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The Best Movies of 1972 - Original Release   (99 Most Notable)

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 RATING    TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
# 1 for 1972, # 4 Overall The Godfather 1972 Coppola, Francis Ford USA DBOPS
# 2 for 1972, # 61 Overall The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972 Buñuel, Luis France / Italy / Spain DO
# 3 for 1972, # 65 Overall Aguirre, The Wrath of God 1972 Herzog, Werner West Germany / Peru / Mexico D
# 4 for 1972, # 112 Overall Cabaret 1972 Fosse, Bob USA DOS
# 5 for 1972, # 133 Overall Solaris 1972 Tarkovsky, Andrei Soviet Union DB
# 6 for 1972, # 183 Overall Deliverance 1972 Boorman, John USA DBOP
# 7 for 1972, # 304 Overall Cries and Whispers 1972 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden Y
# 8 for 1972, # 318 Overall Last Tango in Paris 1972 Bertolucci, Bernardo Italy / France YBOP
# 9 for 1972, # 651 Overall Frenzy 1972 Hitchcock, Alfred UK DO
# 10 for 1972, # 663 Overall Fat City 1972 Huston, John USA YO
# 11 for 1972, # 750 Overall The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant 1972 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany Y
# 12 for 1972, # 861 Overall Sleuth 1972 Mankiewicz, Joseph L. UK Y
# 13 for 1972, # 917 Overall Ulzana's Raid 1972 Aldrich, Robert USA Y
# 14 for 1972, # 996 Overall Chloe in the Afternoon 1972 Rohmer, Eric France D
# 15 for 1972, # 1034 Overall Harold and Maude 1972 Ashby, Hal USA OP
# 16 for 1972, # 1059 Overall The Ruling Class 1972 Medak, Peter UK Y
# 17 for 1972, # 1076 Overall Sounder 1972 Ritt, Martin USA Y
# 18 for 1972, # 1237 Overall The New Land 1972 Troell, Jan Sweden Y
# 19 for 1972, # 1249 Overall The Heartbreak Kid 1972 May, Elaine USA YOP
# 20 for 1972, # 1347 Overall Pink Flamingos 1972 Waters, John USA DS
# 21 for 1972, # 1366 Overall The Way of the Dragon 1972 Lee, Bruce Hong Kong DB
# 22 for 1972, # 1377 Overall The King of Marvin Gardens 1972 Rafelson, Bob USA YO
# 23 for 1972, # 1420 Overall Superfly 1972 Parks, Gordon Jr. USA DOS
# 24 for 1972, # 1427 Overall Bad Company 1972 Benton, Robert USA DOP
# 25 for 1972, # 1444 Overall What's Up, Doc? 1972 Bogdanovich, Peter USA DBOP
# 26 for 1972, # 1612 Overall Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania 1972 Mekas, Jonas UK / West Germany
# 27 for 1972, # 1633 Overall Payday 1972 Duke, Daryl USA YO
# 28 for 1972, # 1644 Overall Avanti! 1972 Wilder, Billy USA / Italy DOP
# 29 for 1972, # 1658 Overall A Day in the Death of Joe Egg 1972 Medak, Peter UK
# 30 for 1972, # 1695 Overall My Childhood 1972 Douglas, Bill UK DB
# 31 for 1972, # 1726 Overall The Harder They Come 1972 Henzell, Perry Jamaica DS
# 32 for 1972, # 1780 Overall Fellini's Roma 1972 Fellini, Federico Italy / France YS
# 33 for 1972, # 1819 Overall The Merchant of Four Seasons 1972 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany Y
# 34 for 1972, # 1836 Overall The Poseidon Adventure 1972 Neame, Ronald USA DOS
# 35 for 1972, # 1839 Overall The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick 1972 Wenders, Wim West Germany / Austria
# 35 for 1972, # 1839 Overall Junior Bonner 1972 Peckinpah, Sam USA Y
# 36 for 1972, # 1841 Overall The Candidate 1972 Ritchie, Michael USA YO
# 37 for 1972, # 1859 Overall Play It Again, Sam 1972 Ross, Herbert USA DOP
# 38 for 1972, # 1874 Overall Red Psalm 1972 Jancsó, Miklós Hungary
# 39 for 1972, # 1929 Overall The Mattei Affair 1972 Rosi, Francesco Italy
# 40 for 1972, # 2040 Overall 1776 1972 Hunt, Peter H. USA DO
# 41 for 1972, # 2042 Overall Images 1972 Altman, Robert UK / Ireland / USA Y
# 42 for 1972, # 2056 Overall Mirage 1972 Robles-Godoy, Armando Peru
# 43 for 1972, # 2076 Overall Silent Running 1972 Trumbull, Douglas USA DOP
# 44 for 1972, # 2078 Overall Alfredo, Alfredo 1972 Germi, Pietro Italy / France D
# 45 for 1972, # 2131 Overall The Hot Rock 1972 Yates, Peter USA D
# 46 for 1972, # 2195 Overall Monty Python's Flying Circus 1972 MacNaughton, Ian / Davies, John Howard UK D
# 47 for 1972, # 2233 Overall Winter Soldier 1972 unknown USA D
# 48 for 1972, # 2245 Overall Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972 Hussein, Waris UK OP
# 48 for 1972, # 2245 Overall J. W. Coop 1972 