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The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)[edit]

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

Highest-grossing films of 1971
Rank	Title	Studio	Domestic gross
1.	Fiddler on the Roof	United Artists	$75,600,000^[1]
2.	The French Connection	20th Century Fox	$51,700,000^[2]
3.	Diamonds Are Forever	United Artists	$43,819,547^[3]
4.	Dirty Harry	Warner Bros.	$35,976,000^[4]
5.	Billy Jack	Warner Bros.	$32,500,000^[5]
6.	Summer of '42	Warner Bros.	$32,063,634^[6]
7.	The Last Picture Show	Columbia Pictures	$29,133,000^[7]
8.	Carnal Knowledge	Embassy Pictures	$28,623,000^[8]
9.	A Clockwork Orange	Warner Bros.	$26,589,355^[9]
10.	Bedknobs and Broomsticks	Walt Disney Productions	$17,871,174^[10]

Events[edit]

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[edit]

Category/Organization	29th Golden Globe Awards February 6, 1972		26th BAFTA Awards February 26, 1973	44th Academy Awards April 10, 1972
Category/Organization	Drama	Musical or Comedy	26th BAFTA Awards February 26, 1973	44th Academy Awards April 10, 1972
Best Film	The French Connection	Fiddler on the Roof	Cabaret	The French Connection
Best Director	William Friedkin The French Connection		Bob Fosse Cabaret	William Friedkin The French Connection
Best Actor	Gene Hackman The French Connection	Chaim Topol Fiddler on the Roof	Gene Hackman The French Connection	Gene Hackman The French Connection
Best Actress	Jane Fonda Klute	Twiggy The Boy Friend	Liza Minnelli Cabaret	Jane Fonda Klute
Best Supporting Actor	Ben Johnson The Last Picture Show		Ben Johnson The Last Picture Show	Ben Johnson The Last Picture Show
Best Supporting Actress	Ann-Margret Carnal Knowledge		Cloris Leachman The Last Picture Show	Cloris Leachman The Last Picture Show
Best Screenplay, Original	The Hospital Paddy Chayefsky		The Hospital Paddy Chayefsky	The Hospital Paddy Chayefsky
Best Screenplay, Adapted	The Hospital Paddy Chayefsky		The Last Picture Show Peter Bogdanovich and Larry McMurtry	The French Connection Ernest Tidyman
Best Score	Shaft Isaac Hayes		The Godfather Nino Rota	Shaft Isaac Hayes

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[edit]

U.S.A. unless stated

January–March[edit]

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[edit]

April 1971
- 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

July–September[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

U.S.A. unless stated

$ (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
3, Norwegian drama depicting a polyamorous relationship between a man and two women
The 300 Year Weekend, starring Michael Tolan and William Devane

A

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

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
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
Prince Sinbad of the Mountains
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 Volontè - (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

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

XYZ

You Are a Widow, Sir (Pane, vy jste vdova!) - (Czechoslovakia)
Zeppelin, starring Elke Sommer and Michael York - (U.K.)
El Zorro de Monterrey
Zorro, Rider of Vengeance

Short film series[edit]

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[edit]

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 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 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
- 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[edit]

