Best Drama movies of 1970s

Actors : Boris Plotnikov, Igor Klass, Aleksandr Kharitonov, Elena Dimitrova,
Directors : Valeri Rubinchik,

A mystical drama based on a story by V. Korotkevich. The film is set in out-of-the-way Belarusian woodlands at the end of the 19th century. A young ethnographer, Andrej Bielarecki, comes here to research local folk legends.

Actors : Annie Carol Edel, Gloria Guida, Gianluigi Chirizzi, Paolo Carlini,
Directors : Mario Imperoli,

A young free-spirited drifter falls in love for an older man, who might be her long-lost father.

Actors : John Hurt, John McEnery, David Warner, Rosalind Ayres,
Directors : Stuart Cooper,

An art student is thrown out of college. Depressed, he comes up with the Party of Dynamic Erection, a near fascist "party" that promotes male sexual dominance and which attracts a couple of other unsavory confused characters.

Actors : Boris Dvornik, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Olivera Katarina, Vojislav Miric,
Directors : Zdravko Velimirovic,

Ahmet Nurudin is a dervish and head of the Islamic monastery of the Mevlevi order in Sarajevo. He is a personification of morale and dogmatic belief, everything that Muslim religion of the ...

Actors : Marlène Jobert, Jacques Debary, Dominique Labourier, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Claude Goretta,

A manufacturer of furniture sees his business go down and decides to rob banks to pay his staff. Het gets romantically involved with one of his victims.

Actors : Roland Charbaux, Mary Mendum, Jean Roche, Béatrice Harnois,
Directors : Max Pécas,

Paul and Gabrielle, a young married couple, take in their neighbor's teenage daughter, Felicia, for a few weeks in the summer. It isn't long before the precocious and seductive Felicia sets her sights on the two of them.

Actors : Orçun Sonat, Ahmet Arkan, Sükriye Atav, Türkan Soray,
Directors : Nejat Saydam,

Actors : Marcello Mastroianni, Barbara Bouchet, Marthe Keller, Françoise Fabian,
Directors : Mauro Bolognini,

A mental hospital somewhere in Tuscany during the thirties. Far away from fascism, this closed world is rules over by Dr. Bonaccorsi, a passionate benevolent psychiatrist whose dream is to ...

Actors : Billy Robinson, Verne Gagne, Edward Asner, Elaine Giftos,
Directors : James A. Westman,

Promoting the world of professional wrestling at the expense of the plot itself, Frank Bass (Ed Asner) takes a stand and defends what he thinks is right. Gamblers, mobsters, unscrupulous ...

Actors : Lyudmila Gurchenko, Sergei Popov, Aleksey Zharkov, Nina Ruslanova,
Directors : Kira Muratova,

Mikhail helps out Nikolay and Lyuba by giving them a ride to a nearby construction site. They will work there to build a new town and factory.

Actors : Cristina Raines, George Segal, Bo Brundin, Denholm Elliott,
Directors : Lou Lombardo,

An RCMP officer is ordered to discreetly take a Russian immigrant into custody in advance of a state visit by the Soviet premier. When his prisoner is kidnapped, the officer is drawn into a complicated assasination scheme.

Actors : Stacy Keach, Robert Stephens, Hugh Griffith, Patrick Magee,
Directors : Guy Green,

A man's views cause a rift between peasants and the church.

Actors : Alan Rosenberg, Rita Moreno, Madeline Kahn, Robert Viharo,
Directors : Richard Benner,

Based on the off-Broadway smash of the 1970's; a poor Harvard student's romance with a girl hits a rough spot when he realizes , on his 21st birthday, that he's in love with her brother.

Actors : Darren McGavin, Burgess Meredith, Patricia Neal, Stéphane Audran,
Directors : José Luis Borau,

In a fictitious South American country there's lots of political tension, the labor-unions have all their members on strike. The public demands the return of politician B. from exile. ...

Actors : Reha Yurdakul, Adile Nasit, Ferdi Tayfur, Serpil Çakmakli,
Directors : Natuk Baytan,

Actors : Rie Yokoyama, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Shima Iwashita, Masao Kusakari,
Directors : Masahiro Shinoda,

A freestyle, imagined telling of the life of shaman queen Himiko, who falls in love with her half-brother, making her powers weaken thus putting her position to risk.

Actors : Judith-Marie Bergan, Catherine Lacy, David Pendleton, Gregory Rozakis,
Directors : Joseph Zito,

Daughter of a wealthy family is kidnapped by left wing terrorists.

Actors : Jeff Burton, Sandra Alexandra, Kathryn Jackson, Durey Mason,
Directors : Arthur Roberson,

Young woman quickly realize that prostitution is a harsh reality.

Actors : Harold Conway, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tonpei Hidari, Masumi Harukawa,
Directors : Kon Ichikawa,

The cat of the title roams around the house of a poor schoolteacher in the late 19th century, observing the goings-on of the teacher and his neighbors.

Actors : Pamela Sue Martin, Parker Stevenson, Betsy Slade, George O'Hanlon Jr.,
Directors : Peter Hyams,

A student of Penfield girls school falls in love with a male student in 1955. They are deeply in love but meet difficulties and disapproval on every corner.