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The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1971 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1971
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
1 Fiddler on the Roof United Artists $40,500,000[1]
2 Billy Jack Warner Bros. $32,500,000[1]
3 The French Connection 20th Century Fox $26,300,000[1]
4 Summer of '42 Warner Bros. $20,500,000[2]
5 Diamonds Are Forever United Artists $19,727,000[2]
6 Dirty Harry Warner Bros. $18,000,000[2]
7 A Clockwork Orange $17,000,000[2]
8 Carnal Knowledge Embassy $14,075,000[2]
9 The Last Picture Show Columbia $13,110,000[2]
10 Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song Cinemation Industries $9,200,000[3]

Events

Awards

Category/Organization29th Golden Globe Awards
February 6, 1972
25th BAFTA Awards
February 26, 1972
44th Academy Awards
April 10, 1972
DramaComedy or Musical
Best FilmThe French ConnectionFiddler on the RoofSunday Bloody SundayThe French Connection
Best DirectorWilliam Friedkin
The French Connection
John Schlesinger
Sunday Bloody Sunday
William Friedkin
The French Connection
Best ActorGene Hackman
The French Connection
Chaim Topol
Fiddler on the Roof
Peter Finch
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Gene Hackman
The French Connection
Best ActressJane Fonda
Klute
Twiggy
The Boy Friend
Glenda Jackson
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Jane Fonda
Klute
Best Supporting ActorBen Johnson
The Last Picture Show
Edward Fox (actor)
The Go-Between
Ben Johnson
The Last Picture Show
Best Supporting ActressAnn-Margret
Carnal Knowledge
Margaret Leighton
The Go-Between
Cloris Leachman
The Last Picture Show
Best Screenplay, OriginalThe Hospital
Paddy Chayefsky
The Go-Between
Harold Pinter
The Hospital
Paddy Chayefsky
Best Screenplay, AdaptedThe French Connection
Ernest Tidyman
Best Original ScoreIsaac Hayes
Shaft
Michel Legrand
Summer of '42
Michel Legrand
Summer of '42
John Williams
Fiddler on the Roof
Best Original Song"Life Is What You Make It"
Kotch
N/A"Theme from Shaft"
Shaft
Best Foreign Language FilmThe PolicemanN/AThe Garden of the Finzi-Continis

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

The Go-Between, directed by Joseph Losey, United Kingdom

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy / W. Germany

1971 Wide-release movies

United States unless stated

January–March

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1 Punishment ParkProject X Distribution / Chartwell / FrancoisePeter Watkins (director/screenplay); Carmen Argenziano, Harold Beaulieu, Jim Bohan, Stan Armsted, Paul Alelyanes, Mark Keats, Gladys Golden, Sanford Golden, George Gregory, Katherine Quittner, Mary Ellen KleinhallDocumentary, DramaLive Action
Something BigNational General PicturesAndrew V. McLaglen (director); James Lee Barrett (screenplay); Dean Martin, Brian Keith, Carol White, Honor Blackman, Ben Johnson, Albert Salmi, Don Knight, Joyce Van Patten, Judi Meredith, Denver Pyle, Merlin Olsen, Robert Donner, Harry Carey Jr., Paul Fix, Bob Steele, Ed Faulkner, David Huddleston, Jose Angel Espinoza, Chuck Hicks, Enrique Lucero, Joe Gray, Armand Alzamora, Juan Garcia, Robert GravageWestern, ComedyLive Action
8 The Ski BumEmbassy PicturesBruce D. Clark (director/screenplay); Marc Siegler (screenplay); Zalman King, Charlotte Rampling, Joseph Mell, Dimitra Arliss, Pierre Jalbert, Anna Karen Morrow, Paul Jabara, Michael Lerner, Noah Keen, Penelope Spheeris, Tedd King, Dwight Marfield, Freddie James, Lori Shelle, Don Campbell, David Chow, Deborah SmallerDramaLive Action
21 ZachariahCinerama Releasing Corporation / ABC PicturesGeorge Englund (director); Joe Massot, Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, David Ossman, Phil Proctor (screenplay); John Rubinstein, Pat Quinn, Don Johnson, Country Joe and the Fish, Elvin Jones, Doug Kershaw, William Challee, Dick Van Patten, The James Gang, White Lightnin', The New York Rock EnsembleWesternLive Action
24 The Music LoversUnited Artists / Russ-Arts / Russ FilmsKen Russell (director); Melvyn Bragg (screenplay); Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson, Max Adrian, Christopher Gable, Kenneth Colley, Maureen Pryor, Andrew Faulds, Bruce Robinson, Ben Aris, Georgina Parkinson, Graham Armitage, Izabella Telezynska, Sabina Maydelle, Xavier Russell, Dennis Myers, John Myers, Joanne Brown, Alexei Jawdokimov, Alexander Russell, Clive Cazes, Alan Dubreuil, Ernest Bale, Consuela Chapman, James Russell, Victoria Russell, Alex BrewerDramaLive Action
28 10 Rillington PlaceColumbia Pictures / Filmways Pictures / Genesis ProductionsRichard Fleischer (director); Clive Exton (screenplay); Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt, Pat Heywood, Isobel Black, Robert Hardy, Geoffrey Chater, André Morell, Sam Kydd, Jimmy Gardner, Gabrielle Daye, Rudolph Walker, Phyllis MacMahon, Ray Barron, Douglas Blackwell, Edward Evans, Tenniel Evans, Basil Dignam, Edward Burnham, Reg LyeBiography, Crime, DramaLive Action
The Last ValleyCinerama Releasing Corporation / ABC Pictures Corporation / Season ProductionsJames Clavell (director/screenplay); Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Florinda Bolkan, Nigel Davenport, Per Oscarsson, Arthur O'Connell, Madeleine Hinde, Yorgo Voyagis, Vladek Sheybal, Miguel Alejandro, Christian Roberts, Brian Blessed, Ian Hogg, Michael Gothard, George Innes, John Hallam, Leon Lissek, Ralph Arliss, Claudia Butenuth, Chris Chittell, Kurt Christian, Dave Crowley, Mark Edwards, Frazer Hines, Irene Prador, Jack Shepherd, Larry Taylor, Edward Underdown, Tony Vogel, Michaela Clavell, Mike Douglas, Harry Fielder, Richard Graydon, Joe Powell, Terry RichardsAdventure, Drama, WarLive Action
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3 Carry On HenryThe Rank OrganisationGerald Thomas (director); Talbot Rothwell (screenplay); Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Terry Scott, Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Connor, Julian Holloway, Peter Gilmore, Peter Butterworth, Julian Orchard, Gertan Klauber, Margaret Nolan, William Mervyn, Norman Chappell, Derek Francis, Bill Maynard, Leon Greene, David Prowse, Marjie Lawrence, Patsy Rowlands, Alan Curtis, John Bluthal, David Davenport, Douglas Ridley, Monica Dietrich, Billy CorneliusComedyLive Action
Doctors' WivesColumbia Pictures / Frankovich ProductionsGeorge Schaefer (director); Daniel Taradash (screenplay); Dyan Cannon, Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman, Carroll O'Connor, Rachel Roberts, Janice Rule, Diana Sands, Cara Williams, Richard Anderson, Ralph Bellamy, George Gaynes, John Colicos, Marian McCargo, Scott Brady, Kristina Holland, Anthony Costello, Mark Jenkins, Vincent Van Lynn, Ernie Barnes, Paul Marin, William Bramley, Jon LormerDramaLive Action
4 King LearColumbia Pictures / Filmways / Royal Shakespeare CompanyPeter Brook (director/screenplay); William Shakespeare (screenplay); Paul Scofield, Cyril Cusack, Susan Engel, Tom Fleming, Anne-Lise Gabold, Ian Hogg, Søren Elung Jensen, Robert Lloyd, Jack MacGowran, Patrick Magee, Barry Stanton, Alan Webb, Irene WorthDramaLive Action
9 How to Frame a FiggUniversal PicturesAlan Rafkin (director); George Tibbles (screenplay); Don Knotts, Joe Flynn, Elaine Joyce, Edward Andrews, Yvonne Craig, Frank Welker, Parker Fennelly, Bill Zuckert, Bob Hastings, Bruce Kirby, Stuart Nisbet, James Millhollin, Bill Quinn, John Archer, Pitt Herbert, Robert P. Lieb, Fay DeWitt, Savannah Bentley, Athena LordeComedyLive Action
Little Murders20th Century Fox / Brodsky-Gould ProductionsAlan Arkin (director); Jules Feiffer (screenplay); Elliott Gould, Marcia Rodd, Vincent Gardenia, Elizabeth Wilson, Jon Korkes, John Randolph, Doris Roberts, Donald Sutherland, Lou Jacobi, Alan Arkin, Martin KoveBlack Comedy, CrimeLive Action
12 Raid on RommelUniversal PicturesHenry Hathaway (director); Richard M. Bluel (screenplay); Richard Burton, John Colicos, Clinton Greyn, Wolfgang Preiss, Danielle De Metz, Karl-Otto Alberty, John Orchard, Brook Williams, Greg Mullavy, Ben Wright, Christopher Cary, Michael Sevareid, Chris AndersDrama, WarLive Action
14 Countess DraculaRank Film Distributors / Hammer Film ProductionsPeter Sasdy (director); Jeremy Paul (screenplay); Ingrid Pitt, Nigel Green, Sandor Elès, Maurice Denham, Patience Collier, Lesley-Anne Down, Peter Jeffrey, Leon Lissek, Jessie Evans, Andria Lawrence, Susan Brodrick, Nike Arrighi, Marianne Stone, Charles Farrell, Anne Stallybrass, Ian TriggerHorrorLive Action
15 Gas-s-s-sAmerican International Pictures / San Jacinto ProductionsRoger Corman (director); George Armitage (screenplay); Robert Corff, Elaine Giftos, Bud Cort, Talia Shire, Ben Vereen, Cindy Williams, George Armitage, Country Joe McDonald, Alex Wilson, Pat Patterson, Gary CaplanBlack ComedyLive Action
