1971 in film
The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.
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Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1971 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
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| 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
- February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour.
- April 23 - Melvin Van Peebles film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song becomes the highest-grossing independent film of 1971.[4]
- May - The first permanent IMAX projection system begins showing at Ontario Place's "Cinesphere" in Toronto.
- May 10 - Frank Yablans becomes President of Paramount Pictures.
- Britain's National Film School begins operation at Beaconsfield Film Studios.
Awards
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
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
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| J A N U A R Y |
1 | Punishment Park | Project X Distribution / Chartwell / Francoise | Peter 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 Kleinhall | Documentary, Drama | Live Action |
| Something Big | National General Pictures | Andrew 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 Gravage | Western, Comedy | Live Action | ||
| 8 | The Ski Bum | Embassy Pictures | Bruce 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 Smaller | Drama | Live Action | |
| 21 | Zachariah | Cinerama Releasing Corporation / ABC Pictures | George 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 Ensemble | Western | Live Action | |
| 24 | The Music Lovers | United Artists / Russ-Arts / Russ Films | Ken 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 Brewer | Drama | Live Action | |
| 28 | 10 Rillington Place | Columbia Pictures / Filmways Pictures / Genesis Productions | Richard 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 Lye | Biography, Crime, Drama | Live Action | |
| The Last Valley | Cinerama Releasing Corporation / ABC Pictures Corporation / Season Productions | James 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 Richards | Adventure, Drama, War | Live Action | ||
| F E B R U A R Y |
3 | Carry On Henry | The Rank Organisation | Gerald 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 Cornelius | Comedy | Live Action |
| Doctors' Wives | Columbia Pictures / Frankovich Productions | George 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 Lormer | Drama | Live Action | ||
| 4 | King Lear | Columbia Pictures / Filmways / Royal Shakespeare Company | Peter 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 Worth | Drama | Live Action | |
| 9 | How to Frame a Figg | Universal Pictures | Alan 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 Lorde | Comedy | Live Action | |
| Little Murders | 20th Century Fox / Brodsky-Gould Productions | Alan 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 Kove | Black Comedy, Crime | Live Action | ||
| 12 | Raid on Rommel | Universal Pictures | Henry 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 Anders | Drama, War | Live Action | |
| 14 | Countess Dracula | Rank Film Distributors / Hammer Film Productions | Peter 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 Trigger | Horror | Live Action | |
| 15 | Gas-s-s-s | American International Pictures / San Jacinto Productions | Roger 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 Caplan | Black Comedy | Live Action | |
| 19 | Cold Turkey | United Artists / Tandem Productions | Norman 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 Jason | Black Comedy | Live Action | |
| One More Train to Rob | Universal Pictures | Andrew 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, Western | Live Action | ||
| 23 | The Pursuit of Happiness | Columbia Pictures | Robert 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 Devane | Drama | Live Action | |
| 28 | Wanda | Bardene International Films / Foundation for Filmmakers | Barbara Loden (director/screenplay); Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins, Frank Jourdano, Valerie Manches, Dorothy Shupenes, Peter Shupenes, Jerome Thier, Marian Thier, Anthony Rotell, M.L. Kennedy | Drama | Live Action | |
| M A R C H |
2 | Death in Venice (France/Italy) | Warner Bros. / Alfa Cinematografica / PECF | Luchino 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 Cristofoletti | Historical, Drama | Live Action |
| 8 | The Emigrants (Sweden) | Warner Bros. / Svensk Filmindustri | Jan 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 Sörwing | Drama, History | Live Action | |
| 9 | When Eight Bells Toll | Cinerama Releasing Corporation / Gershwin-Kastner Productions / Winkast Film Production | Étienne 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 Gray | Action, Adventure, Crime | Live Action | |
| 10 | Get Carter | MGM-EMI Distributors / MGM-British Studios | Mike 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 Quarmby | Action, Crime, Thriller | Live Action | |
| 11 | Lawman | United Artists | Michael 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 Novak | Adventure, Western | Live Action | |
| A New Leaf | Paramount Pictures | Elaine 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 Hickey | Black Comedy | Live Action | ||
| THX 1138 | Warner Bros. / American Zoetrope | George 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 Stiers | Sci-Fi | Live Action | ||
| Up Pompeii | MGM-EMI / Anglo-EMI / London Associated Films | Bob 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 Trigger | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| 12 | The Andromeda Strain | Universal Pictures | Robert 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 Crichton | Sci-Fi, Thriller | Live Action | |
| 13 | Vanishing Point | 20th Century Fox / Cupid Productions | Richard 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 Rampling | Action, Crime, Thriller | Live Action | |
| 17 | The Barefoot Executive | Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution | Robert 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 Faulkner | Comedy | Live Action | |
| 21 | Making It | 20th Century Fox / Alfran Productions | John 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 Patten | Comedy, Drama | Live Action | |
| 24 | Brother John | Columbia Pictures / E&R | James 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 Davis | Drama | Live Action | |
| Friends | Paramount British Pictures / Lewis Gilbert Productions | Lewis Gilbert (director); Vernon Harris, Jack Russell (screenplay); Sean Bury, Anicée Alvina, Ronald Lewis, Toby Robins, Joan Hickson, Pascale Roberts, Sady Rebbot | Romance | Live Action | ||
| 25 | The Deserter | Paramount Pictures / Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica | Burt 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 Stewart | Western | Live Action | |
| 28 | The Battle of Love's Return | Troma Entertainment | Lloyd Kaufman (director/screenplay); Lloyd Kaufman, Lynn Lowry, Oliver Stone, Andy Kay, Stanley Kaufman | Comedy | Live Action | |
| Taking Off | Universal Pictures | Miloš 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 Marcus | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| 31 | B.S. I Love You | 20th Century Fox | Steven Hilliard Stern (director/screenplay); Peter Kastner, Joanna Cameron, Louise Sorel, Gary Burghoff, Joanna Barnes, Richard B. Shull | Romance, Comedy, Drama | Live Action | |
| Just Before Nightfall (France) | Cinegai S.p.A. / Les Films de la Boétie | Claude Chabrol (director/screenplay); Stéphane Audran, François Périer, Michel Bouquet, Jean Carmet, Henri Attal, Dominique Zardi, Michel Duchaussoy, Celia, Marina Ninchi, Anna Douking | Crime, Drama | Live Action | ||
April–June
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
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| A P R I L |
7 | Shinbone Alley | Allied Artists / Fine Arts Films | John 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 Kane | Musical, Comedy | Animation |
| The Zodiac Killer | Adventure 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 Register | Slasher | Live Action | ||
| 9 | The Mephisto Waltz | 20th Century Fox | Paul Wendkos (director); Ben Maddow (screenplay); Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Barbara Parkins, Bradford Dillman, William Windom, Kathleen Widdoes, Pamelyn Ferdin, Curd Jürgens | Horror | Live Action | |
| Summer of '42 | Warner Bros. / Mulligan-Roth Productions | Robert 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 Scott | Drama, Romance | Live Action | ||
| Valdez Is Coming | United Artists | Edwin 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 Penaloza | Western | Live Action | ||
| 16 | The Blood on Satan's Claw | Tigon Pictures / Tigon British Film Productions / Chilton Film and Television Enterprises | Piers 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 Tovey | Horror | Live Action | |
| 21 | Melody | British Lion Films / Hemdale Group / Sagittarius Productions / Goodtimes Enterprises | Waris 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 Mallett | Romance, Comedy, Drama | Live Action | |
| 23 | Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | Cinemation 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 Hayden | Blaxploitation, Action, Crime, Drama | Live Action | |
| 24 | The Cat (France) | Valoria Films | Pierre 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 Río | Drama | Live Action | |
| 28 | Bananas | United Artists | Woody 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 Ackerman | Comedy | Live Action | |
| Pretty Maids All in a Row | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Roger 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 Roddenberry | Comedy, Crime, Mystery | Live Action | ||
| 30 | The Big Doll House | New World Pictures | Jack Hill (director); Don Spencer (screenplay); Pam Grier, Roberta Collins, Sid Haig, Pat Woodell, Christiane Schmidtmer, Judy Brown, Brooke Mills, Kathryn Loder | Action, Drama, Thriller | Live Action | |
