21 films released in 1972

King Boxer (天下第一拳 | Tian xia di yi quan)

Jeong Chang-hwa, 1972, Hong Kong

97 mins
7.8 / 10 (735)
127 countries
1 year
Action Drama

The Boxer from Shantung (馬永貞 | Ma yong zhen)

Chang Cheh Hsueh Li Pao, 1972, Hong Kong

125 mins
8 / 10 (325)
127 countries
1 year
Action Drama Crime

Four Times That Night (Quante volte... quella notte)

Mario Bava, 1972, Italy

79 mins
5.8 / 10 (190)
1 country
1 year
Comedy Drama

Love in the Afternoon (L'amour l'après-midi)

Éric Rohmer, 1972, France

97 mins
8.2 / 10 (6294)
1 country
8 months
Romance Drama

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie)

Luis Buñuel, 1972, France

101 mins
8.4 / 10 (14239)
5 countries
6 months
Comedy Drama

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

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972, West Germany

120 mins
8.4 / 10 (3417)
3 countries
6 months
Drama LGBTQ+

Yuki's Sun (ユキの太陽 | Yuki no taiyō)

Hayao Miyazaki, 1972, Japan

5 mins
7.4 / 10 (9044)
109 countries
3 months
Drama Animation Short Family

A Gorgeous Bird Like Me (Une belle fille comme moi)

François Truffaut, 1972, France

98 mins
6.6 / 10 (383)
1 country
44 days
Comedy Crime Drama

Incantation

Peter Rose, 1972, United States

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

Pointilly (Le château de Pointilly)

Adolfo Arrieta, 1972, France

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

Cousin Jules (Le cousin Jules)

Dominique Benicheti, 1972, France

91 mins
9 / 10 (547)
1 country
Unlimited
Documentary

Dyn Amo

Stephen Dwoskin, 1972, United Kingdom

113 mins
6.8 / 10 (191)
105 countries
Unlimited
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

Umbracle

Pere Portabella, 1972, Spain

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

Sleuth

Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1972, United Kingdom

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

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

Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

Jonas Mekas, 1972, United States

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

Rendez-vous romantiques

Michka Gorki, 1972, France

25 mins
7.8 / 10 (310)
1 country
Unlimited
Documentary Short