19 Cold TurkeyUnited Artists / Tandem ProductionsNorman Lear (director/screenplay); William Price Fox Jr. (screenplay); Dick Van Dyke, Bob Newhart, Pippa Scott, Tom Poston, Edward Everett Horton, Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding, Vincent Gardenia, Barnard Hughes, Graham Jarvis, Jean Stapleton, Barbara Cason, Judith Lowry, Sudie Bond, Helen Page Camp, Paul Benedict, Simon Scott, Raymond Kark, Peggy Rea, Woodrow Parfrey, George Mann, Charles Pinney, M. Emmet Walsh, Gloria LeRoy, Eric Boles, Jack Grimes, Walter Sande, Harvey JasonBlack ComedyLive Action
One More Train to RobUniversal PicturesAndrew V. McLaglen (director); Don Tait, Dick Nelson (screenplay); George Peppard, Diana Muldaur, John Vernon, France Nuyen, Soon-Tek Oh, Steve Sandor, Pamela McMyler, Richard Loo, Robert Donner, John Doucette, C.K. Yang, Marie Windsor, Timothy Scott, Joan Shawlee, Hal Needham, Harry Carey Jr.Comedy, WesternLive Action
23 The Pursuit of HappinessColumbia PicturesRobert Mulligan (director); Jon Boothe, George L. Sherman (screenplay); Michael Sarrazin, Barbara Hershey, Robert Klein, Sada Thompson, Ralph Waite, Arthur Hill, E.G. Marshall, Maya Kenin, Rue McClanahan, Peter White, Joseph Attles, Beulah Garrick, Ruth White, Charles Durning, Barnard Hughes, David Doyle, Gilbert Lewis, Albert Henderson, William DevaneDramaLive Action
28 WandaBardene International Films / Foundation for FilmmakersBarbara Loden (director/screenplay); Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins, Frank Jourdano, Valerie Manches, Dorothy Shupenes, Peter Shupenes, Jerome Thier, Marian Thier, Anthony Rotell, M.L. KennedyDramaLive Action
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2 Death in Venice (France/Italy)Warner Bros. / Alfa Cinematografica / PECFLuchino Visconti (director/screenplay); Nicola Badalucco (screenplay); Dirk Bogarde, Björn Andrésen, Mark Burns, Romolo Valli, Nora Ricci, Marisa Berenson, Carole André, Silvana Mangano, Leslie French, Franco Fabrizi, Dominique Darel, Mascia Predit, Nicoletta Elmi, Marco Tulli, Sergio Garfagnoli, Luigi Battaglia, Ciro CristofolettiHistorical, DramaLive Action
8 The Emigrants (Sweden)Warner Bros. / Svensk FilmindustriJan Troell (director/screenplay); Bengt Forslund (screenplay); Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Allan Edwall, Monica Zetterlund, Pierre Lindstedt, Hans Alfredson, Åke Fridell, Agneta Prytz, Halvar Björk, Tom C. Fouts, Sven-Olof Bern, Aina Alfredsson, Ulla Smidje, Eva-Lena Zetterlund, Gustaf Färingborg, Arnold Alfredsson, Bror Englund, Bruno SörwingDrama, HistoryLive Action
9 When Eight Bells TollCinerama Releasing Corporation / Gershwin-Kastner Productions / Winkast Film ProductionÉtienne Périer (director); Alistair MacLean (screenplay); Anthony Hopkins, Robert Morley, Nathalie Delon, Jack Hawkins, Corin Redgrave, Derek Bond, Ferdy Mayne, Maurice Roëves, Leon Collins, Wendy Allnutt, Peter Arne, Oliver MacGreevy, Tom Chatto, Edward Burnham, Charles GrayAction, Adventure, CrimeLive Action
10 Get CarterMGM-EMI Distributors / MGM-British StudiosMike Hodges (director/screenplay); Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, John Osborne, Britt Ekland, Bryan Mosley, George Sewell, Tony Beckley, Glynn Edwards, Alun Armstrong, Bernard Hepton, Petra Markham, Geraldine Moffat, Dorothy White, Rosemarie Dunham, John Bindon, Terence Rigby, Godfrey Quigley, Kevin Brennan, Ben Aris, Alexander Morton, John QuarmbyAction, Crime, ThrillerLive Action
11 LawmanUnited ArtistsMichael Winner (director); Gerry Wilson (screenplay); Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb, Sheree North, Robert Duvall, Albert Salmi, J.D. Cannon, John McGiver, Joseph Wiseman, Richard Jordan, Ralph Waite, John Beck, William C. Watson, Walter Brooke, Robert Emhardt, Charles Tyner, Lou Frizzell, Richard Bull, John Hillerman, Roy Engel, Hugh McDermott, Wilford Brimley, Claudia Bryar, Laila NovakAdventure, WesternLive Action
A New LeafParamount PicturesElaine May (director/screenplay); Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Jack Weston, George Rose, James Coco, Doris Roberts, Renée Taylor, David Doyle, William Redfield, Graham Jarvis, Jess Osuna, Fred Stewart, Mark Gordon, Rose Arrick, Conrad Bain, Mildred Clinton, William HickeyBlack ComedyLive Action
THX 1138Warner Bros. / American ZoetropeGeorge Lucas (director/screenplay); Walter Murch (screenplay); Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Maggie McOmie, Don Pedro Colley, Ian Wolfe, Marshall Efron, Sid Haig, John Pearce, James Wheaton, Scott Beach, Terence McGovern, David Ogden StiersSci-FiLive Action
Up PompeiiMGM-EMI / Anglo-EMI / London Associated FilmsBob Kellett (director); Sid Colin (screenplay); Frankie Howerd, Michael Hordern, Barbara Murray, Patrick Cargill, Lance Percival, Bill Fraser, Julie Ege, Adrienne Posta, Bernard Bresslaw, Madeline Smith, Roy Hudd, Hugh Paddick, Royce Mills, Rita Webb, Lally Bowers, Aubrey Woods, Billy Walker, Russell Hunter, Laraine Humphrys, Kenneth Cranham, George Woodbridge, Derek Griffiths, Robert Tayman, Carol Hawkins, Candace Glendenning, Ian TriggerComedyLive Action
12 The Andromeda StrainUniversal PicturesRobert Wise (director); Nelson Gidding (screenplay); Arthur Hill, James Olson, David Wayne, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell, Mark Jenkins, Peter Helm, Joe Di Reda, Ramon Bieri, Carl Reindel, Frances Reid, Peter Hobbs, Kermit Murdock, Richard O'Brien, Eric Christmas, Ken Swofford, John Carter, Richard Bull, James W. Gavin, Garry Walberg, Emory Parnell, Georgia Schmidt, Victoria Paige Meyerink, Don Messick, Michael CrichtonSci-Fi, ThrillerLive Action
13 Vanishing Point20th Century Fox / Cupid ProductionsRichard C. Sarafian (director); Guillermo Cain (screenplay); Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger, Victoria Medlin, Karl Swenson, Lee Weaver, John Amos, Tom Reese, Paul Koslo, Robert Donner, Owen Bush, Bill Drake, Severn Darden, Delaney Bramlett, Bonnie Bramlett, Bekka Bramlett, Rita Coolidge, Claudia Lennear, Patrice Holloway, David Gates, Valerie Kairys Venet, Anthony James, Arthur Malet, Timothy Scott, Gilda Texter, Charlotte RamplingAction, Crime, ThrillerLive Action
17 The Barefoot ExecutiveWalt Disney Productions / Buena Vista DistributionRobert Butler (director); Joseph L. McEveety (screenplay); Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, Harry Morgan, Wally Cox, Heather North, Alan Hewitt, Hayden Rorke, John Ritter, Jack Bender, Tom Anfinsen, George N. Neise, Ed Reimers, Morgan Farley, Glenn Dixon, Robert Shayne, Tris Coffin, James B. Douglas, Ed Prentiss, Fabian Dean, Iris Adrian, Smilin' Jack Smith, Eve Brent, Sandra Gould, James Flavin, Peter Renaday, Judson Scott, Vince Howard, Hal Baylor, Bill Daily, Dave Willock, Anthony Teague, Edward FaulknerComedyLive Action
21 Making It20th Century Fox / Alfran ProductionsJohn Erman (director); Peter Bart (screenplay); Kristoffer Tabori, Marlyn Mason, Bob Balaban, Joyce Van Patten, Paul Appleby, Carol Arthur, David Doyle, John Fiedler, Pamela Hensley, Casey King, Louise Latham, Doro Merande, Sherry Miles, Denny Miller, Lawrence Pressman, Maxine Stuart, Tom Troupe, Dick Van PattenComedy, DramaLive Action
24 Brother JohnColumbia Pictures / E&RJames Goldstone (director); Ernest Kinoy (screenplay); Sidney Poitier, Will Geer, Bradford Dillman, Beverly Todd, Ramon Bieri, Lincoln Kilpatrick, P. Jay Sidney, Richard Ward, Paul Winfield, Zara Cully, Michael Bell, Lynn Hamilton, Warren J. Kemmerling, Howard Rice, Darlene Rice, Harry DavisDramaLive Action
FriendsParamount British Pictures / Lewis Gilbert ProductionsLewis Gilbert (director); Vernon Harris, Jack Russell (screenplay); Sean Bury, Anicée Alvina, Ronald Lewis, Toby Robins, Joan Hickson, Pascale Roberts, Sady RebbotRomanceLive Action
25 The DeserterParamount Pictures / Dino de Laurentiis CinematograficaBurt Kennedy (director); Clair Huffaker (screenplay); Bekim Fehmiu, John Huston, Richard Crenna, Chuck Connors, Ricardo Montalbán, Ian Bannen, Brandon deWilde, Slim Pickens, Woody Strode, Albert Salmi, Patrick Wayne, Fausto Tozzi, Mimmo Palmara, John Alderson, Larry StewartWesternLive Action
28 The Battle of Love's ReturnTroma EntertainmentLloyd Kaufman (director/screenplay); Lloyd Kaufman, Lynn Lowry, Oliver Stone, Andy Kay, Stanley KaufmanComedyLive Action
Taking OffUniversal PicturesMiloš Forman (director/screenplay); Jean-Claude Carrière, John Guare, John Klein (screenplay); Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry, Georgia Engel, Audra Lindley, Paul Benedict, Vincent Schiavelli, Ike Turner, Tina Turner, Rae Allen, Philip Bruns, Allen Garfield, Carly Simon, Bobo Bates, Shellen Lubin, Shelley Ackerman, Jessica Harper, Tony Harvey, David Gittler, Linnea Heacock, Corinna Cristobal, Frank Berle, Gail Busman, Lois Dengrove, Bonnie MarcusComedyLive Action
31 B.S. I Love You20th Century FoxSteven Hilliard Stern (director/screenplay); Peter Kastner, Joanna Cameron, Louise Sorel, Gary Burghoff, Joanna Barnes, Richard B. ShullRomance, Comedy, DramaLive Action
Just Before Nightfall (France)Cinegai S.p.A. / Les Films de la BoétieClaude Chabrol (director/screenplay); Stéphane Audran, François Périer, Michel Bouquet, Jean Carmet, Henri Attal, Dominique Zardi, Michel Duchaussoy, Celia, Marina Ninchi, Anna DoukingCrime, DramaLive Action

