1972 in film
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Top grossing films
- The Poseidon Adventure
- The Godfather
- Fiddler on the Roof
- Diamonds Are Forever
- What's Up, Doc?, starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal
- Dirty Harry
- The Last Picture Show
- A Clockwork Orange
- Cabaret, starring Liza Minnelli
- The Hospital
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask) (film)
- Best Picture: The Godfather - Albert S. Ruddy, Paramount
- Best Director : Bob Fosse - Cabaret
- Best Actor: Marlon Brando - The Godfather (declined)
- Best Actress: Liza Minnelli - Cabaret
- Best Supporting Actor ; Joel Grey - Cabaret
- Best Supporting Actress : Eileen Heckart - Butterflies Are Free
Births
- January 1- Catherine McCormack, actress
- January 2- Taye Diggs, actor
- January 11- Amanda Peet, actress
- January 15- Kobe Tai (also known as Carla Scott), adult and mainstream actress
- March 23 - Judith Godrèche, actress
- March 31 - Alejandro Amenábar, Spanish director, writer and soundtrack composer
- May 28 - Chiara Mastroianni, actress
- June 12- Robin Tunney, actress
- August 12- Rebecca Gayheart,actress
- September 28 - Gwyneth Paltrow, actress
- October 17- Eminem (also known as Marshall Mathers), rap star and actor
- November 1 - Jenny McCarthy,actress
- November 7 - Jeremy and Jason London, actors
- December 7 - Jennifer Syme, entertainment industry employee (d. 2001)
Deaths
- January 1 - Maurice Chevalier, French actor/singer
- January 8 - Wesley Ruggles, movie director, producer
- January 17 - Rochelle Hudson, actress
- February 2 - Jessie Royce Landis, actress
- February 7 - Walter Lang, director
- March 20 - Marilyn Maxwell, actress
- April 5 - Isabel Jewell, actress
- April 5 - Brian Donlevy, actor
- April 30 - Gia Scala, actress
- May 3 - Bruce Cabot, actor
- May 15 - Nigel Green, actor
- May 21 - Margaret Rutherford, actress
- July 6 - Brandon De Wilde, actor
- August 7 - Joi Lansing, actress
- October 9 - Miriam Hopkins, actress
- October 24 - Claire Windsor, actress (b. 1897)
- November 23 - Marie Wilson, actress
- December 9 - Louella Parsons, Hollywood columnist
- December 26 - Harry S. Truman, president/actor
Other movies released
- 1776
- The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
- Avanti!
- Blacula
- The Candidate
- The Canterbury Tales, Golden Bear winner
- Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
- The Cowboys
- Cries and Whispers
- Deliverance
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
- The Emigrants
- Frenzy
- Fritz the Cat — first animated movie to receive an X rating.
- The Getaway
- Godzilla vs. Gigan
- The Heartbreak Kid
- Images (film)
- Lady Sings the Blues
- The Mattei Affair, Palme d'Or winner
- Napoleon and Samantha
- ''Play It Again, Sam
- The Poseidon Adventure
- Prime Cut, starring Lee Marvin and Gene Hackman
- Shaft's Big Score
- Slaughterhouse-Five
- Sleuth, with Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine
- Solaris, Russian version, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
- Sounder, starring Cicely Tyson
- Superfly
- They Call Me Trinity, spaghetti western with Terence Hill
- Treasure Island, starring Orson Welles
- Ultimo tango a Parigi (Last Tango in paris)
- Une belle fille comme moi, directed by François Truffaut
- The Working Class Goes to Heaven, Palme d'Or winner
- Young Winston
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