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 Grade // By Title, with Full Reviews Top Ten List 1.  McCabe & Mrs. Miller Dir. Robert Altman. With Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois A 2.  Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion Dir. Elio Petri. With Gian Maria Volonté A 3.  The Garden of the Finzi-Continis Dir. Vittorio De Sica. With Lino Capolicchio A 4.  A Clockwork Orange Dir. Stanley Kubrick. With Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee A 5.  The Devils Dir. Ken Russell. With Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Jones, Dudley Sutton A– 6.  Taking Off Dir. Miloš Forman. With Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry, Linnea Heacock, Audra Lindley A– 7.  Wanda Dir. Barbara Loden. With Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins, Jerome Their, Milton Gittleman A– 8.  Gimme Shelter Dirs. Peter & Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin. Record of Altamont concert A– 9.  The Conformist Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci. With Jean-Louis Trintignant, Dominique Sanda B+ 10.  Claire's Knee Dir. Eric Rohmer. With Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Laurence de Monaghan B+ Remainder of Films Screened Desperate Characters Dir. Frank D. Gilroy. With Shirley MacLaine, Kenneth Mars B+ Hòa-Bình Dir. Raoul Coutard. With Phi Lan, Huynh Cazenas, Xuan Ha, Marcel Lan Phuong B+ Shaft Dir. Gordon Parks. With Richard Roundtree, Christopher St. John, Moses Gunn B+ Carnal Knowledge Dir. Mike Nichols. With Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel, Candice Bergen B Deep End Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski. With John Moulder-Brown, Jane Asher, Christopher Sanford B Walkabout Dir. Nicolas Roeg. With Jenny Agutter, Lucien John, David Gulpilil, John Meillon B The French Connection Dir. William Friedkin. With Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey B– Sunday, Bloody Sunday Dir. John Schlesinger. With Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Murray Head B– The Touch Dir. Ingmar Bergman. With Bibi Andersson, Elliott Gould, Max von Sydow B– The Go-Between Dir. Joseph Losey. With Dominic Guard, Julie Christie, Alan Bates C+ Klute Dir. Alan J. Pakula. With Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider C+ The Last Picture Show Dir. Peter Bogdanovich. With Timothy Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd C+ Mary, Queen of Scots Dir. Charles Jarrott. With Glenda Jackson, Vanessa Redgrave C+ The Trojan Women Dir. Michael Cacoyannis. With Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave C+ The Music Lovers Dir. Ken Russell. With Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson, Kenneth Colley C Fiddler on the Roof Dir. Norman Jewison. With Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Paul Mann C Kotch Dir. Jack Lemmon. With Walter Matthau, Deborah Winters, Charles Aidman, Felicia Farr C– Nicholas and Alexandra Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner. With Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman C– Who Is Harry Kellerman...? Dir. Ulu Grosbard. With Dustin Hoffman, Jack Warden D+ Duel TV Movie. Dir. Steven Spielberg. With Dennis Weaver, Eddie Firestone, Jacqueline Scott TBA Macbeth Dir. Roman Polanski. With Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, John Strode TBA