April–June

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7 Shinbone AlleyAllied Artists / Fine Arts FilmsJohn David Wilson (director); Joe Darion (screenplay); Carol Channing, Eddie Bracken, Alan Reed, John Carradine, Hal Smith, Joan Gerber, Ken Sansom, Julie Dawn Cole, Sal Delano, Byron KaneMusical, ComedyAnimation
The Zodiac KillerAdventure Productions, Inc.Tom Hanson (director); Ray Cantrell, Manny Cardoza (screenplay); Hal Reed, Bob Jones, Ray Lynch, Tom Pittman, Mary Darrington, Frank Sanabek, Ed Quigley, Bertha Dahl, Dion Marinkovich, Doodles Weaver, Gloria Gunn, Richard Styles, Manny Cardoza, Norma Takaki, Donna RegisterSlasherLive Action
9 The Mephisto Waltz20th Century FoxPaul Wendkos (director); Ben Maddow (screenplay); Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Barbara Parkins, Bradford Dillman, William Windom, Kathleen Widdoes, Pamelyn Ferdin, Curd JürgensHorrorLive Action
Summer of '42Warner Bros. / Mulligan-Roth ProductionsRobert Mulligan (director); Herman Raucher (screenplay); Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Christopher Norris, Lou Frizzell, Maureen Stapleton, Robert Mulligan, Oliver Conant, Katherine Allentuck, Walter ScottDrama, RomanceLive Action
Valdez Is ComingUnited ArtistsEdwin Sherin (director); Roland Kibbee, David Rayfiel (screenplay); Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Jon Cypher, Frank Silvera, Héctor Elizondo, Phil Brown, Richard Jordan, Barton Heyman, Ralph Brown, Werner Hasselmann, Lex Monson, Sylvia Poggioli, José García García, María Montez, Juanita PenalozaWesternLive Action
16 The Blood on Satan's ClawTigon Pictures / Tigon British Film Productions / Chilton Film and Television EnterprisesPiers Haggard (director/screenplay); Robert Wynne-Simmons (screenplay); Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, Barry Andrews, Michele Dotrice, Wendy Padbury, Anthony Ainley, Charlotte Mitchell, Tamara Ustinov, Simon Williams, James Hayter, Howard Goorney, Avice Landone, Robin Davies, Godfrey James, Roberta ToveyHorrorLive Action
21 MelodyBritish Lion Films / Hemdale Group / Sagittarius Productions / Goodtimes EnterprisesWaris Hussein (director); Alan Parker (screenplay); Mark Lester, Tracy Hyde, Jack Wild, Ashley Knight, William Vanderpuye, Sheila Steafel, Keith Barron, Kate Williams, Roy Kinnear, James Cossins, Ken Jones, June Jago, Tim Wylton, John Gorman, Robin Hunter, Tracy Reed, Neil Hallett, Colin Barrie, Billy Franks, Craig Marriott, Peter Walton, Camille Davies, Dawn Hope, Kay Skinner, Lesley Roach, Hilda Barry, June C. Ellis, Petal Young, Leonard Brockwell, Stephen MallettRomance, Comedy, DramaLive Action
23 Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss SongCinemation Industries / Yeah, Inc.Melvin Van Peebles (director/screenplay); Melvin Van Peebles, John Dullaghan, Rhetta Hughes, John Amos, Mario Van Peebles, Hubert Scales, Simon Chuckster, West Gale, Niva Rochelle, Nick Ferrari, Ed Rue, Lavelle Roby, Ted HaydenBlaxploitation, Action, Crime, DramaLive Action
24 The Cat (France)Valoria FilmsPierre Granier-Deferre (director/screenplay); Pascal Jardin, Georges Simenon (screenplay); Jean Gabin, Simone Signoret, Annie Cordy, Jacques Rispal, Harry-Max, André Rouyer, Yves Barsacq, Nicole Desailly, Carlo Nell, Florence Haguenauer, Renate Birgo, Ermanno Casanova, Georges Mansart, Isabel del RíoDramaLive Action
28 BananasUnited ArtistsWoody Allen (director/screenplay); Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalban, Natividad Abascal, Howard Cosell, Jacobo Morales, Miguel Ángel Suárez, René Enríquez, Roger Grimsby, Don Dunphy, Dan Frazer, Charlotte Rae, Axel Anderson, Arthur Hughes, Eddie Barth, Nicholas Saunders, Conrad Bain, Allen Garfield, Hy Anzell, Sylvester Stallone, Mary Jo Catlett, Tino García, David Ortiz, Jack Axelrod, Martha Greenhouse, Stanley AckermanComedyLive Action
Pretty Maids All in a RowMetro-Goldwyn-MayerRoger Vadim (director); Gene Roddenberry (screenplay); Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson, Telly Savalas, John David Carson, Keenan Wynn, Barbara Leigh, Roddy McDowall, James Doohan, William Campbell, Susan Tolsky, Brenda Sykes, Joy Bang, Joanna Cameron, June Fairchild, Margaret Markov, Philip Brown, Kyle Johnson, Linda Morand, Topo Swope, Gretchen Burrell, Aimee Eccles, Diane Sherry, Mark Malmborg, Warren Seabury, Dawn RoddenberryComedy, Crime, MysteryLive Action
30 The Big Doll HouseNew World PicturesJack Hill (director); Don Spencer (screenplay); Pam Grier, Roberta Collins, Sid Haig, Pat Woodell, Christiane Schmidtmer, Judy Brown, Brooke Mills, Kathryn LoderAction, Drama, ThrillerLive Action
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1 Billy JackWarner Bros. / National Student Film CorporationT.C. Frank (director); Frank Christina, Theresa Christina (screenplay); Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Clark Howat, Bert Freed, Kenneth Tobey, Howard Hesseman, Cisse Cameron, Han Bong-soo, David Roya, Victor Izay, Julie Webb, Debbie Schock, Teresa Kelly, Lynn Baker, Stan Rice, John McClure, Susan Foster, Susan SosaAction, DramaLive Action
12 Mrs. Pollifax-SpyUnited ArtistsLeslie H. Martinson (director); C.A. McKnight (screenplay); Rosalind Russell, Darren McGavin, Nehemiah Persoff, Harold Gould, Albert Paulsen, John Beck, Dana Elcar, Dennis Cross, Don Diamond, Robert Donner, James Wellman, Nick Katurich, Tom HallickAdventure, ComedyLive Action
Plaza SuiteParamount PicturesArthur Hiller (director); Neil Simon (screenplay); Walter Matthau, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris, Lee Grant, Louise Sorel, Jenny Sullivan, Augusta Dabney, Alan North, Frank Albanese, Jordan Charney, Thomas CareyComedyLive Action
Red Sky at MorningUniversal Pictures / Hal Wallis ProductionsJames Goldstone (director); Marguerite Roberts (screenplay); Richard Thomas, Catherine Burns, Desi Arnaz Jr., Richard Crenna, Claire Bloom, John Colicos, Harry Guardino, Strother Martin, Nehemiah Persoff, Pepe Serna, Joaquin GarayDramaLive Action
13 Wake in FrightUnited Artists / NLT Productions / Group W FilmsTed Kotcheff (director); Evan Jones (screenplay); Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson, John Meillon, Slim De Grey, Maggie Dence, Dawn Lake, Bob McDarra, Peter Whittle, Al Thomas, John Armstrong, Norman Erskine, Buster Fiddess, Tex Foote, Nancy KnudsenThrillerLive Action
14 Johnny Got His GunCinemation Industries / World EntertainmentDalton Trumbo (director/screenplay); Timothy Bottoms, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland, Kathy Fields, Marsha Hunt, David Soul, Anthony Geary, Charles McGraw, Sandy Brown Wyeth, Don 'Red' Barry, Diane VarsiDrama, WarLive Action
18 The Abominable Dr. PhibesAmerican International PicturesRobert Fuest (director/screenplay); William Goldstein, James Whiton (screenplay); Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Peter Jeffrey, Virginia North, Hugh Griffith, Terry-Thomas, Derek Godfrey, Norman Jones, John Cater, Aubrey Woods, John Laurie, Maurice Kaufmann, Sean Bury, Susan Travers, David Hutcheson, Edward Burnham, Alex Scott, Peter Gilmore, Caroline MunroComedy, HorrorLive Action
21 Escape from the Planet of the Apes20th Century Fox / APJAC ProductionsDon Taylor (director); Paul Dehn (screenplay); Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy, Eric Braeden, Sal Mineo, Ricardo Montalbán, William Windom, Albert Salmi, Jason Evers, John Randolph, Harry Lauter, M. Emmet Walsh, Roy Glenn, Peter Forster, Bill Bonds, James Bacon, Charlton HestonAction, Sci-FiLive Action
24 Pink NarcissusSherpix Inc.James Bidgood (director/screenplay); Charles Ludlam, Bobby Kendall, Don BrooksDramaLive Action
26 Big JakeCinema Center Films / Batjac ProductionsGeorge Sherman (director/screenplay); Harry Julian Fink, R.M. Fink (screenplay); John Wayne, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, Bruce Cabot, Bobby Vinton, Glenn Corbett, John Doucette, Jim Davis, John Agar, Harry Carey Jr., Gregg Palmer, Dean Smith, Roy Jenson, Virginia Capers, Hank Worden, Ethan Wayne, William Walker, George Fenneman, Tom Hennesy, Chuck Roberson, Jim Burk, Robert Warner, Jeff Wingfield, Everett CreachWesternLive Action
Support Your Local GunfighterUnited ArtistsBurt Kennedy (director); James Edward Grant (screenplay); James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, Harry Morgan, Jack Elam, John Dehner, Marie Windsor, Roy Glenn, Dick Curtis, Dub Taylor, Joan Blondell, Ellen Corby, Kathleen Freeman, Virginia Capers, Henry Jones, Willis Bouchey, Walter Burke, Ben Cooper, Grady Sutton, Herb Vigran, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Gene Evans, Terry Wilson, John Wheeler, Dick Haynes, David S. Cass Sr., Chuck Connors, James Nolan, Max WagnerComedy, Romance, WesternLive Action
VillainMGM-EMI / Anglo-EMIMichael Tuchner (director); Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais (screenplay); Richard Burton, Ian McShane, Nigel Davenport, Donald Sinden, Fiona Lewis, T.P. McKenna, Joss Ackland, Cathleen Nesbitt, Colin Welland, Elizabeth Knight, Tony Selby, Del Henney, Ben Howard, James Cossins, John Hallam, Anthony Sagar, Clive Francis, Brook Williams, Michael Robbins, Sheila White, Cheryl Hall, Shirley Cain, Godfrey James, Bonnie Lythgoe, Leslie Schofield, John Comer, Johnny ShannonCrime, Drama, ThrillerLive Action
28 The BeguiledUniversal Pictures / The Malpaso CompanyDon Siegel (director); Albert Maltz, Irene Kamp (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page, Elizabeth Hartman, Jo Ann Harris, Darleen Carr, Mae Mercer, Pamelyn Ferdin, Melody Thomas Scott, Peggy Drier, Pattye MattickDrama, Thriller, WarLive Action
The Grissom GangCinerama Releasing Corporation / ABC Pictures / The Associates & Aldrich CompanyRobert Aldrich (director); Leon Griffiths (screenplay); Kim Darby, Scott Wilson, Tony Musante, Robert Lansing, Irene Dailey, Connie Stevens, Wesley Addy, Don Keefer, Joey Faye, Ralph Waite, Hal Baylor, Matt Clark, Dots Johnson, Dave Willock, Raymond Guth, Dick Miller, Michael Baseleon, Alvin Hammer, Mort Marshall, Alex Wilson, John SteadmanCrime, Neo-Noir, DramaLive Action
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2 The Young GraduatesCrown International Pictures / Tempo EnterprisesRobert Anderson (director/screenplay); Terry Anderson (screenplay); Bruno Kirby, Dennis Christopher, Patricia Wymer, Steven Stewart, Gary Rist, Jennifer Ritt, Marly Holiday, Anthony Mannino, Robert Almanza, Joe Pepe, Max Manning, Frances Tremaine, Tom Benko, Pat RussellDramaLive Action