| M A Y |
1 | Billy Jack | Warner Bros. / National Student Film Corporation | T.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 Sosa | Action, Drama | Live Action |
| 12 | Mrs. Pollifax-Spy | United Artists | Leslie 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 Hallick | Adventure, Comedy | Live Action | |
| Plaza Suite | Paramount Pictures | Arthur 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 Carey | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| Red Sky at Morning | Universal Pictures / Hal Wallis Productions | James 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 Garay | Drama | Live Action | ||
| 13 | Wake in Fright | United Artists / NLT Productions / Group W Films | Ted 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 Knudsen | Thriller | Live Action | |
| 14 | Johnny Got His Gun | Cinemation Industries / World Entertainment | Dalton 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 Varsi | Drama, War | Live Action | |
| 18 | The Abominable Dr. Phibes | American International Pictures | Robert 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 Munro | Comedy, Horror | Live Action | |
| 21 | Escape from the Planet of the Apes | 20th Century Fox / APJAC Productions | Don 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 Heston | Action, Sci-Fi | Live Action | |
| 24 | Pink Narcissus | Sherpix | James Bidgood (director/screenplay); Charles Ludlam, Bobby Kendall, Don Brooks | Drama | Live Action | |
| 26 | Big Jake | Cinema Center Films / Batjac Productions | George 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 Creach | Western | Live Action | |
| Support Your Local Gunfighter | United Artists | Burt 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 Wagner | Comedy, Romance, Western | Live Action | ||
| Villain | MGM-EMI / Anglo-EMI | Michael 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 Shannon | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Live Action | ||
| 28 | The Beguiled | Universal Pictures / The Malpaso Company | Don 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 Mattick | Drama, Thriller, War | Live Action | |
| The Grissom Gang | Cinerama Releasing Corporation / ABC Pictures / The Associates & Aldrich Company | Robert 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 Steadman | Crime, Neo-Noir, Drama | Live Action | ||
| J U N E |
2 | The Young Graduates | Crown International Pictures / Tempo Enterprises | Robert 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 Russell | Drama | Live Action |
| 5 | The Ceremony (Japan) | Art Theatre Guild | Nagisa 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 Komatsu | Drama | Live Action | |
| 9 | The Deadly Trap | National General Pictures | René 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 Lussac | Thriller, Drama | Live Action | |
| They Might Be Giants | Universal Pictures / Newman-Foreman Company | Anthony 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 Cowles | Comedy, Mystery, Romance | Live Action | ||
| 13 | Drive, He Said | Columbia 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 Johnson | Comedy, Drama, Sports | Live Action | |
| Wuthering Heights | American International Pictures | Robert 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 Klauber | Adventure, Drama, Romance | Live Action | ||
| 15 | Fortune and Men's Eyes | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Harvey 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 Pérez | Drama | Live Action | |
| Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? | National General Pictures / Cinema Center Films | Ulu 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, Drama | Live Action | ||
| 17 | The Anderson Tapes | Columbia Pictures / Robert M. Weitman Productions | Sidney 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 Martin | Action, Crime, Thriller | Live Action | |
| 18 | Willard | Cinerama Releasing Corporation / Bing Crosby Productions | Daniel 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 Presnell | Horror | Live Action | |
| The Panic in Needle Park | 20th Century Fox / Gadd Productions Corp. / Didion-Dunne | Jerry 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 Williams | Drama | Live Action | ||
| 22 | Scandalous John | Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution | Robert 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 Nieto | Comedy, Drama, Western | Live Action | |
| 23 | Le Mans | National General Pictures / Cinema Center Films | Lee 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 Bell | Action, Adventure, Drama | Live Action | |
| Man and Boy | Columbia 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 Owens | Western, Adventure, Crime, Drama | Live Action | ||
| Wild Rovers | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Geoffrey Productions | Blake 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 Parker | Western | Live Action | ||
| 24 | McCabe & Mrs. Miller | Warner 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 Kearns | Western | Live Action | |
| 25 | Klute | Warner Bros. / Gus Productions | Alan 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 Stallone | Neo-Noir, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | Live Action | |
| 27 | A Town Called Hell | Scotia International | Robert 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 Solano | Western | Live Action | |
| 28 | The Hellstrom Chronicle | Cinema 5 Distributing | Ed Spiegel, Walon Green (directors); David Seltzer (screenplay); Lawrence Pressman | Documentary, Drama | Live Action | |
| 30 | Carnal Knowledge | AVCO Embassy Pictures | Mike Nichols (director); Jules Feiffer (screenplay); Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret, Rita Moreno, Carol Kane, Cynthia O'Neal | Romance, Comedy, Drama | Live Action | |
| The Million Dollar Duck | Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution | Vincent 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 Andrews | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| My Old Man's Place | Cinerama 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 Brumfield | War, Drama | Live Action | ||
| What's the Matter with Helen? | United Artists / Filmways Pictures / Raymax Productions | Curtis 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 Delfino | Crime, Horror, Musical | Live Action | ||
| Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | Paramount Pictures / Wolper Pictures, Ltd. / The Quaker Oats Company | Mel 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 Wilkinson | Musical, Fantasy | Live Action | ||
July–September
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J U L Y |
1 | Murphy's War | Paramount Pictures / Hemdale / Michael Deeley-Peter Yates Films | Peter Yates (director); Stirling Silliphant (screenplay); Peter O'Toole, Siân Phillips, Philippe Noiret, Horst Janson, John Hallam, Ingo Mogendorf, Harry Fielder, George Roubicek | Drama, War | Live Action |
| Walkabout | 20th Century Fox / Max L. Raab-Si Litvinoff Films | Nicolas 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 Manchini | Adventure, Drama | Live Action | ||
| Sunday Bloody Sunday | United Artists / Vectia | John 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 Lawrence | Drama | Live Action | ||
| 2 | Shaft | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Shaft Productions | Gordon 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 Leon | Crime, Action | Live Action | |
| 7 | Pinocchio (re-release) | Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution | Ben 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 Ravenscroft | Musical, Fantasy | Animation | |
| Two-Lane Blacktop | Universal Pictures / Michael Laughlin Enterprises | Monte 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 Caffey | Drama | Live Action | ||
| 15 | Vampyros Lesbos | Fénix Films / CCC Telecine Film | Jesús 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 Blanco | Horror | Live Action | |
| 16 | The Devils | Warner Bros. / Russo Productions | Ken 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 Willmer | Historical, Drama | Live Action | |
| The Hunting Party | United Artists / Levy-Gardner-Laven | Don 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 Atkinson | Action, Drama, Western | Live Action | ||
| The Light at the Edge of the World | National General Pictures / The Bryna Company | Kevin 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 Israel | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | Live Action | ||
| 17 | Gamera vs. Zigra (Japan) | Dainichi Eihai / Daiei Film | Noriaki 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 Izumi | Action, Adventure, Family | Live Action | |
| 21 | Murders in the Rue Morgue | American International Pictures | Gordon 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 Plattes | Horror | Live Action | |
| 23 | The Seven Minutes | 20th Century Fox | Russ 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 Shutan | Drama | Live Action | |
| 24 | Godzilla vs. Hedorah (Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster) (Japan) | Toho | Yoshimitsu Banno (director/screenplay); Takeshi Kimura (screenplay); Haruo Nakajima, Kenpachiro Satsuma, Akira Yamanouchi, Hiroyuki Kawase, Toshie Kimura, Keiko Mari, Toshio Shiba, Yoshio Yoshida | Action, Family | Live Action | |
| The Horsemen | Columbia Pictures | John 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. Romaine | Action, Adventure, Drama | Live Action | ||
| 28 | On Any Sunday | Cinema 5 | Bruce Brown (director); Bruce Brown, Steve McQueen, Mert Lawwill, Malcolm Smith, Paul Carruthers | Documentary | Live Action | |
| Von Richthofen and Brown | United Artists / The Corman Company | Roger 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 Forde | Action, Biography, Drama, War | Live Action | ||
