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1973 in film

The significant events of the year 1973 in film are covered in this page.

United States and Canada
The top ten 1973 released films by theatrical rentals in the United States and Canada are as follows:

Outside North America
The highest-grossing 1973 films in countries outside of North America.

Worldwide gross revenue
The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1973. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1973. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases.

The year's highest-grossing actor worldwide was Hong Kong martial arts film star Bruce Lee, who died the same year.

Events

 * March – Five Fingers of Death is released in the United States and is a surprise success starting a kung fu film craze in North America
 * April 11 – Kim Jong-il publishes his film treatise On the Art of the Cinema.
 * May 1 – The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely; she will marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra in 1976.
 * July 20 – Martial arts legend Bruce Lee dies before Enter the Dragon is released on July 26.
 * August 17 – The sci-fi movie Westworld is the first feature film to use digital image processing.
 * December 25 – The Sting is released and goes on to become one of the top-grossing films of all time.
 * December 26 – The Exorcist reawakens the horror film genre and becomes one of the most popular and controversial films ever released.

Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
 * The Hireling, directed by Alan Bridges, United Kingdom
 * Scarecrow, directed by Jerry Schatzberg, United States

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
 * Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder), directed by Satyajit Ray, India

Notable films released in 1973
United States unless stated

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 * The 14, directed by David Hemmings, starring Jack Wild – (U.K.)

A

 * Abhimaan (Pride) – (India)
 * Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies, starring Cliff Robertson and Pamela Franklin
 * The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob) – (France)
 * All Nudity Shall Be Punished (Toda Nudez Será Castigada) – (Brazil)
 * The Alpha Caper, starring Henry Fonda and Leonard Nimoy
 * Alvin Purple – (Australia)
 * Amarcord, directed by Federico Fellini – (Italy)
 * American Graffiti, directed by George Lucas, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Cindy Williams, Paul Le Mat, Candy Clark and Harrison Ford
 * Ana and the Wolves (Ana y los lobos), starring Geraldine Chaplin – (Spain)
 * And Now the Screaming Starts!, starring Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham and Herbert Lom
 * Arnold, starring Stella Stevens, Roddy McDowall and Elsa Lanchester
 * Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder), directed by Satyajit Ray – Golden Bear winner – (India)

B

 * The Baby, starring Anjanette Comer and Ruth Roman
 * Badlands, directed by Terrence Malick, starring Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek and Warren Oates
 * Bang the Drum Slowly, starring Robert De Niro and Michael Moriarty
 * Bat Pussy, believed to have been made or released in 1973
 * Battle for the Planet of the Apes, starring Roddy McDowall, Claude Akins, Natalie Trundy and John Huston
 * Battles Without Honor and Humanity (ingi naki tatakai) – (Japan)
 * Baxter!, starring Patricia Neal and Britt Ekland – (U.K.)
 * Black Caesar, starring Fred Williamson
 * Black Holiday (La Villeggiatura), starring Adolfo Celi – (Italy)
 * Blood Brothers (Ci Ma), directed by Chang Cheh – (Hong Kong)
 * Blood in the Streets, a.k.a. Revolver, starring Oliver Reed – (Italy/France/West Germany)
 * Blood of the Dragon (Zhui ming qiang) – (Hong Kong)
 * Blue Blood, starring Oliver Reed, Fiona Lewis and Derek Jacobi- (U.K.)
 * Blume in Love, starring George Segal, Susan Anspach and Kris Kristofferson
 * Bobby, starring Rishi Kapoor – (India)
 * Book of Numbers, directed, produced by and starring Raymond St. Jacques
 * Il Boss, starring Henry Silva and Richard Conte – (Italy)
 * Breezy, directed by Clint Eastwood, starring William Holden and Kay Lenz
 * A Brief Vacation (Una breve vacanza), directed by Vittorio De Sica – (Italy)
 * Brother of the Wind

C

 * Cahill U.S. Marshal, starring John Wayne and George Kennedy
 * Can Dialectics Break Bricks? (La Dialectique Peut-Elle Casser Des Briques?) – (France)
 * The Candy Snatchers, starring Tiffany Bolling
 * Charley and the Angel, starring Fred MacMurray, Cloris Leachman and Kurt Russell
 * Charley Varrick, directed by Don Siegel, starring Walter Matthau, John Vernon, Joe Don Baker, Andy Robinson, Sheree North and Felicia Farr
 * Charlotte's Web, an animated film directed by Charles A. Nichols and Iwao Takamoto, with the voices of Debbie Reynolds and Henry Gibson
 * Chino, directed by John Sturges, starring Charles Bronson
 * Cinderella Liberty, directed by Mark Rydell, starring James Caan and Marsha Mason
 * Class of '44, starring Gary Grimes
 * Cleopatra Jones, starring Tamara Dobson and Shelley Winters
 * Coffy, starring Pam Grier
 * Cops and Robbers, starring Joseph Bologna and Cliff Gorman
 * The Crazies, directed by George A. Romero
 * The Creeping Flesh, starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing – (U.K.)

D

 * Dark Places, starring Christopher Lee, Joan Collins and Jane Birkin – (U.K.)
 * Day for Night, directed by François Truffaut, starring Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Jean-Pierre Léaud and Jean-Pierre Aumont – Academy Award and Bafta winner – (France)
 * The Day of the Dolphin, directed by Mike Nichols, starring George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere and Paul Sorvino
 * The Day of the Jackal, directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale and Delphine Seyrig – (U.K./France)
 * The Death of a Lumberjack (La Mort d'un bûcheron) – (Canada)
 * A Delicate Balance, starring Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick, Kate Reid and Betsy Blair
 * The Devil in Miss Jones, adult film, directed by Gerard Damiano
 * Dillinger, directed by John Milius, starring Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton, Richard Dreyfuss and Geoffrey Lewis
 * A Doll's House, starring Claire Bloom and Anthony Hopkins – (U.K.)
 * The Don Is Dead, starring Anthony Quinn, Robert Forster, Al Lettieri and Ina Balin
 * Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, starring Kim Darby and Jim Hutton
 * Don't Look Now, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland – (U.K./Italy)

E

 * The Earth Is a Sinful Song (Maa on syntinen laulu) – (Finland)
 * Electra Glide in Blue, starring Robert Blake
 * Emperor of the North Pole, directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine and Charles Tyner
 * England Made Me, starring Peter Finch and Michael York – (U.K.)
 * Enter the Dragon, starring Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly – (Hong Kong/United States)
 * Executive Action, starring Burt Lancaster and Robert Ryan
 * The Exorcist, directed by William Friedkin, starring Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller and Max von Sydow—winner of 5 Golden Globes and 2 Oscars

F

 * Fantastic Planet (La Planète Sauvage) – (France/Czechoslovakia)
 * Fé, Esperanza y Caridad (Faith, Hope and Charity), starring Katy Jurado – (Mexico)
 * The Final Programme, starring Jon Finch, Jenny Runacre and Graham Crowden – (U.K.)
 * Five on the Black Hand Side, starring Godfrey Cambridge
 * Forced Entry, adult film starring Harry Reems
 * The Friends of Eddie Coyle, directed by Peter Yates, starring Robert Mitchum, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats, Alex Rocco and Peter Boyle
 * From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (a.k.a. The Hideaways), starring Ingrid Bergman

G

 * Godspell, starring Victor Garber
 * Godzilla vs. Megalon, directed by Jun Fukuda – (Japan)
 * La Grande Bouffe (Blow-Out), starring Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli and Philippe Noiret – (France/Italy)

H

 * The Hare Census (Prebroyavane na Divite Zaytsi), directed by Eduard Zahariev, starring Itzhak Fintzi, Nikola Todev and Georgi Rusev – (Bulgaria)
 * The Harrad Experiment, starring Don Johnson, Tippi Hedren and James Whitmore
 * Heavy Traffic, an animated film by Ralph Bakshi
 * Hell Up in Harlem, starring Fred Williamson
 * High Plains Drifter, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill and Geoffrey Lewis
 * The Hireling, directed by Alan Bridges, starring Robert Shaw and Sarah Miles – Palme d'Or winner – (U.K.)
 * Hitler: The Last Ten Days, starring Alec Guinness – (U.K./Italy)
 * The Holy Mountain (La Montaña Sagrada), directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky – (Mexico/U.S.)
 * Home Sweet Home (La fête à Jules) – (Belgium)
 * The Homecoming, directed by Peter Hall, starring Cyril Cusack, Ian Holm and Vivien Merchant – (U.K.)
 * Hot Winds (Garm Hava), directed by M. S. Sathyu – (India)
 * The Hourglass Sanatorium (Sanatorium pod klepsydrą), directed by Wojciech Has – (Poland)
 * The House in Nightmare Park, directed by Peter Skyes, starring Frankie Howerd and Ray Milland – (U.K.)
 * The House on Chelouche Street (Ha-Bayit Berechov Chelouche) – (Israel)
 * Hugo the Hippo (Hugó, a víziló) – (Hungary)

I

 * The Iceman Cometh, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Lee Marvin, Fredric March, Robert Ryan and Jeff Bridges
 * Idaho Transfer, directed by Peter Fonda
 * Indian Summer, directed by Milen Nikolov, starring Georgi Partsalev, Leda Taseva and Tatyana Lolova – (Bulgaria)
 * Interval, starring Merle Oberon
 * L' Invitation (The Invitation), directed by Claude Goretta – Academy Award for Best Foreign Film – (France/Switzerland)
 * Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (Ivan Vasilyevich menyayet professiyu) – (U.S.S.R.)

