| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| 1972 |
| 1931: Once Upon a Time in New York |
Luigi Vanzi |
Tony Anthony, Adolfo Celi, Richard Conte |
Crime |
|
| Alfredo, Alfredo |
Pietro Germi |
Dustin Hoffman, Carla Gravina, Stefania Sandrelli |
Comedy |
|
| All the Colors of the Dark |
Sergio Martino |
George Hilton, Edwige Fenech |
Giallo |
|
| Un apprezzato professionista di sicuro avvenire |
Giuseppe De Santis |
Lino Capolicchio, Riccardo Cucciolla, Femi Benussi, Robert Hoffmann |
drama |
|
| Arcana |
Giulio Questi |
Lucia Bosé, Tina Aumont |
Horror |
|
| The Assassin of Rome |
Damiano Damiani |
Nino Manfredi, Gabriele Lavia |
historical drama |
|
| Beati i ricchi |
Salvatore Samperi |
Paolo Villaggio, Sylva Koscina |
Comedy |
|
| Beau Masque |
Bernard Paul |
Luigi Diberti |
Drama |
|
| La bella Antonia, prima monica e poi dimonia |
Mariano Laurenti |
Edwige Fenech, Piero Focaccia |
Commedia sexy all'italiana |
|
| Ben and Charlie |
Michele Lupo |
Giuliano Gemma, George Eastman, Marisa Mell |
Spaghetti Western |
|
| Bianco, rosso e... |
Alberto Lattuada |
Sophia Loren, Adriano Celentano |
Comedy |
|
| The Black Decameron |
Piero Vivarelli |
Beryl Cunningham |
Comedy |
|
| Black Turin |
Carlo Lizzani |
Bud Spencer, Françoise Fabian |
Crime |
|
| Boccaccio |
Bruno Corbucci |
Alighiero Noschese, Enrico Montesano, Sylva Koscina |
Comedy |
|
| Brother Sun, Sister Moon (Fratello Sole, Sorella Luna) |
Franco Zeffirelli |
Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker |
Drama |
|
| La calandria |
Pasquale Festa Campanile |
Lando Buzzanca, Barbara Bouchet, Agostina Belli |
Comedy |
|
| Caliber 9 |
Fernando Di Leo |
Gastone Moschin, Barbara Bouchet, Mario Adorf |
Poliziottesco |
|
| Casa d'appuntamento |
Ferdinando Merighi |
Anita Ekberg, Barbara Bouchet |
Giallo |
|
| Il caso Pisciotta |
Eriprando Visconti |
Tony Musante, Carla Gravina |
historical drama |
|
| The Canterbury Tales |
Pier Paolo Pasolini |
Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti |
Erotic |
Golden Bear winner at Berlin. Second film in Pasolini's 'Trilogy of Life'. Spoken in English |
| The Case of the Bloody Iris |
Giuliano Carnimeo |
Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, Paola Quattrini |
Giallo |
|
| Una cavalla tutta nuda |
Franco Rossetti |
Don Backy, Barbara Bouchet, Renzo Montagnani |
Commedia sexy all'italiana |
|
| Chronicle of a Homicide |
Mauro Bolognini |
Massimo Ranieri, Martin Balsam, Turi Ferro |
Crime |
|
| Il coltello di ghiaccio |
Umberto Lenzi |
Carroll Baker, Evelyn Stewart |
Giallo |
|
| The Dead Are Alive |
Armando Crispino |
Alex Cord, Samantha Eggar, John Marley |
horror |
|
| Devil in the Brain |
Sergio Sollima |
Keir Dullea, Stefania Sandrelli |
Giallo |
|
| Don't Torture a Duckling (Non si sevizia un paperino) |
Lucio Fulci |
Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas, Florinda Bolkan |
Giallo |
Acclaimed giallo noted for its dark subject matter on child killings. |
| Doppia coppia con Regina |
Julio Buchs |
Marisa Mell, Gabriele Ferzetti |
thriller |
|
| I due gattoni a nove code... e mezza ad Amsterdam |
Osvaldo Civirani |
Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia |
Comedy |
|
| The Eroticist |
Lucio Fulci |
Lando Buzzanca, Lionel Stander, Laura Antonelli |
Commedia sexy all'italiana |
|
| Execution Squad (La polizia ringrazia) |
Mario Caiano |
Enrico Maria Salerno, Mariangela Melato, Cyril Cusack |
Poliziottesco |
|
| Eye in the Labyrinth |
Mario Caiano |
Rosemary Dexter, Adolfo Celi, Alida Valli |
horror |
|
| Fasthand |
Mario Bianchi |
Alan Steel, William Berger |
spaghetti western |
|
| Fiorina la vacca |
Vittorio De Sisti |
Janet Agren, Gastone Moschin, Ornella Muti |
Comedy |
|
| Frankenstein 80 |
Mario Mancini |
John Richardson, Gordon Mitchell, Dalila Di Lazzaro |
horror |
|
| Gang War in Naples |
Pasquale Squitieri |
Fabio Testi, Jean Seberg |
Crime |
|
| Il generale dorme in piedi |
Francesco Massaro |
Ugo Tognazzi, Mariangela Melato |
Commedia all'italiana |
|
| The Hassled Hooker |
