1972 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1972. Top 30 & many honorables.







30.   MURMUR OF THE HEART

29. THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE

28.       GREASER'S PALACE

                FIST OF FURY
27.[THE CHINESE CONNECTION]

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26.            THE COWBOYS

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25.          SILENT RUNNING

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24.                  TRAFIC

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23.
 DEATHDREAM [DEAD OF NIGHT]

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22.
  FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER

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21.           A BAY OF BLOOD

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20.         HOTEL MONTEREY

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19.          THE EMIGRANTS

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-tie- 19.     THE NEW LAND

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18.       TWO ENGLISH GIRLS

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17.      MON ONCLE ANTOINE

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16.             THE GETAWAY

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                  AL-ASFOUR
15.    [THE SPARROW] لعصفور

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14.     ACROSS 110TH STREET

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     FEMALE CONVICT SCORPION:

13.      JAILHOUSE 41

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12.     THE HEARTBREAK KID

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11.            FELLINI'S ROMA

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10.       JEREMIAH JOHNSON

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9.                   IMAGES

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8.              LE SAMOURAÏ

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7.                 CABARET

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6.              DELIVERANCE

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5.         JE T'AIME, JE T'AIME

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                 THE DISCREET 
4.    CHARM OF BOURGEOISIE

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3.                  SOUNDER

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2.   CHLOE IN THE AFTERNOON

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1.            THE GODFATHER

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ALSO ESSENTIAL! NOT RANKED. 

(the other titles of '72 I loved that could've placed)

WHAT'S UP DOC?

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THE WOMAN 

WHO POWDERS HERSELF

 

BRONCO BULLFROG

THE GIRLS [FLICKORNA]

THE RULING CLASS

BLEAK MOMENTS

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BAD COMPANY

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FAT CITY

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LA CHAMBRE

PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM

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THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS

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CHEBURASHKA Чебура́шка

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BONE

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DAMON THE MOWER

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THE PHONE BOX [LA CABINA]

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THE OTHER

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DIABEL

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LONE WOLF & CUB:
BABY CART AT THE RIVER STYX

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PHANTOM INDIA

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THE LIFE AND
TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN

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LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT

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PAKEEZAH 

[THE PURE ONE] पाक़ीज़ा

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Roman Kachanov's "Мама"

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STREET MUSIQUE

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PICTURES OF THE OLD WORLD

[Obrazy starého sveta]

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ASYLUM

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TALES FROM THE CRYPT

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THE HOT ROCK

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ONI 鬼

[THE DEMON]

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HAPAX LEGOMENA II:

POETIC JUSTICE

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AVANTI!

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THE CANDIDATE

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THE CANTERBURY TALES

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PINK FLAMINGOS

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DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING

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PINK FLOYD: LIVE AT POMPEII

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JOHNNY HAMLET

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KÖRÚTI ESTÉK

[NIGHTS IN THE BOULEVARD]

JUNIOR BONNER

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FRITZ THE CAT

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A WARNING TO THE CURIOUS

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FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET

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HORROR EXPRESS

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THE NIGHT OF THE DEVILS

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THE LORAX

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FROGS

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SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE

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SLEUTH

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YOUR VICE IS A LOCKED ROOM AND ONLY I HAVE THE KEY

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THE BOXER FROM SHANTUNG

DOWNPOUR رگبار

HEAT

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TOP OF THE HEAP

HUNGRY WIVES
[SEASON OF THE WITCH]

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1972

TOP 30

1. THE GODFATHER (Coppola)
2. LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON (Rohmer)
3. SOUNDER (Ritt)
4. DISCREET CHARM OF BOURGEOISIE (Buñuel)
5. JE T'AIME JE T'AIME (Resnais)
6. DELIVERANCE (Boorman)
7. CABARET (Fosse)
8. LE SAMOURAÏ (Melville)
9. IMAGES (Altman)
10. JEREMIAH JOHNSON (Pollack)
11. ROMA (Fellini)
12. THE HEARTBREAK KID (Elaine May)
13. FEMALE CONVICT SCORPION JAIL 41 (Shunya Ito)
14. ACROSS 110TH STREET (Barry Shear)
15. AL-ASFOUR aka THE SPARROW (Chahine)
16. THE GETAWAY (Peckinpah)
17. MON ONCLE ANTOINE (Jutra))
18. TWO ENGLISH GIRLS (Truffaut)
19. THE EMIGRANTS (Troell)                                                      -tie- THE NEW LAND (Troell)
20. HOTEL MONTEREY (Chantal Akerman)
21. TWITCH OF THE DEATH NERVE (Bava)
22. FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER (Bresson)
23. DEAD OF NIGHT (Clark)
24. TRAFIC (Tati)
25. SILENT RUNNING (Trumball)
26. THE COWBOYS (Rydell)
27. THE CHINESE CONNECTION (Bruce Lee)
28. GREASER'S PALACE (Downey Sr.)
29. MURMUR OF THE HEART (Malle)
30. POSEIDON ADVENTURE (Neame)

RUNNER UP
WHAT'S UP DOC? (Bogdanovich), LA FEMME QUI SE POUDRE (Bokanowski), BRONCO BULLFROG (Platts-Mills), FLICKORNA (Zetterling), THE RULING CLASS (Medak), BLEAK MOMENTS (Leigh), BAD COMPANY (Benton), FAT CITY (Huston), LA CHAMBRE 

(Akerman), PLAY IT AGAIN SAM (H.Ross), KING OF MARVIN GARDENS (Rafelson), CHEBURASHKA (Kachanov), BONE (Cohen), DAMON THE MOWER (Dunning), LA CABINA (Mercero), THE OTHER (Mulligan), DIABEL (Zulawski), LONE WOLF & CUB PT.2 (Kenji Misumi), PHANTOM INDIA (Malle), LIFE & TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN (Huston), LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (Craven), PAKEEZAH (Amrohi), MAMA (Roman Kachanov), PICTURES OF THE OLD WORLD (Hanak), STREET MUSIQUE (Larkin), ASYLUM (Ward Baker), TALES FROM THE CRYPT (Francis), THE HOT ROCK (Yates), ONI (Kihachiro Kawamoto), HAPAX LEGOMENA II: POETIC JUSTICE (Frampton), AVANTI! (Wilder), THE CANDIDATE (Ritchie), CANTERBURY TALES (Pasolini), PINK FLAMINGOS (Waters), DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING (Fulci), PINK FLOYD: LIVE AT POMPEII (Maben), JOHNNY HAMLET (Castellari), KÖRÚTI ESTÉK (Kovásznai), JUNIOR BONNER (Peckinpah), FRITZ THE CAT (Bakshi), WARNING TO THE CURIOUS (L Gordon Clark), 4 FLIES ON GREY VELVET (Argento), HORROR EXPRESS (E.Martin), NIGHT OF THE DEVILS (Ferroni), THE LORAX (Pratt), FROGS (McCowan), SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE (Roy Hill), SLEUTH (Mankiewicz), YOUR VICE IS A LOCKED ROOM (Martino), BOXER FROM SHANTUNG (Chang Cheh), DOWNPOUR

(Beyzai) HEAT (Morrissey), TOP OF THE HEAP (St. John), SEASON OF THE WITCH (Romero)