Best Female Lead movies of 1972

Actors : Susan Blakely, Margaret Brewster, Thayer David, Neil Fitzgerald,
Directors : James Ivory,

An allegory about humankind progresses from a savage state to a civilized form, that is only a cover for it's innate barbarism.

Actors : Michael Ontkean, Ralph Waite, Kathleen Cody, Dianne Hull,
Directors : Thomas J. Schmidt,

Two girls on their way to a hippie encounter session pick up a crazed Vietnam veteran, who might just be the serial killer who is murdering hippies in the area.

Actors : Natasa Nicolescu, Sharon Winter, Liv Ullmann, Jeremy Kemp,
Directors : Michael Anderson,

In medieval Europe, a pious young woman becomes a scholar of theology, disguises herself as a man, rises through the Catholic Church hierarchy and is elected Pope.

Actors : Dolores Starling, Chuck Faulkner, Jan Sherman, Dolores Friedline,
Directors : Bob Favorite,

We dare you watch all the way to the shocking climax of Brides Wore Blood!

Actors : Veit Relin, Maria Schell, Jane Tilden, Hugo Lindinger,
Directors : Veit Relin,

German: In dieser antiklerikalen Komödie steht die Lebens- und Liebesfreude des katholischen Landpfarrers... See full synopsis »

Actors : Nazan Adali, Kartal Tibet, Handan Adali, Türkan Soray,
Directors : Nejat Saydam,

Actors : Silvia Pinal, Eduardo de la Peña, Joaquín García Vargas, Milton Rodríguez,
Directors : José Estrada,

A gang burglars and lowlifes spend their time stealing (even each other) and playing soccer.

Actors : Rosanna Schiaffino, Giancarlo Giannini, Philippe Leroy, Caterina Boratto,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

How Cardinal Giove must do to acquire land on which stands a prestigious brothel.

Actors : Glen Lee, Carmen de Lirio, Lucia Bosé, Ornella Muti,
Directors : Claudio Guerín,

The widow Alexandra and her schoolgirl daughter Sandra live together in a luxurious villa in Spain. When Fernando, an old love of Alexandra's, appears in town the two rekindle their love ...

Actors : Sofia Moran, Virginia Aristorenas, Max Alvarado, Paquito Diaz,
Directors : Cesar Gallardo,

FOR ADULT'S ONLY.

Actors : Mari Tanaka, Moeko Ezawa, Nobutaka Masutomi, Ryuji Nakamura,
Directors : Noboru Tanaka,

Tormented by his first sexual stirrings, the teenager Isao dreams every night of his gym teacher Ikuko. He finally opens her heart but she rejects his advances. Frustrated, Isao invents all...

Actors : Zdenek Braunschläger, Jana Brezinová, Stanislava Bartosová, Jana Andresíková,
Directors : Václav Matejka,

Tereza (Jana Gýrová) lives alone with her young son Michal. With him and her former husband Slávek (Petr Cepek), she visits Slávek's mother, from whom they are hiding their divorce. Tereza ...

Actors : Hugo Carvana, Odete Lara, Rogério Duarte, Antonio Pitanga,
Directors : Glauber Rocha,

This film shows people with constant psychological and social conflicts: the violence among outlaws, conflicts between man and woman, police and society.

Actors : Daniel Bellus, Christine Leuk, Valérie Wilson, Louis Arbessier,
Directors : Francis Leroi,

Justine, leaves her family, drops out of school at 18. Drifting in Paris, encountering odd characters she finally slips into prostitution.

Actors : Mihajlo Kostic-Pljaka, Ljudmila Lisina, Nikola Simic, Mihailo 'Misa' Janketic,
Directors : Dragovan Jovanovic,

The relationship between a boy and a girl shortly after the start of the war and the arrival of the Germans. He goes to Chetniks, and there he disappears without a trace, and she ,after ...

Actors : Lilian Arlen, Pierre Fuger, Yves Lefebvre, Sonia Petrovna,
Directors : Vladimir Forgency,

Should eighteen-year-old Sonia devote her life to classical dance and to Lily, her crippled godmother and brilliant dancing mistress? Or to love? The question has arisen since Sonia met ...

Actors : Abdur Razzak, Suchanda, Anwar Hossain, Sujata,
Directors : Kamal Ahmed,

Asad and Moushumi meets each other while hunting in tea garden and fall in love. Moushumi's Uncle wants her to marry his son Sikander to have all her property. Moushumi marries Asad but ...

Actors : Rajesh Khanna, Nanda, Manisha, Sharad Kumar,
Directors : A. Bhimsingh,

Kalpana and Rajesh have a chance encounter, which eventually leads to love. While Rajesh is poor, and lives all by himself, Kalpana comes from a wealthy family, and her dad, Shyamlal wants ...

Actors : Ike Lozada, Vilma Santos, Walter Navarro, Lillian Laing,
Directors : Manuel Songco,

For the first time Vilma and Walter in a movie as sweet as love's first kiss.

Actors : Yung-Kyoon Sin, John Ireland, Victor Buono, Anita Ekberg,
Directors : David Lowell Rich,

Three adventurers--at times competing with each other, at other times allied with each other--search South Korea for a magical sword that is supposed to imbue its owner with wealth and power.