5 The Ceremony (Japan)Art Theatre GuildNagisa Ōshima (director/screenplay); Mamoru Sasaki, Tsutomu Tamura (screenplay); Nobuko Otowa, Kei Satō, Atsuo Nakamura, Akiko Koyama, Fumio Watanabe, Rokko Toura, Eitaro Ozawa, Kenzo Kawarasaki, Atsuko Kaku, Kiyoshi Tsuchiya, Hosei KomatsuDramaLive Action
9 The Deadly TrapNational General PicturesRené Clément (director/screenplay); Daniel Boulanger, Sidney Buchman (screenplay); Faye Dunaway, Frank Langella, Barbara Parkins, Raymond Gérôme, Gérard Buhr, Maurice Ronet, Jill Larson, Franco Ressel, Dora van der Groen, Karen Blanguernon, Michèle Lourie, Patrick Vincent, Louise Chevalier, Tener Eckelberry, Massimo Farinelli, Robert LussacThriller, DramaLive Action
They Might Be GiantsUniversal Pictures / Newman-Foreman CompanyAnthony Harvey (director); James Goldman (screenplay); George C. Scott, Joanne Woodward, Jack Gilford, Lester Rawlins, Al Lewis, Rue McClanahan, Ron Weyand, Oliver Clark, Theresa Merritt, Jenny Egan, Michael McGuire, Eugene Roche, James Tolkan, Kitty Winn, Sudie Bond, Staats Cotsworth, F. Murray Abraham, Paul Benedict, M. Emmet Walsh, Louis Zorich, Ted Beniades, Worthington Miner, Frances Fuller, Candice Azzara, Matthew CowlesComedy, Mystery, RomanceLive Action
13 Drive, He SaidColumbia Pictures / BBS Productions / Drive Productions Inc.Jack Nicholson (director/screenplay); Jeremy Larner (screenplay); William Tepper, Karen Black, Michael Margotta, Bruce Dern, Robert Towne, Henry Jaglom, Michael Warren, June Fairchild, Don Hanmer, Charles Robinson, David Ogden Stiers, Cindy Williams, Lynne Marie Stewart, Lynette Bernay, Joseph Walsh, Harry Gittes, Bill Sweek, B.J. Merholz, I.J. Jefferson, Kenneth Payne, Cathy Bradford, Eric JohnsonComedy, Drama, SportsLive Action
Wuthering HeightsAmerican International PicturesRobert Fuest (director); Patrick Tilley (screenplay); Anna Calder-Marshall, Timothy Dalton, Harry Andrews, Pamela Brown, Judy Cornwell, James Cossins, Rosalie Crutchley, Hilary Dwyer, Julian Glover, Hugh Griffith, Morag Hood, Ian Ogilvy, Peter Sallis, Aubrey Woods, Wendy Allnutt, John Comer, Dudley Foster, Gordon Gostelow, Keith Buckley, Sandra Bryant, Gertan KlauberAdventure, Drama, RomanceLive Action
15 Fortune and Men's EyesMetro-Goldwyn-MayerHarvey Hart (director); John Herbert (screenplay); Wendell Burton, Michael Greer, Danny Freedman, Hugh Webster, Zooey Hall, Larry Perkins, James Barron, Tom Harvey, Jan Granik, Kirk McColl, Vance Davis, Robert Goodier, Lázaro PérezDramaLive Action
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?National General Pictures / Cinema Center FilmsUlu Grosbard (director/screenplay); Herb Gardner (screenplay); Dustin Hoffman, Barbara Harris, Jack Warden, David Burns, Dom DeLuise, Gabriel Dell, Betty Walker, Rose Gregorio, Regina Baff, David Galef, Rudy Bond, Josip Elic, Herbie Faye, James Hall, Shel Silverstein, Candice Azzara, Sidney Armus, Dr. Hook, Anthony Marciona, Ed Zimmermann, Amy Levitt, Joe Sicari, Sherry Rooney, Robyn Millan, Walter Hyman Jr.Comedy, DramaLive Action
17 The Anderson TapesColumbia Pictures / Robert M. Weitman ProductionsSidney Lumet (director); Frank Pierson (screenplay); Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Ralph Meeker, Alan King, Dick Anthony Williams, Val Avery, Garrett Morris, Stan Gottlieb, Christopher Walken, Conrad Bain, Margaret Hamilton, Anthony Holland, Scott Jacoby, Judith Lowry, Meg Myles, Norman Rose, Max Showalter, Janet Ward, Paul Benjamin, Richard B. Shull, Raoul Kraushaar, Paula Trueman, Hildy Brooks, Bradford English, Carmine Caridi, Michael Fairman, Sam Coppola, Charles Frank, Helen MartinAction, Crime, ThrillerLive Action
18 WillardCinerama Releasing Corporation / Bing Crosby ProductionsDaniel Mann (director); Gilbert Ralston (screenplay); Bruce Davison, Sondra Locke, Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Borgnine, Michael Dante, Jody Gilbert, William Hansen, John Myhers, J. Pat O'Malley, Joan Shawlee, Almira Sessions, Alan Baxter, Minta Durfee, Pauline Drake, Helen Spring, Sherry PresnellHorrorLive Action
The Panic in Needle Park20th Century Fox / Gadd Productions Corp. / Didion-DunneJerry Schatzberg (director); Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne (screenplay); Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint, Richard Bright, Kiel Martin, Warren Finnerty, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Raúl Juliá, Gil Rogers, Joe Santos, Paul Sorvino, Sully Boyar, Ruth Alda, Anthony Palmer, Michael McClanathan, Angie Ortega, Larry Marshall, Paul Mace, Nancy MacKay, Arnold WilliamsDramaLive Action
22 Scandalous JohnWalt Disney Productions / Buena Vista DistributionRobert Butler (director); Bill Walsh (screenplay); Brian Keith, Alfonso Arau, Michele Carey, Rick Lenz, Harry Morgan, Simon Oakland, Bill Williams, Christopher Dark, Fran Ryan, Bruce Glover, Richard Hale, Jimmy Lydon, John Ritter, Iris Adrian, Larry D. Mann, Jack Raine, Booth Colman, Edward Faulkner, Bill Zuckert, John Zaremba, Benny Baker, Paul Koslo, William O'Connell, Sam Edwards, José NietoComedy, Drama, WesternLive Action
23 Le MansNational General Pictures / Cinema Center FilmsLee H. Katzin (director); Harry Kleiner (screenplay); Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Luc Merenda, Louise Edlind, Angelo Infanti, Carlo Cecchi, Fred Haltiner, Christopher Waite, Jean-Claude Bercq, Michele Scalera, Gino Cassani, Alfred BellAction, Adventure, DramaLive Action
Man and BoyColumbia Pictures / J. Cornelius Crean Films Inc. / Jemmin Inc.E.W. Swackhamer (director); Harry Essex, Oscar Saul (screenplay); Bill Cosby, Gloria Foster, Leif Erickson, George Spell, Douglas Turner Ward, John Anderson, Henry Silva, Dub Taylor, Yaphet Kotto, Shelley Morrison, Richard Bull, Robert Lawson, Jason Clark, Fred Graham, Jack OwensWestern, Adventure, Crime, DramaLive Action
Wild RoversMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Geoffrey ProductionsBlake Edwards (director/screenplay); William Holden, Ryan O'Neal, Karl Malden, Joe Don Baker, Tom Skerritt, James Olson, Lynn Carlin, Leora Dana, Victor French, Rachel Roberts, Moses Gunn, Sam Gilman, Charles Gray, Bill Bryant, Jack Garner, Mary Jackson, William Lucking, Ed Bakey, Ted Gehring, Alan Carney, Lee de Broux, Bennie Dobbins, Bruno VeSota, Dick Crockett, Phyllis Douglas, Ed ParkerWesternLive Action
24 McCabe & Mrs. MillerWarner Bros.Robert Altman (director/screenplay); Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, René Auberjonois, William Devane, John Schuck, Corey Fischer, Shelley Duvall, Bert Remsen, Keith Carradine, Michael Murphy, Antony Holland, Hugh Millais, Jack Riley, Tom Hill, Linda Sorensen, Janet Wright, Maysie Hoy, Wayne Robson, Anne Cameron, Graeme Campbell, Terence Kelly, Don Francks, Manfred Schulz, Jace Van Der Veen, Jeremy Newson, Elizabeth Knight, Jackie Crossland, Elizabeth Murphy, Carey Lee McKenzie, Linda Kupecek, Wayne Grace, Brantley KearnsWesternLive Action
25 KluteWarner Bros. / Gus ProductionsAlan J. Pakula (director); Andy Lewis, Dave Lewis (screenplay); Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider, Dorothy Tristan, Rita Gam, Vivian Nathan, Nathan George, Jane White, Shirley Stoler, Robert Milli, Anthony Holland, Richard B. Shull, Mary Louise Wilson, Rosalind Cash, Jean Stapleton, Antonia Rey, Candy Darling, Kevin Dobson, Veronica Hamel, Richard Jordan, Harry Reems, Joe Silver, Lee Wallace, Sylvester StalloneNeo-Noir, Crime, Mystery, ThrillerLive Action
27 A Town Called HellScotia InternationalRobert Parrish (director); Robert Shaw, Telly Savalas, Stella Stevens, Martin Landau, Fernando Rey, Al Lettieri, Michael Craig, Dudley Sutton, Paloma Cela, Aldo Sambrell, John Clark, Tito García, George Rigaud, Robert Rietty, Bruce M. Fischer, Cris Huerta, William Layton, Tony Vogel, Maribel Hidalgo, Cass Martin, Antonio Mayans, Francisco Marsó, Luis Rivera, Elizabeth Sands, Tony Cyrus, José Espinosa, James O'Rourke, Adolfo Thous, Charly Bravo, Felipe SolanoWesternLive Action
28 The Hellstrom ChronicleCinema 5 DistributingEd Spiegel, Walon Green (directors); David Seltzer (screenplay); Lawrence PressmanDocumentary, DramaLive Action
30 Carnal KnowledgeAVCO Embassy PicturesMike Nichols (director); Jules Feiffer (screenplay); Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret, Rita Moreno, Carol Kane, Cynthia O'NealRomance, Comedy, DramaLive Action
The Million Dollar DuckWalt Disney Productions / Buena Vista DistributionVincent McEveety (director); Roswell Rogers (screenplay); Dean Jones, Sandy Duncan, Joe Flynn, Tony Roberts, James Gregory, Lee Harcourt Montgomery, Jack Kruschen, Virginia Vincent, Jack Bender, Billy Bowles, Sammy Jackson, Arthur Hunnicutt, Frank Wilcox, Bryan O'Byrne, Ted Jordan, Bing Russell, Peter Renaday, Frank Cady, George O'Hanlon, Jonathan Daly, Hal Smith, Edward AndrewsComedyLive Action
My Old Man's PlaceCinerama Releasing Corporation / Philip A. Waxman Productions Inc.Edwin Sherin (director); Stanford Whitmore (screenplay); Arthur Kennedy, Mitchell Ryan, William Devane, Michael Moriarty, Topo Swope, Lloyd Gough, Ford Rainey, Peter Donat, Sandra Vacey, Paula Kauffman, Eve Marchand, Bud Walls, Harvey BrumfieldWar, DramaLive Action
What's the Matter with Helen?United Artists / Filmways Pictures / Raymax ProductionsCurtis Harrington (director); Henry Farrell (screenplay); Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver, Micheál MacLiammóir, Agnes Moorehead, Robbi Morgan, Timothy Carey, Swen Swenson, James Dobson, Harry Dean Stanton, Peggy Rea, Yvette Vickers, Molly Dodd, Pamelyn Ferdin, Peter Brocco, Minta Durfee, Shep Houghton, Peggy Walton-Walker, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Logan Ramsey, Samee Lee Jones, Debbie Van Den Houten, Teresa De Rose, Helene Winston, Sadie DelfinoCrime, Horror, MusicalLive Action
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryParamount Pictures / Wolper Pictures, Ltd. / The Quaker Oats CompanyMel Stuart (director); Roald Dahl (screenplay); Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole, Leonard Stone, Denise Nickerson, Dodo Denney, Paris Themmen, Ursula Reit, Michael Böllner, Diana Sowle, Aubrey Woods, David Battley, Günter Meisner, Peter Capell, Werner Heyking, Peter Stuart, Franziska Liebing, Dora Altmann, Ernst Ziegler, Victor Beaumont, Frank Delfino, Gloria Manon, Stephen Dunne, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Ed Peck, Pat Coombs, George Claydon, Malcolm Dixon, Rusty Goffe, Angelo Muscat, Rudy Borgstaller, Ismed Hassan, Norman McGlen, Pepe Poupee, Marcus Powell, Albert WilkinsonMusical, FantasyLive Action

