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Theme: Films of 1971

10 Rillington Place (1971)

17 November 20109 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★

True-Life Serial Killer

Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: Richard Attenborough, John Hurt, Judy Geeson, Pat Heywood, …
Category: Horror

The Abominable Dr Phibes (1971)

11 April 199930 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Disfigued Madman’s Campy Revenge

Director: Robert Fuest
Actors: Vincent Price, Peter Jeffrey, Joseph Cotten, Virginia North, …
Category: Horror

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

6 July 199914 October 2022

Rating: ★★★★½

Virus from Space/Michael Crichton Adaptation

Director: Robert Wise
Actors: James Olson, Arthur Hill, Kate Reid, David Wayne, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Barefoot Executive (1971)

12 November 200214 October 2022

Rating: ★★

Disney Comedy/Precognitive Chimpanzee

Director: Robert Butler
Actors: Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, John Ritter, Heather North, …
Category: Fantasy

Beast of Blood (1971)

3 April 201311 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Filipino Exploitation Film/Mad Scientist

Director: Eddie Romero
Actors: John Ashley, Celeste Yarnall, Eddie Garcia, Bruno Punzalan
Category: Horror

The Beast of the Yellow Night (1971)

24 January 201923 September 2024

Rating: ★★

Beast Transformation/Pact with the Devil

Director: Eddie Romero
Actors: John Ashley, Mary Wilcox, Ken Metcalfe, Vic Diaz, …
Category: Horror

Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)

4 February 20003 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Adventures with a Good Witch/Disney Film

Director: Robert Stevenson
Actors: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Ian Weighill, Roy Snart, …
Category: Fantasy

The Beguiled (1971)

8 August 200014 October 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Southern Gothic

Director: Donald Siegel
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page, Elizabeth Hartman, Jo Ann Harris, …
Category: Horror

Black Noon (1971)

18 July 201720 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Horror Western/Sinister Town Where No-One Can Leave

Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Actors: Roy Thinnes, Yvette Mimieux, Ray Milland, Lyn Loring, …
Category: Horror

Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (1971)

19 June 200525 June 2022

Rating: ★★½

Revived Mummy Queen/Hammer Film

Director: Seth Holt, Michael Carreras
Actors: Valerie Leon, Andrew Keir, James Villiers, Hugh Burden, …
Category: Horror

Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971)

3 May 200010 February 2020

Rating: ★★

17th Century Devil Worship

Director: Piers Haggard
Actors: Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, Barry Andrews, Wendy Padbury, …
Category: Horror

Brain of Blood (1971)

14 July 202017 November 2023

Rating: ★★

Brain Transplant Horrors

Director: Al Adamson
Actors: Grant Williams, Kent Taylor, Vicki Volante, Angelo Rossitto, …
Category: Horror

Brewster McCloud (1971)

10 March 200428 July 2023

Rating: ★★★

Gonzo Comedy/Man Builds Wings/Angelic Intervention

Director: Robert Altman
Actors: Bud Cort, Shelley Duvall, Sally Kellerman, Michael Murphy, …
Category: Fantasy

Brotherhood of Satan (1971)

6 February 200110 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Town of Satanists

Director: Bernard McEveety
Actors: Strother Marin, L.Q. Jones, Charles Bateman, Alvy Moore, …
Category: Horror

The Cat O’Nine Tails (1971)

11 January 200230 November 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Giallo Psycho-Thriller

Director: Dario Argento
Actors: James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Horst Frank, Tino Carraro
Category: Horror

The Christmas Martian (1971)

21 November 20031 April 2021

Rating: 0­

Strange Alien Visitor/Children’s Film

Director: Bernard Gosselin
Actors: Marcel Sabourin
Category: Science Fiction

City Beneath the Sea (1971)

10 November 20035 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Underwater City

Director: Irwin Allen
Actors: Stuart Whitman, Robert Wagner, Robert Colbert, Burr DeBenning, …
Category: Science Fiction

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

3 May 200124 July 2021

Rating: ★★★★½

Future Thugs/Brainwashing

Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Warren Clarke, Michael Bates, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Corpse Grinders (1971)

15 June 201728 September 2021

Rating: ½

Pet Food Company Recycles Corpses as Cat Food

Director: Ted V. Mikels
Actors: Sean Kenney
Category: Horror

Countess Dracula (1971)

4 December 200117 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Countess Bathory Story/Hammer Film

Director: Peter Sasdy
Actors: Ingrid Pitt, Lesley-Anne Down, Nigel Green, Sandor Eles, …
Category: Horror

