List of LGBT-related films of 1972

This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films released in 1972. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.

Films[]

Title	Director	Country	Genre	Cast	Notes
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	West Germany	Drama	Margit Carstensen, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla, Gisela Fackeldey, Eva Mattes and Katrin Schaake	a.k.a. Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant; based on Fassbinder's play of the same name
Cabaret	Bob Fosse	United States	Musical, drama	Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey, Fritz Wepper, Marisa Berenson, Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel, Helen Vita, Sigrid von Richthofen, Gerd Vespermann, Ralf Wolter, Georg Hartmann, Ricky Renee and Oliver Collignon
Deliverance	John Boorman	United States	Adventure, drama, thriller	Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, Ed Ramey, Billy Redden, Bill McKinney, Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward, James Dickey, Macon McCalman, Belinda Beatty and Charley Boorman	Screenplay by James Dickey, based on his novel of the same name
Heat	Paul Morrissey	United States	Drama	Joe Dallesandro, Sylvia Miles, Andrea Feldman, Pat Ast, Ray Vestal, Lester Persky, Eric Emerson, Gary Kaznocha, Harold Stevenson, John Hallowell, Pat Parlemon and Bonnie Walder
I Want What I Want	John Dexter	United Kingdom	Drama	Anne Heywood, Harry Andrews, Jill Bennett	Based on the novel by Geoff Brown
My Dearest Senorita	Jaime de Armiñán	Spain	Romance, drama	José Luis López Vázquez, Julieta Serrano, Antonio Ferrandis, Enrique Ávila, Lola Gaos, Chus Lampreave, Mónica Randall and José Luis Borau	a.k.a. Mi querida señorita
Pete 'n' Tillie	Martin Ritt	United States	Comedy, drama	Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett	Adapted from the novella Witch's Mlik by Peter De Vries
Pink Flamingos	John Waters	United States	Comedy, crime	John Waters, David Lochary, Mink Stole, Mary Vivian Pearce, Danny Mills, Edith Massey, Cookie Mueller, Channing Wilroy, Paul Swift, Susan Walsh, Linda Olgierson, Pat Moran, Steve Yeager, George Figgs and Elizabeth Coffey
That Certain Summer	Lamont Johnson	United States	Drama	Hal Holbrook, Martin Sheen	TV Movie that was recognized as being the first network drama to depict a stable, same-gender couple
Zee and Co.	Brian G. Hutton	United Kingdom	Drama	Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Susannah York, Margaret Leighton, John Standing, Mary Larkin and Michael Cashman	Screeplay by Edna O'Brien, based on her novel; a.k.a. X Y and Zee Zee and Company