Best Drama Films of 1972
Tout Va Bien
After collaborating on a ... to Jane, in which they dissected a photo of Fonda in Vietnam for its multiple levels of political meaning. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
The Candidate
"What do we do ... the increasingly cynical political process, posing unanswerable questions that have become all the more pressing with every soundbite-ruled election. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
The Assassination of Trotsky
This film is Joseph ... Jackson, begins to warm up to him, never realizing that Jackson will be the man to finally kill him. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
The Master and Margaret
This strident Yugoslavian/Italian film ... of the theater. The film makes many guarded references to the persecution (past and present) of artists under communism. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Cry of the Prostitute
Barbara Bouchet stars as ... the heck, the money's good. It's not for nothing that Cry of a Prostitute carries a hard "R" rating. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Heat
Heat is one of ... a brief relationship. This ends, however, when Dallessandro decides that he wants to handle his career on his own. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Journey
Genevieve Bujold stars as ... pioneer (John Vernon); after settling in his community, she brings bad luck to all those who cross her path. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Pope Joan
Liv Ullman portrays a ... her past (Franco Nero) and Joan must hide her delicate condition from the papal authorities and the rowdy masses. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
The Waltons: Season 01
Introduced to viewers in ... two-episode season finale "The Easter Story," the family is plunged into despair when Olivia Walton is stricken with polio. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
The King of Marvin Gardens
Dreams die hard in ... firmly in the 1970s Hollywood art cinema, and its failure became one more sign of that cycle's popular limits. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Lady Caroline Lamb
Screenwriter Robert Bolt's directorial ... Byron (Richard Chamberlain). The film then chronicles Lady Caroline Lamb's supreme sacrifice on behalf of her husband's political career. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Fear in the Night
Peter Cushing took time ... Heller's wife (Judy Geeson) insane and thus induce her to kill Carmichael, thereby removing all roadblocks to Molly's happiness. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
The Biscuit Eater
In this touching adventure, ... differences to team up and befriend a feral bird dog, whom they train to participate in a fence-jumping contest. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Fat City
With a screenplay adapted ... Huston had adapted well to the late '60s-early '70s New Hollywood grit, and the film revived his artistic standing. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Kansas City Bomber
While Raquel Welch was ... released as a single and appeared on the compilation CD The War is Over: The Best of Phil Ochs. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
The Pied Piper
The Pied Piper eschews ... want the sugary sweet Pied Piper that your mother used to recite at bedtime, stay away from this film. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Lady Sings the Blues
Diana Ross plays the ... performed by Ross are "My Man," "I Cried for You," "Lover Man," "Them There Eyes," and the title song. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Payday
A musician finds his ... country star of the 1970s has been said to claim the film was based on his own true story. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Sounder
Martin Ritt's big-screen adaptation ... give him a new level of self-esteem. Sounder was nominated for a variety of Academy Awards, including Best Picture. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Images
A woman walks a ... Ireland by Vilmos Zsigmond, Images earned Susannah York an award as Best Actress at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
The Final Comedown
When an underqualified white ... the young black man becomes involved in a violent, radical movement to rise up against the perpetrators of racism. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Tomorrow
Horton Foote was the ... was given a well received TV premiere on PBS on December 17, 1984--twelve years after the film was made. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Call of the Wild
Director Ken Annakin and ... Harmstorf) as they brawl their way through the Alaskan wilderness mushing around in dog sleds and hunting for gold. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
The Culpepper Cattle Company
Gary Grimes stars in ... of successful films starring Burt Reynolds, can be spotted in a small role as Burgess, one of the cowboys. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Black Gunn
This violent blaxploitation film ... the Damned and Corruption, while Brown went on to more successful genre fare in Slaughter and Slaughter's Big Rip-Off. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Chloe in the Afternoon
Eric Rohmer ends his ... of their problems and their relationships and, before long, Frederic finds that he is becoming increasingly attracted to her. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
The Dawns Here Are Quiet
It is a little-known ... a surprise attack on Russian positions. This film was nominated for an Oscar as "Best Foreign Film" in 1972. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Siddhartha
Two-time director Conrad Rooks ... life's meaning. The film sports location photography by Bergman associate Sven Nykvist, and a cast comprised largely of unknowns. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Trick Baby
