Best Movies of 1971

These are the 23 best-rated movies released in 1971, led by The Invincible Eight, Benny's Bathtub and The Angry River. Ranked by audience score, with cast, trailers and legal places to watch on every page.

1. The Invincible Eight (1971)

★ 7.6/10

Everyday when General Xiao and his men ride through the Imperial City, inhabitants have to scatter around in order to keep out of their path. One day when Lei plans to assassinate Xiao but gets hurt, another three…
2. Benny's Bathtub (1971)

★ 7.2/10

A boy explores the hidden depths of his bathtub in a grey world dominated by boring adults.
3. The Angry River (1971)

★ 7.0/10

The plot has to do with a reign of terror conducted by a mysterious killer dubbed "Poison Dart," who is hitting all kinds of prominent people with poison darts.
4. Rendezvous in Hell (1971)

★ 7.0/10

Four men rob a gas station and a shot is fired so they return to their home where their four women have been waiting and licking on each other. Pretty soon the eight are all having sex but then things take a dark turn.
5. The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman (1971)

★ 6.6/10

In this unfinished work, a young mother, her little girl, as well as a friend of the mother's, spend the summer in a villa. The mother shares her problems – womanhood, motherhood, being married - with her friend…
6. A Well Spent Life (1971)

★ 6.4/10

A tribute to the Texas songster, Mance Lipscomb, considered by many to be the greatest guitarist of all time.
7. Land of Milk and Honey (1971)

★ 6.3/10

Pierre Etaix’s most radical film, and perhaps unsurprisingly the one that effectively ended his career in cinema, Land of Milk and Honey is a fascinating investigative documentary about post–May ’68 French society.
8. Sevmek ve Ölmek Zamanı (1971)

★ 6.0/10

Kudret is a young man who earns his living performing stunts on a motorcycle. He wants to marry Emel, but standing between them is Emel's mother, Selma. Determined to prevent the marriage, Selma conspires with…
9. Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (1971)

★ 5.9/10

Four elderly ladies with a lot of time on their hands get the idea to create a fictional "girl" for a computer dating service. However, things take a turn for the worse when their description of the "girl" attracts a…
10. Yırtık Niyazi (1971)

★ 5.7/10

Niyazi and Sansar live a poor life in a boarding house. The boarding house owner, Binnaz, brings Gül, whom she met in prison, to live at the boarding house. Gül and Niyazi fall in love with each other. One day, Gül…
11. The Legend of Frenchie King (1971)

★ 5.6/10

Outlaw sisters in the old West inherit a ranch and try to settle down and develop relationships with neighboring family of lots of brothers.
12. Bunny O'Hare (1971)

★ 5.6/10

Bette Davis handles the title role in this highly offbeat crime comedy about two aging hippies who elect to rob a bank to restore Bunny O'Hare's financial affairs after she's been unjustly evicted and rendered…
13. The Crunch Bird (1971)

★ 5.6/10

A woman goes into a pet store seeking a gift for her husband. She decides to get him a bird with a most unusual talent, but her gift brings about an unforeseen result.
14. Kezban in Paris (1971)

★ 5.5/10

A young girl's adventures in Paris, where she visits after befriending a rich boy.
15. The Glass Ceiling (1971)

★ 5.2/10

A lonely housewife hears a man’s footsteps in the apartment above her late at night. The upstairs neighbor insists it is her husband who has returned from business but her explanations are soon contradicted. The woman…
16. Catlow (1971)

★ 5.1/10

An outlaw tries to avoid interference as he journeys to Mexico to pull off a $2,000,000 gold robbery.
17. The Vampire Happening (1971)

★ 5.1/10

An American actress inherits a Transylvanian castle, unaware that her ancestor was really a vampire countess, and has emerged from her tomb to ravage the nearby village and Catholic seminary
18. Earth II (1971)

★ 5.0/10

In the near future, a space station dubbed Earth II is built for the purpose of scientific research and world peace. However, that peace is shattered when the Chinese send up a nuclear bomb that is orbiting just a few…
19. Black Love (1971)

★ 5.0/10

a hardcore 'sex education' film exposing the lovemaking habits of contemporary Black couples in Chicago through a series of vignettes.
20. Sex Rider: Wet Highway (1971)

★ 4.9/10

On the eve of her wedding and while cheating with another man, a woman gets involved into a dangerous new world of experiences.
21. The Devil Came from Akasava (1971)

★ 4.6/10

A mineral is discovered which can turn metal to gold or humans into zombies. When the mineral is stolen, secret agents are sent in to get the mineral back!
22. The Spring of the Scorpions (1971)

★ 4.4/10

A lady photographer and her preteen son on vacation at a beautiful Mexican resort, befriend two men whose homosexual relationship is going through some tough times.
23. Django's Cut Price Corpses (1971)

★ 3.7/10

The Cortez brothers rob a bank and flee beyond the Mexican border. On their trail are various people, each for a different reason: Sheriff Fulton is sent by the robbed bank to recuperate the money; Django, a…