Best movies of 1972

Actors : Richard Basehart, Barnard Hughes, George C. Scott, Martin Sheen,
Directors : George C. Scott,

An accidental nerve gas leak by the military kills not only a rancher's livestock, but also his son. When he tries to hold the military accountable for their actions, he runs up against a wall of silence.

Actors : Stefania Sandrelli, Dustin Hoffman, Carla Gravina, Saro Urzì,
Directors : Pietro Germi,

Alfredo, a timid young Italian, lusts after and woos the beautiful Maria Rosa. But when he manages to marry her, he discovers life is not nearly so blissful as he expected.

Actors : William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Woody Strode, Roger Hanin,
Directors : Daniel Mann,

The life of peaceful rancher John Benedict (William Holden) is torn apart when his family is massacred by a gang of marauding outlaws and his farm is destroyed. He assembles a team of mean,...

Actors : Luan Peters, Jenny Hanley, Robin Askwith, Ray Brooks,
Directors : Pete Walker,

Actors rehearsing a show at a mysterious seaside theater are being killed off by an unknown maniac.

Actors : Norman Kelley, Tanna Hunter, Bruce Detrick, Paul Craig Jennings,
Directors : Ed Adlum,

Somewhere in upstate New York, a young woman is terrorized by a group of rural farmers primarily interested in a harvest of blood.

Actors : Robert Mitchum, John Colicos, Frank Langella, Rita Hayworth,
Directors : Ralph Nelson,

Set in the 1920s, several foreigners held by a South American military group are offered possible freedom if they accept to topple a local crazed military leader.

Actors : Jane Asher, Charlotte Rampling, Donald Pleasence, Keith Michell,
Directors : Waris Hussein,

On his deathbed, King Henry VIII looks back over his eventful life and his six marriages.

Actors : Perry King, Lisa Kohane, Shirley MacLaine, David Elliott,
Directors : Waris Hussein,

A woman begins to suspect that her brother is possessed by a voodoo spirit.

Actors : Eric Porter, Hildegard Neil, John Castle, Charlton Heston,
Directors : Charlton Heston,

After the murder of her lover Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor: Octavius.

Actors : William Smith, Michael Pataki, Lyn Peters, Diane Holden,
Directors : John Hayes,

Kroft, a legendary vampire, returns from sleep. Kroft attacks a couple in a graveyard, raping the woman. The child born feeds only on blood from his mother's breast.

Actors : Julie Parrish, Hal Reed, Simmy Bow, Byron Mabe,
Directors : Byron Chudnow,

After a failed bank robbery, an ex-con, an ex-waitress and a few of their friends train a pack of doberman dogs to rob a bank for them.

Actors : Lisa Moore, Bhetty Waldron, Pam Grier, Bernie Casey,
Directors : George Armitage,

A lawyer whose brother was murdered winds up getting involved with gangsters and the world of porno movies.

Actors : Jean-Louis Trintignant, Roy Scheider, Angie Dickinson, Ann-Margret,
Directors : Jacques Deray,

Jean-Louis Trintignant plays a French contract assassin hired by a Los Angeles crime family, ostensibly to perform a hit on some other mafia target. But simultaneously, as he arrives to do ...

Actors : Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, Glynis Johns, Elizabeth Taylor,
Directors : Andrew Sinclair,

This is a delightful if peculiar story of a day in the life of a small, Welsh fishing village called "Llareggub" (read it backwards). We meet a host of curious characters (and ghosts) ...

Actors : Hal Holbrook, Harry Guardino, Katharine Ross, James Garner,
Directors : James Goldstone,

California small town police chief investigates a suspicious death involving the victim's own dog that presumably killed its owner.

Actors : Bobby Van, James Craig, Mala Powers, Ruta Lee,

Spies discover that the Red Chinese have built a "doomsday machine" capable of destroying the surface of the Earth, and that they plan to use it within a matter of days. Meanwhile, Project ...

Actors : James Mason, Robert Preston, Ron Weyand, Beau Bridges,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil and harmless as it seems.

Actors : Gordon Jackson, Denholm Elliott, Bette Davis, Robert Wagner,
Directors : David Greene,

A CIA agent is used as a pawn in an insane woman's plan to steal a Polaris submarine.

Actors : Tani Guthrie, Barra Grant, Paraluman, Tom Selleck,
Directors : Hollingsworth Morse,

James Robertson buys a painting depicting witches being burned at the stake, one of whom bears an uncanny resemblance to his wife, Chris. Chris, gradually taken over by the personality of ...

Actors : Lavrentis Dianellos, Ketty Panou, Yorgos Moutsios, Labros Konstadaras,
Directors : Kostas Karagiannis,

Loukas has been living in Africa for many many years, working hard to send money to his family who has stayed in Greece. When the time has come to return home, he decides to surprise his ...