The Double Con is ... of the slicksters can pass for white, enabling the two to pull off any number of clever race-related scams. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Bad Company
Set during the Civil ... must eventually save Jake from hanging, even though he realizes that his intervention could lead to his own execution. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
A Brand New Life
Cloris Leachman and Martin ... responsive to the misguided advice of her friends and family. A Brand New Life premiered on February 20, 1973. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Macskajatek
Love and heartbreak are ... sister discovers that the opera singer has a new girlfriend, she takes drastic action to deal with her rejection. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Chain Gang Women
A model prisoner and ... writer, director and cinematographer on Chain Gang Women, which despite its title only features two women in its cast. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things
In Children Shouldn't Play ... film somehow manages to overcome all of this and be quite entertaining, but only for those with strong stomachs. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
Originally made for television, ... (Richard Burton) explains his perspective of his failed marriage, while the second includes that of his wife (Elizabeth Taylor). [ best drama films - 1972 ]
A House without a Christmas Tree
Embittered by the death ... by Gail Rock. Made for television, the film first aired as a 90-minute CBS special on December 3, 1972. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Vengeance of the Zombies
In this spooky mystery, ... the hapless inspectors find London is filled with an army of the living dead raised by a vengeful madman. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
The Legend of Boggy Creek
A sasquatch-like creature terrorizes ... small Arkansas town in this presumably fact-based docudrama from Charles Pierce. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci
Everyone who knows anything ... informed speculation to create one of the most historically accurate portrayals of Da Vinci ever to reach the screen. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
The Mind Snatchers
Based on the long-running ... but finally the doctors receive permission to test the procedure on a healthy but thoroughly obnoxious subject (Christopher Walken). [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Wedding in White
Carol Kane makes one ... scenes between father and daughter. Wedding in White won the Canadian equivalent of the "best picture" Oscar in 1972. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Zero Population Growth
This provocative sci-fi outing ... are arrested and sentenced to death. Fortunately, the clever husband anticipated this and made a few plans in advance. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Jesus, Maria y José
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Bleak Moments
Mike Leigh began his ... by Leigh; as is his habit, the story was created in collaboration with the actors who originated the roles. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Hammer
In this African-American boxing ... himself controlled by the Mafia. Trouble ensues when the fighter must choose between his beloved and a championship match. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Little Mother
This film takes a ... order to pin down her saintly image and ensure her husband's hold on power, she arranges to be martyred. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Diabel
Though presumably dealing with ... country, Jakub is affected by the overall chaos and moral corruption; he goes insane and becomes a mass murderer. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
The Doomsday Machine
Poorly written, directed and ... That alluring videocassette on your local rental shelves titled Escape From Planet Earth is really Doomsday Machine in disguise. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Seduction of Inga
In this drama, a ... employer seduces his lovely employee. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Agent Nr 1
An obscure but important ... gather ominously overhead, one man possesses the power to make a change for the better in the German-occupied country. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
The quest of a ... his last days. They tell a harrowing story of the breakdown of humanity at the close of the war. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Der Dritte
In this East German ... fellow factory worker (Rolf Ludwig). As she contemplates marrying him, her story is told in a series of flashbacks. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Awake and Sing!
Walter Matthau stars in ... and political circumstances which hold them down. The supporting cast also includes Ron Rifkin and acclaimed director Martin Ritt. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
The Rookies [TV Series]
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Macbeth
This performance of Guiseppe ... the Shakespeare play of the same name, features the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Glyndebourne Chorus and the Glyndebourne Ballet. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
Sucedio En Jalisco
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Maalik
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The Streets of San Francisco: Season 01
One week after the ... its maiden season, earning not only a renewal for a second season, but also a more advantageous Thursday-night timeslot. [ best drama films - 1972 ]
El Arte de Enganar
Mexican helmer Carlos Enrique ... enraged husband. Driven around the bend, the husband vows to track Fabian down and permanently end his amorous manipulations. [ best drama films - 1972 ]Supplemental Navigation
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