Category:1971, Top Films

1967 -- 1968 -- 1969 -- 1970

-- -- 1971, Top Films -- --

1972 -- 1973 -- 1974 -- 1975

Ranking

My Picks

-- #9. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory -- #10. Murmur of the Heart -- #11. Death in Venice -- #14. Bananas -- #20. The Decameron -- #49. Fiddle on the Roof

Limbo

-- #1. A Clockwork Orange (Kubrick) -- #2. Harold and Maude (Ashby) -- #4. The French Connection (Friedkin) <Best Picture & Director>

Critical Reception

MUBI, Best Films

50 Top Films of 1971

-- #9. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory -- #10. Murmur of the Heart -- #11. Death in Venice -- #14. Bananas -- #20. The Decameron -- #49. Fiddle on the Roof

-- #1. <A Clockwork Orange> -- #2. <Harold and Maude> -- #3. Straw Dogs -- #4. <The French Connection> -- #5. The Last Picture Show -- #6. Walkabout -- #7. Dirty Harry -- #8. McCabe & Mrs. Miller -- #12. Two-Lane Blacktop -- #13. THX 1138 -- #15. Duel -- #16. <The Devils> -- #17. Punishment Park -- #18. Get Carter -- #19. Duck, You Sucker -- #28. Klute -- #35. Carnal Knowledge -- #37. <Mon Uncle Antoine> -- #38. Macbeth -- #40. Two English Girls -- #44. Johnny Got His Gun -- #47. The Working Class Goes to Heaven

Oscar, Best Films

-- The French Connection -- A Clockwork Orange -- Fiddler on the Roof -- The Last Picture Show -- Nicholas and Alexandra -- Sunday Bloody Sunday -- The Garden of the Finzi Continis (Italy)

Golden Globe, Best Films

-- The French Connection -- Fiddler on the Roof -- Sunday Bloody Sunday (United Kingdom) -- The Policeman (Israel)

Top Grossing Films

-- Fiddler on the Roof -- Billy Jack -- The French Connection -- Summer of '42 -- Diamonds Are Forever -- Dirty Harry -- A Clockwork Orange -- Carnal Knowledge -- The Last Picture Show -- Willard

National Board of Review

-- Death in Venice

-- The French Connection -- The Last Picture Show -- Nicholas and Alexandra -- The Go-Between

-- Macbeth -- The Boy Friend -- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich -- King Lear -- The Tales of Beatrix Potter

National Film Registry

-- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

-- A Clockwork Orange -- Dirty Harry -- The French Connection -- Harold and Maude -- The Last Picture Show -- McCabe & Mrs. Miller -- Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

-- The Hospital -- A New Leaf -- Shaft -- Two-Lane Blacktop -- Growing Up Female <doc> -- Manzanar <doc> -- The Murder of Fred Hampton <doc> -- (nostalgia) <doc> -- Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania <doc>

NYT, Best Films

-- Death in Venice -- Murmur of the Heart

-- Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song -- Walkabout -- The Go-Between -- The French Connection -- A Clockwork Orange -- McCabe & Mrs. Miller -- The Last Picture Show -- Klute -- Dirty Harry

-- Love -- Get Carter -- Shaft -- Carnal Knowledge -- Sunday Bloody Sunday -- Play Misty for Me -- Two English Girls -- Straw Dogs -- Minnie and Moskowitz

TSPDT, Best Films

-- Death in Venice --

-- The French Connection -- Walkabout -- The Go-Between -- A Clockwork Orange -- McCabe & Mrs. Miller -- The Last Picture Show -- Harold and Maude -- -- Dirty Harry -- The Devils

-- A Touch of Zen -- Two-Lane Blacktop -- Out 1, noli me tangere -- La Région centrale -- W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism -- Two English Girls -- Fata Morgana -- Duel -- Get Carter

Top10ner, Best Films

-- Fiddler on the Roof -- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

-- McCabe & Mrs. Miller -- Walkabout -- The French Connection -- A Clockwork Orange -- The Last Picture Show -- Harold and Maude -- Dirty Harry -- The Devils

Film101, Best Films

-- Death in Venice -- Murmur of the Heart

-- The French Connection -- The Last Picture Show -- A Clockwork Orange -- McCabe & Mrs. Miller -- Klute -- The Go-Between -- Walkabout -- Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song -- Dirty Harry

-- Two English Girls -- Sunday Bloody Sunday -- Get Carter -- Straw Dogs -- WR - Mysteries of the Organism -- Two-Lane Blacktop -- Wanda -- Taking Off -- The Hospital

ChildActors, Best Films

-- Death in Venice (Italy) -- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory -- Murmur of the Heart (France) -- Bedknobs and Broomsticks -- Bless the Beasts & Children

-- Bloomfield / The Hero (UK-Israel) -- The Go-Between (UK) -- Macbeth / The Tragedy of Macbeth -- Man and Boy -- Mon oncle Antoine (Canada) -- Nicholas and Alexandra (UK) -- Sweet, Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song -- Tom Brown's Schooldays (UK) -- Walkabout (Australia)

-- Aventuras com Tio Maneco AKA Journey to an Unknown World (Brazil) -- Black Beauty (UK) -- The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou -- Cider with Rosie (UK) -- Creatures the World Forgot (UK) -- El Cristo del Océano (Spain) -- Emil i Lönneberga (Sweden) -- Felix aus dem Wunderland (East Germany) -- Hahó, Öcsi! / Tony and the Tick Tock Dragon (Hungary) -- Il était une fois un flic / There Was Once a Cop (France) -- A Little Game -- Maskarada (Yugoslavia) -- Melody / S.W.A.L.K. (UK) -- Million Dollar Duck -- The Nightcomers (UK) -- O Fat White Woman (1971) UK -- Taralezhite se razhdat bez bodli / Porcupines Are Born Without Bristles (Bulgaria) -- The Tender Warrior (USA) -- The Trojan Women (Greece/UK/USA) -- Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (UK) -- Y Adán y (Chile)