21 films released in 1972

Sisters

Brian De Palma, 1972, United States

93 mins
7 / 10 (3563)
1 country
7 months
Horror Thriller Mystery

Recess (Zang-e Tafrih)

Abbas Kiarostami, 1972, Iran

15 mins
7.2 / 10 (332)
1 country
6 months
Drama Short

Sambizanga

Sarah Maldoror, 1972, Angola

98 mins
8.4 / 10 (1079)
123 countries
5 months
Drama

Poem (Uta)

Akio Jissoji, 1972, Japan

119 mins
7.6 / 10 (215)
4 countries
5 months
Drama

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972, West Germany

119 mins
8.4 / 10 (3112)
2 countries
3 months
Drama LGBTQ+

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes)

Werner Herzog, 1972, West Germany

94 mins
8.4 / 10 (11455)
6 countries
2 months
Adventure Drama History

Tout va bien

Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Pierre Gorin Groupe Dziga Vertov, 1972, France

92 mins
7.6 / 10 (1826)
1 country
2 months
Drama

Solaris (Солярис)

Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972, Soviet Union

167 mins
8.6 / 10 (13078)
3 countries
2 months
Drama Sci-Fi Mystery

Three Cheers for the Whale (Vive la baleine)

Mario Ruspoli Chris Marker, 1972, France

18 mins
8.2 / 10 (2498)
128 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Short

The Dawns Here Are Quiet (...А зори здесь тихие | A zori zdes tikhie)

Stanislav Rostotsky, 1972, Soviet Union

158 mins
8.4 / 10 (602)
6 countries
Unlimited
Drama History War

Sleuth

Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1972, United Kingdom

138 mins
7.8 / 10 (909)
2 countries
Unlimited
Thriller

Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

Jonas Mekas, 1972, United States

81 mins
8.6 / 10 (3088)
103 countries
Unlimited
Documentary

Umbracle

Pere Portabella, 1972, Spain

85 mins
7.2 / 10 (514)
128 countries
Unlimited
Horror Avant-Garde

Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave (Excite Me / Gently Before She Dies))

Sergio Martino, 1972, Italy

97 mins
6.8 / 10 (365)
1 country
Unlimited
Horror Thriller Mystery

Acera, or The Witches' Dance (Acera, ou Le Bal des sorcières)

Geneviève Hamon Jean Painlevé, 1972, France

15 mins
7.8 / 10 (703)
125 countries
Unlimited
Documentary Short Avant-Garde

Dyn Amo

Stephen Dwoskin, 1972, United Kingdom

113 mins
6.8 / 10 (191)
105 countries
Unlimited
Avant-Garde

Cousin Jules (Le cousin Jules)

Dominique Benicheti, 1972, France

91 mins
9 / 10 (530)
1 country
Unlimited
Documentary

Pointilly (Le château de Pointilly)

Adolfo Arrieta, 1972, France

38 mins
6.6 / 10 (290)
100 countries
Unlimited
Short Avant-Garde

Incantation

Peter Rose, 1972, United States

8 mins
6.8 / 10 (610)
99 countries
Unlimited
Avant-Garde Short

Rendez-vous romantiques

Michka Gorki, 1972, France

25 mins
7.8 / 10 (292)
1 country
Unlimited
Documentary Short