Best Drama movies of 1972

Actors : Amadeus August, Christine Böhm, Gianni Macchia, Raimund Harmstorf,

When terrorists rob a bank all hell is let loose.

Actors : Jason Robards, Herb Edelman, Jack Lemmon, Barbara Harris,
Directors : Melville Shavelson,

2 quirky Manhattanites crash into each other at an ophthalmologist's office. Peter is a grouchy cartoonist/author whose vision is failing, divorced mother Theresa is also reluctant to ...

Actors : Charles Vanel, Michel Simon, Claude Dauphin, Alberto Sordi,
Directors : Ettore Scola,

A salesman chasing by car a beautiful female biker in order to flirt finds a castle where he is accused in a game trial for murder.

Actors : Carter Wong, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Han Jae Ji, Angela Mao,
Directors : Feng Huang,

Korea, 1934. During the Japanese occupation, there is open warfare between rival martial arts schools. There is a fight in the marketplace, and three Chinese students can't stand the unfair...

Actors : Bilal Inci, Atilla Olgaç, Yilmaz Güney, Hayati Hamzaoglu,
Directors : Yilmaz Güney,

Coban and his four comrades are smugglers who live in the bleak, inaccesable mountains. They are hard, pitiless men like the county they live in, whose daily commerce is in greed, danger, ...

Actors : Colleen Niday, Maryann Rachford, Patty Dunning, Mike Niday,
Directors : Donald W. Thompson,

The story of Patty, a young woman caught up in living for the present with little concern for the future. She meets and marries a young man and her life seems great, until one moment she ...

Actors : Micheline Lanctôt, Robert Rivard, Donald Pilon, Reynald Bouchard,
Directors : Gilles Carle,

A woman imbued with naturalistic and libertarian theories leaves her city home to live in the countryside with her young son. There she meets a litigious farmer who fights against the banks...

Actors : Sondra Locke, Robert Shaw, Sally Kellerman, Mary Ure,
Directors : William A. Fraker,

A disturbed young girl starts believing that there is something very sinister at work after her estranged father visits her at her mother and grandmother's house with the woman he plans to marry.

Actors : Giuliano Gemma, Wolfgang Preiss, Florinda Bolkan, Kirk Douglas,
Directors : Michele Lupo,

A just released from prison professional thief decides to do one last high-risk heist, which could settle him for life or land him behind bars again.

Actors : Cheri Caffaro, Richard Smedley, Patrick Wright, Laurie Rose,
Directors : Don Schain,

Cheerleaders and models are kidnapped & sold by a white slavery ring. Female agent is sent to rescue them.

Actors : William Smith, Peter Brown, Tom Simcox, Ahna Capri,
Directors : William Gibson,

Wildlife photographer Terry and her brother Art go to Venezuela for a photo shoot. They hire Jim Pendrake to guide them through the jungle. However, the trio run afoul of evil local hunter Caribe.

Actors : Vitali Solomin, Yefim Kopelyan, Petr Shelokhonov, Mikhail Kokshenov,
Directors : Viktor Tregubovich,

Epic about Cossacks in the Siberian province of Dauria. Cossacks are living in their village like one big family under the guidance of a strong leader - Ataman.

Actors : Colin Blakely, John Stride, Shelley Winters, Peter Finch,
Directors : Alastair Reid,

A man having marital problems with his shrewish wife picks up a young, pretty and pregnant hitchhiker. Before he knows it, he's in over his head and mixed up in violence and murder.

Actors : Barbara Mills, Inga Maria, Jeff Gall, Alain Patrick,
Directors : Alain Patrick,

Handsome and successful Jim appears to have it all: he's married to the beautiful and supportive Lisa, has a healthy baby, and works a cool gig as the director of hardcore porno fare. Jim's...

Actors : Leo Phillips, Carol Kane, Doris Petrie, Donald Pleasence,
Directors : William Fruet,

A father will do anything to protect his family's reputation when his unmarried teenage daughter becomes pregnant because she was raped by her brother's friend.

Actors : Chieko Baishô, Hisashi Igawa, Gin Maeda, Chishû Ryû,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

On a beautiful island in Seto Inner Sea, Seichi and Minko make their living by transporting rocks to construction sites by boat. They cherish the deepest affection for this piece of land ...

Actors : Kayo Matsuo, Atsuo Nakamura, Sanae Kitabayashi, Yoshio Harada,
Directors : Kazuo Ikehiro,

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry...

Actors : Dixie Peabody, Clyde Ventura, Joanne Moore Jordan, Terry Mace,
Directors : Barbara Peeters,

Tautly directed biker film, told from the woman's point of view. The heroine sets out on the road to avenge her brother's murder, toting a shotgun and meaning business.

Actors : Joanne Moore Jordan, Greg Mullavey, Geri Reischl, Zooey Hall,
Directors : Paul Leder,

Albert tried to kill his rich snobby mother once. Then he was institutionalized. Now he's escaped. Albert is after his mother again. And he will torture and kill anything that lays in the ...

Actors : Akiko Koyama, Tsunehiko Watase, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi,

Nami is an ex-convict who becomes a hostess to support a sick woman who bailed her out. In doing so, she gets involved in a local gangster's scheme to take over the bar she works for.