1971 in Film - Notable Films Released in 1971

Notable Films Released in 1971

U.S.A. unless stated

• $ (aka Dollars, The Heist), starring Warren Beatty and Goldie Hawn
• 10 Rillington Place, starring Richard Attenborough - (U.K.)
• 200 Motels, featuring Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention

A

• The Abominable Dr. Phibes, starring Vincent Price - (U.K.)
• Adrift on the Nile (Thartharah fawq al-Nil), directed by Hussein Kamal - (Egypt)
• Adios, Sabata (a.k.a. The Bounty Hunters), starring Yul Brynner - (Italy)
• The Adversary (Pratidwandi), directed by Satyajit Ray - (India)
• Amar Prem (Immortal Love), starring Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna - (India)
• The American Soldier (Der Amerikanische Soldat), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder - (West Germany)
• Anand, starring Rajesh Khanna - (India)
• The Anderson Tapes, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Christopher Walken
• And Now for Something Completely Different, a Monty Python film - (U.K.)
• The Andromeda Strain, directed by Robert Wise, starring Arthur Hill, Kate Reid, David Wayne, James Olson
• Animal Treasure Island (Dōbutsu Takarajima) - (Japan)

B

• Bananas, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Louise Lasser and Howard Cosell
• The Barefoot Executive, starring Kurt Russell
• The Battle of Kerzhenets (Secha pri Kerzhentse) - (U.S.S.R.)
• Bedknobs and Broomsticks, starring Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson
• The Beguiled, starring Clint Eastwood and Geraldine Page
• Benny's Bathtub (Bennys badekar) - (Denmark)
• Between Miracles (Per grazia ricevuta), directed by and starring Nino Manfredi - (Italy)
• The Big Boss (Tang shan da xiong / a.k.a. Fists of Fury), starring Bruce Lee - (Hong Kong)
• The Big Doll House, starring Pam Grier
• Big Jake, starring John Wayne, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Hara
• Billy Jack, starring Tom Laughlin, re-released in 1973
• Bless the Beasts and Children, directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Bill Mumy
• The Boat on the Grass (Le Bateau sur l'herbe), starring Jean-Pierre Cassel - (France)
• Born to Win, starring George Segal, Paula Prentiss, Héctor Elizondo, Karen Black, Robert De Niro
• The Boy Friend, directed by Ken Russell, starring Twiggy - (U.K.)
• Brian's Song, starring James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, Shelley Fabares, Judy Pace, Jack Warden
• Brother John, starring Sidney Poitier

C

• Carnal Knowledge, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret, Candice Bergen
• Carry On Henry, directed by Gerald Thomas, starring Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims - (U.K.)
• The Ceremony (Gashiki), directed by Nagisa Oshima - (Japan)
• Le Chat (The Cat), directed by Robert Bresson, starring Jean Gabin and Simone Signoret - (France)
• A Clockwork Orange, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Malcolm McDowell - (U.K.)
• The Clowns (I clowns), a TV film directed by and starring Federico Fellini - (Italy)
• Cold Turkey, directed by Norman Lear, starring Dick Van Dyke and Bob Newhart
• Confessions of a Police Captain (Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica), starring Franco Nero - (Italy)
• Countess Dracula, starring Ingrid Pitt - (U.K.)

D

• Dauria - (U.S.S.R.)
• The Deadly Duo (Shuang xia), directed by Chang Cheh - (Hong Kong)
• The Deadly Trap, starring Faye Dunaway and Frank Langella
• Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia), directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Dirk Bogarde and Silvana Mangano - (Italy/France)
• The Decameron, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini - (Italy)
• The Deserter, directed by Burt Kennedy, starring Bekim Fehmiu, John Huston, Richard Crenna, Chuck Connors, Brandon deWilde
• Desperate Characters, directed by Frank D. Gilroy, starring Shirley MacLaine and Kenneth Mars
• The Devils, directed by Ken Russell, starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave - (U.K.)
• Diamonds Are Forever, starring Sean Connery (as James Bond), with Jill St. John, Jimmy Dean, Charles Gray - (U.K.)
• Dirty Harry, directed by Don Siegel, starring Clint Eastwood, Andy Robinson, John Vernon, Reni Santoni
• Doc, starring Stacy Keach and Faye Dunaway
• Drive, He Said, directed by Jack Nicholson, starring Karen Black and Bruce Dern
• Duel, the directorial debut of Steven Spielberg, starring Dennis Weaver
• Dulcima, starring John Mills and Carol White - (U.K.)

