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1970s Romantic Drama Movies

Public list by WPS with 215 movies or TV shows/series

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Turkish Delight(1973)

1h 48min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 70 votes)

Eric, a gifted sculptor, has a stormy, erotic, and star-crossed romance with a beautiful young woman named Olga.

That Malicious Age(1975)

1h 30min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 29 votes)

Gardener Nino Castellano takes a job in a southern-Italian villa and quickly finds himself embroiled in a menage-a-trois with Gloria Guida and Anita Sanders which soon leads to sex, death and mayhem!

Last Tango in Paris(1972)

NC-17
| 2h 9min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 541 votes)

A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.

Days of Heaven(1978)

PG
| 1h 34min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 416 votes)

In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer.

The Great Gatsby(1974)

PG
| 2h 24min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 205 votes)

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.

The Way We Were(1973)

PG
| 1h 58min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 198 votes)

Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.

Love Story(1970)

PG
| 1h 39min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.4/5 (with 293 votes)

Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other. When they marry, Oliver's wealthy father threatens to disown him. Jenny tries to reconcile the Barrett men, but to no avail.

1900(1976)

R
| 5h 17min | Drama, History
4.0/5 (with 271 votes)

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.

New York, New York(1977)

3.3/5 (with 189 votes)

An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.

Stay As You Are(1978)

R
| 1h 45min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.0/5 (with 20 votes)

A May-December romance. Roué Giulio Marengo, a Roman landscape architect unhappy in his marriage, meets Francesca, a young and beautiful Florentine, and then learns she might be his daughter. He resolves to keep his hands off but can't seem to stay away, and she's eager for a lover who's a father figure.

Day for Night(1973)

1h 56min | Comedy, Drama
3.9/5 (with 260 votes)

A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.

Bilitis(1977)

R
| 1h 35min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.7/5 (with 34 votes)

A coming of age story centering on the exploits of a young girl during summer vacation.

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Lemon Popsicle(1978)

R
| 1h 35min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 35 votes)

Bentzi, Momo, and Yuda'leh are three teenage boys growing up in 1950's Israel, which is not much different from 1950's America if you believe what you see in the film. Of course they are obsessed with one thing - sex. Bentzi is interested in the beautiful Nili, but she prefers his friend Momo.

A Star Is Born(1976)

R
| 2h 19min | Drama, Music, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 98 votes)

Drunken, has-been rock star John Norman Howard falls in love with unknown singer, Esther Hoffman, after seeing her perform at a club. He lets her sing a few songs at one of his shows and she becomes the talk of the music industry. Esther's star begins to rise, while John's continues to fall. She tries desperately to get John to sober up and focus on his music, but it may be too late to save him.

The Panic in Needle Park(1971)

R
| 1h 50min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 133 votes)

A stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless girl who finds in her relationship with Bobby the stability she craves.

Shampoo(1975)

R
| 1h 49min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 85 votes)

George Roundy is a Beverly Hills hairstylist whose uncontrolled libido stands between him and his ambitions. He wants the security of a relationship. He wants to be a hairdressing "star" and open his own salon. But the fact that he beds down with the wife, daughter and mistress of a potential backer doesn't help. It also does little for his relationship with his current girlfriend.

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble(1976)

PG
| 1h 36min | TV Movie, Drama
2.9/5 (with 47 votes)

Tod Lubitch is born with a deficient immune system. As such, he must spend the rest of his life in a completely sterile environment. His room is completely hermetically sealed against bacteria and virus, his food is specially prepared, and his only human contact comes in the form of gloved hands. The movie follows his life into a teenager.

Robin and Marian(1976)

PG
| 1h 46min | Adventure
3.2/5 (with 98 votes)

Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.

Summer of '42(1971)

PG
| 1h 43min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 62 votes)

Over the summer of 1942 on Nantucket Island, three friends -- Hermie, Oscy and Benjie -- are more concerned with getting laid than anything else. Hermie falls in love with the married Dorothy, whose husband is an army pilot recently sent to the battlefront of World War II.