Eriprando Visconti |
Terence Hill, Paola Pitagora, Martin Balsam |
Crime |
|
| Hector the Mighty |
Enzo G. Castellari |
Vittorio Caprioli, Giancarlo Giannini |
Comedy |
|
| The Infamous Column |
Nelo Risi |
Helmut Berger, Vittorio Caprioli, Francisco Rabal |
historical drama |
|
| The Italian Connection (La mala ordina) |
Fernando Di Leo |
Henry Silva, Mario Adorf, Woody Strode |
Crime |
|
| It Can Be Done Amigo |
Maurizio Lucidi |
Bud Spencer, Jack Palance |
Spaghetti western |
|
| Jus primae noctis |
Pasquale Festa Campanile |
Lando Buzzanca, Renzo Montagnani, Marilù Tolo |
comedy |
|
| The Killer is on the Phone |
Alberto De Martino |
Telly Savalas, Anne Heywood, Rossella Falk |
giallo |
|
| Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo Tango a Parigi) |
Bernardo Bertolucci |
Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider |
Romantic Drama |
|
| Life Is Tough, Eh Providence? |
Giulio Petroni |
Tomas Milian, Gregg Palmer, Janet Agren |
Spaghetti Western |
|
| Liza (La cagna) |
Marco Ferreri |
Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni |
drama |
|
| Lo chiameremo Andrea |
Vittorio De Sica |
Nino Manfredi, Mariangela Melato |
Commedia all'italiana |
|
| Long Arm of the Godfather (La mano lunga del padrino) |
Nardo Bonomi |
Adolfo Celi, Peter Lee Lawrence |
Crime |
|
| Ludwig |
Luchino Visconti |
Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Silvana Mangano, Trevor Howard, Helmut Griem, Umberto Orsini |
Historical drama |
David di Donatello winner. There's a restored long version. It's about Ludwig II of Bavaria |
| The Master and Margaret |
Aleksandar Petrović |
Ugo Tognazzi, Mimsy Farmer |
fantasy |
|
| The Master Touch |
Michele Lupo |
Kirk Douglas, Giuliano Gemma, Florinda Bolkan |
crime |
|
| The Mattei Affair (Il caso Mattei) |
Francesco Rosi |
Gian Maria Volontè, Luigi Squarzina, Franco Graziosi |
Political drama |
Palme d'Or winner at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Based on the death of Enrico Mattei |
| La Mortadella (Lady Liberty) |
Mario Monicelli |
Sophia Loren, William Devane, Gigi Proietti, Susan Sarandon, Danny DeVito |
Comedy |
|
| Lucifera Demon Lover |
Paolo Lombardo |
Edmund Purdom, Rosalba Neri |
Horror |
|
| Man Called Amen |
Alfio Caltabiano |
Luc Merenda, Sydne Rome |
Spaghetti Western |
|
| Man from the Deep River |
Umberto Lenzi |
Ivan Rassimov, Me Me Lai |
horror |
|
| The Mighty Anselmo and His Squire |
Bruno Corbucci |
Alighiero Noschese, Enrico Montesano, Erminio Macario |
Comedy |
|
| La morte accarezza a mezzanotte |
Luciano Ercoli |
Susan Scott, Peter Martell |
Giallo |
|
| The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life |
Ettore Scola |
Alberto Sordi, Michel Simon, Pierre Brasseur |
Commedia all'italiana |
|
| My Dear Killer |
Tonino Valerii |
George Hilton, Marilù Tolo |
Giallo |
|
| My Name Is Shanghai Joe |
Mario Caiano |
Klaus Kinski, Gordon Mitchell |
Spaghetti Western |
|
| Naked Girl Killed in the Park |
Alfonso Brescia |
Robert Hoffmann, Adolfo Celi |
Giallo |
|
| The Night of the Devils |
Giorgio Ferroni |
Gianni Garko, Agostina Belli |
horror |
|
| Pinocchio |
Giuliano Cenci |
Renato Rascel, Lauro Gazzolo |
animated film |
|
| Il provinciale |
Luciano Salce |
Gianni Morandi, Maria Grazia Buccella |
Comedy |
|
| La ragazza dalla pelle di luna |
Luigi Scattini |
Zeudi Araya, Ugo Pagliai, Beba Lončar |
erotic |
|
| A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die |
Tonino Valerii |
James Coburn, Bud Spencer, Telly Savalas |
Spaghetti western |
|
| The Red Headed Corpse |
Renzo Russo |
Farley Granger, Erika Blanc, Krista Nell |
Giallo |
|
| The Red Queen Kills Seven Times |
Emilio Miraglia |
Barbara Bouchet, Ugo Pagliai, Sybil Danning |
Giallo |
|
| The Return of Clint the Stranger |
Alfonso Balcázar |
George Martin, Klaus Kinski |
Spaghetti western |
|
| The Ribald Decameron |
Giuseppe Vari |
Malisa Longo, Orchidea De Santis |
Commedia sexy all'italiana |
|
| Ripped Off ( Un uomo dalla pelle dura) |
Franco Prosperi |