| 29 | The Go-Between | MGM-EMI Film Distributors / EMI Films | Joseph 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 Garnett | Romance, Drama | Live Action | |
| 30 | Bless the Beasts and Children | Columbia Pictures | Stanley 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 Sutherlin | Comedy, Drama | Live Action | |
| The Hunting Party | United Artists / Levy-Gardner-Laven | Don 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 Atkinson | Action, Drama, Western | Live Action | ||
| A U G U S T |
1 | Doc | United Artists / FP Films | Frank Perry (director); Pete Hamill (screenplay); Stacy Keach, Faye Dunaway, Harris Yulin, Michael Witney, Dan Greenburg, Richard McKenzie, Penelope Allen, James Greene, Antonia Rey, Denver John Collins, John Scanlon, John Bottoms, Ferdinand Zogbaum, Hedy Sontag, Philip Shafer, Fred Dennis | Western | Live Action |
| The Omega Man | Warner Bros. / Walter Seltzer Productions | Boris 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 Kingi | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi | Live Action | ||
| 5 | The Love Machine | Columbia Pictures / Sujac Productions / Frankovich Productions | Jack 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 Meyer | Drama | Live Action | |
| 9 | The Mephisto Waltz | 20th Century Fox | Paul 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 Shaw | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Live Action | |
| 11 | The Hired Hand | Universal Pictures / The Pando Company | Peter 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 Johnson | Drama, Western | Live Action | |
| 13 | Die Screaming, Marianne (U.K.) | Pete Walker Film Productions | Pete 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 Wyldeck | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Live Action | |
| 17 | Cry Uncle! | Troma Entertainment | John 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 Pecheur | Comedy, Crime, Mystery | Live Action | |
| 18 | Fools' Parade | Columbia 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 Doepken | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Live Action | |
| 19 | Clay Pigeon | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Tracom | Lane 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 Lawford | Action, Drama | Live Action | |
| The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker | 20th Century Fox | Lawrence 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 McConnell | Romance, Comedy, Drama | Live Action | ||
| 25 | A Gunfight | Paramount Pictures / Joel Productions / Harvest Productions / Thoroughbred Productions | Lamont 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 Lambert | Romance, Western | Live Action | |
| 27 | Let's Scare Jessica to Death | Paramount Pictures / The Jessica Company | John Hancock (director/screenplay); Lee Kalcheim (screenplay); Zohra Lampert, Barton Heyman, Kevin O'Connor, Gretchen Corbett, Alan Manson, Mariclare Costello | Drama, Horror, Mystery | Live Action | |
| S E P T E M B E R |
1 | Beware of a Holy Whore (West Germany) | New Yorker Films | Rainer 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 Montezuma | Drama | Live Action |
| 2 | See No Evil | Columbia Pictures / Filmways | Richard Fleischer (director); Brian Clemens (screenplay); Mia Farrow, Dorothy Alison, Robin Bailey, Diane Grayson, Brian Rawlinson, Norman Eshley, Paul Nicholas, Michael Elphick | Horror, Thriller | Live Action | |
| 3 | Return of Sabata | United Artists / Produzioni Europee Associati / Les Productions Artistes Associés / Artemis Filmgesellschaft | Gianfranco 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 Fantasia | Western | Live Action | |
| 15 | Red Sun | Les 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. Lycan | Action, Western | Live Action | |
| Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me | Paramount Pictures | Jeffrey 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 Khanma | Drama | Live Action | ||
| 17 | Kotch | Cinerama Releasing Corporation / ABC Pictures | Jack 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 Rains | Comedy, Drama | Live Action | |
| 20 | Dracula vs. Frankenstein | Independent-International Pictures | Al 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 Weiss | Sci-Fi, Horror | Live Action | |
| 22 | Desperate Characters | Paramount Pictures / ITC Entertainment | Frank 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. Davis | Drama | Live Action | |
| 23 | Unman, Wittering and Zigo | Paramount Pictures / Hemmings / Mediaarts | John 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 Barrie | Thriller | Live Action | |
| 24 | The Last Rebel | Columbia Pictures / Glendenning / Orten / Spangler / U.S. Captail | Denys 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 Hassan | Western | Live Action | |
| The Trojan Women | Cinerama 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 Sanz | Drama | Live Action | ||
| 25 | Tiki Tiki | Potterton Productions | Gerald Potterton (director/screenplay); Jerome Chodorov, Donald Brittain (screenplay); Peter Cullen, Jean Shepherd, Ted Zeigler, Barry Baldaro, Gayle Claitman, Patrick Conlon, Joan Stuart | Comedy | Animation | |
| 28 | And Now for Something Completely Different | Columbia-Warner Distributors / Playboy Productions / Kettledrum Films / Lownes Productions / Python (Monty) Pictures | Ian 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 Wood | Comedy | Live Action | |
| The Last Movie | Universal Pictures / Alta-Light | Dennis 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 Warnick | Drama | Live Action | ||
| 30 | The Skin Game | Warner 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 Foulk | Comedy, Western | Live Action | |
October–December
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
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| O C T O B E R |
6 | Zeppelin | Warner 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 Cawdron | Action, Adventure, Drama, War | Live Action |
| 9 | The French Connection | 20th Century Fox | William 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 Weeks | Neo-Noir, Crime, Action, Thriller | Live Action | |
| 13 | Shoot Out | Universal Pictures / Hal Wallis Productions | Henry 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 Space | Drama, Western | Live Action | |
| 15 | A Safe Place | Columbia Pictures / BBS Productions | Henry Jaglom (director/screenplay); Tuesday Weld, Orson Welles, Jack Nicholson, Philip Proctor, Gwen Welles, Roger Garrett, Francesca Hilton, Richard Finocchio | Drama | Live Action | |
| 18 | Bunny O'Hare | American International Pictures | Gerd 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 Kartalian | Comedy | Live Action | |
| 20 | Catlow | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Sam 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, Ángel del Pozo, Victor Israel, Tito Garcia, Walter Coy | Comedy, Western | Live Action | |
| The Organization | United Artists / The Mirisch Corporation | Don 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, Thriller | Live Action | ||
| Play Misty for Me | Universal Pictures / The Malpaso Company | Clint 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 Kosslyn | Drama, Thriller | Live Action | ||
| The Todd Killings | National General Pictures | Barry 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 Lewis | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Live Action | ||
| T.R. Baskin | Paramount Pictures | Herbert Ross (director); Peter Hyams (screenplay); Candice Bergen, Peter Boyle, James Caan, Marcia Rodd, Howard Platt, Mike Nussbaum | Drama | Live Action | ||
| 22 | The Last Picture Show | Columbia Pictures / BBS Productions | Peter 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 Heathcock | Coming-of-Age, Drama, Romance | Live Action | |
| 23 | The Big Boss (Hong Kong) | Golden Harvest | Lo 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 Lung | Action, Martial Arts | Live Action | |
| 24 | Joe Hill | Paramount Pictures | Bo 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 Logan | Biography, Drama, History | Live Action | |
| 25 | Bleak Moments | Contemporary Films | Mike Leigh (director/screenplay); Anne Raitt, Sarah Stephenson, Eric Allan, Joolia Cappleman, Mike Bradwell, Donald Sumpter, Liz Smith | Comedy, Drama | Live Action | |
| 27 | Captain Apache | Scotia International | Alexander 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 Zabala | Action, Crime, Mystery, Western | Live Action | |
| 29 | 200 Motels | United Artists / Murakami-Wolf-Swenson / Bizarre Productions | Frank 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 Gridley | Musical | Live Action | |
| Duck, You Sucker! | United Artists | Sergio 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 Sambrell | Drama, War, Western | Live Action | ||
| N O V E M B E R |
1 | I, Monster | British Lion Films / Amicus Productions | Stephen Weeks (director); Milton Subotsky (screenplay); Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Mike Raven, Richard Hurndall, George Merritt, Kenneth J. Warren, Susan Jameson, Marjie Lawrence, Aimée Delamain, Michael Des Barres, Chloe Franks, Ian McCulloch, Fred Wood | Horror | Live Action |
| 3 | Fiddler on the Roof | United Artists / The Mirisch Company / Cartier Productions | Norman 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 Rushkin | Musical | Live Action | |
| 5 | Black Noon | CBS / Andrew J. Fenady Productions / Screen Gems Television | Bernard 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 Foster | Horror, Western | Live Action | |
| 8 | Hannie Caulder | Paramount Pictures / Tigon British Film Productions / Curtwel Productions | Burt 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 Sambrell | Crime, Drama, Western | Live Action | |
| 10 | Jennifer on My Mind | United Artists / Bernard Schwartz Productions / Joseph M. Schenck Productions | Noel 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 Kornbluth | Comedy, Drama | Live Action | |
