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1971

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  • Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange (1971)

    1. A Clockwork Orange

    19712h 16mR77Metascore
    8.2 (917K)
    Alex DeLarge and his droogs barbarize a decaying near-future.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMalcolm McDowellPatrick MageeMichael Bates
  • Gene Wilder, Paris Themmen, Jack Albertson, Rudy Borgstaller, George Claydon, Julie Dawn Cole, Malcolm Dixon, Walker Edmiston, Günter Meisner, Denise Nickerson, and Peter Ostrum in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

    2. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

    19711h 40mG67Metascore
    7.8 (239K)
    A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.
    DirectorMel StuartStarsGene WilderJack AlbertsonPeter Ostrum
  • Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry (1971)

    3. Dirty Harry

    19711h 42mR87Metascore
    7.7 (177K)
    When a man calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath.
    DirectorsDon SiegelClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodAndrew RobinsonHarry Guardino
  • Gene Hackman and Marcel Bozzuffi in The French Connection (1971)

    4. The French Connection

    19711h 44mR94Metascore
    7.7 (146K)
    A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsGene HackmanRoy ScheiderFernando Rey
  • Sean Connery, Jill St. John, and Lana Wood in Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

    5. Diamonds Are Forever

    19712hPG59Metascore
    6.5 (119K)
    A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon.
    DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsSean ConneryJill St. JohnCharles Gray
  • Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon, Cyril Cusack, Judy Engles, Ellen Geer, Vivian Pickles, Shari Summers, and Charles Tyner in Harold and Maude (1971)

    6. Harold and Maude

    19711h 31mPG62Metascore
    7.9 (84K)
    Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.
    DirectorHal AshbyStarsRuth GordonBud CortVivian Pickles
  • Dustin Hoffman in Straw Dogs (1971)

    7. Straw Dogs

    19711h 53mR75Metascore
    7.4 (67K)
    A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.
    DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsDustin HoffmanSusan GeorgePeter Vaughan
  • THX 1138 (1971)

    8. THX 1138

    19711h 26mGP75Metascore
    6.6 (57K)
    In the 25th century, a time when people have designations instead of names, a man, THX 1138, and a woman, LUH 3417, rebel against their rigidly controlled society.
    DirectorGeorge LucasStarsRobert DuvallDonald PleasenceDon Pedro Colley
  • Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms, Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman, Cybill Shepherd, and Ben Johnson in The Last Picture Show (1971)

    9. The Last Picture Show

    19711h 58mR93Metascore
    8.0 (55K)
    In 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied North Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically.
    DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsTimothy BottomsJeff BridgesCybill Shepherd
  • Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

    10. Fiddler on the Roof

    19713h 1mG67Metascore
    8.0 (50K)
    In pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant with traditional values contends with marrying off three of his daughters with modern romantic ideals while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.
    DirectorNorman JewisonStarsTopolNorma CraneLeonard Frey
  • Bananas (1971)

    11. Bananas

    19711h 22mPG-1367Metascore
    6.9 (39K)
    When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
    DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenLouise LasserCarlos Montalbán
  • Angela Lansbury, Dal McKennon, Bob Holt, Cindy O'Callaghan, Roy Snart, David Tomlinson, Ian Weighill, and Lennie Weinrib in Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)

    12. Bedknobs and Broomsticks

    19711h 57mG59Metascore
    7.1 (42K)
    An apprentice witch, three kids, and a cynical magician conman search for the missing component to a magic spell to be used in the defense of Britain in World War II.
    DirectorsRobert StevensonWard KimballStarsAngela LansburyDavid TomlinsonRoddy McDowall
  • James Olson and Robert Soto in The Andromeda Strain (1971)

    13. The Andromeda Strain

    19712h 11mG60Metascore
    7.2 (43K)
    Top scientists work feverishly in a secret, state-of-the-art laboratory to discover what killed the citizens of a small town and how the deadly contagion can be stopped.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsJames OlsonArthur HillDavid Wayne
  • Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)

    14. Escape from the Planet of the Apes

    19711h 38mG69Metascore
    6.3 (43K)
    The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft. They become the toast of society, but one man believes them to be a threat to the human race.
    DirectorDon TaylorStarsRoddy McDowallKim HunterBradford Dillman
  • Monty Python's and Now for Something Completely Different (1971)

    15. Monty Python's and Now for Something Completely Different

    19711h 28mPG
    7.5 (32K)
    An anthology of the best sketches from the first and second seasons of Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969).
    DirectorIan MacNaughtonStarsJohn CleeseMichael PalinGraham Chapman
  • Charlton Heston and Lincoln Kilpatrick in The Omega Man (1971)

    16. The Omega Man

    19711h 38mPG56Metascore
    6.4 (35K)
    Dr Robert Neville has developed an experimental vaccine which makes him the only immune survivor of a biological catastrophe. A gang of homicidal mutants blame science for their condition and attempt to kill him.
    DirectorBoris SagalStarsCharlton HestonAnthony ZerbeRosalind Cash
  • James Coburn and Rod Steiger in Duck, You Sucker! (1971)

    17. Duck, You Sucker!

    19712h 18mPG77Metascore
    7.5 (40K)
    A low-life bandit and an I.R.A. explosives expert rebel against the government and become heroes of the Mexican Revolution.
    DirectorSergio LeoneStarsRod SteigerJames CoburnRomolo Valli
  • Michael Caine in Get Carter (1971)

    18. Get Carter

    19711h 52mR80Metascore
    7.3 (39K)
    When his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident, London gangster Jack Carter travels to Newcastle to investigate.
    DirectorMike HodgesStarsMichael CaineIan HendryBritt Ekland
  • Vanishing Point (1971)

    19. Vanishing Point

    19711h 39mR61Metascore
    7.2 (32K)
    During the 1970s, car-delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time, but always runs into trouble.
    DirectorRichard C. SarafianStarsBarry NewmanCleavon LittleCharlotte Rampling
  • Clint Eastwood and Jessica Walter in Play Misty for Me (1971)

    20. Play Misty for Me

    19711h 42mR78Metascore
    6.9 (34K)
    The life of a disc jockey is turned upside down after a romantic encounter with an obsessed fan.
    DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodJessica WalterDonna Mills
  • Bruce Lee in The Big Boss (1971)

    21. The Big Boss

    19711h 39mR
    6.9 (31K)
    A young Chinese man sworn an oath of non-violence moves to Thailand to work with his cousins in an ice factory, which he discovers to be a front for a sinister heroin-smuggling operation.
    DirectorsWei LoChia-Hsiang WuStarsBruce LeeMaria YiJames Tien
  • Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, and Luc Roeg in Walkabout (1971)

    22. Walkabout

    19711h 40mGP85Metascore
    7.6 (29K)
    Two city-bred siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy on his "walkabout": a ritual separation from his tribe.
    DirectorNicolas RoegStarsJenny AgutterDavid GulpililLuc Roeg
  • Warren Beatty and Julie Christie in McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

    23. McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    19712hR93Metascore
    7.6 (29K)
    A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
    DirectorRobert AltmanStarsWarren BeattyJulie ChristieRene Auberjonois
  • Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland in Klute (1971)

    24. Klute

    19711h 54mR81Metascore
    7.1 (32K)
    A small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute.
    DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsJane FondaDonald SutherlandCharles Cioffi
  • Richard Roundtree in Shaft (1971)

    25. Shaft

    19711h 40mR66Metascore
    6.6 (22K)
    A crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
    DirectorGordon ParksStarsRichard RoundtreeMoses GunnCharles Cioffi

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