A young woman whose kung fu has reached the point where she can turn invisible runs afoul of a powerful family when she disrupts a wedding. She must fight off kung fu masters and even a poisonous centipede ring!

Sur un arbre perché

1971

French

6.2

♡ 5

canyon

Comedy

hitchhiking

husband wife relationship

tree

Serge Korber Director

Louis de Funès as Henri Roubier

Olivier De Funès as L'auto-stoppeur

Alice Sapritch as Lucienne Roubier

Geraldine Chaplin as Mme Muller

Henry Roubier, a French promoter, and Enrico Mazzini, an Italian, have signed an agreement guaranteeing them a stranglehold on European highways. While driving on the roads of the south, Roubier takes two young hitchhikers, but an unfortunate swerve the car rushes by Henri and its occupants on the top of a pine tree onto the side of a cliff.

The Devils

1971

English

7.7

♡ 16

71%

Ken Russell Director Twiggy

Twiggy as Courtier

Kenneth Colley as Legrand

Georgina Hale as Philippe

Harry Fielder as Soldier / Blackbird

In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier's protection of the city of Loudun from the corrupt Cardinal Richelieu is undermined by a sexually repressed nun's accusation of witchcraft.

The Blood on Satan's Claw

1971

English

6.4

♡ 11

73%

Piers Haggard Director

Harry Fielder as Militiaman

Barry Andrews as Ralph Gower

Anna Wing as Villager

Eric Mason as Villager

In early 18th-century England, the children of a village slowly convert into a coven of devil worshipers.

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

1971

English

7.0

♡ 24

88%

Robert Fuest Director

Vincent Price as Dr. Anton Phibes

Joseph Cotten as Dr. Vesalius

Peter Jeffrey as Inspector Trout

James Grout as Sergeant

After a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes unleashes a score of Old-Testament atrocities on his enemies.

Lady with a Sword

1971

Chinese

6.9

♡ 7

Pao-Shu Kao Director

Siu-Lung Leung as

Shao-Hung Chan as Lily Ho

Lily Ho as Feng Fei Fei

Chih Hsien Po as Feng Ying Ying

After a trio of rogues murder her sister and leave her nephew for dead, a skilled swordswoman seeks revenge upon them and soon discovers she has a dismaying connection to the main culprit.

The Case of the Scorpion's Tail

1971

Italian

6.7

♡ 9

71%

Sergio Martino Director

Alberto de Mendoza as John Stanley

Ida Galli as Lisa Baumer

Tom Felleghy as Mr. Brenton

Giulio Massimini as Speaker TV

After her husband dies in a freak plane accident, a woman leaves London for Athens to collect his generous life insurance policy. She soon discovers that others besides herself are keen to get their hands on the money - and are willing to kill for it. Meanwhile, a private investigator arrives to investigate irregularities in the claim, teaming up with a beautiful reporter.

Villain

1971

English

6.5

♡ 6

67%

49%

Action

based on novel or book

Michael Tuchner Director

Leslie Schofield as Detective Constable

Shirley Cain as Mrs. Matthews

John Hallam as Terry

Ian McShane as Wolfe Lissner

In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.

Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman

1971

Japanese

7.1

♡ 5

Kimiyoshi Yasuda Director

Seishirô Hara as

Takamaru Sasaki as

Shinsuke Minami as Henoichi

Jimmy Wang Yu as Wang Kong / One-armed Swordsman

Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chinese martial artist named Wang Kang and his youthful attendant -- Zatoichi finds them and discovers that the pair's mixed up with a dangerous bunch of terrorist samurai who murdered the boy's parents. Now, Zatoichi must step in to save the day.

Four Nights of a Dreamer

1971

French

♡ 6

91%

78%

Action

artist

based on novel or book

Robert Bresson Director

Jérôme Massart as Jacques' Visitor

Giorgio Maulini as Locksmith

Isabelle Weingarten as Marthe

Jean-Maurice Monnoyer as Marthe's Lover

Jacques, a young man with artistic aspirations, spends four nights wandering Paris with a young woman, whom he rescued from suicide.

Goodbye Uncle Tom

1971

Italian

6.5

♡ 7

45%

Gualtiero Jacopetti Director

Shelley Spurlock as Girl

Susan Hampshire as Self

Gualtiero Jacopetti as Self

Dick Gregory as Self

Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.

