Top Movies of 1972


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101. Z.P.G.

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Campus
Actors: Oliver Reed, Geraldine Chaplin, Don Gordon, Diane Cilento, Theis Ib Husfeldt, Bill Nagy

102. The Revengers

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Daniel Mann
Actors: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Woody Strode, Roger Hanin, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Jorge Luke

103. Play It as It Lays

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Frank Perry
Actors: Tuesday Weld, Anthony Perkins, Tammy Grimes, Adam Roarke, Ruth Ford, Eddie Firestone

104. Deadly Trap, The ( maison sous les arbres, La )

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: René Clément
Actors: Faye Dunaway, Frank Langella, Barbara Parkins, Karen Blanguernon, Raymond Gérôme, Michele Lourie
Plot: Philippe (Frank Langella) and Jill (Faye Dunaway) play a couple living in Paris with their two children. After their children are kidnapped by their babysitter, Jill's best friend (Barbara Parkins) and Philippe grow ever shadier.

105. Child's Play

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: James Mason, Robert Preston, Beau Bridges, Ron Weyand, Charles White, Jamie Alexander

106. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: William Sterling
Actors: Fiona Fullerton, Michael Jayston, Hywel Bennett, Michael Crawford, Davy Kaye, Peter Bull

107. Ten Days' Wonder ( décade prodigieuse, La )

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Claude Chabrol
Actors: Anthony Perkins, Michel Piccoli, Marlène Jobert, Orson Welles, Guido Alberti, Ermanno Casanova

108. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Actors: Roddy McDowall, Don Murray, Natalie Trundy, Hari Rhodes, Severn Darden, John Randolph
Plot: Apes are now pets and servants, but abuse and poor simian conditions provoke Caesar, a highly developed primate who's been hiding out for two decades, to lead a colossal revolt against all the human oppressors.

109. Asylum

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: Peter Cushing, Britt Ekland, Herbert Lom, Charlotte Rampling, Patrick Magee, Barry Morse

110. Superfly

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gordon Parks Jr.
Actors: Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Sheila Frazier, Julius Harris, Charles McGregor, Nate Adams

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