlier committed a forgery, in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed, and lives in fear of her husband finding out...

Actors : Meiko Kaji, Yayoi Watanabe, Reisen Ri, Mikio Narita,
Directors : Shun'ya Itô,

Matsu is sheltered by an incestuous prostitute on her run from the police, her ex-prison mate and a cop whose arm she hacked off.