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1. Last Tango in Paris (1972)
NC-17 | 129 min | Drama, Romance
A young Parisian woman meets a middle-aged American businessman who demands their clandestine relationship be based only on sex.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi, Giovanna Galletti
Votes: 58,381 | Gross: $36.14M
2. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Paul Frankeur, Bulle Ogier
Votes: 46,854 | Gross: $0.20M
3. Avanti! (1972)
R | 144 min | Comedy, Romance
A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body--and discovers that Dad died with his long-time mistress.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill, Edward Andrews
Votes: 11,670 | Gross: $3.30M
4. The Canterbury Tales (1972)
NC-17 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Pasolini's artistic, sometimes violent, always vividly cinematic retelling of some of Chaucer's most erotic tales.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti
Votes: 8,233
5. Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
Not Rated | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
When a southern Italian town is rocked by a string of child murders, the police and two urban outcasts search for the culprit amid scapegoating within the superstitious community.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas
Votes: 10,704
6. What the Peeper Saw (1972)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A wealthy author's second wife begins to suspect that her 12-year-old stepson may have murdered his mother, who mysteriously died in a bathtub accident.
Directors: James Kelley, Andrea Bianchi | Stars: Mark Lester, Britt Ekland, Hardy Krüger, Lilli Palmer
Votes: 1,695
7. What? (1972)
R | 112 min | Comedy
During her Italian vacation, a young and beautiful American tourist finds herself as a guest in a coastal villa inhabited by some odd people.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Sydne Rome, Hugh Griffith, Romolo Valli
Votes: 4,493 | Gross: $0.00M
8. Man of La Mancha (1972)
PG | 132 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
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.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco, Harry Andrews
Votes: 4,781 | Gross: $3.79M
9. Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A series of murders are committed near the estate of a degenerate author and his mistreated wife.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Edwige Fenech, Anita Strindberg, Luigi Pistilli, Ivan Rassimov
Votes: 4,692
10. What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)
R | 107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A teacher who is having an affair with one of his students is reluctant to present an alibi when his lover witnesses the first in a series of murders connected to their school.
Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: Fabio Testi, Karin Baal, Cristina Galbó, Joachim Fuchsberger
Votes: 5,926
11. Sacrifice! (1972)
R | 93 min | Adventure, Horror, Romance
After a photographer is captured by a primitive tribe, his life is spared and he's accepted into the village after the chief's daughter falls for him, but he has to survive the jungle's harsh life, including the cannibals.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Ivan Rassimov, Me Me Lai, Prasitsak Singhara, Sulallewan Suxantat
Votes: 2,534 | Gross: $0.04M
12. Roma (1972)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
A fluid, unconnected and sometimes chaotic procession of scenes detailing the various people and events of life in Italy's capital, most of it based on director Federico Fellini's life.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Britta Barnes, Peter Gonzales Falcon, Fiona Florence, Pia De Doses
Votes: 13,807 | Gross: $0.73M
13. They're Coming to Get You! (1972)
R | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
A woman recovering from a car accident in which she lost her unborn child finds herself pursued by a coven of devil worshipers.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: George Hilton, Edwige Fenech, Ivan Rassimov, Julián Ugarte
Votes: 4,608
14. The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Having recently escaped the clutches of a hippie sex cult, a beautiful model is pursued by a serial killer whose previous victims include former occupants of her new apartment.
Director: Giuliano Carnimeo | Stars: Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, Paola Quattrini, Giampiero Albertini
Votes: 3,310
15. A Cop (1972)
PG | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
After a shaky first heist, a group of thieves plan an even more elaborate and risky second heist.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Alain Delon, Richard Crenna, Catherine Deneuve, Riccardo Cucciolla
Votes: 10,756 | Gross: $0.05M
16. Bluebeard (1972)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A World War I pilot whom everybody envies as a "ladykiller" actually is one. After he beds a woman he's after, he murders her.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, Virna Lisi, Nathalie Delon
Votes: 1,600
17. The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972)
PG | 99 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Two sisters inherit their family castle, which is said to be haunted by their ancestor, a dark-haired, red-robed woman who is said to take seven lives every hundred years.
