Movies: 1970-1979
Just a boatload of 70's movies. (100+ Votes) From least to most amount of votes, within their year. I highly suggest using the 'Refine' options. Happy Movie Hunting! :)
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- DirectorGeorge BloomfieldStarsMarlo ThomasAlan AldaMarian HaileyAn unwed mother-to-be marries a total stranger who is avoiding the draft. She now has a father for her child, and he doesn't have to join the Army--but their marriage of convenience soon becomes true romance.
- DirectorKen OsborneStarsJohn CarradineScott BradyRobert DixFollowing the Civil War, Confederate Captain Justice Cain has retired to a quiet life with his young son and black wife. However, the men of his old outfit, known as Cain's Cutthroats, have turned to lives of murder, torture and robbery. They attempt to convince Cain to ride with them once more. He refuses, and the Cutthroats murder his family. Swearing vengeance, Cain teams up with a colorful preacher/bounty hunter, and hunts down his family's killers one at a time.
- DirectorTom GriesStarsJason RobardsKatharine RossScott HylandsAn aging actor finds himself falling for the beautiful, and much younger, wife of an attorney.
- DirectorJack DeersonBarbara PeetersStarsElizabeth PlumbAlisa CourtneyJohn ApreaWhile their husbands are away on a hunting trip, two bored housewives get together to commiserate. One thing leads to another, and they wind up in bed. For one of the women the incident was just a pleasant diversion, but for the other it's turned into a fixation, and when she sees her "lover" going after one of the male neighborhood hunks, things take a turn for the worse.
- DirectorLeonard J. HornStarsLinda GillenMichael GreerDianne HullBased on a semi-autobiographical novel by Robert T. Westbrook, the movie is about 23 year old Columbia University dropout (Stanley Sweetheart) who seeks his identity during the sexual revolution.
- DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsElliott GouldPaula PrentissGeneviève WaïteA young playwright who writes porno novels to overcome writer's block, lives the fantasies of one of his books while trying to move with his wife into a larger apartment.
- DirectorBob KellettStarsMichael HordernRonnie BarkerRoger LiveseyIn this "silent" sound-effect comedy, Ronnie Barker stars as General Futtock, who has a motley group of guests stay at his country estate for the weekend. Chaos ensues between the butler (Sir Michael Hordern) trying to catch glimpses of the good-looking young guests, rum accidentally falling into the punch bowl, and the lost Japanese tourist.
- DirectorRichard ComptonStarsTom BakerWilliam SmithCarl StepplingGang of bikers try to save people in a mining disaster.
- DirectorRon KellyStarsJohn YesnoChris WigginsHugh WebsterErnest T. Seton, an American artist and author, tells the story of a mighty grizzly.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsBeau BridgesJohn MillsJane MerrowAdam (Beau Bridges) is a young American wrongly accused of being an accomplice to murder while on shore leave in Liverpool. He is sentenced to death by hanging, but the sentence is commuted to twenty years in a convict settlement in Australia. The Governor of the colony, Sir Philip MacDonald (Sir John Mills), has a scheme in mind to settle Australia by allowing convicts to marry and by giving them land, and Adam is the perfect choice to prove his scheme is viable. He is partnered with Bess (Jane Merrow), a young Irish lass, and together they endure the hardships of the Australian outback.
- DirectorTheodore J. FlickerStarsWes SternJoan CollinsLarry HagmanA student poet seduces his college President's wife, daughter, and girlfriend over lost financial aid.
- DirectorGordon FlemyngStarsStanley BakerAlex CordHonor BlackmanTwo soldiers of fortune, Harry Grigsby and Kip Thompson, used to be the best of friends when they fought side by side in the Congo. But now Kip has changed sides and Grigsby does not forgive him for what he regards as a betrayal, all the more as Thompson now turns his guns against Grigsby's troops and, accordingly, against his former friend. While he is London recovering from tuberculosis, Grigsby is assigned a new mission that he gladly accepts: to eliminate Thompson, now in Hong Kong causing tensions with neighboring China by creating border incidents.
- DirectorRobert Vincent O'NeilStarsLawrence MontaigneJo Anne MeredithElizabeth PlumbA psychiatrist plots to murder his wife, but with a new twist: he will brainwash a patient he is treating into committing the crime.
