Best Drama movies of 1970s

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 : Susan Hemingway, Herbert Fux, William Berger, Ana Zanatti,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

16-year-old Maria is forced into Serra D'Aires convent, secretly run by Satanists. Her confessor is in collusion with the Mother Superior. Maria is tortured, forced into sex with men, women...

Actors : Jay Leno, Laraine Newman, Tim McIntire, Fran Drescher,
Directors : Floyd Mutrux,

The story of Alan Freed, the pioneering disc jockey who was instrumental in introducing and popularizing rock 'n' roll in the 1950s.

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 : David Daker, Donna Mullane, John Chaffey, Peter Sellers,
Directors : Anthony Simmons,

A retired entertainer makes his living as a street musician on the streets of London. Two young children befriend the old musician, brightening his otherwise colorless life.

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 : 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 : Ralph Richardson, Anthony Hopkins, Denholm Elliott, Claire Bloom,
Directors : Patrick Garland,

Nora Helmer had years earlier committed a forgery, in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed, and lives in fear of her husband finding out...

Actors : Ahmad Zaki, Farid Shawqi, Naglaa Fathy, Mahmoud El-Meliguy,
Directors : Youssef Chahine,

"Yahia", a young man living in the cosmopolitan Alexandria during World War II. Between his dreams, which up to Hollywood and constraints of his life in the middle class trying to be a new ...

Actors : Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Parveen Babi, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Rakesh Kumar,

Two rival burglars end up at the same school with the intent of abducting a rich man's son for a large ransom.

Actors : Meiko Kaji, Yayoi Watanabe, Reisen Ri, Mikio Narita,
Directors : Shun'ya Itô,

Matsu is sheltered by an incestuous prostitute on her run from the police, her ex-prison mate and a cop whose arm she hacked off.

Actors : Geraldine Chaplin, Mako, Tina Chen, Charlton Heston,
Directors : Tom Gries,

The intertwined lives of two kindred souls with ambition begins when Captain Whip Hoxworth discovers that Nyuk Tsin has been smuggled aboard as part of cargo on The Carthaginian, which he ...

Actors : Trish Van Devere, James Coburn, Walter Pidgeon, Michael Sarrazin,
Directors : Bruce Geller,

A would-be criminal is taken in by a professional in the game, who teaches him how pickpockets work in teams.

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 : Angelo Infanti, Laura Gemser, Isabelle Marchall, Karin Schubert,
Directors : Bitto Albertini,

In her first onscreen adventure, journalist/photographer Mae Jordan (known to her readers as "Emanuelle") travels to Africa on assignment. Questions of her own racial and sexual identity ...

Actors : Paul Muller, Roger Darton, Monica Swinn, Lina Romay,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

Women's prison tale, with Lina Romay as Maria who is jailed after killing her father, played by director Jess Franco, who tries to rape her. Lesbian wardens, torture, nudity, sex, insanity and conspiracy round out the formula.

Actors : Ava Gardner, Jane Fonda, Cicely Tyson, Elizabeth Taylor,
Directors : George Cukor,

A pair of peasant children, Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the Fairy Berylune. On their journey, they are accompanied by...

Actors : Kurt Raab, Jeff Roden, Margit Carstensen, Ingrid Caven,
Directors : Ulli Lommel,

Story of a gay serial killer who murders young boys so he can serve them as dinner to his circle of fellow cannibals.

Actors : Manmohan, Suchitra Sen, Sanjeev Kumar, Om Shivpuri,
Directors : Gulzar,

J.K. is a hotel Manager in a scenic location in India. One day he gallantly comes to the rescue of a drunk daughter, Aarti, of a politician, and chooses to be discrete about it. When she ...

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.