Best Drama movies of 1970s

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 : Kamran Usluer, Hülya Koçyigit, Ahmet Mekin, Erol Günaydin,
Directors : Lütfi Akad,

A story of a family of six who are coming from Urfa tries to survive economically in Istanbul.

Actors : Samantha Eggar, Emlyn Williams, David Hemmings, Phyllis Calvert,
Directors : Eric Till,

A young woman's highly ordered and structured life is turned upside-down when she meets a handsome stranger at a party. Friendship soon develops into romance and for the first time in her ...

Actors : Moushumi Chatterjee, Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Zeenat Aman,
Directors : Manoj Kumar,

After the retirement of his dad, the onus is on Bharat to look after the Delhi-based family. He has two younger college-going brothers, Deepak and Vijay, and a sister of marriage age, Radha...

Actors : Antonio Salines, Corrado Pani, Luis Dávila, Lou Castel,
Directors : Cesare Canevari,

A gang rescues a criminal from the gallows to attach them and rob a stagecoach full of gold. When they get the loot, betray him and leave him dying in the middle of the desert. The band ...

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 : 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 : Paul Le Mat, Tim McIntire, Leigh French, Dianne Hull,
Directors : Floyd Mutrux,

Bobby and Rose, two youngsters who are in love, have to run away from home when they are falsely accused to have committed a robbery and an assassination.

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 : 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 : John Hurt, Francine Racette, David Hemmings, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Stuart Cooper,

Thriller about a contract killer whose wife has disappeared. When he is hired by an international organisation to carry out a "shy" or hit, he suspects they are connected with her disappearance.

Actors : Vangelis Kazan, Eva Kotamanidou, Mairi Hronopoulou, Aliki Georgouli,
Directors : Theodoros Angelopoulos,

It is New Year's Eve. 1976. On a Greek island a party of bourgeois hunters comes upon a body, buried in the snow and miraculously preserved by the cold. By his uniform, he appears to be one...

Actors : Anna Zinnemann, Antiniska Nemour, Barbara Magnolfi, Stefania D'Amario,
Directors : Enzo Milioni,

While searching for their estranged mother, two beautiful sisters, Dagmar and Ursula, arrive at a luxurious seaside hotel. At the same time, a mysterious killer starts murdering promiscuous women in the area.

Actors : Cheryl Powell, Max Manning, Debbie Osborne, Nancy Ison,
Directors : Robert Anderson,

Cindy, a sweet-young-thing being raised in the suburbs with her half-sister Donna, is shyly undergoing a sexual awakening. Fifteen-year-old Cindy and 17-year-old Donna share the same mother...

Actors : Tony Musante, Sandro Grinfan, Toti Dal Monte, Florinda Bolkan,
Directors : Enrico Maria Salerno,

Without mentioning the reason, Venetian musician Enrico invites his ex-wife Valeria to visit him, and her heart is broken again during their last days together.

Actors : Amol Palekar, Vidya Sinha, Ranjita Thakur, Dinesh Thakur,
Directors : Basu Chatterjee,

A Delhi-based woman in a steady relationship with her boyfriend is forced to come to terms with her true feelings when a job interview in Mumbai brings an old flame back in her life.

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 : Antonio Casagrande, Philippe Leroy, 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 : Flavio Andreini, Sherry Buchanan, Ray Lovelock, 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 : Chieko Baishô, Kaori Momoi, Tetsuya Takeda, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

Three complete strangers embark on a road-trip to Hokkaido.