Cesar and Rosalie(1972)

3.6/5 (with 70 votes)

Rosalie, a beautiful young woman gets involved with successful businessman Cesar. One day, Rosalie's former flame David appears and attempts to win her back. Cesar reacts with a jealous intensity never before seen by Rosalie, and because of that, she returns to David. She remains conflicted regarding her choice of partner, but eventually, one of the men does something which resolves the situation.

Ryan's Daughter(1970)

3.6/5 (with 66 votes)

An Irish lass is branded a traitor when she falls for a British soldier.

The Things of Life(1970)

1h 29min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 98 votes)

The mind of Pierre Bérard, a successful middle-aged architect, is torn between his unstable present with Hélène, his younger lover, and his happy memories of the past with Catherine, his ex-wife; but his true destiny awaits him at a crossroads on his way to Rennes….

Love in the Afternoon(1972)

1h 37min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 71 votes)

The last of Rohmer's Six Moral Tales. Frederic leads a bourgeois life; he is a partner in a small Paris office and is happily married to Helene, a teacher expecting her second child. In the afternoons, Frederic daydreams about other women, but has no intention of taking any action. One day, Chloe, who had been a mistress of an old friend, begins dropping by his office. They meet as friends, irregularly in the afternoons, till eventually Chloe decides to seduce Frederic, causing him a moral dilemma.

The Mother and the Whore(1973)

3.7/5 (with 71 votes)

Aimless young Alexandre juggles his relationships with his girlfriend, Marie, and a casual lover named Veronika. Marie becomes increasingly jealous of Alexandre's fling with Veronika and as the trio continues their unsustainable affair, the emotional stakes get higher, leading to conflict and unhappiness.

The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!(1975)

3.8/5 (with 91 votes)

A group of old friends have a tradition of going to a public bathing house on New Year's Eve. Occasionally too much vodka and beer makes two of them unconscious. The problem is that one of them (Sasha) has to go to Leningrad but another one (Zhenya) goes. Zhenya wakes up at Leningrad airport. Believing that he is still in Moscow he takes a taxi and goes home. The street name, building and even apartment number, the way an apartment complex looks the same and the key coincide completely - just typical Soviet-type 'economy' architecture. Imagine the surprise of Nadya when she enters her apartment and finds a man without trousers in her bed. What's more - Nadya's fiancé also finds him there...

That Most Important Thing: Love(1975)

R
| 1h 53min | Drama, Romance / Love, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 44 votes)

Servais Mont, a freelance photographer who works taking compromising photos, gets fascinated by Nadine Chevalier, a tormented low-budget movie actress married to an eccentric film photo collector.

Breezy(1973)

R
| 1h 48min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 55 votes)

A free-spirited young woman, Breezy, hitches a ride with an aging real estate salesman, Frank. Sensing that she just wants to use him he tries to have nothing to do with her. She's not that easy to shake, however, and over time a bond forms between them.

Little Women(1978)

NR
| 3h 14min per episode | Drama, Kids & Family
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

The two part miniseries chronicles the lives and loves of the four March sisters – Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth – growing up during the American Civil War. While their father leaves for battle, the sisters must rely on each other for strength in the face of tragedies both large and small.

Two English Girls(1971)

NR
| 2h 10min | Drama, Romance / Love, History
3.5/5 (with 64 votes)

At the beginning of the 20th century, Claude Roc, a young middle-class Frenchman meets in Paris Ann Brown, a young Englishwoman. They become friends and Ann invites him to spend holidays at the house where she lives with her mother and her sister Muriel, for whom she intends Claude. During these holidays, Claude, Ann and Muriel become very close and he gradually falls in love with Muriel. But both families lay down a one-year-long separation without any contact before agreeing to the marriage. So Claude goes back to Paris when he has many love affairs before sending Muriel a break-off letter...

Ice Castles(1978)

PG
| 1h 48min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 20 votes)

A young girl is on top of the world until a tragic accident dashes her hopes and dreams of becoming a world-class figure skater. Only with the help of those who love her can she prove to the world — and herself — that she still has the potential to realize her dreams.

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