- DirectorAndy MilliganStarsJulie ShawBerwick KalerElaine ShoreWhile living rough on the streets of London's East End, a young man, Dink encounters the mysterious Dee and they begin a relationship. When tenderness gives way to cruelty they become consumed by darkness.
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsStuart WhitmanJohn CollinMartin JarvisDuring the final days of WW2, an Allied commando team races toward a German rocket base to abduct a Nazi scientist before the fast advancing Soviet troops could reach him.
- DirectorLarry BuchananMaury DexterStarsFabianJocelyn LaneAstrid WarnerAfter serving four years of a six-year sentence on a manslaughter charge, a tough punk (Pretty Boy Floyd) escapes from prison and goes on a violent rampage.
- DirectorJack Haley Jr.StarsGlen CampbellKim DarbyJoe NamathA Vietnam veteran returns to his Texas home but feels restless and decides to become a radio singer. Based on the novel by Charles Portis.
- DirectorPete WalkerStarsMichael LatimerLuan PetersDerek AylwardA mercenary joins forces with 2 crooked cops in an attempt to steal a fortune in gold bullion from a corrupt Arab country.
- DirectorJohn WilsonDavid DetiegeStarsCarol ChanningEddie BrackenAlan ReedA newspaper man is reincarnated as a cockroach and makes friends with a free-spirited female alley cat.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsOlivia Newton-JohnBenny ThomasVic CooperDying aliens kidnap the pop group, Toomorrow, whose social musical instrument's "vibrations" are needed for their race to survive.
- DirectorDuncan WoodStarsRonnie CorbettThora HirdMichael HordernFour people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical joker.
- DirectorPaul AlmondStarsGeneviève BujoldDonald SutherlandMonique LeyracA woman's peculiar religious convictions lead her on a self-destructive path.
- DirectorSimon HeseraStarsMark BurnsBeatie EdneyFiona LewisBernie, a self-destructive alcoholic, is given watch over his niece Winnie. He tests the patience of the various people he knows and Winnie is often left on her own.
- DirectorBethel BuckalewStarsDixie DonovanJohnny RoccoDebbie OsborneA southerner comforting his buxom stepdaughter, his young wife seducing a sheriff and getting sexually blackmailed by a banker, their sleeping daughters approached by drunk farmers. Just another standard day on a hillbilly farm.
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsBarry NewmanHarold GouldDiana MuldaurTony Petrocelli, a bright young lawyer practicing in the rich cattle town of Baker, becomes embroiled in a murder case.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsEli WallachJulie HarrisDeborah WintersComfortable New York suburbanites Arthur and Gerrie Mason learn that their seemingly innocent teenage daughter Maxie is a drug addict.
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsMichael BryantOja KodarLaurence HarveyA couple's honeymoon trip aboard a yacht leads to a claustrophobic drama when another vessel runs into their voyage, apparently drifting.
- DirectorPaul WilliamsStarsJon VoightSeymour CasselRobert DuvallA radical student feels that he has been betrayed by the college association to which he belongs, and thinks more violent actions must be taken in order to alter the existing system.
- DirectorLindsay ShonteffStarsMaggie StrideGay SingletonGilbert WynneSuzy arrives in London with nowhere to stay and meets Fiona, a groupie who has settled into a relationship with Lee, a singer/bassist in a rock band.
- DirectorRobert KramerStarsRobert KramerLeo BraudyTom GriffinIn a dystopian 1970s America, a fascist government is at war with Mexico. An underground revolutionary is tortured by government agents, so radicals take action through guerrilla warfare, but victory may not come easy for them.
- DirectorGerry O'HaraStarsTom BellJudy CarneEdward HigginsA married theatre lighting technician with two small children has an affair with a teenage actress.
- DirectorJames BridgesStarsBarbara HersheyCollin Wilcox PaxtonSam GroomAfter Tish Gray gives up her baby for adoption, she is contacted by a childless couple who want her to have the husband's baby because of the wife's inability to conceive. She accepts the offer, but finds that getting to know the couple and developing a relationship with them for the entire pregnancy complicates the simple arrangement.
- DirectorAnthony FriedmanStarsPaul ScofieldJohn McEneryThorley WaltersAn asocial and enigmatic office clerk refuses to do his work, leaving it up to his boss to decide what should be done with him.
- DirectorAlf KjellinStarsBurl IvesBrock PetersDavid CarradineWhen a black Civil War veteran becomes co-owner of the southern McMasters ranch, the incensed local Confederate veterans come gunning for him and his Indian wife.
