Best Drama Films of 1974
Airport 1975
In the wake of ... box office, the franchise continued, spawning Airport '77 a few years later and Airport '79 two years after that. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
King Lear
James Earl Jones gave ... this 1974 television special; the supporting cast includes Raul Julia, Rosiland Cash, Paul Sorvino, René Auberjonois, and Lee Chamberlin. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Creezy
This French political melodrama ... to placate his radical son, and suffering pangs of conscience about his wife, now confined to a mental institution. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
The Odessa File
The Odessa File is ... nailbiting novel by Frederick Forsyth, The Odessa File is highlighted by the exquisitely Teutonic score of Andrew Lloyd Webber. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
The Night Porter
Max (Dirk Bogarde) is ... controversial film, Il Portiere di Notte, which she reportedly based partly on her own interviews with a Holocaust survivor. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Mussolini: Ultimo Atto
Rod Steiger portrays Italian ... officer. Originally titled Mussolini: Ultimo Atto, The Last Days of Mussolini was also issued as The Last Four Days. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
The Woman with Red Boots
Perrot (Fernando Rey) is ... man who has praised her books. Complications abound, but in this phantasmagorical comedy, Françoise proves equal to the challenge. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
The Second Coming of Suzanne
Based on a song ... Sand are among the cast of this offbeat, grungy little film which deserves points for originality if nothing else. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Martin Scorsese's first Hollywood ... That opening sequence alone cost over twice as much as Scorsese's debut feature, Who's That Knocking At My Door?. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
The Rimers of Eldritch
Davey Marlin-Jones directed this ... Also starring Susan Sarandon and Frances Sternhagen, the program was released as part of Kultur's Broadway Theatre Archive series. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
The Lords of Flatbush
This low-budget independent film ... Mace), who, as second bananas, go along with Chico and Stanley as they adjust their testosterone to adult living. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Daisy Miller
Continuing his 1970s recreations ... Up, Doc? (1972), and Paper Moon (1973), Daisy Miller flopped, beginning Bogdanovich's mid-'70s slide into box-office and critical ignominy. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Luther
Adapted for the screen ... and thus allowing the rich dialogue to be better appreciated. Luther was a production of the American Film Theatre. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
The Missiles of October
The 1962 Cuban Missile ... the movie explores the events of the 13-day period when the world stood on the brink of nuclear war. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
The Picture of Dorian Gray
This Dan Curtis made-for-TV ... and then transferred to film, the two-part Picture of Dorian Gray was first telecast April 23 and 24, 1973. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Fatti Di Gente Perbene
Based on a true ... patriarch Augusto Murri (Fernando Rey), the professor with the unpopular opinions, are key dramatic features of this complex story. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Butley
The American Film Theatre ... sounds, Butley's unconquerable wit and biting repartee transform this otherwise tragic tale into something of a celebration of survival. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Lost in the Stars
Lost in the Stars ... its own, Cry the Beloved Country was previously filmed in 1951, with Canada Lee, Sidney Poitier and Charles Carson. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
A Touch of the Poet
A Touch of the ... are far different than what he intended. This production originally aired as part of PBS's Theatre in America series. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
The Rockford Files: Season 01
Introduced as a 90-minute ... Valley and Dynasty, appears in "Claire"; and future Bionic Woman Lindsay Wagner can be seen in "Aura Lee, Farewell." [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Cockfighter
Frank Mansfield (Warren Oates) ... included in Cockfighter that will dismay many animal lovers, so those with qualms about the sport should steer clear. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
The Gambler
James Toback made his ... series of underworld "collectors." The Gambler also features supporting performances from Burt Young, James Woods, and M. Emmett Walsh. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Scenes from a Marriage
Originally created as a ... original television edition; Bergman later edited the film to 168 minutes for theatrical release in Europe and North America. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
The made-for-television movie The ... into slavery. Alan Bates narrates the film, which is expertly adapted by screenwriter Ernest Kinoy and director Michael Cacoyannis. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Cicely Tyson ages from ... Best Actress (Tyson), Director (John Korty), and Screenplay (Tracy Keenan Wynn). The film premiered January 31, 1974, on CBS. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
The Wild Party
Director James Ivory has ... already keyed up to a dangerous level, awaits their emergence from the bedroom with a gun in his hand. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
The Clockmaker
French film critic Bertrand ... is based on the Georges Simenon story L'Horlonger de Saint-Paul, which was also the French title of this film. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Lenny
Adapted by Julian Barry ... when the real Lenny Bruce was alive, audiences in 1974 responded, to the tune of an $11 million gross. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Dead Cert
Based on a book ... Cert received a U.K. theatrical release in 1974. In British slang, a "dead cert" means something that is definite. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Claudine
