Best Female Lead movies of 1970s

Actors : Mink Stole, Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce, David Lochary,
Directors : John Waters,

Lady Divine becomes enraged when her boyfriend cheats on her, and descends into a life of murder and mayhem.

Actors : Claudio Camaso, Luigi Pistilli, Claudine Auger, Anna Maria Rosati,
Directors : Mario Bava,

An elderly heiress is killed by her husband who wants control of her fortunes. What ensues is an all-out murder spree as relatives and friends attempt to reduce the inheritance playing ...

Actors : Rolf Hoppe, Pavel Trávnícek, Carola Braunbock, Libuse Safránková,
Directors : Václav Vorlícek,

Life changes dramatically for a Czech housemaid when the house driver gives her three magical hazel nuts.

Actors : Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence, John Anderson,
Directors : Ralph Nelson,

After a cavalry patrol is ambushed by the Cheyenne, the two survivors, a soldier and a woman, must reach the safety of the nearest fort.

Actors : Matt Dillon, Armand Assante, Kristy McNichol, Tatum O'Neal,
Directors : Ron Maxwell,

Two fifteen year-old girls from different sides of the tracks compete to see who will be first to lose their virginity while at camp.

Actors : Bruce Robinson, Joseph Blatchley, Isabelle Adjani, Sylvia Marriott,
Directors : François Truffaut,

Adèle Hugo's unrequited love for a lieutenant.

Actors : Mildred Clinton, Paula E. Sheppard, Niles McMaster, Linda Miller,
Directors : Alfred Sole,

After a young girl is brutally murdered during her first communion, her strange and withdrawn older sister becomes the main suspect. But are the authorities mistaken?

Actors : Katrin Schaake, Eva Mattes, Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla,
Directors : Rainer Werner Fassbinder,

An arrogant fashion designer falls in love with an icy beauty who wants to be a model.

Actors : Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Clavier, Michel Blanc, Josiane Balasko,
Directors : Patrice Leconte,

Eight tourists who met in a holiday camp on the Ivory Coast are reunited for a skiing holiday.

Actors : Maria Marx, Gregory Knoph, Dyanne Thorne, Tony Mumolo,
Directors : Don Edmonds,

Ilsa is an evil Nazi warden at a death camp that conducts "medical experiments". Ilsa's goal is to prove that women can withstand more pain and suffering than men and therefore should be allowed to fight on the front lines.

Actors : Jaroslava Schallerová, Jirí Prýmek, Helena Anýzová, Petr Kopriva,
Directors : Jaromil Jires,

Inspired by fairy-tales such as Alice in Wonderland and Little Red-Riding Hood, "Valerie and her Week of Wonders" is a surreal tale in which love, fear, sex and religion merge into one fantastic world.

Actors : Emel Sayin, Metin Akpinar, Zeki Alasya, Tarik Akan,
Directors : Ertem Egilmez,

4 friends who are mistreated in a casino want to revenge by kidnapping the singer of the casino.

Actors : Buck Henry, Lynn Carlin, Georgia Engel, Tony Harvey,
Directors : Milos Forman,

Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lyne Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone...

Actors : Antonio Fargas, Brenda Sykes, Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey,
Directors : Jack Starrett,

During the 1970s, U.S. Special Agent Cleopatra Jones proves to be an invaluable asset to the local police forces in the war on drugs.

Actors : Marie-Anne Chazel, Luis Rego, Michel Blanc, Josiane Balasko,
Directors : Patrice Leconte,

Holidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. Games, competitions, outings, bathing and sunburn accompany a continual succession of casual affairs.

Actors : Ella Reid, Erica Gavin, Roberta Collins, Juanita Brown,
Directors : Jonathan Demme,

In a women's prison, a group of inmates band together to combat the repressive and abusive policies of the warden.

Actors : Fabio Testi, Dominique Sanda, Helmut Berger, Lino Capolicchio,
Directors : Vittorio De Sica,

In the late 1930s, in Ferrara, Italy, the Finzi-Contini are one of the leading families, wealthy, aristocratic, urbane; they are also Jewish. Their adult children, Micol and Alberto, gather...

Actors : Diana Ross, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Perkins,

Tracy, an aspiring designer from the slums of Chicago puts herself through fashion school in the hopes of becoming one of the world's top designers. Her ambition leads her to Rome spurring ...

Actors : Barbra Streisand, Larry Blyden, Bob Newhart, Yves Montand,
Directors : Vincente Minnelli,

A troubled young woman who visits a psychotherapist to help her quit smoking undergoes hypnosis and finds herself reliving a tragic Victorian romance from a past life.

Actors : Rolf Sohlman, Bertil Norström, Ann-Sofie Kylin, Anita Lindblom,
Directors : Roy Andersson,

Two teenagers fall in love over the summer, in spite of cynical and disapproving adults who dismiss their relationship as being nothing but young love.