Top Movies of 1971


The top movies of 1971 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

111. An Elephant Called Slowly

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Action
MPAA Rating: G
Director: James Hill
Actors: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, George Adamson, Vinay Inambar, Joab Collins, Ali Twaha

112. The Murder of Fred Hampton

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Howard Alk
Actors: Fred Hampton, Rennie Davis, Edward Hanrahan, Bobby Rush, Don Matuson

113. Minnie and Moskowitz

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Cassavetes
Actors: Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel, Val Avery, Timothy Carey, Katherine Cassavetes, Lady Rowlands
Plot: Opposites attract when Minnie an upper class girl falls for Seymour who drives an old truck.

114. The Light at the Edge of the World

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Kevin Billington
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Yul Brynner, Samantha Eggar, Jean-Claude Drouot, Fernando Rey, Renato Salvatori

115. Decameron, The ( Decameron, Il )

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Actors: Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Jovan Jovanovic, Vincenzo Amato, Angela Luce, Giuseppe Zigaina
Plot: Pier Paolo Pasolini takes on nine tales from Bocaccio's "Decameron": love, death, life, the church are all thrown into the ribald mix.

116. Cat O' Nine Tails, The ( Gatto a nove code, Il )

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dario Argento
Actors: James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak, Pier Paolo Capponi, Horst Frank, Rada Rassimov
Plot: A retired and now-blind journalist lives with his daughter and writes crossword puzzles. One night he overhears a strange conversation by two men parked in front of the Terzi Institute - a medical facility. When a break-in occurs resulting in a death, he investigates further, and recruits a reporter to help. As they get closer to the truth, the web grows ever larger and the murders won't stop.

117. The Horsemen

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Frankenheimer
Actors: Omar Sharif, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jack Palance, David de Keyser, Peter Jeffrey, Mohammad Shamsi

118. Blind Terror ( See No Evil )

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: Mia Farrow, Dorothy Alison, Robin Bailey, Diane Grayson, Paul Nicholas, Norman Eshley

119. Dodes'ka-den

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura, Shinsuke Minami, Yûko Kusunoki, Junzaburo Ban

120. Nun, The ( religieuse, La - 1971 )

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacques Rivette
Actors: Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver, Micheline Presle, Francine Bergé, Francisco Rabal, Christiane Lénier

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