Creatures the World Forgot (1971)

3 April 200121 May 2020

Rating: ★★½

Prehistory/Caveman Drama

Director: Don Chaffey
Actors: Julie Ege, Tony Bonner, Robert John, Brian O'Shaughnessy, …
Category: Science Fiction

Daughters of Darkness (1971)

13 August 200026 June 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Lesbian Vampires

Director: Harry Kumel
Actors: Delphine Seyrig, John Karlen, Paul Esser
Category: Horror

The Devils (1971)

9 May 20017 March 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Historical Witch Persecution

Director: Ken Russell
Actors: Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Jones, Dudley Sutton, …
Category: Horror

Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

1 January 20025 August 2020

Rating: ★

James Bond Film

Director: Guy Hamilton
Actors: Sean Connery, Charles Gray, Jill St John, Bruce Glover, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dirty Harry (1971)

2 November 200015 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Tough Individualistic Cop vs a Psycho

Director: Donald Siegel
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Andy Robinson, Reni Santoni, Harry Guardino, …
Category: Horror

Don’t Deliver Us From Evil (1971)

18 February 202518 February 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Two Girls Cause Mischief and Malice/Devil Worship

Director: Joel Seria
Actors: Jeanne Goupil, Catherine Wagener
Category: Horror

Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)

28 May 20008 April 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Dr Jekyll Becomes a Woman/Hammer Film

Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick, Gerald Sim, Lewis Fiander, …
Category: Horror

Dr Phibes Rises Again (1972)

29 September 200123 October 2024

Rating: ★★★

Disfigured Madman

Director: Robert Fuest
Actors: Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Terry-Thomas, Peter Jeffrey, …
Category: Horror

Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)

30 June 199923 January 2025

Rating: ½

Mad Scientist/Monster Bash

Director: Al Adamson
Actors: J. Carrol Naish, Regina Carrol, Zandor Vorkov, Anthony Eisley, …
Category: Horror

Duel (1971)

28 June 200213 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★★

Murderous Truck

Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Dennis Weaver
Category: Horror

Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)

17 May 200118 July 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Planet of the Apes Sequel/Time Travel

Director: Don Taylor
Actors: Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Fiend (1971)

8 November 200412 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Religiously-Repressed Psycho

Director: Robert Hartford-Davies
Actors: Tony Beckley, Patrick Magee, Ann Todd, Madeline Hinde, …
Category: Horror

Fright (1971)

10 May 200921 November 2024

Rating: ★★★

Psycho-Thriller

Director: Peter Collinson
Actors: Susan George, Ian Bannen, Honor Blackman, Dennis Waterman, …
Category: Horror

Gamera vs. Zigra (1971)

26 February 20071 April 2021

Rating: 0­

Japanese Monster Movie

Director: Noriaki Yuasa
Category: Science Fiction

Glen and Randa (1971)

20 November 201328 June 2021

Rating: ★★★

Innocents After the Fall of Civilisation

Director: Jim McBride
Actors: Steven Curry, Shelley Plimpton, Woodrow Chambliss, Garry Goodrow
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla vs the Smog Monster (1971)

24 November 20023 December 2020

Rating: ★

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Yoshimitsu Banno, Lee Kresel
Actors: Akira Yamauchi, Hiroyuki Kawase
Category: Science Fiction

Hands of the Ripper (1971)

24 December 200210 December 2024

Rating: ★★½

Jack the Ripper’s Daughter/Hammer Film

Director: Peter Sasdy
Actors: Eric Porter, Angharad Rees, Jane Merrow, Norman Bird, …
Category: Horror

House of Evil (1971)

30 January 202027 December 2023

Rating: ½

Murders in a Sinister Old Mansion/Evil Toys

Director: Jack Hill, Juan Ibañez
Actors: Boris Karloff, Julissa, Andres Garcia, Angel Espinoza, …
Category: Horror

I, Monster (1971)

5 July 200226 August 2021

Rating: ★★★

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Adaptation

Director: Stephen Weeks
Actors: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Richard Hurndall, George Merritt, …
Category: Horror

The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971)

11 May 199911 October 2022

Rating: 0­

Two-Headed Transplant/Mad Scientist

Director: Anthony M. Lanza
Actors: Bruce Dern, John Bloom, Berry Kroeger, Casey Kasem
Category: Horror

Isle of the Snake People (1971)