- DirectorRobert TottenStarsSteve ForrestVera MilesRon HowardA family leaves city life to take possession of a Wyoming ranch.
- DirectorJerry HopperStarsRichard BooneLeslie CaronGabi AmraniA nun, the only survivor of an Indian massacre of a wagon train, is taken in by a cantankerous old gunfighter.
- DirectorJohn NewlandStarsRomy SchneiderDonald HoustonDennis WatermanFrancesca Anderson, the rich wife of an older millionaire, can't cope with the death of her lover, who is the father of her only son, James. As her son is somehow part of her dead lover, she falls in love with him and tries to seduce him, but he has a girlfriend named Julie. As her husband finds out all about this, he tries to kill her
- DirectorAram AvakianStarsStacy KeachHarris YulinDorothy TristanAfter a stay in an asylum, Jacob takes a job as an English lecturer and begins a disastrous affair with Rennie, the wife of a colleague.
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsDavid JanssenJean SebergLee J. CobbMacho Callahan breaks out of a Confederate military prison, intent on revenge against the man who conscripted him into the army. Before he gets started, he kills another man in a petty dispute and is in turn pursued by the vengeful widow.
- DirectorRobert ScheererStarsMichael DouglasLee PurcellJoe Don BakerAfter a relative dies, a professor goes to the funeral, gets himself a job there working with power lines, and soon sees his entire life changing before his eyes.
- DirectorIrving RapperStarsJohn HansenJoan TompkinsQuinn K. RedekerA sex-change operation that changed "George" into "Christine" in 1950s Denmark.
- DirectorPete WalkerStarsRobin AskwithJanet LynnJess ConradA naive couple leave their small town for success in London's adult entertainment culture.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsStacy KeachMarianna HillBud CortStacy Keach is electrifying as Jonas Candide, an ex-carny who in 1918 travels around the bayou with a portable electric chair. At $100 a head, he renders his services with loving care. But then he falls for a female "client".
- DirectorJack SmightStarsJames CaanAnjanette ComerCarrie SnodgressA crude man is stuck in a loveless marriage. One day he decides to run away from his life and family. First he finds a mistress, but just because a man runs away from one disappointment, doesn't mean he won't run into another one.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsPeter O'TooleSusannah YorkMichael CraigControversial tragicomedy about a brother's obsessive love for his sister. Having left her husband, Hilary moves in with her unbalanced brother, Pink, who uses wit and humor to hide his amorous yearnings.
- DirectorChristopher MilesStarsJoanna ShimkusFranco NeroHonor BlackmanThe story, adapted from a novella by D.H. Lawrence, tells how the daughter of a staid Rector in the north of England, rebels against her family by having a relationship with a gypsy, and how "the voice of the water" triumphs in the end.
- DirectorDonald WolfeStarsMiriam HopkinsDavid GarfieldGale SondergaardAn aging actress living in her Hollywood mansion with a retinue of elderly servants employs a new, mentally disturbed, personal assistant who schemes to take over the large estate.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsJames CoburnLynn RedgraveRobert HooksAfter winning a game show contest, a newlywed couple travels to New Orleans where the husband seeks to reclaim his ancestral plantation mansion from his biracial stepbrother.
- DirectorPaul BogartStarsCalvin LockhartJanet MacLachlanJeff BridgesAn all-black inner city school has to become an integrated school. Few dozen white kids are transferred there, but the black students are aggressively opposed to this. The school then approaches a tough black teacher for help.
- DirectorSam WanamakerStarsGeorge PeppardJoan CollinsJudy GeesonA British Intelligence Agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsJames FranciscusElizabeth ShepherdRonald AllenAn American commander, serving under the British Royal Navy in 1942, is assigned to blockade the island of Malta and told to formulate a plan to destroy the Nazi arsenal in Sicily.
- DirectorNathan JuranStarsTelly SavalasGeorge MaharisArlene DahlAn outlaw committing a string of robberies and murders manages to blame the crimes on Apaches, bringing about an Indian war.
- DirectorAlan GibsonStarsJudy GeesonMartin PotterMichael RedgraveUnnaturally-close jet-setting twins become enmeshed in the Swinging London scene, where their relationship is strained after they befriend a predatory hustler and his girlfriend.
