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