| 12 | Mon oncle Antoine | Janus Films / National Film Board of Canada | Claude 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 Catta | Drama | Live Action | |
| Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name? | Cannon Film Distributors | Ernest 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 LaMotta | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | Live Action | ||
| 13 | Duel | ABC / Universal Television | Steven 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 Sickel | Action, Thriller | Live Action | |
| 18 | The Christian Licorice Store | National General Pictures / Cinema Center Films | James 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 Shire | Comedy, Drama | Live Action | |
| 24 | Black Beauty | Paramount Pictures / Tigon British Film Productions | James 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 McGrath | Drama, Family, Western | Live Action | |
| Man in the Wilderness | Warner Bros. / Limbridge Wilderness Films | Richard 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 Furse | Adventure, Drama, Western | Live Action | ||
| 30 | Bleak Moments | Contemporary Films | Mike Leigh (director/screenplay); Anne Raitt, Sarah Stephenson, Eric Allan, Joolia Cappleman, Mike Bradwell, Donald Sumpter, Liz Smith | Comedy, Drama | Live Action | |
| Brian's Song | ABC / Screen Gems | Buzz 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 Ditka | Biography, Drama, Sports | Live Action | ||
| The Day of the Wolves | Gold Key Entertainment | Ferde 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 Rees | Heist, Crime, Drama | Live Action | ||
| D E C E M B E R |
1 | Born to Win | United Artists | Ivan 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 Selbst | Black Comedy, Crime, Drama | Live Action |
| Chandler | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Paul 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 Kellogg | Neo-Noir, Crime, Drama | Live Action | ||
| 2 | Family Life | Cinema 5 Distributing | Ken Loach (director); David Mercer (screenplay); Sandy Ratcliff, Malcolm Tierney, Bill Dean, Alan MacNaughton, Johnny Gee, Grace Cave, Hilary Martin, Michael Riddall | Drama | Live Action | |
| 8 | Believe in Me | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Stuart 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 Helmond | Romance, Drama | Live Action | |
| 9 | Gumshoe | Columbia-Warner Distributors | Stephen 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 Wood | Black Comedy, Crime, Drama | Live Action | |
| Happy Birthday, Wanda June | Columbia Pictures / Red Lion / Sourdough / The Filmakers Group | Mark Robson (director); Kurt Vonnegut (screenplay); Rod Steiger, Susannah York, George Grizzard, Don Murray, William Hickey, Steven Paul, Pamelyn Ferdin, Pamela Saunders, Louis Turenne | Comedy, Drama | Live Action | ||
| 12 | The Decameron | United Artists / Produzioni Europee Associate / Les Productions Artistes Associés / Artemis Films | Pier 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 Ferrigno | Comedy, Drama, History | Live Action | |
| Made for Each Other | 20th Century Fox / Wylde Films | Robert 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 Shelly | Romance, Comedy | Live Action | ||
| 13 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution | Robert 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 Space | Musical, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy | Live Action/Animation | |
| Nicholas and Alexandra | Columbia-Warner Distributors | Franklin 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-Robertson | Epic, Historical, Drama | Live Action | ||
| 14 | The Hospital | United Artists | Arthur 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 Walter | Comedy, Drama, Mystery | Live Action | |
| There's Always Vanilla | Cambist Films / The Latent Image | George 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 Doughty | Romance, Comedy, Drama | Live Action | ||
| 16 | The Boy Friend | MGM-EMI Film Distributors | Ken 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 Willmer | Musical, Comedy | Live 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 Schichan | Comedy, Crime, Drama | Live Action | |
| Lady and the Tramp (re-release) | Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution | Clyde 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 Novis | Musical, Romance, Adventure, Comedy | Animation | ||
| Mary, Queen of Scots | Universal Pictures | Charles 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 Bulloch | Biography, Drama, History | Live Action | ||
| Sometimes A Great Notion | Universal Pictures / Newman-Foreman Company | Paul 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 Newman | Action, Adventure, Drama | Live Action | ||
| 19 | A Clockwork Orange | Warner Bros. / Polaris Productions / Hawk Films | Stanley 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 Drinkwater | Crime, Sci-Fi | Live Action | |
| 20 | Harold and Maude | Paramount Pictures | Hal 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 Summers | Romance, Black Comedy, Drama | Live Action | |
| Macbeth | Columbia Pictures / Playboy Productions / Caliban Films | Roman 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 Dightam | Historical, Drama | Live Action | ||
| 21 | Such Good Friends | Paramount Pictures / Otto Preminger Films | Otto 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 Reeves | Comedy, Drama | Live Action | |
| 22 | The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | James 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 Johnson | Crime, Comedy | Live Action | |
| Kidnapped | British 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 Siddall | Adventure, Drama | Live Action | ||
| Minnie and Moskowitz | Universal Pictures | John 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'Malley | Romance, Comedy, Drama | Live Action | ||
| Star Spangled Girl | Paramount Pictures | Jerry 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 Conners | Romance, Comedy | Live Action | ||
| 23 | Bad Man's River | Scotia International | Eugenio 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 Gravy | Comedy, Romance, Western | Live Action | |
| Dirty Harry | Warner Bros. / The Malpaso Company | Don 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. Kelly | Neo-Noir, Action, Crime, Thriller | Live Action | ||
| 29 | Straw Dogs | Cinerama Releasing Corporation / ABC Pictures / Talent Associates / Amerbroco Films | Sam 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 Mundell | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Live Action | |
| 30 | Diamonds Are Forever | United Artists / Eon Productions | Guy 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 Larson | Spy, Action, Adventure, Thriller | Live Action | |
Notable films released in 1971
United States unless stated
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- $ (a.k.a. Dollars, The Heist), starring Warren Beatty and Goldie Hawn
- 10 Rillington Place, starring Richard Attenborough and John Hurt - (U.K.)
- 1870, Italian historical drama starring Anna Magnani and Marcello Mastroianni
- 200 Motels, featuring Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention
- The 300 Year Weekend, starring Michael Tolan and William Devane
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- Aabhijathyam, Indian Malayalam, directed by A Vincent and produced by RS Prabhu, with stars Madhu, Sharada and Sukumari
- Aana Valarthiya Vanampadiyude Makan, Indian Malayalam, directed and produced by P. Subramaniam, with stars Gemini Ganesan and Rajasree
- Aap Aye Bahaar Ayee, Bollywood film produced, directed and written by Mohan Kumar, with stars Rajendra Kumar and Sadhana
- The Abominable Dr. Phibes, starring Vincent Price and Joseph Cotten - (U.K.)
- Achante Bharya, Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, with stars Adoor Bhasi, K. P. Ummer and Ragini
- Adrift on the Nile (Thartharah fawq al-Nil), directed by Hussein Kamal - (Egypt)
- Adiós, Sabata (a.k.a. The Bounty Hunters), starring Yul Brynner - (Italy)
- The Adversary (Pratidwandi), directed by Satyajit Ray - (India)
- Agnimrigam, Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by M. Krishnan Nair, with stars Prem Nazir, Sathyan and Sheela
- Amar Prem (Immortal Love), starring Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna - (India)
- Anand, starring Rajesh Khanna - (India)
- The Anderson Tapes, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Christopher Walken
- And Now for Something Completely Different, a Monty Python film - (U.K.)
- The Andromeda Strain, directed by Robert Wise, starring Arthur Hill, Kate Reid, David Wayne, James Olson
- Animal Treasure Island (Dōbutsu Takarajima) - (Japan)
B
- Bananas, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Louise Lasser and Howard Cosell
- The Barefoot Executive, starring Kurt Russell
- The Battle of Kerzhenets (Secha pri Kerzhentse) - (U.S.S.R.)
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks, starring Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson
- The Beguiled, starring Clint Eastwood and Geraldine Page
- Benny's Bathtub (Bennys badekar) - (Denmark)
- Between Miracles (Per grazia ricevuta), directed by and starring Nino Manfredi - (Italy)
- Beware of a Holy Whore (Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder - (West Germany)
- The Big Boss (Tang shan da xiong / a.k.a. Fists of Fury), starring Bruce Lee - (Hong Kong)
- The Big Doll House, starring Pam Grier
- Big Jake, starring John Wayne, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Hara
- Billy Jack, starring Tom Laughlin, re-released in 1973
- Bleak Moments, directed by Mike Leigh, starring Anne Raitt, Sarah Stephenson - (U.K.)
- Bless the Beasts and Children, directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Bill Mumy
- The Blood on Satan's Claw, starring Patrick Wymark and Linda Hayden- (U.K.)
