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.

81. Killer is on the Phone, The ( assassino... è al telefono, L' )

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alberto De Martino
Actors: Telly Savalas, Anne Heywood, Osvaldo Ruggieri, Giorgio Piazza, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Rossella Falk

82. Boxcar Bertha

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, Bernie Casey, John Carradine, Harry Northup
Plot: Boxcar Bertha, Big Bill, and the rest of their gang start out as union
organizers and gamblers. But, they soon start robbing trains.

83. Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Bob Clark
Actors: Alan Ormsby, Valerie Mamches, Seth Sklarey, Jane Daly, Jeff Gillen, Anya Ormsby
Plot: Six friends plan on waking the dead with a satanic ritual - and fresh corpse Orville is just the ticket. But when the ritual succeeds, suddenly the dead rise - and they are hungry.

84. Up the Sandbox

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Irvin Kershner
Actors: Barbra Streisand, David Selby, Ariane Heller, Carl Gottlieb, Terry Smith, Gary Smith

85. Tomorrow

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Joseph Anthony
Actors: Robert Duvall, Olga Bellin, Sudie Bond, Richard McConnell, Peter Masterson, William Hawley

86. Blood from the Mummy's Tomb

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Seth Holt
Actors: Andrew Keir, Valerie Leon, James Villiers, Hugh Burden, Aubrey Morris, George Coulouris

87. Pulp

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mike Hodges
Actors: Michael Caine, Mickey Rooney, Lionel Stander, Lizabeth Scott, Nadia Cassini, Dennis Price

88. Don't Torture a Duckling ( Non si sevizia un paperino )

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lucio Fulci
Actors: Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas, Marc Porel, Georges Wilson
Plot: A superstitious, rural Italian village is the setting for a series of
gruesome murders of young boys. The authorities are baffled but an eager
reporter comes along to solve the crime whose suspects include a local
witch, the village idiot and a promiscuous outsider.

89. Avanti!

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill, Edward Andrews, Gianfranco Barra, Franco Angrisano

90. Pete 'n' Tillie

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Martin Ritt
Actors: Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Geraldine Page, Barry Nelson, Rene Auberjonois, Lee Montgomery

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