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.

91. Junior Bonner

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Actors: Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Ben Johnson, Joe Don Baker, Barbara Leigh
Plot: A rodeo cowboy who lost his way comes back home to start fresh, and enter the rodeo that started him on his career path.

92. Blacula

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: William Crain
Actors: William Marshall, Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas, Thalmus Rasulala, Gordon Pinsent, Charles Macaulay
Plot: Interior decorators buy the coffin of an African prince bitten by Dracula centuries before and bring it back to Los Angeles. The African prince starts feeding his hunger while following a woman who looks like his departed wife.

93. Pink Flamingos

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Director: John Waters
Actors: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Danny Mills, Edith Massey
Plot: After being named the "filthiest person alive" Divine goes into hiding
with her family: egg-loving mother Eddie, hippy son Crackers and mate
Cotton. But the Marble couple are doing all they can to snatch the title
from Divine - which leads to the ultimate filth showdown.

94. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Huston
Actors: Paul Newman, Anthony Perkins, John Huston, Victoria Principal, Ned Beatty, Ava Gardner

95. Morgiana

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.8 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

96. The Blood of Ghastly Horror aka Pyscho a Go-Go aka Man with the Synthetic Brain

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Al Adamson
Actors: John Carradine, Kent Taylor, Tommy Kirk, Regina Carrol, Roy Morton, Arne Warde

97. Lives of Performers

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yvonne Rainer
Actors: James Barth, John Erdman, Epp Kotkas, Yvonne Rainer, Valda Setterfield, Sarah Soffer

98. A Well Spent Life

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Les Blank, Skip Gerson
Actors: Mance Lipscomb, Elnora Lipscomb, Hattie Franklin, Alfred Franklin

99. Bartleby

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Anthony Friedman
Actors: Paul Scofield, John McEnery, Thorley Walters, Colin Jeavons, Raymond Mason, Charles Kinross

100. Shamus

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Buzz Kulik
Actors: Burt Reynolds, Dyan Cannon, Kevin Conway, John P. Ryan, Joe Santos, Giorgio Tozzi

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