THE 10 BEST FILMS OF 1971

By: DOUGLAS REESE

BEST ACTOR
01. malcolm mcdowell – a clockwork orange
02. lou castel – beware of a holy whore
03. george c. scott – the hospital
04. michel bouquet – just before nightfall
05. thommy berggren – joe hill
06. gary grimes – summer of ’42
07. peter finch – sunday bloody sunday
08. jean duceppe – mon oncle antoine
09. michael caine – get carter
10. gene wilder – willy wonka and the chocolate factory

BEST ACTRESS
01. lea massari – murmur of the heart
02. jane fonda – klute
03. vanessa redgrave – the devils
04. ruth gordon – harold and maude
05. christina lindberg – maid in sweden
06. kitty winn – the panic in needle park
07. elaine may – a new leaf
08. jessica walter – play misty for me
09. glenda jackson – elizabeth r
10. dyan cannon – such good friends
11. jennifer o’neill – summer of ’42
12. jenny agutter – walkabout

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
01. warren oates – two-lane blacktop
02. aubrey morris – a clockwork orange
03. charles gray – diamonds are forever
04. andy robinson – dirty harry
05. roy scheider – the french connection
06. ben johnson – the last picture show
07. patrick magee – a clockwork orange
08. peter vaughan – straw dogs
09. lionel villeneuve – mon oncle antoine
10. dean jagger – vanishing point

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
01. stephane audran – just before nightfall
02. cloris leachman – the last picture show
03. laurie bird – two-lane blacktop
04. nuria espert – viva la muerte
05. ann-margret – carnal knowledge
06. hanna schygulla – beware of a holy whore
07. britt ekland – get carter
08. susan george – straw dogs
09. vivian pickles – harold and maude
10. marie mergey – who cares: anatomy of a delivery boy