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| 1 |  | Godfather, The (1972) |  3.9812 89 reviews | R | Drama, Crime |
$7.18
| War veteran Michael Corlone returns home to find himself becoming increasingly involved with the ...more about Godfather starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino |
| 2 |  | Frenzy (1972) |  3.2329 38 reviews | R | Thriller, Crime |
$9.41
| London is terrorised by a vicious sex killer known as the neck tie murderer. Following the brutal ...more about Frenzy starring Jon Finch and Alec McCowen |
| 3 |  | Sounder (1972) | 3.2267 13 reviews | G | Drama |
$3.99
| The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious ...more about Sounder starring Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield |
| 4 |  | Cabaret (1972) | 3.1875 44 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical |
$6.46
| An American cabaret singer and a British writer are in Germany during the rise of the Nazi ...more about Cabaret starring Liza Minnelli and Michael York |
| 5 |  | Deliverance (1972) | 3.1782 48 reviews | R | Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
$9.99
| Canoeing down a river, four city men run into some unfriendly locals. Unable to escape from the ...more about Deliverance starring Jon Voight and Burt Reynolds |
| 6 |  | Candidate, The (1972) | 3.1297 17 reviews | NA | Drama |
$9.99
| Californian lawyer Bill McKay fights for the little man. His charisma and integrity get him noticed ...more about Candidate starring Robert Redford and Peter Boyle |
| 7 |  | Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972) | 3.0610 53 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, Biography |
$19.85
| A few decades after the destruction of the Inca empire, a Spanish expedition leaves the mountains ...more about Aguirre starring Klaus Kinski and Ruy Guerra |
| 8 |  | Poseidon Adventure, The (1972) | 3.0164 58 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
$13.78
| A passenger ship, on her way to the scrap yard is pushed to her limits by the new owners to save on ...more about Poseidon Adventure starring Gene Hackman and Ernest Borgnine |
| 9 |  | Amour l'après-midi, L' (1972) | 2.9780 20 reviews | NA |
$9.99
| The last of Rohmer's Six Moral Tales. Frederic leads a bourgeois life; he is a partner in a small ...more about Amour l'après-midi | |
| 10 |  | Jeremiah Johnson (1972) | 2.9760 12 reviews | NA | Western |
$6.90
| A quiet mountain man living like a hermit is forced to lead a group of soldiers through a sacred ...more about Jeremiah Johnson starring Robert Redford and Will Geer |
| 11 |  | Last House on the Left, The (1972) | 2.9689 72 reviews | R | Thriller, Horror, Crime |
$5.69
| When two friends go into the city to see their favorite band, they meet a couple of drug dealers ...more about Last House on the Left starring Sandra Cassel and Lucy Grantham |
| 12 |  | Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) | 2.9501 41 reviews | NA | Action, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| Cornelius and Zira's son Caesar leads apes to revolution in this installment of the apes saga. Dogs ...more about Conquest of the Planet of the Apes starring Natalie Trundy and Hari Rhodes |
| 13 |  | Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972) | 2.9205 37 reviews | NA |
$9.88
| Actors led by Alan Ormsby go to graveyard on remote island to act out necromantic ritual. The ...more about Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things starring Alan Ormsby and Valerie Mamches | |
| 14 |  | Prime Cut (1972) | 2.9205 12 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Crime |
$4.94
| A Chicago mob enforcer is sent to Kansas City to settle a debt with a cattle rancher who not only ...more about Prime Cut starring Gene Hackman and Angel Tompkins |
| 15 |  | Sleuth (1972) | 2.9159 21 reviews | NA | Thriller, Mystery | N/A | Milo Tindle and Andrew Wyke have something in common, Andrew's wife. In an attempt to find a way ...more about Sleuth starring Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine |
| 16 |  | Fat City (1972) | 2.8702 18 reviews | NA | Drama, Sports |
$5.99
| The film tells the story of two boxers and their problems. One of them is on the decline of his ...more about Fat City starring Stacy Keach and Jeff Bridges |