- DirectorLee MaddenStarsDon StroudLuke AskewLarry BishopAngel is the biker who joins a commune of hippies near a small town. When the town rednecks attack them, Angel calls up some of his bad biker buddies to exact revenge.
- DirectorHarry HurwitzStarsChuck McCannIna BalinRodney DangerfieldA projectionist bored with his everyday life begins fantasizing about his being one of the superheroes he sees in the movies he shows.
- DirectorHy AverbackStarsBrian KeithTony CurtisErnest BorgnineTensions grow between the small army base and people from the nearby town. Despite well intentions of people from both sides it all escalates after the big dance in town.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsLeslie PhillipsHarry SecombeJames Robertson JusticeDr. Tony Burke (Leslie Phillips) is in love with Ophelia O'Brien (Angela Scoular), but doesn't have time to propose to her as she leaves for a cruise to the Mediterranean. Also, on-board the cruise ship is an old school chum of Burke's who plays "Dr. Dare" on a very popular television series, and to whom women flock. Burke decides to join the cruise, but is first apprehended as a stowaway, and then becomes the Captain's steward. For Burke, trying to talk to Ophelia is a hard enough task, but he meets some funny characters on-board, such as a pools winner, and a very stubborn Captain.
- DirectorLaurence OlivierJohn SichelStarsJeanne WattsJoan PlowrightLouise PurnellNearly a thousand miles away from their beloved Moscow, Chekhov's Three Sisters live in virtual exile. Olga, a schoolmistress, attempts to support her siblings and the home that is the sole legacy of their late father.
- DirectorRichard A. CollaStarsGeorge KennedyEli WallachAnne JacksonIn order to collect the ransom offered by the family of a kidnapped industrialist, a terminally-ill man frames himself for the crime, but he accidentally uncovers the real culprit.
- DirectorJosé Ramón LarrazStarsKarl LanchburyVivian NevesPia AnderssonA rich older woman living in a country house brings home a new model to be photographed by a young enigmatic photographer who lives with her. The unsuspecting girl becomes entangled in a web of sex, abuse and death.
- DirectorStephanie RothmanStarsElaine GiftosKaren CarlsonBrioni FarrellSexy young nurses apply special therapy in their daily rounds.
- DirectorJerry ParisStarsJacqueline BissetJim BrownJoseph CottenA young woman's odyssey from innocence to decadence. Hopeful for a career in show business, Christine Adams leaves British Columbia with her boyfriend at age 19. But a detour to Las Vegas leads her into a life that no one would envy.
- DirectorJerry LewisStarsSammy Davis Jr.Peter LawfordJohn WoodTwo night club owners find themselves in trouble with the law. One of them goes to his English Lord brother for help, and the Lord is later murdered. He swaps places with his dead brother to solve the murder.
- DirectorAnton LeaderRanald MacDougallStarsDan BlockerNanette FabrayJim BackusWhen the town's sole blacksmith vows to leave because he was stood up by his mail-order bride from the East, the panicked townsfolk scramble to find him a surrogate wife.
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsMichael CrawfordStanley BakerRyan O'NealFour marathon runners (one from England, one from the U.S., a Czechoslovakian, and an Australian Aborigine) prepare to run in the Olympic games. The film follows each one and shows what their motivations are for running in the games.
- DirectorJim ClarkStarsMarty FeldmanJudy CornwellGarry MillerTeddy, working at an advertising agency, has to come up with a campaign for frozen porridge.
- DirectorJames IvoryStarsShashi KapoorJennifer KendalZia MohyeddinLucia Lane, an English writer by way of the US, arrives in Bombay to watch the filming of one of her novels. She's nearing middle age, she's had several husbands, she's lonely and self absorbed. Hari, a screenwriter, offers to show her around. She's interested only in the film's leading man, Vikram, younger than she, married, and building a career as a matinee idol. Lucia takes every opportunity to be near "V," making scenes in front of his wife, demanding his attentions. Hari is long suffering, carrying Lucia's messages to V, helping her out when the affair gets out of hand. Meanwhile, V's career suffers, with unpleasant repercussions. Who will bring things to a halt?
- DirectorRoddy McDowallStarsAva GardnerIan McShaneRichard WattisAn older woman uses witchcraft to keep her young jet-set friends. Based on an ancient Scottish folk song.
