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The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

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

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.


• The first permanent IMAX projection system is installed at Ontario Place's "Cinesphere" in Toronto.


• April 23 - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song becomes the highest-grossing independent film of 1971.

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 film releases

U.S.A. unless stated

January–March

• January 1971
  
  
  
  • 1 January
    
    • Something Big
    
    
  
  
  • 21 January
    
    • Zachariah
    
    
  
  
  • 31 January
    
    • Countess Dracula
    
    
  
  
  
  


• February 1971
  
  • 9 February
    
    • Little Murders
    
    
  
  


• March 1971
  
  
  
  • 2 March
    
    • Yuma
    
    
  
  
  • 11 March
    
    
    
    • Lawman
    
    
    • A New Leaf
    
    
    • THX 1138
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • 12 March
    
    
    
    • Plaza Suite
    
    
    • The Andromeda Strain
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • 13 March
    
    • Vanishing Point
    
    
  
  
  • 17 March
    
    • The Barefoot Executive
    
    
  
  
  • 21 March
    
    • Making It
    
    
  
  
  • 24 March
    
    • Friends
    
    
  
  
  • 25 March
    
    • The Deserter
    
    
  
  
  • 31 March
    
    
    
    • B.S. I Love You
    
    
    • The Beguiled
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

April–June

• April 1971
  
  
  
  • 7 April
    
    • Shinbone Alley
    
    
  
  
  • 9 April
    
    
    
    • Summer of '42
    
    
    • Valdez Is Coming
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • 28 April
    
    • Pretty Maids All in a Row
    
    
  
  
  
  


• May 1971
  
  
  
  • 1 May
    
    • Billy Jack
    
    
  
  
  • 21 May
    
    • Escape from the Planet of the Apes
    
    
  
  
  • 26 May
    
    
    
    • Big Jake
    
    
    • Support Your Local Gunfighter
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• June 1971
  
  
  
  • 1 June
    
    • One More Train to Rob
    
    
  
  
  • 13 June
    
    • Unman, Wittering and Zigo
    
    
  
  
  • 18 June
    
    
    
    • Willard
    
    
    • The Panic in Needle Park
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • 22 June
    
    • Scandalous John
    
    
  
  
  • 23 June
    
    
    
    • Man and Boy
    
    
    • The Seven Minutes
    
    
    • Wild Rovers
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • 24 June
    
    • McCabe & Mrs. Miller
    
    
  
  
  • 25 June
    
    • Klute
    
    
  
  
  • 27 June
    
    • A Town Called Hell
    
    
  
  
  • 30 June
    
    
    
    • The Million Dollar Duck
    
    
    • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
    
    
    • Carnal Knowledge
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

July–September

• July 1971
  
  
  
  • 1 July
    
    
    
    • Murphy's War
    
    
    • Walkabout
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • 2 July
    
    • Shaft
    
    
  
  
  • 7 July
    
    • Two-Lane Blacktop
    
    
  
  
  • 16 July
    
    
    
    • The Devils
    
    
    • The Hunting Party
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • 24 July
    
    • 
      Godzilla vs. Hedorah (Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster) - (Japan)
    
    
  
  
  
  


• August 1971
  
  
  
  • 1 August
    
    
    
    • Doc
    
    
    • The Omega Man
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • 6 August
    
    • Let's Scare Jessica to Death
    
    
  
  
  • 9 August
    
    • The Mephisto Waltz
    
    
  
  
  • 11 August
    
    • The Hired Hand
    
    
  
  
  • 15 August
    
    • Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
    
    
  
  
  • 19 August
    
    • The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
    
    
  
  
  • 25 August
    
    • A Gunfight
    
    
  
  
  
  


• September 1971
  
  
  
  • 3 September
    
    • Return of Sabata
    
    
  
  
  • 15 September
    
    • Red Sun
    
    
  
  
  • 17 September
    
    • Kotch
    
    
  