Robert Blake, Catherine Spaak, Ernest Borgnine, Tomás Milián |
crime |
|
| Roma |
Federico Fellini |
Peter Gonzales Falcon, Pia De Doses, Alvaro Vitali |
Felliniesque |
Cannes Award |
| The Scientific Cardplayer (Lo scopone scientifico) |
Luigi Comencini |
Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Joseph Cotten, Bette Davis, Mario Carotenuto |
Commedia all'italiana |
2 David di Donatello |
| The Seduction of Mimi (Mimí metallurgico ferito nell'onore) |
Lina Wertmüller |
Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato |
Commedia all'italiana |
Entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival |
| La schiava io ce l'ho e tu no |
Giorgio Capitani |
Lando Buzzanca, Catherine Spaak |
Comedy |
|
| Seven Blood-Stained Orchids |
Umberto Lenzi |
Rossella Falk, Antonio Sabàto |
Giallo |
|
| Shadows Unseen |
Camillo Bazzoni |
Frederick Stafford, Marilù Tolo |
Crime |
|
| The Sicilian Checkmate |
Florestano Vancini |
Enrico Maria Salerno, Gastone Moschin Mario Adorf |
crime-drama |
|
| The Sicilian Connection |
Ferdinando Baldi |
Ben Gazzara, Silvia Monti |
Crime |
|
| Il sindacalista |
Luciano Salce |
Lando Buzzanca, Paola Pitagora |
Comedy |
|
| Slap the Monster on Page One |
Marco Bellocchio |
Gian Maria Volontè, Laura Betti |
Drama |
|
| Smile Before Death |
Silvio Amadio |
Jenny Tamburi, Rosalba Neri |
Giallo |
|
| Sonny and Jed |
Sergio Corbucci |
Tomas Milian, Susan George, Telly Savalas |
Comedy-western |
|
| So Sweet, So Dead |
Roberto Bianchi Montero |
Farley Granger, Sylva Koscina |
Giallo |
|
| Sting of the West (Tedeum) |
Enzo G. Castellari |
Jack Palance, Lionel Stander |
Spaghetti western |
|
| Storm Rider (Il Grande duello) |
Giancarlo Santi |
Lee Van Cleef, Jess Hahn |
Spaghetti western |
|
| Tarzan and the Brown Prince |
Manuel Caño |
Steve Hawkes |
Jungle adventure |
| This Kind of Love |
Alberto Bevilacqua |
Jean Seberg, Ugo Tognazzi |
drama |
|
| Tragic Ceremony |
Riccardo Freda |
Camille Keaton, Luciana Paluzzi |
thriller-horror |
| Trinity Is STILL My Name! (Continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità) |
Enzo Barboni |
Terence Hill, Bud Spencer |
Spaghetti western |
Sequel of My Name is Trinity |
| The Two Faces of Fear |
Tulio Demicheli |
George Hilton, Luciana Paluzzi |
giallo |
Spanish-Italian co-production |
| Ubalda, All Naked and Warm |
Mariano Laurenti |
Edwige Fenech, Pippo Franco |
Commedia sexy all'italiana |
|
| L'uccello migratore |
Steno |
Lando Buzzanca, Rossana Podestà |
Comedy |
|
| L'udienza |
Marco Ferreri |
Enzo Jannacci, Claudia Cardinale, Vittorio Gassman |
comedy-drama |
Entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival |
| The Valachi Papers |
Terence Young |
Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura |
Crime |
|
| Valerie Inside Outside |
Brunello Rondi |
Barbara Bouchet, Pier Paolo Capponi, Erna Schürer |
drama |
|
| Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key |
Sergio Martino |
Edwige Fenech, Beba Loncar, Anita Strindberg |
Giallo |
|
| The Weapon, the Hour & the Motive |
Francesco Mazzei |
Renzo Montagnani, Eva Czemerys |
Giallo |
|
| What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution? |
Sergio Corbucci |
Vittorio Gassman, Paolo Villaggio |
Spaghetti western |
|
| What Have You Done to Solange? |
Massimo Dallamano |
Fabio Testi, Cristina Galbó |
Giallo |
|
| When Women Lost Their Tails |
Pasquale Festa Campanile |
Senta Berger, Lando Buzzanca, Frank Wolff |
Comedy |
|
| When Women Were Called Virgins |
Aldo Grimaldi |
Edwige Fenech, Vittorio Caprioli |
Commedia sexy all'italiana |
|
| Winged Devils |
Duccio Tessari |
Riccardo Salvino, Barbara Bouchet |
Adventure |
|
| Without Family |
Vittorio Gassman |
Vittorio Gassman, Paolo Villaggio |
Commedia all'italiana |
|
| Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why? |
Giuseppe Vari |
Lou Castel, Beba Loncar, Adolfo Celi |
Crime |
|
| Who Saw Her Die? (Chi l'ha vista morire? ) |
Aldo Lado |
George Lazenby, Anita Strindberg, Adolfo Celi |
Crime |
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