Best Drama movies of 1970

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 : Alain Cuny, Giampiero Albertini, Gian Maria Volontè, Mark Frechette,
Directors : Francesco Rosi,

On the Italian/Austrian front during World War I, a disastrous Italian attack upon the Austrian positions leads to a mutiny among the decimated Italian troops.

Actors : Jacqueline Giroux, Erik Estrada, Jo-Ann Robinson, Pat Boone,
Directors : Don Murray,

Crusading minister gets involved in the lives of members of a New York street gang.

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 : Laurence Harvey, Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman, Anthony Perkins,
Directors : Stuart Rosenberg,

A radio station in the Deep South becomes the focal point of a right-wing conspiracy.

Actors : Hanna Schygulla, Margarethe von Trotta, Harry Baer, Günther Kaufmann,
Directors : Rainer Werner Fassbinder,

A man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing. With several women as well as the police on his tail, he sets out to find an old friend.

Actors : Reiko Ôhara, Shintarô Katsu, Pîtâ, Kazuko Yoshiyuki,
Directors : Kenji Misumi,

Zatoichi meets an infamous blind leader of a gangster organization as he contends with a gloomy ronin widower.

Actors : Pia Degermark, Christopher Jones, Paul Rogers, Ralph Richardson,
Directors : Frank Pierson,

From the John le Carré novel about a British spy, who sends a Polish defector to East Germany, to verify missile sites.

Actors : Gela Kandelaki, Irine Jandieri, Gogi Chkheidze, Jansug Kakhidze,
Directors : Otar Iosseliani,

Gia is a carefree young percussionist who works at a theater in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. He lives in a small apartment with his mother. Gia spends his days flitting from friend to ...

Actors : Dev Anand, Hema Malini, Jeevan, Pran,
Directors : Vijay Anand,

Monu (Mohan) and Sonu (Sohan) are the two sons of a police inspector. The kids excel in boxing. Their father gets killed by a goon following orders from Ranjit (Premnath). Mohan kills the ...

Actors : Orson Bean, Charles Bronson, Honor Blackman, Michael Craig,
Directors : Richard Donner,

A 38 year old American novelist discovers the difficulties of being married to a British 16 year old schoolgirl.

Actors : Yannis Totsikas, Thanos Grammenos, Toula Stathopoulou, Petros Hoedas,
Directors : Theodoros Angelopoulos,

A woman murders her husband, upon his return home after a long absence, with the complicity of the lover who has relieved her loneliness. Costas Ghoussis, an emigrant recently returned to ...

Actors : Sergio Fantoni, Sylva Koscina, Rock Hudson, Giacomo Rossi Stuart,

In 1944, during a sabotage mission, the sole surviving U.S. paratrooper is saved by a group of Italian orphans who later aid him in blowing-up a vital enemy dam.

Actors : Yûjirô Ishihara, Shintarô Katsu, Toshirô Mifune, Ruriko Asaoka,
Directors : Hiroshi Inagaki,

In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set ...

Actors : Jan Schmid, Julius Albert, Jitka Novákova, Karel Novak,
Directors : Vera Chytilová,

An experimental retelling of the story of Adam and Eve which then progresses into an allegorical depiction of loss of innocence.

Actors : Pierre Zimmer, Richard Leduc, Lorraine Rainer, Catherine Jourdan,
Directors : Alain Robbe-Grillet,

A group of French students are drawn into the psychological and sexual games of a mysterious Dutchman. Once they sample his "fear powder" the students experience a series of hallucinations.

Actors : Hank Henry, Charles Braswell, Warren Beatty, Elizabeth Taylor,
Directors : George Stevens,

Fran walks into a piano bar for pizza. She comes back home with Joe, the piano player. Joe plans on winning $5,000 and leave Las Vegas. Fran waits for something else. Meanwhile, he moves in with her.

Actors : Doug McGrath, Jayne Eastwood, Cayle Chernin, Paul Bradley,
Directors : Donald Shebib,

Two friends leave the picturesque yet rural province of Nova Scotia for the nightlife and culture of Toronto. They soon end up wistful and nostalgic about Nova Scotia though after finding out that Toronto isn't as fun as they'd hoped.

Actors : Wayne Rodda, Ulla Koppel, Paul Valjean, Avi Sagild,
Directors : Jens Jørgen Thorsen,

Not so quiet, Joey and Carl's days in Clichy... The two men, living in a small apartment, are penniless writers, with not enough to eat, which does not prevent them from enjoying life. One ...

Actors : Monica Vitti, Marcello Mastroianni, Giancarlo Giannini, Manuel Zarzo,
Directors : Ettore Scola,

A three-way love affair in the Rome of the early seventies. Construction worker Oreste and young fiancee Adelaide meet Nello, cook in a pizzeria. This love triangle often go to communist ...