J

 * Jesus Christ Superstar, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Ted Neeley and Yvonne Elliman, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
 * Jeremy, starring Robby Benson and Glynnis O'Connor
 * Jonathan Livingston Seagull, featuring voices of James Franciscus and Juliet Mills

K

 * Kanashimi no Belladonna (Belladonna of Sadness), Anime feature film – (Japan)
 * Kid Blue, starring Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates and Peter Boyle

L

 * Lady Ice, starring Donald Sutherland and Jennifer O'Neill
 * Lady Snowblood (Shurayukihime) – (Japan)
 * The Last American Hero, starring Jeff Bridges and Valerie Perrine
 * The Last Detail, directed by Hal Ashby, starring Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid and Otis Young
 * The Last of Sheila, directed by Herbert Ross, written by Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins, starring Raquel Welch, Dyan Cannon, James Mason, James Coburn, Richard Benjamin, Joan Hackett and Ian McShane
 * The Laughing Policeman, starring Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett Jr., Joanna Cassidy and Cathy Lee Crosby
 * The Legend of Hell House, starring Pamela Franklin and Gayle Hunnicutt
 * The Legend of Paul and Paula (Die Legende von Paul und Paula) – (East Germany)
 * Le Magnifique, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jacqueline Bisset – (France)
 * Little Tiger of Canton (Guang dong xiao lao hu), starring Jackie Chan – (Hong Kong)
 * Live and Let Die, starring Roger Moore (as James Bond), with Jane Seymour and Yaphet Kotto – (U.K.)
 * Lolly-Madonna XXX, starring Rod Steiger, Robert Ryan and Jeff Bridges
 * The Long Goodbye, directed by Robert Altman, starring Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell, Henry Gibson and Jim Bouton
 * Lost Horizon, starring Peter Finch, John Gielgud, Liv Ullmann, George Kennedy and Olivia Hussey
 * Love and Anarchy (d'amore e d'anarchia), directed by Lina Wertmüller – (Italy)
 * Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Timothy Bottoms and Maggie Smith

M

 * The Mack , directed by Michael Campus, starring Max Julien, Richard Pryor, and Carol Speed
 * The Mackintosh Man, directed by John Huston, starring Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda and James Mason – (UK/US)
 * Magnum Force, directed by Ted Post, starring Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, David Soul, Tim Matheson and Robert Urich
 * Malizia (Malicious) – (Italy)
 * Manson, a documentary film about Charles Manson
 * Massacre in Rome (Rappresaglia), directed by George Pan Cosmatos, starring Richard Burton and Marcello Mastroianni – (Italy)
 * Maurie, directed by Daniel Mann, starring Bo Svenson and Bernie Casey
 * Mean Streets, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro
 * Memory of a Night of Love, starring Salah Zulfikar, Nelly and Nabila Ebeid – (Syria)
 * The Mother and the Whore (La Maman et la Putain), directed by Jean Eustache, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Bernadette Lafont and Françoise Lebrun – (France)
 * My Dear Brother starring Tarık Akan, Halit Akçatepe and Kahraman Kıral –  (Turkey)
 * My Name Is Nobody (Il mio nome è Nessuno), starring Terence Hill and Henry Fonda – (Italy)

N

 * The Neptune Factor, starring Ben Gazzara, Yvette Mimieux and Ernest Borgnine
 * Nefertiti and Akhenaten, TV movie starring Geraldine Chaplin and Salah Zulfikar – (Mexico)
 * The No Mercy Man, starring Sid Haig and Ron Thompson
 * Night Flight from Moscow, starring Yul Brynner, Henry Fonda and Dirk Bogarde – (France/Italy/Germany)
 * Night Watch, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey – (U.K.)
 * The Night Strangler, TV movie starring Darren McGavin
 * The Nutcracker (Schelkunchik) – (U.S.S.R.)

O

 * O Lucky Man!, directed by Lindsay Anderson, starring Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts and Arthur Lowe – (U.K.)
 * The Offence, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Sean Connery, Ian Bannen and Trevor Howard
 * Oklahoma Crude, directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Faye Dunaway and George C. Scott
 * The Olsen Gang Goes Crazy (Olsen-banden går amok) – (Denmark)

P

 * The Paper Chase, starring Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner and John Houseman
 * Paper Moon, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal and Madeline Kahn
 * Paperback Hero, starring Keir Dullea and Elizabeth Ashley – (Canada)
 * Papillon, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman
 * Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson and Bob Dylan, with music by Dylan
 * The Pedestrian (Der Fußgänger), directed by Maximilian Schell, starring Peggy Ashcroft – Golden Globe for best foreign film – (West Germany/Switzerland/Israel)
 * Property Is No Longer a Theft (La proprietà non è più un furto), starring Ugo Tognazzi – (Italy)
 * The Pyx, starring Christopher Plummer and Karen Black- (Canada)

R

 * Resurrection of Eve, starring Marilyn Chambers
 * El Retorno de Walpurgis (a.k.a. The Curse of the Devil) – (Spain/Mexico)
 * Robin Hood, animated film with voices of Roger Miller, Phil Harris, Andy Devine, Peter Ustinov and Terry-Thomas

S

 * Save the Tiger, directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Jack Lemmon
 * Scarecrow, directed by Jerry Schatzberg, starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino – Palme d'Or winner
 * Scenes from a Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson – (Sweden)
 * Scorpio, starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield and Gayle Hunnicutt
 * Scream Blacula Scream, starring William H. Marshall and Pam Grier
 * Serpico, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Al Pacino
 * The Seven Madmen (Los siete locos), directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson – (Argentina)
 * The Seven-Ups, starring Roy Scheider and Tony Lo Bianco
 * Shaft in Africa, starring Richard Roundtree
 * Shamus, starring Burt Reynolds, Dyan Cannon and John P. Ryan
 * Showdown, starring Dean Martin and Rock Hudson
 * Sisters, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Margot Kidder and Jennifer Salt
 * Slaughter's Big Rip-Off, starring Jim Brown, Brock Peters and Ed McMahon
 * Sleeper, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Diane Keaton
 * Slither, starring James Caan, Sally Kellerman and Peter Boyle
 * The Society of the Spectacle (La Société du Spectacle) – (France)
 * Son of Zorro
 * Soul Hustler, directed by Bert Topper, starring Fabian Forte, Nai Bonet, Tony Russel and Casey Kasem
 * Soylent Green, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young and Edward G. Robinson
 * The Spirit of the Beehive (El espíritu de la colmena), directed by Victor Erice – (Spain)
 * Stateline Motel, starring Eli Wallach, Ursula Andress, Fabio Testi and Eli Wallach – Canada/Italy
 * Steelyard Blues, starring Donald Sutherland and Jane Fonda
 * Steptoe and Son Ride Again, starred Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett – (U.K.)
 * The Sting, directed by George Roy Hill, starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Eileen Brennan, Charles Durning and Ray Walston – winner of 7 Academy Awards
 * The Stone Killer, starring Charles Bronson
 * Super Fly T.N.T., directed by and starring Ron O'Neal
 * Superdad, starring Bob Crane, Barbara Rush and Kurt Russell
 * Sweet Kill, starring Tab Hunter

T

 * The Tenderness of Wolves (Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe) – (West Germany)
 * That'll Be the Day, starring David Essex, Rosemary Leach and Ringo Starr – (U.K.)
 * Theatre of Blood, starring Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry and Robert Morley
 * Themroc, starring Michel Piccoli – (France)
 * There's No Smoke Without Fire (Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu), starring Annie Girardot – (France)
 * The Other Man, starring Salah Zulfikar, Shams El Baroudi and Zubaida Tharwat – (Egypt)
 * The Thief Who Came to Dinner, starring Ryan O'Neal, Jacqueline Bisset and Warren Oates
 * The Three-Day Reign (Samil cheonha) – (South Korea)
 * The Three Musketeers, directed by Richard Lester, starring Michael York, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Frank Finlay, Raquel Welch, Charlton Heston, Faye Dunaway and Christopher Lee – (U.K./U.S.)
 * Three Wishes for Cinderella (Tři oříšky pro Popelku) – (Czechoslovakia/East Germany)
 * A Touch of Class, starring George Segal and Glenda Jackson – (U.K.)
 * Tom Sawyer, starring Johnny Whitaker and Jodie Foster
 * Touki Bouki (Journey of the Hyena) – (Senegal)
 * The Train Robbers, starring John Wayne and Ann-Margret
 * Tsugaru Folk Song (Tsugaru Jongarabushi) – (Japan)
 * Turkish Delight (Turks Fruit), directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Rutger Hauer – (Netherlands)
 * Two Men in Town (Deux hommes dans la ville), starring Jean Gabin and Alain Delon – (France)
 * Two People, directed by Robert Wise, starring Peter Fonda and Lindsay Wagner

U

 * Ultimul cartuş (The Last Bullet) – (Romania)

V

 * The Vault of Horror, starring Glynis Johns, Terry-Thomas and Curd Jürgens – (U.K.)
 * Voices, starring David Hemmings and Gayle Hunnicutt – (U.K.)

W

 * Walking Tall, starring Joe Don Baker
 * The Way We Were, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford
 * We Want the Colonels (Vogliamo i colonnelli), starring Ugo Tognazzi – (Italy)
 * Wedding in Blood (Les Noces rouges), directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Stéphane Audran and Michel Piccoli – (France)
 * Westworld, directed by Michael Crichton, starring Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin and James Brolin
 * White Lightning, starring Burt Reynolds
 * Wicked, Wicked, starring David Bailey, Edd Byrnes and Tiffany Bolling
 * The Wicker Man, directed by Robin Hardy, starring Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento and Britt Ekland– (U.K.)
 * Willie Dynamite, directed by Gilbert Moses, starring Roscoe Orman, Diana Sands, Thalmus Rasulala and Roger Robinson
 * The World's Greatest Athlete, starring Jan-Michael Vincent and John Amos

Z

 * Zanjeer (Shackles) – (India)
 * Ziddi (Action)- (Pakistan)