- The Boat on the Grass (Le Bateau sur l'herbe), starring Jean-Pierre Cassel - (France)
- Born to Win, starring George Segal, Paula Prentiss, Héctor Elizondo, Karen Black, Robert De Niro
- The Boy Friend, directed by Ken Russell, starring Twiggy - (U.K.)
- Brian's Song, starring James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, Shelley Fabares, Judy Pace, Jack Warden
- Brother John, starring Sidney Poitier
- Bunny O'Hare, starring Bette Davis
C
- Carnal Knowledge, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret, Candice Bergen
- Carry On Henry, directed by Gerald Thomas, starring Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims - (U.K.)
- The Ceremony (Gashiki), directed by Nagisa Oshima - (Japan)
- Chandler, starring Warren Oates and Leslie Caron
- Le Chat (The Cat), directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre, starring Jean Gabin and Simone Signoret - (France)
- A Clockwork Orange, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Malcolm McDowell - (U.K.)
- The Clowns (I clowns), a TV film directed by and starring Federico Fellini - (Italy)
- Cold Turkey, directed by Norman Lear, starring Dick Van Dyke and Bob Newhart
- Confessions of a Police Captain (Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica), starring Franco Nero - (Italy)
- Countess Dracula, starring Ingrid Pitt - (U.K.)
- Crucible of Terror, starring Mike Raven, James Bolam and Mary Maude- (U.K.)
D
- Daughters of Darkness, directed by Harry Kümel, starring Delphine Seyrig - (Belgium)
- Dauria - (U.S.S.R.)
- The Deadly Duo (Shuang xia), directed by Chang Cheh - (Hong Kong)
- The Deadly Trap, starring Faye Dunaway and Frank Langella
- Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia), directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Dirk Bogarde and Silvana Mangano - (Italy/France)
- The Decameron, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini - (Italy)
- The Deserter, directed by Burt Kennedy, starring Bekim Fehmiu, John Huston, Richard Crenna, Chuck Connors, Brandon deWilde
- Desperate Characters, directed by Frank D. Gilroy, starring Shirley MacLaine and Kenneth Mars
- The Devils, directed by Ken Russell, starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave - (U.K.)
- The Devil Has Seven Faces, starring Stephen Boyd and Carroll Baker- (Italy)
- Die Screaming, Marianne, starring Susan George and Barry Evans- (U.K.)
- Diamonds Are Forever, starring Sean Connery (as James Bond), with Jill St. John, Jimmy Dean, Charles Gray - (U.K.)
- Dirty Harry, directed by Don Siegel, starring Clint Eastwood, Andy Robinson, John Vernon, Reni Santoni
- Doc, starring Stacy Keach and Faye Dunaway
- Drive, He Said, directed by Jack Nicholson, starring Karen Black and Bruce Dern
- Duel, the directorial debut of Steven Spielberg, starring Dennis Weaver
- Dulcima, starring John Mills and Carol White - (U.K.)
E
- The Emigrants, directed by Jan Troell, starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann - (Sweden)
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes, starring Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy, Ricardo Montalbán, Eric Braeden, William Windom, Sal Mineo
- Evdokia, directed by Alexis Damianos - (Greece)
- Evel Knievel, starring George Hamilton and Sue Lyon
F
- Family Life (Życie rodzinne) - (Poland)
- Family Life, directed by Ken Loach - (U.K.)
- Fiddler on the Roof, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Chaim Topol
- A Fistful of Dynamite (a.k.a. Duck You Sucker), directed by Sergio Leone, starring James Coburn and Rod Steiger - (Italy)
- Fleeing the Trap, starring Behrouz Vossoughi and Davoud Rashidi (Iran)
- Fools' Parade, starring James Stewart, George Kennedy, Kurt Russell
- Fortune and Men's Eyes - (Canada)
- Four Nights of a Dreamer (Quatre nuits d'un rêveur), directed by Robert Bresson - (France)
- The French Connection, directed by William Friedkin, starring Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider - 5 Academy Awards including best film, director and actor
- Fright, starring Susan George and Honor Blackman - (U.K.)
- Fun and Games, British exploitation film directed by Ray Austin
G
- The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, starring Jerry Orbach, Leigh Taylor-Young, Robert De Niro
- Gas-s-s-s, directed by Roger Corman
- Gentlemen of Fortune (Dzhentlmeny udachi) - (U.S.S.R.)
- Get Carter, directed by Mike Hodges, starring Michael Caine - (U.K.)
- A Girl in Australia (Bello onesto emigrato Australia), starring Alberto Sordi - (Italy/Australia)
- The Go-Between, directed by Joseph Losey, starring Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Dominic Guard - (U.K.)
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah (Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster) - (Japan)
- Grandads-Robbers (Stariki-razboyniki) - (U.S.S.R.)
- The Grissom Gang, starring Kim Darby and Scott Wilson
- Guddi, starring Dharmendra - (India)
- Gumshoe, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Albert Finney and Billie Whitelaw - (U.K.)
- A Gunfight, starring Kirk Douglas and Johnny Cash
H
- Hannie Caulder, starring Raquel Welch, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Culp
- Hare Rama Hare Krishna, directed by and starring Dev Anand - (India)
- Harold and Maude, directed by Hal Ashby, starring Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort
- The Hellstrom Chronicle, a documentary directed by Walon Green narrated by a dramatized title character portrayed by Lawrence Pressman
- The Hired Hand, directed by and starring Peter Fonda, with Warren Oates, Verna Bloom
- The Horsemen, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Omar Sharif and Jack Palance
- The Hospital, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring George C. Scott and Diana Rigg
- How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês) - (Brazil)
- How to Frame a Figg, starring Don Knotts and Yvonne Craig
- The Hunting Party, starring Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Oliver Reed
I
- I, Monster, starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing - (U.K.)
- In Prison Awaiting Trial (Detenuto in attesa di giudizio), starring Alberto Sordi - (Italy)
J
- Joe Hill, directed by Bo Widerberg - (Sweden/United States)
- Johnny Got His Gun, directed by Dalton Trumbo, starring Timothy Bottoms, Diane Varsi, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland
- Juste avant la nuit (a.k.a. Just Before Nightfall), directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Stéphane Audran - (France)
- Jwala (Fire), directed by M. V. Raman and starring Madhubala in her last film appearance - (India)
K
- King Lear, directed by Peter Brook, starring Paul Scofield - (U.K.)
- King Lear, directed by Grigori Kozintsev - (U.S.S.R.)
- Klute, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Jane Fonda (Oscar winner), Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider
- Kotch, directed by Jack Lemmon, starring Walter Matthau
L
- Land of Silence and Darkness (Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit), directed by Werner Herzog - (West Germany)
- The Last Picture Show, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson
- The Last Run, starring George C. Scott
- Lawman, starring Burt Lancaster, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Ryan, Robert Duvall
- Le Mans, starring Steve McQueen
- Liberation (Osvobozhdenie / Befreiung), directed by Yuri Ozerov - (U.S.S.R./East Germany/Poland/Yugoslavia/Italy)
- The Light at the Edge of the World
- Little Murders, directed by Alan Arkin, starring Elliott Gould, Marcia Rodd, Vincent Gardenia, Elizabeth Wilson, Donald Sutherland
- Love (Szerelem) - (Hungary)
- The Love Machine, directed by Jack Haley, Jr., starring Dyan Cannon
M
- Macbeth, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Jon Finch and Francesca Annis - (U.K./U.S.)
- Made for Each Other, starring Joseph Bologna and Renée Taylor
- Malpertuis, starring Orson Welles and Susan Hampshire - (Belgium/France)
- Man in the Wilderness, starring Richard Harris
- The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker, starring Richard Benjamin, Joanna Shimkus and Adam West
- Mary, Queen of Scots, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Glenda Jackson - (U.K.)
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller, directed by Robert Altman, starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie
- Melody, starring Mark Lester and Jack Wild - (U.K.)
- The Mephisto Waltz, starring Alan Alda and Jacqueline Bisset
- Mere Apne - (India)
- The Million Dollar Duck, starring Sandy Duncan
- Minnie and Moskowitz, directed by John Cassavetes, starring Gena Rowlands and Seymour Cassel
- Mira, directed by Fons Rademakers - (Netherlands/Belgium)
- The Missing Clerk (Den forsvundne fuldmægtig) - (Denmark)
- Mon oncle Antoine - considered by some critics the greatest Canadian film - (Canada)
- Murmur of the Heart, directed by Louis Malle - (France/Italy/West Germany)
- Murphy's War, starring Peter O'Toole
N
- A New Leaf, directed by and starring Elaine May, co-starring Walter Matthau
- Nicholas and Alexandra, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Laurence Olivier, Jack Hawkins - (U.K.)