  
  • 24 September
    
    • The Last Rebel
    
    
  
  
  • 28 September
    
    • The Last Movie
    
    
  
  
  • 30 September
    
    • The Skin Game
    
    
  
  
  
  

October–December

• October 1971
  
  
  
  • 1 October
    
    • Catlow
    
    
  
  
  • 9 October
    
    • The French Connection
    
    
  
  
  • 13 October
    
    • Shoot Out
    
    
  
  
  • 20 October
    
    • T.R. Baskin
    
    
  
  
  • 22 October
    
    • The Last Picture Show
    
    
  
  
  • 27 October
    
    • Captain Apache
    
    
  
  
  • 29 October
    
    • Duck, You Sucker!
    
    
  
  
  
  


• November 1971
  
  
  
  • 3 November
    
    
    
    • Fiddler on the Roof
    
    
    • Play Misty for Me
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • 8 November
    
    • Hannie Caulder
    
    
  
  
  • 24 November
    
    
    
    • Black Beauty
    
    
    • Man in the Wilderness
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• December 1971
  
  
  
  • 13 December
    
    • Bedknobs and Broomsticks
    
    
  
  
  • 20 December
    
    • Harold and Maude
    
    
  
  
  • 19 December
    
    • A Clockwork Orange
    
    
  
  
  • 21 December
    
    • Such Good Friends
    
    
  
  
  • 22 December
    
    
    
    • Star Spangled Girl
    
    
    • The Last Picture Show
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • 23 December
    
    
    
    • Bad Man's River
    
    
    • Dirty Harry
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • 29 December
    
    • Straw Dogs
    
    
  
  
  • 30 December
    
    • Diamonds Are Forever
    
    
  
  
  
  

Notable films released in 1971

U.S.A. 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.)


• 
  1000 Convicts and a Woman, British exploitation film directed by Ray Austin
  


• 
  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
  

A

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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 film, directed by Thikkurissi 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 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 Robert Bresson, 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.)

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/U.S.A.)


• 
  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)

K

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  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

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  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

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  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)


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  Murphy's War, starring Peter O'Toole
  

N

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  A New Leaf, directed by and starring Elaine May, co-starring Walter Matthau
  


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  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.)


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  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


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  Officers (ofitsery) - (U.S.S.R.)


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  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

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  The Panic in Needle Park, starring Al Pacino
  


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  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
  


• 
  Porcupines Are Born Without Bristles (Taralezhite se razhdat bez bodli) - (Bulgaria)


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  Pretty Maids All in a Row, written and produced by Gene Roddenberry, directed by Roger Vadim, starring Rock Hudson and Angie Dickinson
  


• Prince Sinbad of the Mountains


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  Punishment Park, directed by Peter Watkins
  


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  The Pursuit of Happiness, starring Michael Sarrazin, Barbara Hershey, Robert Klein
  

R

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  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.
  


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  Red Sun, starring Charles Bronson, Ursula Andress, Toshiro Mifune, Alain Delon - (France/Italy/Spain)


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  Rendezvous at Bray, starring Anna Karina - (France/Belgium)

S

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  Sacco e Vanzetti, starring Gian Maria Volontè - (Italy)


• 
  A Safe Place, starring Jack Nicholson and Tuesday Weld
  


• 
  The Salamander (La Salamandre), starring Bulle Ogier - (Switzerland)


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  See No Evil, starring Mia Farrow
  


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  The Seven Minutes, starring Marianne McAndrew
  


• 
  Shaft, directed by Gordon Parks, starring Richard Roundtree
  


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  She Killed in Ecstasy (Sie tötete in Ekstase) - (West Germany/Spain)


• 
  Shoot Out, directed by Henry Hathaway, starring Gregory Peck
  


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  Silence (Chinmoku) - (Japan)


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  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
  


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  Sympathy for the Underdog (Bakuto gaijin butai) - (Japan)

T

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  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 Tales of Beatrix Potter, a dance film featuring The Royal Ballet - (U.K.)