- DirectorJack GoldStarsNicol WilliamsonRachel RobertsAnn BellMichael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him - after five years - back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is confronted with his lost Irish roots. He finds out that his father died because of a fight with some anglo-saxon teddy boys. It becomes "a matter of honour" for him, to take his revenge without involving the British police.
- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsRod TaylorTheodore BikelSuzy KendallProfessional beach bum and 'knight errant' Travis McGee goes up against psychotic body-builder Terry Bartell. McGee pulls out all the stops when he joins a Caribbean cruise to bring the killer to justice.
- DirectorSilvio NarizzanoStarsLee RemickRichard AttenboroughHywel BennettBased on the play by Joe Orton, this film follows the adventures of two pals who have pulled off a bank robbery and have to hide the loot. Fortunately one of them works in a funeral parlor and they have a coffin to spare. Then there's the gold-digger nurse and the gonad-grabber detective and a host of other wonderful characters.
- DirectorRichard QuineStarsPatrick McGoohanRichard WidmarkAlan AldaA federal agent attempts to make some real money before the alcohol ban is lifted so he sets his sights on the whiskey cache of an old army buddy.
- DirectorJack StarrettStarsWilliam SmithBernie HamiltonAdam RoarkeA quintet of CIA-trained Hells Angels take their specially armored hogs to Cambodia and head across southeast Asia to rescue a captured presidential advisor.
- DirectorEric TillStarsDavid HemmingsSamantha EggarEmlyn WilliamsA young woman's highly ordered and structured life is turned upside-down when she meets a handsome stranger at a party. Friendship soon develops into romance and for the first time in her life she is truly happy. This happiness is short lived, however, as little by little she discovers her partner has been lying to her about his past. It is soon revealed that he and his friends have been planning to rob the auction house that she works for and they require her inside knowledge in order to pull off the crime.
- DirectorJoseph StrickStarsRip TornJames T. CallahanEllen BurstynThe film depicts the adventures of expatriate American writer Henry Miller and his friends, as they pursue art, money, food, and sex in Paris.
- DirectorJohn BoormanStarsMarcello MastroianniBillie WhitelawCalvin LockhartA social satire about the last heir of a dethroned family of European monarchs whose plans to return to power through revolution become secondary after he becomes fascinated by the life of a poor London black girl and her boyfriend.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsGeorge PeppardGiovanna RalliRaf ValloneIn 1916, when a Mexican rebel steals cannons from the American army, General Pershing sends out a group of misfits to retrieve the stolen weapons.
- DirectorJohn HoughStarsMark LesterLionel JeffriesSusan GeorgeWitnessing an assassination, a boy claims the assassins are hunting him. With his older sister, the pair escape numerous attacks and are aided by their grandfather and a resourceful young bystander even under the spectre of martial law.
- DirectorDouglas HickoxStarsBeryl ReidHarry AndrewsPeter McEnerySloane, a manipulative lodger, joins Kath's household. Kemp recognizes Sloane as a murderer. Sloane kills Kemp. The story takes an unexpected turn regarding Sloane's fate, deviating from conventional justice.
- DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsSamantha EggarOliver ReedStéphane AudranA secretary takes her boss's car for the holiday in the Mediterranean, oddly retracing a journey she has not taken, and is recognized by people she has not met before. Soon, things get serious.
- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsGeorge SegalEva Marie SaintSterling HaydenIn this romantic comedy/drama, George Segal stars as a freelance artist who's attempting to revitalize his career just as his marriage to Eva Marie Saint begins to fall apart. Co-starring David Doyle, Sterling Hayden and Kennan Wynn.
- DirectorTony BenedictBarry MahonStarsHal SmithJean Vander PylChris GilmoreWhen a park ranger tells two bear cubs about Christmas and Santa Claus, they want to skip hibernation to celebrate, but their mother doesn't believe in Saint Nick and wants them to sleep.
- DirectorWaris HusseinStarsGene WilderMargot KidderEileen ColganIn Dublin, a working class family has been unsuccessful in convincing their son to get a real job: the son prefers his job of scooping up horse's dung and selling it for flower gardens. An American exchange student almost runs him over and gets to know him. The dung man has ignored warnings from his family and suddenly the horses have been banned from Dublin. His new love is leaving for America and he must find a way to cope with the new reality.
- DirectorFranklin GollingsStarsBette DavisMichael RedgraveAlexis KannerExplores the relationships shared by the residents of a seedy boarding house in London.
