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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 |  | 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 |
| 3 |  | 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 |
| 4 |  | 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 |
| 5 |  | 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 |
| 6 |  | 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 |
| 7 |  | 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 |
| 8 |  | 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 |
| 9 |  | 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 |
| 10 |  | 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 |
| 11 |  | 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 |
| 12 |  | 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 |
| 13 |  | 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 |
| 14 |  | 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 |
| 15 |  | 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 |
| 16 |  | Siddhartha (1972) | 2.6718 25 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery |
$16.15
| ...more about Siddhartha starring Shashi Kapoor and Simi Garewal |
| 17 |  | 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 |
| 18 |  | 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 |
| 19 |  | 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 |
| 20 |  | 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 |
| 21 |  | 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 |
| 22 |  | 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 |
| 23 |  | Boxcar Bertha (1972) | 2.5646 28 reviews | NA | Drama |
$5.42
| ...more about Boxcar Bertha starring Barbara Hershey and David Carradine |
| 24 | | 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 |
| 25 |  | 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 |
| 26 | | 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 |
| 27 |  | Napoleon and Samantha (1972) | 2.4410 7 reviews | G | Adventure, Drama, Family, Disney |
$10.98
| 11-year old Napoleon lives with his grandfather. He has a good friend who is a clown at a circus. ...more about Napoleon and Samantha starring Michael Douglas and Jodie Foster |
| 28 |  | Ciao Manhattan (1972) | 2.4102 15 reviews | NA | Drama |
$17.99
| ...more about Ciao Manhattan starring Edie Sedgwick and Isabel Jewell |
| 29 |  | Big Bird Cage, The (1972) | 2.3147 14 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | Terry, a social-climbing young woman accidently gets caught up in the activities of two ...more about Big Bird Cage starring Pam Grier and Anitra Ford |
| 30 |  | Frogs (1972) | 2.2747 15 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$4.59
| Ray Milland plays an aging, grumpy, physically disabled millionaire who invites his family to his ...more about Frogs starring Sam Elliott and Joan Van Ark |
| 31 |  | Fear in the Night (1972) | 2.2623 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime | N/A | ...more about Fear in the Night starring Judy Geeson and Joan Collins |
| 32 |  | Pulp (1972) |  2.1945 11 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.69
| ...more about Pulp starring Michael Caine and Mickey Rooney |
| 33 | | Savage Messiah (1972) | 2.1788 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | ...more about Savage Messiah starring Dorothy Tutin and Scott Antony |
| 34 |  | Avanti! (1972) | 2.1606 13 reviews | R | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$7.65
| Wendell (Lemmon) goes to Italy to pick up his father's body after an automobile accident. He soon ...more about Avanti! starring Jack Lemmon and Edward Andrews |
| 35 |  | Skyjacked (1972) | 2.1423 2 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
$8.63
| A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 in this disaster film filled with the usual early ...more about Skyjacked starring Charlton Heston and Yvette Mimieux |
| 36 |  | Superfly (1972) | 2.1222 10 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Crime |
$7.71
| Super Fly is a cocaine dealer who begins to realize that his life will soon end with either prison ...more about Superfly starring Carl Lee and Julius Harris |
| 37 | | New Centurions, The (1972) | 2.0662 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | ...more about New Centurions starring George C. Scott and Stacy Keach |
| 38 |  | Every Afternoon (1972) | 2.0528 5 reviews | NA | Drama |
$16.99
| The sadistic Madam Margareta is a talking side of beef that serves as the hostess and ring leader ...more about Every Afternoon starring Diana Dors and Cia Löwgren |
| 39 |  | Possession of Joel Delaney, The (1972) | 2.0491 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror | N/A | ...more about Possession of Joel Delaney starring Shirley MacLaine and Perry King |
| 40 | | When the Legends Die (1972) | 2.0053 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Western | N/A | ...more about When the Legends Die starring Richard Widmark and Frederic Forrest |
| 41 | | Hammersmith Is Out (1972) | 2.0053 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy | N/A | The Faust legend retold (loosely) and applied to a mentally disturbed patient in a hospital run by ...more about Hammersmith Is Out starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton |
| 42 |  | Butterflies Are Free (1972) | 1.9880 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$3.95
| All Don Baker wants is a place of his own away from his over-protective mother. Don's been blind ...more about Butterflies Are Free starring Goldie Hawn and Edward Albert |
| 43 | | Black Girl (1972) | 1.9871 7 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Black Girl starring Brock Peters and Claudia McNeil |
| 44 | | I Want What I Want (1972) | 1.9597 2 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about I Want What I Want starring Anne Heywood and Harry Andrews |
| 45 |  | Offence, The (1972) | 1.9195 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime | N/A | In Sidney Lumet's harrowing portrayal of police brutality, Detective Sergeant Johnson (Sean ...more about Offence starring Sean Connery and Trevor Howard |
| 46 |  | Assassination of Trotsky, The (1972) | 1.8939 7 reviews | NA | Drama, History, Thriller |
$12.95
| After having been forced to leave the Soviet Union 1929 Trotsky has ended up in Mexico 1940. He is ...more about Assassination of Trotsky starring Richard Burton and Alain Delon |
| 47 |  | Wedding in White (1972) | 1.8775 3 reviews | NA | Drama |
$24.99
| A young girl's brother comes home from the army, and brings an army buddy with him. The three of ...more about Wedding in White starring Carol Kane and Donald Pleasence |
| 48 |  | Bluebeard (1972) | 1.8516 15 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Crime |
$12.99
| Richard Burton, starring as Baron von Sepper, an Austrian aristocrat noted for his blue-toned ...more about Bluebeard starring Richard Burton and Raquel Welch |
| 49 | | Happiness Cage, The (1972) | 1.8373 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Sci-Fi |
$3.94
| ...more about Happiness Cage starring Christopher Walken and Ronny Cox |
| 50 | | Ai nu (1972) | 1.8242 6 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | ...more about Ai nu |
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