1972 (45th Annual Awards)
Nomination Statistics by Film

Listed below are statistics for the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1972. In the chart, the term “Top Six” refers to the number of nominations or wins in the top six award categories (Best Picture, Best Actor and Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Actress, and Directing). The symbol appears next to those films that ultimately won at least one award. Click on the name of a film in the list to display more information about that film. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nomination statistics for that year.

		Nominations				Wins
Film Title		Top Six		Total		Top Six		Total
Ape and Super-Ape		0		1		0		0
Ben		0		1		0		0
Butterflies Are Free		1		3		1		1
Cabaret		4		10		3		8
The Candidate		0		2		0		1
A Christmas Carol		0		1		0		1
The Dawns Here Are Quiet		0		1		0		0
Deliverance		2		3		0		0
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie		0		2		0		1
The Emigrants		3		4		0		0
Fat City		1		1		0		0
Frog Story		0		1		0		0
The Godfather		6		11		2		3
The Heartbreak Kid		2		2		0		0
The Hot Rock		0		1		0		0
Hundertwasser’s Rainy Day		0		1		0		0
I Love You Rosa		0		1		0		0
Images		0		1		0		0
K-Z		0		1		0		0
Kama Sutra Rides Again		0		1		0		0
Lady Sings the Blues		1		5		0		0
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean		0		1		0		0
Limelight		0		1		0		1
The Little Ark		0		1		0		0
Malcolm X		0		1		0		0
Man of La Mancha		0		1		0		0
Manson		0		1		0		0
Marjoe		0		1		0		1
Murmur of the Heart		0		1		0		0
My Dearest Senorita		0		1		0		0
Napoleon and Samantha		0		1		0		0
The New Land		0		1		0		0
Norman Rockwell’s World . . . An American Dream		0		1		0		1
Pete ’n’ Tillie		1		2		0		0
The Poseidon Adventure		1		9		0		2
The Ruling Class		1		1		0		0
Selling Out		0		1		0		0
1776		0		1		0		0
The Silent Revolution		0		1		0		0
Sleuth		3		4		0		0
Solo		0		1		0		0
Sounder		3		4		0		0
The Stepmother		0		1		0		0
This Tiny World		0		1		0		1
The Tide of Traffic		0		1		0		0
Travels with My Aunt		1		4		0		1
Tup Tup		0		1		0		0
Young Winston		0		3		0		0
Winning Films: 12		30		101		6		22
Total Films: 48