It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (1971)

Shaft (1971)

Summary: A crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Release Date: July 02, 1971

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director: Gordon Parks

Writers: Ernest Tidyman

, John D.F. Black

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: R

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Shaft Productions

Distributor: CBS, MGM Home Entertainment, Turner Entertainment, Warner Home Video, LowesVideos, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,125,000

Vanishing Point (1971)

Summary: During the 1970s, car-delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time, but always runs into trouble.

Release Date: March 13, 1971

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director: Richard C. Sarafian

Writers: Guillermo Cabrera Infante

, Malcolm Hart

, Barry Hall

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: Cupid Productions

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, CBS, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, CBS/Fox, Magnetic Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,585,000

Domestic: $ 12,442,673

International: $ 519

Death in Venice (1971)

Summary: While recovering in Venice, sickly composer Gustav von Aschenbach becomes dangerously fixated with teenager Tadzio.

Release Date: June 01, 1971

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Luchino Visconti

Writers: Thomas Mann

, Luchino Visconti

, Nicola Badalucco

Runtime: 2 h 10 min

MPAA: GP

Production: Alfa Cinematografica, Warner Bros., PECF

Distributor: Warner Bros., Warner Home Video

Countries: Italy, France

Language: Italian

Daughters of Darkness (1971)

Summary: While passing through a vacation resort, a newlywed couple encounters a mysterious, strikingly beautiful countess and her aide.

Release Date: October 22, 1971

Genre: Horror

Director: Harry Kümel

Writers: Pierre Drouot

, Harry Kümel

, Jean Ferry

Runtime: 1 h 27 min

MPAA: R

Production: Showking Films, Maya Films, Roxy Film, Ciné Vog Films, Gemini Pictures International, Cinépix

Distributor: Gemini Pictures International, Maron Films, New Image, Continental Video, Ariel International Releasing (AIR) Video, Anchor Bay Entertainment, The Roan Group, Video Treasures, Blue Underground, Sinister Cinema, The Criterion Channel

Countries: Belgium, France, West Germany

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 750,000

Women in Revolt (1971)

Summary: This film is a satire of the women's liberation movement, staring a trio of female impersonators. Candy is an aloof heiress caught in an unhappy relationship with her brother. Jackie is a virginal intellectual who believes women a...

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Paul Morrissey

Writer: Paul Morrissey

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: X

Country: United States

Language: English

Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

Summary: A musician is stalked by an unknown homicidal maniac, who blackmails him for the accidental killing of another stalker.

Release Date: August 25, 1972

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Mystery

Director: Dario Argento

Writers: Dario Argento

, Luigi Cozzi

, Mario Foglietti

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Seda Spettacoli, Universal Productions France

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Silver Star Video Entertainment, Ryko Distribution, Mya Communication, Malastrana Film Series, Anthology Film Archives, Severin Films

Countries: Italy, France

Language: Italian

Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)

Summary: The emotional intricacies of a polyamorous relationship between young artist Bob and his two lovers: a lonely male doctor and a frustrated female office worker.

Release Date: September 21, 1971

Genre: Drama

Director: John Schlesinger

Writers: Penelope Gilliatt

, Ken Levison

, John Schlesinger

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: R

Production: Vectia, Vic Films Productions

Distributor: United Artists, MGM Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, The Criterion Channel

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,500,000

Out 1 (1971)

Summary: Following the May 1968 civil unrest in France, a deaf-mute and a con artist simultaneously stumble upon the remnants of a secret society.

Release Date: November 18, 2015

Genres: Drama, Mystery

Directors: Jacques Rivette

, Suzanne Schiffman

Writers: Jacques Rivette

, Suzanne Schiffman

, Honoré de Balzac

Runtime: 12 h 56 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Sunchild Productions, Les Films du Losange, Ministère de la Culture

Distributor: Carlotta Films US

Country: France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 31,539

International: $ 6,204

Wake in Fright (1971)

Summary: After a bad gambling bet, a schoolteacher is marooned in a town full of crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent.

Release Date: October 09, 1971

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Horror

Director: Ted Kotcheff

Writers: Evan Jones

, Kenneth Cook

, Ted Kotcheff

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: R

Production: NLT Productions, Group W

Distributor: United Artists, Drafthouse Films, Image Entertainment

Country: Australia

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 800,000

Domestic: $ 50,394

International: $ 169,078

Slaughter Hotel (1971)

Summary: A rehabilitation hospital in the Italian countryside which offers treatment for women suffering from various psychological disorders is stalked by a mysterious cloaked killer.

