Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 1972

The 7th Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 1972 filmmaking, were given in 1973.

Winners

• Best Actor (tie):
  • Marlon Brando - The Godfather
  • Stacy Keach - Fat City
• Best Actress (tie):
  • Katharine Hepburn - The Trojan Women (1971)
  • Cicely Tyson - Sounder
• Best Director:
  • Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather
• Best Director of a Foreign Film:
  • Vittorio De Sica - The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Murmur of the Heart, France/Italy/West Germany (1971)
• Best Picture:
  • A Clockwork Orange (1971)
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Joel Grey - Cabaret
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Cloris Leachman - The Last Picture Show