Best Drama movies of 1970s

Actors : Harry Dean Stanton, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Busey, Theresa Russell,

After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole ...

Actors : Victor Izay, Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Clark Howat,
Directors : Tom Laughlin,

Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaway.

Actors : Barton Heyman, Kevin O'Connor, Zohra Lampert, Gretchen Corbett,
Directors : John D. Hancock,

A recently institutionalized woman has bizarre experiences after moving into a supposedly haunted country farmhouse and fears she may be losing her sanity once again.

Actors : Susan Swift, Anthony Hopkins, Marsha Mason, John Beck,
Directors : Robert Wise,

A stranger attempts to convince a happily married couple that their daughter is actually his daughter reincarnated.

Actors : Paul Sorvino, Trish Van Devere, John Dehner, George C. Scott,
Directors : Mike Nichols,

Dr Jake Terrell, who has been training a pair of dolphins for many years, has had a breakthrough. He has taught his dolphins to speak and understand English, although they do have a limited...

Actors : Kenneth Cranham, Graham Faulkner, Leigh Lawson, Judi Bowker,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

This is a dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare.

Actors : Frank Adu, Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Franciosa,
Directors : Barry Shear,

Two New York City cops go after amateur crooks who are trying to rip off the Mafia and start a gang war.

Actors : Ed Flanders, Stacy Keach, Jason Miller, Scott Wilson,
Directors : William Peter Blatty,

A new commanding officer arrives at a remote castle serving as an insane asylum for crazy and AWOL U.S.M.C. soldiers where he attempts to rehabilitate them by allowing them to live out ...

Actors : Patti D'Arbanville, William Katt, Gary Busey, Jan-Michael Vincent,
Directors : John Milius,

The lives of some California surfers from the early '60s to the '70s.

Actors : Cicely Browne, Tina Aumont, Carmen Scarpitta, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Federico Fellini,

Casanova is a libertine, collecting seductions and sexual feats. But he is really interested in someone, and is he really an interesting person ? Is he really alive ?

Actors : Kemal Sunal, Sener Sen, Ilyas Salman, Adile Nasit,
Directors : Atif Yilmaz,

A feudal village in Southeastern Turkey in 1970's. A poor peasant, Feyzo returns from military service dreaming about getting married to Gülo, the love of his life. However, he has to face ...

Actors : Vincent Spano, Matt Dillon, Michael Eric Kramer, Pamela Ludwig,
Directors : Jonathan Kaplan,

A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada after the death of one of their own.

Actors : Ben Johnson, Dawn Wells, Jimmy Clem, Andrew Prine,
Directors : Charles B. Pierce,

A Texas Ranger hunts for a hooded serial killer terrorizing the residents of a small town, set in 1946 Texas. Loosely based on a true story.

Actors : Burt Lancaster, John Colicos, Paul Scofield, Alain Delon,
Directors : Michael Winner,

During the Cold War, the CIA orders free-lance operative Scorpio to assassinate his former CIA mentor Cross and a deadly cat-and-mouse game ensues.

Actors : Gisela Uhlen, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny, Hanna Schygulla,
Directors : Rainer Werner Fassbinder,

A World War II widow seeks to adjust to life in postwar Germany.

Actors : Vivien Merchant, Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Ian Bannen,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

A burned-out British police detective finally snaps while interrogating a suspected child molester.

Actors : Gérard Blain, Lisa Kreuzer, Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz,
Directors : Wim Wenders,

Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.

Actors : Raymond Laine, Jan White, Ann Muffly, Joedda McClain,
Directors : George A. Romero,

A bored, unhappy suburban housewife gets mixed up in witchcraft and murder.

Actors : Edward Fox, Susan Penhaligon, Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé,
Directors : Paul Verhoeven,

During WW2, Dutch students join the resistance movement against the German occupation of the Netherlands.

Actors : Andréa Ferréol, Jean Poiret, Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : François Truffaut,

In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.