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1 Murphy's WarParamount Pictures / Hemdale / Michael Deeley-Peter Yates FilmsPeter Yates (director); Stirling Silliphant (screenplay); Peter O'Toole, Siân Phillips, Philippe Noiret, Horst Janson, John Hallam, Ingo Mogendorf, Harry Fielder, George RoubicekDrama, WarLive Action
Walkabout20th Century Fox / Max L. Raab-Si Litvinoff FilmsNicolas Roeg (director); Edward Bond (screenplay); Jenny Agutter, Lucien John, David Gulpilil, John Meillon, Robert McDarra, Noeline Brown, Pete Carver, John Illingsworth, Hilary Bamberger, Barry Donnelly, Carlo ManchiniAdventure, DramaLive Action
Sunday Bloody SundayUnited Artists / VectiaJohn Schlesinger (director); Penelope Gilliatt (screenplay); Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft, Tony Britton, Maurice Denham, Bessie Love, Vivian Pickles, Frank Windsor, Thomas Baptiste, Richard Pearson, June Brown, Harold Goldblatt, Russell Lewis, Marie Burke, Caroline Blakiston, Peter Halliday, Jon Finch, Robert Rietti, Nike Arrighi, Edward Evans, Gabrielle Daye, Esta Charkham, Petra Markham, Daniel Day-Lewis, John Warner, Hannah Norbert, Douglas Lambert, Martin LawrenceDramaLive Action
2 ShaftMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Shaft ProductionsGordon Parks (director); Ernest Tidyman, John D.F. Black (screenplay); Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Drew Bundini Brown, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, Lawrence Pressman, Victor Arnold, Tony King, Rex Robbins, Camille Yarbrough, Arnold Johnson, Antonio Fargas, Gwenn Mitchell, Sherri Brewer, Margaret Warncke, Joseph LeonCrime, ActionLive Action
7 Pinocchio (re-release)Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista DistributionBen Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Norman Ferguson, Jack Kinney, Wilfred Jackson, T. Hee (directors); Ted Sears, Otto Englander, Webb Smith, William Cottrell, Joseph Sabo, Erdman Penner, Aurelius Battaglia (screenplay); Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Mel Blanc, Walter Catlett, Charles Judels, Evelyn Venable, Frankie Darro, Stuart Buchanan, Marion Darlington, Thurl RavenscroftMusical, FantasyAnimation
Two-Lane BlacktopUniversal Pictures / Michael Laughlin EnterprisesMonte Hellman (director); Rudolph Wurlitzer, Will Corry (screenplay); James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson, Rudolph Wurlitzer, Harry Dean Stanton, Alan Vint, George Mitchell, Katherine Squire, James Mitchum, Bill Keller, Don Samuels, Charles Moore, A.J. Solari, Melissa Hellman, Kreag CaffeyDramaLive Action
15 Vampyros LesbosFénix Films / CCC Telecine FilmJesús Franco (director/screenplay); Jaime Chávarri (screenplay); Soledad Miranda, Ewa Strömberg, Dennis Price, Paul Müller, Jesús Franco, Andrea Montchal, Heidrun Kussin, Michael Berling, Beni Cardoso, José Martínez BlancoHorrorLive Action
16 The DevilsWarner Bros. / Russo ProductionsKen Russell (director/screenplay); Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian, Gemma Jones, Murray Melvin, Michael Gothard, Georgina Hale, Brian Murphy, John Woodvine, Christopher Logue, Kenneth Colley, Graham Armitage, Andrew Faulds, Judith Paris, Catherine WillmerHistorical, DramaLive Action
The Hunting PartyUnited Artists / Levy-Gardner-LavenDon Medford (director); Gilbert Ralston, William W. Norton, Lou Morheim (screenplay); Oliver Reed, Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Simon Oakland, L.Q. Jones, Mitchell Ryan, Ronald Howard, William Watson, G.D. Spradlin, Rayford Barnes, Bernard Kay, Francesca Tu, Richard Adams, Dean Selmier, Sarah AtkinsonAction, Drama, WesternLive Action
The Light at the Edge of the WorldNational General Pictures / The Bryna CompanyKevin Billington (director); Tom Rowe, Rachel Billington (screenplay); Kirk Douglas, Yul Brynner, Samantha Eggar, Jean-Claude Drouot, Fernando Rey, Renato Salvatori, Massimo Ranieri, Aldo Sambrell, Tito García, Victor IsraelAdventure, Drama, FantasyLive Action
17 Gamera vs. Zigra (Japan)Dainichi Eihai / Daiei FilmNoriaki Yuasa (director); Niisan Takahashi (screenplay); Eiko Yanami, Keiichi Noda, Reiko Kasahara, Mikiko Tsubouchi, Kōji Fujiyama, Isamu Saeki, Yasushi Sakagami, Arlene Zoellner, Gloria Zoellner, Shin Minatsu, Umenosuke IzumiAction, Adventure, FamilyLive Action
21 Murders in the Rue MorgueAmerican International PicturesGordon Hessler (director); Christopher Wicking, Henry Slesar (screenplay); Jason Robards, Herbert Lom, Christine Kaufmann, Adolfo Celi, Maria Perschy, Michael Dunn, Lilli Palmer, Peter Arne, María Martín, Rafael Hernández, Rosalind Elliot, Marshall Jones, Ruth PlattesHorrorLive Action
23 The Seven Minutes20th Century FoxRuss Meyer (director); Richard Warren Lewis (screenplay); Wayne Maunder, Marianne McAndrew, Philip Carey, Jay C. Flippen, Edy Williams, Lyle Bettger, Yvonne De Carlo, Jackie Gayle, Ron Randell, Charles Drake, John Carradine, Harold J. Stone, James Iglehart, Tom Selleck, Olan Soule, David Brian, Charles Napier, Wolfman Jack, Lynn Hamilton, John Sarno, Jan ShutanDramaLive Action
24 Godzilla vs. Hedorah (Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster) (Japan)TohoYoshimitsu Banno (director/screenplay); Takeshi Kimura (screenplay); Haruo Nakajima, Kenpachiro Satsuma, Akira Yamanouchi, Hiroyuki Kawase, Toshie Kimura, Keiko Mari, Toshio Shiba, Yoshio YoshidaAction, FamilyLive Action
The HorsemenColumbia PicturesJohn Frankenheimer (director); Dalton Trumbo (screenplay); Omar Sharif, Jack Palance, Leigh Taylor-Young, Peter Jeffrey, George Murcell, Eric Pohlmann, Vernon Dobtcheff, Saeed Jaffrey, John Ruddock, Leon Lissek, Ishaq Bux, Carlos Casaravilla, David de Keyser, Despo Diamantidou, Ricardo Palacios, Milton Reid, Jesús Tordesillas, Tom Tryon, Alan Webb, Srinanda De, Mark Colleano, Salmaan Peerzada, Aziz Resham, Vida St. RomaineAction, Adventure, DramaLive Action
28 On Any SundayCinema 5Bruce Brown (director); Bruce Brown, Steve McQueen, Mert Lawwill, Malcolm Smith, Paul CarruthersDocumentaryLive Action
Von Richthofen and BrownUnited Artists / The Corman CompanyRoger Corman (director); John William Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington (screenplay); John Phillip Law, Don Stroud, Barry Primus, Corin Redgrave, Hurd Hatfield, Stephen McHattie, Robert La Tourneaux, Peter Masterson, Clint Kimbrough, David Weston, Tom Adams, Maureen Cusack, Ferdy Mayne, George Armitage, Shane Briant, Julie Corman, Karen Huston, Brian Foley, Seamus FordeAction, Biography, Drama, WarLive Action
29 The Go-BetweenMGM-EMI Film Distributors / EMI FilmsJoseph Losey (director); Harold Pinter (screenplay); Julie Christie, Edward Fox, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave, Dominic Guard, Michael Gough, Richard Gibson, Simon Hume-Kendall, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Amaryllis GarnettRomance, DramaLive Action
30 Bless the Beasts and ChildrenColumbia PicturesStanley Kramer (director); Mac Benoff (screenplay); Bill Mumy, Barry Robins, Miles Chapin, Jesse White, Ken Swofford, Elaine Devry, David Ketchum, Bruce Glover, Vanessa Brown, William Bramley, Darel Glaser, Bob Kramer, Marc Vahanian, Wayne SutherlinComedy, DramaLive Action
The Hunting PartyUnited Artists / Levy-Gardner-LavenDon Medford (director); Gilbert Ralston, William W. Norton, Lou Morheim (screenplay); Oliver Reed, Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Simon Oakland, L.Q. Jones, Mitchell Ryan, Ronald Howard, William Watson, G.D. Spradlin, Rayford Barnes, Bernard Kay, Francesca Tu, Richard Adams, Dean Selmier, Sarah AtkinsonAction, Drama, WesternLive Action
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The Omega ManWarner Bros. / Walter Seltzer ProductionsBoris Sagal (director); John William Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington (screenplay); Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash, Paul Koslo, Eric Laneuville, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Brian Tochi, DeVeren Bookwalter, John Dierkes, Linda Redfearn, Henry KingiAction, Drama, Sci-FiLive Action
5 The Love MachineColumbia Pictures / Sujac Productions / Frankovich ProductionsJack Haley Jr. (director); Samuel Taylor (screenplay); John Phillip Law, Dyan Cannon, Robert Ryan, Jackie Cooper, David Hemmings, Jodi Wexler, William Roerick, Maureen Arthur, Shecky Greene, Clinton Greyn, Sharon Farrell, Alexandra Hay, Eve Bruce, Greg Mullavey, Gene Baylos, Ben Lessy, Edith Atwater, Elizabeth St. Clair, Claudia Jennings, Mary Collinson, Madeleine Collinson, Jerry Dunphy, Michael Jackson, Ted MeyerDramaLive Action
9 The Mephisto Waltz20th Century FoxPaul Wendkos (director); Ben Maddow (screenplay); Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Barbara Parkins, Bradford Dillman, William Windom, Kathleen Widdoes, Pamelyn Ferdin, Curd Jürgens, Curt Lowens, Lilyan Chauvin, Khigh Dhiegh, Alberto Morin, Berry Kroeger, Terrence Scammell, Antoinette Bower, Walter Brooke, Frank Campanella, Harry Carter, George DeNormand, Marta Kristen, Ethelreda Leopold, Anabel ShawHorror, Mystery, ThrillerLive Action
11 The Hired HandUniversal Pictures / The Pando CompanyPeter Fonda (director); Alan Sharp (screenplay); Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom, Severn Darden, Ann Doran, Ted Markland, Michael McClure, Robert Pratt, Rita Rogers, Owen Orr, Al Hopson, Megan Denver, Gray JohnsonDrama, WesternLive Action
13 Die Screaming, Marianne (U.K.)Pete Walker Film ProductionsPete Walker (director); Murray Smith (screenplay); Susan George, Barry Evans, Chris Sandford, Judy Huxtable, Leo Genn, Kenneth Hendel, Paul Stassino, Alan Curtis, Anthony Sharp, John Laurimore, Martin WyldeckCrime, Drama, ThrillerLive Action
17 Cry Uncle!Troma EntertainmentJohn G. Avildsen (director/screenplay); David Odell, Allen Garfield (screenplay); Allen Garfield, Debbi Morgan, Paul Sorvino, Ray Barron, Mel Stewart, Jackson Beck, Lloyd Kaufman, Madeleine Le Roux, Devin Goldenberg, David Kirk, Pamela Gruen, Sean Walsh, Maureen Byrnes, Nancy Salmon, Bruce PecheurComedy, Crime, MysteryLive Action
18 Fools' ParadeColumbia Pictures / Stanmore Productions / Penbar Productions, Inc.Andrew V. McLaglen (director); James Lee Barrett (screenplay); James Stewart, George Kennedy, Anne Baxter, Strother Martin, Kurt Russell, William Windom, Mike Kellin, Katherine Cannon, Morgan Paull, Robert Donner, David Huddleston, James Lee Barrett, Dort Clark, Kitty Jefferson DoepkenComedy, Crime, Drama, ThrillerLive Action
19 Clay PigeonMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer / TracomLane Slate, Tom Stern (directors); Ronald Buck, Jack Gross Jr., Buddy Ruskin (screenplay); Tom Stern, Telly Savalas, Robert Vaughn, John Marley, Burgess Meredith, Ivan Dixon, Jeff Corey, Marilyn Akin, Marlene Clark, Belinda Palmer, Mario Alcalde, Peter LawfordAction, DramaLive Action
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker20th Century FoxLawrence Turman (director); Lorenzo Semple Jr. (screenplay); Richard Benjamin, Joanna Shimkus, Elizabeth Ashley, Adam West, Patricia Barry, Tiffany Bolling, Ed Prentiss, William Forrest, Alma Beltran, Norman Leavitt, Ron Masak, Bob Hastings, Johnny Scott Lee, Bill McConnellRomance, Comedy, DramaLive Action
25 A GunfightParamount Pictures / Joel Productions / Harvest Productions / Thoroughbred ProductionsLamont Johnson (director); Harold Jack Bloom (screenplay); Kirk Douglas, Johnny Cash, Jane Alexander, Karen Black, Keith Carradine, Dana Elcar, Raf Vallone, Eric Douglas, Robert J. Wilke, Paul LambertRomance, WesternLive Action
27 Let's Scare Jessica to DeathParamount Pictures / The Jessica CompanyJohn Hancock (director/screenplay); Lee Kalcheim (screenplay); Zohra Lampert, Barton Heyman, Kevin O'Connor, Gretchen Corbett, Alan Manson, Mariclare CostelloDrama, Horror, MysteryLive Action
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1 Beware of a Holy Whore (West Germany)New Yorker FilmsRainer Werner Fassbinder (director/screenplay); Lou Castel, Eddie Constantine, Marquard Bohm, Hanna Schygulla, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Marcella Michelangeli, Ulli Lommel, Werner Schroeter, Kurt Raab, Hannes Fuchs, Karl Scheydt, Monica Teuber, Magdalena MontezumaDramaLive Action
2 See No EvilColumbia Pictures / FilmwaysRichard Fleischer (director); Brian Clemens (screenplay); Mia Farrow, Dorothy Alison, Robin Bailey, Diane Grayson, Brian Rawlinson, Norman Eshley, Paul Nicholas, Michael ElphickHorror, ThrillerLive Action
3 Return of SabataUnited Artists / Produzioni Europee Associati / Les Productions Artistes Associés / Artemis FilmgesellschaftGianfranco Parolini (director/screenplay); Renato Izzo (screenplay); Lee Van Cleef, Reiner Schöne, Giampiero Albertini, Ignazio Spalla, Annabella Incontrera, Jacqueline Alexandre, Vassili Karis, Aldo Canti, Gianni Rizzo, Steffen Zacharias, Pia Giancaro, John Bartha, Günther Stoll, Carmelo Reale, Franco FantasiaWesternLive Action
15 Red SunLes Films Corona / Oceana Produzioni Internazionali Cinematografiche / Producciones Balcázar S.A.Terence Young (director); Denne Bart Petitclerc, William Roberts, Lawrence Roman (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Ursula Andress, Toshirō Mifune, Alain Delon, Capucine, Barta Barri, Lee Burton, Anthony Dawson, Luc Merenda, Tetsu Nakamura, Mónica Randall, José Nieto, Julio Peña, Ricardo Palacios, John Hamilton, George W. LycanAction, WesternLive Action
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to MeParamount PicturesJeffrey Young (director); Robert Schlitt (screenplay); Barry Primus, David Downing, Susan Tyrrell, Philip Shafer, Bruce Davison, Zack Norman, Raúl Juliá, Murray the K, Guy Deghy, The Five Satins, Paul Jabara, Calvin Jung, James Noble, John P. Ryan, Karel Stepanek, John Collin, Linda De Coff, Nick Hammond, Cynthia Harris, Shi KhanmaDramaLive Action
17 KotchCinerama Releasing Corporation / ABC PicturesJack Lemmon (director); John Paxton (screenplay); Walter Matthau, Deborah Winters, Felicia Farr, Charles Aidman, Ellen Geer, Jane Connell, Darrell Larson, Biff Elliot, Paul Picerni, Lucy Saroyan, Kim Hamilton, Amzie Strickland, Larry Linville, Penny Santon, Jack Lemmon, Donald and Dean Kowalski, Arlen Stuart, James E. Brodhead, Jessica RainsComedy, DramaLive Action
20 Dracula vs. FrankensteinIndependent-International PicturesAl Adamson (director); William Pugsley, Samuel M. Sherman (screenplay); J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney Jr., Anthony Eisley, John Bloom, Jim Davis, Regina Carrol, Russ Tamblyn, Angelo Rossitto, Forrest J. Ackerman, Greydon Clark, Zandor Vorkov, Anne Morrell, Maria Lease, Shelley WeissSci-Fi, HorrorLive Action
22 Desperate CharactersParamount Pictures / ITC EntertainmentFrank D. Gilroy (director/screenplay); Paula Fox (screenplay); Shirley MacLaine, Kenneth Mars, Sada Thompson, Jack Somack, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Carol Kane, Michael Higgins, Rose Gregorio, Shauneille Perry, Robert Bauer, Patrick McVey, Chris Gampel, Mary Alan Hokanson, L.J. DavisDramaLive Action
23 Unman, Wittering and ZigoParamount Pictures / Hemmings / MediaartsJohn Mackenzie (director); Simon Raven (screenplay); David Hemmings, Douglas Wilmer, Carolyn Seymour, Hamilton Dyce, Tony Haygarth, Barbara Lott, David Jackson, Hubert Rees, David Auker, Michael Kitchen, Tom Owen, Michael Cashman, Donald Gee, Tom Morris, Richard Gill, Nicholas Hoye, Toby Simpson, James Wardroper, Clive Gray, Rodney Paulden, Keith Janess, Christopher Moran, Paul Aston, Michael Howe, Colin BarrieThrillerLive Action
24 The Last RebelColumbia Pictures / Glendenning / Orten / Spangler / U.S. CaptailDenys McCoy (director); Lorenzo Sabatini, Red Redifer (screenplay); Joe Namath, Jack Elam, Woody Strode, Ty Hardin, Mike Forrest, Jessica Dublin, Larry Laurence, Victoria George, Renato Romano, Marina Coffa, Annamaria Chio, Bruce Eweka, Al HassanWesternLive Action
The Trojan WomenCinerama Releasing Corporation / Josef Shaftel Productions Inc.Michael Cacoyannis (director/screenplay); Euripides, Edith Hamilton (screenplay); Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas, Brian Blessed, Patrick Magee, Rosalind Shanks, Alberto SanzDramaLive Action
25 Tiki TikiPotterton ProductionsGerald Potterton (director/screenplay); Jerome Chodorov, Donald Brittain (screenplay); Peter Cullen, Jean Shepherd, Ted Zeigler, Barry Baldaro, Gayle Claitman, Patrick Conlon, Joan StuartComedyAnimation
28 And Now for Something Completely DifferentColumbia-Warner Distributors / Playboy Productions / Kettledrum Films / Lownes Productions / Python (Monty) PicturesIan MacNaughton, Terry Gilliam (directors); Monty Python (screenplay); Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland, Connie Booth, Artur Axmann, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, The Fred Tomlinson Singers, Adolf Hitler, Lesley Judd, King George VI, Richard Nixon, Monty Python, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Fred WoodComedyLive Action
The Last MovieUniversal Pictures / Alta-LightDennis Hopper (director); Stewart Stern (screenplay); Dennis Hopper, Stella Garcia, Don Gordon, Julie Adams, Peter Fonda, Sylvia Miles, Samuel Fuller, Dean Stockwell, Russ Tamblyn, Tomas Milian, Toni Basil, Severn Darden, Roy Engel, Henry Jaglom, Warren Finnerty, Michelle Phillips, Kris Kristofferson, Michael Anderson Jr., Rod Cameron, John Phillip Law, Ted Markland, James Mitchum, Richard Rust, Edward Donno, Donna Baccala, John Alderman, Daniel Ades, Allen WarnickDramaLive Action
30 The Skin GameWarner Bros.Paul Bogart (director); Richard Alan Simmons, Pierre Marton (screenplay); James Garner, Lou Gossett, Susan Clark, Brenda Sykes, Edward Asner, Andrew Duggan, Henry Jones, Neva Patterson, Parley Baer, George Tyne, Royal Dano, J. Pat O'Malley, Joel Fluellen, Napoleon Whiting, Juanita Moore, Robert FoulkComedy, WesternLive Action