1973 Wide-release movies
United States unless stated

Births

 * January 7 – Baiba Broka, Latvian actress
 * January 9 - Angela Bettis, American actress, producer and director
 * January 10 – Ryan Drummond, American actor and comedian
 * January 14 – Katie Griffin, Canadian actress and singer.
 * January 17 - Bob Persichetti, American animator, story artist, storyboard artist, screenwriter and director
 * January 18 - Ben Willbond, English actor and screenwriter
 * January 23 – Lanei Chapman, American actress
 * January 24 – William Gregory Lee, American actor
 * January 26 - Jennifer Crystal Foley, American actress
 * January 29 – Arben Bajraktaraj, Korovan-born French actor
 * January 30 - Jordan Prentice, Canadian actor
 * January 31
 * Portia de Rossi, Australian-Canadian actress
 * Matthew Faber, American actor (d. 2020)
 * February 12 – Tara Strong, Canadian-American voice actress
 * February 14 - Kristen Dalton, American actress
 * February 15 - Sarah Wynter, Australian actress
 * February 17 – Lucy Davis, English actress
 * February 18 – Tom Wisdom, English actor
 * February 25 – Anson Mount, American actor
 * February 27 – Li Bingbing, Chinese actress
 * March 1 – Jack Davenport, English actor
 * March 3 - Matthew Marsden, English-American actor, producer and singer
 * March 4 – Len Wiseman, American director, screenwriter and producer
 * March 8 - Boris Kodjoe, German actor and producer
 * March 10 – Natasha Alam, Uzbekistani–American actress and model
 * March 13 – Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Icelandic-American actor, producer and screenwriter
 * March 16 - Jerome Flynn, English actor and singer
 * March 18 – Luci Christian, American voice actress
 * March 19 - Jill Culton, American animator, storyboard artist, director and screenwriter
 * March 20
 * Jane March, English actress and model
 * Jimi Mistry, retired British actor
 * Cedric Yarbrough, American actor and comedian
 * March 21 - Vanessa Branch, English-born American actress
 * March 22 - Clay Kaytis, American animator and director
 * March 24 – Jim Parsons, American actor and producer
 * April 1 - Kris Marshall, English actor
 * April 2
 * Simon Farnaby, English actor, comedian and writer
 * Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, actress, producer and writer
 * April 3 – Adam Scott, American actor, comedian and producer
 * April 6
 * Lori Heuring, American actress
 * Cindy Robinson, American voice actress
 * April 10 – Guillaume Canet, French actor
 * April 11
 * Kris Marshall, English actor
 * Alec Musser, American actor and fitness model (d. 2024)
 * April 12 - Amr Waked, Egyptian actor
 * April 14 – Adrien Brody, American actor
 * April 19
 * Michael Bacall, American screenwriter and actor
 * David Soren, Canadian director, writer, voice actor and storyboard artist
 * April 22 – Christopher Sabat, American voice actor
 * April 30
 * Robyn Griggs, American actress (d. 2022)
 * Antonino Isordia, Mexican director
 * May 5 – Tina Yothers, American actress
 * May 8
 * Marcus Brigstocke, British comedian and actor
 * Jonathon Young, Canadian actor
 * May 10 – Tora Sudiro, Indonesian actor
 * May 12 - Mackenzie Astin, American actor
 * May 17
 * Sasha Alexander, American actress and director
 * Matthew McGrory, American actor (d. 2005)
 * May 21 - Noel Fielding, English comedian, writer, actor, artist, musician and television presenter
 * May 25
 * Demetri Martin, American comedian, actor, writer, director and musician
 * Molly Sims, American model and actress
 * May 27 - Jack McBrayer, American actor, singer and comedian
 * May 30 - Minae Noji, Japanese-American actress
 * June 1 - Adam Garcia, Australian actor
 * June 2 - Kevin Feige, American producer
 * June 8 - Lexa Doig, Canadian actress
 * June 9 - Orlando Wells, English actor and writer
 * June 12 - Mel Rodriguez, American actor
 * June 15 – Neil Patrick Harris, American actor
 * June 16 – Eddie Cibrian, American actor
 * June 17 - Louis Leterrier, French director and producer
 * June 18 - Julie Depardieu, French actress
 * June 19 - Leticia Spiller, Brazilian actress
 * June 21 – Juliette Lewis, American actress
 * June 22 - Tracy Melchior, American former actress
 * June 24 - Alexander Beyer, German actor
 * June 27 - Razaaq Adoti, British actor, producer and screenwriter
 * July 2 - Peter Kay, English comedian and actor
 * July 3 - Patrick Wilson, American actor, director and singer
 * July 6 - William Lee Scott, American actor
 * July 8 - Sebastian Maniscalco, American stand-up comedian and actor
 * July 9 - Enrique Murciano, American actor
 * July 10 - Annie Mumolo, American actress, screenwriter, comedian and producer
 * July 11 - Jason Liebrecht, American voice actor
 * July 15 - Rachel Pickup, British actress
 * July 16 - Robert Jayne, American actor
 * July 19 - Saïd Taghmaoui, French-American actor and screenwriter
 * July 20 – Omar Epps, American actor, rapper, and producer
 * July 22 - Jaime Camil, Mexican actor and singer
 * July 23
 * Daisy Donovan, English television presenter, actress and writer
 * Kathryn Hahn, American actress and comedian
 * July 24
 * Jamie Denbo, American actress, writer and comedian
 * Ana Cristina Oliveira, Portuguese actress
 * July 25 - David Denman, American actor
 * July 26 – Kate Beckinsale, English actress
 * July 29
 * Stephen Dorff, American actor
 * Dileep Rao, American actor
 * August 2 - Simon Kinberg, British-born American filmmaker
 * August 3 - Michael Ealy, American actor
 * August 5 - Michael Hollick, American actor
 * August 6
 * Asia Carrera, American former pornographic actress
 * David Campbell, Australian singer, actor and television personality
 * Vera Farmiga, American actress
 * August 8 – Jessica Calvello, American voice actress
 * August 9 - Kevin McKidd, Scottish actor and television director
 * August 15 - Lubna Azabal, Belgian actress
 * August 19 - Ahmed Best, American actor, comedian and musician
 * August 22 – Kristen Wiig, American actress and comedian
 * August 24
 * Dave Chappelle, American actor
 * Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor, writer and musician
 * Grey Griffin, American actress, comedian and singer songwriter
 * Barrett Oliver, American former child actor
 * August 25 - Ben Falcone, American filmmaker, comedian and actor
 * August 26 - Andy Muschietti, Argentine filmmaker
 * August 28 - Kirby Morrow, Canadian actor, comedian and writer (d. 2020)
 * September 4
 * Jason David Frank, American actor and mixed martial artist (d. 2022)
 * Lazlow Jones, American writer, producer, director, voice actor and radio personality
 * September 5
 * Paddy Considine, English actor, director, screenwriter and musician
 * Rose McGowan, American actress
 * September 7 – Shannon Elizabeth, American actress
 * September 9 - Diane Mizota, American actress
 * September 12 –
 * Maximiliano Hernández, American actor
 * Paul Walker, American actor and producer (d. 2013)
 * September 13 - Travis Knight, American animator, producer and director
 * September 14 – Andrew Lincoln, English actor
 * September 18 – James Marsden, American actor
 * September 19 - Nicholas Bishop, English-born Australian actor
 * September 22 - Bob Sapp, American mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and actor
 * September 25 - Bridgette Wilson, former American actress and singer
 * September 26 – Julienne Davis, American actress and model
 * September 27 - Indira Varma, British actress and narrator
 * October 1 – Christian Borle, American actor and singer
 * October 2 – Efren Ramirez, American actor
 * October 3
 * Keiko Agena, American actress
 * Neve Campbell, Canadian actress
 * Richard Ian Cox, Welsh-Canadian voice actor
 * Lena Headey, English actress
 * October 6 – Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor
 * October 8 - Jan Pavel Filipensky, Czech actor
 * October 10
 * Mario Lopez, American actor and television host
 * S. S. Rajamouli, Indian director
 * October 14 - Jason Manuel Olazabal, American actor
 * October 21 - Sasha Roiz, Israeli-born Canadian actor
 * October 22 – Carmen Ejogo, British actress and singer
 * October 23 - Stéphane Debac, French actor
 * October 24
 * Burgess Jenkins, American actor
 * Kurt Kuenne, American filmmaker
 * October 26 – Seth MacFarlane, American actor, animator, screenwriter, comedian, director and singer
 * October 28 – Kim Seo-hyung, South Korean actress
 * October 30
 * Adam Copeland, Canadian wrestler and actor
 * Kemp Powers, American filmmaker
 * November 1 – Aishwarya Rai, Indian actress
 * November 2 - Marisol Nichols, American actress
 * November 4 - Steven Ogg, Canadian actor
 * November 11 - Chris McKay, American filmmaker
 * November 12 - Radha Mitchell, Australian actress
 * November 14 - Dana Snyder, American actor and voice actor
 * November 21 - Brook Kerr, American actress
 * November 24
 * J. C. Chandor, American filmmaker
 * Lucy Liemann, British actress
 * Danielle Nicolet, American actress
 * November 26 – Peter Facinelli, American actor
 * November 27
 * Tadanobu Asano, Japanese actor
 * Sharlto Copley, South African actor
 * December 1 - Lombardo Boyar, American actor
 * December 3 - Bruno Campos, Brazilian-American actor and lawyer
 * December 4 - Tyra Banks, American television personality, producer, writer and actress
 * December 11 - Mos Def, American rapper, singer, songwriter and actor
 * December 14
 * Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-American actress (d. 2001)
 * Jan Uuspõld, Estonian actor
 * December 17 - Rian Johnson, American filmmaker
 * December 28 - Seth Meyers, American talkshow host, actor, comedian

title: 1973 in film


text:
1972 in film

The year 1972 in film involved several significant events.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1972 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
 * The Working Class Goes to Heaven (La classe operaia va in paradiso), directed by Elio Petri, Italy
 * The Mattei Affair (Il Caso Mattei), directed by Francesco Rosi, Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
 * The Canterbury Tales (I Racconti di Canterbury), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy / France

1972 Wide-release movies
United States unless stated

Notable films released in 1972
United States unless stated

#

 * The 14 Amazons (Shi si nu ying hao), directed by Cheng Kang, starring Lisa Lu, Lily Ho, Ivy Ling Po. (Hong Kong historical drama martial arts film)
 * 1776, starring William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, John Cullum, Ken Howard, Blythe Danner

A

 * Across 110th Street, starring Anthony Quinn and Yaphet Kotto
 * The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, directed by Bruce Beresford, starring Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Peter Cook, Spike Milligan – (Australia)
 * Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes), directed by Werner Herzog, starring Klaus Kinski- (West Germany)
 * The Amazing Mr. Blunden, starring Laurence Naismith and Lynne Frederick – (U.K.)
 * And Now For Something Completely Different, the first film made by the British comedy troupe Monty Python – (U.K.)
 * Amuck!, directed by Silvio Amadio, starring Farley Granger, Barbara Bouchet, Rosalba Neri and Umberto Raho
 * Angry Guest (E ke), directed by Chang Cheh – (Hong Kong)
 * Another Nice Mess, starring Rich Little
 * Antony and Cleopatra, directed by and starring Charlton Heston, with Hildegarde Neil – (U.K.)
 * Apna Desh (Our Country), starring Rajesh Khanna and Mumtaz – (India)
 * The Assassination of Trotsky, starring Richard Burton and Alain Delon – (Italy)
 * Asylum, starring Britt Ekland, Barbara Parkins, Charlotte Rampling, Peter Cushing, Barry Morse
 * Avanti!, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills

B

 * Bad Company, directed by Robert Benton, starring Jeff Bridges and Barry Brown
 * Baharo Phool Barsao – (Pakistan)
 * Baron Blood (Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga), directed by Mario Bava, starring Joseph Cotten and Elke Sommer – (Italy)
 * Bawarchi (The Chef), starring Rajesh Khanna – (India)
 * Be-Imaan – (India)
 * Ben, starring Lee Montgomery
 * The Big Bird Cage, starring Pam Grier
 * The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (Die Bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Hanna Schygulla – (West Germany)
 * Black Gunn
 * Blacula, starring William Marshall and Vonetta McGee
 * Blanche, directed by Walerian Borowczyk, starring Michel Simon, Georges Wilson, Jacques Perrin, Ligia Branice – (France)
 * Bluebeard, directed by Edward Dmytryk, starring Richard Burton, Joey Heatherton, Raquel Welch, Virna Lisi, Sybil Danning
 * Bone, starring Yaphet Kotto
 * Boxcar Bertha, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Barbara Hershey and David Carradine
 * The Boy Turns Man (Momcheto si otiva), directed by Lyudmil Kirkov, starring Nevena Kokanova, Kiril Gospodinov, Sashka Bratanova – (Bulgaria)
 * Brother Sun, Sister Moon (Fratello Sole, Sorella Luna), directed by Franco Zeffirelli – (Italy/U.K.)
 * Buck and the Preacher, directed by and starring Sidney Poitier, with Harry Belafonte and Ruby Dee
 * Butterflies Are Free, starring Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert, Eileen Heckart (Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress)