- Night of Dark Shadows, directed by Dan Curtis, starring David Selby and Grayson Hall
- The Night Digger (a.k.a. The Road Builder), starring Patricia Neal - (U.K.)
- The Night God Screamed, low-budget psychological horror starring Jeanne Crain with Alex Nicol, Gary Morgan, James Sikking
- Nikah Halala, by Nosrat Karimi (Iran)
O
- Octaman
- Officers (ofitsery) - (U.S.S.R.)
- Oil Lamps (Petrolejové lampy) - (Czechoslovakia)
- The Omega Man, starring Charlton Heston and Anthony Zerbe
- On the Buses, starring Reg Varney - (U.K.)
- One Armed Boxer (Du bei chuan wang), starring Jimmy Wang Yu - (Hong Kong)
- One More Train to Rob, starring George Peppard and Diana Muldaur
- Out 1 (a.k.a. Out 1, noli me tangere), directed by Jacques Rivette, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud - (France)
P
- The Panic in Needle Park, starring Al Pacino
- The Pine Tree in the Mountain (U gori raste zelen bor) - (Yugoslavia)
- Play Misty for Me, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Jessica Walter and Donna Mills
- Plaza Suite, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Walter Matthau, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris, Lee Grant
- Please Sir! (film), starring John Alderton, Peter Cleall, Carol Hawkins, Joan Sanderson
- Porcupines Are Born Without Bristles (Taralezhite se razhdat bez bodli) - (Bulgaria)
- Pretty Maids All in a Row, written and produced by Gene Roddenberry, directed by Roger Vadim, starring Rock Hudson and Angie Dickinson
- Punishment Park, directed by Peter Watkins
- The Pursuit of Happiness, starring Michael Sarrazin, Barbara Hershey, Robert Klein
R
- Raid on Rommel, directed by Henry Hathaway, starring Richard Burton and John Colicos
- Raphael, or The Debauched One (Raphaël ou le Débauché) - (France)
- Red Sky at Morning, starring Richard Thomas and Desi Arnaz Jr.
- Red Sun, starring Charles Bronson, Ursula Andress, Toshiro Mifune, Alain Delon - (France/Italy/Spain)
- Rendezvous at Bray, starring Anna Karina - (France/Belgium)
S
- Sacco e Vanzetti, starring Gian Maria Volonté - (Italy)
- A Safe Place, starring Jack Nicholson and Tuesday Weld
- The Salamander (La Salamandre), starring Bulle Ogier - (Switzerland)
- See No Evil, starring Mia Farrow
- The Seven Minutes, starring Marianne McAndrew
- Shaft, directed by Gordon Parks, starring Richard Roundtree
- She Killed in Ecstasy (Sie tötete in Ekstase) - (West Germany/Spain)
- Shoot Out, directed by Henry Hathaway, starring Gregory Peck
- Silence (Chinmoku) - (Japan)
- Skin Game, starring James Garner and Louis Gossett Jr.
- Something Big, starring Dean Martin
- Sometimes a Great Notion (Never Give an Inch), directed by and starring Paul Newman, with Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Richard Jaeckel, Michael Sarrazin
- Soul to Soul, a concert documentary featuring Wilson Pickett, Ike & Tina Turner and more
- Star Spangled Girl, directed by Jerry Paris, starring Sandy Duncan and Tony Roberts
- Straw Dogs, directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George - (U.K./U.S.)
- Such Good Friends, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Dyan Cannon and Burgess Meredith
- Summer of '42, directed by Robert Mulligan, starring Jennifer O'Neill and Gary Grimes
- Sunday, Bloody Sunday, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Peter Finch and Glenda Jackson - (U.K.)
- Support Your Local Gunfighter, starring James Garner and Suzanne Pleshette
- Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, directed by Melvin Van Peebles
- Sympathy for the Underdog (Bakuto gaijin butai) - (Japan)
T
- The Ski Bum, starring Charlotte Rampling
- THX 1138, the directorial debut of George Lucas, starring Robert Duvall
- T.R. Baskin, starring Candice Bergen
- Taking Off, directed by Miloš Forman, starring Lynn Carlin and Buck Henry
- The Killers, directed by Ashraf Fahmy, starring Salah Zulfikar and Nahed Sherif - (Egypt)
- The Tales of Beatrix Potter, a dance film featuring The Royal Ballet - (U.K.)
- They Might Be Giants, starring George C. Scott and Joanne Woodward
- Three Reservists (Trimata ot zapasa), directed by Zako Heskiya, starring Georgi Partsalev and Kiril Gospodinov - (Bulgaria)
- A Touch of Zen (Xia nu) - (Taiwan)
- Trafic, directed by and starring Jacques Tati - (France)
- The Trojan Women, directed by Michael Cacoyannis, starring Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Irene Papas - (US/UK/Greece)
- Twitch of the Death Nerve (Ecologia del delitto), starring Claudine Auger - (Italy)
- Two English Girls (Les deux anglaises et le continent), directed by François Truffaut, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud - (France)
- Two-Lane Blacktop, starring James Taylor and Warren Oates
U
- Unman, Wittering and Zigo, starring David Hemmings - (U.K.)
- Up Pompeii, starring Frankie Howerd and Michael Hordern - (U.K.)
V
- Valdez Is Coming, starring Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Jon Cypher, Richard Jordan
- Vampyros Lesbos, directed by Jesus Franco
- Vanishing Point, starring Barry Newman and Cleavon Little
- Villain, starring Richard Burton and Ian McShane - (U.K.)
- Von Richthofen and Brown (a.k.a. The Red Baron), directed by Roger Corman, starring John Phillip Law
W
- W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (W.R. - Misterije organizma) - (Yugoslavia/West Germany)
- Wake in Fright, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Donald Pleasence - (Australia)
- Walkabout, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Jenny Agutter and David Gulpilil - (Australia/U.K.)
- Le Wazzou polygame (The Polygamist's Morale) - (Niger/France)
- What's the Matter with Helen?, starring Debbie Reynolds and Shelley Winters
- What the Peeper Saw, starring Britt Ekland, Mark Lester, Hardy Krüger
- When Eight Bells Toll, starring Anthony Hopkins, Robert Morley, Nathalie Delon, Jack Hawkins - (U.K.)
- Whity, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder - (West Germany)
- Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?, starring Shelley Winters and Mark Lester
- Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?, starring Dustin Hoffman
- Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name? a.k.a. Death of a Hooker, starring Red Buttons and Sylvia Miles
- Wild Rovers, directed by Blake Edwards, starring William Holden and Ryan O'Neal
- Willard, starring Bruce Davison, Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Borgnine
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, directed by Mel Stuart, starring Gene Wilder and Jack Albertson
- Witch, directed by Henry Barakat, starring Salah Zulfikar and Faten Hamama, short film – (Egypt)
- The Working Class Goes to Heaven (La classe operaia va in paradiso), starring Gian Maria Volonté, Palme d'Or winner - (Italy)
Y
- You Are a Widow, Sir (Pane, vy jste vdova!) - (Czechoslovakia)
- The Young Graduates, directed by Robert Anderson, starring Patrick Wymer, Steven Stewart, Gary Rist and Bruno Kirby
Z
- Zeppelin, starring Elke Sommer and Michael York - (U.K.)