Director: Emilio Miraglia | Stars: Barbara Bouchet, Ugo Pagliai, Marina Malfatti, Marino Masé
Votes: 3,221
18. The Valachi Papers (1972)
PG | 125 min | Crime, Drama
Gangster Joe Valachi is a marked man in the same joint where mob boss Don Vito Genovese is imprisoned and he's forced to co-operate with the DA in exchange for protection.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura, Jill Ireland, Walter Chiari
Votes: 4,446 | Gross: $20.27M
19. Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
PG | 121 min | Biography, Drama, History
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.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson, Kenneth Cranham
Votes: 4,947
20. The Crimes of the Black Cat (1972)
R | 96 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A blind pianist tries to figure out who is responsible for a string of murders using a black cat with its claws dipped in curare.
Director: Sergio Pastore | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Sylva Koscina, Giovanna Lenzi, Renato De Carmine
Votes: 1,045
21. State of Siege (1972)
Not Rated | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse, Jacques Weber
Votes: 6,066 | Gross: $1.13M
22. Baron Blood (1972)
PG | 90 min | Horror
A young man, visiting the castle of a murderous ancestor in Austria, accidentally brings his dead relative back to life - searching for new victims.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Elke Sommer, Massimo Girotti, Luciano Pigozzi
Votes: 4,219
23. Caliber 9 (1972)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A former gangster is forced to resume his old lifestyle when his violent, jealous ex-colleagues and the police believe that he knows the location of a stolen cache of $300,000.
Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Gastone Moschin, Barbara Bouchet, Mario Adorf, Frank Wolff
Votes: 4,718
24. The Call of the Wild (1972)
PG | 100 min | Adventure, Family, Western
A house dog is abducted and brought to the north as a sled dog.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Charlton Heston, Michèle Mercier, Raimund Harmstorf, George Eastman
Votes: 1,973
25. Amuck! (1972)
R | 98 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
The secretary of a writer and his wife investigates the disappearance of her lover - their previous secretary - and finds herself the target of the couple's erotic desires and a murder plot.
Director: Silvio Amadio | Stars: Farley Granger, Barbara Bouchet, Rosalba Neri, Umberto Raho
Votes: 1,334
26. The Grand Duel (1972)
R | 98 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A grizzled ex-sheriff helps a man framed for murder to confront the powerful trio of brothers who want him dead.
Director: Giancarlo Santi | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Alberto Dentice, Jess Hahn, Horst Frank
Votes: 3,456
27. Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972)
Unrated | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A woman, a survivor of a failed murder attempt by the so-called "Half-Moon Killer", and her husband try to find a connection between herself, six other women, and the killer.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Antonio Sabato, Uschi Glas, Pier Paolo Capponi, Rossella Falk
Votes: 2,692
28. Who Saw Her Die? (1972)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Between a four-year gap in the murder of a young girl, the daughter of a well-known sculptor is discovered dead, and her parents conduct an investigation, only to discover they are much out of their depth.
Director: Aldo Lado | Stars: George Lazenby, Anita Strindberg, Adolfo Celi, Dominique Boschero
Votes: 2,916
29. Liza (1972)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance
Liza slowly replaces Melampo, Giorgio's dog. While she accepts it, Giorgio forces her to wear collars and leashes.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni, Corinne Marchand, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 905
30. The Dead Are Alive! (1972)
R | 105 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A photographer on an archaeological expedition digging up Etruscan ruins in Italy begins to suspect that not all the Etruscans buried there are actually dead.
Director: Armando Crispino | Stars: Alex Cord, Samantha Eggar, John Marley, Nadja Tiller
Votes: 1,060 | Gross: $0.11M
31. Night of the Devils (1972)
Not Rated | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The patriarch of a wealthy family fears that he will show up one day in vampire form. Should this happen, he warns his family to not let him back into his house, no matter how much he begs them.
Director: Giorgio Ferroni | Stars: Gianni Garko, Agostina Belli, Roberto Maldera, Cinzia De Carolis
Votes: 1,614
32. ...And Hope to Die (1972)
PG | 99 min | Crime, Drama
A crook on the run hooks up with a criminal gang to commit a kidnapping. However, things don't go quite as planned.
Director: René Clément | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Robert Ryan, Lea Massari, Aldo Ray
Votes: 864
33. All's Well (1972)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
Godard examines the structure of movies, relationships and revolutions through the life of a couple in Paris.