October–December

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6 ZeppelinWarner Bros.Etienne Périer (director); Donald Churchill, Arthur Rowe (screenplay); Michael York, Elke Sommer, Peter Carsten, Marius Goring, Anton Diffring, Andrew Keir, Rupert Davies, Alexandra Stewart, William Marlowe, Richard Hurndall, Michael Robbins, George Mikell, Clive Morton, Gary Waldhorn, Alan Rothwell, Ronald Adam, Frazer Hines, Ruth Kettlewell, Ray Lonnen, Molly Peters, Robert CawdronAction, Adventure, Drama, WarLive Action
9 The French Connection20th Century FoxWilliam Friedkin (director); Ernest Tidyman (screenplay); Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi, Frédéric de Pasquale, Bill Hickman, Eddie Egan, André Ernotte, Sonny Grosso, Randy Jurgensen, Ann Rebbot, Harold Gary, Arlene Farber, Alan WeeksNeo-Noir, Crime, Action, ThrillerLive Action
13 Shoot OutUniversal Pictures / Hal Wallis ProductionsHenry Hathaway (director); Marguerite Roberts (screenplay); Gregory Peck, Pat Quinn, Robert F. Lyons, Susan Tyrrell, Jeff Corey, James Gregory, Rita Gam, Dawn Lyn, Pepe Serna, John Chandler, Paul Fix, Arthur Hunnicutt, Nicolas Beauvy, Willis Bouchey, Lane Bradford, Claudia Bryar, Elizabeth Harrower, Arthur SpaceDrama, WesternLive Action
15 A Safe PlaceColumbia Pictures / BBS ProductionsHenry Jaglom (director/screenplay); Tuesday Weld, Orson Welles, Jack Nicholson, Philip Proctor, Gwen Welles, Roger Garrett, Francesca Hilton, Richard FinocchioDramaLive Action
18 Bunny O'HareAmerican International PicturesGerd Oswald (director); Stanley Z. Cherry, Coslough Johnson (screenplay); Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Cassidy, Jay Robinson, Joan Delaney, John Astin, Reva Rose, Robert Foulk, Bruno VeSota, Larry Linville, Tony Genaro, Buck KartalianComedyLive Action
20 CatlowMetro-Goldwyn-MayerSam Wanamaker (director); Scott Finch, J.J. Griffith (screenplay); Yul Brynner, Richard Crenna, Leonard Nimoy, Daliah Lavi, Jo Ann Pflug, Jeff Corey, Michael Delano, Julián Mateos, David Ladd, Bob Logan, John Clark, Dan van Husen, Bessie Love, José Nieto, Angel del Pozo, Victor Israel, Tito Garcia, Walter CoyComedy, WesternLive Action
The OrganizationUnited Artists / The Mirisch CorporationDon Medford (director); James R. Webb (screenplay); Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Sheree North, Fred Beir, Allen Garfield, Graham Jarvis, Raúl Juliá, James A. Watson Jr., Ron O'Neal, Bernie Hamilton, Charles H. Gray, Jarion Monroe, Daniel J. Travanti, Billy Green Bush, Max Gail, Ross Hagen, Paul Jenkins, John Lasell, Garry Walberg, Demond Wilson, Johnny Haymer, John Alvin, Oscar Beregi Jr.Action, Crime, Drama, ThrillerLive Action
Play Misty for MeUniversal Pictures / The Malpaso CompanyClint Eastwood (director); Jo Heims, Dean Riesner (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills, John Larch, Jack Ging, Irene Hervey, James McEachin, Clarice Taylor, Donald Siegel, Johnny Otis, Joe Zawinul, Cannonball Adderley, Duke Everts, Britt Lind, Jack KosslynDrama, ThrillerLive Action
The Todd KillingsNational General PicturesBarry Shear (director); Dennis Murphy, Joel Oliansky (screenplay); Robert F. Lyons, Richard Thomas, Belinda Montgomery, Barbara Bel Geddes, James Broderick, Gloria Grahame, Harry Lauter, Holly Near, Ed Asner, Fay Spain, Michael Conrad, William Lucking, Michael Rupert, Meg Foster, George Murdock, Eddie Firestone, Eve Brent, Clete Roberts, Jason Wingreen, Forrest Lewis, Jack Riley, Guy Wilkerson, Geoffrey LewisCrime, Drama, ThrillerLive Action
T.R. BaskinParamount PicturesHerbert Ross (director); Peter Hyams (screenplay); Candice Bergen, Peter Boyle, James Caan, Marcia Rodd, Howard Platt, Mike NussbaumDramaLive Action
22 The Last Picture ShowColumbia Pictures / BBS ProductionsPeter Bogdanovich (director/screenplay); Larry McMurtry (screenplay); Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn, Eileen Brennan, Clu Gulager, Sam Bottoms, Randy Quaid, Gary Brockette, Bill Thurman, John Hillerman, Noble Willingham, Frank Marshall, Sharon Taggart, Barc Doyle, Jessie Lee Fulton, Robert Glenn, Joe HeathcockComing-of-Age, Drama, RomanceLive Action
23 The Big Boss (Hong Kong)Golden HarvestLo Wei, Wu Chia Hsiang (directors); Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, James Tien, Nora Miao, Lee Quinn, Rhoma Irama, Han Ying-chieh, Lau Wing, Billy Chan Wui-ngai, Lam Ching-ying, Kam San, Ricky Chik, Li Hua Sze, Marilyn Bautista, Chan Chue, Chom, Tu Chia-Cheng, Peter Chan LungAction, Martial ArtsLive Action
24 Joe HillParamount PicturesBo Widerberg (director/screenplay); Thommy Berggren, Liska March, Anja Schmidt, Kelvin Malave, Evert Anderson, Cathy Smith, Hasse Persson, David Moritz, Richard Weber, Joel Miller, Franco Molinari, Robert Faeder, Wendy Geier, Michael LoganBiography, Drama, HistoryLive Action
25 Bleak MomentsContemporary FilmsMike Leigh (director/screenplay); Anne Raitt, Sarah Stephenson, Eric Allan, Joolia Cappleman, Mike Bradwell, Donald Sumpter, Liz SmithComedy, DramaLive Action
27 Captain ApacheScotia InternationalAlexander Singer (director); Milton Sperling, Philip Yordan (screenplay); Lee Van Cleef, Carroll Baker, Stuart Whitman, Percy Herbert, Elisa Montés, Tony Vogel, Dee Pollock, Dan van Husen, Hugh McDermott, José Bódalo, Ricardo Palacios, Milo Quesada, Bruce M. Fischer, Fernando Sánchez Polack, Luis Induni, Robert Rietty, Jess Hahn, Charly Bravo, Charles Stal Maker, Faith Clift, Elsa ZabalaAction, Crime, Mystery, WesternLive Action
29 200 MotelsUnited Artists / Murakami-Wolf-Swenson / Bizarre ProductionsFrank Zappa, Tony Palmer (directors); Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention, Theodore Bikel, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman, Ian Underwood, Ruth Underwood, Don Preston, Jimmy Carl Black, Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood, Aynsley Dunbar, George Duke, Jim Pons, Pamela Des Barres, Lucy Offerall, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Martin Lickert, Janet Neville-Ferguson, Dick Barber, Judy GridleyMusicalLive Action
Duck, You Sucker!United ArtistsSergio Leone (director/screenplay); Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Donati (screenplay); Rod Steiger, James Coburn, Romolo Valli, Maria Monti, Rik Battaglia, Franco Graziosi, Antoine Saint-John, Vivienne Chandler, David Warbeck, Giulio Battiferri, Furio Meniconi, Benito Stefanelli, Antonio Casale, Riccardo Pizzuti, Aldo SambrellDrama, War, WesternLive Action
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3 Fiddler on the RoofUnited Artists / The Mirisch Company / Cartier ProductionsNorman Jewison (director); Joseph Stein (screenplay); Topol, Norma Crane, Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, Neva Small, Molly Picon, Paul Mann, Leonard Frey, Paul Michael Glaser, Ray Lovelock, Zvee Scooler, Louis Zorich, Alfie Scopp, Howard Goorney, Barry Dennen, Ruth Madoc, Patience Collier, Arnold Diamond, Marika Rivera, Aharon Ipalé, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Carl Jaffe, Vernon Dobtcheff, Tutte Lemkow, Elaine Edwards, Candy Bonstein, Shimen RushkinMusicalLive Action
5 Black NoonCBS / Andrew J. Fenady Productions / Screen Gems TelevisionBernard L. Kowalski (director); Andrew J. Fenady (screenplay); Roy Thinnes, Yvette Mimieux, Ray Milland, Gloria Grahame, Lynn Loring, Henry Silva, Hank Worden, William Bryant, Stan Barrett, Joshua Bryant, Leif Garrett, Buddy FosterHorror, WesternLive Action
8 Hannie CaulderParamount Pictures / Tigon British Film Productions / Curtwel ProductionsBurt Kennedy (director); Z.X. Jones (screenplay); Raquel Welch, Robert Culp, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Elam, Strother Martin, Christopher Lee, Diana Dors, Brian Lightburn, Luis Barboo, Stephen Boyd, Paco de Lucía, Aldo SambrellCrime, Drama, WesternLive Action
10 Jennifer on My MindUnited Artists / Bernard Schwartz Productions / Joseph M. Schenck ProductionsNoel Black (director); Erich Segal (screenplay); Michael Brandon, Tippy Walker, Steve Vinovich, Chuck McCann, Peter Bonerz, Renée Taylor, Robert De Niro, Allan F. Nicholls, Barry Bostwick, Jeff Conaway, Lou Gilbert, Bruce KornbluthComedy, DramaLive Action
12 Mon oncle AntoineJanus Films / National Film Board of CanadaClaude Jutra (director/screenplay); Clément Perron (screenplay); Jacques Gagnon, Lyne Champagne, Jean Duceppe, Olivette Thibault, Claude Jutra, Lionel Villeneuve, Hélène Loiselle, Mario Dubuc, Lise Brunelle, Alain Legendre, Robin Marcoux, Serge Evers, Monique Mercure, Georges Alexander, Rene Salvatore CattaDramaLive Action
Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name?Cannon Film DistributorsErnest Pintoff (director); John O'Toole (screenplay); Red Buttons, Sylvia Miles, Alice Playten, Conrad Bain, Dick Anthony Williams, Sam Waterston, David Doyle, Gilbert Lewis, Earl Hindman, Ron Carey, Norman Rose, Antonia Rey, Jake LaMottaCrime, Mystery, ThrillerLive Action
13 DuelABC / Universal TelevisionSteven Spielberg (director); Richard Matheson (screenplay); Dennis Weaver, Jacqueline Scott, Carey Loftin, Eddie Firestone, Lou Frizzell, Eugene Dynarski, Lucille Benson, Tim Herbert, Charles Seel, Shirley O'Hara, Alexander Lockwood, Amy Douglass, Sweet Dick Whittington, Dale Van SickelAction, ThrillerLive Action
18 The Christian Licorice StoreNational General Pictures / Cinema Center FilmsJames Frawley (director); Floyd Mutrux (screenplay); Beau Bridges, Maud Adams, Gilbert Roland, Allan Arbus, Anne Randall, Monte Hellman, Butch Buchholz, Jean Renoir, Walter Barnes, McLean Stevenson, Howard Storm, Greg Mullavey, Larry Gelman, Barbara Leigh, James Jeter, Lawrence Gordon, Mike Medavoy, James B. Harris, Howard Hesseman, Gwen Welles, Indus Arthur, Talia ShireComedy, DramaLive Action
24 Black BeautyParamount Pictures / Tigon British Film ProductionsJames Hill (director/screenplay); Wolf Mankowitz (screenplay); Mark Lester, Walter Slezak, Uschi Glas, Peter Lee Lawrence, Patrick Mower, John Nettleton, Maria Rohm, Margaret Lacey, Eddie Golden, Clive Geraghty, John Hoey, Patrick Gardiner, Brian McGrathDrama, Family, WesternLive Action
Man in the WildernessWarner Bros. / Limbridge Wilderness FilmsRichard C. Sarafian (director); Jack DeWitt (screenplay); Richard Harris, John Huston, Henry Wilcoxon, Prunella Ransome, Percy Herbert, Dennis Waterman, Norman Rossington, James Doohan, Bryan Marshall, Ben Carruthers, John Bindon, Robert Russell, Bruce M. Fischer, Sheila Raynor, Judith FurseAdventure, Drama, WesternLive Action
30 Bleak MomentsContemporary FilmsMike Leigh (director/screenplay); Anne Raitt, Sarah Stephenson, Eric Allan, Joolia Cappleman, Mike Bradwell, Donald Sumpter, Liz SmithComedy, DramaLive Action
Brian's SongABC / Screen GemsBuzz Kulik (director); William Blinn (screenplay); James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Warden, Shelley Fabares, Judy Pace, Bernie Casey, David Huddleston, Ron Feinberg, Jack Concannon, Abe Gibron, Ed O'Bradovich, Dick Butkus, Chicago Bears, Harold Hairston, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Stu Nahan, Mario Machado, Mike DitkaBiography, Drama, SportsLive Action
The Day of the WolvesGold Key EntertainmentFerde Grofe Jr. (director/screenplay); Richard Egan, Martha Hyer, Rick Jason, Jan Murray, Frankie Randall, Zaldy Zshornack, Sean McClory, John Lupton, Jack Bailey, Biff Elliot, Percy Helton, Herb Vigran, Floyd Hamilton, Andre Marquis, Henry Capps, Smokey Roberds, John Braatz, Mel Scarborough, Elizabeth Thomas, Steve Manone, John Dennis, John Gunn, Len Travis, Wendy Alvord, Danny ReesHeist, Crime, DramaLive Action
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1 Born to WinUnited ArtistsIvan Passer (director/screenplay); George Segal, Paula Prentiss, Karen Black, Héctor Elizondo, Robert De Niro, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Burt Young, Jose Perez, Sylvia Syms, Paul Benjamin, Jay Fletcher, Ed Madsen, Irving SelbstBlack Comedy, Crime, DramaLive Action
ChandlerMetro-Goldwyn-MayerPaul Magwood (director); John Sacret Young (screenplay); Warren Oates, Leslie Caron, Alex Dreier, Marianne McAndrew, Mitchell Ryan, Gordon Pinsent, Charles McGraw, Walter Burke, Richard Loo, Gloria Grahame, Scatman Crothers, John Mitchum, Ray KelloggNeo-Noir, Crime, DramaLive Action
