Best Drama movies of 1970s

Actors : James Mason, Maximilian Schell, David Warner, James Coburn,
Directors : Sam Peckinpah,

A German commander places a squad in extreme danger after its Sergeant refuses to lie for him.

Actors : Ava Gardner, Lorne Greene, George Kennedy, Charlton Heston,
Directors : Mark Robson,

Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles.

Actors : William Finley, Gerrit Graham, Jessica Harper, Paul Williams,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.

Actors : Paul Fix, Daria Halprin, G.D. Spradlin, Mark Frechette,
Directors : Michelangelo Antonioni,

At Zabriskie Point, United State's lowest point, two perfect strangers meet; an undergraduate dreamer and a young hippie student who start off an unrestrained romance, making love on the dusty terrain.

Actors : Mia Farrow, Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Simon MacCorkindale,
Directors : John Guillermin,

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?

Actors : Pierre Baillot, Hermine Karagheuz, Karen Puig, Michèle Moretti,

"Out 1" is a very precise picture of post May 1968 malaise - when Utopian dreams of a new society had crashed and burned, radical terrorism was starting to emerge in unlikely places and a ...

Actors : Barbara Hershey, Steve Railsback, Peter O'Toole, Allen Garfield,
Directors : Richard Rush,

A fugitive stumbles on a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out, and falls for the leading lady.

Actors : Dustin Hoffman, Stanley Beck, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner,
Directors : Bob Fosse,

The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the Establishment as too obscene for the public.

Actors : Lee Grant, Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Julie Christie,
Directors : Hal Ashby,

Lovers undo a hairdresser from Beverly Hills around Election Eve in 1968.

Actors : John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Anthony Hopkins,
Directors : David Lynch,

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity.

Actors : Mikhail Bychkov, Vladimir Khrulev, Maksim Munzuk, Yuriy Solomin,
Directors : Akira Kurosawa,

The Russian army sends an explorer on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he makes friends with a seasoned local hunter.

Actors : Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw,
Directors : Richard Lester,

Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.

Actors : Jon Finch, Martin Shaw, Terence Bayler, Francesca Annis,
Directors : Roman Polanski,

A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Ken Russell,

In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of witchcraft by a sexually repressed nun.

Actors : Robbie Robertson, Meg Foster, Gary Busey, Jodie Foster,
Directors : Robert Kaylor,

Tired of her dull job as a waitress, Donna decides to join two carnival hustlers and see what life in their field is like.

Actors : Penelope Milford, Bruce Dern, Jon Voight, Jane Fonda,
Directors : Hal Ashby,

A woman whose husband is fighting in Vietnam falls in love with another man who suffered a paralyzing combat injury there.

Actors : Candice Bergen, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret, Jack Nicholson,
Directors : Mike Nichols,

The concurrent sexual lives of best friends Jonathan and Sandy are presented, those lives which are affected by the sexual mores of the time and their own temperament, especially in ...

Actors : Edward Fox, Franco Nero, Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford,
Directors : Guy Hamilton,

During World War II, several oddly assorted military experts are teamed in a mission to raid and destroy a bridge vital to enemy strategy.

Actors : Alisa Freyndlikh, Nikolay Grinko, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy,
Directors : Andrei Tarkovsky,

A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.

Actors : Melvyn Douglas, Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Don Porter,
Directors : Michael Ritchie,

Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.