Best Drama movies of 1970s

Actors : Blanka Heirman, Willy Vandermeulen, Eric Clerckx, Paul S'Jongers,
Directors : Robbe De Hert,

The second movie version, now in color, of Flemish (heimat-)author Ernest Claes' classical novel, titled after the nickname (Dutch 'the White', referring to a blond male) of the main ...

Actors : Erna Schurer, John Steiner, Lina Polito, Sara Sperati,
Directors : Rino Di Silvestro,

Young women in Nazi-occupied countries are packed onto a train and shipped off to a prison camp, where the sadistic commandant uses them as rewards for his lesbian guards and perverted and deviate troops.

Actors : James Bolam, Mike Raven, Mary Maude, Ronald Lacey,
Directors : Ted Hooker,

An obsessed sculptor kills a young woman to make a perfect bronze sculpture of her. Years later at his secluded home a number of people become trapped in a web of revenge, murder and horror.

Actors : George E. Carey, Luanne Roberts, Susan Romen, James Almanzar,
Directors : Don Henderson,

A middle-aged husband falls for his childrens' teenaged babysitter.

Actors : Minori Matsushima, Akira Kamiya, Hitoshi Takagi, Taeko Nakanishi,
Directors : Masami Hata,

An innocent lamb learns about life and death when he seeks revenge upon the wolf who slaughtered his mother.

Actors : Silvia Dionisio, Al Cliver, Elizabeth Turner, John Steiner,
Directors : Ruggero Deodato,

A young couple becomes embroiled with the personal problems of another couple on a yacht moored off Sicily during a turbulent weekend of fun, games, sex games, betrayal, spouse abuse, and murder.

Actors : Marie Tifo, Charlotte Laurier, Louise Marleau, Germain Houde,
Directors : Francis Mankiewicz,

A woman is overwhelmed with having to deal with her emotionally unstable daughter, mentally-challenged brother and two suitors while simultaneously trying to run her small firewood business.

Actors : Jamal Hashmi, Balraj Sahni, Gita Siddharth, A.K. Hangal,
Directors : M.S. Sathyu,

In post-partition India, a Muslim businessman and his family struggle for their rights in a country which was once their own.

Actors : Thalmus Rasulala, Dean Martin, Eugene Roche, Denise Nicholas,
Directors : Paul Bogart,

A San Francisco attorney (Dean Martin) is hired to defend a black militant accused of murder.

Actors : Zezé Motta, Altair Lima, Elke Maravilha, Walmor Chagas,
Directors : Carlos Diegues,

The romanced story of Xica da Silva, a slave that used her "feminine atributs" in order to get power.

Actors : Mohammed Kani, Hibibollah Safarian, Zadour Bonyadi, Habib Safaryan,
Directors : Sohrab Shahid Saless,

For more than three decades, aging Iranian Mohamad Sardari (Zadour Bonyadi) has worked as a crossing guard at a desolate train station. Through the years, Mohamad has done little to stifle ...

Actors : Sergiu Nicolaescu, Vladimir Gaitan, Sebastian Papaiani, Joanna Pacula,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

In 1916 Romanian Army lieutenant Tudor Gheorghiu jealously obsesses over his wife Lena's apparent infidelity and contests against gigolo lawyer Nicolau for Lena's love.

Actors : Yossi Yadin, Jeff Lynas, Len Birman, Marilyn Lightstone,
Directors : Ján Kadár,

A Jewish boy grows up in 1920s Montreal with a grandfather who tells stories and a father who won't work.

Actors : Fernando Sancho, Alfredo Mayo, Pier Angeli, Eleonora Rossi Drago,
Directors : Sergio Bergonzelli,

The guests of a villa are killed off one by one by their hosts. Incest, decapitations and a cyanide bath feature amongst the other bizarre delights.

Actors : Cristina Raines, Clarke Peters, Beau Bridges, David Essex,
Directors : David Wickes,

A young hot-headed motorbike enthusiast inherits the prototype for an incredibly fast machine which was designed by his brother. He successfully gets the finance for it, and uses the bike ...

Actors : Jacques Denis, Claude Piéplu, Miou-Miou, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Claude Miller,

David is an accountant. He leaves town every Friday, pretending he is going to take care of his parents at their old people's home. But actually his parents are dead, and he spends the ...

Actors : Deborah Winters, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Oliver Conant,
Directors : Paul Bogart,

The sequel to Summer of '42 (1971) reunites Hermie, Oscy and Benjie as they graduate from high school. Benjie departs shortly to war while Hermie and Oscy go on to college and experience ...

Actors : Geraldine Chaplin, Jacques Zabor, Jean Crubelier, Dominique Sanda,
Directors : Michel Deville,

Childhood friends, dominant Helene and submissive Lucie, are now in their thirties and married. Nostalgic about their youth, they take a bonding car trip to French countryside, while discussing their real and made up sexual experiences.

Actors : Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri, Mikkilineni, Harikrishna Nandamuri, Dhulipala,
Directors : Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri,

Abandoned at birth, brave and loyal Karna grows up to acquire skills as a warrior to battle the Pandavas.

Actors : Burl Ives, Robert Morley, Paul Lynde, Jesse Emmett,
Directors : Bill Feigenbaum,

The Sultan of Zanzibar has a problem--his harbor is infested with sharks. To solve the problem, he brings in twelve hippos to keep the sharks away, and it works. But once the hippos are no ...