E

• The Emigrants, directed by Jan Troell, starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann - (Sweden)
• Escape from the Planet of the Apes, starring Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Ricardo Montalbán, Eric Braeden, Sal Mineo
• Evdokia, directed by Alexis Damianos - (Greece)
• Evel Knievel, starring George Hamilton and Sue Lyon

F

• Family Life (Życie rodzinne) - (Poland)
• Fiddler on the Roof, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Chaim Topol
• A Fistful of Dynamite (aka Duck You Sucker), directed by Sergio Leone, starring James Coburn and Rod Steiger - (Italy)
• Fools' Parade, starring James Stewart, George Kennedy, Kurt Russell
• Fortune and Men's Eyes - (Canada)
• Four Nights of a Dreamer (Quatre nuits d'un rêveur), directed by Robert Bresson - (France)
• The French Connection, directed by William Friedkin, starring Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider - 5 Academy Awards including best film, director and actor
• Fright, starring Susan George and Honor Blackman - (U.K.)

G

• The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, starring Jerry Orbach, Leigh Taylor-Young, Robert De Niro
• Gas-s-s-s, directed by Roger Corman
• Gentlemen of Fortune (Dzhentlmeny udachi) - (U.S.S.R.)
• Get Carter, directed by Mike Hodges, starring Michael Caine - (U.K.)
• A Girl in Australia (Bello onesto emigrato Australia), starring Alberto Sordi - (Italy/Australia)
• The Go-Between, directed by Joseph Losey, starring Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Dominic Guard - (U.K.)
• Godzilla vs. Hedorah - (Japan)
• Grandads-Robbers (Stariki-razboyniki) - (U.S.S.R.)
• The Grissom Gang, starring Kim Darby and Scott Wilson
• Guddi, starring Dharmendra - (India)
• Gumshoe, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Albert Finney and Billie Whitelaw - (U.K.)
• A Gunfight, starring Kirk Douglas and Johnny Cash

H

• Hannie Caulder, starring Raquel Welch and Robert Culp
• Hare Rama Hare Krishna, directed by and starring Dev Anand - (India)
• Harold and Maude, directed by Hal Ashby, starring Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort
• The Hellstrom Chronicle, a documentary directed by Walon Green
• The Hired Hand, directed by and starring Peter Fonda, with Warren Oates, Verna Bloom
• The Horsemen, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Omar Sharif and Jack Palance
• The Hospital, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring George C. Scott and Diana Rigg
• How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês) - (Brazil)
• How to Frame a Figg, starring Don Knotts and Yvonne Craig
• The Hunting Party, starring Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Oliver Reed

I

• I, Monster, starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing - (U.K.)
• In Prison Awaiting Trial (Detenuto in attesa di giudizio), starring Alberto Sordi - (Italy)

J

• Joe Hill, directed by Bo Widerberg - (Sweden/U.S.A.)
• Johnny Got His Gun, directed by Dalton Trumbo, starring Timothy Bottoms, Diane Varsi, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland
• Juste avant la nuit (aka Just Before Nightfall), directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Stéphane Audran - (France)

K

• King Lear, directed by Peter Brook, starring Paul Scofield - (U.K.)
• King Lear, directed by Grigori Kozintsev - (U.S.S.R.)
• Klute, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Jane Fonda (Oscar winner) and Donald Sutherland
• Kotch, directed by Jack Lemmon, starring Walter Matthau

