# List of British films of 1972

A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1972 (see 1972 in film):

## 1972

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1972 |||||||
| Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall | Norman Cohen | Jim Dale, Arthur Lowe, Spike Milligan | Comedy | |
| Adult Fun | James Scott | Peter Marinker, Deborah Norton | Comedy/thriller | |
| The Alf Garnett Saga | Bob Kellett | Warren Mitchell, Dandy Nichols | Comedy | |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | William Sterling | Fiona Fullerton, Michael Crawford, Peter Sellers | Musical | |
| All Coppers Are... | Sidney Hayers | Martin Potter, Julia Foster | Drama | |
| The Amazing Mr Blunden | Lionel Jeffries | Laurence Naismith, Lynne Frederick | Family | |
| And Now For Something Completely Different | Ian MacNaughton, Terry Gilliam (animated sequences) | Monty Python, Carol Cleveland, Connie Booth | Comedy |
| Antony and Cleopatra | Charlton Heston | Charlton Heston, Eric Porter, John Castle | Historical drama | |
| The Asphyx | Peter Newbrook | Robert Stephens, Robert Powell, Jane Lapotaire | Horror | |
| The Assassination of Trotsky | Joseph Losey | Richard Burton, Romy Schneider, Alain Delon | Historical drama | |
| Asylum | Roy Ward Baker | Peter Cushing, Britt Ekland, Herbert Lom | Portmanteau horror | |
| Au Pair Girls | Val Guest | Astrid Frank, Johnny Briggs | Sex comedy | |
| Bless This House | Gerald Thomas | Sid James, Terry Scott | Comedy | Spin-off of Bless This House |
| The Boy Who Turned Yellow | Michael Powell | Mark Dightam, Robert Eddison | Family drama | |
| Brother Sun, Sister Moon | Franco Zeffirelli | Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker | Biopic | |
| The Call of the Wild | Ken Annakin | Charlton Heston, Michèle Mercier | Adventure | |
| Carry On Abroad | Gerald Thomas | Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey | Comedy | |
| Carry On Matron | Gerald Thomas | Kenneth Williams, Sid James | Comedy | |
| Cry Wolf | John Davis | Anthony Kemp, Mary Burleigh | Drama | |
| Danny Jones | Jules Bricken | Frank Finlay, Jane Carr | Drama | |
| The Darwin Adventure | Jack Couffer | Nicholas Clay, Susan Macready | Biopic | |
| A Day in the Death of Joe Egg | Peter Medak | Alan Bates, Janet Suzman | Black comedy | |
| Death Line | Gary Sherman | Donald Pleasence, David Ladd | Horror | |
| Demons of the Mind | Peter Sykes | Gillian Hills, Shane Briant, Robert Hardy | Horror | |
| Doomwatch | Peter Sasdy | Ian Bannen, Judy Geeson | Sci-fi mystery | TV series spin-off |
| Dracula AD 1972 | Alan Gibson | Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing | Horror | |
| Embassy | Gordon Hessler | Richard Roundtree, Chuck Connors, Ray Milland | Thriller | |
| Endless Night | Sidney Gilliat | Hayley Mills, Britt Ekland | Mystery | |
| The Fast Kill | Lindsay Shonteff | Tom Adams, Graham Ashley, Chris Carbis | Crime | |
| Fear in the Night | Jimmy Sangster | Judy Geeson, Joan Collins, Peter Cushing | Thriller | |
| The Fiend | Robert Hartford-Davis | Ann Todd, Tony Beckley, Patrick Magee | Horror | |
| The Flesh and Blood Show | Pete Walker | Ray Brooks, Jenny Hanley | Horror | With 3-D sequence |
| Follow Me! | Carol Reed | Mia Farrow, Michael Jayston | Comedy | |
| For the Love of Ada | Ronnie Baxter | Irene Handl, Wilfred Pickles | Comedy | Spin-off of For the Love of Ada |
| Four Dimensions of Greta | Pete Walker | Tristan Rogers, Karen Boyes | Sex comedy | With 3-D sequences |
| Frenzy | Alfred Hitchcock | Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Alec McCowen | Thriller | |
| Fright | Peter Collinson | Susan George, Ian Bannen | Horror | |
| Glastonbury Fayre | Nicolas Roeg | Family, Arthur Brown, Fairport Convention | Documentary | A film of Glastonbury Festival |
| Go for a Take | Harry Booth | Dennis Price, Bob Todd | Comedy | |
| Henry VIII and His Six Wives | Waris Hussein | Keith Michell, Donald Pleasence | Drama | Based on a BBC TV series |
| Hide and Seek | David Eady | Peter Newby, Gary Kemp | Family/adventure | |