9 October 200329 March 2021

Rating: ½

Voodoo Cult

Director: Jack Hill, Juan Ibañez
Actors: Boris Karloff, Julissa, Quintin Bulnes
Category: Horror

Lady Frankenstein (1971)

11 January 20112 April 2024

Rating: ★★

Frankenstein Film

Director: Mel Welles
Actors: Sara Bay, Rosalba Neri, Joseph Cotten, Paul Muller, …
Category: Horror

Lake of Dracula (1971)

15 June 200417 November 2023

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Dracula

Director: Michio Yamamoto
Actors: Midori Fujita, Osahide Takahashi, Mori Kishida
Category: Horror

The Last Child (1971)

23 July 201927 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Dystopian Future Where Couples Are Only Allowed to Have One Child

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Actors: Michael Cole, Janet Margolin, Van Heflin, Edward Asner, …
Category: Science Fiction

Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971)

5 May 200328 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Haunting

Director: John Hancock
Actors: Zohra Lampert, Mariclare Costello, Gretchen Corbett
Category: Horror

Lizard in a Woman’s Skin (1971)

16 July 20143 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Giallo Psycho-Thriller

Director: Lucio Fulci
Actors: Florinda Bolkan, Stanley Baker, Jean Sorel, Leo Genn, …
Category: Horror

Lust for a Vampire (1971)

5 June 200013 July 2021

Rating: ★

Lesbian Vampire/Hammer Film

Director: Jimmy Sangster
Actors: Yutte Stensgaard, Ralph Bates, Suzanna Leigh, Mike Raven, …
Category: Horror

The Mephisto Waltz (1971)

25 January 20032 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Bodyswap/Occultism

Director: Paul Wendkos
Actors: Jacqueline Bisset, Alan Alda, Curt Jurgens, Barbara Parkins, …
Category: Horror

The Million Dollar Duck (1971)

24 December 200214 July 2023

Rating: ★★

Golden Egg-Laying Duck/Disney Comedy

Director: Vincent McEveety
Actors: Dean Jones, Sandy Duncan, Joe Flynn, Tony Roberts, …
Category: Science Fiction

Necromania: A Tale of Weird Love (1971)

12 December 20134 April 2024

Rating: 0­

Pornographic Film/Occult Rituals

Director: Edward D. Wood Jr
Actors: Rene Bond, Ric Lutze, Maria Arnold
Category: Fantasy

The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971)

18 October 202310 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Giallo Film

Director: Emilio P. Miraglia
Actors: Anthony Steffen, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Erika Blanc, Umberto Raho
Category: Horror

Night of Dark Shadows (1971)

3 June 201510 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Dark Shadows Movie

Director: Dan Curtis
Actors: David Selby, Kate Jackson, Grayson Hall, John Karlen, …
Category: Horror

The Nightcomers (1971)

3 February 200114 April 2020

Rating: ★

The Turn of the Screw Prequel

Director: Michael Winner
Actors: Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham, Thora Hird, Harry Andrews
Category: Horror

Octaman (1971)

4 May 200823 January 2025

Rating: 0­

Monster Movie

Director: Harry Essex
Actors: Kerwin Mathews, Pier Angeli, Jeff Morrow
Category: Science Fiction

The Omega Man (1971)

29 June 201224 January 2025

Rating: ★★

Last Man on Earth vs Mutants/I Am Legend Adaptation

Director: Boris Sagal
Actors: Charlton Heston, Rosalind Cash, Anthony Zerbe, Paul Koslo, …
Category: Science Fiction

Percy (1971)

8 July 20059 July 2022

Rating: ★

Penis Transplant Comedy

Director: Ralph Thomas
Actors: Hywel Bennett, Janet Key, Denholm Elliott, Patrick Mower, …
Category: Science Fiction

Play Misty for Me (1971)

2 September 200319 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Female Stalker

Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills, John Larch, …
Category: Horror

The Projectionist (1971)

6 September 201214 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

Movie Projectionist’s Daydreams

Director: Harry Hurwitz
Actors: Chuck McCann, Rodney Dangerfield
Category: Fantasy

Punishment Park (1971)

2 February 20108 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Dystopian Future Survival Run

Director: Peter Watkins
Actors: Carmen Argenziano, Stan Armstead, Katherine Quittner
Category: Science Fiction

Quest for Love (1971)

11 November 201220 November 2024

Rating: ★★★

Alternate History

Director: Ralph Thomas
Actors: Tom Bell, Joan Collins, Denholm Elliott, Laurence Naismith, …
Category: Science Fiction