L

• Land of Silence and Darkness (Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit), directed by Werner Herzog - (West Germany)
• The Last Picture Show, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson
• The Last Run, starring George C. Scott
• Lawman, starring Burt Lancaster, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Ryan, Robert Duvall
• Le Mans, starring Steve McQueen
• Liberation (Osvobozhdenie / Befreiung), directed by Yuri Ozerov - (U.S.S.R./East Germany/Poland/Yugoslavia/Italy)
• Little Murders, directed by Alan Arkin, starring Elliott Gould, Marcia Rodd, Vincent Gardenia, Elizabeth Wilson, Donald Sutherland
• Love (Szerelem) - (Hungary)
• The Love Machine, directed by Jack Haley, Jr., starring Dyan Cannon

M

• Macbeth, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Jon Finch and Francesca Annis - (U.K./U.S.)
• Made for Each Other, starring Joseph Bologna and Renée Taylor
• Malpertuis, starring Orson Welles and Susan Hampshire - (Belgium/France)
• Man in the Wilderness, starring Richard Harris
• The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker, starring Richard Benjamin and Joanna Shimkus
• Mary, Queen of Scots, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Glenda Jackson - (U.K.)
• McCabe & Mrs. Miller, directed by Robert Altman, starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie
• Melody, starring Mark Lester and Jack Wild - (U.K.)
• The Mephisto Waltz, starring Alan Alda and Jacqueline Bisset
• Mere Apne - (India)
• The Million Dollar Duck, starring Sandy Duncan
• Minnie and Moskowitz, directed by John Cassavetes, starring Gena Rowlands and Seymour Cassel
• Mira, directed by Fons Rademakers - (Netherlands/Belgium)
• The Missing Clerk (Den forsvundne fuldmægtig) - (Denmark)
• Mon oncle Antoine - considered by some critics the greatest Canadian film - (Canada)
• Murmur of the Heart, directed by Louis Malle - (France/Italy/West Germany)
• Murphy's War, starring Peter O'Toole

N

• A New Leaf, directed by and starring Elaine May, co-starring Walter Matthau
• Nicholas and Alexandra, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Laurence Olivier, Jack Hawkins - (U.K.)
• The Night Digger (a.k.a. The Road Builder), starring Patricia Neal - (U.K.)

O

• Oil Lamps (Petrolejové lampy) - (Czechoslovakia)
• The Omega Man, starring Charlton Heston and Anthony Zerbe
• On the Buses, starring Reg Varney - (U.K.)
• One Armed Boxer (Du bei chuan wang), starring Jimmy Wang Yu - (Hong Kong)
• One More Train to Rob, starring George Peppard and Diana Muldaur
• Out 1 (a.k.a. Out 1, noli me tangere), directed by Jacques Rivette, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud - (France)
• Outback (a.k.a. Wake in Fright), directed by Ted Kotcheff - (Australia)

P

• The Panic in Needle Park, starring Al Pacino
• Play Misty for Me, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Jessica Walter and Donna Mills
• Plaza Suite, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Walter Matthau, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris, Lee Grant
• Porcupines Are Born Without Bristles (Taralezhite se razhdat bez bodli) - (Bulgaria)
• Pretty Maids All in a Row, directed by Roger Vadim, starring Rock Hudson and Angie Dickinson
• Punishment Park, directed by Peter Watkins
• The Pursuit of Happiness, starring Michael Sarrazin, Barbara Hershey, Robert Klein

R

• Raid on Rommel, directed by Henry Hathaway, starring Richard Burton
• Raphael, or The Debauched One (Raphaël ou le Débauché) - (France)
• Red Sky at Morning, starring Richard Thomas and Desi Arnaz, Jr.
• Red Sun, starring Charles Bronson, Ursula Andress, Toshirō Mifune, Alain Delon - (France/Italy/Spain)
• Rendezvous at Bray, starring Anna Karina - (France/Belgium)