Directors: Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin | Stars: Yves Montand, Jane Fonda, Vittorio Caprioli, Elizabeth Chauvin
Votes: 3,896
34. Don Quixote (1972)
Drama
Don Quixote is an unfinished film project produced, written and directed by Orson Welles. Principal photography took place between 1957 and 1969. Test footage was filmed as early as 1955, ... See full summary »
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Oja Kodar, Patty McCormack, Paola Mori, Francisco Reiguera
Votes: 151
35. Summertime Killer (1972)
PG | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A six-year-old boy witnesses mobsters beat his father to death. Twenty years later, the now-grown boy begins to track down and eliminate the men who did it, determined to wipe out the ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi | Stars: Karl Malden, Olivia Hussey, Christopher Mitchum, Raf Vallone
Votes: 458
36. The Italian Connection (1972)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A Milanese pimp is pursued by - and then pursues - a pair of New York hitmen and the gangsters who framed him for stealing a shipment of heroin.
Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Mario Adorf, Henry Silva, Woody Strode, Adolfo Celi
Votes: 2,862
37. Death Walks at Midnight (1972)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
During a drug-fuelled photoshoot, a model witnesses a brutal murder in the apartment opposite hers, and is forced to become an amateur sleuth to unravel the mystery.
Director: Luciano Ercoli | Stars: Nieves Navarro, Simón Andreu, Peter Martell, Carlo Gentili
Votes: 2,008
38. Tropic of Cancer (1972)
TV-MA | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
While vacationing in Haiti, a married couple meet an old doctor friend who resides there. Dr. Williams has invented a new drug formula, and there are a few unscrupulous parties interested in acquiring it by any means necessary.
Directors: Giampaolo Lomi, Edoardo Mulargia | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Anita Strindberg, Gabriele Tinti, Umberto Raho
Votes: 614
39. Eye in the Labyrinth (1972)
95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman searches for her missing lover, a psychiatrist who has suddenly vanished for no apparent reason. She ends up at a villa populated by a group of eccentric individuals. A string of murders commences immediately.
Director: Mario Caiano | Stars: Rosemary Dexter, Adolfo Celi, Horst Frank, Sybil Danning
Votes: 1,072
40. All the Way Boys (1972)
PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A bush-flying duo crash-land in the heart of the Peruvian jungle where an unscrupulous speculator controls a precious emerald source and an entire mining community. Can they right the wrongs, and in the process, manage to make a profit?
Director: Giuseppe Colizzi | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Carlos Muñoz
Votes: 7,517
41. Man of the East (1972)
PG | 123 min | Action, Comedy, Western
In the Wild West, a dead Englishman's greenhorn son joins his father's old gang and becomes a real frontier-man.
Director: Enzo Barboni | Stars: Terence Hill, Gregory Walcott, Yanti Somer, Dominic Barto
Votes: 3,204
42. The Seduction of Mimi (1972)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
Forced to leave his family in Sicily, Mimí finds a job in a factory in Turin, where he gets involved in an extramarital affair.
Director: Lina Wertmüller | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Agostina Belli, Luigi Diberti
Votes: 2,729 | Gross: $0.47M
43. Treasure Island (1972)
G | 94 min | Adventure, Family
Young Jim Hawkins has an unforgettable encounter with pirate Captain Long John Silver and his murderous mates.
Directors: John Hough, Andrea Bianchi, Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Orson Welles, Kim Burfield, Lionel Stander, Walter Slezak
Votes: 1,499
44. Cesar & Rosalie (1972)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Cesar is in love with Rosalie. But Rosalie isn't making it easy for him, especially when her old flame enters the picture.
Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Yves Montand, Romy Schneider, Sami Frey, Bernard Le Coq
Votes: 3,841
45. A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972)
PG | 92 min | Drama, Western
Branded a coward for surrendering his New Mexico fort to the Confederates without firing a shot, a Union colonel attempts to redeem himself by leading a band of condemned prisoners on a suicide mission to recapture it.
Director: Tonino Valerii | Stars: James Coburn, Bud Spencer, Telly Savalas, Reinhard Kolldehoff
Votes: 2,201
46. The Eroticist (1972)
R | 96 min | Comedy
A senator vying for the Italian Presidency seeks to cure his penchant for sexual harassment, all while a cabal of politicians linked to the Vatican try to keep the story under wraps.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Lando Buzzanca, Lionel Stander, Laura Antonelli, Corrado Gaipa
Votes: 672
47. Byleth: The Demon of Incest (1972)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Horror
A man who's been in love with his sister since childhood returns after a year's absence to find she has married. Soon, several women in the area start turning up dead with strange wounds on their necks.
