Best Female Lead movies of 1972

Actors : Margaret Brewster, Susan Blakely, Thayer David, Neil Fitzgerald,
Directors : James Ivory,

An allegory about humankind progresses from a savage state to a civilized form, that is only a cover for it's innate barbarism.

Actors : Lavrentis Dianellos, Nikos Rizos, Aliki Vougiouklaki, Nikos Galanos,
Directors : Takis Vougiouklakis,

Young Aliki, after the death of her father, Mr. Nestoras, who was the general administrator of a theatrical company, takes the road to Athens with her sole companion Arapis, her dog. The ...

Actors : Jack Bond, Liz Danciger, Sheila Allen, Jane Arden,
Directors : Jane Arden,

Jane Arden's surreal take on a group of females in a therapy session.

Actors : Hope Stansbury, Noel Collins, Joan Ogden, Jackie Skarvellis,
Directors : Andy Milligan,

The daughter in a family of werewolves decides to put an end to the family curse.

Actors : Michael Craze, Michael Petrovitch, Frank Finlay, Susan Hampshire,
Directors : Fred Burnley,

This movie takes place on the Isle of Jersey where a troubled wife has come to sort out the tumult of her life. She encounters a lighthouse-keeper there and they quickly become lovers. ...

Actors : Claude Jade, Bernard Le Coq, Jean Rochefort, Annie Girardot,
Directors : Serge Korber,

Seit Jahren lebt Marie-Louise allein mit ihren Kindern Laura und Jean-Paul. Als der untreue Gatte wieder auftaucht, hält Medizinstudentin Laura zur Mutter, doch Jean-Paul wendet sich von ...

Actors : Juan Luis Galiardo, Fernando Rey, Adriano Celentano, Sophia Loren,
Directors : Alberto Lattuada,

A nun falls in love with her patient, who happens to be a communist.

Actors : Forrest Lorne, Ray Wray, Laurel Canyon, Candy Sweet,
Directors : Ray Williams,

Two girls are driving home when their car breaks down in the country. They are kidnapped by a gang of drug-crazed hippies, and repeatedly raped. They escape, but soon run into a death cult ...

Actors : Mahin Shahabi, Googoosh, Ezzatolah Entezami, Sana Ziaian,
Directors : Hajir Dariush,

Bita is a young girl who lives with her parents. She loves her ill father very much but her mother is reckless about them. Bita is in love with an open minded young reporter Korush and ...

Actors : Jacques Spiesser, Claire Vernet, Francis Huster, Muriel Catalá,
Directors : Nina Companeez,

Faustine who is just 16 years old makes the most of her youth during a beautiful summer when she learns a lot about love.

Actors : Zita Duarte, João Guedes, Laura Soveral, Ruy Furtado,
Directors : Fernando Lopes,

Actors : Dixie Peabody, Clyde Ventura, Joanne Moore Jordan, Terry Mace,
Directors : Barbara Peeters,

Tautly directed biker film, told from the woman's point of view. The heroine sets out on the road to avenge her brother's murder, toting a shotgun and meaning business.

Actors : Diana Dors, Peder Kinberg, Cia Löwgren, Solveig Andersson,
Directors : Joseph W. Sarno,

The sadistic Madam Margareta is a talking side of beef that serves as the hostess and ring leader for a live sex tease show and whorehouse. Madam's shows always feature her bodacious nieces...

Actors : Müsfik Kenter, Halit Akçatepe, Kadir Inanir, Hülya Koçyigit,
Directors : Memduh Ün,

A blind panhandler girl as an idealist dreamer joins three cronies in a supper, after which the cronies decide to rob a rich man's villa to collect enough money for her to recover from ...

Actors : Ulrike Butz, Marina Blümel, Eleonore Leipert, Puppa Armbruster,
Directors : Ernst Hofbauer,

A fake documentary about the sex lives of teenage girls.

Actors : Rika Aoki, Kazuko Nagamoto, Masami Souda, Michi Nono,
Directors : Kô Nakahira,

First film of a trilogy following the dramatic life of Rika, a half-Japanese/half-American woman who becomes the tough-as-nails leader of an all-girl crime gang.

Actors : Michael Ontkean, Ralph Waite, Kathleen Cody, Dianne Hull,
Directors : Thomas J. Schmidt,

Two girls on their way to a hippie encounter session pick up a crazed Vietnam veteran, who might just be the serial killer who is murdering hippies in the area.

Actors : Marvin Howard, Eric Allison, Mason Caulfield, Maria De Aragon,
Directors : Harry Essex,

An alien life form that is a huge ball of living matter invades earth, and replenishes itself by absorbing people.

Actors : Natasa Nicolescu, Sharon Winter, Liv Ullmann, Jeremy Kemp,
Directors : Michael Anderson,

In medieval Europe, a pious young woman becomes a scholar of theology, disguises herself as a man, rises through the Catholic Church hierarchy and is elected Pope.

Actors : Stavros Kalaroglou, Kostas Rigopoulos, Smaro Veaki, Anna Vagena,
Directors : Pantelis Voulgaris,

Anna is a servant of an old lady for ten years. The old lady chooses a man for Anna.