Best Female Lead movies of 1970s

Actors : Stefano Patrizi, Benjamin Lev, Tomas Milian, Eleonora Giorgi,
Directors : Romolo Guerrieri,

In this riveting Italian exploitation thriller, three young men embark upon a terrifying series of bloody crimes, engaging in robbery, gunplay, and murder. As the entire police force ...

Actors : Tim Choate, Robert Powell, Michael Wager, Anne Baxter,
Directors : James Ivory,

Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old.

Actors : Mimsy Farmer, Bernard Fresson, Pascal Sellier, Madeleine Robinson,
Directors : Bernard Queysanne,

"The Pocket Lover" tells the story of Julien, a 15 year-old boy who falls in love with an older woman, later discovered to be a prostitute. Now, Julien will have to face several obstacles, ...

Actors : Otoniel Serra, Helena Ignez, Paulo Villaça, Guará Rodrigues,
Directors : Rogério Sganzerla,

The saga of some Copacabana dwellers: Sônia Silk, a prostitute also known as Miss Prado Júnior and Peroxide Beast; her gay brother, addicted to smelling his boss's underwear; and Mr. Grillo, the boss.

Actors : Hugh Keays-Byrne, Chantal Contouri, Sigrid Thornton, Robert Bruning,
Directors : Simon Wincer,

Angela is a young hairdresser thrown out of home by her puritantical mother after too many nights out. She quickly falls in with the modeling crowd and does some modeling work herself, ...

Actors : Ulla Jessen, Helle Merete Sørensen, Søren Strømberg, Marianne Tønsberg,
Directors : Finn Henriksen,

Actors : Nils Brandt, Anna Godenius, Gösta Bredefeldt, Toni Regner,
Directors : Jörn Donner,

A woman is raped. She starts to follow and study her rapist.

Actors : Mario Carotenuto, Alvaro Vitali, Gloria Guida, Leo Colonna,
Directors : Mariano Laurenti,

Gloria Guida stars in this Italian sex-comedy in which she plays a private nurse who is involved in a family struggle for the estate of the ailing old man she cares for.

Actors : Marcos Taquechel, Rogério Fróes, Irene Ravache, Lilian Lemmertz,
Directors : Eduardo Escorel,

A German governess is hired to give German and piano lessons to the teenager son of a rich traditional family, in the 20s. But soon they get involved, and she teaches him love lessons instead.

Actors : Gigi Proietti, Germano Longo, Nino Segurini, Tina Aumont,
Directors : Tinto Brass,

A runaway bride and an eccentric vagrant embark on a surreal journey in a twisted world reflecting 60s pop culture, sex, and politics.

Actors : Kadir Inanir, Mürüvet Sim, Türkan Soray, Erol Tas,
Directors : Memduh Ün,

Actors : Reha Yurdakul, Orçun Sonat, Fatma Girik, Sevda Ferdag,
Directors : Metin Erksan,

Actors : Manuchehr Farid, Reza Babak, Susan Taslimi, Siamak Atlassi,
Directors : Bahram Beizai,

Tara, the young beautiful widow, returns with her two little kids from country to her village. In her way home, she finds out that her grandfather has passed away. She distributes grandpa's...

Actors : John Wood, Tammy Grimes, Farrah Fawcett, Jeff Bridges,
Directors : Lamont Johnson,

A woman's husband is murdered and she and her lover must find the killer or stand accused of doing it themselves.

Actors : Alberto de Mendoza, Emiliano Redondo, Nadiuska, Teresa Gimpera,
Directors : León Klimovsky,

A group of rich businessmen and military officers who are partying in an old castle are spared when a nuclear war ravages the earth. When they venture out into the nearest town to search ...

Actors : Clive Merrison, Merdelle Jordine, Dinah Stabb, Riannon Tise,

In this avant-garde classic, protagonist Louise deals with a change in her lifestyle in which she must learn to negotiate domestic life and motherhood.

Actors : Fonda Lynn, Jacky Lim, Alan Tam, Lona Chang,
Directors : Karen Yang,

A young woman is released from prison and starts her life over. Getting a job at a newspaper, she tries to settle in. When bizarre incidents occur, the woman suspects that someone has a vendetta against her.

Actors : Ann Stafford, Gene Ross, Camilla Carr, Stephen Tobolowsky,
Directors : S.F. Brownrigg,

A crazy woman who lives in an old mansion thinks she's with her brother/lover, who lures victims to her.

Actors : Hristos Nomikos, Maria Aliferi, Peter Winter, Jessica Dublin,
Directors : Nico Mastorakis,

Two crooks get the job to protect a mysterious young girl and her mother from a bunch of gangsters.

Actors : György Cserhalmi, Lajos Balázsovits, Udo Kier, Gábor Koncz,
Directors : Miklós Jancsó,

The first chapter of a two-part dramatized history of Hungary, from the turn of the century, to World War II.