Best Drama movies of 1970s

Actors : Sonia Braga, Paulo César Peréio, Nuno Leal Maia, Jorge Dória,
Directors : Neville de Almeida,

Carlos and Solange, childhood sweethearts, marry after a chaste courtship. On their wedding night, Solange refuses to make love to him. First he pleads, then in anger he rapes her. She says...

Actors : Nigel Davenport, Geoffrey Keen, Susan Hampshire, Edward Judd,
Directors : Jack Couffer,

When Elsa's three mischievous cubs begin wreaking havoc on the nearby villages, Joy and her husband are forced to move them hundreds of miles to a game preserve.

Actors : David Chiang, Cecilia Wong, Chia Yung Liu, Lily Li,
Directors : Chia-Liang Liu,

Shaolin Mantis (Orig. Tang lang) is a 1978 Shaw Brothers film directed by Lau Kar-leung. Starring David Chiang and Liu Chia Hui. Shaolin Mantis tells the story of a man who learns martial arts by observing a praying mantis.

Actors : Geraldine Page, Cristina Ferrare, R.G. Armstrong, Cliff Robertson,
Directors : Cliff Robertson,

After losing 9 years 9 months and thirteen days to prison, cowboy J. W. Coop is released to return to life as a professional rodeo cowboy in the 60's. Determined to make up for the lost '...

Actors : Sevda Karaca, Cüneyt Arkin, Piero Fabiani, Hüseyin Baradan,

Pasha Yunus returns from his tax collecting mission at the service of the Ottoman Fatih Sultan Mehmet (1451-1481), when his ship is attacked and taken by the Black Pirate and his men. Yunus...

Actors : David Chiang, Lei Cheng, Feng Ku, Lung Ti,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

A prince of the Sung Dynasty has been taken prisoner by Ching invaders and is being held in an impenetrable fortress by elite men of the Ching. A group of fighters loyal to the Sung set out...

Actors : Bilal Inci, Hulusi Kentmen, Hülya Koçyigit, Kadir Savun,
Directors : Ertem Egilmez,

A young hapless couple's devotion for each other is tested through harsh times of war as they are forced to negate patriotism and dependability to their families and nations, for a length of a lifetime before during and after the war.

Actors : Nafisa Ali, Tom Alter, Shabana Azmi, Jalal Agha,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

Set during the 1857 War of Independence, an obsessed Indian Nawab desires to wed a young Anglo-Indian woman, but the girl's obstinate mother stands between them.

Actors : Telly Savalas, Robert Shaw, Fernando Rey, Stella Stevens,

A group of Mexican revolutionaries murders a town priest and a number of his christian followers. Ten years later, a widow arrives in town intent to take revenge from her husband's killers.

Actors : Saeed Kangarani, Jahangir Forouhar, Googoosh, Mahbubeh Bayat,
Directors : Parviz Sayyad,

Babak who suffers from Leukemia falls in love with a famous singer named Parvaneh. Although at first she takes him for granted, but gradually a relationship begins that changes their lives.

Actors : Meral Taygun, Yesim Tan, Sadri Alisik, Zeynep Degirmencioglu,
Directors : Atif Yilmaz,

Actors : Ed Bishop, Candice Rialson, Teri Guzman, Joan Blackman,
Directors : Raphael Nussbaum,

Naive, but brash and sultry teenage runaway Bonnie finds herself lost and adrift in America. The lovely young lass runs afoul of a colorful array of evil oddballs who all treat her like an ...

Actors : Reena Roy, Jeetendra, Girish Karnad, Rameshwari,
Directors : J. Om Prakash,

Deepak (Jeetendra) is a truck driver. One day he meets with haughty, snobbish, and popular singer, Asha. He assists her with her travel and the two become friends. Deepak loves Mala, ...

Actors : Ichirô Araki, Christina Lindberg, Gô Awazu, Yurie Hidaka,
Directors : Sadao Nakajima,

On a trip to Japan a woman accidentally enters the wrong car. The driver is a sexually frustrated loner.

Actors : Cheri Caffaro, Timothy Brown, Sheila Leighton, Scott Ellsworth,
Directors : Don Schain,

Two women who like control face each other in a battle over jealousy and weaknesses. The US is about to sign a trade treaty with an Asian country; in exchange for friendly relations, the US...

Actors : Jeremy Kemp, Eric Porter, Rachel Roberts, Bill Travers,
Directors : James Hill,

Based on the novel "The Ballad of the Belstone Fox", this heartwarming film chronicles the life of a fox much smarter than the dogs that hunt him. In fact, they never could catch him!

Actors : James Gammon, Regina Baff, John C. Becher, Mildred Burke,
Directors : Robert Fowler,

A New York City waitress decides to become a professional wrestler.

Actors : Britt Ekland, Patricia Neal, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Lynn Carlin,
Directors : Lionel Jeffries,

A young American boy unable to overcome a speech defect is disturbed by the constant bickering of his parents, and when they get divorced, he slides into an emotional breakdown.

Actors : Angel Tompkins, Billy Curtis, Jerry Maren, Frank Delfino,
Directors : Chris Christenberry,

A gangster's former mistress hooks up with a troupe of circus midgets who, as a sideline, rob banks and casinos.

Actors : Elizabeth Ashley, Keir Dullea, Dayle Haddon, John Beck,
Directors : Peter Pearson,

A hockey player in a small town begins to lose his grip on reality, and starts to believe that he is a gunslinger in the Old West.