Top 21 War Movies Award-Winning Released in 1972

A low-life bandit and an I.R.A. explosives expert rebel against the government and become heroes of the Mexican Revolution. Explore Duck, You Sucker! / IMDB / YouTube

Billy Pilgrim has mysteriously become unstuck in time. He goes on an uncontrollable trip back and forth from his birth in New York to life on a distant planet and back again to the horrors of the 1945 fire-bombing of Dresden. Look into Slaughterhouse-Five / IMDB / YouTube

Dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare. Check out Brother Sun, Sister Moon / IMDB / YouTube

During World War II in a small village outpost, a Soviet sergeant has his troop replaced by an all female unit. As they finally begin to appreciate one another, German paratroopers are spotted nearby and the realities of war emerge. Explore The Dawns Here Are Quiet / IMDB / YouTube

An in-depth exploration of the various reactions by the French people to the Vichy government's acceptance of the German invasion. Read about The Sorrow and the Pity / IMDB / YouTube

Complex family relationships, as well as a combat experience, form the personality of the future world-known politician. Explore Young Winston / IMDB / YouTube

During Nazi occupation of WWII Poland, after his family's slaughter, a husband joins the resistance while hunted by Gestapo. He aids a woman in labor, works as a typhus vaccine guinea pig, and confronts a man tortured in his place. Find out about The Third Part of the Night / IMDB / YouTube

Set in the 1890s on the Hungarian plains, a group of farm workers go on strike in-which they face harsh reprisals and the reality of revolt, oppression, morality and violence. See more about Red Psalm / IMDB / YouTube

A respected psychologist who regularly works with the police becomes a suspect in a series of gruesome murders of young women. Get info on Delirium / IMDB / YouTube

One woman's search to find the truth about her husband's death in World War II. Info on Under the Flag of the Rising Sun / IMDB / YouTube

During World War II, a deserting soldier dresses as a woman to escape detection, hiding at a farm run by a POW's wife, but is soon hit-on by a lusty sergeant. See more about The Triple Echo / IMDB / YouTube

In November, 1942, near the Volga, Stanlingrad is under siege of Commander Friederich Paulus and his 330,000 men. The Soviet high command unleashes an operation to protect the Mishkova River to avoid that about four hundred tanks join Paulus' army. The Soviet artillery soldiers protect their position with their lives in a bloodshed with few survivors. More about Goryachiy sneg / IMDB / YouTube

An investigator is assigned to investigate a man's family after he is found dead only hours after taking out a million dollar insurance policy. More about Naked Girl Murdered in the Park / IMDB / YouTube

During the Song Dynasty, a large family that has produced generations of military generals sees its last male heir killed in battle by an invading army, leaving a large number of courageous women, who decide to go to battle themselves. Get info on The 14 Amazons / IMDB / YouTube

Hot action and lust in the steamy tropical jungle, as heroines break out of a women's prison and start a local revolution. Get info on The Hot Box / IMDB / YouTube

Documentary of the Ra expedition organized by Thor Heyerdahl, which crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a papyrus boat in 1969 and 1970. More about The Ra Expeditions / IMDB / YouTube

A lifelong mercenary commander and weapons expert played by George Lazenby is commissioned to train an army for an exiled African leader. But as his conscience finally catches up to him, he is seen as a threat to the powers behind the operation. Look into Universal Soldier / IMDB / YouTube

Shakespearian actor Fred Wimbush's drafted during WWII. While entertaining the troops with his drag act one day, the Germans capture them. Thinking he's a girl, they let him go. He mustn't break his character until he reaches safety. Explore Our Miss Fred / IMDB / YouTube

A gang consisting of seven women roams around the country to steal and resell everything that makes money. When the gang leader falls in love with a samurai and agrees to steal guns for him, he betrays her and soon the women are chased by many enemies. Find out about The Naked Seven / IMDB / YouTube

Jerzy Szajnowicz-Ivanov, the son of Polish mother and Russian father, raised in Greece, reports to the Carpathian Brigade in the spring of 1941. Poles are wary at first. English recommend him to arrange the intelligence grid and sabotage in the Athens area. Soon the grid starts to work: intelligence flows, transports fly into the air, ships sink. Find out about Agent nr 1 / IMDB / YouTube

During the Civil War, a conscientious objector is forced to flee to the woods of West Virginia to avoid being sent into combat where he would be forced to kill, which he is adamantly against. He sets up shelter in a cave and is warily accepted by his new neighbors--the animals who live in the vicinity. Explore No Drums, No Bugles / IMDB / YouTube