31. 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.
32. Clowns, The ( clowns, I )
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Federico Fellini
Actors: Federico Fellini, Anita Ekberg, Tino Scotti, Carlo Rizzo, Dante Maggio, Alvaro Vitali
33. Medea
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Actors: Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti, Laurent Terzieff, Giuseppe Gentile, Margareth Clémenti, Paul Jabara
Plot: To become king, Jason goes to claim the golden fleece from stone age
peoples, who are betrayed by their high priestess. She kills and
surrenders herself to Jason and his crew. Her ambitions are soon to be
also betrayed, as Jason falls in love with a princess.
34. Le Mans
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sport
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Actors: Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Fred Haltiner, Luc Merenda
Plot: Steve McQueen worked hard to bring this project to fruition: The Le Mans 24-hour endurance course is one of the world's toughest races. Michael Delaney is a driver who must overcome a terrible accident from the year before in order to bring his Gulf Team Porsche 917 to victory over chief rival the German Stahler in Ferrari 512LM.
35. They Call Me Trinity ( Lo chiamavano Trinità )
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy/Western
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Enzo Barboni
Actors: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Farley Granger, Elena Pedemonte, Steffen Zacharias, Dan Sturkie
36. Deep End
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Actors: Jane Asher, John Moulder-Brown, Karl Michael Vogler, Christopher Sandford, Diana Dors, Louise Martini
37. The Panic in Needle Park
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Actors: Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint, Richard Bright, Raul Julia, Kiel Martin
Plot: An unconventional love story set in Needle Park, a location in New York
City. Bobby (Pacino), a young addict who accompanies an artist named
Helen (Kitty Winn), falls in love together. Helen becomes acquainted with
the habits of Bobby and his methods of earning a buck.
38. Fata Morgana
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Lotte Eisner, Eugen Des Montagnes, James William Gledhill, Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg
39. Vanishing Point
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Actors: Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger, Victoria Medlin, Paul Koslo, Robert Donner
Plot: Kowalski is delivering a 1970 Dodge Challenger from Colorado to San Francisco when he takes an insane bet to get the car there in 15 hours. Soon he is being hunted by police while a blind DJ, Supersoul, tries to guide him down the right path before he loses everything.
40. Claire's Knee ( genou de Claire, Le )
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Eric Rohmer
Actors: Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Béatrice Romand, Laurence de Monaghan, Michèle Montel, Gérard Falconetti
Plot: A mother tries to set up her underage daughter with a much older man.
