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.

71. The New Centurions

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: George C. Scott, Stacy Keach, Jane Alexander, Scott Wilson, Erik Estrada, Clifton James

72. Images

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Altman
Actors: Susannah York, Rene Auberjonois, Marcel Bozzuffi, Hugh Millais, Cathryn Harrison, John Morley
Plot: When a wealthy housewife and children's author begins to have disturbing
visions, her husband takes her to the countryside for a vacation. There,
her delusions worsen, with tragic consequences.

73. You'll Like My Mother

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Lamont Johnson
Actors: Patty Duke, Rosemary Murphy, Richard Thomas, Sian Barbara Allen, Dennis Rucker, Harold Congdon
Plot: Newly widowed after her soldier husband is killed in Vietnam, pregnant Francesca goes to visit his mother, whom she has never met, in a remote part of Minnesota. Her mother-in-law is less than welcoming, but Francesca is forced to stay for a while when a blizzard snows the family in. She soon begins to learn some unpleasant secrets about her husband's family.

74. Evil Roy Slade

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jerry Paris
Actors: Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Henry Gibson, Edie Adams, John Astin, Milton Berle
Plot: The meanest villain in the West falls for a pretty schoolteacher and tries to change his ways, but a determined (and egomaniacal) singing sheriff is out to capture him.

75. 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

76. Seven Blood-Stained Orcids ( Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso )

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Actors: Antonio Sabato, Uschi Glas, Pier Paolo Capponi, Rossella Falk, Marina Malfatti, Renato Romano

77. 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.

78. 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

79. 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

80. 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

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