1971: World Premieres 1971: U.S. Releases 1971: Still Left to See Looking Back Moving Ahead Browse Films by Title / Year / Reviews Home / Blog / E-Mail The Movies of 1971: U.S. Releases  By Title // By Grade, with Top Ten Complete Reviews ★ = Full Review   /   ★ = Capsule Review   /   ★ = Special Feature or Blog Review (new window) ★  The Devils Dir. Ken Russell. Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Jones, Dudley Sutton A– Full Listing of Films Screened Bedknobs and Broomsticks Dir. Robert Stevenson. Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson C– Carnal Knowledge Dir. Mike Nichols. Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel, Candice Bergen B Claire's Knee Dir. Eric Rohmer. Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Laurence de Monaghan B+ A Clockwork Orange Dir. Stanley Kubrick. Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee B+ The Conformist Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci. Jean-Louis Trintignant, Dominique Sanda B+ Deep End Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski. John Moulder-Brown, Jane Asher, Christopher Sanford B Desperate Characters Dir. Frank D. Gilroy. Shirley MacLaine, Kenneth Mars B+ The Devils Dir. Ken Russell. Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Jones, Dudley Sutton A– Duel TV Movie. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Dennis Weaver, Eddie Firestone, Jacqueline Scott TBA Fiddler on the Roof Dir. Norman Jewison. Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Paul Mann C The French Connection Dir. William Friedkin. Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey B– The Garden of the Finzi-Continis Dir. Vittorio De Sica. Lino Capolicchio A Gimme Shelter Dirs. Peter & Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin. Record of Altamont concert A– The Go-Between Dir. Joseph Losey. Dominic Guard, Julie Christie, Alan Bates C+ Hòa-Bình Dir. Raoul Coutard. Phi Lan, Huynh Cazenas, Xuan Ha, Marcel Lan Phuong B+ Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion Dir. Elio Petri. Gian Maria Volonté A Klute Dir. Alan J. Pakula. Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider C+ Kotch Dir. Jack Lemmon. Walter Matthau, Deborah Winters, Charles Aidman, Felicia Farr C– The Last Picture Show Dir. Peter Bogdanovich. Timothy Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd C+ Macbeth Dir. Roman Polanski. Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, John Strode TBA Mary, Queen of Scots Dir. Charles Jarrott. Glenda Jackson, Vanessa Redgrave C+ McCabe & Mrs. Miller Dir. Robert Altman. Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois A The Music Lovers Dir. Ken Russell. Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson, Kenneth Colley C Nicholas and Alexandra Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner. Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman C– Shaft Dir. Gordon Parks. Richard Roundtree, Christopher St. John, Moses Gunn B+ Sunday, Bloody Sunday Dir. John Schlesinger. Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Murray Head B– Taking Off Dir. Miloš Forman. Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry, Linnea Heacock, Audra Lindley A– The Touch Dir. Ingmar Bergman. Bibi Andersson, Elliott Gould, Max von Sydow B– The Trojan Women Dir. Michael Cacoyannis. Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave C+ Walkabout Dir. Nicolas Roeg. Jenny Agutter, Lucien John, David Gulpilil, John Meillon B Wanda Dir. Barbara Loden. Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins, Jerome Their, Milton Gittleman A– Who Is Harry Kellerman...? Dir. Ulu Grosbard. Dustin Hoffman, Jack Warden D+