Release Date: August 02, 1971

Genres: Thriller, Horror, Mystery

Director: Fernando Di Leo

Writers: Fernando Di Leo

, Nino Latino

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: 16+

Production: Cineproduzioni Daunia 70

Distributor: Amvest Video, Gorgon Video, MPI Home Video, Raro Video, Shriek Show

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)

Summary: A reporter and a blind puzzle writer investigate a series of murders connected to a pharmaceutical company conducting secret genetic experiments, finding themselves targeted by the killer.

Release Date: June 18, 1971

Genres: Thriller, Horror, Mystery

Director: Dario Argento

Writers: Dario Argento

, Luigi Cozzi

, Dardano Sacchetti

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: R

Production: Seda Spettacoli, Terra-Filmkunst, Labrador Films, Labrador Films

Distributor: National General Pictures, CBS, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, Diamond Entertainment Group (DEG), Reel Media International, Blue Underground, California Pictures, 3GTG, Rogue Video, Sinister Cinema, Bingo Video Inc., Cinefear, Simitar Entertainment

Countries: Italy, France, West Germany

Language: Italian

Movie budget: $ 1,000,000

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Thank You Mask Man (1971)

Summary: Tells how the Lone Ranger hooks up with Tonto. With Lenny Bruce doing all the voices, this animation of a Bruce routine begins with local folks upset at the Lone Ranger because he won't stay around to be thanked after a good deed....

Release Date: September 28, 1971

Genres: Comedy, Animation, Short

Directors: Lenny Bruce

, John Magnuson

Writers: Lenny Bruce

, John Magnuson

, Jeff Hale

Runtime: 0 h 08 min

Production: Columbus Productions, Imagination, John Magnuson Associates

Country: United States

Language: English

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Pink Narcissus (1971)

Summary: An erotic poem set in the fantasies of a young male prostitute.

Release Date: October 16, 1974

Genres: Drama, Fantasy

Director: James Bidgood

Writer: James Bidgood

Runtime: 1 h 05 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: La Folie des Hommes, Pink Pictures Ltd.

Distributor: Sherpix, Strand Releasing, Jour de Fête Films

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 27,000

The Omega Man (1971)

Summary: Dr Robert Neville has developed an experimental vaccine which makes him the only immune survivor of a biological catastrophe. A gang of homicidal mutants blame science for their condition and attempt to kill him.

Release Date: August 01, 1971

Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Director: Boris Sagal

Writers: John William Corrington

, Joyce Hooper Corrington

, Richard Matheson

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Walter Seltzer Productions

Distributor: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Warner Home Video, HBO Max, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 8,720,000

The Decameron (1971)

Summary: An adaptation of nine stories from Boccaccio's "Decameron".

Release Date: October 29, 1971

Genres: Comedy, Drama, History

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Writers: Giovanni Boccaccio

, Pier Paolo Pasolini

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: R

Production: Produzioni Europee Associate (PEA), Les Productions Artistes Associés, Artemis Film

Distributor: Image Entertainment, The Criterion Collection

Countries: Italy, France, West Germany

Language: Italian

The Anderson Tapes (1971)

Summary: After ten years in prison to protect a mafia family, Duke Anderson is released and he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.

Release Date: September 01, 1971

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director: Sidney Lumet

Writers: Lawrence Sanders

, Frank Pierson

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: GP

Production: Robert M. Weitman Productions

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Mill Creek Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971)

Summary: Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.

Release Date: September 30, 1971

Genre: Drama

Directors: Gualtiero Jacopetti

, Franco Prosperi

Writers: Gualtiero Jacopetti

, Franco Prosperi

Runtime: 2 h 16 min

MPAA: 18+

Production: Euro International Films

Distributor: Cannon Film Distributors, Blue Underground, Cinefear

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)

Summary: On a film set there are two things missing, the film material and the director. So the actors and actresses as well as the crew try to make the best out of the situation. When the director arrives the material is still missing and...

Release Date: July 15, 1983

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Antiteater-X-Film, Nova International Films

Distributor: New Yorker Films, The Criterion Collection, The Criterion Channel

Countries: Italy, West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 1,100,000

Domestic: $ 8,144

International: $ 961