Robertson, Cliff USA DO
# 48 for 1972, # 2245 Overall Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx 1972 Misumi, Kenji Japan D
# 48 for 1972, # 2245 Overall The Pied Piper 1972 Demy, Jacques UK / USA
# 48 for 1972, # 2245 Overall Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me 1972 Truffaut, François France
# 48 for 1972, # 2245 Overall Tomorrow 1972 Anthony, Joseph USA D
# 49 for 1972, # 2260 Overall Slaughterhouse-Five 1972 Hill, George Roy USA YOP
# 50 for 1972, # 2277 Overall The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid 1972 Kaufman, Philip USA D
# 51 for 1972, # 2325 Overall Cocksucker Blues 1972 Frank, Robert USA
# 52 for 1972, # 2363 Overall A Computer Animated Hand 1972 Catmull, Ed USA
# 52 for 1972, # 2363 Overall Hot Dogs for Gauguin 1972 Brest, Martin USA
# 52 for 1972, # 2363 Overall Peege 1972 Kleiser, Randal USA
# 53 for 1972, # 2371 Overall The Tall Blonde Man with One Black Shoe 1972 Robert, Yves France Y
# 54 for 1972, # 2376 Overall Out 1: Spectre 1972 Rivette, Jacques France
# 55 for 1972, # 2378 Overall The Death of Maria Malibran 1972 Schroeter, Werner West Germany
# 55 for 1972, # 2378 Overall Nathalie Granger 1972 Duras, Marguerite France D
# 55 for 1972, # 2378 Overall Salomé 1972 Bene, Carmelo Italy
# 55 for 1972, # 2378 Overall What? 1972 Polanski, Roman Italy / France / West Germany
# 56 for 1972, # 2380 Overall Young Winston 1972 Attenborough, Richard UK Y
# 57 for 1972, # 2381 Overall Boxcar Bertha 1972 Scorsese, Martin USA DOP
# 57 for 1972, # 2381 Overall Night of the Lepus 1972 Claxton, William F. USA D
# 58 for 1972, # 2387 Overall Cat's Play 1972 Makk, Károly Hungary D
# 58 for 1972, # 2387 Overall The Dawns Here Are Quiet 1972 Rostotsky, Stanislav Soviet Union
# 58 for 1972, # 2387 Overall I Love You Rosa 1972 Mizrahi, Moshé Israel Y
# 58 for 1972, # 2387 Overall My Dearest Senorita 1972 de Armiñán, Jaime Spain
# 59 for 1972, # 2391 Overall The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds 1972 Newman, Paul USA
# 59 for 1972, # 2391 Overall Man of La Mancha 1972 Hiller, Arthur Italy / USA YO
# 60 for 1972, # 2394 Overall Play It As It Lays 1972 Perry, Frank USA
# 60 for 1972, # 2394 Overall Russia 1972 Holcomb, Theodore / Muratova, Kira USA
# 60 for 1972, # 2394 Overall Wedding in White 1972 Fruet, William Canada D
# 61 for 1972, # 2400 Overall Butterflies Are Free 1972 Katselas, Milton USA YO
# 61 for 1972, # 2400 Overall Living Free 1972 Couffer, Jack UK YO
# 61 for 1972, # 2400 Overall Travels with My Aunt 1972 Cukor, George USA Y
# 61 for 1972, # 2400 Overall X, Y & Zee 1972 Hutton, Brian G. UK Y
# 62 for 1972, # 2411 Overall Hammersmith Is Out 1972 Ustinov, Peter USA
# 62 for 1972, # 2411 Overall Last House on the Left 1972 Craven, Wes USA DOP
# 63 for 1972, # 2432 Overall The Assassination of Trotsky 1972 Losey, Joseph Italy / France / UK D
# 63 for 1972, # 2432 Overall Blacula 1972 Crain, William USA DOPS
# 63 for 1972, # 2432 Overall Brother Sun, Sister Moon 1972 Zeffirelli, Franco Italy / UK DOP
# 63 for 1972, # 2432 Overall Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask 1972 Allen, Woody USA DO
# 63 for 1972, # 2432 Overall Fritz the Cat 1972 Bakshi, Ralph USA DS
# 63 for 1972, # 2432 Overall The Getaway 1972 Peckinpah, Sam USA DB
# 63 for 1972, # 2432 Overall Jeremiah Johnson 1972 Pollack, Sydney USA DOP
# 63 for 1972, # 2432 Overall Lady Sings the Blues 1972 Furie, Sidney J. USA DS
# 63 for 1972, # 2432 Overall The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean 1972 Huston, John USA D
# 63 for 1972, # 2432 Overall The New Centurions 1972 Fleischer, Richard USA D
# 63 for 1972, # 2432 Overall The Seduction of Mimi 1972 Wertmüller, Lina Italy D
# 64 for 1972, # 2435 Overall Ludwig 1972 Visconti, Luchino France / Italy / West Germany Y
# 65 for 1972, # 2436 Overall Los Traidores 1972 Gleyzer, Raymundo Argentina
# 65 for 1972, # 2436 Overall Minamata: Kanja-san to sono sekai 1972 Tsuchimoto, Noriaki Japan
# 65 for 1972, # 2436 Overall Poetic Justice 1972 Frampton, Hollis USA
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D   DVD
V   VHS
Y   Yes (DVD or VHS, unspecified)
B   Blu-ray Disc
O   On Demand Video Download
P   Preview Trailer
S   Soundtrack
 
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