1972

1. AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD (Werner Herzog)
2. GODFATHER, THE (Francis Ford Coppola)
3. KING OF MARVIN GARDENS, THE (Bob Rafelson)

4. CABARET (Bob Fosse)

5. CHLOE IN THE AFTERNOON (Eric Rohmer)
6. PRIME CUT (Michael Ritchie)

7. LUCIFER RISING (Kenneth Anger)
8. MERCHANT OF FOUR SEASONS, THE (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
9. DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE, THE (Luis Bunuel)

10. LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (Wes Craven)
11. CANDIDATE, THE (Michael Ritchie)
12. DELIVERANCE (John Boorman)
13. SLEUTH (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
14. JUNIOR BONNER (Sam Peckinpah)
15. LAST TANGO IN PARIS (Bernardo Bertolucci)

16. SOLARIS (Andrei Tarkovsky)
17. FELLINI ROMA (Federico Fellini)
18. GETAWAY, THE (Sam Peckinpah)
19. CIAO! MANHATTAN (John Palmer, David Weisman)
20. CHINESE CONNECTION, THE (Wei Lo)
21. EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX (Woody Allen)
22. CRIES AND WHISPERS (Ingmar Bergman)
23. POSEIDON ADVENTURE, THE (Irwin Allen)

24. SEDUCTION OF MIMI, THE (Lina Wertmuller)
25. JEREMIAH JOHNSON (Sydney Pollack)
26. PINK FLAMINGOS (John Waters)
27. NIGHT OF THE LEPUS (William F. Claxton)