1972

1. Cries and Whispers (Ingmar Bergman)
2. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog)
3. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Bunuel)
4. Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky)
5. Tout Va Bien (Jean-Luc Godard)
6. Un Flic (Jean-Pierre Melville)
7. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
8. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola)
9. Images (Robert Altman)
10. What's Up, Doc? (Peter Bogdanovich)

Honorable Mentions:
One P.M. (Jean-Luc Godard and D.A. Pennebaker), Last Tango In Paris (Bernardo Bertolucci), Merchant of the Four Seasons (Rainer Werner Fassbinder), Avanti! (Billy Wilder), Chloe In the Afternoon (Eric Rohmer), Frenzy (Alfred Hitchcock), The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (John Huston), Tomorrow (Joseph Anthony), Sleuth (Joseph L. Mankiewicz), The Last House on the Left (Wes Craven)