Best Drama movies of 1970s

Actors : Sherry E. DeBoer, Bob Balaban, Paul Appleby, Carol Arthur,
Directors : John Erman,

A cocky high school student thinks nothing of using the people around him to satisfy his self-centered needs, until someone in his life gets pregnant.

Actors : Yuriy Nikulin, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Angelina Stepanova, Aleksey Petrenko,
Directors : Aleksey German,

During the 20-day leave, war correspondent Lopatin travels by train to the distant city of Tashkent. It's very far from the front but the war seems to be present in people's minds even there.

Actors : Marc Porel, Richard Conte, Carla Gravina, Alain Delon,
Directors : Duccio Tessari,

A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications--and many bloody shootouts-ensue.

Actors : Michel Piccoli, Ornella Muti, Renato Salvatori, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Marco Ferreri,

Gerard and his 9-month-old son have been left by his wife for feminist reasons. The custody of his son is being threatened by his next romance.

Actors : Kai Fischer, Erika Pluhar, Arthur Brauss, Libgart Schwarz,
Directors : Wim Wenders,

A goalkeeper Josef Bloch is ejected during a game for foul play. He leaves the field and goes to spend the night with a cinema cashier.

Actors : Claude Gauthier, Jean Lapointe, Hélène Loiselle, Guy Provost,
Directors : Michel Brault,

A fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970 Quebec.

Actors : Marta Hradílková, Josef Kemr, Zdenek Sverák, Daniela Kolárová,
Directors : Jirí Menzel,

The Lavicka's, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to buy. However, old Mr Komarek seems reluctant to sell the house as they agreed.

Actors : Bud Cort, Talia Shire, Bob Corff, Elaine Giftos,
Directors : Roger Corman,

A gas is let loose upon the world that kills anyone over 25 years old.

Actors : Thalmus Rasulala, Tony King, Fred Williamson, Pam Grier,
Directors : Arthur Marks,

Duke Johnson visits a small Southern town, intent on burying his brother. After the funeral, he learns that he must stay for 60 days, for the estate to be processed. A few locals convince ...

Actors : George Kennedy, Max von Sydow, John Cassavetes, Sophia Loren,
Directors : John Hough,

In 1945, General Patton sends Germany's confiscated gold reserves to Frankfurt but the army train is robbed by plotters who also hire a Swiss hit-man to kill the general.

Actors : Rialda Kadric, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Vladimir Petrovic, Dragomir Bojanic-Gidra,
Directors : Zoran Calic,

Two teenagers - boy from the rural and girl from the urban family - fall in love. Problems arise when the girl gets pregnant. This movie was the first in one of the most popular series in ...

Actors : Vincent Gardenia, Charles Cioffi, Gian Maria Volontè, Silverio Blasi,
Directors : Francesco Rosi,

Biopic of Mafia boss Lucky Luciano, covering his life from 1946 to 1962 with occasional flashbacks.

Actors : Hideaki Sasaki, Masahiro Saito, Fudeko Tanaka, Yukiko Kobayashi,
Directors : Shûji Terayama,

An angst-ridden teen dealing with his dysfunctional family hits the streets. The story is inter-cut with various psychedelic, energetic vignettes.

Actors : Shintarô Katsu, Watako Hamaki, Michie Terada, Yu Wang,
Directors : Kimiyoshi Yasuda,

Two of Japan and China's greatest heroic swordsman find themselves caught in a plot to protect a young child. But will national distrust and simple misunderstanding keep the two kindred spirits apart?

Actors : Alan Badel, Jenny Agutter, Michael York, Simon MacCorkindale,
Directors : Tony Maylam,

In the early years of the 20th Century, two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkindale) stumble upon a German plot to invade the east coast of England in a flotilla of ...

Actors : Lino Ventura, Isabelle Adjani, Nicole Courcel, Annie Girardot,
Directors : Claude Pinoteau,

Geography professor Jean has divorced his wife. His mistress has also left him. He has to do everything he can to be able to win his young daughter Isabelle's love and affection.

Actors : Stanislawa Celinska, Daniel Olbrychski, Anna Seniuk, Maja Komorowska,
Directors : Andrzej Wajda,

Set in the late '20s. A thirtyish young man, who heads a small factory, faints at the funeral of a close friend. He decides to go home to his aunt and uncle for a while, but gets involved ...

Actors : Richard Burton, Virna Lisi, Raquel Welch, Nathalie Delon,
Directors : Edward Dmytryk,

A World War I pilot whom everybody envies as a "ladykiller" actually is one - after he beds the women he's after, he murders them.

Actors : Ângelo Assunção, Ronaldo Beibe, Andreia Bryan, José Mojica Marins,
Directors : José Mojica Marins,

Psychiatrist experiments LSD on 4 volunteers, to investigate Coffin Joe's influence over them. Each patient presents a different reaction, involving sex, perversion and sadism.

Actors : Harvey Shain, Mary Appleseth, Max Thayer, Derna Wylde,
Directors : James K. Shea,

A space-ship gets lost and is forced to make an emergency landing on an unknown planet. The planet looks much like Earth, only with no trace of civilization. Soon the crew discovers that ...