| 17 |  | Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) | 2.8354 35 reviews | NA | Adventure, Horror, Romance, Comedy |
$6.62
| The moon rises at a predestined angle and awakens the sleeping Dr. Phibes three years later. To his ...more about Dr. Phibes Rises Again starring Vincent Price and Robert Quarry |
| 18 |  | Other, The (1972) | 2.8287 23 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Mystery |
$5.99
| In the summer of 1935, 9-year-old twins Niles and Holland Perry live with their family on a ...more about Other starring Uta Hagen and Diana Muldaur |
| 19 |  | Junior Bonner (1972) | 2.8205 24 reviews | NA | Drama, Western, Comedy |
$6.62
| Living from rodeo to rodeo Junior Bonner returns to Arizona to find the solid, loving family he ...more about Junior Bonner starring Robert Preston and Ida Lupino |
| 20 | | Asylum (1972) | 2.8202 39 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$15.24
| A young psychiatrist interviews four inmates in a mental asylum to satisfy a requirement for ...more about Asylum starring Peter Cushing and Britt Ekland |
| 21 |  | Demons of the Mind (1972) | 2.7832 19 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror | N/A | Baron Zorn (Robin Hardy) keeps his teenaged children locked up and drugged, fearing that his insane ...more about Demons of the Mind starring Paul Jones and Yvonne Mitchell |
| 22 |  | 1776 (1972) | 2.7635 31 reviews | PG | Drama, History, Musical, Family |
$20.99
| The film version of the Broadway musical comedy of the same name. In the days leading up to July 4, ...more about 1776 starring Howard Da Silva and Donald Madden |
| 23 |  | Harder They Come, The (1972) | 2.7627 26 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Crime, Music |
$24.99
| A poor Jamaican, a 1970s anti-hero, tries to make it with a hit record but finds that payola rules. ...more about Harder They Come starring Jimmy Cliff and Janet Barkley |
| 24 |  | Death Line (1972) |  2.7480 20 reviews | NA | Horror |
$9.99
| At the turn of the century, a group of diggers were lost during a cave-in of part of the London ...more about Death Line starring Donald Pleasence and Norman Rossington |
| 25 |  | Beware! The Blob (1972) | 2.7463 20 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$7.99
| A technician brings a frozen specimen of the original Blob back from the North Pole. When his wife ...more about Beware! The Blob starring Gwynne Gilford and Richard Stahl |
| 26 |  | Winter Soldier (1972) | 2.7430 34 reviews | NA | Documentary |
$17.45
| ...more about Winter Soldier |
| 27 |  | Heat (1972) | 2.7241 20 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$14.06
| "Heat" is a parody of "Sunset Boulevard." Joey Davis, an unemployed ex-child actor, uses sex to get ...more about Heat starring Joe Dallesandro and Sylvia Miles |
| 28 | | Getaway, The (1972) | 2.7117 19 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$4.91
| Doc McCoy has been granted parole. The catch is that Sheriff Beynon expects a small favor from ...more about Getaway starring Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw |
| 29 |  | Blacula (1972) | 2.7104 26 reviews | NA | Horror |
$5.99
| Interior decorators buy the coffin of an African prince bitten by Dracula centuries before and ...more about Blacula starring Vonetta McGee and Denise Nicholas |
| 30 |  | Cowboys, The (1972) | 2.7094 13 reviews | PG | Western |
$34.99
| When his cattle drivers abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on ...more about Cowboys starring John Wayne and Roscoe Lee Browne |
| 31 |  | Bone (1972) | 2.6785 18 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$7.84
| A thief breaks into the home of a wealthy, happily married Beverly Hills couple. He soon finds out, ...more about Bone starring Andrew Duggan and Joyce Van Patten |
| 32 |  | Siddhartha (1972) | 2.6718 25 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery |
$16.15
| ...more about Siddhartha starring Shashi Kapoor and Simi Garewal |
| 33 |  | Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) | 2.6707 24 reviews | NA | Horror, Comedy |
$12.71
| In London 1872 - the final battle between Lawrence van Helsing and Count Dracula on top of a coach ...more about Dracula A.D. 1972 starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing |
