Drama Movies of 1973
A Doll's House
Henrik Ibsen's oft-filmed play A Doll's House was adapted for the screen in this Anglo-Canadian production. Claire Bloom stars as Nora, the child-like "trophy bride" who matures rather rapidly when ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
The Iceman Cometh
John Frankenheimer's screen version of Eugene O'Neill's 1947 Broadway play The Iceman Cometh is set in 1912 at Harry Hope's dingy waterfront saloon. On the occasion of Hope's birthday, several derelicts enter ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Deux Hommes Dans La Ville
In this French psychological drama, a bank robber is finally released after serving 10 years. His being paroled is due to the influence of his old friend, a social worker. The ex-convict ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Papillon
The autobiography of Henri Charriere, one of the few people to successfully escape from the notorious French penal colony of Devil's Island, served as the basis for Papillon. Steve McQueen plays the pugnacious Charriere (known ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
A Delicate Balance
A Delicate Balance is the 1973 film adaptation of Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Katharine Hepburn and Paul Scofield play an old ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
The Blockhouse
Set during World War 2, The Blockhouse takes place virtually in its entirety in an underground German blockhouse. ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
The Glass Menagerie
Previously filmed in 1950, Tennessee Williams' 1944 Broadway hit The Glass ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
The Last American Hero
Lamont Johnson's subtle direction graces this true-life success story ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Carola
Norman Lloyd directed this televised production of Jean Renoir's World War II-era play. Taking place backstage at a theatrical performance in Nazi-occupied France, Carola is a tale of passion and intrigue that ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Scarecrow
An ex-con learns the value of friendship in Jerry Schatzberg's ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
The Tenderness of the Wolves
This dark horror film from director Ulli Lommel was based on the real-life crimes of Fritz Haarman (Kurt Raab), the so-called "Vampire of ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Cinderella Liberty
A "Cinderella Liberty" is Navy jargon for a pass ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Bang the Drum Slowly
A guaranteed tear-jerker, Bang the Drum Slowly centers on professional baseball player Bruce Pearson (Robert DeNiro) and his team mate Henry Wiggen ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
The Paper Chase
This filmization of John Jay Osborn Jr.'s novel Paper Chase ended up one of the surprise hits of the 1973-74 movie season. Timothy Bottoms stars as the Minnesotan Hart, a brilliant ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
The Killing Kind
This genuinely perverse horror film stars John Savage as a young man forced to participate in the ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
The Harrad Experiment
In The Harrad Experiment, young men and women attend Harrad College for what is essentially a one-year "control group" trial in pre-marital sex, to be overseen by Prof. Philip Tenhausen (James Whitmore) and his wife, Margaret ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Hal Bartlett co-wrote and directed this film curiosity, based on Richard Bach's best-selling fable, featuring an overbearing music score by Neil Diamond. The story begins as a flock of seagulls are pecking at the ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Turkish Delight
In Paul Verhoeven's sexual psychodrama Turkish Delight -- an adaptation of Jan Wolkers' best-selling erotic novel -- Rutger Hauer (Soldier of Orange) is Eric, an Amsterdam artist whose paintings and ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Serpico
Adapted by Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler from Peter Maas's book, Sidney Lumet's drama portrays the real-life struggle of an honest New York City cop against a ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
The Waltons: Season 02
Season two of The Waltons takes place sometime in the mid-1930s in Jefferson County, VA, home of the large and loving Walton family. As in season one, the stories are told from the viewpoint of oldest son John-Boy Walton ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
The Homecoming
In The Homecoming, adapted from the play by Harold Pinter, Michael Jayston brings his wife Vivien Merchant home to visit his long-estranged family. Jayston's father Paul Rogers is a ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Breezy
In this Counterculture vs. Establishment romance, Frank Harmon (William Holden) is a middle-aged businessman, recently divorced and a bit bitter about the state of his life and the world in general. One morning, he discovers a pretty, ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Long Day's Journey into Night
British actors perform Eugene O'Neill's family drama A Long Day's Journey Into Night in a ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
The Mack
A box-office success during the early '70s, this blaxploitation flick traces the life of a Bay Area pimp facing drug dealers, crooked cops ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Save the Tiger
