Category:1972, Top Films

1968 -- 1969 -- 1970 -- 1971

-- -- 1972, Top Films -- --

1973 -- 1974 -- 1975 -- 1976

Oscar, Best Films

-- The Godfather -- Cabaret -- Deliverance -- The Emigrants -- Sounder -- The Godfather -- Sleuth -- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (France)

Golden Globe, Best Films

-- The Godfather -- Cabaret -- Young Winston -- The Emigrants (Sweden) -- The New Land (Sweden)

-- The Godfather -- The Poseidon Adventure -- What's Up, Doc? -- Deliverance -- Jeremiah Johnson -- Cabaret -- Deep Throat -- The Getaway -- Lady Sings the Blues -- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex

National Board of Review

-- Cabaret -- Sounder

-- Man of La Mancha -- The Godfather -- 1776 -- The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds -- Deliverance -- The Ruling Class -- The Candidate -- Frenzy

National Board of Review

-- Cabaret -- Sounder

-- Deliverance -- The Godfather

-- Betty Tells Her Story -- Pink Flamingos -- Super Fly -- A Computer Animated Hand Animated <short> -- Film Portrait <doc> -- Hot Dogs for Gauguin <short> -- Lives of Performers <short> -- Our Lady of the Sphere <short>

NYT, Best Films

-- Cabaret

-- The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick -- What's Up, Doc? -- The Godfather -- The Ruling Class -- Fat City -- Frenzy -- Junior Bonner -- Deliverance -- Love in the Afternoon -- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie -- Ulzana's Raid -- The King of Marvin Gardens -- Last Tango in Paris -- The Heartbreak Kid -- Cries & Whispers -- Aguirre, the Wrath of God

TSPDT, Best Films

-- Cabaret -- Solaris

-- The Godfather -- Aguirre: The Wrath of God -- The Godfather -- Cries and Whispers -- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie -- Last Tango in Paris -- The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant -- Deliverance -- Fellini's Roma -- Fat City -- Pink Flamingos

Top10ner, Best Films

-- Cabaret -- Solaris

-- The Godfather -- Deliverance -- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie -- Sleuth -- Cries and Whispers -- Aguirre: The Wrath of God

Film101, Best Films

-- Cabaret -- Solaris

-- The Godfather -- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie -- Aguirre, The Wrath of God -- Deliverance -- Cries and Whispers

-- Last Tango in Paris -- Fat City -- Frenzy -- Sleuth -- The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant -- The Ruling Class

ChildActors, Best Films

-- The Cowboys -- Sounder

-- The Biscuit Eater -- Torino nera (Italy) -- Treasure Island (UK)

-- The Amazing Mr. Blunden (UK) -- Ben -- The Boy Who Turned Yellow (UK) -- Corky -- Diabólica malicia AKA What the Peeper Saw (Italy) -- Euch werd ich's zeigen (East Germany) -- Every Little Crook and Nanny -- The Genesis Children -- Das goldene Ding (West Germany) -- Kadoyng (UK) -- Keby som mal pusku (Czechoslovakia) -- Krasno solnyshko AKA Little Red Sun (URSS) -- The Little Ark -- Mi niño Tizoc (Mexico) -- My Childhood (UK) -- My tri a pes z Petipes (Czechoslovakia) -- Napoleon and Samantha -- Non si sevizia un paperino / Don't Torture a Duckling (Italy) -- Nya hyss av Emil i Lönneberga (Sweden) -- The Other -- Pepito y la lámpara maravillosa / Pepito and Aladdin's Lamp (Mexico) -- Petka v kosmose (URSS) -- Un pirata de doce años (Mexico) -- The Possession of Joel Delaney -- Rage -- Rivals -- S detza na more / With Children at the Seaside (Bulgaria) -- Senza ragione / Redneck (Italy) -- Si Può Fare... Amigo / It Can Be Done, Friend (Italy) -- Something Wicked This Way Comes (UK) -- Ten okrutny, nikczemny chlopak / This Cruel, Villainous Boy (Poland) -- To All My Friends on Shore -- Vuk samotnjak / Lone Wolf (Yugoslavia) -- Vyatarat na pateshestviyata / Tail Wind (Bulgaria) -- Young Winston (UK)

Best International Films

{France} -- Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie / The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Oscar)

{Italy} -- The Mattei Affair -- Last Tango in Paris -- Lo scopone scientifico -- L'udienza

{Japan} -- Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion -- Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 -- Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance -- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx -- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades -- The Long Darkness -- Under the Flag of the Rising Sun