Best 1971 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 1971 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.

#20. Harold and Maude
- Stacker score: 80.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 85,000)
- Metascore: 62
- Director: Hal Ashby
- Actors: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles
- Runtime: 1 hour 31 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: N/A

#19. THX 1138
- Stacker score: 81.5
- IMDb user rating: 6.6 (votes: 57,000)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: George Lucas
- Actors: Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Don Pedro Colley
- Runtime: 1 hour 26 minutes
- Rating: GP
- Box office: $2,437,000

#18. The Panic in Needle Park
- Stacker score: 83.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 22,000)
- Metascore: 74
- Director: Jerry Schatzberg
- Actors: Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint
- Runtime: 1 hour 50 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: N/A

#17. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
- Stacker score: 83.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 239,000)
- Metascore: 67
- Director: Mel Stuart
- Actors: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum
- Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $573,368

#16. Carnal Knowledge
- Stacker score: 84.4
- IMDb user rating: 6.9 (votes: 16,000)
- Metascore: 77
- Director: Mike Nichols
- Actors: Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen, Art Garfunkel
- Runtime: 1 hour 38 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $33,668

#15. Play Misty for Me
- Stacker score: 85.0
- IMDb user rating: 6.9 (votes: 34,000)
- Metascore: 78
- Director: Clint Eastwood
- Actors: Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills
- Runtime: 1 hour 42 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $10,600,000

#14. Fiddler on the Roof
- Stacker score: 85.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 51,000)
- Metascore: 67
- Director: Norman Jewison
- Actors: Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey
- Runtime: 3 hours 1 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $10,404,330

#13. Johnny Got His Gun
- Stacker score: 86.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 19,000)
- Metascore: 71
- Director: Dalton Trumbo
- Actors: Timothy Bottoms, Kathy Fields, Marsha Hunt
- Runtime: 1 hour 51 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: N/A

#12. Straw Dogs
- Stacker score: 86.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 67,000)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: Sam Peckinpah
- Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan
- Runtime: 1 hour 53 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: N/A

#11. Klute
- Stacker score: 87.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 32,000)
- Metascore: 81
- Director: Alan J. Pakula
- Actors: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi
- Runtime: 1 hour 54 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: N/A

#10. Duck, You Sucker!
- Stacker score: 87.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 40,000)
- Metascore: 77
- Director: Sergio Leone
- Actors: Rod Steiger, James Coburn, Romolo Valli
- Runtime: 2 hours 18 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: N/A

#9. Get Carter
- Stacker score: 88.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 39,000)
- Metascore: 80
- Director: Mike Hodges
- Actors: Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland
- Runtime: 1 hour 52 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: N/A

#8. A Clockwork Orange
- Stacker score: 91.9
- IMDb user rating: 8.2 (votes: 919,000)
- Metascore: 77
- Director: Stanley Kubrick
- Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates
- Runtime: 2 hours 16 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $26,617,553

#7. Wake in Fright
- Stacker score: 92.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 16,000)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Ted Kotcheff
- Actors: Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty
- Runtime: 1 hour 49 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $50,394

#6. Two-Lane Blacktop
- Stacker score: 93.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 14,000)
- Metascore: 89
- Director: Monte Hellman
- Actors: James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird
- Runtime: 1 hour 42 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: N/A

#5. Walkabout
- Stacker score: 93.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 29,000)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Nicolas Roeg
- Actors: Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, Luc Roeg
- Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Rating: GP
- Box office: N/A

#4. Dirty Harry
- Stacker score: 94.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 177,000)
- Metascore: 87
- Director: Don Siegel, Clint Eastwood
- Actors: Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Harry Guardino
- Runtime: 1 hour 42 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $35,988,495

#3. McCabe & Mrs. Miller
- Stacker score: 97.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 29,000)
- Metascore: 93
- Director: Robert Altman
- Actors: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois
- Runtime: 2 hours
- Rating: R
- Box office: N/A

#2. The French Connection
- Stacker score: 98.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 147,000)
- Metascore: 94
- Director: William Friedkin
- Actors: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey
- Runtime: 1 hour 44 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $51,700,000

#1. The Last Picture Show
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 56,000)
- Metascore: 93
- Director: Peter Bogdanovich
- Actors: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd
- Runtime: 1 hour 58 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $29,133,000