Director: Leopoldo Savona | Stars: Mark Damon, Claudia Gravy, Aldo Bufi Landi, Franco Jamonte
Votes: 476
48. Sonny and Jed (1972)
R | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A determined sheriff pursues a robber and his girlfriend and lets nothing get in the way of catching them.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Tomas Milian, Susan George, Telly Savalas, Rosanna Yanni
Votes: 737
49. Naked Girl Murdered in the Park (1972)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
An investigator is assigned to investigate a man's family after he is found dead only hours after taking out a million dollar insurance policy.
Director: Alfonso Brescia | Stars: Robert Hoffmann, Irina Demick, Pilar Velázquez, Howard Ross
Votes: 525
50. Alfredo, Alfredo (1972)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Romance
Alfredo, a timid young Italian, lusts after and woos the beautiful Maria Rosa. But when he manages to marry her, he discovers life is not nearly so blissful as he expected.
Director: Pietro Germi | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Stefania Sandrelli, Carla Gravina, Saro Urzì
Votes: 1,184 | Gross: $0.15M
51. The French Sex Murders (1972)
Not Rated | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A man is accused of killing his favorite prostitute in a French brothel. He's tried and sentenced to death. He tries to escape but dies during pursuit. Soon, people connected to the case are killed one by one.
Director: Ferdinando Merighi | Stars: Anita Ekberg, Rosalba Neri, Evelyne Kraft, Howard Vernon
Votes: 1,114
52. Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
PG | 123 min | Drama, History, Romance
A noblewoman doomed to a loveless marriage falls into a scandalous affair with the dashing Lord Byron.
Director: Robert Bolt | Stars: Sarah Miles, Jon Finch, Richard Chamberlain, John Mills
Votes: 555
53. La ragazza dalla pelle di luna (1972)
R | 79 min | Drama, Romance
Alberto, an engineer, and Helen, a magazine photographer, have been married for a few years, but their marriage is in crisis. They decide to take a trip to the Seychelles, where everything will happen.
Director: Luigi Scattini | Stars: Ugo Pagliai, Beba Loncar, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Zeudi Araya Cristaldi
Votes: 122
54. Quel gran pezzo della Ubalda tutta nuda e tutta calda (1972)
91 min | Comedy
During the Middle Ages, a clumsy knight returns home where his wife awaits him. Sensuous and beautiful, she has attracted several male admirers during his absence, but her chastity belt has... See full summary »
Director: Mariano Laurenti | Stars: Edwige Fenech, Pippo Franco, Karin Schubert, Umberto D'Orsi
Votes: 577
55. The Murder Mansion (1972)
R | 86 min | Horror, Thriller
A couple lost in thick fog, take refuge in an old mansion next to a cemetery, and strange things start to happen.
Director: Francisco Lara Polop | Stars: Analía Gadé, Ida Galli, Andrés Resino, Lisa Leonardi
Votes: 1,420
56. Knife of Ice (1972)
91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A mute woman finds herself at the center of a series of murders in the mountains of Spain, which police suspect are being committed by a drug-addled Satanist.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Carroll Baker, Alan Scott, Ida Galli, Eduardo Fajardo
Votes: 1,342
57. The Outside Man (1972)
PG | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After fulfilling a contract killing in Los Angeles, a French hit man becomes the target of a hit himself and tries to flee back to Paris.
Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ann-Margret, Roy Scheider, Angie Dickinson
Votes: 1,113
58. The Slasher ...is the Sex Maniac! (1972)
X | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A serial killer is on the loose. His victims are unfaithful wives and he always leaves compromising photographs at the crime scene.
Director: Roberto Bianchi Montero | Stars: Farley Granger, Sylva Koscina, Silvano Tranquilli, Annabella Incontrera
Votes: 1,094
59. Docteur Popaul (1972)
95 min | Comedy
Doctor Popaul doesn't trust beautiful women: he says he prefers "moral beauty". Among colleagues he makes a bet who manages to sleep with the most ugly woman during the next year - and wins... See full summary »
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Mia Farrow, Laura Antonelli, Daniel Lecourtois
Votes: 730
60. It Can Be Done Amigo (1972)
PG | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
A drifter with fast fists and a gunfighter-pimp with fast guns help a child claim his inheritance.
