Best Female Lead movies of 1970s

Actors : Ni Tien, Norman Fell, Stella Stevens, Tamara Dobson,
Directors : Charles Bail,

When fellow operatives (and childhood friends) Matthew Johnson and Melvin Johnson disappear during an undercover mission in Hong Kong, Cleopatra Jones (Tamara Dobson) travels there to find ...

Actors : Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Jonathan Kaplan, George Wagner,

In this satire on 70s B-movie industry, a young ditsy pretty blond arrives in Hollywood to try her luck as an actress. After some mishap, a shady agent finds her a job with a sleazy B-movie crew plagued by strange deadly accidents.

Actors : Milton Selzer, Len Lesser, Melody Patterson, Gloria Grahame,
Directors : Philip S. Gilbert,

After her prostitute mother and her john are beaten to death while they are asleep in bed, teen-aged Ellie Masters is sent to an isolated orphanage run by Mrs. Deere and her handyman. ...

Actors : Jacques Herlin, Fabio Garriba, Carla Tatò, Gian Maria Volontè,
Directors : Marco Bellocchio,

A populist right-wing tabloid newspaper tries to derail the official police investigation of a brutal murder of a young girl in order to help the fascist and right-wing candidates it supports in the upcoming elections.

Actors : Ivan Rassimov, Laura Gemser, Karin Schubert, Don Powell,
Directors : Joe D'Amato,

Famous undercover journalist Emanuelle teams with her friend Cora Norman to uncover a white slave ring that traffics in women kidnapped from various locales around the world. Her ...

Actors : Julia Blake, Dorothy Bradley, Kay Eklund, Max Fairchild,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

Oscar-nominated director Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Tender Mercies) crafts a tender coming-of-age tale that introduces one of Australian literature's most beloved characters to ...

Actors : Víctor Alcázar, Judy Geeson, Aurora Bautista, Esperanza Roy,
Directors : Eugenio Martín,

Two sisters running a small hotel in Spain kill female tourists whose morals do not meet their strict religious standards.

Actors : Donald Pilon, Jean-Louis Roux, Christopher Plummer, Karen Black,
Directors : Harvey Hart,

A detective investigating the death of a heroin-addicted prostitute uncovers evidence pointing to the existence of a murderous devil cult.

Actors : Neriman Köksal, Ediz Hun, Sadettin Erbil, Türkan Soray,
Directors : Atif Yilmaz,

Actors : Ken Metcalfe, Pat Anderson, Jeannie Bell, Stan Shaw,
Directors : Cirio H. Santiago,

A young karate expert searches for her brother's killer in Hong Kong.

Actors : Jana Brejchová, Zdena Studenková, Václav Voska, Vlastimil Harapes,
Directors : Juraj Herz,

In this gothic rendition of the classic fairy tale, a merchant's youngest daughter is held prisoner by a mysterious winged beast.

Actors : Marthe Keller, André Dussollier, Carla Gravina, Charles Denner,
Directors : Claude Lelouch,

The movie follows the lives of a woman and a man starting from several generations earlier. The story spans a whole century and several continents.

Actors : Yannis Totsikas, Thanos Grammenos, Toula Stathopoulou, Petros Hoedas,
Directors : Theodoros Angelopoulos,

A woman murders her husband, upon his return home after a long absence, with the complicity of the lover who has relieved her loneliness. Costas Ghoussis, an emigrant recently returned to ...

Actors : Rachel Stefanopoli, Pierre Oudrey, Sandrine Battistella, Alexandre Rignault,
Directors : Jean-Luc Godard,

An analysis of the power relations in an ordinary family.

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Eiji Gô, Kei Yamamoto, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Jun'ya Satô,

Criminals plant a bomb on a high-speed train. It will explode when the train slows down, unless a ransom is paid.

Actors : Andrea Montchal, Soledad Miranda, Paul Muller, Greta Schmidt,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

Eugenie, a beautiful but shy young girl, lives with her stepfather, a famous writer specializing in stories of erotica. One day she happens to read one of his "erotic" books and its power ...

Actors : Simone Signoret, Paul Crauchet, Bernard Le Coq, Alain Delon,
Directors : Jean Chapot,

The body of a young woman is discovered near a farm. The judge Larcher is in charge and thinks that the farmers (Rose and Pierre) have a link with the murder.

Actors : Catherine Alric, Philippe Noiret, Hubert Deschamps, Annie Girardot,
Directors : Philippe de Broca,

Romance in the prime of life. When Lise's car bumps Antoine's bike, they recognize each other from a brief fling 20 years before while at the Sorbonne. He's now a professor of Greek; she's ...

Actors : Beverly Garland, Jill Clayburgh, Charles Grodin, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Claudia Weill,

A successful but stressed mathematics professor (Clayburgh) goes to her father's wedding and falls in love with her father's bride's son (Douglas), a prematurely retired pro baseball player...

Actors : Candy Darling, Holly Woodlawn, Jackie Curtis, Jonathan Kramer,
Directors : Paul Morrissey,

This film is a satire of the women's liberation movement, staring a trio of female impersonators. Candy is an aloof heiress caught in an unhappy relationship with her brother. Jackie is a ...