Best most potent award winning movies from 1972
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1 The Godfather (1972)
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
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- 1972-03-14 | Drama / Crime
Cast
- Marlon Brando, Al Pacino
Rating
- 8.69
2 Cries and Whispers (1972)
As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so deeply immersed in their own psychic pains that they can't offer her the support she needs. Maria is wracked with guilt at her husband's attempted suicide, caused by his discovery of her extramarital affair. The self-loathing, suicidal Karin seems to regard her sister with revulsion. Only Anna, the deeply religious maid who lost her young child, seems able to offer Agnes solace and empathy.
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- 1972-12-21 | Drama
Cast
- Harriet Andersson, Ingrid Thulin
Rating
- 7.939
3 Cabaret (1972)
Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.
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- 1972-02-13 | Music / Drama
Cast
- Liza Minnelli, Michael York
Rating
- 7.402
4 Last Tango in Paris (1972)
A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.
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- 1972-12-15 | Drama / Romance
Cast
- Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider
Rating
- 6.944
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5 Deliverance (1972)
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
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- 1972-08-18 | Drama / Adventure
Cast
- Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds
Rating
- 7.317
6 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
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- 1972-09-15 | Comedy
Cast
- Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig
Rating
- 7.49
7 Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are featured.
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- 1972-10-12 | Drama / Music
Cast
- Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams
Rating
- 6.9
8 Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon River in search of the lost city of El Dorado. When great difficulties arise, Aguirre’s men start to wonder whether their quest will lead them to prosperity or certain death.
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- 1972-12-29 | History / Adventure
Cast
- Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo
Rating
- 7.465
9 Bone (1972)
A thief breaks into the home of a wealthy, happily married Beverly Hills couple. He soon finds out, though, that the couple is neither as wealthy as he thought they were and are not as happily married as they appeared.
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- 1972-07-01 | Comedy / Thriller
Cast
- Yaphet Kotto, Andrew Duggan
Rating
- 5.8
10 Fist of Fury (1972)
Chen Chen returns to his former school in Shanghai when he learns that his beloved instructor has been murdered. While investigating the man's death, Chen discovers that a rival Japanese school is operating a drug smuggling ring. To avenge his master’s death, Chen takes on both Chinese and Japanese assassins… and even a towering Russian.
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- 1972-03-22 | Drama / Action
Cast
- Bruce Lee, Nora Miao
Rating
- 7.26