Short film series
- The Pink Panther (1964–69)(1971-72)(1974–77)(1978–80)
- The Ant and the Aardvark (1969–1971)
- Roland and Rattfink (1968–1971)
- Tijuana Toads (1969–72)
- Woody Woodpecker (1941–49, 1951–72)
- Chilly Willy (1953–72)
- The Beary Family (1962–72)
Births
- January 2
- Taye Diggs, American actor
- Renée Elise Goldsberry, American actress and singer
- January 7 - Jeremy Renner, American actor
- January 11 - Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter and actress
- January 14 - Jennifer Dundas, American actress
- January 15 - Regina King, American actress
- January 17 - Youki Kudoh, Japanese actress and singer
- January 19 - Shawn Wayans, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
- January 20 - Questlove, American musician, filmmaker and actor
- January 21 - Dylan Kussman, American writer and actor
- January 23 - Diana Barrows, American actor, singer and dancer
- January 24 - Stanislas Merhar, French actor
- January 27
- Karin Tammaru, Estonian actress
- Fann Wong, Singaporean actress, singer and model
- January 31 - Darren Boyd, British actor
- February 1
- Michael C. Hall, American actor
- Jill Kelly, American pornographic actress
- Hynden Walch, American actress, voice actress, writer and singer
- February 2 - Arly Jover, Spanish actress
- February 3 - Elisa Donovan, American actress
- February 4 - Rob Corddry, American actor and comedian
- February 6 - Brian Stepanek, American actor
- February 11 - Damian Lewis, English actor
- February 12 - Scott Menville, American actor
- February 14 - Noriko Sakai, Japanese actress and singer
- February 15
- Alex Borstein, American actress
- Renee O'Connor, American actress
- February 17 - Denise Richards, American actress
- February 18 - Hiep Thi Le, Vietnamese-American actress (d. 2017)
- February 21 - Andréa Burns, American actress and singer
- February 22 - Lea Salonga, Filipina actress, singer, and columnist
- February 25 - Sean Astin, American actor
- March 1
- Ma Dong-seok, South Korean-born American actor
- Teresa Gallagher, American-born British actress, voice actress and singer
- March 2
- Stefano Accorsi, Italian actor
- Method Man, American actor and musician
- Amber Smith, American actress
- March 4 - Shavar Ross, American actor, director, screenwriter, producer and editor
- March 5
- Yuri Lowenthal, American voice actor
- Scott Mosier, American producer, director and editor
- March 7
- Peter Sarsgaard, American actor
- Matthew Vaughn, English filmmaker
- March 10 - Jon Hamm, American actor
- March 11 - Johnny Knoxville, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
- March 13 - Annabeth Gish, American actress
- March 15 - Chris Patton, American voice actor
- March 16 - Alan Tudyk, American actor and voice actor
- March 22
- Keegan-Michael Key, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
- Will Yun Lee, American actor and martial artist
- March 24 - Megyn Price, American actress
- March 25 - Peter Shinkoda, Canadian actor
- March 26 - Francis Lawrence, Austrian-born American filmmaker and producer
- March 27 - Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor
- March 29
- Michael-Leon Wooley, American theatre, film, television and voice actor
- Hidetoshi Nishijima, Japanese actor
- March 31
- Craig McCracken, American cartoonist, animator, director, writer and producer
- Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor
- April 5 - Krista Allen, American actress, model and stand-up comedian
- April 7 - Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, American actress
- April 12 - Shannen Doherty, American actress
- April 15
- Andy Daly, American actor, comedian and writer
- Kate Harbour, English voice actress
- April 16 - Peter Billingsley, American actor, director and producer
- April 18 - David Tennant, Scottish actor
- April 19
- Gad Elmaleh, Moroccan-Canadian stand-up comedian and actor
- Wendy Powell, American voice actress
- April 28 - Bridget Moynahan, American actress
- May 10 - Adriano Giannini, Italian actor and voice actor
- May 11 - Nicky Katt, American actor
- May 14 - Sofia Coppola, American actress, writer, and director
- May 22 - MC Eiht, American rapper and actor
- May 25 - Justin Henry, American actor
- May 26 - Matt Stone, American actor, creator of South Park
- May 27
- Paul Bettany, English actor
- Lisa Lopes, American singer and actress (d. 2002)
- May 30
- Duncan Jones, British director, producer and screenwriter
- Idina Menzel, American actress, singer and songwriter
- John Ross Bowie, American actor and comedian
- June 2 - Espen Sandberg, Norwegian director
- June 4
- James Callis, British actor
- Noah Wyle, American actor
- June 5
- Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress
- Mark Wahlberg, American actor and musician
- June 11 - Kenjiro Tsuda, Japanese actor
- June 14 - Sophiya Haque, English actress and singer (d. 2013)
- June 15
- Jake Busey, American actor
- Taavi Eelmaa, Estonian actor
- June 16
- Eva Püssa, Estonian actress
- Tupac Shakur, American actor and rapper (d. 1996)
- June 18 - Lisa Barbuscia, American model, singer and actress
- June 20 - Josh Lucas, American actor
- June 28
- Benito Martinez, American actor
- Aileen Quinn, American actress and singer
- June 30
- Tom Green, Canadian-American comedian, show host, actor and filmmaker
- Monica Potter, American actress
- July 1 - Missy Elliott, American musician and actress
- July 7 - Christian Camargo, American actor, producer, writer and director
- July 8 - Amanda Peterson, American actress (d. 2015)
- July 9 - Scott Grimes, American actor and singer
- July 15 - Jim Rash, American actor, comedian and filmmaker
- July 16 - Corey Feldman, American actor
- July 18 - Sarah McLeod, New Zealand actress
- July 19 - Andres Puustusmaa, Estonian actor and director
- July 20 - Sandra Oh, Canadian-American actress
- July 21 - Charlotte Gainsbourg, French-British actress
- July 24 - Patty Jenkins, American director, screenwriter and producer
- July 25 - Miriam Shor, American actress
- July 30 - Christine Taylor, American actress
- July 31 - Eve Best, British actress
- August 4 - Yo-Yo, American rapper and actress
- August 9
- Mark Povinelli, American actor
- Nikki Ziering, American model and actress
- August 10 - Justin Theroux, American actor
- August 12
- Rebecca Gayheart, American actress
- Yvette Nicole Brown, American actress, comedian, writer and host
- August 13
- Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor and director
- Heike Makatsch, German actress, voice actress and singer
- August 18 - Jacob Vargas, Mexican-American actor
- August 20
- David Walliams, English comedian, actor, writer and television personality
- Ke Huy Quan, American actor and stunt choreographer
- August 21 - Kristi Angus, Canadian actress
- August 22 - Richard Armitage, English actor and author
- August 25 - Claire Rushbrook, English actress
- August 29 - Carla Gugino, American actress
- August 31 - Chris Tucker, American actor
- September 1 - Maury Sterling, American actor
- September 3 - Drena De Niro, American actress and filmmaker
- September 8
- David Arquette, American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter
- Martin Freeman, English actor[5]
- September 9
- Eric Stonestreet, American actor and comedian
- Henry Thomas, American actor
- September 14
- Pat Healy, American actor
- Kimberly Williams-Paisley, American actress
- September 15
- Josh Charles, American actor
- Colleen O'Shaughnessey, American voice actress
- September 16 - Amy Poehler, American actress
- September 17
- Felix Solis, American actor, director and producer
- Ian Whyte, Welsh actor and stuntman
- September 18 - Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress
- September 19
- Sanaa Lathan, American actress
- Selene Luna, Mexican-American actress and comedian
- September 21 - Luke Wilson, American actor
- September 22 - Lawrence Gilliard Jr., American actor
- September 27 - Amanda Detmer, American actress
- September 29 - Mackenzie Crook, English actor, comedian, director and writer
- September 30 - Jenna Elfman, American actress
- October 5
- Matthew Maher, American actor
- Samuel Vincent, Canadian voice actor and singer
- October 6 - Emily Mortimer, English actress
- October 11
- Justin Lin, Taiwanese-American director
- Trish Sie, American director
- October 13
- Sacha Baron Cohen, English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer
