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| 1 |  | French Connection, The (1971) |  3.7459 39 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$9.27
| Two NYC narcotics cops are trying to trace a heroin connection from France to the U.S. On a tip, ...more about French Connection starring Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey |
| 2 |  | Dirty Harry (1971) | 3.4307 69 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$19.99
| A renegade police officer, Harry, is assigned by the mayor to take down and bring in Scorpio, a ...more about Dirty Harry starring Clint Eastwood and Harry Guardino |
| 3 |  | Shaft (1971) |  3.1578 53 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.46
| John Shaft is the ultimate in suave black detectives. He first finds himself up against Bumpy, the ...more about Shaft starring Richard Roundtree and Moses Gunn |
| 4 |  | Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) | 3.0271 40 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| When the planet of the apes is destroyed in 3955 Zira, Cornelius, and Dr. Milo get on a shuttle and ...more about Escape from the Planet of the Apes starring Kim Hunter and Bradford Dillman |
| 5 |  | Big Doll House, The (1971) | 2.9684 16 reviews | NA | Action, Drama |
$7.02
| ...more about Big Doll House starring Roberta Collins and Pam Grier |
| 6 |  | Vanishing Point (1971) | 2.8635 24 reviews | R | Action, Drama |
$6.33
| Kowalski, the hero of the story, works for a car delivery service. He takes delivery of a 1970 ...more about Vanishing Point starring Cleavon Little and Dean Jagger |
| 7 |  | Get Carter (1971) | 2.7905 23 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$13.41
| A vicious London gangster, Jack Carter, travels to Newcastle for his brother's funeral. He begins ...more about Get Carter starring Michael Caine and Ian Hendry |
| 8 |  | Diamonds Are Forever (1971) | 2.7873 45 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$43.91
| After traveling the world in his quest to kill Blofeld, Bond returns triumphant, only to discover a ...more about Diamonds Are Forever starring Sean Connery and Jill St. John |
| 9 |  | Billy Jack (1971) |  2.6813 26 reviews | NA | Action, Drama |
$4.49
| Billy Jack is a half-Indian/half-white ex-Green Beret who is being drawn more and more toward his ...more about Billy Jack starring Delores Taylor and Clark Howat |
| 10 |  | Fistful of Dynamite, A (1971) | 2.6583 10 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, War, Western | N/A | In Mexico at the time of the Revolution, Juan, the leader of a bandit family, meets John Mallory, ...more about Fistful of Dynamite starring James Coburn and Rod Steiger |
| 11 |  | Le Mans (1971) | 2.4332 7 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Sports |
$7.18
| Almost in breadth and depth of a documentary, this movie depicts an auto race during the 70s on the ...more about Le Mans starring Siegfried Rauch and Elga Andersen |
| 12 |  | Big Jake (1971) |  2.2296 10 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Western |
$7.74
| The McCandles ranch is run over by a gang of cutthroats led by the evil John Fain. They kidnap ...more about Big Jake starring John Wayne and Richard Boone |
| 13 |  | Werewolves on Wheels (1971) | 2.1919 11 reviews | NA | Action, Horror |
$11.97
| A biker gang visits a monastery where they encounter black-robed monks engaged in worshipping Satan. ...more about Werewolves on Wheels starring Stephen Oliver and D.J. Anderson |
| 14 |  | Raid on Rommel (1971) | 2.1834 2 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War | N/A | Captain Foster plans on raiding German-occupied Tobruk with hand- picked commandos, but a mixup ...more about Raid on Rommel starring Richard Burton and John Colicos |
| 15 |  | Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) | 2.0099 5 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama | N/A | Hank Stamper (Paul Newman) and his father, Henry Stamper (Henry Fonda) own and operate the family ...more about Sometimes a Great Notion starring Henry Fonda and Lee Remick |
| 16 |  | Horsemen, The (1971) | 1.9818 10 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama | N/A | ...more about Horsemen starring Omar Sharif and Leigh Taylor-Young |
| 17 | | Women in Cages (1971) | 1.9414 3 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | Carol Jeffries (known as 'Jeff') is a naive American woman staying in the Phillipines. She is given ...more about Women in Cages starring Roberta Collins and Jennifer Gan |
| 18 |  | Animal Treasure Island (1971) |  1.6979 3 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Family, Animation | N/A | Two kids, Jim and Katy, finds an old map of an island where a pirate's treasure is hidden. They set ...more about Animal Treasure Island |
| 19 |  | Angels Hard as They Come (1971) | 1.5213 2 reviews | NA | Action, Drama |
$1.99
| A drug deal is foiled, when the cops show up. They agree to meet in a few days out in the desert ...more about Angels Hard as They Come starring Scott Glenn and Charles Dierkop |
