Best Female Lead movies of 1972

Actors : Aruna Irani, Madan Puri, Amitabh Bachchan, Mala Sinha,
Directors : S.S. Balan,

Mohan (Amitabh Bachchan) and Asha (Mala Sinha) are in love with each other, and eventually marry each other in a private temple. Circumstances separate the couple, and Mohan marries Seema (...

Actors : John Vernon, Geneviève Bujold, George Sperdakos, Elton Hayes,
Directors : Paul Almond,

A woman with a troubled past is saved from drowning in a river and brought to a strange community hidden in the woods.

Actors : Hylda Baker, Jimmy Jewel, Edward Malin, Madge Hindle,
Directors : John Robins,

On their father's death, Eli and Nellie Pledge inherit a pickle factory in Colne, in the north of England. The warring siblings struggle to keep the decrepit "Pledge's Purer Pickles" afloat...

Actors : Roy Harper, Margery Mason, Carol White, John Castle,
Directors : John Mackenzie,

The story of the relationship between a young single mother and an insecure rock star.

Actors : Yun Ling, Li Ching, Shen Chan, Lily Li,
Directors : Il-Ho Jang,

Yan Zi Fei and Guan Yue Hua are returning home in love and plan to tell their parents but once they arrive back they find that there is a conflict between the two families. Guan Fun Lin is ...

Actors : Emma Cohen, Bernadette Lafont, Elisabeth Wiener, Jane Birkin,
Directors : Richard Balducci,

Jane Birkin, Bernadette Lafont, Elisabeth Wiener and Emma Cohen are 4 pretty girls rooming together. After witnessing and accidentally helping several thugs get away with a heist, the women...

Actors : Lucita Soriano, Nora Aunor, Tirso Cruz III, Luis Gonzales,

Winner of 8 major awards in the 3rd Quezon City Film Festival - Manuel L Quezon Award for Best Picture; Best Actress (Nora Aunor); Best Actor (Tirso Cruz III); Best Supporting Actress (...

Actors : Philippe Noiret, Britt Ekland, Mel Ferrer, Joanna Shimkus,
Directors : Christopher Miles,

The film depicts several stories surrounding an apartment in Paris, and the various people who occupy it over the years.

Actors : Nikolai Plotnikov, Lyudmila Saveleva, Alla Demidova, Vladimir Chetverikov,
Directors : Yuli Karasik,

Based on chehov's homonymus play the seagull narrates the story of a disturbed family and their aquiantances during summer time in the countryside. Mixed feeling resurface in the authentic chehovian atmosphere

Actors : Markéta Svetlíková, Zora Rozsypalová, Helena Ruzicková, Míla Myslíková,
Directors : Josef Pinkava,

Jitka Pazoutová is not doing well at physical education. She is fat and clumsy and often gets laughed at because of her look. Back at home in the cellar, she practices her hits for a ...

Actors : Jaroslava Schallerová, Jaroslav Drbohlav, Jana Bousková, Irena Svárová,
Directors : Antonín Kachlík,

Zofie and Dominika, two girls of very different temperaments, become friends during hop-picking volunteer work in the summer. Zofie (Jaroslava Schallerová) is serious to the point of ...

Actors : Hyôe Enoki, Hidemi Hara, Hajime Tanimoto, Setsuko Ogawa,
Directors : Chûsei Sone,

Based on a traditional Japanese ghost story, the movie follows a man who falls deeply in love with a mysterious woman, only to find she belongs to the world of the dead.

Actors : Margaret Blye, Lynn Redgrave, Paul Sand, Victor Mature,
Directors : Cy Howard,

Italian-American mafioso Carmine Ganucci evicts Miss Poole and her school of etiquette from the commercial building he has just purchased, the space which he wants for one of his own ...

Actors : María Vaner, Lautaro Murúa, Graciela Borges, Pepe Soriano,
Directors : Raúl de la Torre,

A woman who has been traumatized by her brother's accidental death from electrocution in the subways of Buenos Aires learns to readjust.

Actors : Terri Johnson, Harvey Shain, Lynn Harris, Angela Carnon,
Directors : Stephen C. Apostolof,

A young housewife gets involved in the "swinging" scene and discovers that it isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Actors : Gianni Morandi, Fabio Garriba, Ottavia Piccolo, Angela Goodwin,
Directors : Aldo Lado,

A young provincial elementary school teacher, falls in love with a Venetian girl, daughter of a rich industrialist.

Actors : Terri Johnson, Flora Weisel, Marsha Jordan, Rene Bond,
Directors : Stephen C. Apostolof,

A high-school reunion held at a hotel serves as an excuse for some alumni to resume old relationships and start new ones--sometimes with several people at once.

Actors : Pepe Rubio, Guadalupe Muñoz Sampedro, Marisa Medina, Karina,

Karina arrives to a mansion to work as a governess of a group of singing children, Mari Nieves, Blanca, Carlos, Javier and Santi, known in Spain as "La Pandilla". She must take care of ...

Actors : Jerzy Góralczyk, Stan Borys, Halina Golanko, Józef Nalberczak,
Directors : Janusz Zaorski,

While being on another business trip, a carefree young man encounters a beautiful lab worker and gets the chance to think about the future.

Actors : Bruce Campbell, Jerome Scott, Brett Mariott, Ann Noble,
Directors : Dick Fontaine,

A woman is found murdered. The prime suspect is her timid son. She had an unhealthy fixation with him and he snapped when it became too unbearable. However, he swears he didn't do it. A police inspector must piece the clues together.