- Luis Tosar, Spanish actor and musician
- October 17 - Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor (d. 2011)
- October 20
- Snoop Dogg, American rapper, songwriter, media personality and actor
- Rachel House, New Zealand actress and director
- October 21 - Jennifer Lee, American screenwriter, film director and chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios
- October 25 - Craig Robinson, American actor, comedian, musician and singer
- October 26
- Rosemarie DeWitt, American actress
- Anthony Rapp, American actor and singer
- Phil Johnston, American screenwriter, director, producer and voice actor
- October 29 - Winona Ryder, American actress
- November 2 - Meta Golding, Haitian-American actress
- November 3
- Piret Laurimaa, Estonian actress
- Dylan Moran, Irish comedian, writer and actor
- November 4 - Tabu, Indian actress
- November 9 - Jason Antoon, American actor
- November 10 - Walton Goggins, American actor
- November 13 - Noah Hathaway, American actor
- November 14 - Marco Leonardi, Italian actor
- November 16 - Justine Clarke, Australian actress, singer, musician and television host
- November 17 - David Ramsey, American actor, director and martial artist
- November 18 - Goran Kostić, Serbian actor
- November 20
- Enrico Casarosa, Italian-American storyboard artist, director and writer
- Joel McHale, American actor, comedian, writer, producer and television host
- November 23
- Lisa Arch, American actress and comedian
- Chris Hardwick, American comedian, actor, television and podcast host, writer and producer
- November 25
- Christina Applegate, American actress
- December 3
- Joseph Gatt, English actor
- Ola Rapace, Swedish actor
- December 5
- Kali Rocha, American actress
- Dolly Wells, English actress and writer
- December 6 - Katariina Unt, Estonian actress
- December 7 - DeObia Oparei, English actor
- December 9 - Emma Thomas, English producer
- December 14 - Natascha McElhone, British actress
- December 17
- Sinan Akkuş, Turkish-German actor
- Claire Forlani, English actress
- December 18 - Claudia Gerini, Italian actress
- December 21 - Glenn Fitzgerald, American actor
- December 23 - Corey Haim, Canadian actor (d. 2010)
- December 25
- Patrick Baladi, English actor and musician
- Ain Mäeots, Estonian actor, director and producer
- December 26 - Jared Leto, American actor and musician
Deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 5 | Douglas Shearer | 71 | Canada | Sound Engineer | |
| 5 | Fanfulla | 57 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 15 | John Dall | 52 | US | Actor | ||
| 20 | Broncho Billy Anderson | 90 | US | Actor, Director, Writer |
| |
| 25 | Isobel Lennart | 55 | US | Screenwriter |
| |
| February | 3 | Jay C. Flippen | 71 | US | Actor | |
| 22 | Frédéric Mariotti | 87 | France | Actor |
| |
| 22 | Matt McHugh | 77 | US | Actor |
| |
| 26 | Fernandel | 67 | France | Actor |
| |
| March | 5 | Winnie Lightner | 71 | US | Actress |
|
| 8 | Harold Lloyd | 77 | US | Actor, Director, Writer | ||
| 8 | Borden Chase | 71 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 12 | Roy Glenn | 56 | US | Actor | ||
| 12 | Tor Johnson | 67 | Sweden | Actor | ||
| 15 | Bebe Daniels | 70 | US | Actress | ||
| 21 | Nan Wynn | 55 | US | Singer, Actress |
| |
| 22 | Nella Walker | 85 | US | Actress |
| |
| 23 | Basil Dearden | 60 | UK | Director | ||
| 30 | Selmer Jackson | 82 | US | Actor |
| |
| 30 | Werner Peters | 52 | Germany | Actor |
| |
| April | 9 | Paulette Noizeux | 83 | France | Actress |
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| 20 | Cecil Parker | 73 | UK | Actor | ||
| 21 | Edmund Lowe | 81 | US | Actor |
| |
| 28 | John Tansey | 69 | US | Actor, Director |
| |
| May | 1 | Glenda Farrell | 66 | US | Actress | |
| 26 | John Longden | 71 | UK | Actor |
| |
| 27 | Chips Rafferty | 62 | Australia | Actor | ||
| 28 | Audie Murphy | 45 | US | Actor |
| |
| June | 8 | Piero Gherardi | 61 | Italy | Production, Costume Designer | |
| 9 | Harold Lloyd Jr. | 40 | US | Actor |
| |
| 10 | Michael Rennie | 61 | UK | Actor | ||
| 14 | Kenneth Macpherson | 69 | Scotland-Italy | Film-maker |
| |
| 18 | Thomas Gomez | 65 | US | Actor | ||
| July | 6 | Louis Armstrong | 69 | US | Actor, Musician | |
| 11 | Carleton G. Young | 64 | US | Actor |
| |
| 17 | Cliff Edwards | 76 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| 19 | Norman Reilly Raine | 77 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 23 | Van Heflin | 62 | US | Actor | ||
| 24 | Christl Mardayn | 74 | Austria | Actress, Singer |
| |
| August | 3 | Ernst Eklund | 81 | Sweden | Actor |
|
| 15 | Paul Lukas | 80 | Hungary | Actor | ||
| 16 | Spyros Skouras | 78 | Greece | Producer, Studio Executive | ||
| 17 | Horace McMahon | 65 | US | Actor | ||
| September | 7 | Spring Byington | 84 | US | Actress | |
| 10 | Pier Angeli | 39 | Italy | Actress | ||
| 11 | Bella Darvi | 42 | Poland | Actress |
| |
| October | 11 | Chester Conklin | 85 | US | Actor | |
| 12 | Fritz Achterberg | 90 | Germany | Actor |
| |
| 13 | Phoebe Ephron | 57 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 19 | Betty Bronson | 64 | US | Actress |
| |
| 24 | Cheryl Walker | 53 | US | Actress |
| |
| 26 | Vincent Coleman | 71 | US | Actor |
| |
| November | 2 | Martha Vickers | 46 | US | Actress |
|
| 4 | Ann Pennington | 77 | US | Actress |
| |
| 17 | Gladys Cooper | 82 | UK | Actress | ||
| 17 | Fania Marinoff | 81 | US | Actress |
| |
| 19 | Stuart Gilmore | 70 | US | Editor, Director | ||
| 26 | Bengt Ekerot | 51 | Sweden | Actor | ||
| December | 12 | Frank Wolff | 43 | US | Actor | |
| 13 | Dita Parlo | 63 | Poland | Actress | ||
| 18 | Diana Lynn | 45 | US | Actress |
| |
| 26 | Robert Lowery | 58 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Max Steiner | 83 | Austria | Composer | ||
| 28 | Burt Gillett | 80 | US | Director | ||
| 29 | Stuart Holmes | 87 | US | Actor |
| |
| 30 | Dorothy Comingore | 58 | US | Actress |
| |
| 31 | Marin Sais | 81 | US | Actress |
| |
| 31 | Lucien Hubbard | 83 | US | Producer, screenwriter | ||
Film debuts
- F. Murray Abraham – They Might Be Giants
- Brooke Adams – Murders in the Rue Morgue
- John Amos – Vanishing Point
- Alun Armstrong – Get Carter
- Kathy Bates – Taking Off
- Barry Bostwick – Jennifer on My Mind
- Timothy Bottoms – Johnny Got His Gun
- Jim Broadbent – The Go-Between
- Keith Carradine – McCabe & Mrs. Miller
- Stockard Channing – The Hospital
- Dennis Christopher – Blood and Lace
- Brian Cox – Nicholas and Alexandra
- Wes Craven – You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat (editor)
- Daniel Day-Lewis – Sunday Bloody Sunday
- Jan Decleir – Mira
- Gérard Depardieu – Cry of the Cormoran
- Larry Drake – This Stuff'll Kill Ya!
- Max Gail – The Organization
- Christopher Guest – The Hospital
- Edward Herrmann – Lady Liberty
- Judd Hirsch – Jump
- Eric Idle – And Now for Something Completely Different
- Carol Kane – Carnal Knowledge
- William Katt – The Late Liz
- Jack Kehoe – The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
- Bruno Kirby – The Young Graduates
- Kris Kristofferson – The Last Movie
- Marcia Jean Kurtz – The Panic in Needle Park
- Eugene Levy – Foxy Lady
- Andrea Martin – Foxy Lady
- Josh Mostel – Going Home
- Craig T. Nelson – The Return of Count Yorga
- Cassandra Peterson – Diamonds Are Forever
- Randy Quaid – The Last Picture Show
- John Ritter – The Barefoot Executive
- Wayne Robson – McCabe & Mrs. Miller
- Richard Roundtree – Shaft
- Vincent Schiavelli – Taking Off
- Cybill Shepherd – The Last Picture Show
- Josef Sommer – Dirty Harry
- Bruce Spence – Stork
- David Ogden Stiers – THX 1138
- Jack Thompson – Wake in Fright
- Glynn Turman – Honky
- Susan Tyrrell – Shoot Out
- Mario Van Peebles – Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
- Tracey Walter – Ginger
- Jacki Weaver – Stork
- Noble Willingham – The Last Picture Show
References
- Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
- Top 20 Films of 1971 by Domestic Revenue
- "North America (US and Canada) Domestic Movie Chart for 1971". the-numbers.com. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
- "Melvin and Mario van Peeble: A pair of pioneers". TheGuardian.com. 5 June 2005.
- "Martin Freeman". BFI. Archived from the original on May 30, 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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