1971 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1971. Top 30 & many honorables.








30.        WAKE IN FRIGHT

29. 

DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS

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28.       BED AND BOARD

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27.    INVESTIGATION OF

A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION

.
      SWEET SWEETBACK'S

26.   BAADASSSSS SONG

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25.          LE BOUCHER

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24.               THE
GARDEN OF FINZI-CONTINIS

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23.           A NEW LEAF

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                    YOUNG

22.  & HEALTHY AS A ROSE

21.  

 THE DEVILS [Unrated cut]

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-tie-21.   THE BOY FRIEND

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20.     FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

19.           THE BEGUILED

18.

THE HOUR OF THE FURNACES

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17.           DODES'KA-DEN

16.

BEWARE OF A HOLY WHORE

15.

THE FRENCH CONNECTION

                

14.            W.R.: 

  MYSTERIES OF THE ORGANISM

13.

BLACK GOD, WHITE DEVIL

12.                MACBETH

    

11. 

THE LAST PICTURE SHOW

[the "definitive Director's cut"]

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10.       WILLY WONKA 

& THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

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9.             CLAIRE'S KNEE

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8.                    KLUTE

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7.  A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

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6.        HAROLD AND MAUDE

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5.       TWO-LANE BLACKTOP

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4.                   WANDA

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3.                WALKABOUT

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2.           THE CONFORMIST

.

1.     MCCABE & MRS. MILLER

*****

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED. 

(other titles of '71 I loved that could've placed)

THE GO-BETWEEN

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PLAY MISTY FOR ME

. 

BUSHMAN

THE 

PLOT AGAINST HARRY

DEATH IN VENICE

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WILLARD

.
 

FATA MORGANA

.
 

OUT 1

.
 

MINNIE AND MOSKOWITZ

.

 GET CARTER

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LITTLE MURDERS

.
THE STRANGE

VICE OF MRS. WARDH 

[BLADE OF THE RIPPER]

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DUEL

.

THE MURDER

OF FRED HAMPTON

.
 

GROWING UP FEMALE

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BANG BANG

THE PANIC 

IN NEEDLE PARK

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DIRTY HARRY

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A GENTLE WOMAN

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JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN

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BASIC TRAINING

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THE HIRED HAND

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THE POINT!

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SHAFT

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THE DIRTY OUTLAWS

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DEATH BY HANGING

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DUCK, YOU SUCKER!

[A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE]

.
 

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

.
 

THE OMEGA MAN

.
 

THX 1138

.
 

THE CAT O' NINE TAILS

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SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY

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KURONEKO

.
 

WHITY

.

THE THIRD

PART OF THE NIGHT

.
 

THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN

.
 LET'S SCARE

JESSICA TO DEATH

.

THE RAILWAY CHILDREN

PUNISHMENT PARK

.
 

THE 

ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES

 

.
 

CARNAL KNOWLEDGE

.
 

VANISHING POINT

.
 

A LIZARD 

IN A WOMAN'S SKIN

STRAW DOGS

.

PINK NARCISSUS

THE SORROW & THE PITY

.
 

THE CLOWNS

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SKIN GAME

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BANANAS

.

MAN 

IN THE WILDERNESS

.
 

CARRY ON
AT YOUR CONVENIENCE

.

THE VELVET VAMPIRE

****

1971

TOP 30

1. MCCABE AND MRS MILLER (Altman)
2. THE CONFORMIST (Bertolucci)
3. WALKABOUT (Roeg)
4. WANDA (Loden)
5. TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (Hellman)
6. HAROLD AND MAUDE (Ashby)
7. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Kubrick)
8. KLUTE (Pakula)
9. CLAIRE'S KNEE (Rohmer)
10. WILLY WONKA (Stuart)
11. LAST PICTURE SHOW (Bogdanovich)
12. MACBETH (Polanski)
13. BLACK GOD, WHITE DEVIL (Rocha)
14. W.R. MYSTERIES OF ORGANISM (Makavejev)
15. FRENCH CONNECTION (Friedkin)
16. BEWARE A HOLY WHORE (Fassbinder)
17. DODES'KA-DEN (Kurosawa)
18. HOUR OF THE FURNACES (Getino)
19. THE BEGUILED (Siegel)
20. FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Jewison)
21. THE DEVILS (Russell)                                                        -tie- THE BOY FRIEND (Russell)
22. YOUNG & HEALTHY AS A ROSE (Jovanovic)
23. A NEW LEAF (Elaine May)
24. GARDEN OF FINZI-CONTINIS (De Sica)
25. LE BOUCHER (Chabrol)
26. SWEET SWEETBACK (van Peebles)
27. INVESTIGATION OF CITIZEN ABOVE.. (Petri)
28. BED AND BOARD (Truffaut)
29. DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS (Kumel)
30. WAKE IN FRIGHT (Kotcheff)

RUNNER UP:

THE GO-BETWEEN (Losey), PLAY MISTY FOR ME (Eastwood), BUSHMAN (Schickele), PLOT AGAINST HARRY (M.Roemer), DEATH IN VENICE (De Sica), WILLARD (D.Mann), FATA MORGANA (Herzog), OUT 1 (Rivette), MINNIE & MOSKOWITZ (Cassavetes), GET CARTER (Hodges), LITTLE MURDERS (Arkin), STRANGE VICE OF MRS WARDH (Martino), DUEL (Spielberg), MURDER OF FRED HAMPTON (Alk), GROWING UP FEMALE (Reichert/Klein), BANG BANG (Tonacci), PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK (Schatzberg), DIRTY HARRY (Siegel), A GENTLE WOMAN (Bresson), JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN (Trumbo), BASIC TRAINING (Wiseman), THE HIRED HAND (Fonda), THE POINT! (Wolf), SHAFT (Parks), DIRTY OUTLAWS (Rossetti), DEATH BY HANGING (Oshima), GIÙ LA TESTA (Leone), A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Williams), THE OMEGA MAN (Sagal), THX 1138 (Lucas), CAT O' NINE TAILS (Argento), SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY (Schlesinger), KURONEKO (Kaneto Shindô), WHITY (Fassbinder), 3RD PART OF NIGHT (Zulawski), ANDROMEDA STRAIN (Wise), LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH (Hancock), THE RAILWAY CHILDREN (Lionel Jeffries), PUNISHMENT PARK (Watkins), ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES (Fuest), CARNAL KNOWLEDGE (Nichols), VANISHING POINT (Sarafian), LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN (Fulci), STRAW DOGS (Peckinpah), PINK NARCISSUS (Bidgood), SORROW & PITY (Ophüls), THE CLOWNS (Fellini), SKIN GAME (Bogart), BANANAS (Allen), MAN IN THE WILDERNESS (Sarafian), CARRY ON AT YOUR CONVENIENCE (Thomas), VELVET VAMPIRE (S Rothman)