The Last Picture Show

1971

English

8.0

♡ 27

98%

89%

Action

based on novel or book

Drama

graduation

high school graduation

Peter Bogdanovich Director

Clu Gulager as Abilene

Noble Willingham as Chester

Jeff Bridges as Duane Jackson

Timothy Bottoms as Sonny Crawford

High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.

The Cat in the Hat

1971

English

7.2

♡ 9

Hawley Pratt Director

Judy Garland as Additional voices

Pamelyn Ferdin as Sally

Thurl Ravenscroft as Thing 1

Gene Morford as Thing 2

In a marvelously animated version of one of the most beloved of all Dr. Seuss tales, two youngsters find themselves at home with nothing to do on a rainy afternoon. But when the magical, mischievous Cat in the Hat arrives on the scene, they're all cat-apulted into a day of rousing, romping, outlandish antics they - and you - will never forget!

The Andromeda Strain

1971

English

7.2

♡ 35

68%

72%

Action

based on novel or book

Robert Wise Director

Don Messick as Alarm Voice

Michael Pataki as Operator of 'The Hands'

Eric Christmas as Senator from Vermont

Garry Walberg as Technician

When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby - survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents.

The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh

1971

Italian

6.9

♡ 13

74%

Sergio Martino Director

Carlo Alighiero as Commissioner

Ivan Rassimov as Jean

Edwige Fenech as Julie Wardh

Bruno Corazzari as Killer

When socialite and heiress Julie Wardh begins receiving blackmail letters attributed to a mysterious serial killer, she suspects her cruel and sadistic former lover Jean is behind them. With her husband Neil frequently out of town, she falls into the arms of her friend's cousin George, and as the unknown assassin begins to make his move, she fears that one of the three men in her life may be the killer.

Murmur of the Heart

1971

French

7.5

♡ 20

94%

Louis Malle Director

Lea Massari as Clara Chevalier

Michael Lonsdale as Father Henri

Jacques Gheusi as Hotel receptionist

Henri Poirier as Uncle Leonce

This loosely plotted coming-of-age tale follows the life of 15-year-old Laurent Chevalier as he stumbles his way over the burgeoning swell of adolescence in 1950s France. After having his first sexual experience with a prostitute and dodging the lips of a priest, Chevalier contracts a case of scarlet fever. When the fever leaves him with a heart murmur, Chevalier is placed in a sanatorium, along with his over-attentive and adulterous mother.

Earth II

1971

English

5.5

♡ 9

33%

Tom Gries Director

James Hong as Chinese Military Official

Inga Swenson as Ilyana Kovalefskii

Mariette Hartley as Lisa Karger

Lew Ayres as President Charles Carter Durant

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 miles away from the station. Can the crew disarm the bomb before it detonates, not only destroying the station but setting off World War III?

Godzilla vs. Hedorah

1971

Japanese

6.1

♡ 18

71%

Ishirô Honda Director

Yasuzô Ogawa as

Shigeo Katô as

Akira Yamanouchi as Dr. Toru Yano

Yoshio Katsube as JSDF Engineer

An ever evolving alien life-form arrives on a comet from the Dark Gaseous Nebula and proceeds to consume pollution. Spewing mists of sulfuric acid and corrosive sludge, neither humanity nor Godzilla may be able to defeat this toxic menace.

The Devil with Seven Faces

1971

Italian

4.5

♡ 2

Osvaldo Civirani Director

Maria Ricotti as

Stephen Boyd as Dave Barton

Carroll Baker as Julie Harrison

Lucretia Love as Margaret

Carroll Baker plays a dual role as translator Julie Harrison and her twin sister Mary. The serpentine plot begins as Julie tells her lawyer Dave Barton that Mary's life is being threatened in London while Julie herself is being stalked by a mysterious stranger in Amsterdam.

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Sur un arbre perché

The Devils

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Lady with a Sword

The Case of the Scorpion's Tail

Villain

Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman

Four Nights of a Dreamer

Goodbye Uncle Tom

The Last Picture Show

The Cat in the Hat

The Andromeda Strain

The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh

Murmur of the Heart

Earth II

Godzilla vs. Hedorah

The Devil with Seven Faces