• 
  They Might Be Giants, starring George C. Scott and Joanne Woodward
  


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  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 - (U.S.A./U.K./Greece)


• 
  Twitch of the Death Nerve (Ecologia del delitto), starring Claudine Auger - (Italy)


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  Two English Girls (Les deux anglaises et le continent), directed by François Truffaut, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud - (France)


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  Two-Lane Blacktop, starring James Taylor and Warren Oates
  

U

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  Unman, Wittering and Zigo, starring David Hemmings - (U.K.)


• 
  Up Pompeii, starring Frankie Howerd and Michael Hordern - (U.K.)

V

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  Valdez Is Coming, starring Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Jon Cypher, Richard Jordan
  


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  Vampyros Lesbos, directed by Jesus Franco
  


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  Vanishing Point, starring Barry Newman and Cleavon Little
  


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  Villain, starring Richard Burton and Ian McShane - (U.K.)


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  Von Richthofen and Brown (a.k.a. The Red Baron), directed by Roger Corman, starring John Phillip Law
  

W

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  W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (W.R. - Misterije organizma) - (Yugoslavia/West Germany)


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  Wake in Fright, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Donald Pleasence - (Australia)


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  Walkabout, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Jenny Agutter and David Gulpilil - (Australia/U.K.)


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  Le Wazzou polygame (The Polygamist's Morale) - (Niger/France)


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  What's the Matter with Helen?, starring Debbie Reynolds and Shelley Winters
  


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  What the Peeper Saw, starring Britt Ekland, Mark Lester, Hardy Krüger
  


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  When Eight Bells Toll, starring Anthony Hopkins, Robert Morley, Nathalie Delon, Jack Hawkins - (U.K.)


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  Whity, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder - (West Germany)


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  Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?, starring Shelley Winters and Mark Lester
  


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  Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?, starring Dustin Hoffman
  


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  Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name? a.k.a. Death of a Hooker, starring Red Buttons and Sylvia Miles
  


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  Wild Rovers, directed by Blake Edwards, starring William Holden and Ryan O'Neal
  


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  Willard, starring Bruce Davison, Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Borgnine
  


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  Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, directed by Mel Stuart, starring Gene Wilder and Jack Albertson
  


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  The Working Class Goes to Heaven (La classe operaia va in paradiso), starring Gian Maria Volontè, Palme d'Or winner - (Italy)

XYZ

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  You Are a Widow, Sir (Pane, vy jste vdova!) - (Czechoslovakia)


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  Zeppelin, starring Elke Sommer and Michael York - (U.K.)


• El Zorro de Monterrey


• Zorro, Rider of Vengeance

Short film series

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  The Pink Panther (1964–69)(1971-72)(1974–77)(1978–80)


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  The Ant and the Aardvark (1969–1971)


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  Roland and Rattfink (1968–1971)


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  Tijuana Toads (1969–72)


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  Woody Woodpecker (1941–49, 1951–72)


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  Chilly Willy (1953–72)


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  The Beary Family (1962–72)

Births

• January 2 - Taye Diggs, American actor


• January 7 - Jeremy Renner, American actor


• January 11 - Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter and actress


• January 15 - Regina King, American actress


• January 24 - Stanislas Merhar, French actor


• February 1
  
  
  
  • 
    Jill Kelly, American pornographic actress
  
  
  • 
    Michael C. Hall, American actor
  
  
  
  


• February 11 - Damian Lewis, English actor


• February 15
  
  
  
  • 
    Alex Borstein, American actress
  
  
  • 
    Renee O'Connor, American actress
  
  
  
  


• February 17 - Denise Richards, American actress


• February 22 - Lea Salonga, Filipina voice actress/singer


• February 25 - Sean Astin, American actor


• March 2 - Method Man, American actor and musician


• March 5 - Yuri Lowenthal, American voice actor


• March 7 - Peter Sarsgaard, American actor


• 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 27 - Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor


