21. A New Leaf
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Elaine May
Actors: Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Jack Weston, George Rose, James Coco, Doris Roberts
Plot: Henry Graham lives the life of a playboy. When his lawyer tells him one
day that his lifestyle has consumed all his funds, he needs an idea to
avoid climbing down the social ladder. So he intends to marry a rich woman
and ... murder her.
22. Straw Dogs
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T. P. McKenna, Del Henney, Jim Norton
Plot: A meek American mathmatician goes to England on sabbatical to the small town where his young, liberated wife grew up. As his wife becomes the object of desire for a group of local toughs, he finds a violent reserve deep inside.
23. Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Robert Stevenson
Actors: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe, John Ericson, Bruce Forsyth
Plot: During WWII, witch Eglantine Price (Angela Lansbury) aims to use her new-found powers to ward off a Nazi incursion of England. But she's saddled with a trio of refugee siblings from London who need her protection. To win them over, she pulls off an assortment of tricks and takes them on a fantastical adventure to the Isle of Naboombu.
24. The Devils
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ken Russell
Actors: Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian, Gemma Jones, Christopher Logue
Plot: In 17th Century France, Father Urbain Grandier works to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt influence of Cardinal Richelieu. But when a sexually-repressed nun suddenly accuses him of witchcraft, the entire city goes in to hysteria.
25. Carnal Knowledge
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Nichols
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret, Rita Moreno, Carol Kane
26. Drive, He Said
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jack Nicholson
Actors: William Tepper, Karen Black, Michael Margotta, Bruce Dern, Robert Towne, Henry Jaglom
Plot: A young college basketball star is conflicted. His girlfriend, Olive, may or may not stay with him while his friend, Gabriel, has dropped out of school to become a radical - and will do anything to avoid the draft.
27. Bananas
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalbán, Jacobo Morales, Natividad Abascal, David Ortiz
28. Sunday Bloody Sunday
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Schlesinger
Actors: Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft, Tony Britton, Maurice Denham
Plot: Explores the complex relationship between three people - a Jewish doctor, Divorcee Alex and their shared lover, the artist Bob Elkin. While both are aware the other exists, they choose to mutually ignore each other so that each might continue to enjoy the relationship. But a weekend trapped inside over winter brings things to a head.
29. Get Carter
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Hodges
Actors: Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne, Tony Beckley, George Sewell
Plot: Jack Carter is a London gangster and when his brother dies under mysterious circumstances he decides to investigate and get the real truth.
30. Two-Lane Blacktop
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Monte Hellman
Actors: James Taylor, Dennis Wilson, Laurie Bird, Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton
Plot: The Driver and The Mechanic are two men dedicated to The Car - a 1955 Chevy - and drive across the southwestern U.S. looking for a worthy opponent to race. When they meet G.T.O., they decide to race to Washington - the loser will give up their car - and the journey takes on a metaphorical meaning.