Director: Maurizio Lucidi | Stars: Bud Spencer, Jack Palance, Francisco Rabal, Renato Cestiè
Votes: 1,685
61. The Mattei Affair (1972)
R | 116 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
An Italian industrialist died in a plane crash. An accident or an assassination?
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Luigi Squarzina, Peter Baldwin, Renato Romano
Votes: 2,461
62. The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
R | 103 min | Biography, Drama, History
After having been forced to leave the Soviet Union 1929 Trotsky has ended up in Mexico 1940. He is still busy with politics, promoting socialism to the world. Stalin has sent out an ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Richard Burton, Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Valentina Cortese
Votes: 1,956
63. We Won't Grow Old Together (1972)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A husband and wife in a loveless marriage struggle to remain ignorant to their failed relationship.
Director: Maurice Pialat | Stars: Marlène Jobert, Jean Yanne, Christine Fabréga, Patricia Pierangeli
Votes: 2,189 | Gross: $0.01M
64. Justine De Sade (1972)
X | 100 min | Drama
Justine is a poor serving girl who tries to maintain her virtue and her standards. Unfortunately, she is victimized by everyone she encounters.
Director: Claude Pierson | Stars: Alice Arno, Yves Arcanel, Michel Bertay, Georges Beauvilliers
Votes: 462
65. The Scopone Game (1972)
Not Rated | 113 min | Comedy, Drama
Every year, a Countess invites a poor Italian family to play in a card game.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Joseph Cotten, Bette Davis
Votes: 2,597
66. The Master and Margaret (1972)
95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A writer and his assistant are working on a biblical story about Pontius Pilate who convicted Jesus of Nazereth, while the Satan (here called Woland) and his lieutenants are harassing the writer duo in various ways.
Director: Aleksandar Petrovic | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Mimsy Farmer, Alain Cuny, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic
Votes: 791
67. Indian Summer (1972)
132 min | Drama, Romance
In Italy, gambler and poetry professor Daniele Dominici arrives in the seaside town of Rimini and is hired to teach for four months at a high school, replacing another teacher. His ... See full summary »
Director: Valerio Zurlini | Stars: Alain Delon, Giancarlo Giannini, Sonia Petrovna, Renato Salvatori
Votes: 2,616
68. Beautiful Antonia, First a Nun Then a Demon (1972)
82 min | Comedy
To spite her father, a young woman enters a convent. However, the woman's old boyfriend shows up and tries to win her back.
Director: Mariano Laurenti | Stars: Edwige Fenech, Piero Focaccia, Riccardo Garrone, Dada Gallotti
Votes: 252
69. The French Conspiracy (1972)
PG | 120 min | Thriller
Sadiel, a Leftist leader in a North African state, takes refuge in Switzerland in the aftermath of a coup. Aware of the threat Sadiel poses, ruthless Colonel Kassar contacts the French ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michel Piccoli, Jean Seberg, Gian Maria Volontè
Votes: 887
70. Money Money Money (1972)
R | 113 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions. Among their hostages are singer Johnny Hallyday and an ambassador in ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Lino Ventura, Jacques Brel, Charles Denner, Johnny Hallyday
Votes: 2,487 | Gross: $0.18M
71. Do Not Commit Adultery (1972)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Pino is a young man who lives in Assisi with his father Damiano, a communist revolutionary, and his partner Nadine. One day Pino sees Maria Teresa studying Latin and starts giving her some lessons. Soon they fall in love.
Director: Giulio Petroni | Stars: Barbara Bouchet, Dado Crostarosa, Claudio Gora, Marisa Merlini
Votes: 107
72. Frankenstein '80 (1972)
Not Rated | 85 min | Horror
A mad scientist creates a monster called "Mosaico," who breaks out of the laboratory to hunt down and kill beautiful women.
Director: Mario Mancini | Stars: John Richardson, Gordon Mitchell, Renato Romano, Xiro Papas
Votes: 534
73. A White Dress for Marialé (1972)
92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman, who witnessed her father kill himself as a child, invites several friends to her husband's secluded castle. Unbeknownst to them, she has a sinister motive for the invitation.
