1972 in film

Other movies released

• Deliverance
• Prime Cut, starring Lee Marvin and Gene Hackman
• Slaughterhouse-Five
• Solaris, Russian version, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
• Sounder, starring Cicely Tyson
• They Call Me Trinity, spaghetti western with Terence Hill
• Une belle fille comme moi, directed by François Truffaut
• Young Winston
• The Poseidon Adventure
• Superfly
• Ultimo tango a Parigi
• The Getaway
• Fritz the Cat
• Frenzy
• Shaft's Big Score!
• Lady Sings the Blues
• Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
• The Cowboys
• Blacula
• The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
• The Canterbury Tales, Golden Bear winner
• The Working Class Goes to Heaven, Palme d'Or winner
• The Mattei Affair, Palme d'Or winner
• Sleuth, with Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine
• Cries and Whispers
• The Emigrants
• The Candidate
• The Heartbreak Kid
• The Adventures Of Barry Mackenzie (a)