Best Drama movies of 1970s

Actors : Richard Widmark, Gayle Hunnicutt, Sam Wanamaker, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Peter Collinson,

While vacationing in Lebanon, a former secret agent finds he has been marked for assassination.

Actors : Cantinflas, Víctor Alcocer, David Bravo, Marga López,
Directors : Miguel M. Delgado,

A teacher arrives to El Romeral, a little town where he must face many cons to teach, many persons who doesn't want that children be educate to continuing exploiting the people under their ambitious plans.

Actors : Siu Tin Yuen, Yi-Min Li, Jack Long, Kuan-Wu Lung,
Directors : Joseph Kuo,

Supposedly dead, embittered former official, The Ghost Face Killer has returned and seeking revenge on those martial arts masters than once opposed him - his name is infamous and his Five ...

Actors : Tom Berenger, Helen Shaver, Susan Strasberg, Karen Black,
Directors : George Kaczender,

Andras Varda grows up in a turbulent, war-torn Hungary, where he procures local girls for the occupying G.I.'s during World War II. Disappointed by girls of his age, he meets Maya, a ...

Actors : Yun Ling, Tung-Shing Yee, On-On Yu, Ping Chen,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

The Third Master (Erh Tung Sheng, aka Derek Yee, in the role that launched his career) is considered to be the greatest sword master of the day. His displays of skill and strength bring ...

Actors : Alain Cuny, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Mimsy Farmer, Ugo Tognazzi,
Directors : Aleksandar Petrovic,

The Master and Margaret (1972) is based on the eponymous book by Mikhail A. Bulgakov. The film is set in the Soviet Union under Stalin, it has several story-lines, that are intertwined. ...

Actors : Feng Tien, Chun Shih, Yueh Sun, Feng Hsu,
Directors : King Hu,

An esquire and a General eyes a priceless handwritten scroll by Tripitaka, held in a Temple library. The Abbot of the Temple selects his successor.

Actors : Flavio Andreini, Ray Lovelock, Sherry Buchanan, Florinda Bolkan,
Directors : Franco Prosperi,

Sister Cristina (Florinda Bolkan) plays a nun who takes the teenage girls in her care to a remote house where they rehearse A Midsummer Night's Dream. Three thugs show up, brutally raping ...

Actors : Alfredo Alcón, Lautaro Murúa, Juan José Camero, Marina Magali,
Directors : Leonardo Favio,

Nazareno Cruz is the seventh son of a couple living in a high mountain village. According to a myth, a seventh son will become a wolf on nights of the full moon. Everyone in the village is ...

Actors : Barry Morse, Faye Dunaway, Barry Primus, Viveca Lindfors,
Directors : Jerry Schatzberg,

Lou Andreas Sand, a once famous model, recalls her past as she tries to make success in the modeling world of New York, her stressfull workdays, her affair with Mark, an advertising ...

Actors : Philippe Leroy, Antonio Casagrande, Carla Romanelli, Antonio Sabato,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

A Milan produce vendor, whom moonlights as a pimp, faces off against a ruthless and greedy French gangster whom wants to unite the organized crime ring of Italy.

Actors : Pamela Stanford, Gérard Lemaire, Olivier Mathot, Silvia Solar,

After botching a kidnapping, two criminals hide with their victim in a friends house in the jungle. After one of them rapes the friend's wife, they're left to be eaten by a nearby cannibal tribe.

Actors : Masataka Iwao, Rena Uchimura, Akira Shioji, Yûsuke Kazato,
Directors : Yûji Makiguchi,

Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1. During a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with young Christian girl. When she and her family are ...

Actors : Reha Yurdakul, Turgut Borali, Selma Güneri, Tarik Akan,
Directors : Zeki Ökten,

Two ex lovers meet again but this time the girl is married to an old and rich man.

Actors : Dusica Zegarac, Milena Dravic, Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic, Ljuba Tadic,
Directors : Goran Paskaljevic,

Dr. Ilic works in the hospital for compulsory treatment of alcoholics. By conducting his own "special treatment" through physical exercises, apple eating, the healing effects of listening ...

Actors : Anant Nag, Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri, Smita Patil,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

Coming from a poor and destitute family, Urvashi is encouraged by her mother, Shanta (Sualbha Deshpande) to be on more than friendly terms with a much older male, Keshav Dalvi (Amol Palekar...

Actors : Paulo César Peréio, Milton Gonçalves, Ana Maria Magalhães, Reginaldo Faria,
Directors : Hector Babenco,

History of a famous Brazilian bandit of the early seventies.

Actors : Deborah Raffin, John Amos, Michael Learned, Diane Lane,
Directors : Gus Trikonis,

A young nurse becomes determined to reach an unresponsive teenage cerebral palsy patient by encouraging her to write to her favorite rock singer, Elvis Presley.

Actors : Rolf Hoppe, Vsevolod Sanaev, Ivan Andonov, Cox Habbema,
Directors : Herrmann Zschoche,

Eight space cargo-ships disappear without a trace within three days. And the orbit station "Margot" has suddenly fallen silent. The space council is faced with a mystery and the scientist ...

Actors : A.K. Hangal, Amol Palekar, Zarina Wahab, Vijayendra Ghatge,
Directors : Basu Chatterjee,

Meera, who lives in Bombay writes her parents about a prospective bridegroom for her youngest sister Gowri. Pitambar Chaudhry and his wife are overjoyed by the prospect of marrying Gowri ...