Coba jelasin Film Terbaik: dari New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1972 dong

Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)

Runner-up: The Godfather dan The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)

Ingmar Bergman - Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)

Runner-up: Luis Buñuel dan Jean-Claude Carrière - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie)

Robert Duvall - The Godfather

Runner-up: Eddie Albert - The Heartbreak Kid dan Robert Shaw - Young Winston

Jeannie Berlin - The Heartbreak Kid

Runner-up: Susan Tyrrell - Fat City dan Ida Lupino - Junior Bonner

The Sorrow and the Pity