Best Drama movies of 1970s

Actors : Susan Hogan, Paul Michael Glaser, John Colicos, David Bolt,
Directors : John Huston,

A psychiatrist involved in a radical new therapy comes under suspicion when his patients are murdered, each according to their individual phobias.

Actors : Paula Prentiss, Peter Boyle, Rip Torn, Fred Williamson,
Directors : Carlo Lizzani,

The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.

Actors : Michele Placido, Ornella Muti, Ugo Tognazzi, Pippo Starnazza,
Directors : Mario Monicelli,

50 year old Giulio (Tognazzi) and his 17 year old goddaughter, Vincenzina (Muti) fall madly in love with each other and soon are wed. Unfortunately for Giulio he walks in on his friend and ...

Actors : Paul Simon, Rip Torn, Joan Hackett, Blair Brown,
Directors : Robert M. Young,

Jonah (Paul Simon) is an aging rock star trying to put together a new album in the face of an indifferent record label and a talentless producer. At the same time, he's struggling to save his failing marriage.

Actors : Perry King, Raquel Welch, James Coco, Tiffany Bolling,
Directors : James Ivory,

An aging silent movie comic star tries for a comeback by staging a wild party that turns into a sexual free-for-all. The comic ends up killing his mistress and her latest boyfriend.

Actors : Nematollah Gorji, Googoosh, Behrouz Vossoughi, Hamideh Kheirabadi,
Directors : Masud Asadollahi,

A wealthy man who has a company deceive a naive girl Atefeh (Gogoosh) who thinks he wants to marry her. Atefeh goes to the north of Iran to find the wealthy man. Her father gives Ali (...

Actors : Frank Porretta, Christina Schollin, Florence Henderson, Toralv Maurstad,
Directors : Andrew L. Stone,

Based on the life of Norways greatest composer Edvard Grieg and film in Norway where he lived. The soundtrack is all Edvard Grieg's music with added lyrics.

Actors : Marina Vlady, Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Jacques Rouffio,

Dr. Brézé and his sons, all surgeons with limited abilities fight any competition on their sector with all means.

Actors : Mochu Sasahara, Moppu Sudo, Michio Akiyama, Tamaki Katori,
Directors : Kôji Wakamatsu,

During violent manifestations in late 1960s in Japan, a group of students who called themselves the Rose Colored Regiment hide in the house of a mysterious young man, and have sex with the same girl while waiting for new instructions.

Actors : Silvano Tranquilli, Luc Merenda, Carlo Alighiero, Richard Conte,
Directors : Sergio Martino,

When Milano police lieutenant Giorga's chief is murdered by an organized crime ring, he vows to avenge his boss's death. Going undercover to continue the chief's investigation, he plans to ...

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Makoto Satô, Yutaka Nakajima, Naoya Makoto,
Directors : Noribumi Suzuki,

Sonny Chiba plays the character referred to as "Mr Soh", who is based on the true life founder of Shorinji Kempo, Doshin So. Mr Soh has been acting as a secret agent in Manchuria during the...

Actors : José Ferrer, James Wainwright, Broderick Crawford, Michael Parks,
Directors : Larry Cohen,

The story of the late J. Edgar Hoover, who was head of the FBI from 1924-1972. The film follows Hoover from his racket-busting days through his reign under eight U.S. presidents.

Actors : Robert Blake, Dyan Cannon, Quinn K. Redeker, Michael Lerner,
Directors : Joseph Sargent,

Madie Levrington is a neurotic, wealthy woman who escapes from a New York mental institution where her unwholesome husband had her committed to avoid the trial of an expensive divorce. She ...

Actors : Elza Gomes, Paulo César Peréio, Darlene Glória, Paulo Porto,
Directors : Arnaldo Jabor,

Rich, spoiled youngman encounters a prostitute, and gets confused about the nature of his feelings for her; he can't decide between attraction, and repulsion.

Actors : Luce Guilbeault, Therese Cadorette, Jean Lajeunesse, J. Léo Gagnon,
Directors : Denys Arcand,

The unexpected return of his ex-wife and the assembly of a group of protesters both threaten to wreck a corrupt contractor's inauguration party for his new superhighway.

Actors : Luis Brandoni, Marilina Ross, Héctor Alterio, Ana María Picchio,
Directors : Sergio Renán,

A man has to come to terms with his wasted youth, estranged family and grim prospects for the future.

Actors : Hiroyuki Sanada, Shin'ichi Chiba, Yuki Ninagawa, Etsuko Shiomi,
Directors : Noribumi Suzuki,

In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search of the clan's hidden gold only to find that ...

Actors : Kazuo Goto, Sukio Fukuoka, Kenichi Fukuda, Hiroshi Isogai,
Directors : Nagisa Ôshima,

A metaphysical mystery involving a university student's camera getting stolen, and the thief then committing suicide. Looking back upon the event, the situation comes to be questioned if it happened at all.

Actors : Richard Farnsworth, Matt Clark, Dirk Benedict, Linda Blair,
Directors : Max Kleven,

Kyle Hanson is a Vietnam veteran whose traumatic war-time experiences have left him unable to rejoin mainstream society. When Kyle, unkempt and in dirty fatigues, stops in a small town for ...

Actors : Jack Cassidy, Rod Steiger, John Marley, Valerie Perrine,
Directors : Arthur Hiller,

W.C. Fields is an American original, the curmudgeonly master of wit and good, mean fun.