A Reflection of Fear (1971)

1 November 200925 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Psycho-Thriller

Director: William A. Fraker
Actors: Sondra Locke, Robert Shaw, Sally Kellerman, Mary Ure, …
Category: Horror

The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler (1971)

7 May 20012 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Conspiracy Film/Cloning

Director: Bob Wynn
Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Bradford Dillman, Angie Dickinson, Robert J. Wilke, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Return of Count Yorga (1971)

20 August 200327 February 2025

Rating: ★★½

Modern-Day Vampire

Director: Robert Kelljan
Actors: Robert Quarry, Mariette Hartley, Roger Perry, George Macready, …
Category: Horror

Santo in “Killers From Other Worlds” (1971)

1 December 201530 November 2021

Rating: ★

Mexican Wrestler Superhero vs Alien Monsters

Director: Ruben Galindo
Actors: Santo
Category: Science Fiction

Scars of Dracula (1970)

19 June 20037 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Hammer Dracula Sequel

Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: Christopher Lee, Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley, Christopher Matthews, …
Category: Horror

See No Evil (1971)

16 December 200127 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Blind Woman vs a Psycho

Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: Mia Farrow, Brian Rawlinson, Norman Eshley
Category: Horror

Simon, King of the Witches (1971)

13 December 202313 December 2023

Rating: ★★★

Modern Warlock

Director: Bruce Kessler
Actors: Andrew Prine, Norman Burton, Gerald York, Ultra Violet
Category: Horror

Straw Dogs (1971)

20 July 19997 July 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Brutality and Assault

Director: Sam Peckinpah
Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, Jim Norton, …
Category: Horror

Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971)

23 September 20079 August 2022

Rating: ★★

Talking Animal Ballet

Director: Reginald Mills
Actors: Frederick Ashton, Michael Coleman
Category: Fantasy

Tam-Lin (1971)

27 April 20164 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Modern-Day Queen of the Fairies

Director: Roddy McDowall
Actors: Ava Gardner, Ian McShane, Stephanie Beacham, Richard Wattis, …
Category: Fantasy

THX 1138 (1971)

12 November 20029 September 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Dystopian Future

Director: George Lucas
Actors: Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Maggie McOmie, Don Pedro Colley, …
Category: Science Fiction

Tombs of the Blind Dead (1971)

2 September 200319 January 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Blind Knights Templar Zombies

Director: Amando de Ossorio
Category: Horror

Twitch of the Death Nerve (1971)

3 July 201014 June 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Giallo Psycho-Thriller

Director: Mario Bava
Actors: Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Laura Betti
Category: Horror

Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971)

3 November 20105 January 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Boys’ Boarding School Psycho-Thriller

Director: John MacKenzie
Actors: David Hemmings, Carolyn Seymour, Douglas Wilmer, Michael Howe
Category: Horror

The Velvet Vampire (1971)

20 December 20216 June 2024

Rating: ★★★

Lesbian Vampire

Director: Stephanie Rothman
Actors: Celeste Yarnall, Michael Blodgett, Sherry Miles
Category: Horror

Viva La Muerte (1971)

8 April 200014 April 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Sadism and Surrealism

Director: Fernando Arrabal
Category: Horror

The Werewolf vs the Vampire Woman (1971)

3 April 20193 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Werewolf vs a Resurrected Vampire Countess

Director: Leon Klimovsky
Actors: Paul Naschy, Gaby Fuchs, Paty Shepard, Yelena Samarina, …
Category: Horror

Werewolves on Wheels (1971)

26 February 200723 November 2024

Rating: ★★★

Biker Werewolves

Director: Michel Levesque
Actors: Stephen Oliver, Severn Darden
Category: Horror

Willard (1971)

18 March 200324 May 2025

Rating: ★★★

Man Befriends Rats

Director: Daniel Mann
Actors: Bruce Davison, Sondra Locke, Ernest Borgnine, Elsa Lanchester
Category: Horror

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

29 July 20023 February 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Gonzo Children’s Adventure/Fantastical Candy Factory

Director: Mel Stuart
Actors: Gene Wilder, Peter Ostrum, Jack Albertson, Roy Kinnear
Category: Fantasy

Zaat (1971)

3 December 20124 May 2021

Rating: 0­

Mad Scientist Creates Human-Fish Hybrids

Director: Don Barton
Category: Science Fiction

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