Director: Romano Scavolini | Stars: Ida Galli, Luigi Pistilli, Ivan Rassimov, Pilar Velázquez
Votes: 722
74. The Master Touch (1972)
PG | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A just released from prison professional thief decides to do one last high-risk heist, which could settle him for life or land him behind bars again.
Director: Michele Lupo | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Giuliano Gemma, Florinda Bolkan, Wolfgang Preiss
Votes: 694
75. The Big Bust-Out (1972)
75 min | Action, Thriller
Seven beautiful women in a high security prison set the stage for a big bust out.
Director: Ernst Ritter von Theumer | Stars: Tony Kendall, Monica Teuber, William Berger, Gordon Mitchell
Votes: 321
76. L'udienza (1972)
112 min | Drama, Mystery
A young man from north Italy named Amedeo decides to come to Rome.He has a crazy idea in his head to meet the pope.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Enzo Jannacci, Claudia Cardinale, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 759
77. Delirium (1972)
R | 102 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A respected psychologist who regularly works with the police becomes a suspect in a series of gruesome murders of young women.
Director: Renato Polselli | Stars: Mickey Hargitay, Rita Calderoni, Raul Lovecchio, Carmen Young
Votes: 1,226
78. Shadows Unseen (1972)
102 min | Drama, Crime
A journalist is attacked and killed. Inspector Luca Micheli investigates the crime, and finds a suspect named Delogo but, though the suspect himself confesses that he murdered Galiardin, ... See full summary »
Director: Camillo Bazzoni | Stars: Frederick Stafford, Marilù Tolo, Franco Fabrizi, Reinhard Kolldehoff
Votes: 117
79. La casa de las palomas (1972)
90 min | Drama
The widow Alexandra and her schoolgirl daughter Sandra live together in a luxurious villa in Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain. When Fernando, an old love of Alexandra's, appears in town the two ... See full summary »
Director: Claudio Guerín | Stars: Ornella Muti, Lucia Bosè, Glen Lee, Carmen de Lirio
Votes: 150
80. Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods (1972)
90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An old professor rents a mysterious old villa, and finds a tape recorded by a previous occupant, detailing her debauched lifestyle and the events leading to her murder.
Director: Sauro Scavolini | Stars: Erika Blanc, Peter Lee Lawrence, Ezio Marano, Rosario Borelli
Votes: 438
81. Le moine (1972)
94 min | Drama, Horror
Ambrosio is a monk who is sexually tempted by an emissary of the Devil, a young girl in monk's robes.
Director: Adonis Kyrou | Stars: Franco Nero, Nathalie Delon, Nicol Williamson, Nadja Tiller
Votes: 354
82. Winged Devils (1972)
Not Rated | 102 min | Action, Comedy, Sport
The real-life courage and audacity of aeronautic acrobats whose ground life is often as exciting as flight maneuvers.
Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Riccardo Salvino, Pino Colizzi, Mico Cundari, Giancarlo Prete
Votes: 48
83. The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life (1972)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A salesman chasing by car a beautiful female biker in order to flirt finds a castle where he is accused in a game trial for murder.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Michel Simon, Charles Vanel, Claude Dauphin
Votes: 864
84. Scoumoune (1972)
101 min | Crime, Drama
For more than 15 years, two Marseille friends and criminals battle the law, rival gangs, prison authorities and even mined beaches in order to survive.
Director: José Giovanni | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Michel Constantin, Enrique Lucero
Votes: 1,248
85. Cops Is Cops (1972)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Crime
For a special mission to destroy drug dealers in Nice, hardcore bachelor inspector Campana has to don the role of a married man with a child. He adjusts himself well but will have to fight a lot before being able to achieve final victory.
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Alain Delon, Mireille Darc, Michel Constantin, Michael Lonsdale
Votes: 734
86. My Dear Killer (1972)
100 min | Mystery, Thriller
A mysterious decapitation leads Inspector Peretti into a case of blackmail, deceit, and the unsolved kidnapping of a young girl.
Director: Tonino Valerii | Stars: George Hilton, Salvo Randone, William Berger, Manuel Zarzo
Votes: 1,661
87. Torino nera (1972)
105 min | Drama, Crime
Mino and Lello, two sons of a worker wrongly accused of murder, try to find out evidence of his innocence and begin to investigate mafia business in Torino.
