Best Female Lead movies of 1970s

Actors : Lavrentis Dianellos, Aliki Vougiouklaki, Nikos Rizos, Nikos Galanos,
Directors : Takis Vougiouklakis,

Young Aliki, after the death of her father, Mr. Nestoras, who was the general administrator of a theatrical company, takes the road to Athens with her sole companion Arapis, her dog. The ...

Actors : Ursula Andress, Sylvia Kristel, Monica Vitti, Laura Antonelli,
Directors : Luigi Zampa,

An Italian comedy about a heist involving a princess's necklace, and a cast of character's who are not what they seem. They do about anything they can to get the necklace from each other.

Actors : Stanislawa Celinska, Emir Buczacki, Jadwiga Baranska, Jerzy Binczycki,
Directors : Jerzy Antczak,

An epic saga of the Niechcic family, told from a woman's perspective. In 1914 in the war-torn Kaliniec, Barbara Niechcic remembers her youthful love, marriage hardships, family life in the countryside and finally her husband's death.

Actors : Jean Duceppe, Luce Guilbeault, Denise Filiatrault, Yvon Dufour,
Directors : Richard Martin,

Au lendemain d'une soirée particulièrement épuisante, quatre couples de riches bourgeois se retrouvent dans la maison de l'un d'eux (Jean Duceppe et Catherine Bégin) et la même soirée ...

Actors : Fernanda Montenegro, Paulo Gracindo, Zezé Motta, Maria Sílvia,
Directors : Arnaldo Jabor,

Middle-class family reform their apartment, and the noise, the contact with the workers and strange occurrences turn what was supposed to be a trivial matter into a trip to hell.

Actors : Angela Elayne Gibbs, Jeane Manson, Ashley Porter, Zack Taylor,
Directors : Clint Kimbrough,

Sexy young nurses apply special therapy in their daily rounds, as they work against a drug ring operating out of the hospital.

Actors : Piotr Fronczewski, Zofia Mrozowska, Marek Piwowski, Maja Komorowska,
Directors : Krzysztof Zanussi,

The main character is a bookkeeper, 40, who lives a quiet, uninteresting life with her husband and son of school age. She realizes that soon she won't be needed much at home as the boy ...

Actors : Christa Löser, Evelyn Opoczynski, Kareen Schröter, Harald Rathmann,
Directors : Herrmann Zschoche,

Teens in a holiday-camp. First love, first sex, first self-made theatre performance of "Romeo and Julliet" - quite interesting to have a look at the east-German youth in the seventies.

Actors : Vivien Merchant, Mark Burns, Glenda Jackson, Susannah York,
Directors : Christopher Miles,

A film version of Genet's play. Two maids, Solange and Claire, hate their employers and, while they are out, take turns at dressing up as Madame and insulting her.

Actors : Al Cliver, Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Annie Belle,
Directors : Brunello Rondi,

Glamorous, but passive and browbeaten fashion model Laura and her abusive photographer husband Carlo go to Egypt to visit Laura's wealthy friend Crystal. While staying at Crystal's palatial...

Actors : Stephen McNally, Mel Ferrer, Darby Hinton, Ralph Meeker,
Directors : Greydon Clark,

Story of a group of drag races and the young boy and girl who join them.

Actors : Ken Marshall, Brooke Shields, John Crawford, Charles Durning,
Directors : Rudy Durand,

Tilt is the story of a young girl, who is a pinball machine wizard. Because she does not get on with her parents, Tilt is contemplating running away from home, and skipping school one day ...

Actors : María Vico, Michael J. Pollard, Ana Belén, Víctor Manuel,
Directors : Gonzalo Suárez,

This Spanish thriller tells the story of two newlyweds and the uncanny happenings that attend their low-budget honeymoon.

Actors : Natalya Fateeva, Yevgeniya Khanayeva, Natalya Vavilova, Dmitriy Kharatyan,
Directors : Vladimir Menshov,

At high school, some pupils decide to play a 'practical joke' on their teacher. On the day of midterm exam all of them say they she had told them the wrong date for the exam. She almost ...

Actors : Arnold Marquis, Ursula Heyer, Martin Hirthe, Tilly Lauenstein,
Directors : Rolf Kauka,

"Once Upon a Time" is a mix of the fairy tales Mother Holle and Cinderella. Maria, Bello, and Mr. Bottle are quite happy. However, life changes when a wandering con artist tricks Mr. Bottle...

Actors : Ilham Namiq Kamal, Tanilya Akhmerova, Nasiba Zeynalova, Inara Guliyeva,
Directors : Huseyn Seyidzadeh,

The movie is about relations between mother and her daughter-in-law.

Actors : Beatriz Lapido, Rodrigo Ureta, Mónica Díaz, Manuel Aranguiz,
Directors : Raoul Ruiz,

Ruiz deconstructs, satirizes and politicizes a rich-boy/poor-girl romance bestseller which had been dubbed 'the Chilean "Love Story"'.

Actors : Emmanuelle Arsan, Al Cliver, Pierre Haudebourg, Annie Belle,

At an institute in Manila, researchers and eco-tourists trade stories about the Mara tribe, who live on a remote island and have an annual festival of rebirth in which some of the tribe ...

Actors : Mahin Shahabi, Googoosh, Ezzatolah Entezami, Sana Ziaian,
Directors : Hajir Dariush,

Bita is a young girl who lives with her parents. She loves her ill father very much but her mother is reckless about them. Bita is in love with an open minded young reporter Korush and ...