Best Female Lead movies of 1972

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 : Annik Borel, Maria Arnold, Tracy Handfuss, Jacqueline Giroux,
Directors : Tom DeSimone,

Six female prisoners are given a weekend furlough to prepare them for their upcoming parole. While out, they all have miscellaneous sexual experiences, some good, some bad. One returns to ...

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Makis Demiris, Nonika Galinea, Alekos Alexandrakis, Rena Vlahopoulou,
Directors : Alekos Sakellarios,

The Countess of Corfu is a 1972 film starring Rena Vlahopoulou, Alekos Alexandrakis and Nonika Galinea. The movie was filmed in Corfu, the birthplace of Rena Vlahopoulou.

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

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

A fake documentary about the sex lives of teenage girls.

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.

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 : 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. ...