Best Drama movies of 1972

Actors : George Lazenby, Ben Carruthers, Robin Hunter, Rudolph Walker,
Directors : Cy Endfield,

A lifelong mercenary commander and weapons expert played by George Lazenby is commissioned to train an army for an exiled African leader. But as his conscience finally catches up to him, he...

Actors : Fabio Testi, Uschi Glas, Jean Gabin, Jacques Richard,
Directors : Denys de La Patellière,

Whilst being transferred to a psychiatric hospital, a ruthless serial killer Gassot makes a break and goes on the run. He arrives in Marseilles, intending to escape abroad. Here, he falls for a young prostitute, Gerda.

Actors : Brock Peters, Claudia McNeil, Leslie Uggams, Louise Stubbs,
Directors : Ossie Davis,

An aspiring dancer and her wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.

Actors : Vanda Lacerda, Nildo Parente, Isabel Ribeiro, Othon Bastos,
Directors : Leon Hirszman,

The story of Paulo Honório, a poor kid who becomes a rich farmer. Obsessed by his desire to get even richer, he doesn't pay much attention to his wife, Madalena, a teacher who reacts against his tyrannical ways.

Actors : Paola Tedesco, Telly Savalas, Giuliano Persico, Antonio Sabato,
Directors : Alberto De Martino,

Organized crime; Don Vincenzo leads the pack and his faced with a huge struggle.

Actors : Eduards Pavuls, Helga Dancberga, Regina Razuma, Gunars Cilinskis,
Directors : Rolands Kalnins,

Action takes place in Latvia in 1920-thies. Entrepreneurial Edgar Ceplis establish joint-stock company, to produce and export clay bricks. He attracts to project many investors in the hope ...

Actors : Diana Dors, Peder Kinberg, Cia Löwgren, Solveig Andersson,
Directors : Joseph W. Sarno,

The sadistic Madam Margareta is a talking side of beef that serves as the hostess and ring leader for a live sex tease show and whorehouse. Madam's shows always feature her bodacious nieces...

Actors : Martin Balsam, Burgess Meredith, Lew Ayres, James Earl Jones,
Directors : Joseph Sargent,

An African-American senator becomes the designated survivor of a tragic accident that kills the President of the United States. Now the first black President, he attempts to end the bigotry and divide standing in his way.

Actors : Sayuri Ichijo, Hiroko Isayama, Gô Awazu, Kazuko Shirakawa,
Directors : Tatsumi Kumashiro,

The story is about a stripper's relationships with two men: her boyfriend and a club owner.

Actors : Robert Blake, Gabriele Ferzetti, Ernest Borgnine, Catherine Spaak,
Directors : Franco Prosperi,

Boxer Teddy Wilcox (Robert Blake) leaves his manager and relocates. He finds Nick, a manager/trainer. Before Wilcox's first fight, Nick receives a threat-- Wilcox loses, or Nick will die. ...

Actors : Charlene Jones, Sid Haig, Pat Woodell, John Ashley,
Directors : Eddie Romero,

A foreign correspondent is kidnapped and used for human prey.

Actors : Alice Arno, Michel Bertay, Georges Beauvilliers, Yves Arcanel,
Directors : Claude Pierson,

Therese, a beautiful but naive young girl, who finds herself being passed around from depraved pervert to depraved pervert, enduring just about every kind of sexual degradation there is ...

Actors : Rika Aoki, Kazuko Nagamoto, Masami Souda, Michi Nono,
Directors : Kô Nakahira,

First film of a trilogy following the dramatic life of Rika, a half-Japanese/half-American woman who becomes the tough-as-nails leader of an all-girl crime gang.

Actors : Martin Balsam, Paola Pitagora, Terence Hill, Adalberto Maria Merli,
Directors : Eriprando Visconti,

Luisa Latin, betrayed by her husband, is imprisoned for the murder of her husband's mistress - who is still alive. When Luisa is released from prison, she kills her.

Actors : Eric Clavering, Blythe Danner, Heath Lamberts, Alan Alda,
Directors : George Bloomfield,

A young hippie couple rent a secluded cabin on the beach in an attempt to re-connect with each other and save their marriage. Unfortunately, the man they rented the cabin from is a ...

Actors : Christos Kalavrouzos, Antonis Papadopoulos, Efi Roditi, Thanasis Vengos,
Directors : Dinos Katsouridis,

A wretch jobber tries to find the money to build the house promised to groom, to repay the truck he drives and help a poor girl, who has been eviction, find somewhere to stay.

Actors : Vonetta McGee, Calvin Lockhart, Rosalind Cash, Paul Stevens,
Directors : Hugh A. Robertson,

A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he's just met. Things take a turn for the worse, though, when she is found dead in his apartment. It ...

Actors : Leila Baharan, Soraya Ghasemi, Ali Naraghi, Akbar Meshkin,
Directors : Naser Taghvai,

A former army colonel comes from a village to live in the city with her daughters where he finds it hard to adapt with the modern life.

Actors : Frank Converse, Gordon Pinsent, Linda Goranson, Will Geer,
Directors : Peter Carter,

A man who refuses to grow up and take responsibility has his world crash down on him when his friends suffer as a result of his antics.

Actors : Jaya Bhaduri, Kamini Kaushal, Prem Nath, Manoj Kumar,
Directors : Manoj Kumar,

Shankar (Manoj Kumar), his lovely wife Geeta (Nanda) and Deepak (Master Satyajeet) are a poor but happy family. Tragedy strikes one day, when Deepak wonders over to the railway tracks. When...