The Mechanic (1972)

Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

Summary: A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in single combat on the early frontier.

Release Date: December 21, 1972

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Western

Director: Sydney Pollack

Writers: Vardis Fisher

, Raymond W. Thorp

, Robert Bunker

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: GP

Production: Sanford Productions (III), Warner Bros.

Distributor: Warner Bros., American Broadcasting Company (ABC), National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Warner Home Video, 10:10 Global Entertainment, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,100,000

The Ruling Class (1972)

Summary: A member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. Their other, somewhat more respectable family members plot to steal the estate from him; murder and mayhem ensue.

Release Date: September 15, 1972

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Musical

Director: Peter Medak

Writer: Peter Barnes

Runtime: 2 h 34 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Keep Films

Distributor: AVCO Embassy Pictures, Embassy Home Entertainment, Image Entertainment, Nelson Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, HBO Max, The Criterion Channel

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Young Winston (1972)

Summary: Complex family relationships, as well as a combat experience, form the personality of the future world-known politician.

Release Date: July 21, 1972

Genres: Drama, Biography, War

Director: Richard Attenborough

Writers: Winston Churchill

, Carl Foreman

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Open Road Films (II)

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 4,687,000

Sleuth (1972)

Summary: A man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.

Genres: Thriller, Mystery

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Writer: Anthony Shaffer

Runtime: 2 h 18 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Palomar Pictures International

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, Anchor Bay Entertainment, CBS/Fox, Image Entertainment, Media Home Entertainment, Paramount Television, Video Treasures

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 4,081,254

Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972)

Summary: Medieval knights executed for their black magic rituals come back as zombies to torment a group of vacationing college kids.

Genre: Horror

Director: Amando de Ossorio

Writers: Jesús Navarro Carrión

, Amando de Ossorio

, Robert Oliver

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Interfilme, Plata Films S.A.

Distributor: Hallmark Releasing, Beyond International Pictures, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Sinister Cinema, Blue Underground, Full Moon Streaming, Synapse Films, Paragon Video Productions

Countries: Spain, Portugal

Language: Spanish

Man of La Mancha (1972)

Summary: The funny story of mad but kind and chivalrous elderly nobleman Don Quixote who, aided by his squire Sancho Panza, fights windmills that are seen as dragons to save prostitute Dulcinea who is seen as a noblewoman.

Release Date: September 08, 1973

Genres: Drama, Musical, Fantasy

Director: Arthur Hiller

Writers: Dale Wasserman

, Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Produzioni Europee Associate (PEA)

Distributor: United Artists, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment, CBS/Fox

Countries: Italy, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Pink Flamingos (1972)

Summary: Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".

Release Date: March 31, 1976

Genres: Comedy, Crime

Director: John Waters

Writer: John Waters

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: NC-17

Production: Dreamland

Distributor: Fine Line Features, Saliva Films, Harmonyvision, The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection, Wizard Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000

Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)

Summary: Dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare.

Release Date: December 02, 1972

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Franco Zeffirelli

Writers: Suso Cecchi D'Amico

, Charles Dyer

, Kenneth Ross

Runtime: 2 h 01 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Euro International Films, Vic Films Productions

Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment, Warner Archive Collection

Countries: United Kingdom, Italy

Language: Italian

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

Greaser's Palace (1972)

Summary: A strange man named Jesse who can revive life and walk on water comes into a surreal and cruel western town.

Release Date: November 08, 1973

Genres: Comedy, Western

Director: Robert Downey Sr.

Writer: Robert Downey Sr.

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: TV-MA

Production: Greaser's Palace Ltd.

Distributor: Cinema 5 Distributing, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Scorpion Releasing, Image Entertainment, The Criterion Channel, Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

Country: United States

Language: English

Horror Express (1972)

Summary: While on the Trans-Siberian Express, an anthropologist and his rival must contain the threat posed by the former's cargo: a prehistoric ape which is the host for a parasitic life-form.

Release Date: January 03, 1974

Genres: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Eugenio Martín

Writers: Arnaud d'Usseau

, Julian Zimet

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: R

Production: Granada Films, Benmar Productions, Scotia International

Distributor: Scotia International

Countries: Spain, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 300,000

The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972)

Summary: A government investigator tries to find out the truth behind the break-in at a top secret research facility.

Release Date: June 21, 1972

Genres: Action, Crime, Mystery

Director: Lamont Johnson

Writers: Leslie P. Davies

, Douglas Heyes

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Universal Pictures, Hal Roach Studios, Toronto

Distributor: Universal Pictures

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Domestic: $ 200,406

I Want What I Want (1972)

Summary: Roy leaves his abusive father's house and starts life anew as a woman, named Wendy. Through trial and error, she learns the skills and consequences of being a woman.

Release Date: June 02, 1972

Genre: Drama

Director: John Dexter

Writers: Geoff Brown

, Gillian Freeman

, Gavin Lambert

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: R

Production: Marayan

Distributor: Scorpion Releasing

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 359,504

The Hot Rock (1972)

Summary: Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...

Release Date: January 26, 1972

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Director: Peter Yates

Writers: Donald E. Westlake

, William Goldman

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Landers-Roberts Productions

Distributor: Fox Video, 20th Television, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Twilight Time

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,895,000

Cousin Jules (1972)

Summary: An ode to rural France and the simple joys of life, Dominique Benicheti's glorious masterpiece COUSIN JULES captures the daily routine and rituals of Jules, a blacksmith, living with his wife, Felice, on a small farm in the French...

Release Date: October 12, 2012

Genre: Documentary

Director: Dominique Benicheti

Writer: Dominique Benicheti

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Société Rytna Film, Société des Films Orzeaux

Country: France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 29,337

Nous Ne Vieillirons Pas Ensemble (1972)

Summary: A husband and wife in a loveless marriage struggle to remain ignorant to their failed relationship.

Release Date: September 07, 1972

Genre: Drama

Director: Maurice Pialat

Writer: Maurice Pialat

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Lido Films, Empire Films

Countries: France, Italy

Language: French

Domestic: $ 14,104

Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (1972)

Summary: The young toolmaker Jochen fights with his colleagues to a performance bonus. He gets to know the girl Marion. For both, it is love at first sight.

Release Date: October 29, 1972

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 7 h 56 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Country: West Germany

Language: German

TV Series budget: $ 1,335,000

Domestic: $ 19,987

The Godfather (1972)

Summary: The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.

Release Date: March 24, 1972

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Writers: Mario Puzo

, Francis Ford Coppola

Runtime: 2 h 55 min

MPAA: R

Production: Paramount Pictures, Albert S. Ruddy Productions, Alfran Productions

Distributor: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Paramount Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: The Godfather

Movie budget: $ 6,000,000

Domestic: $ 136,381,073

International: $ 113,961,125

What? (1972)

Summary: During her Italian vacation, a young and beautiful American tourist finds herself as a guest in a coastal villa inhabited by some odd people.

Release Date: October 03, 1973

Genre: Comedy

Director: Roman Polanski

Writers: Gérard Brach

, Roman Polanski

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: R

Production: Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, Les Films Concordia, Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion

Distributor: Embassy Pictures, Motion Picture Marketing (MPM), Surf Film, Trans World Entertainment (TWE)

Countries: Italy, France, West Germany

Language: Italian

Domestic: $ 64