Director: Carlo Lizzani | Stars: Andrea Balestri, Domenico Santoro, Françoise Fabian, Marcel Bozzuffi
Votes: 391
88. Salome (1972)
76 min | Drama
A psychedelic re-telling of the biblical story. Salome is the daughter of the second wife of King Herod. The King is infatuated with her and after she fails to seduce the prophet John (The ... See full summary »
Director: Carmelo Bene | Stars: Carmelo Bene, Lydia Mancinelli, Alfiero Vincenti, Donyale Luna
Votes: 442
89. Execution Squad (1972)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama
This is a story of a secret organization of former police officers, who go beyond the law, to kill notorious criminals without trial. One police inspector, (Enrico Maria Salerno) tries to ... See full summary »
Director: Steno | Stars: Enrico Maria Salerno, Mariangela Melato, Mario Adorf, Franco Fabrizi
Votes: 844
90. Le Sex Shop (1972)
X | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
The owner of a book shop in Paris suffers a personal crisis. In order to solve it he decides to convert his library into a sex shop, but the only effect is that he turns himself into a sexual obsessive.
Director: Claude Berri | Stars: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Juliet Berto, Claude Berri, Francesca Romana Coluzzi
Votes: 362 | Gross: $0.31M
91. Seven Murders for Scotland Yard (1972)
R | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In this version of the famous story of the London serial killer, Jack not only likes to kill prostitutes but he is a cannibal as well.
Director: José Luis Madrid | Stars: Paul Naschy, Patricia Loran, Renzo Marignano, Orchidea De Santis
Votes: 356
92. White Sister (1972)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
A nun falls in love with her patient, who happens to be a communist.
Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Sophia Loren, Adriano Celentano, Fernando Rey, Juan Luis Galiardo
Votes: 383
93. The Killer Is on the Phone (1972)
R | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
When a beautiful actress returns from a short trip to London, a mysterious man begins to stalk her. As she slowly turns the corner, she sees him and faints. Hours later she awakens, unable to recognize her own husband and friends.
Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Telly Savalas, Anne Heywood, Osvaldo Ruggieri, Giorgio Piazza
Votes: 357
94. Decameron n° 2 - Le altre novelle del Boccaccio (1972)
98 min | Comedy
During a banquet, the diners begin to tell various stories to be happy. All the novels speak of betrayals and erotic adventures.
Director: Mino Guerrini | Stars: Enzo Pulcrano, Claudia Bianchi, Salvatore Giocondo, Mario Brega
Votes: 57
95. Smile Before Death (1972)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
After the death of her mother, which was ruled as suicide, a teenage girl comes back home to find her mother's husband, and a female photographer, occupying the house. But nothing is as it seems.
Director: Silvio Amadio | Stars: Jenny Tamburi, Silvano Tranquilli, Rosalba Neri, Hiram Keller
Votes: 759
96. Tragic Ceremony (1972)
82 min | Crime, Horror
Four young people witness a black mass at a remote English estate, and find themselves terrorized while they attempt to make sense of what they witnessed.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Camille Keaton, Tony Isbert, Máximo Valverde, Luigi Pistilli
Votes: 639
97. Devil in the Brain (1972)
106 min | Mystery, Thriller
A child suspected of killing his father is imprisoned in a mental hospital. A doctor finds him mentally healthy and begins to suspect another explanation.
Director: Sergio Sollima | Stars: Stefania Sandrelli, Keir Dullea, Micheline Presle, Tino Buazzelli
Votes: 295
98. Arcana (1972)
102 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A Sicilian widow earns her living as a clairvoyant, in Milan, but she hasn't got any power at all. Her son instead holds supernatural powers and with the help of his mother he becomes a ... See full summary »
Director: Giulio Questi | Stars: Lucia Bosè, Maurizio Degli Esposti, Tina Aumont, Rosaria
Votes: 358
99. L'arma l'ora il Movente (1972)
Not Rated | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A sexually-promiscuous priest is stabbed to death inside a church.
Director: Francesco Mazzei | Stars: Renzo Montagnani, Bedy Moratti, Eva Czemerys, Salvatore Puntillo
Votes: 545
100. The Old Maid (1972)
85 min | Comedy
A shy thirty year old woman and an aging bachelor find a way to each other, after initial complications.
Director: Jean-Pierre Blanc | Stars: Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret, Marthe Keller, Edith Scob
Votes: 520
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