S

• Sacco e Vanzetti, starring Gian Maria Volonté - (Italy)
• A Safe Place, starring Jack Nicholson and Tuesday Weld
• The Salamander (La Salamandre), starring Bulle Ogier - (Switzerland)
• See No Evil, starring Mia Farrow
• The Seven Minutes, starring Marianne McAndrew
• Shaft, directed by Gordon Parks, starring Richard Roundtree
• She Killed in Ecstasy (Sie tötete in Ekstase) - (West Germany/Spain)
• Shoot Out, directed by Henry Hathaway, starring Gregory Peck
• Silence (Chinmoku) - (Japan)
• Skin Game, starring James Garner and Louis Gossett, Jr.
• Something Big, starring Dean Martin
• Sometimes a Great Notion, directed by and starring Paul Newman, with Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Richard Jaeckel
• Soul to Soul, a concert documentary featuring Wilson Pickett, Ike & Tina Turner and more
• Star Spangled Girl, directed by Jerry Paris, starring Sandy Duncan and Tony Roberts
• Straw Dogs, directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George - (U.K./U.S.)
• Such Good Friends, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Dyan Cannon
• Summer of '42, directed by Robert Mulligan, starring Jennifer O'Neill and Gary Grimes
• Sunday, Bloody Sunday, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Peter Finch and Glenda Jackson - (U.K.)
• Support Your Local Gunfighter, starring James Garner and Suzanne Pleshette
• Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, directed by Melvin Van Peebles
• Sympathy for the Underdog (Bakuto gaijin butai) - (Japan)

T

• THX 1138, the directorial debut of George Lucas, starring Robert Duvall
• T.R. Baskin, starring Candice Bergen
• Taking Off, directed by Miloš Forman, starring Lynn Carlin and Buck Henry
• The Tales of Beatrix Potter, a dance film featuring the Royal Ballet - (U.K.)
• They Might Be Giants, starring George C. Scott and Joanne Woodward
• Three Reservists (Trimata ot zapasa), directed by Zako Heskiya, starring Georgi Partsalev and Kiril Gospodinov - (Bulgaria)
• A Touch of Zen (Xia nu) - (Taiwan)
• Trafic, directed by and starring Jacques Tati - (France)
• The Trojan Women, directed by Michael Cacoyannis, starring Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Irene Papas - (U.S.A./U.K./Greece)
• Twitch of the Death Nerve (Ecologia del delitto), starring Claudine Auger - (Italy)
• Two English Girls (Les deux anglaises et le continent), directed by François Truffaut, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud - (France)
• Two-Lane Blacktop, starring James Taylor and Warren Oates

U

• Unman, Wittering and Zigo, starring David Hemmings - (U.K.)
• Up Pompeii, starring Frankie Howerd and Michael Hordern - (U.K.)

V

• Valdez Is Coming, starring Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Jon Cypher, Richard Jordan
• Vanishing Point, starring Barry Newman and Cleavon Little
• Villain, starring Richard Burton and Ian McShane - (U.K.)
• Von Richthofen and Brown (a.k.a. The Red Baron), directed by Roger Corman, starring John Phillip Law

W

• W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (W.R. - Misterije organizma) - (Yugoslavia/West Germany)
• Wake in Fright, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Donald Pleasence - (Australia)
• Walkabout, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg and David Gulpilil - (Australia/U.K.)
• Le Wazzou polygame (The Polygamist's Morale) - (Niger/France)
• What's the Matter with Helen?, starring Debbie Reynolds and Shelley Winters
• Whity, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder - (West Germany)
• Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?, starring Dustin Hoffman
• Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name? aka Death of a Hooker, starring Red Buttons and Sylvia Miles
• Wild Rovers, directed by Blake Edwards, starring William Holden and Ryan O'Neal
• Willard, starring Bruce Davison
• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, directed by Mel Stuart, starring Gene Wilder and Jack Albertson
• The Working Class Goes to Heaven (La classe operaia va in paradiso), starring Gian Maria Volonté, Palme d'Or winner - (Italy)

XYZ

• You Are a Widow, Sir (Pane, vy jste vdova!) - (Czechoslovakia)
• Zeppelin, starring Elke Sommer and Michael York - (U.K.)