- DirectorPeter HammondStarsJames MasonDiana CouplandHannah GordonA stern father and lenient mother try to deal with the ups and downs of their four children's lives in working-class Bolton.
- DirectorKevin BillingtonStarsAnn BeachDesmond Walter-EllisPeter CookFresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics, and in the mini-skirted, flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain, he starts to rise through the Tory ranks.
- DirectorAlan GibsonStarsStefanie PowersJames OlsonMargaretta ScottA young American woman Susan Roberts goes to the south of France to do her thesis research on a recently deceased composer, staying with his eccentric relatives.
- DirectorJán KadárStarsZero MostelHarry BelafonteIda KaminskaMorris Mishkin is an elderly Jewish tailor plagued by hard times who prays to God for help and receives it in the person of a most unusual angel named Levine, a young, black, Jewish hustler from somewhere between Harlem and Heaven.
- DirectorPeter HallStarsUrsula AndressStanley BakerDavid WarnerThe deputy manager of a London bank has worked out a way to rob the branch of £200,000. When he becomes involved with the attractive Lady Dorset he decides to go ahead with his plan. He needs her help and that of her philandering spendthrift husband. It all comes down to a matter of trust.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsCharles AznavourAlan BadelCandice BergenThe wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was really murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the country--a man who was his father's friend and who, in fact, his father had helped put into power. He returns from living a jet-set life in Europe to lead a revolution against the government, only to find out that things aren't quite as black and white as he had assumed.
- DirectorRichard C. SarafianStarsDavid HemmingsGayle HunnicuttWilfrid Hyde-WhiteReformed drug addict Tim Brett (David Hemmings) is vacationing in Italy with his aunt. When she is murdered, he tries to investigate. Soon his whole life spins out of control.
- DirectorJerry SchatzbergStarsFaye DunawayBarry PrimusViveca LindforsLou Andreas Sand, a once famous model, recalls her past as she tries to make success in the modeling world of New York, her stressful workdays, her affair with Mark, an advertising executive, her friendship with photographer Aaron, and her downward spiral into ruin.
- DirectorNorman TokarStarsRobert MorseStefanie PowersPhil SilversNewly assigned to duty in the coast guard at Newport Beach, a young ensign finds himself involved in romantic complications, as well as with jewel thieves, whose antics contribute to moments of hysteria and hilarity.
- DirectorAlan CookeStarsTerence StampRobert VaughnNigel DavenportA man who has been in a coma since infancy is awakened.
- DirectorGuy GreenStarsIngrid BergmanAnthony QuinnFritz WeaverThe Merediths move to an isolated farm. Mrs. Meredith and the neighbour Will Cade become friends and anticipate becoming lovers.
- DirectorPaul MazurskyStarsDonald SutherlandEllen BurstynMeg MazurskyBohemian Alex Morrison has just finished directing his first feature-length movie. In its previews, the movie is considered a critical, artistic, and surefire commercial success, so Alex seemingly has his choice of what his next project will be. Alex has a few ideas, like a biopic of Lenny Bruce or a movie about a black uprising in Los Angeles. As he makes the rounds of both the Hollywood community and European movie centers for ideas, he fantasizes about movie scenarios of his everyday situations, influenced by his movie idols, some of whom he actually meets, like Italian director Federico Fellini and French actress Jeanne Moreau. He's also wondering what to do about his personal life: does it make sense for him to "move up" with his wife Beth and their two daughters from their middle-class lifestyle? If so, filmmaking must not only achieve his main purpose of saying something meaningful, but also must be commercially successful. But must the need for commercial success ultimately take artistic control out of his hands?
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsLee J. CobbAnthony ZerbeRoscoe Lee BrowneA successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife. The policeman's colleagues are seeking to avoid publicity.
- DirectorPeter BrookStarsPaul ScofieldIrene WorthCyril CusackKing Lear divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia refuses to idly flatter the old man, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters.
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsFrank SinatraGeorge KennedyAnne JacksonDirty Dingus Magee and his old rival Hoke Birdsill take turns at being either lawman or outlaw and being rivals or partners in crime, depending of the circumstances.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsLiza MinnelliKen HowardRobert MooreThe story of three wildly neurotic characters: A facially disfigured girl, a homosexual paraplegic and an introvert epileptic who, after leaving the hospital, set up housekeeping together in a cottage where they support each other.