Top Movies of 1972


The top movies of 1972 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

51. Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, The ( Bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant, Die )

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Actors: Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Eva Mattes, Gisela Fackeldey, Irm Hermann
Plot: Petra von Kant is a world-famous fashion designer with a caustic, self-serving nature - often targeted as her long-suffering co-designer (and maid and secretary) Marlene. But then Karin enters the picture. A 23-year-old beauty with dreams of becoming a model, she entices Petra, and the two soon become lovers. Soon, she is invited to her home and the emotional journey, and aftermath, of this relationship drives the film.

52. Phantom India ( Inde fantôme, L )

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Louis Malle
Actors: Louis Malle

53. Who Saw Her Die? ( Chi l'ha vista morire? )

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Thriller/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Aldo Lado
Actors: George Lazenby, Anita Strindberg, Adolfo Celi, Dominique Boschero, Peter Chatel, Piero Vida

54. The Return of Count Yorga

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bob Kelljan
Actors: Robert Quarry, Mariette Hartley, Roger Perry, Yvonne Wilder, Tom Toner, Rudy De Luca

55. Joe Kidd

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Sturges
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon, Don Stroud, Stella Garcia, Paul Koslo
Plot: Although he is out of the bounty hunting business, a man finds himself
reluctantly drawn in to helping a wealthy landowner track down a dangerous
Mexican revolutionary.

56. Sorrow and the Pity, The ( chagrin et la pitié, Le )

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Marcel Ophüls
Actors: Marcel Ophüls, Edward Spears, Henri Rochat, Pierre Mendès-France, Claude Levy, Georges Bidault

57. Morgiana

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Czech
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Juraj Herz
Actors: Iva Janzurová, Josef Abrhám, Nina Divísková, Petr Cepek, Josef Somr, Jirí Kodet

58. The Lorax

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hawley Pratt
Actors: Eddie Albert, Bob Holt, Athena Lorde, Harlen Carraher

59. Death Walks at Midnight ( Morte accarezza a mezzanotte, La )

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Luciano Ercoli
Actors: Nieves Navarro, Simón Andreu, Pietro Martellanza, Claudie Lange, Carlo Gentili, Ivano Staccioli

60. Heat

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Morrissey
Actors: Joe Dallesandro, Sylvia Miles, Andrea Feldman, Pat Ast, Ray Vestal, Lester Persky
Plot: A hunky drifter causes trouble for a washed-up actress and her spoiled daughter in this updated version of "Sunset Boulevard."

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