C

 * Cabaret, directed by Bob Fosse, starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Joel Grey – 8 Academy Awards, including Best Director, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor
 * The Candidate, directed by Michael Ritchie, starring Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas
 * The Canterbury Tales (I racconti di Canterbury), by Pier Paolo Pasolini, starring Hugh Griffith – Golden Bear winner – (Italy)
 * The Carey Treatment, directed by Blake Edwards, starring James Coburn and Jennifer O'Neill
 * Carry On Matron, starring Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques – (U.K.)
 * The Castle of Purity (El castillo de la pureza) – (Mexico)
 * Cats' Play (Macskajáték) – (Hungary)
 * Chato's Land, starring Charles Bronson, Jack Palance, James Whitmore, Richard Basehart, Ralph Waite
 * Child's Play, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring James Mason, Robert Preston, Beau Bridges
 * Cisco Pike, starring Kris Kristofferson, Karen Black, Gene Hackman
 * Come Back, Charleston Blue, starring Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques
 * Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, starring Roddy McDowall, Ricardo Montalbán, Natalie Trundy, Don Murray
 * Corky, starring Robert Blake and Charlotte Rampling
 * The Cowboys, directed by Mark Rydell, starring John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern
 * Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Harriet Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Liv Ullmann – (Sweden)
 * The Cruel Sea (Bas ya Bahar) – (Kuwait)
 * The Culpepper Cattle Co., directed by Dick Richards, starring Gary Grimes
 * Cu mâinile curate (With Clean Hands) – (Romania)

D

 * Daigoro vs. Goliath – (Japan)
 * Daughters of Satan, starring Tom Selleck
 * The Dawns Here Are Quiet – (U.S.S.R.)
 * A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, starring Alan Bates – (U.K.)
 * Days of '36, directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos
 * The Dagger – drama romance film directed by Fereydun Gole (Iran)
 * Deep Throat, – adult film directed by Gerard Damiano
 * Deliverance, directed by John Boorman, starring Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox
 * Dirty Little Billy, starring Michael J. Pollard
 * The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, directed by Luis Buñuel, starring Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Stephane Audran – Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film – (France)
 * Don't Torture a Duckling (Non si sevizia un paperino) – (Italy)
 * Dr. Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo (Dr. Jekyll and the Wolfman), starring Paul Naschy – (Spain)
 * Dr. Phibes Rises Again, starring Vincent Price and Robert Quarry – (U.K.)
 * Dynamite Chicken, starring Richard Pryor

E

 * Eagle in a Cage, starring John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Billie Whitelaw, Kenneth Haigh
 * The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, directed by Paul Newman, starring Joanne Woodward
 * Endless Night, directed by Sidney Gilliat, starring Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Britt Ekland – (U.K.)
 * Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Gene Wilder, Lynn Redgrave, Louise Lasser, Lou Jacobi, Heather MacRae, Tony Randall, Burt Reynolds

F

 * Fat City, directed by John Huston, starring Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell
 * Fata Morgana, directed by Werner Herzog – (West Germany)
 * Fear in the Night, starring Judy Geeson, Ralph Bates, Peter Cushing and Joan Collins- (U.K.)
 * Featureless Men, directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar, starring Salah Zulfikar and Nadia Lutfi - (Egypt)
 * Fellini's Roma, directed by Federico Fellini – (Italy)
 * Fillmore, a music documentary film featuring Santana, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane
 * The Final Comedown, starring Billy Dee Williams
 * Fist of Fury (Jīng Wǔ Mén), starring Bruce Lee – (Hong Kong)
 * Un flic (A Cop), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, starring Alain Delon and Catherine Deneuve – (France)
 * Follow Me!, starring Mia Farrow
 * Frenzy, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, Barry Foster, Anna Massey – (U.K.)
 * Fritz the Cat, directed by Ralph Bakshi — first animated movie to receive an X rating
 * Frogs, directed by George McCowan, starring Ray Milland, Sam Elliott, Joan Van Ark
 * Fuzz, starring Burt Reynolds, Yul Brynner and Raquel Welch

G

 * Game of Death, starring Bruce Lee and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – (Hong Kong/United States)
 * Gentlemen of Fortune (Dzhentlmeny udachi) – (U.S.S.R.)
 * The Getaway, directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri, Sally Struthers, Jack Dodson, Slim Pickens
 * The Girl on the Broomstick (Dívka na koštěti) – (Czechoslovakia)
 * Glastonbury Fayre, directed by Nicolas Roeg and Peter Neal, featuring Family, Fairport Convention, Traffic and more – (U.K.)
 * The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty (Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter), directed by Wim Wenders – (West Germany)
 * The Goat Horn (Koziyat rog) – (Bulgaria)
 * The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton, Robert Duvall, John Cazale, Richard Castellano, Talia Shire, Gianni Russo, Richard Conte, John Marley, Alex Rocco, Al Lettieri, Sterling Hayden – Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor
 * Godzilla vs. Gigan, directed by Jun Fukuda – (Japan)
 * The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid, starring Cliff Robertson and Robert Duvall
 * The Groundstar Conspiracy, starring George Peppard

H

 * Hammersmith Is Out, directed by and starring Peter Ustinov, with Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Beau Bridges
 * The Harder They Come, starring Jimmy Cliff – (Jamaica)
 * The Heartbreak Kid, directed by Elaine May, starring Charles Grodin, Jeannie Berlin, Cybill Shepherd, Eddie Albert
 * Hellé, directed by Roger Vadim – (France)
 * Henry VIII and His Six Wives, starring Keith Michell, Charlotte Rampling, Jane Asher – (U.K.)
 * Her Third (Der Dritte) – (East Germany)
 * Hickey & Boggs, starring Robert Culp and Bill Cosby
 * Hit Man, starring Bernie Casey and Pam Grier
 * The Hot Rock, directed by Peter Yates, starring Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Zero Mostel
 * The Hound of the Baskervilles, a Sherlock Holmes mystery directed by Barry Crane, starring Stewart Granger as Sherlock Holmes and Bernard Fox as Watson, co-starring William Shatner

I

 * Images, directed by Robert Altman, starring Susannah York – (US/UK)
 * Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (Ai Nu) – (Hong Kong film) directed by Chor Yuen
 * Insect Woman (Chungnyeo) – (South Korea)

J

 * J. W. Coop, starring Cliff Robertson
 * João and the Knife (João e a faca) – (Brazil)
 * Jeremiah Johnson, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Robert Redford
 * Joe Kidd, directed by John Sturges, starring Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon
 * Junior Bonner, directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Joe Don Baker

K

 * Kansas City Bomber, starring Raquel Welch
 * The King of Marvin Gardens, directed by Bob Rafelson, starring Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn
 * Koshish, starring Sanjeev Kumar – (India)

L

 * Lady Caroline Lamb, directed by Robert Bolt, starring Sarah Miles, Richard Chamberlain, Laurence Olivier – (U.K.)
 * Lady Liberty (La Mortadella), starring Sophia Loren and William Devane – (Italy)
 * Lady Sings the Blues, biopic of Billie Holiday, directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor
 * The Last House on the Left, directed by Wes Craven, starring Sandra Cassel, Lucy Grantham, David A. Hess
 * Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider – (France/Italy)
 * The Legend of Nigger Charley, starring Fred Williamson
 * The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, directed by John Huston, starring Paul Newman, Anthony Perkins, Ava Gardner, Roddy McDowall, Victoria Principal
 * Limbo, directed by Mark Robson, starring Kate Jackson
 * Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (Kozure Ōkami: Kowokashi udekashi tsukamatsuru) – (Japan)
 * Los Amigos (AKA Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears), starring Anthony Quinn and Franco Nero – (Italy/U.S.)
 * Love in the Afternoon (L'Amour l'après-midi), directed by Éric Rohmer, starring Zouzou – (France)
 * Ludwig, directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Helmut Berger, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano – (Italy/France)
 * Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King, directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, starring Harry Baer – (West Germany)

M

 * The Man, TV movie written by Rod Serling, starring James Earl Jones, Burgess Meredith, William Windom, Georg Stanford Brown, Jack Benny
 * Man of La Mancha, starring Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco – (U.S./Italy)
 * The Man Who Quit Smoking (Mannen som slutade röka) – (Sweden)
 * Manhunt (La mala ordina), starring Henry Silva – (Italy)
 * The Master Touch starring Kirk Douglas- (Italy)
 * The Mattei Affair, directed by Francesco Rosi, starring Gian Maria Volonté – Palme d'Or winner – (Italy)
 * The Mechanic, starring Charles Bronson
 * Mehdi in Black and Hot Mini Pants, starring Naser Malek Motiee and Hamideh Kheirabadi (Iran)
 * Metzitzim (Peeping Toms) – (Israel)
 * Moon of the Wolf, starring David Janssen and Bradford Dillman
 * Mutiny on the Buses, starring Reg Varney – (U.K.)
 * My Dearest señorita (Mi querida señorita) – (Spain)
 * My Name Is Shanghai Joe, starring Klaus Kinski and Chen Lee – (Italy)

N

 * Napoleon and Samantha, starring Michael Douglas and Jodie Foster
 * The New Centurions, starring George C. Scott and Stacy Keach
 * The New Land (Nybyggarna), directed by Jan Troell, starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann – Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film – (Sweden)
 * Nidhanaya (The Treasure) – (Sri Lanka)
 * Night of the Lepus, starring Janet Leigh, Stuart Whitman, Rory Calhoun, Deforest Kelley
 * The Night Stalker, TV movie starring Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Carol Lynley, Claude Akins. Ralph Meeker, Kent Smith, Charles McGraw, Larry Linville, Barry Atwater
 * Now You See Him, Now You Don't, starring Kurt Russell

O

 * The Offence, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Sean Connery and Trevor Howard – (UK/US)
 * One Day, the Nile, directed by Youssef Chahine, starring Salah Zulfikar and Soad Hosny - (Egypt)
 * One Is a Lonely Number, starring Trish Van Devere
 * The Other, starring Diana Muldaur
 * The Other Side of the Underneath, starring Sheila Allen – (U.K.)
 * The Outside Man (Un homme est mort), starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ann-Margret, Angie Dickinson – (France)
 * Oyster Village (Seokhwachon) – (South Korea)

P

 * Pancho Villa, starring Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, Chuck Connors, Anne Francis
 * Paris and Love, starring Salah Zulfikar and Sabah – (Lebanon)
 * Pearl in the Crown (Perła w koronie) – (Poland)
 * Pete 'n' Tillie, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Geraldine Page, Rene Auberjonois, Barry Nelson
 * Pink Flamingos, directed by John Waters, starring Divine
 * Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, directed by Adrian Maben, starring Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright, Nick Mason
 * Play It Again, Sam, directed by Herbert Ross, starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts
 * Play It as It Lays, directed by Frank Perry, starring Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins
 * Pocket Money, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring Paul Newman and Lee Marvin
 * Pope Joan, starring Liv Ullmann, Olivia de Havilland, Franco Nero
 * The Poseidon Adventure, directed by Ronald Neame, starring Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Stella Stevens, Jack Albertson, Roddy McDowall, Arthur O'Connell, Pamela Sue Martin, Eric Shea, Leslie Nielsen, Byron Webster
 * The Possession of Joel Delaney, starring Shirley MacLaine and Perry King
 * Prime Cut, starring Lee Marvin and Gene Hackman
 * Private Parts, directed by Paul Bartel
 * Pulp, starring Michael Caine – (U.K.)

