Top 10 Films of 1971

1. ''A Clockwork Orange'' (Stanley Kubrick, UK)

2. ''Walkabout'' (Nicolas Roeg, Australia)

3. ''The Decameron'' (Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy)

4. "Agnus Dei" (Miklos Jancso, Hungary)

5. "The French Connection" (William Friedkin, USA)

6. "Deep End" (Jerzy Skolimowski, UK)

7. ''The Devils'' (Ken Russell, UK)

8. "Diamonds Are Forever" (Guy Hamilton, USA)

9. ''Get Carter'' (Mike Hodges, UK)

10. "Les Maries de l'an II" (Jean-Paul Rappeneau, France)

Other great films:

Adrift (Czechoslovakia)

The Apprentice (Canada)

Apres-ski (Canada)

Bananas
Bedknobs And Broomsticks

Beware Of A Holy Whore (Germany)

The Big Boss (Hong Kong)

The Big Doll House

Billy Jack

Carnal Knowledge

Countess Dracula

Daughters Of Darkness (Belgium)

Deux Anglaises et le Continent (France)

Dirty Harry

Dodes'ka-den (Japan)
Duel

The Emigrants (Sweden)

Emitai (Senegal)

Fiddler On The Roof

The Garden Of The Finzi-Continis (Italy)

Harlot

Harold And Maude

Justine de Sade

Kardiogram (Poland)

Kto wierzy w bociany ? (Poland)

The Last Picture Show

Luttes en Italie (France)

Macbeth

Les Mâles (Canada)

Martwa fala (Poland)

McCabe And Mrs Miller

Minnie And Moskowitz

Mon oncle Antoine (Canada)

Nie lubie poniedzialku (Poland)

Olesya (Soviet Union)

The Panic In Needle Park

Shaft

Le Souffle au coeur (France)

Straw Dogs (UK)

Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song

Taking Off

Trafic (France)

The Trojan Women

Vampyros Lesbos (Spain)

Vanishing Point

Viva la muerte (France)

Vladimir et Rosa (France)

Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory

W.R. Mysteries Of The Organism (Yugoslavia)

Zycie rodzinne (Poland)

Short Top 3:

1. "Adventures In Perception" (Han Van Gelder, Holland)

2. "Sentinels Of Silence" (Robert Amram, Mexico)

3. "Norien Ten" (John Knoop, USA)

Top Music Video:

"Imagine" (John Lennon, UK)

Top Commercial:

"Hilltop" (Coca-Cola)

Other great commercials:

Schick After Shave (France)
Try It You'll Like It

TV Top 3:

1. "Columbo: Murder By The Book" (Steven Spielberg, NBC)

2. "All In The Family: Cousin Maude's Visit" (John Rich, CBS)

3. "Columbo: Death Lends A Hand" (Bernard Kowalski, NBC)

Cartoon Top 3:

1. "Apel" (Ryszard Czekala, Poland)

2. "Battle Of Kerjents" (Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Yuri Norstein, Soviet Union)

3. "Signor Rossi At Photo Safari" (Bruno Bozzetto, Italy)

Other great cartoons:

Evolution (Canada)
The Selfish Giant (UK)
Synchromy (Canada)

Weak films of 1971:

1 PM
Death In Venice
Escape From The Planet Of The Apes
Hydrozagadka (Poland)

Klute
The Merchant Of Four Seasons (Germany)
Nicholas And Alexandra
The Red Tent (Italy)

Weak cartons:

The Crunch Bird
Jabberwocky (Czechoslovakia)
Kitty From The City
Shanghai Woody

Top Musical of 1971

"Fiddler On The Roof" (Norman Jewison, United Artists)

A Clockwork Orange (1971) *****

Mon oncle Antoine (1971) ****

Get Carter (1971) ****

Diamonds Are Forever (1971) ****

The Devils (1971) ****

Deep End (1971) ****

The French Connection (1971) ****

Agnus Dei (1971) ****

Duel (1971) ****

Steven Spielberg's feature film debut was originally made for television, but was judged to be so good as to deserve a theatrical release. It's a story of a car driver being relentlessly pursued by a mysterious truck.

Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (1971) ****

A wonderful fantasy film about a little boy who wins a lottery ticket that allows him to visit a wonderful chocolate factory. One of the best children's film. Magnificent visuals.

The Last Picture Show (1971) ****

The Decameron (1971) ****

Walkabout (1971) ****

Les Mariés de l'an II (1971) ****

Very fast-paced adventure film set during the French Revolution.

Bedknobs And Broomsticks (1971) ***

A sequel of sorts to "Mary Poppins", with Angela Lansbury as a good witch who saves England from a Nazi invasion. Songs:

"The Old Home Guard" *
"The Age Of Not Believing" *
"Eglantine" *
"Portobello Road" *
"The Beautiful Briny" **
"Substitutiary Locomotion" *

Macbeth (1971) ***

McCabe And Mrs Miller (1971) ***

The Panic In Needle Park (1971) ***

Shaft (1971) ***

Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song (1971) ***

Dirty Harry (1971) ***

Countess Dracula (1971) ***

Billy Jack (1971) ***

Carnal Knowledge (1971) ***

Bananas (1971) ***

After the lame jokes from "Take The Money And Run" (1969), Woody Allen serves a funnier and more intelligent comedy with "Bananas".

Dodes'ka-den (1971) ***

Interesting, unusual film by Akira Kurosawa. Set in a slum, it has moments of pure magic.

Taking Off (1971) ***

Fiddler On The Roof (1971) ***

Famous musical set in a Jewish shtetl in the Ukraine. Musical numbers:

"Tradition" **
"Matchmaker, Matchmaker" ***
"If I Were A Rich Man" ***
"Sabbath Prayer" **
"To Life" **
"Miracle Of Miracles" *
"Tevye's Dream" *
"Sunrise, Sunset" **
"Do You Love Me ?" **
"Far From The Home I Love" *
"Antevka" **

Vanishing Point (1971) ***

Harold And Maude (1971) ***

An unusual friendship between a young boy and a very old woman.

The Trojan Women (1971) ***

Minnie And Moskowitz (1971) ***

The courtship and marriage of two weird people (Gena Rowlands and Seymour Cassel).

Trafic (1971) ***

There are plenty of cars in this late Jacques Tati comedy.

The Big Doll House (1971) ***

Olesya (1971) ***