Claudine (Diahann Carroll) is ... in the offing, Jones runs off. Claudine's kids hunt him down and shame him into returning to their mother. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Where the Red Fern Grows
Based on the novel ... of his two beloved hounds, struggles to help his family get by in the hard times of the 1930s. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
The Sty of the Blind Pig
An uprooted African-American family ... Hayes Dean's insightful and acclaimed stage play. Mary Alice and Maidie Norman star, and Ivan Dixon directs for television. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Steppenwolf
Abstract images produced with ... audiences seeking hallucinogenic cinematic experiences such as those in the final half hour of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Upstairs, Downstairs: Series 04
The fourth season of ... the arms of his wife Hazel--who, unfortunately, has become one of the victims of the deadly international influenza epidemic. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Feasting with Panthers
A non-linear stage production ... as Wilde, the play follows the acclaimed writer's dark journey following an affair with the Marquis of Queensbury's son. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
The Promised Land
Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda ... and heartache. Also released as The Promised Land, Land of Promise originated as a multipart series for Polish television. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
The Long Arm of the Godfather
[ best drama films - 1974 ]
School of the Holy Beast
A young Japanese woman ... descends into a hedonistic world where sinful archbishops and whip-wielding nuns torment her in the most unholy manner imaginable. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Devil's Possessed
When the campesinos of ... medieval overlord can stand his tyrannical rule no longer, they revolt with terrible vengeance. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Effi Briest
Rainer Werner Fassbinder's adaptation ... and spurned by her family. Effi eventually returns to her unsympathetic parents, who reluctantly take in their disgraced daughter. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Gone in 60 Seconds
Maindrian Pace (H.B. Halicki) ... 60 Seconds was a big hit for first time director/writer/producer/star H.B. Halicki, and inspired a big-budget remake in 2000. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
It's Good to Be Alive
For his TV-movie directorial ... February 22, 1974, it was introduced by the real-life Roy Campanella and his family (including his third wife Roxie). [ best drama films - 1974 ]
La Ley Del Monte
As violence and chaos ... to wipe out everything in its path in a nail-biting thriller directed by Vicente Fernandez and starring Patricia Aspillaga. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
El Hijo del Pueblo
[ best drama films - 1974 ]
A Bigger Splash
A true oddity that ... A Bigger Splash paints a vivid picture of the "Swinging London" art and gay scenes of the early 1970s. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Lancelot of the Lake
As with his earlier ... a delusion. The mudcaked cinematography of Pasqualino de Santis adds to the iconoclastic flavor of Lancelot of the Lake. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Road Movie
Two truckers struggle to ... punishes them with long, dull stories about her miserable life. Eventually the self-destructive, angry young woman destroys them all. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
A Very Natural Thing
This drama takes a ... gay man, understands his situation, but unfortunately, cannot openly help him lest he lose his job and social standing. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Ankur
When a married man ... of tougher stuff, as is her husband; he has long wanted children, and accepts the child as his own. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Secrets of a Call Girl
A beautiful salesgirl falls ... down by the ruthless and vengeful gangster, Anna is forced to face her fears and fight for her life. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Presagio
During the birth of ... the community. The village swiftly disintegrates, and, eventually, most agree that they must move away from the ill-fated place. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
The Pallisers [TV Series]
This historical dramatic series, ... career as a member of Parliament. The supporting cast includes Anna Massey, Barbara Murray, Roland Culver, and Caroline Mortimer. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Antony and Cleopatra
Like other productions of ... protest. Meanwhile, still in love with Cleopatra, Antony returns to Egypt and resumes his affair with the alluring queen. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Paradise Lost
Produced and directed by ... Peters, Fred Gwynne, and Jo Van Fleet, the program was released as part of Kultur's Broadway Theatre Archive series. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
David Copperfield
The 1974 BBC adaptation ... be all that he can. Julian Aymes directs this acclaimed five-and-a-half hour miniseries, from a script by William Trevor. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Little House on the Prairie: Pilot Episode
Travel back to the ... it all, and once you join the Ingalls on their long and arduous journey, you'll never be the same. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
My Fall From the Cloud
[ best drama films - 1974 ]
Little House on the Prairie: Season 01
Its premise established by ... end of the season, the Ingalls and the townsfolk close out the year with a riotous Frontier's Day celebration. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Devil's Island Lovers
Exploitation master Jess Franco ... sent to serve time in the horrific prison and are confronted with some of the most barbaric behavior imaginable. [ best drama films - 1974 ]
Aadmi Aur Insaan
[ best drama films - 1974 ]
Aaj Ki Awaz
[ best drama films - 1974 ]Supplemental Navigation
BLOCKBUSTER name, design and related marks are trademarks of Blockbuster Inc. © 2008 Blockbuster Inc. All rights reserved.
Portions of Content Provided by All Movie Guide ®, a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC.© 2008 All Media Guide, LLC.