R

 * Rage, starring George C. Scott and Martin Sheen
 * Raja Jani, starring Dharmendra – (India)
 * A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die, starring James Coburn and Telly Savalas – (Italy)
 * Red Psalm (Még kér a nép), directed by Miklós Jancsó – (Hungary)
 * The Revengers, starring William Holden and Ernest Borgnine
 * The Rowdyman, starring Gordon Pinsent – (Canada)
 * The Ruling Class, starring Peter O'Toole and Alastair Sim – (U.K.)

S

 * The Salzburg Connection, starring Barry Newman, Anna Karina, Klaus Maria Brandauer
 * Savage Messiah, directed by Ken Russell – (U.K.)
 * Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina (Slam the Monster on the Frontpage), starring Gian Maria Volonté – (Italy)
 * The Scientific Cardplayer (Lo Scopone Scientifico), starring Bette Davis, Alberto Sordi and Silvana Mangano – (Italy)
 * The Seduction of Mimi (Mimí metallurgico ferito nell'onore), starring Mariangela Melato – (Italy)
 * Shaft's Big Score, starring Richard Roundtree and Moses Gunn
 * Silent Running, starring Bruce Dern
 * Sitting Target, starring Oliver Reed, Ian McShane and Jill St. John – (U.K.)
 * Skyjacked, starring Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, James Brolin, Jeanne Crain, Walter Pidgeon
 * Slaughter, starring Jim Brown, Stella Stevens, Rip Torn
 * Slaughterhouse-Five, directed by George Roy Hill, starring Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Valerie Perrine
 * Sleuth, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine – (US/UK)
 * Snoopy Come Home
 * Solaris, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, starring Natalya Bondarchuk – (U.S.S.R.)
 * Something to Hide, starring Peter Finch and Shelley Winters
 * Sounder, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield
 * State of Siege (État de Siège), directed by Costa-Gavras, starring Yves Montand – (France)
 * Steptoe and Son, starred Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett – (U.K.)
 * Stigma, directed by David E. Durston, starring Philip Michael Thomas
 * Street Mobster (Gendai yakuza: hito-kiri yota) – (Japan)
 * Super Fly, directed by Gordon Parks, Jr., starring Ron O'Neal

T

 * Tabi no Omosa (Journey into Solitude) – (Japan)
 * Tales from the Crypt, starring Peter Cushing and Joan Collins – (U.K.)
 * The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire) – (France)
 * Taming of the Fire – (U.S.S.R.)
 * They Only Kill Their Masters, starring James Garner and Katharine Ross
 * The Thing with Two Heads, starring Ray Milland and Rosey Grier
 * Those People of the Nile, directed by Youssef Chahine, starring Salah Zulfikar and Soad Hosny – (Egypt - Soviet Union)
 * To Find a Man, starring Pamela Sue Martin, Tom Bosley, Tom Ewell, Phyllis Newman
 * Tomorrow, starring Robert Duvall
 * Tonta, tonta, pero no tanto (Foolish, Foolish, but not that Much) – (Mexico)
 * Tout Va Bien (Everything's Fine), directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jane Fonda and Yves Montand – (France/Italy)
 * Travels with My Aunt, starring Maggie Smith
 * Treasure Island, starring Orson Welles – (France/Germany/Spain/US)
 * Trick Baby, starring Kiel Martin and Mel Stewart
 * The Triple Echo, directed by Michael Apted, starring Glenda Jackson and Oliver Reed – (U.K.)
 * Trouble Man, directed by Ivan Dixon, starring Robert Hooks and Paul Winfield

U

 * Ulzana's Raid, directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Burt Lancaster
 * Under Milk Wood, starring Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter O'Toole – (U.K.)
 * Under the Flag of the Rising Sun – (Japan)
 * Une belle fille comme moi (a.k.a. Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me), directed by François Truffaut – (France)

V

 * The Valachi Papers, starring Charles Bronson and Lino Ventura – (Italy/France)
 * La Vallée, directed by Barbet Schroeder, starring Bulle Ogier with music by Pink Floyd – (France)
 * Vampire Circus, starring Adrienne Corri and Anthony Higgins – (U.K.)
 * Victoria No. 203 – (India)
 * The Visitors, directed by Elia Kazan

W

 * The War Between Men and Women starring Jack Lemmon and Barbara Harris
 * The Water Margin (Shui hu zhuan), directed by Chang Cheh – (Hong Kong)
 * Way of the Dragon (Meng long guo jiang), directed by and starring Bruce Lee with Nora Miao and Chuck Norris – (Hong Kong)
 * We Won't Grow Old Together (Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble) – (France)
 * The Wedding (Wesele), directed by Andrzej Wajda – (Poland)
 * What's Up, Doc?, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal
 * When the Gods Fall Asleep (Quando os Deuses Adormecem) – (Brazil)
 * Where Does It Hurt?  starring Peter Sellers
 * Winter Soldier, a documentary made by Vietnam Veterans Against the War
 * The Wrath of God, starring Robert Mitchum, Rita Hayworth, Frank Langella

X

 * X Y & Zee, aka Zee and Co., starring Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Susannah York

Y

 * You'll Like My Mother, starring Patty Duke
 * Young Winston, biopic of Winston Churchill, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Simon Ward, Robert Shaw, Anne Bancroft – (U.K.)

Births

 * January 5 - Luciana Pedraza, Argentine actress and director
 * January 9 – Deon Cole, American actor
 * January 11
 * Konstantin Khabensky, Russian actor and director
 * Amanda Peet, American actress
 * January 12 - Zabryna Guevara, American actress
 * January 15 – Kobe Tai, Taiwanese-American actress
 * January 16 - Richard T. Jones, American actor
 * January 20 - Adrian Martinez, American actor and comedian
 * January 22 - Romi Park, Japanese actress and singer
 * January 23 -
 * Léa Drucker, French actress
 * Ewen Bremner, Scottish character actor
 * January 26 - Cyia Batten, American dancer, model and actress
 * January 28 - Peter McDonald, Irish actor and director
 * February 1 - Tego Calderón, Puerto Rican rapper, singer and actor
 * February 7 - Robyn Lively, American actress
 * February 9 – Crispin Freeman, American voice actor
 * February 16 - Sarah Clarke, American actress
 * February 20 – Gareth Unwin, English producer
 * February 24 - James Bachman, English comedian, actor and writer
 * February 26 – Keith Ferguson, American voice actor
 * February 27 - Richard Coyle, English actor
 * February 28 - Rory Cochrane, American actor
 * March 4 – Garth Jennings, English film director, screenwriter, producer, actor and writer
 * March 8 - Matt Nable, Australian actor and writer
 * March 9
 * Jean Louisa Kelly, American actress and singer
 * Kerr Smith, American actor
 * March 13 – Common, American actor and singer
 * March 18 – Dane Cook, American comedian
 * March 23 – Judith Godrèche, French actress
 * March 24
 * Charlie Creed-Miles, English actor and musician
 * Tony Leondis, Greek-American animator, filmmaker and voice actor
 * March 26 – Leslie Mann, American actress
 * March 28
 * Nick Frost, English actor, comedian, writer and producer
 * David Vadim, Ukrainian-born American actor
 * March 29 - Sam Hazeldine, English actor
 * March 31 – Alejandro Amenábar, Spanish director, writer and soundtrack composer
 * April 3 - Catherine McCormack, English actress
 * April 5 - Junko Takeuchi, Japanese actress and voice actress
 * April 6 - Jason Hervey, American actor and producer
 * April 8 - Sung Kang, American actor
 * April 10 - Vincent Zhao, Chinese actor and martial artist
 * April 15 - Lou Romano, American animator and voice actor
 * April 17 – Jennifer Garner, American actress
 * April 18 - Eli Roth, American director, screenwriter, producer and actor
 * April 20 - Carmen Electra, American actress, singer and model
 * April 26 - Bronagh Gallagher, Irish actress and singer
 * April 28 - Gabriel Casseus, American actor and screenwriter
 * April 29 – Derek Mears, American actor and stuntman
 * May 2 – Dwayne Johnson, American actor
 * May 4 - John Rawls, New Zealand actor
 * May 7 - Jennifer Yuh Nelson, South Korean-born American story artist and director
 * May 12
 * Christian Campbell, Canadian actor
 * Rhea Seehorn, American actress and director
 * May 14 - Gabriel Mann, American actor and model
 * May 16 - Khary Payton, American actor
 * May 20 - Busta Rhymes, American rapper and actor
 * May 22 - Max Brooks, American actor
 * May 25 - Karan Johar, Indian director
 * May 26 - Selenis Leyva, American actress
 * May 28
 * Kate Ashfield, English actress
 * Chiara Mastroianni, French actress
 * Roland Møller, Danish actor
 * May 29 - Laverne Cox, American actress
 * May 30 - Joachim Rønning, Norwegian director
 * May 31 - Archie Panjabi, British actress
 * June 2
 * Wayne Brady, American actor, comedian, producer and game show host
 * Wentworth Miller, American-British actor and screenwriter
 * June 7 – Karl Urban, New Zealand actor
 * June 16 - John Cho, American actor
 * June 19
 * Jean Dujardin, French actor
 * Robin Tunney, American actress
 * June 23 – Selma Blair, American actress
 * June 28
 * Brendan Hunt, American actor and writer
 * Alessandro Nivola, American actor
 * July 3 - Matt Schulze, American actor and musician
 * July 5 – Gilles Lellouche, French actor and director
 * July 7 - Heather Kafka, American actress
 * July 10
 * Christoph Hochhäusler, German film director and screenwriter
 * Peter Serafinowicz, English actor, comedian, director and screenwriter
 * Sofia Vergara, Colombian American actress, television producer, presenter and model
 * John Viener, American actor, voice actor, writer and comedian
 * July 11 - Michael Rosenbaum, American actor, director, producer, singer and comedian
 * July 12 – Nenad Jezdić, Serbian actor
 * July 15 – Scott Foley, American actor, director and screenwriter
 * July 23 - Marlon Wayans, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
 * July 27 – Maya Rudolph, American actress and comedian
 * July 28
 * Elizabeth Berkley, American actress
 * Evan Farmer, American actor and musician
 * July 29
 * Ato Essandoh, American actor
 * Wil Wheaton, American actor
 * August 1
 * Guri Weinberg, Israeli-American actor and writer
 * Charles Malik Whitfield, American actor
 * August 2 - Jacinda Barrett, Australian-American actress
 * August 5
 * Darren Shahlavi, English actor, martial artist and stuntman (d. 2015)
 * Reika Kirishima, Japanese actress
 * August 7 - Dan Payne, Canadian actor
 * August 13 - Michael Sinterniklaas, French voice actor
 * August 15 – Ben Affleck, American actor, director and writer
 * August 25 - Joe Wright, English director
 * August 30 – Cameron Diaz, American actress
 * September 4
 * Carlos Ponce, Puerto Rican actor, musician, model and television personality
 * Françoise Yip, Canadian actress
 * September 6
 * Dylan Bruno, American actor
 * Idris Elba, English actor
 * Mait Malmsten, Estonian actor
 * Anika Noni Rose, American actress and singer
 * September 7 – Matthew Sleeth, Australian director
 * September 8
 * Giovanni Frezza, Italian child actor
 * Tomokazu Seki, Japanese voice actor
 * September 9 – Goran Visnjic, Croatian-American actor
 * September 15 - John Schwab, American actor
 * September 16
 * Mike Doyle, American actor
 * Alex Rice, Aboriginal-Canadian actress
 * September 21
 * Kevin Downes, American actor, writer, producer and director
 * Erin Fitzgerald, Canadian voice actress
 * September 24
 * Kate Fleetwood, English actress
 * Finty Williams, English actress
 * September 27 – Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress
 * October 5 - Tom Hooper, British-Australian filmmaker
 * October 8
 * Enrique Arce, Spanish actor
 * Tricia Vessey, American actress, writer and producer
 * October 9 - Cocoa Brown, American actress, writer and comedian
 * October 12 - Sönke Möhring, German actor
 * October 15 - Matt Keeslar, American former actor
 * October 17 – Eminem, American rapper and actor
 * October 18 - Christopher Knights, English voice actor, editor and cinematographer
 * October 20 - Thor Freudenthal, German director, screenwriter, animator and special effects artist
 * October 21 - Masakazu Morita, Japanese actor, voice actor and singer
 * October 22 – Saffron Burrows, English-American actress
 * October 23 - Kate del Castillo, Mexican-American actress
 * October 29 - Gabrielle Union, American actress, voice artist, activist and author
 * October 30
 * David Wilson Barnes, American actor
 * Jessica Hynes, English actress, director and writer
 * Steve Monroe, American actor and stand-up comedian
 * October 31 - Assaf Cohen, American actor
 * November 1
 * Toni Collette, Australian actress, producer and singer-songwriter
 * Jenny McCarthy, American actress
 * November 2 - Steve Edge, English actor, writer and former comedian
 * November 6
 * Thandiwe Newton, English actress
 * Rebecca Romijn, American actress
 * November 7
 * Christopher Daniel Barnes, American actor and writer
 * Jeremy and Jason London, American actors
 * November 8
 * Gretchen Mol, American actress
 * Jason Matthew Smith, American actor
 * November 9 - Eric Dane, American actor
 * November 10 - Trevor Devall, Canadian voice actor and podcaster
 * November 11
 * Adam Beach, Canadian actor
 * Tyler Christopher, American actor (d. 2023)
 * November 13 - Takuya Kimura, Japanese actor, singer and radio personality
 * November 14 – Josh Duhamel, American actor
 * November 15 – Jonny Lee Miller, English actor
 * November 16 - Michael Irby, American actor
 * November 19
 * Nicole Forester, American actress
 * Sandrine Holt, British-born Canadian actress
 * November 21 - Rain Phoenix, American actress, musician and singer
 * November 26 – Arjun Rampal, Indian actor
 * November 29 - Brian Baumgartner, American actor
 * December 2 - Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Norwegian actor and director
 * December 4 - Yūko Miyamura, Japanese actress and voice actress
 * December 7 – Jennifer Syme, American entertainment industry employee (d. 2001)
 * December 14
 * Jason Barry, Irish actor
 * Miranda Hart, English actress, comedian and writer
 * December 15 – Stuart Townsend, Irish actor
 * December 16 - Lisa Spoonauer, American former character actress (d. 2017)
 * December 18 - Jason Mantzoukas, American character actor, comedian, writer and podcaster.
 * December 19 – Alyssa Milano, American actress
 * December 20 - Marc Silk, English voice actor
 * December 23 – Christian Potenza, Canadian actor and voice actor
 * December 24 – Carmen Moore, Canadian actress
 * December 25 - Patrick Brennan, American actor
 * December 26 – Shane Meadows, English independent film director
 * December 27 - Thomas Wilson Brown, American actor
 * December 29
 * Jude Law, English actor
 * Leonor Varela, Chilean actress