2 Family LifeCinema 5 DistributingKen Loach (director); David Mercer (screenplay); Sandy Ratcliff, Malcolm Tierney, Bill Dean, Alan MacNaughton, Johnny Gee, Grace Cave, Hilary Martin, Michael RiddallDramaLive Action
8 Believe in MeMetro-Goldwyn-MayerStuart Hagmann (director); Israel Horovitz (screenplay); Michael Sarrazin, Jacqueline Bisset, Jon Cypher, Allen Garfield, Kurt Dodenhoff, Kevin Conway, Roger Robinson, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Antonio Fargas, Ultra Violet, Katherine HelmondRomance, DramaLive Action
9 GumshoeColumbia-Warner DistributorsStephen Frears (director); Neville Smith (screenplay); Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay, Janice Rule, Carolyn Seymour, Fulton Mackay, Billy Dean, George Silver, George Innes, Neville Smith, Bert King, Ken Jones, Maureen Lipman, Wendy Richard, Oscar James, Tom Kempinski, Fred WoodBlack Comedy, Crime, DramaLive Action
Happy Birthday, Wanda JuneColumbia Pictures / Red Lion / Sourdough / The Filmakers GroupMark Robson (director); Kurt Vonnegut (screenplay); Rod Steiger, Susannah York, George Grizzard, Don Murray, William Hickey, Steven Paul, Pamelyn Ferdin, Pamela Saunders, Louis TurenneComedy, DramaLive Action
12 The DecameronUnited Artists / Produzioni Europee Associate / Les Productions Artistes Associés / Artemis FilmsPier Paolo Pasolini (director/screenplay); Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Angela Luce, Giuseppe Zigaina, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Giacomo Rizzo, Guido Alberti, Silvana Mangano, Gianni Rizzo, Monique van Vooren, Giani Esposito, Guido Mannari, Vincenzo Amato, Maria Gabriella Maione, Elisabetta Genovese, Giorgio Iovine, Lino Crispo, Vittorio Vittori, Vincenzo FerrignoComedy, Drama, HistoryLive Action
Made for Each Other20th Century Fox / Wylde FilmsRobert B. Bean (director); Renée Taylor, Joseph Bologna (screenplay); Renée Taylor, Joseph Bologna, Paul Sorvino, Olympia Dukakis, Louis Zorich, Candice Azzara, Peggy Pope, Helen Verbit, Norman ShellyRomance, ComedyLive Action
13 Bedknobs and BroomsticksWalt Disney Productions / Buena Vista DistributionRobert Stevenson, Ward Kimball (directors); Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi (screenplay); Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Ian Weighill, Cindy O'Callaghan, Roy Snart, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe, Bruce Forsyth, Tessie O'Shea, John Ericson, Reginald Owen, Arthur Gould-Porter, Hank Worden, Cyril Delevanti, Alan Hewitt, John Orchard, Lennie Weinrib, Dallas McKennon, Bob Holt, Frank Baker, Don Barclay, Anthony Eustrel, Morgan Farley, Arthur Malet, Jack Raine, Arthur SpaceMusical, Fantasy, Adventure, ComedyLive Action/Animation
Nicholas and AlexandraColumbia-Warner DistributorsFranklin J. Schaffner (director); James Goldman (screenplay); Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Laurence Olivier, Tom Baker, Harry Andrews, Irene Worth, Jack Hawkins, Roderic Noble, Ania Marson, Lynne Frederick, Candace Glendenning, Fiona Fullerton, Timothy West, Jean-Claude Drouot, John Hallam, Guy Rolfe, John Wood, Katharine Schofield, Michael Redgrave, Eric Porter, Maurice Denham, John McEnery, Gordon Gostelow, Ralph Truman, Michael Bryant, Vivian Pickles, Brian Cox, James Hazeldine, Ian Holm, Alan Webb, Stephen Greif, Steven Berkoff, Leon Lissek, David Giles, Roy Dotrice, Richard Warwick, Martin Potter, Vernon Dobtcheff, Curt Jürgens, Julian Glover, Alexander Knox, Ralph Neville, George Rigaud, John Shrapnel, Diana Quick, John Forbes-RobertsonEpic, Historical, DramaLive Action
14 The HospitalUnited ArtistsArthur Hiller (director); Paddy Chayefsky (screenplay); George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Robert Walden, Barnard Hughes, Richard Dysart, Stephen Elliott, Andrew Duncan, Donald Harron, Nancy Marchand, Jordan Charney, Roberts Blossom, Lenny Baker, Richard Hamilton, Arthur Junaluska, Kate Harrington, Katherine Helmond, David Hooks, Frances Sternhagen, Stockard Channing, Dennis Dugan, Jacqueline Brookes, Lonnie Burr, Paddy Chayefsky, Matthew Cowles, Christopher Guest, Tresa Hughes, Sab Shimono, Marilyn Sokol, Tom Spratley, Tracey WalterComedy, Drama, MysteryLive Action
There's Always VanillaCambist Films / The Latent ImageGeorge A. Romero (director); Rudolph J. Ricci (screenplay); Robert Trow, Bill Hinzman, George Kosana, George A. Romero, John A. Russo, Russell Streiner, Raymond Laine, Judith Streiner, Johanna Lawrence, Richard Ricci, Roger McGovern, Ron Jaye, Louise Sahene, Christopher Priore, Bryson Randolph, Eleanor Schirra, Dorrit Chase, Elsie DoughtyRomance, Comedy, DramaLive Action
16 The Boy FriendMGM-EMI Film DistributorsKen Russell (director/screenplay); Twiggy, Christopher Gable, Max Adrian, Bryan Pringle, Murray Melvin, Moyra Fraser, Georgina Hale, Vladek Sheybal, Tommy Tune, Brian Murphy, Graham Armitage, Barbara Windsor, Glenda Jackson, Sally Bryant, Antonia Ellis, Caryl Little, Anne Jameson, Catherine WillmerMusical, ComedyLive Action
17 $Columbia Pictures / Frankovich Productions Inc.Richard Brooks (director/screenplay); Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Gert Fröbe, Robert Webber, Scott Brady, Arthur Brauss, Wolfgang Kieling, Christiane Maybach, Robert Stiles, Robert Herron, Hans Hutter, Monica Stender, Horst Hesslein, Wolfgang Kuhlman, Klaus SchichanComedy, Crime, DramaLive Action
Lady and the Tramp (re-release)Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista DistributionClyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske (directors); Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Ralph Wright, Don DaGradi, Joe Grant (screenplay); Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Bill Thompson, Dallas McKennon, Bill Baucom, Verna Felton, George Givot, Lee Millar, Peggy Lee, Stan Freberg, Alan Reed, Thurl Ravenscroft, The Mellomen, Pinto Colvig, Taylor Holmes, Clarence Nash, Donald NovisMusical, Romance, Adventure, ComedyAnimation
Mary, Queen of ScotsUniversal PicturesCharles Jarrott (director); John Hale (screenplay); Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson, Patrick McGoohan, Timothy Dalton, Nigel Davenport, Trevor Howard, Daniel Massey, Ian Holm, Andrew Keir, Tom Fleming, Robert James, Katherine Kath, Frances White, Vernon Dobtcheff, Raf De La Torre, Richard Warner, Bruce Purchase, Brian Coburn, Richard Denning, Maria Aitken, Jeremy BullochBiography, Drama, HistoryLive Action
Sometimes A Great NotionUniversal Pictures / Newman-Foreman CompanyPaul Newman (director); John Gay (screenplay); Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin, Richard Jaeckel, Linda Lawson, Cliff Potts, Sam Gilman, Lee de Broux, Roy Jenson, Joe Maross, Charles Tyner, Bennie Dobbins, Mickey Gilbert, Gary McLarty, Hal Needham, J.N. Roberts, Charles Horvath, Melissa NewmanAction, Adventure, DramaLive Action
19 A Clockwork OrangeWarner Bros. / Polaris Productions / Hawk FilmsStanley Kubrick (director/screenplay); Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, Michael Tarn, John Clive, Adrienne Corri, Carl Duering, Paul Farrell, Clive Francis, Michael Gover, Miriam Karlin, James Marcus, Aubrey Morris, Godfrey Quigley, Sheila Raynor, Madge Ryan, John Savident, Anthony Sharp, Philip Stone, Pauline Taylor, Margaret Tyzack, Steven Berkoff, David Prowse, Carol DrinkwaterCrime, Sci-FiLive Action
20 Harold and MaudeParamount PicturesHal Ashby (director); Colin Higgins (screenplay); Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack, Charles Tyner, Eric Christmas, George Wood, Ellen Geer, M. Borman, Hal Ashby, Marjorie Eaton, William Lucking, Cat Stevens, Judy Engles, Shari SummersRomance, Black Comedy, DramaLive Action
MacbethColumbia Pictures / Playboy Productions / Caliban FilmsRoman Polanski (director/screenplay); Kenneth Tynan (screenplay); Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, Terence Bayler, John Stride, Nicholas Selby, Stephan Chase, Paul Shelley, Keith Chegwin, Diane Fletcher, Bernard Archard, Sydney Bromley, Richard Pearson, Maisie MacFarquhar, Elsie Taylor, Noelle Rimmington, Mark DightamHistorical, DramaLive Action
21 Such Good FriendsParamount Pictures / Otto Preminger FilmsOtto Preminger (director); Esther Dale (screenplay); Dyan Cannon, Ken Howard, James Coco, Jennifer O'Neill, Laurence Luckinbill, Nina Foch, Louise Lasser, Burgess Meredith, Sam Levene, William Redfield, James Beard, Rita Gam, Nancy Guild, Elaine Joyce, Doris Roberts, Clarice Taylor, Lawrence Tierney, Virginia Vestoff, Joseph Papp, Salome Jens, Ed Koch, Elsa Raven, George ReevesComedy, DramaLive Action
22 The Gang That Couldn't Shoot StraightMetro-Goldwyn-MayerJames Goldstone (director); Waldo Salt (screenplay); Jerry Orbach, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jo Van Fleet, Lionel Stander, Robert De Niro, Hervé Villechaize, Joe Santos, Carmine Caridi, Frank Campanella, Harry Basch, Sander Vanocur, Phil Bruns, Philip Sterling, Jack Kehoe, Despo Diamantidou, Sam Coppola, James Sloyan, Paul Benedict, Burt Young, Jackie Vernon, Ted Beniades, Alice Hirson, Michael V. Gazzo, Robert Gerringer, Margo Winkler, Rita Karin, Elsa Raven, Gloria LeRoy, Irving Selbst, Lou Criscuolo, George Loros, Harry Davis, Fat Thomas, Roy Shuman, Walter Flanagan, Dan Morgan, Gustave JohnsonCrime, ComedyLive Action
KidnappedBritish Lion Films / Omnibus Productions Ltd.Delbert Mann (director); Jack Pulman (screenplay); Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Jack Hawkins, Donald Pleasence, Lawrence Douglas, Vivien Heilbron, Claire Nielson, Gordon Jackson, Andrew McCulloch, Freddie Jones, Jack Watson, Peter Jeffrey, Roger Booth, Geoffrey Whitehead, Terry Richards, Barbara Siddall, Daniel SiddallAdventure, DramaLive Action
Minnie and MoskowitzUniversal PicturesJohn Cassavetes (director/screenplay); Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel, Val Avery, Tim Carey, Katherine Cassavetes, John Cassavetes, Alexandra Cassavetes, Zoe R. Cassavetes, Lady Rowlands, Holly Near, Judith Roberts, Kathleen O'MalleyRomance, Comedy, DramaLive Action
Star Spangled GirlParamount PicturesJerry Paris (director); Arnold Margolin, Jim Parker (screenplay); Sandy Duncan, Tony Roberts, Todd Susman, Elizabeth Allen, Allen Jung, Helen Kleeb, Harry Northup, Peter Hobbs, Artie Lewis, Gordon Bosserman, Jim ConnersRomance, ComedyLive Action
23 Bad Man's RiverScotia InternationalEugenio Martín (director/screenplay); Philip Yordan (screenplay); Lee Van Cleef, Gina Lollobrigida, James Mason, Simón Andreu, Gianni Garko, Diana Lorys, Sergio Fantoni, Aldo Sambrell, Jess Hahn, Daniel Martín, Luis Rivera, Lone Fleming, Eduardo Fajardo, José Manuel Martín, José Riesgo, Tito García, Barta Barri, Ricardo Palacios, Dan van Husen, Claudia GravyComedy, Romance, WesternLive Action
Dirty HarryWarner Bros. / The Malpaso CompanyDon Siegel (director); Harry Julian Fink, R.M. Fink, Dean Riesner (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni, John Vernon, Andy Robinson, John Larch, John Mitchum, Mae Mercer, Ruth Kobart, Woodrow Parfrey, Josef Sommer, William Paterson, James Nolan, Maurice S. Argent, Jo De Winter, Larry Duran, Lois Foraker, Max Gail, Don Haggerty, Chuck Hicks, Richard Lawson, Kathleen O'Malley, Angela Paton, Albert Popwell, Debralee Scott, Don Siegel, Kristoffer Tabori, Lyn Edgington, Craig G. KellyNeo-Noir, Action, Crime, ThrillerLive Action
29 Straw DogsCinerama Releasing Corporation / ABC Pictures / Talent Associates / Amerbroco FilmsSam Peckinpah (director/screenplay); David Zelag Goodman (screenplay); Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Del Henney, Jim Norton, Ken Hutchison, Len Jones, Sally Thomsett, Robert Keegan, Peter Arne, Colin Welland, David Warner, June Brown, Chloe Franks, Donald Webster, Cherina Schaer, Michael MundellCrime, Drama, ThrillerLive Action
30 Diamonds Are ForeverUnited Artists / Eon ProductionsGuy Hamilton (director); Richard Maibaum, Tom Mankiewicz (screenplay); Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood, Jimmy Dean, Bruce Cabot, Bruce Glover, Putter Smith, Norman Burton, Joseph Furst, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn, Leonard Barr, Lois Maxwell, Margaret Lacey, Joe Robinson, David de Keyser, Laurence Naismith, David Bauer, Sid Haig, Trina Parks, Ed Bishop, Shane Rimmer, Marc Lawrence, Henry Rowland, Cassandra Peterson, Lola LarsonSpy, Action, Adventure, ThrillerLive Action