• March 31 - Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor


• April 12 - Shannen Doherty, American actress


• April 18 - David Tennant, Scottish actor


• April 19 - Wendy Powell, American voice actress


• April 28 - Bridget Moynahan, American actress


• May 14 - Sofia Coppola, American actress, writer, and director


• May 26 - Matt Stone, American actor, creator of South Park
  


• May 27
  
  
  
  • 
    Lisa Lopes, American singer and actress (d.2002)
  
  
  • 
    Paul Bettany, English actor
  
  
  
  


• May 30 - Idina Menzel, American actress, singer and songwriter


• June 4 - Noah Wyle, American actor


• June 5 - Mark Wahlberg, American actor and musician


• June 15
  
  
  
  • 
    Jake Busey, American actor
  
  
  • 
    Taavi Eelmaa, Estonian actor
  
  
  
  


• June 16
  
  
  
  • 
    Eva Püssa, Estonian actress
  
  
  • 
    Tupac Shakur, American actor and rapper (d.1996)
  
  
  
  


• July 1 - Missy Elliott, American musician and actress


• July 16 - Corey Feldman, American actor


• July 19 - Andres Puustusmaa, Estonian actor and director


• July 21 - Charlotte Gainsbourg, French actress


• August 10 - Justin Theroux, American actor


• August 29 - Carla Gugino, American actress


• August 31 - Chris Tucker, American actor


• September 8
  
  
  
  • 
    David Arquette, American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter
  
  
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    Martin Freeman, English actor
  
  
  
  


• September 14 - Kimberly Williams-Paisley, American actresses


• September 15 - Colleen Villard, American voice actress


• September 16 - Amy Poehler, American actress


• September 18 - Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress


• September 21 - Luke Wilson, American actor


• October 13 - Sacha Baron Cohen, English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer


• October 20 - Snoop Dogg, American rapper and actor


• October 29 - Winona Ryder, American actress


• November 3 - Piret Laurimaa, Estonian actress


• November 25 - Christina Applegate, American actress


• December 1 - Emily Mortimer, English actress


• December 6 - Katariina Unt, Estonian actress


• December 7 - Chasey Lain, American pornographic actress
  
  • 
    DeObia Oparei, English actor
  
  


• December 23 - Corey Haim, Canadian actor (d. 2010)


• December 25 - Ain Mäeots, Estonian actor, director and producer


• December 26 - Jared Leto, American actor and musician

Notable deaths

Film debuts

• 
  F. Murray Abraham - They Might Be Giants
  


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  Brooke Adams - Murders in the Rue Morgue
  


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  Kathy Bates - Taking Off
  


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  Timothy Bottoms - Johnny Got His Gun
  


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  Jim Broadbent - The Go-Between
  


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  Keith Carradine - McCabe & Mrs. Miller
  


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  Stockard Channing - The Hospital
  


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  Brian Cox - Nicholas and Alexandra
  


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  Rodney Dangerfield - The Projectionist
  


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  Daniel Day-Lewis - Sunday Bloody Sunday
  


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  Gérard Depardieu - Cry of the Cormoran
  


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  Carol Kane - Carnal Knowledge
  


• 
  Eric Idle - And Now for Something Completely Different
  


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  Eugene Levy - Foxy Lady
  


• 
  Andrea Martin - Foxy Lady
  


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  Craig T. Nelson - The Return of Count Yorga
  


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  Randy Quaid - The Last Picture Show
  


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  John Ritter - The Barefoot Executive
  


• 
  Cybill Shepherd - The Last Picture Show
  


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  Bruce Spence - Stork
  


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  David Ogden Stiers - THX 1138
  


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  Susan Tyrrell - Shoot Out
  


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  Jacki Weaver - Stork
  


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  Cindy Williams - Gas-s-s-s
  

References