Film debuts

 * Anne Archer – The Honkers
 * William Atherton – The New Centurions
 * Margaret Avery – Cool Breeze
 * Elya Baskin – Telegramma
 * Emmanuelle Béart – And Hope to Die
 * Ned Beatty – Deliverance
 * Susan Blakely – Savages
 * Klaus Maria Brandauer – The Salzburg Connection
 * Jerry Bruckheimer (producer) – The Culpepper Cattle Co.
 * Robert Carradine – The Cowboys
 * Dominic Chianese – Fuzz
 * Candy Clark – Fat City
 * Ronny Cox – Deliverance
 * Blythe Danner – To Kill a Clown
 * Brian Doyle-Murray – Fuzz
 * Peter Firth – Brother Sun, Sister Moon
 * Jodie Foster – Napoleon and Samantha
 * Jackie Earle Haley – The Outside Man
 * Bob Hoskins – Up the Front
 * Isabelle Huppert – Faustine et le Bel Été
 * Samuel L. Jackson – Together for Days
 * Madeline Kahn – What's Up, Doc?
 * Patsy Kensit – For the Love of Ada
 * Ben Kingsley – Fear Is the Key
 * Ed Lauter – Dirty Little Billy
 * John Lithgow – Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
 * David Margulies – Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers
 * Steve Martin – Another Nice Mess
 * Frank McRae – Cool Breeze
 * Nick Nolte – Dirty Little Billy
 * Jürgen Prochnow – Zoff
 * Kathleen Quinlan – One Is a Lonely Number
 * Steve Railsback – The Visitors
 * Alan Silvestri (film composer) – The Doberman Gang
 * Frank Sivero – The Godfather
 * Stellan Skarsgård – Strandhugg i somras
 * Charles Martin Smith – The Culpepper Cattle Co.
 * Jeffrey Tambor – The Summertime Killer
 * Lily Tomlin – Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers
 * James Woods – The Visitors
 * George Wyner – Lady Sings the Blues

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List of Chinese administrative divisions by population

This is a list of Chinese administrative divisions in order of their total resident populations. It includes all provinces, autonomous regions, direct-controlled municipalities and special administrative regions controlled by the Republic of China (1912–1949) or the People's Republic of China (1949–present). For the Republic of China after 1949, see List of administrative divisions of Taiwan.

Current population
Data are for mid-year 2022 and are from the National Bureau of Statistics of China unless otherwise specified.


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Talk:Kalgoorlie

Requested move 27 October 2023

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved (closed by non-admin page mover) Reading Beans (talk) 12:54, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Kalgoorlie → Kalgoorlie-Boulder – Kalgoorlie is a colloquial shortening, and used in conversation, but the name, in line with places such as Wagga (Wagga-Wagga), Port (Port Macquarie) and others, should indicate the full name, as any natural person of the area would denote, that being Kalgoorlie-Boulder. This is the name referred to by the ABS, Federal, State, Local governments, and by most major sources on the matter. This has been discussed in the talk page, but is constantly rolled back without discussion. It seems there is an erroneous editor who thinks they know better with no explanation. This should be considered independant of their history on the name. Astroditer (talk) 05:45, 27 October 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. Polyamorph (talk) 06:40, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment: We already have City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder. Could you explain what administrative division or entity you want this combined article here to cover? Calistemon (talk) 09:25, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
 * This is in response to the 2008 and 2018 commenter's same position, that this page should not refer to the suburb, but to the whole metropolitan area that is known as Kalgoorlie-Boulder. I think a lot of commenters in response to the move are using the idea that colloquial shortenings are synonymous with the real name. The 3 sources linked in 2018 showed 3 different examples that refer to the region. Importantly, google itself recognizes kalgoorlie-boulder as the name for the metropolitan region.
 * Wikipedia should adapt articles as their nature changes. At the moment, the article is just becoming increasingly dated as it refers to a different name than most people recognize as the area. There seem to be no convincing discussions on this name other than “why change the name”. The LGA and statistical divisions are supporting, but the name of the metropolitan area is Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Wikipedia should refer to the proper name, not the shortened name
 * im not sure why posted evidence to support a change can be dismissed by commenters whose only support is that they ‘feel’ it shouldn’t be changed. Where is there any evidence or source to the idea that we should continue naming it something different to everyone else. Why do none of the commenters have any position other than their opinion?. Astroditer (talk) 03:58, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry I’ll add the sources from Enjgine here. I decided that since there were no replies to the talk request I would make the move on their behalf.
 * “” Can anyone provide any sources for the name "kalgoorlie" that are official in any sense? Below are the sources for it's real name, Kalgoorlie-Boulder. https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/7d12b0f6763c78caca257061001cc588/dc37215ffb6c6f32ca2574020010ff5a!OpenDocument https://www.ckb.wa.gov.au/ https://www.gedc.wa.gov.au/our-region/regional-plans/goldfields-esperance-regional-investment-blueprint “” Astroditer (talk) 04:00, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment I have reverted an IP editor's very-recent changes that imply this move had already taken place; I don't see any clear support in the talk page history for these changes. Walt Yoder (talk) 18:37, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
 * It would be more useful if you replied to the support instead of writing it off as “doesn’t count”. At least tell us why the posted sources don’t apply? Astroditer (talk) 04:10, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

 * Comment it is very strange to have a 4 edit editor show such a comprehensive understanding of over 10 years of editing, and the contents of earlier stages of this talk page in this context. The tedious early days of trying to explain wikipedia to editors that Kalgoorlie was not the largest city in the world somehow comes back with a notion of a natural person of the area, and most major sources on the matter... Indeed maybe, but like all the previous attempts (archived) where is the proof... It is always interesting to think that there is an erroneous editor who has visited this subject. JarrahTree 00:59, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I think the argument is that most of the pre-1990 content should be moved to Kalgoorlie (suburb) (suburb here meaning "an area smaller than the government area of City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder", not the Oxford dictionary definition of "an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one."), and that this main article should be about the metropolitan area. Walt Yoder (talk) 18:11, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I have only been here for a year or two. I think you’re confusing 3 different people. I agree that it’s confusing that kalgoorlie-boulder has a Wikipedia article named “Kalgoorlie” when the google search that brings you here is for “Kalgoorlie-boulder” Astroditer (talk) 04:03, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I do also find this odd. It is possible that Kalgoorlie-Boulder ought to be changed to redirect to City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder rather than to Kalgoorlie. But I think that sort of thing would be out of scope of an RM. Perhaps that issue should get brought up at RFD? Bensci54 (talk) 18:01, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

 * Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:34, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

 * Oppose. The proposed is contrary to WP:COMMONNAME. SmokeyJoe (talk) 12:30, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Talk:Microstate

1001
São Tomé & Príncipe official parliament page says the country has 1001 km2. See

http://www.parlamento.st/

See tags: SOBRE O PAÍS > PAÍS —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.41.228.228 (talk) 03:12, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

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Just out of curiosity: how small must a microstate be to be considered one? (Is Luxembourg a microstate?) D.D. 11:49 Jan 20, 2003 (UTC)

Sealand, which is listed on the micronation page, has been recognised by the courts of Britain and Germany to be a sovereign state, and thus should rightly be on the Microstate page, not the Micronation page. It has also been recognised by the British Home Office. In this, Sealand has as much right to claim sovereign status, and be categorized as a microstate, as the Knights of Malta. More, even, since Sealand at least has sovereign territory, while the SMOM does not beyond an 'embassy' in Rome. - Mike Lorrey 18:26 1/27/05 EST
 * Official diplomatic recognition is not a "recognition" by district courts or even the Home Office. It should be the diplomatic recognition by the whole government including the Foreign Office--Yuriy Kolodin (talk) 01:24, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Do you have any reference for these classifications? David.Monniaux 14:35, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I would be happy to see references.