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MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 5Douglas Shearer71CanadaSound Engineer
5Fanfulla57ItalyActor
15John Dall52USActor
20Broncho Billy Anderson90USActor, Director, Writer
25Isobel Lennart55USScreenwriter
February 3Jay C. Flippen71USActor
22Frédéric Mariotti87FranceActor
22Matt McHugh77USActor
26Fernandel67FranceActor
March 5Winnie Lightner71USActress
8Harold Lloyd77USActor, Director, Writer
8Borden Chase71USScreenwriter
12Roy Glenn56USActor
12Tor Johnson67SwedenActor
15Bebe Daniels70USActress
21Nan Wynn55USSinger, Actress
22Nella Walker85USActress
23Basil Dearden60UKDirector
30Selmer Jackson82USActor
30Werner Peters52GermanyActor
April 9Paulette Noizeux83FranceActress
20Cecil Parker73UKActor
21Edmund Lowe81USActor
28John Tansey69USActor, Director
May 1Glenda Farrell66USActress
26John Longden71UKActor
27Chips Rafferty62AustraliaActor
28Audie Murphy45USActor
June 8Piero Gherardi61ItalyProduction, Costume Designer
9Harold Lloyd Jr.40USActor
10Michael Rennie61UKActor
14Kenneth Macpherson69Scotland-ItalyFilm-maker
18Thomas Gomez65USActor
July 6Louis Armstrong69USActor, Musician
11Carleton G. Young64USActor
17Cliff Edwards76USActor, Singer
19Norman Reilly Raine77USScreenwriter
23Van Heflin60USActor
August 3Ernst Eklund81SwedenActor
15Paul Lukas80HungaryActor
16Spyros Skouras78GreeceProducer, Studio Executive
17Horace McMahon65USActor
September 7Spring Byington84USActress
10Pier Angeli39ItalyActress
11Bella Darvi42PolandActress
October 11Chester Conklin85USActor
12Fritz Achterberg90GermanyActor
13Phoebe Ephron57USScreenwriter
19Betty Bronson64USActress
24Cheryl Walker53USActress
26Vincent Coleman71USActor
November 2Martha Vickers46USActress
4Ann Pennington77USActress
17Gladys Cooper82UKActress
17 Fania Marinoff81USActress
19Stuart Gilmore70USEditor, Director
26Bengt Ekerot51SwedenActor
December 12Frank Wolff43USActor
13Dita Parlo63PolandActress
18Diana Lynn45USActress
26Robert Lowery58USActor
28Max Steiner83AustriaComposer
28Burt Gillett80USDirector
29Stuart Holmes87USActor
30Dorothy Comingore58USActress
31Marin Sais81USActress
31Lucien Hubbard83USProducer, screenwriter

Film debuts

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Top 20 Films of 1971 by Domestic Revenue
  3. "North America (US and Canada) Domestic Movie Chart for 1971". the-numbers.com. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  4. "Melvin and Mario van Peeble: A pair of pioneers". TheGuardian.com. 5 June 2005.
  5. "Martin Freeman". BFI. Archived from the original on May 30, 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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