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: World Premieres  By Grade // By Title, with Full Reviews Top Ten List 1.  McCabe & Mrs. Miller Dir. Robert Altman. Warren Beatty, Julie Christie A 2.  The Emigrants Dir. Jan Tröell. Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg A 4.  The Devils Dir. Ken Russell. Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Jones A– 5.  Taking Off Dir. Miloš Forman. Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry, Linnea Heacock A– 5.  A Clockwork Orange Dir. Stanley Kubrick. Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee B+ 6.  Desperate Characters Dir. Frank D. Gilroy. Shirley MacLaine, Kenneth Mars B+ Remainder of Films Screened Shaft Dir. Gordon Parks. Richard Roundtree, Christopher St. John, Moses Gunn B+ Beware of a Holy Whore Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Lou Castel, Marquard Bohm B Carnal Knowledge Dir. Mike Nichols. Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel, Candice Bergen B Don't Deliver Us from Evil Dir. Joël Séria. Jeanne Goupil, Catherine Wagener 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 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+ 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