Best 1972 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 1972 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.

#20. The Getaway
- Stacker score: 66.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 38,000)
- Metascore: 55
- Director: Sam Peckinpah
- Actors: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson
- Runtime: 2 hours 3 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: N/A

#19. The Way of the Dragon
- Stacker score: 67.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 44,000)
- Metascore: 58
- Director: Bruce Lee
- Actors: Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Nora Miao
- Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: N/A

#18. Horror Express
- Stacker score: 69.3
- IMDb user rating: 6.5 (votes: 14,000)
- Metascore: 68
- Director: Eugenio Martín
- Actors: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alberto de Mendoza
- Runtime: 1 hour 28 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: N/A

#17. Silent Running
- Stacker score: 69.3
- IMDb user rating: 6.6 (votes: 33,000)
- Metascore: 67
- Director: Douglas Trumbull
- Actors: Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin
- Runtime: 1 hour 29 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: N/A

#16. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask
- Stacker score: 69.3
- IMDb user rating: 6.7 (votes: 43,000)
- Metascore: 66
- Director: Woody Allen
- Actors: Woody Allen, Gene Wilder, Louise Lasser
- Runtime: 1 hour 28 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $18,016,290

#15. Slaughterhouse-Five
- Stacker score: 69.8
- IMDb user rating: 6.8 (votes: 14,000)
- Metascore: 66
- Director: George Roy Hill
- Actors: Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche
- Runtime: 1 hour 44 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: N/A

#14. The Candidate
- Stacker score: 70.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (votes: 13,000)
- Metascore: 66
- Director: Michael Ritchie
- Actors: Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas
- Runtime: 1 hour 50 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: N/A

#13. Sisters
- Stacker score: 71.9
- IMDb user rating: 6.8 (votes: 23,000)
- Metascore: 70
- Director: Brian De Palma
- Actors: Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning
- Runtime: 1 hour 33 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: N/A

#12. Fist of Fury
- Stacker score: 72.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 36,000)
- Metascore: 68
- Director: Wei Lo
- Actors: Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, James Tien
- Runtime: 1 hour 47 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: N/A

#11. The Poseidon Adventure
- Stacker score: 73.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 52,000)
- Metascore: 70
- Director: Ronald Neame
- Actors: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters
- Runtime: 1 hour 57 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $84,563,118

#10. Last Tango in Paris
- Stacker score: 75.5
- IMDb user rating: 6.8 (votes: 61,000)
- Metascore: 77
- Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
- Actors: Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi
- Runtime: 2 hours 9 minutes
- Rating: NC-17
- Box office: $36,144,000

#9. What's Up, Doc?
- Stacker score: 78.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 29,000)
- Metascore: 73
- Director: Peter Bogdanovich
- Actors: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn
- Runtime: 1 hour 34 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $66,000,000

#8. Jeremiah Johnson
- Stacker score: 78.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 37,000)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: Sydney Pollack
- Actors: Robert Redford, Will Geer, Delle Bolton
- Runtime: 1 hour 48 minutes
- Rating: GP
- Box office: N/A

#7. Play It Again, Sam
- Stacker score: 79.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 29,000)
- Metascore: 77
- Director: Herbert Ross
- Actors: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts
- Runtime: 1 hour 25 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: N/A

#6. Deliverance
- Stacker score: 81.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 126,000)
- Metascore: 80
- Director: John Boorman
- Actors: Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty
- Runtime: 1 hour 49 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: N/A

#5. Cabaret
- Stacker score: 82.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 63,000)
- Metascore: 80
- Director: Bob Fosse
- Actors: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem
- Runtime: 2 hours 4 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: N/A

#4. Fat City
- Stacker score: 83.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 11,000)
- Metascore: 89
- Director: John Huston
- Actors: Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell
- Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: N/A

#3. Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii
- Stacker score: 83.9
- IMDb user rating: 8.6 (votes: 11,000)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: Adrian Maben
- Actors: David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright
- Runtime: 1 hour 32 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: N/A

#2. Frenzy
- Stacker score: 86.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 52,000)
- Metascore: 92
- Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- Actors: Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt
- Runtime: 1 hour 56 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: N/A

#1. The Godfather
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 9.2 (votes: 2.2 million)
- Metascore: 100
- Director: Francis Ford Coppola
- Actors: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan
- Runtime: 2 hours 55 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $136,381,073