| 20 | | Hard Ride, The (1971) | 1.5122 1 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | ...more about Hard Ride starring Robert Fuller and Sherry Bain |
| 21 | | Peace Killers, The (1971) | 1.4757 2 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Crime | N/A | Siblings Kristy and Jeffrey are buying supplies at a remote desert gas station when some members of ...more about Peace Killers starring Clint Ritchie and Jess Walton |
| 22 |  | Evel Knievel (1971) | 1.4410 8 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Biography |
$5.06
| Biography of the famed motorcycle daredevil, much of which was filmed in his home town of Butte, ...more about Evel Knievel starring George Hamilton and Sue Lyon |
| 23 | | Kill! (1971) | 1.4117 1 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime | N/A | ...more about Kill! starring Curd Jürgens and Stephen Boyd |
| 24 | | Chrome and Hot Leather (1971) | 1.3661 2 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Drama |
$9.99
| ...more about Chrome and Hot Leather starring William Smith and Tony Young |
| 25 | | Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971) | 1.3022 1 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller | N/A | ...more about Unman starring David Hemmings and Douglas Wilmer |
| 26 |  | Hunting Party, The (1971) |  1.1926 4 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Western |
$6.99
| The rich and ruthless rancher Brandt Ruger keeps his beautiful young wife Melissa like a part of ...more about Hunting Party starring Oliver Reed and Gene Hackman |
| 27 | | Lady of the Black Moons, The (1971) |  No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Short | N/A | In the depths of loneliness and despair, beautiful Aida visits her "tailor," Victoria, a woman who ...more about Lady of the Black Moons |
| 28 | | Godson, The (1971) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Crime |
$19.99
| ...more about Godson starring Jason Yukon and Orita De Chadwick |
| 29 | | Hawaiian Split (1971) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Crime | N/A | ...more about Hawaiian Split |
| 30 | | Jesus Trip, The (1971) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | ...more about Jesus Trip starring Tippy Walker and Billy Green Bush |
| 31 | | Proud Rider, The (1971) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action | N/A | ...more about Proud Rider |
| 32 | | Drag Racer (1971) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action | N/A | ...more about Drag Racer |
| 33 | | Corsaro nero, Il (1971) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Comedy | N/A | Rivaling Pirates and Spanish gold are the ingredients for this story. Blackie the pirate is the one ...more about Corsaro nero starring Terence Hill and Silvia Monti |
| 34 | | Red Baron, The (1971) | No Score 0 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Drama, War | N/A | World War I: an allied squadron and a German squadron face off daily in the skies. Manfred von ...more about Red Baron starring Don Stroud and Barry Primus |
| 35 |  | Chain Gang Women (1971) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Drama |
$6.25
| ...more about Chain Gang Women |
| 36 | | Clay Pigeon (1971) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | ...more about Clay Pigeon starring Tom Stern and Robert Vaughn |
| 37 | | Town Called Hell, A (1971) | No Score 1 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Western | N/A | ...more about Town Called Hell starring Robert Shaw and Stella Stevens |
| 38 |  | Below the Belt (1971) | No Score 1 reviews | NA | Action, Crime, Romance, Comedy |
$19.99
| A boxer's manager pays a prostitute to make his boxer's nights hot, and endless. Not so strange, ...more about Below the Belt starring John Tull and Fred Finkleloffe |
| 39 | | Universal Soldier (1971) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War | N/A | A lifelong mercenary commander and weapons expert played by George Lazenby is commissioned to train ...more about Universal Soldier starring George Lazenby and Ben Carruthers |
| 40 | | Ride the Hot Wind (1971) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | ...more about Ride the Hot Wind |
| 41 | | Wild Riders (1971) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Crime |
$7.79
| Two juvenile delinquents break into a luxury house where they rape two women. They settle in the ...more about Wild Riders starring Alex Rocco and Elizabeth Knowles |
| 42 | | Outlaw Riders (1971) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | ...more about Outlaw Riders |
| 43 | | Man of Violence (1971) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller | N/A | ...more about Man of Violence starring Luan Peters and Derek Aylward |
| 44 | | Last Run, The (1971) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime | N/A | A former getaway driver from Chicago (George C. Scott) has retired to a peaceful life in a ...more about Last Run starring George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere |
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