Best Female Lead movies of 1970s

Actors : Michael Lonsdale, Delphine Seyrig, Mathieu Carrière, Claude Mann,
Directors : Marguerite Duras,

Poetical tale of Anne-Marie Stretter, the wife of a French diplomat in India in the 1930s. At 18 she had married a French colonial administrator and went with him on posting to Savannakhet,...

Actors : Michael Crawford, Fiona Fullerton, Hywel Bennett, Michael Jayston,
Directors : William Sterling,

Alice (Fiona Fullerton) falls down a rabbit hole and into a magical dream world populated by surreal characters and bewildering adventures. It's a journey of self-discovery for Alice as she...

Actors : James Mason, Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, Claudia Mori,
Directors : Terence Young,

When her father is murdered, a pharmaceutical heiress becomes the next target of an unknown killer amid the international jet set.

Actors : Daniel Massey, Glenda Jackson, Yvonne Mitchell, Douglas Wilmer,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

The life of the great actress, Sarah Bernhardt.

Actors : Feng Ku, Evelyne Kraft, Wei Tu Lin, Danny Lee,
Directors : Meng Hua Ho,

King Kong goes Hong Kong as a giant Himalayan beast tries to save a sexy Russia Tarzanette from a sleazy show-biz promoter. The action, locations set in India, and interracial romance made ...

Actors : Jan Nowicki, Malgorzata Braunek, Leszek Teleszynski, Jerzy Golinski,
Directors : Andrzej Zulawski,

Set during the occupation of Poland during World War II. Some German soldiers, slaughter a woman, her son and daughter-in-law. The husband and his father escape by being in the forest. The ...

Actors : Louis Quinn, Betty Anne Rees, Claudia Jennings, Roberta Collins,
Directors : Vernon Zimmerman,

Karen wants more action out of life and quits her job at the cannery to become a skater in the roller derby. She encounters friction from the other skaters - especially Mickey, the current ...

Actors : Britt Ekland, Hywel Bennett, Hayley Mills, Per Oscarsson,
Directors : Sidney Gilliat,

Based on an Agatha Christie suspense novel; a newly-wed couple are threatened after building their dream home on cursed land.

Actors : Sylvia Kristel, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Bouvier, Umberto Orsini,
Directors : François Leterrier,

Emmanuelle and her architect husband continue their amoral lifestyle in the Seychelles. But when a casual dilliance between her and a film director starts to turn serious her husband shows ...

Actors : Roger Davis, Stuart Whitman, Janit Baldwin, Piper Laurie,
Directors : Curtis Harrington,

Sixteen years after Ruby Claire's gangster boyfriend was shot and killed by four associates, a series of gruesome murders takes place at the drive-in movie theatre she now owns. Meanwhile, ...

Actors : Hugues Quester, Françoise Pascal, Natalie Perrey, Mireille Dargent,
Directors : Jean Rollin,

A young couple out for a walk decide to take a stroll through a large cemetery. As darkness begins to fall they realize they can't find their way out, and soon their fears begin to overtake them.

Actors : Susan Sarandon, Raf Vallone, John Beck, Marie-France Pisier,
Directors : Charles Jarrott,

A Greek tycoon's mistress tries to track down and find her ex-World War II lover.

Actors : Barbara Steele, Avery Schreiber, Cameron Mitchell, Rebecca Balding,
Directors : Denny Harris,

During her first semester at college, a co-ed finds housing at a seaside mansion where, following the death of a fellow-student, she becomes entangled in a murder mystery surrounding the property and it's secretive tenants.

Actors : Mel Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy, George Coulouris, Carla Gravina,
Directors : Alberto De Martino,

Ippolita is a paralyzed young woman with serious mental problems stemming from the death of her mother. Her crisis of faith and the intervention of a well-meaning psychologist lead Ippolita...

Actors : Feri Cansel, Sadri Alisik, Erol Tas, Yusuf Sezgin,
Directors : Nuri Ergün,

Ali baba is against the forty thieves.

Actors : Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Plummer, Nanette Newman, Tatum O'Neal,
Directors : Bryan Forbes,

Velvet's orphaned niece, Sarah, follows her dream of Olympic glory with her horse Arizona Pie.

Actors : Kathryn Walker, Trini Alvarado, John Lithgow, Jeremy Levy,
Directors : Robert M. Young,

Two 12-year-olds, the products of Upper West Side broken homes, struggle to make sense of their parents lives and their own adolescent feelings.

Actors : Barbara Bouchet, Ugo Pagliai, Marina Malfatti, Marino Masé,
Directors : Emilio Miraglia,

When two sisters inherit their family castle, a string of murders committed by a mysterious dark haired woman in a red cloak decimates their circle of friends. Is the killer their ancestor,...

Actors : Patti D'Arbanville, Bernard Giraudeau, Mathieu Carrière, Mona Kristensen,
Directors : David Hamilton,

A coming of age story centering on the exploits of a young girl during summer vacation.

Actors : Gabriele Lavia, Nino Segurini, Juliet Mills, Richard Johnson,

Juliet Mills plays a young pregnant woman in San Francisco who is going to have the devil's baby during her strange possession. Richard Johnson shows up to help her... but what does he really want?