Movie List for "drama 2"

The Pursuit of Happiness (1971)

A young college student is sent to prison as much for killing a pedestrian with his car as for not paying his parking tickets. When the opportunity presents itself he escapes and is … Year 1971.

Generes: Crime, Drama
Director: Robert Mulligan
Writer: Thomas Rogers (book), Jon Boothe (screenplay), George Sherman (screenplay)
Actors: Michael Sarrazin, Barbara Hershey, Arthur Hill, Ruth White

Private Road (1971)

The childish love story between a young depressive girl and a talented young writer and the first steps into their adult life. Year 1971.

Generes: Drama
Director: Barney Platts-Mills
Writer: Barney Platts-Mills
Actors: Susan Penhaligon, Bruce Robinson, Michael Feast, Robert Brown

Point of Terror (1971)

A nightclub singer has nightmares about being involved in adultery and murder, only to wake up and find that they may not be nightmares. Year 1971.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director: Alex Nicol
Writer: Peter Carpenter (story), Ernest A. Charles (screenplay), Tony Crechales (screenplay), Chris Marconi (story)
Actors: Peter Carpenter, Dyanne Thorne, Lory Hansen, Leslie Simms

Preacherman (1971)

Phony backwoods preacher Amos T. Huxley stays in a small North Carolina town long enough to fleece his congregation, swindle the profits from a moonshine still, and seduce dumb blonde Mary … Year 1971.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Albert T. Viola
Writer: Harvey Flaxman, Albert T. Viola
Actors: Albert T. Viola, Ilene Kristen, Adam Hesse, Marian Brown

Death in Venice (1971)

While recovering in Venice, a sickly composer becomes dangerously fixated with a teenage boy. Year 1971.

Generes: Drama
Director: Luchino Visconti
Writer: Thomas Mann (novel), Luchino Visconti (screenplay), Nicola Badalucco (screenplay)
Actors: Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, Nora Ricci

McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene. Year 1971.

Generes: Drama, Western
Director: Robert Altman
Writer: Edmund Naughton (novel), Robert Altman (screenplay), Brian McKay (screenplay)
Actors: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois, William Devane

Honky (1971)

Black girl from rich family loves white boy from poor family. Year 1971.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: William A. Graham
Writer: Will Chaney (screenplay), Gunard Solberg (novel)
Actors: Brenda Sykes, John Neilson, Maia Danziger, Lincoln Kilpatrick

Speeding Up Time (1971)

A poet seeks revenge on the criminal responsible for the death of his mother. Year 1971.

Generes: Action, Drama
Director: John Evans
Writer: John Evans
Actors: Pamela Donegan, Winston Thrash

Joe Hill (1971)

About the life and death of the legendary Swedish/American agitator Joe Hill. Year 1971.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Bo Widerberg
Writer: Bo Widerberg, Richard Weber (additional dialogue), Steve Hopkins (additional dialogue)
Actors: Thommy Berggren, Anja Schmidt, Kelvin Malave, Evert Anderson

Harold and Maude (1971)

Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral. Year 1971.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Hal Ashby
Writer: Colin Higgins
Actors: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack

The Hired Hand (1971)

Harry returns home to his wife and farm after drifting with his friend Arch and has to make a difficult decision regarding his loyalties. Year 1971.

Generes: Drama, Western
Director: Peter Fonda
Writer: Alan Sharp
Actors: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom, Robert Pratt

Haré Rama Haré Krishna (1971)

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, … Year 1971.

Generes: Drama, Musical
Director: Dev Anand
Writer: Dev Anand
Actors: Zeenat Aman, Dev Anand, Mumtaz, Baby Guddi

The French Connection (1971)

A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection. Year 1971.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: William Friedkin
Writer: Ernest Tidyman (screenplay by), Robin Moore (based on the book by)
Actors: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco

Friends (1971)

A rich English boy meets an orphaned French girl and as they become friends, create a world that is far away from the adult world we live in. Year 1971.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Writer: Lewis Gilbert (story), Vernon Harris (screenplay), Jack Russell (screenplay)
Actors: Sean Bury, Anicée Alvina, Ronald Lewis, Toby Robins

Flight of the Doves (1971)

While fleeing across the Irish countryside, two orphans are pursued by their villainous uncle, a master of disguises. Year 1971.

Generes: Drama, Family
Director: Ralph Nelson
Writer: Frank Gabrielson, Walter Macken (novel), Ralph Nelson
Actors: Ron Moody, Jack Wild, Dorothy McGuire, Stanley Holloway

Evel Knievel (1971)

Biography of the famed motorcycle daredevil, much of which was filmed in his home town of Butte, Montana. The film depicts Knievel reflecting on major events in his life just before a big … Year 1971.

Generes: Action, Biography, Drama
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Writer: Alan Caillou (story), Alan Caillou (screenplay), John Milius (screenplay)
Actors: George Hamilton, Sue Lyon, Bert Freed, Rod Cameron