Star Jack Lemmon was so eager to see Save the Tiger make it to the big screen that ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
St. Francis of Assisi was an extraordinarily complex and difficult figure ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
A Brief Vacation
Vittorio De Sica's A Brief Vacation (Una Breva Vacanza) stars Florinda Bolkan as a downtrodden working woman. Forced to support herself, her children, her physically ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
The Last Train
At the beginning of World War II, while the Germans entered France from the north, many people had reason to believe that the Germans would not treat them kindly, and they fled by train to the south. This ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Upstairs, Downstairs: Series 03
The third season of the British drama series Upstairs, Downstairs sweeps past the Edwardian era to cover the ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Willie Dynamite
Willie Dynamite (Roscoe Orman) is a Manhattan pimp whose life and career are documented in this blaxploitation flick. Willie makes it to the top of his precarious profession, only to hit rock bottom again in record time. In her last movie role, ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist is an animated version of the Dickens classic. ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Jane Eyre
This 1973 production of the renowned novel by Charlotte Brontë features Sorcha Cusack as the title character, a young woman who goes to work for the mysterious Mr. Rochester (Michael Jayston). She notices that something strange is going ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Jeremy
Robby Benson went from journeyman juvenile player to full-fledged star in 1973's Jeremy. Benson plays the titular 15-year-old musician who falls in love with fellow high ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
That'll Be the Day
Long before Grease was even thought of, the British came out with That'll Be The Day, the story of a young man (David Essex) growing up in the dreary working-class world of Britain who comes of ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
The Spirit of the Beehive
Widely regarded as a masterpiece of Spanish cinema, this allegorical tale is set in a remote village in the 1940s. The life in the village is calm and uneventful -- an allegory of Spanish life after General Franco's victory in the ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse
Love, death, sainthood and murder figure in this French film ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Hard Labour
Mrs. Thornley (Liz Smith) leads a rather miserable existence in Salford. She lives with her husband, Jim (Clifford Kershaw), a night custodian at a toy factory, and their grown daughter, Ann (Polly Hemingway). Mrs. Thornley is a maid who works ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
25, Firemen's Street
Hungarian filmmaker István Szabó's moving drama concerns the occupants ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
The Death of Adolf Hitler
Made for British television, The Death of Adolf Hitler covers ground previously explored in ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Extreme Close-Up
A TV reporter becomes obsessed with a story about voyeurism in this film also known as Sex Through a Window. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Sam Greenlee's cult favorite novel of political unrest was brought to the screen in this drama, ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
The Wrestler
In this made-for-TV movie, honest wrestling promoter Frank Bass (Ed Asner) must struggle to ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Abhimaan
This is an early film in the career of the multitalented Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan. Bachchan plays Subeer, a pop singer who dominates India's music scene. He meets Uma (Jaya Bhaduri), a ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Martha
Martha is a wealthy and totally self-involved woman -- so much so that on a trip during which her father dies, she does indeed cry, but only because she lost her purse. She ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Storia Di Una Monaca Di Clausura
This international exploitation feature is set in the 16th century and centers on a nun who faces moral degradation and corruption within the ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
U-Turn
In this Canadian romance, Scott (David Selby) was so smitten by the looks of a pretty girl that he spends years looking for her. He keeps his searches a secret from his ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
The Traitors
This film by the Marxist collective Cine de la Base urges Argentine workers to rise up and take control of the country, echoing the rubric: "Workers of the world, unite! You have only your chains to ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
The Legend of Paul and Paula
A sentimental favorite of East German cinema, The Legend of Paul and Paula is ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
The Brontes of Haworth
The Brontes were one of England's most remarkable literary families. Sisters Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, and Anne Bronte published a collective volume of poetry in 1846, and the following year all three ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
Incident at Vichy
Incident at Vichy is a play by Arthur Miller written in response to the situation ... [ Drama movie - 1973 ]