| 34 | | Tales from the Crypt (1972) | 2.6701 21 reviews | NA | Horror | N/A | Five people are trapped in a crypt and are shown their futures by the evil cryptkeeper. They are ...more about Tales from the Crypt starring Joan Collins and Peter Cushing |
| 35 |  | Lady Sings the Blues (1972) | 2.6656 20 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Music |
$2.69
| Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as ...more about Lady Sings the Blues starring Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams |
| 36 |  | Across 110th Street (1972) | 2.6583 12 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$4.91
| In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as ...more about Across 110th Street starring Frank Adu and Frank Arno |
| 37 |  | Hot Rock, The (1972) | 2.6573 11 reviews | NA | Crime, Comedy |
$6.88
| Dr. Amusa approaches Dortmunder about a valuable gem in a museum that is of great signifigance to ...more about Hot Rock starring Robert Redford and George Segal |
| 38 | | Play It Again, Sam (1972) | 2.6527 16 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy |
$3.90
| A mild mannered film critic is dumped by his wife and his ego is crushed. His hero persona is the ...more about Play It Again starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton |
| 39 |  | Night of the Lepus (1972) | 2.6459 32 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$8.68
| Cole Hillman's Arizona ranch is plagued with 'mongrel' rabbits, and he wants to employ an ...more about Night of the Lepus starring Stuart Whitman and Janet Leigh |
| 40 |  | King of Marvin Gardens, The (1972) | 2.6309 15 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime |
$18.26
| 'It's Monopoly out there'. Jason Staebler, The King of Marvin Gardens, has gone directly to jail, ...more about King of Marvin Gardens starring Bruce Dern and Ellen Burstyn |
| 41 |  | Black Mama, White Mama (1972) | 2.6281 16 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.75
| When two troublemaking female prisoners (one a revolutionary, the other a former harem-girl) can't ...more about Black Mama starring Alona Alegre and Dindo Fernando |
| 42 |  | Cisco Pike (1972) | 2.6181 10 reviews | NA | Drama |
$3.95
| Cisko is an ex-rockstar who has become a drug addict. A corrupt cop blackmails Cisco to sell ...more about Cisco Pike starring Kris Kristofferson and Karen Black |
| 43 |  | Bad Company (1972) | 2.5776 14 reviews | NA | Western |
$3.66
| A group of naive boys find that life as desperadoes in the west is more serious that they ...more about Bad Company starring Jeff Bridges and Jim Davis |
| 44 |  | Under Milk Wood (1972) | 2.5754 7 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy, Animation |
$10.13
| This is a delightful if peculiar story of a day in the life of a small, Welsh fishing village ...more about Under Milk Wood starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor |
| 45 |  | Boxcar Bertha (1972) | 2.5646 28 reviews | NA | Drama |
$5.42
| ...more about Boxcar Bertha starring Barbara Hershey and David Carradine |
| 46 | | Fratello sole, sorella luna (1972) | 2.5598 17 reviews | NA | Drama |
$7.18
| This is a dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion ...more about Fratello sole starring Graham Faulkner and Judi Bowker |
| 47 |  | Man of La Mancha (1972) | 2.5478 20 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$6.59
| This musical version of Don Quixote is framed by an incident allegedly from the life of its author, ...more about Man of La Mancha starring Peter O'Toole and Sophia Loren |
| 48 |  | Blood Freak (1972) | 2.4922 22 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$25.99
| A biker comes upon a girl with a flat tire and offers her a ride home. He winds up at a drug party ...more about Blood Freak starring Steve Hawkes |
| 49 | | Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) | 2.4918 20 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$8.89
| "Listen: Billie Pilgrim has come unstuck in time." The opening words of the famous novel are the ...more about Slaughterhouse-Five starring Michael Sacks and Ron Leibman |
| 50 |  | Thing with Two Heads, The (1972) | 2.4836 14 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$9.99
| A rich but racist man is dying and hatches an elaborate scheme for transplanting his head onto ...more about Thing with Two Heads starring Roger Perry |
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