Who uses this term? Ruhrjung 01:05, Mar 5, 2005 (UTC)

This term is used in geography. However, it's difficult to find a definition on the Web. For example, here, ,  microstate is defined as a country with population of less than a million people. In this paper there is some interesting background of the term and another definition (population os less then a 1.5 million pepople) TG 18:30, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Such arbitrary population standards are unsupported by history. Before the US Constitution was ratified, the freed colonies were all fully sovereign governments, most of less than 1 million population. Were they 'microstates'? I think it is clear that if a state gains diplomatic recognition by any nation that is widely recognised itself, then the new nation should be considered a state. If it's small, call it a microstate. And I don't care if they take a frivolous attitude to governance either. If more nations took their nationhood a little less seriously, there'd be a lot less strife in the world.Mike Lorrey 01:32, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Another point of contention: I also believe it is improper to count historically real nations that once existed as 'micronations', particularly those that held significant amounts of territory, like Sarawak or the Indian Stream Republic, which would today rival many fully recognised minor nations like Bhutan, Lichtenstein, Andorra, Brunei, etc. 155.212.77.162 01:35, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree that it's inappropriate to use population criteria listed above for historical nations. The 1 million people limit can be applied exclusively to modern states. The term microstate is used to classify states and it's meaning depends on the goal of classification.
 * In modern economical and social geography population limit of 1 million people is appropriate. In some cases it's possible to use territory area to classify states (A micro-state then, is usually a state that is no bigger then Luxemburg). But historically this term was used together with the concept of "great powers" in Europe. I do not see how any of these definitions is relevant to historical nations in general.  TG 09:39, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

more confusion

 * The term microstate is sometimes confused with the term micronation. The distinction is that the former are recognized as sovereign states whereas the latter are not.

There are three distinct things here, which the foregoing serves only to smoosh together:
 * 1) a micro-state which is recognized by other countries
 * 2) a micro-state which is not generally recognized (or only recognized by one country)
 * 3) the silly idea of "micronations" which some Internet jokers are trying to spread and legitimize.

We should:
 * distinguish between the micro-states and the "micronation" idea
 * avoid endorses micronations as "real" or investing them with the trappings of micro-states, such as taxoboxes, coats of arms, etc.
 * just say that certain people have declared certain apartments, oil rigs, sunken barges, etc., as having sovereignty - without endorsing or condemning these assertions.
 * report on how the rest of the world reacts to, or deals with, these three types of things.

And I could use some help with this, because it's all tangled up - especially Sealand. Uncle Ed July 8, 2005 22:17 (UTC)

In case you want it, I suggest the following to add after the main body of the article. It adds confusion rather than clarifies, but it does bring up a few important points in terms of questioning definitions:
 * The distinction, however, is not always an easy one. The Principality of Sealand for example has been recognised as an independent territory by British courts, but is most often classified as a micronation. Further, labelling a country a micronation merely because it is not recognised poses the problem of countries such as Northern Cyprus (which is recognised only by Turkey, but is definitely not considered a micronation).
 * Most micronations lack actual territory to claim sovereignty over, but this is not a sufficient means to distinguish them from microstates either, since this would mean classifying a micronation such as Hutt River Province as being a microstate.

- Aridd, July 27th 2005

I was going to provide a scenario to demonstrate the microstate/micronation ambiguity, but it seems unecessary since there are numerous ones cited above. jmd 06:56, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * That's not really true about Sealand. It wasn't decided by the highest court in the land, and it even appears that the judge based his findings on a misunderstanding of fact. It wad court, not courts. You can bet your last dollar that if anything slightly dodgy was to happen at Sealand the British navy would have it under their control almost immediately. The 'sovereignty' of 'Sealand' is an interesting fallacy. Sealand has no military and no allies, and is essentially powerless whatever a district court might have said. --kingboyk 00:25, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Map
Anyone notice that Hong Kong and Macau are both on the microstate map even though they are not sovereign states? Some one needs to fix that.

Temporary minor states
Can someone put in links from here to the lists of minor states and Soviet states that existed mostly in the period 1917-23? Came across them the other day and cannot seem to find the lists again - Green Ukraine and Kingdom of Poland (1916–1918) were on the lists) - and people generally might wish to explore the topic. Jackiespeel (talk) 18:16, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Problem of Definition
It seems problematic to me that we're discussing whether to call Luxembourg, or any other country past or present, a microstate. That really isn't something we at Wikipedia should even be discussing. Because we're an encyclopedia, whether or not Luxembourg is a microstate isn't up to us at all. If there's some difference of opinion outside of the Wikipedia community, then our article should describe that difference of opinion. We shouldn't be discussing amongst ourselves whether to include Luxembourg.

I came to this conclusion when I consulted Wikipedia to find out how a microstate is defined. I found this article, but it didn't actually include a hard and fast definition that I could take to the bank, so to speak. If there is no single, specific, and widely accepted definition of a microstate, then we need to lay out, as clearly and unambiguously as possible, the issues central to the debate. If there is a single, specific, and widely accepted definition, then we need to stick to it and let it tell us what countries to include. —CKA3KA (Skazka) (talk) 19:36, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

A minor point re: naming
I did two Google Books searches for "micro-state/microstate" and "mini-state/ministate", using the first five states listed here. The results showed that the difference in frequency of these two sets of terms is not significant (187 to 146), according to Wikipedia's naming conventions (such as WP:UE). Thus, I thought it proper to give them equal billing in the first sentence. SamEV (talk) 18:37, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Some thoughts
I think that The Military Order of Malta is not a state, so there is no neccesity to present the information about it here. Also I think that the information about disproportionately large influence of the Microstates on the world politics is POV. There is no facts when microstates could influence the world politics beyond their real scope. Politically microstates is very dependent from their bigger partners (a lot of microstates is dependent from USA, San-Marino is dependent from Italy, Andorra and Monaco from France, Liechtestein from Switzerland). Their votes in UN General Assembly often simply copy the votes of their bigger partners, and we can mention this. But we should remove the information about "disproportionately large influence".--Yuriy Kolodin (talk) 00:55, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

What about partially recognized microstates?!
For example, Abkhazia and South Ossetia are the microstates which are recognized by

1. Each other

2. Russian Federation

3. Nicaragua

4. Unrecognized Transnistria.

I think it is better to have special section for such states--Yuriy Kolodin (talk) 01:09, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

 * What about cases like the TRNC? Or the Gaza Strip under Hamas? 203.145.94.36 (talk) 10:15, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

List of sovereign nations with fewer than one million people
Could we trim this to 1/2 million? None of the nations between 500K and 1M are on the list of nations smaller that 1000KM2. I can do the editing but I was wondering if there was a compelling reason for having it the way it is. Someidiot (talk) 00:23, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

... And now the title needs to be changed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.95.142.87 (talk) 19:07, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Definition
I noticed that there is actually no sourced definition for the term in the article, which makes it seem like WP:OR. This is a term used in geopolitical studies though, even though the exact definition might be disputed. Here is one that I found in the Glossary for Political Geography, organized by Joe Naumann of the University of Missouri–St. Louis: Lampman (talk) 16:00, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Why two tables?
Is there a specific reason to have two separate tables, one for small-population states and another for small-area states? It would seem that a single table with a sorting button would be better.

This table would have the following columns: Population Rank — Area Rank — Country / Territory — Population — % of world population — Area (km²/sqmi) — Region.  The reader could click on the sorting button in the Population Rank column or the Area Rank column to reproduce the current tables.

Is there a reason not to do this? — Lawrence King ( talk ) 00:52, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * this is wikipedia, you can fix what is unperfect, and "we" gonna thank you for that, also I am not good enough to do that unique table.--Feroang (talk) 02:57, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

 * My reason is that there are some countries which qualify only to one list. Bahrain and Singapore have both over 1 million of population. And there are several entries on the population list which are over 1000 km² in area. 82.141.72.212 (talk) 07:42, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Israel
Hi! why Israel is not included? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.255.15.32 (talk) 08:21, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
 * It's larger than states included in this list. CMD (talk) 15:41, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

0%?
Vatican City having 0% of the world’s population seems to be a bit misleading, seems to imply exactly zero. Should it say something like "<0.00001%"? Or perhaps "<0.0001%" to match the calculation for Nauru? Didn't see any clear guidance in WP:%. --「ѕʀʟ·✎」 06:21, 20 August 2013 (UTC) Makes sense. I like your second option. --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 23:21, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

Big country bias
I'm curious about the basis for defining a microstate (on population terms) as under 500,000 people. It surprises me that a country like Iceland would be regarded as "micro". It is small - yes, but micro? I would have thought 100,000 would be the largest cut-off point and 50,000 may be even more appropriate when using terms like microstate. I'd have thought a microstate would have only thousands of people, not hundreds of thousands. 500,000 is way too big. I think this may be a perception bias on the part of people who live in countries with 50 million + people. 121.73.7.84 (talk) 13:25, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Perhaps a table of countries which have BOTH a population of 100,000 people or less AND an area of less than 1,000km squared would be a suitable definition of a microstate. That way you also get rid of countries that are clearly not microstates such as Singapore and Iceland. 121.73.7.84 (talk) 11:35, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Looking at the population list there are a several countries that sit around the 100,000-110,000 mark and then a big gap until the next country at around 170,000. For the sake of compromise we could define the cut-off at 150,000 people & 1000km squared. Once we get bigger than that I think the "micro" in microstate gets stretched somewhat. I've been to Tonga and never thought of it as a microstate. Small yes, but not in the same category as Liechtenstein or the Vatican. 121.73.7.84 (talk) 12:23, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Some Improvements
I'm planning on making some improvements on this page.

