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  • Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon, Cyril Cusack, Judy Engles, Ellen Geer, Vivian Pickles, Shari Summers, and Charles Tyner in Harold and Maude (1971)

    1. 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
  • Laurie Bird, Warren Oates, James Taylor, and Dennis Wilson in Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

    2. Two-Lane Blacktop

    19711h 42mR89Metascore
    7.2 (14K)
    While drag-racing through the American Southwest in a Chevrolet 150, a driver and his mechanic cross paths with an enigmatic hitchhiker and the tall-tale-spinning driver of a GTO.
    DirectorMonte HellmanStarsJames TaylorWarren OatesLaurie Bird
  • Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland in Klute (1971)

    3. 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
  • Melody (1971)

    4. Melody

    19711h 43mG
    7.5 (3.4K)
    Two youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married as soon as possible.
    DirectorWaris HusseinStarsMark LesterTracy HydeJack Wild
  • Vanishing Point (1971)

    5. 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
  • Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, and Luc Roeg in Walkabout (1971)

    6. 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
  • Out 1 (1971)

    7. Out 1

    197112h 56mNot Rated87Metascore
    7.4 (1.6K)
    Following the May 1968 civil unrest in France, a deaf-mute and a con artist simultaneously stumble upon the remnants of a secret society.
    DirectorsJacques RivetteSuzanne SchiffmanStarsMichèle MorettiHermine KaragheuzKaren Puig
  • Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971)

    8. Four Nights of a Dreamer

    19711h 27mNot Rated
    7.2 (3.6K)
    Jacques, a young man with artistic aspirations, spends four nights wandering Paris with a young woman, whom he rescued from suicide.
    DirectorRobert BressonStarsIsabelle WeingartenGuillaume des ForêtsJean-Maurice Monnoyer
  • Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (1971)

    9. Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

    19712h 17m
    7.6 (2.4K)
    An angst-ridden teen dealing with his dysfunctional family hits the streets. The story is inter-cut with various psychedelic, energetic vignettes.
    DirectorShûji TerayamaStarsEimei SasakiMasahiro SaitoYukiko Kobayashi
  • Michael Caine in Get Carter (1971)

    10. Get Carter

    19711h 52mR80Metascore
    7.3 (38K)
    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
  • Donald Sutherland, Timothy Bottoms, Jason Robards, Kathy Fields, Marsha Hunt, and Diane Varsi in Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

    11. Johnny Got His Gun

    19711h 51mPG71Metascore
    7.8 (19K)
    During World War I, a patriotic young American is rendered blind, deaf, limbless, and mute by a horrific artillery shell attack. Trapped in what's left of his body, he desperately looks for a way to end his life.
    DirectorDalton TrumboStarsTimothy BottomsKathy FieldsMarsha Hunt
  • Taking Off (1971)

    12. Taking Off

    19711h 33mR
    7.3 (5.1K)
    While searching for their runaway teenage daughter, the parents rediscover the pleasures of life as they get acquainted with a self-help group for parents of vanished children.
    DirectorMilos FormanStarsLynn CarlinBuck HenryGeorgia Engel
  • Dennis Weaver in Duel (1971)

    13. Duel

    19711h 30mPGTV Movie81Metascore
    7.6 (83K)
    A business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDennis WeaverJacqueline ScottEddie Firestone
  • The Emigrants (1971)

    14. The Emigrants

    19712h 31mPG
    8.0 (7.9K)
    An 1840s Swedish farming family struggle with their unyielding land and decide to embark on the arduous journey to new hope in America.
    DirectorJan TroellStarsMax von SydowLiv UllmannEddie Axberg
  • Sandy Ratcliff in Family Life (1971)

    15. Family Life

    19711h 48mNot Rated
    7.5 (2.2K)
    A family is shattered over the daughter's forced abortion. As she rebels against her family and their traditional, authoritarian, typical-of-the-time norms, she is hospitalized and otherwise mistreated.
    DirectorKen LoachStarsSandy RatcliffBill DeanGrace Cave
  • Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms, Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman, Cybill Shepherd, and Ben Johnson in The Last Picture Show (1971)

    16. 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
  • Oliver Conant, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, and Jennifer O'Neill in Summer of '42 (1971)

    17. Summer of '42

    19711h 44mPG59Metascore
    7.2 (9.6K)
    A teenager spending his summer vacation on Nantucket Island develops an innocent love for a young war bride who's awaiting news about her husband's fate.
    DirectorRobert MulliganStarsJennifer O'NeillGary GrimesJerry Houser
  • Warren Beatty and Julie Christie in McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

    18. 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
  • Traffic (1971)

    19. Traffic

    19711h 36mG84Metascore
    7.0 (7.9K)
    Mr. Hulot drives a recreational vehicle from Paris to Amsterdam in his usual comical, disastrous style.
    DirectorJacques TatiStarsJacques TatiMarcel FravalHonoré Bostel
  • The Hospital (1971)

    20. The Hospital

    19711h 43mPG-1372Metascore
    7.1 (7.7K)
    A hospital's chief-of-staff struggles to find meaning in his life during a spate of staff deaths.
    DirectorArthur HillerStarsGeorge C. ScottDiana RiggBarnard Hughes
  • Wake in Fright (1971)

    21. Wake in Fright

    19711h 49mR85Metascore
    7.5 (15K)
    After a bad gambling bet, a schoolteacher is marooned in a town full of crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent.
    DirectorTed KotcheffStarsDonald PleasenceGary BondChips Rafferty
  • Al Pacino and Kitty Winn in The Panic in Needle Park (1971)

    22. The Panic in Needle Park

    19711h 50mPG74Metascore
    7.1 (21K)
    Follows the lives of heroin addicts who frequent "Needle Park" in New York City.
    DirectorJerry SchatzbergStarsAl PacinoKitty WinnAlan Vint
  • Seymour Cassel and Gena Rowlands in Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)

    23. Minnie and Moskowitz

    19711h 54mGP67Metascore
    7.2 (5.6K)
    A museum curator falls in love with a crazy parking attendant.
    DirectorJohn CassavetesStarsGena RowlandsSeymour CasselVal Avery
  • THX 1138 (1971)

    24. THX 1138

    19711h 26mGP75Metascore
    6.6 (56K)
    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
  • Angela Lansbury, Dal McKennon, Bob Holt, Cindy O'Callaghan, Roy Snart, David Tomlinson, Ian Weighill, and Lennie Weinrib in Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)

    25. 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

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