Best Drama movies of 1969

Actors : Anthony Quinn, Sam Levene, Irene Papas, Inger Stevens,
Directors : Daniel Mann,

A Greek American father of a dying boy decides to take his son to Greece to breathe the clean air of his ancestors, in an attempt to save the boy's life. However, money is a problem.

Actors : George E. Carey, Kathy Williams, Anne Bellamy, Patricia Wymer,
Directors : Don Henderson,

An Assistant District Attorney is about to prosecute members of a motorcycle gang for murder when he gets blackmailed because of an affair with a teenage babysitter.

Actors : Robin Phillips, Judy Geeson, Hal Frederick, Ester Anderson,
Directors : Ted Kotcheff,

An insecure Briton and a Briton of Jamaican descent share a London apartment together.

Actors : Elsa Lanchester, Bill Mumy, Steve Forrest, Pamela Toll,
Directors : Norman Tokar,

A comedy filled with tenderness as a baby raccoon snuggles his way into the life of a lonely boy. He becomes the boy's only companion during his father's frequent absences. Because of ...

Actors : Barbara Wrzesinska, Jan Myslowicz, Wladyslaw Jarema, Andrzej Zarnecki,
Directors : Krzysztof Zanussi,

Jan and Marek used to study physics together but after graduation their paths were different. Jan got married and moved to the countryside. Marek stayed in Warsaw and now wants to persuade Jan to follow his path.

Actors : Ligia Branice, Ginette Leclerc, Pierre Brasseur, Jean-Pierre Andréani,
Directors : Walerian Borowczyk,

A simpleton thief on Goto, an isolated island ruled by a barbaric dictator, climbs ranks from criminal to fly-catcher, dog-keeper and boot polisher, while himself and other islanders get ...

Actors : Yûjirô Ishihara, Yoshiko Sakuma, Toshirô Mifune, Kinnosuke Nakamura,
Directors : Hiroshi Inagaki,

Feudal Japan, 1543 to 1562. Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces ...

Actors : Yul Brynner, Charles Gray, Edward Woodward, John Barrie,
Directors : Sam Wanamaker,

U.S. Agent Novak and Scotland Yard Officer Thompson go undercover to infiltrate a counterfeit organization.

Actors : Kirill Lavrov, Lionella Pyryeva, Mikhail Ulyanov, Andrey Myagkov,

Three brothers, one spiritual and living at a monastary, one a gambler, and one an intellectual, work out their problems in 19th century Russia.

Actors : Claudia Cardinale, Robert Hossein, Enrico Maria Salerno, Nino Manfredi,
Directors : Luigi Magni,

Rome, 1825. Bishop Rivarola (Tognazzi) and colonel Nardoni (Salerno) are in charge to suppress liberal revolution. Shoemaker Cornacchia (Manfredi) got the information that the liberal ...

Actors : Daniel Olbrychski, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Andrzej Lapicki, Beata Tyszkiewicz,
Directors : Andrzej Wajda,

The disappearance of the leading actor from the film's set worries its director Andrzej. He embarks on a journey to look out for the actor with a young actor and missing actor's wife and mistress.

Actors : Cher, Steve Whittaker, Tom Nolan, Barbara London,
Directors : Alessio de Paola,

Addendum to summary: Chastity is Bipolar manic who was sexually abused as a child.

Actors : Pier Paolo Capponi, Marzio Margine, Renato Lupi, Nieves Navarro,
Directors : Fernando Di Leo,

Some youngsters kill their teacher; but they won't tell their motivation. The police detective on the case feels some sinister influence behind the young murderers.

Actors : David Chiang, Ching Lee, Lung Ti, Miao Ching,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

Ying Ke-Feng, head of Peerless Manor, is an expert swordsman whose escort business transports 200,000 taels of silver to the capital each year. This year, however, he is afflicted with an ...

Actors : Martín Adjemián, Juan Carlos Paz, Olga Zubarry, Lautaro Murúa,
Directors : Hugo Santiago,

A group of men led by an old man trying to stop an invasion of the city of Aquileia. The invaders are introducing a machinery for a mass invasion, but the invasion is absolute and impossible to define.

Actors : Alexander Knox, Kenneth More, Suzy Kendall, Nigel Green,
Directors : Alberto Lattuada,

During the First World War, a female German spy Fraulein Doktor and her team of saboteurs plan to kill Lord Kitchener, obtain the Allied defense plans and steal the new French mustard gas formula.

Actors : Adrienne Larussa, Georges Wilson, Mavie, Tomas Milian,
Directors : Lucio Fulci,

A young Italian noblewoman plots with her lover and her family to murder her abusive father leading to an uproar in the community and the Roman Catholic church set in 16th Century Italy.

Actors : Folco Lulli, Margarita Lozano, Sidonia Manolache, Paul Misai,
Directors : Mircea Muresan,

A breathtaking story in which a woman goes in search of her husband

Actors : Gene Hackman, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Mike Kellin, Jim Brown,
Directors : Buzz Kulik,

A riot in a state prison is staged to cover up an escape attempt, during which many inmates and guards are killed. Shot on location at Arizona State Prison.

Actors : Carroll Baker, Colette Descombes, Tino Carraro, Lou Castel,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

A rich and lonely American widow befriends two young people whose motives become suspect.