Best Drama movies of 1970s

Actors : Bud Cort, Talia Shire, Bob Corff, Elaine Giftos,
Directors : Roger Corman,

A gas is let loose upon the world that kills anyone over 25 years old.

Actors : Rialda Kadric, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Vladimir Petrovic, Dragomir Bojanic-Gidra,
Directors : Zoran Calic,

Two teenagers - boy from the rural and girl from the urban family - fall in love. Problems arise when the girl gets pregnant. This movie was the first in one of the most popular series in ...

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

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

Actors : Randy Danson, Marilyn Jones, Kevin Wade, Grant Stewart,
Directors : Mark Rappaport,

Spins the tale of a woman, her sister, and the man who completes the triangle. Told through such fertile sources as grand opera, classical painting, and Victorian melodrama.

Actors : Thalmus Rasulala, Tony King, Fred Williamson, Pam Grier,
Directors : Arthur Marks,

Duke Johnson visits a small Southern town, intent on burying his brother. After the funeral, he learns that he must stay for 60 days, for the estate to be processed. A few locals convince ...

Actors : Dawn Dunlap, James Mitchell, Maud Adams, Maureen Kerwin,
Directors : David Hamilton,

Sculptor Paul meets a former great love again after a long time -- but is much more impressed by her 15-year-old daughter, Laura, who looks like her mother when Paul was in love with her. ...

Actors : Richard Burton, Virna Lisi, Raquel Welch, Nathalie Delon,
Directors : Edward Dmytryk,

A World War I pilot whom everybody envies as a "ladykiller" actually is one - after he beds the women he's after, he murders them.

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 : Harvey Shain, Mary Appleseth, Max Thayer, Derna Wylde,
Directors : James K. Shea,

A space-ship gets lost and is forced to make an emergency landing on an unknown planet. The planet looks much like Earth, only with no trace of civilization. Soon the crew discovers that ...

Actors : Ornella Muti, Michel Piccoli, Renato Salvatori, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Marco Ferreri,

Gerard and his 9-month-old son have been left by his wife for feminist reasons. The custody of his son is being threatened by his next romance.

Actors : Lino Ventura, Isabelle Adjani, Nicole Courcel, Annie Girardot,
Directors : Claude Pinoteau,

Geography professor Jean has divorced his wife. His mistress has also left him. He has to do everything he can to be able to win his young daughter Isabelle's love and affection.

Actors : Sherry E. DeBoer, Bob Balaban, Paul Appleby, Carol Arthur,
Directors : John Erman,

A cocky high school student thinks nothing of using the people around him to satisfy his self-centered needs, until someone in his life gets pregnant.

Actors : Yuriy Nikulin, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Angelina Stepanova, Aleksey Petrenko,
Directors : Aleksey German,

During the 20-day leave, war correspondent Lopatin travels by train to the distant city of Tashkent. It's very far from the front but the war seems to be present in people's minds even there.

Actors : Marta Hradílková, Josef Kemr, Zdenek Sverák, Daniela Kolárová,
Directors : Jirí Menzel,

The Lavicka's, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to buy. However, old Mr Komarek seems reluctant to sell the house as they agreed.

Actors : Alan Badel, Jenny Agutter, Michael York, Simon MacCorkindale,
Directors : Tony Maylam,

In the early years of the 20th Century, two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkindale) stumble upon a German plot to invade the east coast of England in a flotilla of ...

Actors : Gyöngyi Bürös, Mari Csomós, Erzsi Cserhalmi, Andrea Drahota,
Directors : Miklós Jancsó,

Set in the 1890s on the Hungarian plains, a group of farm workers go on strike in-which they face harsh reprisals and the reality of revolt, oppression, morality and violence.

Actors : George Kennedy, Max von Sydow, John Cassavetes, Sophia Loren,
Directors : John Hough,

In 1945, General Patton sends Germany's confiscated gold reserves to Frankfurt but the army train is robbed by plotters who also hire a Swiss hit-man to kill the general.

Actors : Stanislawa Celinska, Daniel Olbrychski, Anna Seniuk, Maja Komorowska,
Directors : Andrzej Wajda,

Set in the late '20s. A thirtyish young man, who heads a small factory, faints at the funeral of a close friend. He decides to go home to his aunt and uncle for a while, but gets involved ...

Actors : Claude Gauthier, Jean Lapointe, Hélène Loiselle, Guy Provost,
Directors : Michel Brault,

A fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970 Quebec.

Actors : Kai Fischer, Erika Pluhar, Arthur Brauss, Libgart Schwarz,
Directors : Wim Wenders,

A goalkeeper Josef Bloch is ejected during a game for foul play. He leaves the field and goes to spend the night with a cinema cashier.