A list of films produced in the Soviet Union in 1972 (see 1972 in film).
| Title | Original title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | |||||
| Address of your home | Адрес вашего дома | Yevgeni Khrinyuk | Drama | ||
| As Ilf and Petrov rode a tram | Ехали в трамвае Ильф и Петров | Viktor Titov | Comedy | ||
| Big School-Break | Большая перемена | Aleksei Korenev | Comedy | ||
| Chipollino | Чиполлино | Tamara Lisitsian | Gianni Rodari, Aleksandr Yelistratov | Musical, comedy | |
| Commander of the Happy "Pike" | Командир счастливой «Щуки» | Boris Volchek | War | ||
| Crank from 5th B | Чудак из пятого 'Б | Andrei Voynovsky | Comedy | ||
| Dangerous Corner | Опасный поворот | Vladimir Basov | Yury Yakovlev, Vladimir Basov, Valentina Titova, Rufina Nifontova, Antonina Shuranova | Drama | |
| The Dawns Here Are Quiet | А зори здесь тихие | Stanislav Rostotsky | Andrey Martynov, Yelena Drapeko, Yekaterina Markova | War drama | |
| Eolomea | Эоломея | Herrmann Zschoche | Science fiction | Soviet-East German co-production | |
| Fakir hour | Факир на час | Diamara Nizhnikovskaya | Musical | ||
| Farewell to St. Petersburg | Прощание с Петербургом | Biopic | |||
| The Fourth | Четвёртый | Drama | |||
| Gentlemen of Fortune | Джентльмены удачи | Comedy, crime | |||
| The Golden Horns | Золотые рога | Fantasy | |||
| Grandmaster | Гроссмейстер | Drama | |||
| Happy Go Lucky | Печки-лавочки | Vasily Shukshin | Comedy | ||
| The Headless Horseman | Всадник без головы | Vladimir Vajnshtok | Ludmila Savelyeva, Oleg Vidov, Aarne Üksküla | Western | Adaptation of The Headless Horseman |
| Hello and Goodbye | Здравствуй и прощай | Comedy | |||
| Hot Snow | Горячий снег | Gabriel Yegiazarov | War film | ||
| The Last Day | Самый последний день | Drama | |||
| Lăutarii | Лаутары | Emil Loteanu | Sergei Lunkevich | Romantic drama | |
| The Love of Mankind | Любить человека | Drama | |||
| A Man at His Place | Человек на своем месте | Aleksey Sakharov | Drama | ||
| Monologue | Монолог | Ilya Averbakh | Drama | Entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Point, Point, Comma... | Точка, точка, запятая... | Sergei Danchenko | Comedy | ||
| Privalov's Millions | Приваловские миллионы | Yaropolk Lapshin | Drama | ||
| Racers | Гонщики | Drama | |||
| Ruslan and Lyudmila | Руслан и Людмила | Aleksandr Ptushko | Fantasy | ||
| Russian Field | Русское поле | Nikolai Moskalenko | Drama | ||
| The Saplings | Саженцы | Comedy | Entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival | ||
| The Seagull | Чайка | Drama | |||
| The Seventh Bullet | Седьмая пуля | Ali Khamraev | Action | ||
| The Stationmaster | Станционный смотритель | Sergei Solovyov | Drama | ||
| Shadow-boxing | Бой с тенью | Valentin Popov | Pavel Sergeichev, Natalia Bespalova, Gustav Kirschtein, Yuriy Nazarov, Lyudmila Shagalova, Igor Kosukhin | Drama | |
| Solaris | Солярис | Andrei Tarkovsky | Donatas Banionis, Natalya Bondarchuk, Jüri Järvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetsky | Sci-fi | Special Jury Prize at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival |
| Taming of the Fire | Укрощение огня | Daniil Khrabrovitsky | Biopic | ||
| A Teacher of Singing | Учитель пения | Comedy | |||
| Train Stop — Two Minutes | Стоянка поезда — две минуты | Mark Zakharov, Aleksander Orlov | Musical | ||
| Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day | Винни-Пух и день забот | Vladimir Osenev, Yevgeny Leonov, Iya Savvina, Erast Garin, Zinaida Naryshkina | Animation | ||