Best Female Lead movies of 1970s

Actors : Laura Gemser, Nieves Navarro, Donald O'Brien, Gabriele Tinti,
Directors : Joe D'Amato,

A reporter and an anthropologist traverse the amazon jungle to unearth the origins behind a mysterious woman, reputed to have been raised by a cannibal tribe.

Actors : Margaret Markov, Sid Haig, Lynn Borden, Pam Grier,
Directors : Eddie Romero,

When two troublemaking female prisoners (one a revolutionary, the other a former harem-girl) can't seem to get along, they are chained together and extradited for safekeeping. The women, ...

Actors : Keith Carradine, Talia Shire, John Belushi, Richard Jordan,
Directors : Joan Tewkesbury,

When her marriage falls apart, a psychiatrist seeks out those of her former boyfriends who left the biggest impact on her life, mostly in a bad way.

Actors : Erika Remberg, Frank Wolff, Paolo Turco, Silvana Venturelli,
Directors : Radley Metzger,

A jaded, wealthy couple watch a blue movie in their castle home along with her adult son. The son is testy, so they go into town and watch a circus-like thrill ride. The daredevil woman in ...

Actors : Andra Akers, Bert Kramer, Lily Tomlin, John Travolta,
Directors : Jane Wagner,

A lonely socialite and a young drifter enter into a May-December romance.

Actors : Giuliano Gemma, Robert Middleton, Bud Spencer, Bill Vanders,
Directors : Enzo Barboni,

Two nice guys, a wrestler (Bud Spencer) and an Ice-cream vendor (Giuliano Gemma) are mistaken for dangerous killers by an important local gangster, whose nickname is "Sorriso". With the ...

Actors : Roberts Blossom, Sam Shepard, Richard Farnsworth, Ellen Burstyn,
Directors : Daniel Petrie,

Edna Mae Macaulay experiences the afterlife for a brief time after a car accident that kills her husband. As she begins her long process of physical healing, she discovers that she has the ...

Actors : Robert Lang, Laurence Harvey, Billie Whitelaw, Elizabeth Taylor,
Directors : Brian G. Hutton,

Ellen Wheeler, a rich woman, is recovering from a nervous breakdown with the help of her husband and a good friend. One day, while staring out the window, she witnesses a murder. But does ...

Actors : Anjanette Comer, Marianna Hill, Ruth Roman, Susanne Zenor,
Directors : Ted Post,

A social worker, still reeling from the loss of her architect husband, investigates the eccentric, psychedelic Wadsworth Family, consisting of a mother, two daughters, and an adult son with the apparent mental capacity of an infant.

Actors : Niels Arestrup, Chantal Akerman, Claire Wauthion,
Directors : Chantal Akerman,

'Je' is a girl voluntarily lock up in a room. 'Tu' is the script. 'Il' is a lorry driver. 'Elle' is the girlfriend.

Actors : Jack Elam, Raquel Welch, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Culp,
Directors : Burt Kennedy,

After she is raped and her husband murdered, a woman hires a bounty hunter to instruct her in the use of a gun so she can get her revenge on the three outlaws responsible.

Actors : Henry Fonda, Helmut Berger, Elizabeth Taylor, Keith Baxter,
Directors : Larry Peerce,

Barbara gets secret plastic surgery in Switzerland in an attempt to save her marriage to Mark, but he doesn't seem interested in meeting her. She checks in to a ski resort to wait for Mark,...

Actors : Lesley-Anne Down, Len Cariou, Diana Rigg, Elizabeth Taylor,
Directors : Harold Prince,

Fredrik Egerman is very happy in his marriage to a seventeen-year-old virgin, Anne. Only she's been a virgin for the whole eleven months of the marriage, and being a bit restless, Fredrik ...

Actors : Jerry Delony, Uschi Digard, Dyanne Thorne, Max Thayer,
Directors : Don Edmonds,

In the vast deserts of the Middle East, the lascivious tigress Ilsa joins the white flesh slavery ring of a maniacal sheikh overlord.

Actors : Bulut Aras, Sener Sen, Adile Nasit, Türkan Soray,
Directors : Kartal Tibet,

Portrayal of a young depressed Turkish widow in the slums whose infinite dignity alone looks after her orphan kids is depicted by the son of the town sheriff, who is in love with her.

Actors : Mia Farrow, Robin Bailey, Dorothy Alison, Diane Grayson,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

A young blind woman is pursued by a maniac while staying with family in their country manor.

Actors : Riccardo Cucciolla, Rosanna Fratello, Cyril Cusack, Gian Maria Volontè,
Directors : Giuliano Montaldo,

The story of two anarchists who were charged and unfairly tried for murder when it was really for their political convictions.

Actors : Joanne Woodward, Nell Potts, Judith Lowry, Roberta Wallach,
Directors : Paul Newman,

From the Pullizer Prize winning play by Paul Zindel, this is the story of Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters, Ruth and Matilda. A middle-aged widowed eccentric, Beatrice is looking for ...

Actors : Ariane Heller, Barbra Streisand, Terry Smith, David Selby,
Directors : Irvin Kershner,

A bored housewife takes refuge in a fantasy world.

Actors : Christina von Blanc, Rosa Palomar, Carmen Yazalde, Anne Libert,

A girl arrives from London to visit her estranged relatives in a remote castle for the reading of her father's will. After a while she discovers that they are all in fact dead and her ...