Best Drama movies of 1970s

Actors : Slim Pickens, Terence Hill, Jackie Gleason, Valerie Perrine,
Directors : Jonathan Kaplan,

When an American billionaire dies, his poor Italian nephew inherits everything, provided he can arrive in the USA to claim his inheritance before the deadline but the corporate lawyer-executor tries to steal the inheritance.

Actors : Mumtaz, Dev Anand, Zeenat Aman, Baby Guddi,
Directors : Dev Anand,

In the background of the rise of the International Hare Krishna movement in the 1970s, is a Montreal-based family of the Jaiswals, consisting of mom, dad, son, Prashant, and daughter, ...

Actors : Barry Newman, Susan Clark, Leslie Nielsen, Shelley Winters,
Directors : Alvin Rakoff,

A pyromaniac, ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city.

Actors : Leonid Bykov, Yelena Shanina, Leonid Bakshtayev, Vladimir Konkin,
Directors : Leonid Bykov,

The families of 18 soldiers who heroically died in 1944 are meeting at the place of the squad last battle.

Actors : Dennis Waterman, John Thaw, Ian Bannen, Barry Foster,
Directors : David Wickes,

Cinematic spin-off from the popular TV series. Hard-bitten Flying Squad officer Jack Regan gets embroiled in a deadly political plot when an old friend asks him to investigate the death of ...

Actors : Nina Divísková, Josef Abrhám, Iva Janzurová, Petr Cepek,
Directors : Juraj Herz,

Klara and Viktoria are sisters. Their father dies, leaving most of his property to Klara. When Klara becomes involved with a man that her sister loves, Viktoria begins to plot her murder.

Actors : Márcia Fraga, Danielle Ferrite, Neide Ribeiro, Maria Stella Splendore,
Directors : Oswaldo de Oliveira,

In a prison, women rebel against the guards' sadism and sexual abuse and decide to run away. Some manage to escape and are chased by the Police.

Actors : Boris Tokarev, Tatyana Drubich, Yuri Agilin, Irina Malysheva,
Directors : Sergey Solovev,

A group of Russian teenagers spend their summer at a summer camp. Mitia falls in love and gets so occupied with his own problems that he forgets the others.

Actors : Gela Kandelaki, Irine Jandieri, Gogi Chkheidze, Jansug Kakhidze,
Directors : Otar Iosseliani,

Gia is a carefree young percussionist who works at a theater in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. He lives in a small apartment with his mother. Gia spends his days flitting from friend to ...

Actors : Rekha, Shashi Kapoor, Parveen Babi, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Manmohan Desai,

Vikram has prospered in a life of crime and lives a hedonistic, self-indulgent lifestyle. When Durga, his wife gives birth to twins, he not only repudiates the children but discards his ...

Actors : Hans Christian Blech, Mathieu Carrière, Renato Scarpa, Gian Maria Volontè,
Directors : Giuliano Montaldo,

Flying from his enemies in the Catholic Church, the free thinking philosopher, poet and scientist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) has found some protection in Venice. But the Roman Inquisition, ...

Actors : Zeenat Aman, Shatrughan Sinha, Prem Chopra, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Raj Khosla,

Vijay Varma (Amitabh Bachchan) and Ravi Kapoor (Shatrughan Sinha) are two close childhood friends. When they thought they have matured enough they decides to enter law policy: one as a ...

Actors : John Fraser, John Leyton, Stephanie Beacham, Lynne Frederick,
Directors : Pete Walker,

A recently-married woman who has been labeled as mentally unstable, begins to suspect that someone close to her is the culprit in a sudden string of murders.

Actors : Curt Gareth, Anthony McKay, Robert McLane, Bo White,
Directors : Christopher Larkin,

A poignant romantic drama examines the life of gay 26 year old, ex-monk, school teacher living in Manhattan. When he meets a man at a gay bar, they connect and are soon living together. Unfortunately their views on monogamy don't match.

Actors : Claude Brasseur, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider, Marie-France Pisier,
Directors : Francis Girod,

Emma Eckhert, from a modest background, became a big sensation between 1914 and 1938 as a banker and the head of a financial paper specialized in public savings.

Actors : Kamal Haasan, Gandhimathi, Bhagyaraj, Goundamani,
Directors : Bharathiraja,

The movie revolves around the struggle and vulnerability of 16-year old Mayil (Sridevi) when in love.

Actors : Alida Valli, Mario Pachi, Carlo Monni, Roberto Benigni,
Directors : Giuseppe Bertolucci,

A young poet falls in love in sofisticated woman who hates poetry.But,poet wants to win her with poetry and:a bit of help of his mum.

Actors : Omero Antonutti, Mihalis Giannatos, Eva Kotamanidou, Grigoris Evangelatos,
Directors : Theodoros Angelopoulos,

Based on some historical events, the film gives a romanticized biography of Theodoros Kolokotronis, a Greek historical hero serving as a metaphor for Greece herself. Based on a circular ...

Actors : Michel Constantin, Claudia Cardinale, Enrique Lucero, Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Directors : José Giovanni,

Episodic portrait of a criminal, from 1934 until after the war. Roberto Borgo is tough, cool, sardonic, loyal, and deadly. He comes to Marseilles to help his friend Xavier Saratov get out ...

Actors : Ciccio Ingrassia, Marcello Mastroianni, Mariangela Melato, Gian Maria Volontè,
Directors : Elio Petri,

Party leader and power broker Aldo Moro, holed up with his cronies and rivals at a monastic retreat where they plot their political fortunes while being led by a Jesuit cleric in spiritual cleansings.