Best Female Lead movies of 1970s

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 : Barbara Bach, Mel Ferrer, Romano Puppo, Claudio Cassinelli,
Directors : Sergio Martino,

Tourists on a tropical island anger an island god, who turns himself into a giant alligator and stalks them.

Actors : Agah Hün, Meral Taygun, Canan Perver, Cihan Ünal,
Directors : Metin Erksan,

A little girl is possessed by a demon.

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 : Dara Calenic, Rialda Kadric, Vladimir Petrovic, Dragomir Bojanic-Gidra,
Directors : Zoran Calic,

Mary's problem was solved another state without health consequences. Now Mary is strictly controlled by the parents but still finishing high school. Bob and Mary continue their love, but ...

Actors : Lisa Copeland, Cliff Emmich, Tommy Lee Jones, Yvette Mimieux,
Directors : Michael Miller,

This is a powerful drama about a young woman who stumbles into a nightmare land of hijacking and humiliation while driving cross-country from California to New York.

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

An analysis of the power relations in an ordinary family.

Actors : Elif Pektas, Kadir Inanir, Savas Basar, Türkan Soray,
Directors : Osman F. Seden,

Reunion of two former lovers brings the end to the society they are part of through hate through revenge and through bloodshed, especially when the lovers were obliged to stand against their associates and families.

Actors : Natsuko Yashiro, Shun Domon, Asami Ogawa, Hiromi Namino,
Directors : Noribumi Suzuki,

One dark and stormy night, a middle age prison escapee haphazardly breaks into the luxurious mason of a wealthy and privileged family and rapes the young wife in front of her bound husband....

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 : Valeria Sabel, Daniela Giordano, Brett Halsey, Dick Randall,
Directors : Mario Bava,

John and Tina meet in a park one day. They immediately hit it off, go out on a date later that evening. The late that night, Tina's returns to her apartment with her expensive new dress ...

Actors : Kostas Karras, Dimitris Papamichael, Aliki Vougiouklaki, Spyros Kalogirou,
Directors : Nikos Foskolos,

Dachau in 1965. Natasha Arseni missing over 20 years from Greece. Shortly before returning visits the former concentration camp. On the train to the motherland begins to remember the years ...

Actors : Pascal Greggory, Isabelle Adjani, Marie-France Pisier, Isabelle Huppert,
Directors : André Téchiné,

In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.

Actors : Caroline Hildebrand, Keith Carradine, Kelly Bohanon, Kevin Hearst,
Directors : Peter Fonda,

During a time of waning global resources, a crew of young researchers travel into the future to escape an apocalypse before the shutdown of their time transfer project. They find that some ...

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 : 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 : 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 : Ivan Rassimov, Ely Galleani, Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti,
Directors : Joe D'Amato,

Emmanuelle is sent to Bangkok on a journalism assignment. While there, she embarks on her own exploration of the secrets of sensual pleasure. While learning much, she also reveals several secrets of her own.

Actors : Shane Briant, Katya Wyeth, James Bolam, Rita Tushingham,
Directors : Peter Collinson,

A timid, withdrawn woman meets a man she believes is finally the love of her life, unaware that he is a vicious serial killer.

Actors : Michael Brandon, Shirley MacLaine, Bo Derek, Anthony Hopkins,

Marriage takes a sour turn when a middle-aged husband falls for a young and sexy woman. Things get even more complicated when his wife starts a hot affair with a young lover of her own.