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.

41. Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Action
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Actors: Melvin Van Peebles, Mario Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan, Rhetta Hughes

42. Gamera vs. Zigra ( Gamera tai Shinkai kaijû Jigura )

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Noriaki Yuasa
Actors: Kôji Fujiyama, Reiko Kasahara, Isamu Saeki, Yasushi Sakagami, Eiko Yanami, Mikiko Tsubouchi

43. Traffic

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacques Tati
Actors: Jacques Tati, Tony Knepper, Franco Ressel, Mario Zanuelli, Maria Kimberly, Marcel Franval
Plot: Mr. Hulot has his self-made RV and is ready to hit the road to showcase the vehicle at an Amsterdam auto show. But, of course, nothing goes right for him and his poor PR exec, the trendy, young Maria, must go along for the ride.

44. Blue Water, White Death

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Peter Gimbel, James Lipscomb
Actors: Tom Chapin, Phil Clarkson, Stuart Cody, Peter Matthiessen, Peter Gimbel, James Lipscomb

45. The Man Who Haunted Himself

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Basil Dearden
Actors: Roger Moore, Hildegard Neil, Alastair Mackenzie, Hugh Mackenzie, Kevork Malikyan, Thorley Walters
Plot: Leading executive Harold Pelham's life slowly unravels as a man who is
apparently his perfect duplicate in both appearance and mannerism starts
to usurp both his job and his family.

46. Blood on Satan's Claw

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Piers Haggard
Actors: Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, Barry Andrews, Michele Dotrice, James Hayter, Anthony Ainley

47. Lust for a Vampire

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jimmy Sangster
Actors: Ralph Bates, Barbara Jefford, Suzanna Leigh, Michael Johnson, Yutte Stensgaard, Helen Christie

48. Willard

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Daniel Mann
Actors: Bruce Davison, Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Borgnine, Sondra Locke, Michael Dante, Jody Gilbert
Plot: Willard is a social outcast, belittled at work and at home. When he keeps two rats instead of exterminating them, he finds a certain kinship. Soon he has many rats and finds he can control them - but when one of them is killed by his domineering boss, he fights back.

49. On Any Sunday

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Bruce Brown
Actors: Bruce Brown, David Evans, Steve McQueen, Mert Lawwill, Malcom Smith, Dave Aldana

50. The Omega Man

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Boris Sagal
Actors: Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash, Paul Koslo, Eric Laneuville, Lincoln Kilpatrick
Plot: After biological warfare decimated the world, Dr. Robert Neville is the last person alive in Los Angeles thanks to an experimental vaccine he injected himself with. But he is not alone. An albino, light-sensitive violent group calling themselves The Family want to destroy all science and technology, including Neville.

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