- Firstly, I'll get rid of the scientific terminology of "qualitative" and "quantitative" definitions of microstates and simply organize it under the header of "definitions". - Secondly, I'll add the two tables together, so all information about the microstates can be found in the same table. - Thirdly, I'll add information about democratic processes and political systems in microstates. Some quantitative research has focused on the statistic likeliness of microstates having a democracy. Others have found that the statistical evidence misrepresents some specific un-democratic processes that are going on in microstates. As there is much scientific research to be found on this by multiple authors (i.e. Anckar, Corbett and Veenendaal), I think it will be a welcome addition to this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by OY83 (talk • contribs) 10:56, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Mauritius
Mauritius has a total area of 2,040 km^2 and an estimated population of 1,265,985 (2018) which would seem to indicate that it should be included on the table. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spikebrennan (talk • contribs)
 * The criteria for the table are: an area less than 1,000 km^2 or a population below 500,000. Singapore and Bahrain meet the size criteria. Iceland, Belize, etc meet the population criteria. Mauritius meets neither: it is too large and too populous. -Jason A. Quest (talk) 01:03, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Sovereignty status
Robynthehode has tried to supress the citation needed tag on the statements which assert that microstates have to be sovereign states and the new sources added which refer to some dependent territories and cases like Bremen in Germany's contexts. IMHO a balanced view has to be put forward in this entry that the same term may refer to countries in general, some constituent states under some specific contexts, and sometimes specifically to sovereign ones. 112.120.39.238 (talk) 10:21, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

 * You need reliable sources that state this not your opinion Robynthehode (talk) 13:38, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

 * Yep there are. 112.120.39.239 (talk) 13:53, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Then provide them here Robynthehode (talk) 08:10, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Precisely what you've deleted from the article. 112.120.39.239 (talk) 09:24, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
 * What about Gibraltar? 219.76.24.214 (talk) 07:51, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

(The) Vatican City
This article is emphatically not an appropriate place to edit-war about whether the word "the" should be included before "Vatican City". That's a style-guide question that should be addressed on Talk:Vatican City, or somewhere in MOS if it's addressed specifically there. -Jason A. Quest (talk) 20:19, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

 * In addition to those sources submitted in edit summaries, here're a few more which demonstrate how it's like in actual, contemporary usage: . Is there any talk page relevant to an MOS on the use of definite articles before names of countries? 219.76.24.193 (talk) 07:53, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

 * In the meantime I'll go ahead and add the word back should there be no further discussion here in the next few days. 219.76.24.194 (talk) 09:26, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

 * No, that's not how WP:CONSENSUS works. You need discussion and input, and this is not the place to do that. As I already suggested, try Talk:Vatican City. -Jason A. Quest (talk) 14:41, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

 * And I already asked for a more appropriate venue, meaning that I don't agree Talk:Vatican City would be the best place to do so. And no if there's no discussion input here for so many days (say, a fortnight) there's no point to keep waiting and waiting and not to bring the article in line with the real world. We may always change it again when there's discussion here and new consensus (in contrary to the convention and general practice outside Wikipedia) is established. 219.76.24.214 (talk) 14:03, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
 * It's a more appropriate place than this because it's an article about the place in question, and (because it's more widely watched) will hopefully get more input to develop a consensus. And if so, it will set a standard for use beyond this article. See here. -Jason A. Quest (talk) 14:51, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

 * What about the talk page of MOS:Thetitle? Any MOSs on the use of definite articles in article body? 219.76.24.216 (talk) 02:54, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I've started a discussion on Talk:Vatican City. If you wish to discuss it, go there. -Jason A. Quest (talk) 14:46, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

 * Yep already did. 219.76.24.208 (talk) 13:01, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Maltese population figures
I tried to update the population figure for Malta, because the note explicitly lists it as one of a handful of microstates with more than 500 000 inhabitants - and the figure in the table is clearly below that number. So I looked to the article on Malta and found a population figure indeed in excess of 500 000 and tried to add it to the article. However, this was reverted basically instantaneously. Why? Hobbitschuster (talk) 12:47, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

 * could you please explain your reasoning? Hobbitschuster (talk) 12:50, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

Luxembourg
And Luxembourg?--194.224.97.65 (talk) 06:43, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
 * With a population well over 600,000 and an area greater than 2500km^2, it doesn't meet either of the criteria used in this article. -Jason A. Quest (talk) 15:32, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Then obviously, the OP has a problem with the current criteria. It seems ridiculous to have Singapore with a population of nearly six million and Iceland with a land area of 100000 square kilometres in the same table. --2001:16B8:3136:BF00:8429:FA06:D88E:2E2A (talk) 17:17, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I think it's more likely they simply didn't read the criteria.
 * Singapore is sometimes considered a microstate because it has a very small area. Iceland is sometimes considered a microstate because it has a very small population. It isn't our place to say one definition or the other is wrong, so we include them both. A single table is less repetitive, since most of the entries are the same: sort it using whichever criteria you like, and ignore the outliers. -Magic9Ball (talk) 18:08, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
 * What would the outliers be? 219.76.24.214 (talk) 07:19, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
 * What about cases that satisfy neither of the criteria but referred to as microstates in multiple reliable sources? 219.76.24.216 (talk) 06:59, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Iceland
How is Iceland a micro state which is over 100,000 sq km and Israel, Palestine, Kuwait, Qatar, Rwanda, Burundi, Eswatini, Lesotho among others not included which are all smaller than half the size of Iceland?😕 Nlivataye (talk) 08:54, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

 * As described in the article, a "microstate" can be considered either population AND/OR geographic size. 2A02:678:651:6F00:F57D:57B7:7834:171B (talk) 20:52, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

What is going on with Uruguay on the second map?
It seems to have been purposefully moved out of its original place, sitting now on top of northern Argentina! 2804:14C:6586:5868:4973:AA4A:AB6A:19AD (talk) 03:10, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
 * A few things in that map appear to have been shifted. Unfortunately, it is a png so fixing would require recreation, so I've restored Image:BlankMap-World-v5 small states.PNG for now. CMD (talk) 06:24, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Oh I see why you reverted it, weird what happened with the map. The SVG is available here, I will try to edit it to resuce Uruguay ( https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/BlankMap-World-v6_small_states.svg ) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:678:651:6F00:F57D:57B7:7834:171B (talk) 20:22, 14 July 2022 (UTC) I fixed the issue with Urugay, and I increased the text size. Now some very minor issues with text spacing, but all countries should be properly aligned now (I guess). The SVG of v6 was available and my new edited SVG is also available if someone wants to improve further. I didn't notice anything else shifted, but if it is it should be easy for anyone with basic vector graphic competencies to fix.

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Is it ok to consider Saint Kitts and Nevis a microstate?? Considering its population is only 54,122 as of December 2, 2022, according to the worldometer population measurement, why are much larger countries (by both population and size) such as Malta and Iceland are sometimes considered microstates, but not Saint Kitts and Nevis? I looked up “Saint Kitts and Nevis microstate”, and found several sources that said it was a microstate. I only added one source as of now, but if anyone would like to add more that would be good. Gatorbearratica (talk) 22:35, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
 * If, as your question implies, it is not commonly accepted as a microstate, then it should not be included as an example in a sentence for 'commonly accepted microstates'. The source you inserted said nothing about it being or not being a microstate. It fits the definition used in this article, which is why it is listed in the table, shown on the map and included as a picture. DrKay (talk) 07:56, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

https://www.commonwealthofnations.org/sectors-st_kitts_and_nevis/education/ Gatorbearratica (talk) 15:30, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

Other small states
So Iceland which is around 103,000 sq Km is in the list but Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, Rwanda, Burundi among others which are all below 100k sq Km are not Nlivataye (talk) 15:21, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
 * If you'd bothered to read the article, you'd have seen that its inclusion is based on population not area. DrKay (talk) 17:25, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
 * And why are you bringing this point up again 6 months after you did so previously when a perfectly adequate response was made that time? Robynthehode (talk) 19:18, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

The reference to Maurice Mendelson's paper
Maurice Mendelson only wrote in his paper published in 1971 that "[i]n two respects it may be doubted whether... the Vatican City meets the traditional criteria of statehood". That fell slightly bit short of arguing it "does not meet". I took the liberty to edit that paragraph in this article (and two other articles) to stick with how Mendelson put it. (On a side note 210.177.181.150 had in their edit added the better source needed tag, apparently because Mendelson's paper was published more than half a century ago. Indeed, Mendelson quoted (on page 613) in this paper Rosalyn Higgins's 1963 work that "no diminutive State had yet been admitted to the UN". This is no longer the case since the 1990s (Liechtenstein joined in September 1990, followed by San Marino in March 1992, Monaco in May 1993, Andorra in July 1993, Palau in December 1994, Nauru in September 1999, and Tuvalu in September 2000 – all earlier than Switzerland did). In his paper Mendelson argued (on pages 614 and 615) Liechtenstein "is something of a borderline case", and that "[t]he sovereignty of Monaco is more restricted". On page 613 in a footnote he went so far to have noted that "this is a convenient point at which to note that it is generally agreed that Andorra is not a State". We all know these are no longer relevant in 2023. Yes one may argue his observations regarding the Vatican City which are quoted in this Wikipedia article are still valid, even though many other aspects of the paper have long been outdated. Yet it is always better to supplement this with an additional, newer reference. Just my two cents.) 115.165.166.111 (talk) 18:22, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

Cabo Verde
In 2012 estimate, the population of the country is 494,974 and I think I might add this to the 2012 population fewer than 500k table because I know the figure for the criteria I think. .caiify3623. (talk) 00:49, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

 * There's a 2021 census here that shows the population above 500,000. There is no reason to use an outdated estimate. MrOllie (talk) 18:02, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

1970 estimate
I could make a table of countries with fewer than 500,000 people according to the 1970 estimates. 2800:CD0:AD34:AB00:1555:27B9:591A:D86C (talk) 03:17, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Microstates with limited recognition
Abkhazia, Artsakh, Northern Cyprus and South Ossetia that, for sovereignity and partially recognition can be considered microstates .caiify3623. (talk) 00:20, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

 * That would amount to taking a side in controversial disputes over territory, something Wikipedia should not be doing here. MrOllie (talk) 02:49, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Question
What is included on the table of microstates instead of the states with limited recognition. .caiify3623. (talk) 02:58, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

 * Who can be considered a microstate? .caiify3623. (talk) 02:59, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
 * What is considered a microstate based on the reliable sources cited by the article. You've got to stop editing this article based on your own opinions and not based on the sources. MrOllie (talk) 03:00, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
 * What to do to not get edits reverted .caiify3623. (talk) 03:02, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Base your edits on reliable sources and follow core Wikipedia policies such as WP:NOR and WP:V. MrOllie (talk) 03:05, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

What is going on with the UAE, Qatar, etc on the table?
The countries article had population above 1 million but the other countries on the table are less than 500,000, now there are sitting on top of the table.on .caiify3623. (talk) 02:01, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

This article is absurd
The article makes it entirely clear that what is or isn't a 'microstate' is a matter of opinion, with no agreed definition, and then purports to provide a list of them. Since combining data based on multiple criteria into a single list is WP:OR, the list needs to go. AndyTheGrump (talk) 03:50, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

 * Have at it, it's a vandalism magnet anyway. MrOllie (talk) 00:51, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

 * Ok, I'll delete it. Since it is entirely possible that there may be objections, I'll explain my reasoning in more detail. As it stands, the criteria for inclusion appear to be synthesis. The criteria - "Sovereign states with a land area less than 1,000 km2 (386 sq mi) and/or with a population of less than 500,000 people" appears not to derive from any specific single source, but rather to be a conflation of several different definitions (note 'and/or') in a manner that results in a much more inclusive definition than any single source would support. It isn't a 'list of microstates', it is a list of states that might possibly be described as such if one cherry-picks a preferred definition for a particular item, and ignores the fact that other definitions (used to justify inclusion of other states) would exclude it. WP:SYNTH is explicit on this point: Do not combine material from multiple sources to reach or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by any source. And an article based on sources presenting such varied and contradictory definitions would violate WP:NPOV by favouring one over another even if the definition wasn't a Wikipedia concoction. AndyTheGrump (talk) 15:51, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Question
Why the article European microstates exists here but not articles of microstates from other continents? JrBooyah (talk) 23:08, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

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