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	5	Douglas Shearer	71	Canada	Sound Engineer	The Wizard of Oz Singin' in the Rain
	5	Fanfulla	57	Italy	Actor	Fellini Satyricon The Clowns
	15	John Dall	52	USA	Actor	Rope Spartacus
	20	Broncho Billy Anderson	90	USA	Actor, Director, Writer	The Great Train Robbery The Weak-End Party
	25	Isobel Lennart	55	USA	Screenwriter	Two for the Seesaw Funny Girl
February	3	Jay C. Flippen	71	USA	Actor	Oklahoma! Winchester '73
	22	Frédéric Mariotti	87	France	Actor	Barrabas Mare Nostrum
	26	Fernandel	67	France	Actor	Around the World in 80 Days The Little World of Don Camillo
March	5	Winnie Lightner	71	USA	Actress	Gold Diggers of Broadway She Had to Say Yes
	8	Harold Lloyd	87	USA	Actor, Director, Writer	Safety Last! The Freshman
	8	Borden Chase	71	USA	Screenwriter	Red River Winchester '73
	12	Roy Glenn	56	USA	Actor	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner A Raisin in the Sun
	12	Tor Johnson	67	Sweden	Actor	Plan 9 from Outer Space Bride of the Monster
	15	Bebe Daniels	70	USA	Actress	42nd Street The Maltese Falcon
	21	Nan Wynn	55	USA	Singer, Actress	A Shot in the Dark Pardon My Sarong
	23	Basil Dearden	60	UK	Director	Dead of Night Khartoum
	30	Werner Peters	52	Germany	Actor	Dog Eat Dog Death Knocks Twice
April	9	Paulette Noizeux	83	France	Actress	Lady Killer La Digue
	20	Cecil Parker	73	UK	Actor	Oh! What a Lovely War The Citadel
	21	Edmund Lowe	81	USA	Actor	Dinner at Eight Dillinger
	28	John Tansey	69	USA	Actor, Director	The Sky Rider Trouping with Ellen
May	1	Glenda Farrell	66	USA	Actress	Little Caesar I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
	26	John Longden	71	UK	Actor	Blackmail Dial 999
	27	Chips Rafferty	62	Australia	Actor	The Sundowners Mutiny on the Bounty
	28	Audie Murphy	45	USA	Actor	The Red Badge of Courage To Hell and Back
June	8	Piero Gherardi	61	Italy	Production, Costume Designer	La Dolce Vita 8½
	9	Harold Lloyd Jr.	40	USA	Actor	The Flaming Urge Mutiny in Outer Space
	10	Michael Rennie	61	UK	Actor	The Robe The Day the Earth Stood Still
	18	Thomas Gomez	65	USA	Actor	Key Largo Pittsburgh
July	6	Louis Armstrong	69	USA	Actor, Musician	Hello, Dolly! High Society
	11	Carleton G. Young	64	USA	Actor	Hard, Fast and Beautiful Queen of Burlesque
	17	Cliff Edwards	76	USA	Actor, Singer	Pinocchio Dumbo
	19	Norman Reilly Raine	77	USA	Screenwriter	The Adventures of Robin Hood The Life of Emile Zola
	23	Van Heflin	60	USA	Actor	Shane 3:10 to Yuma
August	3	Ernst Eklund	81	Sweden	Actor	Crisis Banketten
	15	Paul Lukas	80	Hungary	Actor	The Lady Vanishes 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
	16	Spyros Skouras	78	Greece	Producer, Studio Executive	Cleopatra The Hustler
	17	Horace McMahon	65	USA	Actor	Detective Story Susan Slept Here
September	7	Spring Byington	84	USA	Actress	Meet John Doe You Can't Take It with You
	10	Pier Angeli	39	Italy	Actress	Somebody Up There Likes Me Battle of the Bulge
	11	Bella Darvi	42	Poland	Actress	The Egyptian Hell and High Water
October	11	Chester Conklin	85	USA	Actor	Modern Times The Great Dictator
	12	Fritz Achterberg	90	Germany	Actor	Hamlet The False Dimitri
	13	Phoebe Ephron	57	USA	Screenwriter	Desk Set Captain Newman, M.D.
	19	Betty Bronson	64	USA	Actress	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
	24	Cheryl Walker	53	USA	Actress	Shadows on the Sage Stage Door Canteen
	26	Vincent Coleman	71	USA	Actor	Has the World Gone Mad? The Magic Cup
November	2	Martha Vickers	46	USA	Actress	The Big Sleep Alimony
	4	Ann Pennington	77	USA	Actress	The Rainbow Princess Tanned Legs
	17	Gladys Cooper	82	UK	Actress	My Fair Lady Rebecca
	19	Stuart Gilmore	70	USA	Editor, Director	Sullivan's Travels The Virginian
	26	Bengt Ekerot	51	Sweden	Actor	The Seventh Seal The Magician
December	12	Frank Wolff	43	USA	Actor	Salvatore Giuliano Once Upon a Time in the West
	13	Dita Parlo	63	Poland	Actress	La Grande Illusion L'Atalante
	18	Diana Lynn	45	USA	Actress	The Miracle of Morgan's Creek The Kentuckian
	26	Robert Lowery	58	USA	Actor	The Mark of Zorro Batman and Robin
	28	Max Steiner	83	Austria	Composer	Casablanca Gone with the Wind
	30	Dorothy Comingore	58	USA	Actress	Citizen Kane The Hairy Ape
	31	Marin Sais	81	USA	Actress	Oath of Vengeance Reefer Madness