Best Drama movies of 1972

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

Actors : Ulrike von Zerboni, Manja Behrens, Erwin Geschonneck, Günther Simon,
Directors : Konrad Wolf,

Actors : Gabriele Ferzetti, Robert Blake, 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 : Gordon Pinsent, Frank Converse, 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 : 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 : 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 : Klaus Maria Brandauer, Karen Jensen, Barry Newman, Anna Karina,
Directors : Lee H. Katzin,

A list of agents and collaborators, hidden by the Nazis in an Austrian lake in 1945, is sought after by various interested parties during the Cold War.

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 : Jan Englert, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Franciszek Pieczka, Lucja Kowolik,
Directors : Kazimierz Kutz,

Film set during the Silesian Uprising in the 1920's. The German owners of a mine decide that it is unprofitable and want to close it by flooding it. The miners go on strike.

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

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

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

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

A foreign correspondent is kidnapped and used for human prey.

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 : Lee de Broux, Jon Shank, Michael Pataki, Paul Carr,
Directors : Jerry Jameson,

A film crew shooting in the desert is terrorized by a vicious outlaw motorcycle gang (on dirt bikes, no less) who are after the women in the company.