| I Want What I Want | John Dexter | Anne Heywood, Harry Andrews, Jill Bennett | Drama | |
| Images | Robert Altman | Susannah York, René Auberjonois | Drama | |
| Innocent Bystanders | Peter Collinson | Stanley Baker, Geraldine Chaplin | Spy film | |
| Lady Caroline Lamb | Robert Bolt | Sarah Miles, Jon Finch, Richard Chamberlain | Historical | |
| Madame Sin | David Greene | Bette Davis, Robert Wagner | Thriller | |
| Made | John Mackenzie | Carol White, Roy Harper | Drama | |
| Mutiny on the Buses | Harry Booth | Reg Varney, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis | Comedy | TV sitcom spin-off sequel |
| My Childhood | Bill Douglas | | Biopic, Drama | |
| Nearest and Dearest | John Robins | Hylda Baker, Jimmy Jewel | Comedy | TV sitcom spin-off |
| Neither the Sea Nor the Sand | Fred Burnley | Susan Hampshire, Frank Finlay | Thriller | Also known as The Exorcism of Hugh |
| Nobody Ordered Love | Robert Hartford-Davis | Ingrid Pitt, Judy Huxtable | Horror | |
| The Offence | Sidney Lumet | Sean Connery, Trevor Howard | Crime | |
| Ooh… You Are Awful | Cliff Owen | Dick Emery | Comedy | |
| The Other Side of the Underneath | Jane Arden | Sheila Allen | Drama | |
| Our Miss Fred | Bob Kellett | Danny La Rue | War Comedy | |
| The Pied Piper | Jacques Demy | Jack Wild, Donald Pleasence | Fantasy | |
| Pope Joan | Michael Anderson | Liv Ullmann, Jeremy Kemp, Olivia de Havilland | Drama | |
| Pulp | Mike Hodges | Michael Caine, Mickey Rooney, Lionel Stander | Crime/thriller | |
| Rentadick | Jim Clark | James Booth, Richard Briers | Comedy | |
| The Ruling Class | Peter Medak | Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe | Black comedy | |
| Running Scared | David Hemmings | Robert Powell, Gayle Hunnicutt | Drama | |
| Savage Messiah | Ken Russell | Dorothy Tutin, Scott Antony, Helen Mirren | Biopic | Biopic of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska |
| Sitting Target | Douglas Hickox | Oliver Reed, Jill St. John | Action | |
| Sleuth | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine | Mystery/thriller | |
| Something to Hide | Alastair Reid | Peter Finch, Shelley Winters | Thriller | |
| Steptoe and Son | Cliff Owen | Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett | Comedy | TV sitcom spin-off |
| Straight on Till Morning | Peter Collinson | Rita Tushingham, Shane Briant | Thriller | |
| Tales from the Crypt | Freddie Francis | Ralph Richardson, Joan Collins | Horror | |
| That's Your Funeral | John Robins | Bill Fraser, Raymond Huntley | Comedy | Based on the TV series of the same name |
| Tower of Evil | Jim O'Connolly | Bryant Haliday, Jill Haworth | Horror | |
| The Triple Echo | Michael Apted | Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed | Drama | Entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Twins of Evil | John Hough | Peter Cushing, Dennis Price, Mary Collinson | Horror | |
| Under Milk Wood | Andrew Sinclair | Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor | Comedy/drama | |
| Up the Front | Bob Kellett | Frankie Howerd, Bill Fraser | Comedy | |
| Vampire Circus | Robert Young | Anthony Higgins, Adrienne Corri, Lalla Ward | Horror | |
| What Became of Jack and Jill? | Bill Bain | Vanessa Howard, Mona Washbourne | Thriller | |
| Young Winston | Richard Attenborough | Simon Ward, Robert Shaw, Anne Bancroft | Biography | |
| Z.P.G. | Michael Campus | Oliver Reed, Geraldine Chaplin | Sci-fi | |
| Zee and Co. | Brian G. Hutton | Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Susannah York | Drama | |

## Most Popular Films at the British Box Office in 1972

Source:
* Diamonds Are Forever
* The Godfather
* Fiddler on the Roof
* Bedknobs and Broomsticks
* The Devils
* Steptoe and Son
* The French Connection
* Nicholas and Alexandra
* Ryan's Daughter
* Dirty Harry
* Mary, Queen of Scots
* A Clockwork Orange
* What's Up, Doc?
* Straw Dogs
* Shaft
* Klute
* Young Winston
* The Go-Between
* Mutiny on the Buses
* Sleeping Beauty
* Please Sir!
* Up the Chastity Belt