Best award winning movies with a plenty of twist from 1972

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a plenty of twist from 1972! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a plenty of twist from 1972, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

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

rating icon 8.689
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #19 for
    like Scarface
  2. Ranked #43 for
    foster father
  3. Ranked #59 for
    Oscar-worthy performance

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2 The Seduction of Mimi (1972)

Voting against the Mafia in what he thinks is a secret ballot costs Sicilian laborer Mimi his livelihood. He leaves his wife, flees to Turin and romances a Communist organizer - but he just can’t shake the Mafia. When they lure Mimi back to Sicily with a better job, he must keep his lover – and love child – under wraps. That’s when his wife announces she’s pregnant.

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1972-02-19 | Comedy

Cast

Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato

Rating

rating icon 7.146
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #27 for
    good girl
  2. Ranked #326 for
    jealous
  3. Ranked #336 for
    sociopolitical

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3 Murder Mansion (1972)

A group of travelers, stranded at an isolated, fog-bound mansion, are beset upon by the living dead from the adjoining cemetery.

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1972-08-05 | Horror

Cast

Ida Galli, Analía Gadé

Rating

rating icon 5.78
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #22 for
    misty
  2. Ranked #64 for
    good girl
  3. Ranked #129 for
    for the fearless

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4 Butterflies Are Free (1972)

Striving to be independent, the blind but determined Don Baker moves away from his overprotective mother. After settling into his new San Francisco digs, Don meets kooky neighbor Jill Tanner. Don's quick wit and good looks disarm the free-spirited Jill, and before long they're more than just friends. Will Mrs. Baker's incessant meddling destroy Don and Jill's budding relationship?

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1972-07-06 | Comedy / Romance

Cast

Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert

Rating

rating icon 6.805
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #120 for
    dated
  2. Ranked #158 for
    deformed
  3. Ranked #278 for
    first timer

Trailer

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5 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

rating icon 7.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #38 for
    impressionistic
  2. Ranked #116 for
    gastronomic
  3. Ranked #119 for
    lowbrow

Trailer

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6 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

rating icon 7.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #79 for
    consoling
  2. Ranked #138 for
    with marital problems
  3. Ranked #155 for
    juxtaposition

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7 The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.

Info

1972-12-13 | Adventure / Drama

Cast

Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine

Rating

rating icon 7.085
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #64 for
    Disaster Movie
  2. Ranked #141 for
    like Titanic
  3. Ranked #169 for
    critically acclaimed

Trailer

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8 Sleuth (1972)

A mystery novelist devises an insurance scam with his wife's lover – but things aren't exactly as they seem. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Info

1972-12-10 | Thriller / Mystery

Cast

Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine

Rating

rating icon 7.685
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #10 for
    cat-and-mouse
  2. Ranked #34 for
    with cockney accent
  3. Ranked #483 for
    proof positive

Trailer

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9 The Ruling Class (1972)

When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.

Info

1972-09-13 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #35 for
    self-parodic cast
  2. Ranked #66 for
    Black Comedy
  3. Ranked #74 for
    vaudevillian

Trailer

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10 Horror Express (1972)

Mysterious and unearthly deaths start to occur while Professor Saxton is transporting the frozen remains of a primitive humanoid creature he found in Manchuria back to Europe.

Info

1972-09-30 | Horror

Cast

Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing

Rating

rating icon 6.335
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #19 for
    naturalist
  2. Ranked #97 for
    nifty
  3. Ranked #114 for
    Cosmic Horror

Trailer

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