1971 Films

The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1971 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Events

*February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, ''Eat the Document'', premieres at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour.
*April 23 - Melvin Van Peebles film '' Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song'' becomes the highest-grossing independent film of 1971.
*May - The first permanent IMAX projection system begins showing at Ontario Place's "Cinesphere" in Toronto.
*May 10 - Frank Yablans becomes President of Paramount Pictures.
*Britain's National Film School begins operation at Beaconsfield Film Studios.

Awards

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
:'' The Go-Between'', directed by Joseph Losey, United Kingdom

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
:''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'' (''Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini''), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy / W. Germany

1971 films

By country/region

* List of American films of 1971
* List of Argentine films of 1971
* List of Australian films of 1971
* List of Bangladeshi films of 1971
* List of British films of 1971
* List of Canadian films of 1971
* List of French films of 1971
* List of Hong Kong films of 1971
* List of Indian films of 1971
** List of Hindi films of 1971
** List of Kannada films of 1971
** List of Malayalam films of 1971
** List of Marathi films of 1971
** List of Tamil films of 1971
** List of Telugu films of 1971
* List of Japanese films of 1971
* List of Mexican films of 1971
* List of Pakistani films of 1971
* List of South Korean films of 1971
* List of Soviet films of 1971
* List of Spanish films of 1971

By genre/medium

* List of action films of 1971
* List of animated feature films of 1971
* List of avant-garde films of 1971
* List of comedy films of 1971
* List of drama films of 1971
* List of horror films of 1971
* List of science fiction films of 1971
* List of thriller films of 1971
* List of western films of 1971

Births

*January 2
** Taye Diggs, American actor
** Renée Elise Goldsberry, American actress and singer
*January 3 - Sarah Alexander, English actress
*January 7 - Jeremy Renner, American actor
*January 11 - Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter and actress
*January 13 - Caspar Phillipson, Danish actor and singer
*January 14 - Jennifer Dundas, American actress
*January 15 - Regina King, American actress
*January 17 - Youki Kudoh, Japanese actress and singer
*January 19 - Shawn Wayans, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
*January 20 - Questlove, American musician, filmmaker and actor
*January 21 - Dylan Kussman, American writer and actor
*January 22 - Katie Finneran, American actress
*January 23 - Diana Barrows, American actress, singer and dancer
*January 24
** Jonathan Aris, English actor
** Stanislas Merhar, French actor
*January 27
** Karin Tammaru, Estonian actress
** Fann Wong, Singaporean actress, singer and model
*January 31 - Darren Boyd, British actor
*February 1
** Michael C. Hall, American actor
** Jill Kelly, American pornographic actress
** Hynden Walch, American actress, voice actress, writer and singer
*February 2 - Arly Jover, Spanish actress
*February 3 - Elisa Donovan, American actress
*February 4 - Rob Corddry, American actor and comedian
*February 5 - Myndy Crist, American actress
*February 6 - Brian Stepanek, American actor
*February 11 - Damian Lewis, English actor
*February 12 - Scott Menville, American actor
*February 14 - Noriko Sakai, Japanese actress and singer
*February 15
** Alex Borstein, American actress
** Renee O'Connor, American actress
*February 17 - Denise Richards, American actress
*February 18
** E. Roger Mitchell, American actor
** Hiep Thi Le, Vietnamese-American actress (d. 2017)
*February 21 - Andréa Burns, American actress and singer
*February 22 - Lea Salonga, Filipina actress, singer, and columnist
*February 25 - Sean Astin, American actor
*February 28 - Tasha Smith, American actor, director and producer
*March 1
** Ma Dong-seok, South Korean-born American actor
** Teresa Gallagher, American-born British actress, voice actress and singer
*March 2
** Stefano Accorsi, Italian actor
** Method Man, American actor and musician
** Amber Smith, American actress
*March 4 - Shavar Ross, American actor, director, screenwriter, producer and editor
*March 5
** Yuri Lowenthal, American voice actor
** Scott Mosier, American producer, director and editor
*March 7
** Peter Sarsgaard, American actor
** Matthew Vaughn, English filmmaker
*March 10 - Jon Hamm, American actor
*March 11 - Johnny Knoxville, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
*March 13 - Annabeth Gish, American actress
*March 15 - Chris Patton, American voice actor
*March 16 - Alan Tudyk, American actor and voice actor
*March 22
** Iben Hjejle, Danish actress
** Keegan-Michael Key, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
** Will Yun Lee, American actor and martial artist
*March 24 - Megyn Price, American actress
*March 25 - Peter Shinkoda, Canadian actor
*March 26 - Francis Lawrence, Austrian-born American filmmaker and producer
*March 27 - Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor
*March 29
** Michael-Leon Wooley, American theatre, film, television and voice actor
** Hidetoshi Nishijima, Japanese actor
*March 31
** Craig McCracken, American cartoonist, animator, director, writer and producer
** Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor
*April 1 - Lachy Hulme, Australian actor and screenwriter
*April 5 - Krista Allen, American actress, model and stand-up comedian
*April 7 - Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, American actress
*April 12 - Shannen Doherty, American actress (d. 2024)
*April 15
** Andy Daly, American actor, comedian and writer
** Kate Harbour, English voice actress
*April 16 - Peter Billingsley, American actor, director and producer
*April 18 - David Tennant, Scottish actor
*April 19
** Gad Elmaleh, Moroccan-Canadian stand-up comedian and actor
** Desreta Jackson, Virgin Islander actress
** Wendy Powell, American voice actress
*April 22 - Eric Mabius, American actor
*April 24 - Stefania Rocca, Italian actress
*April 28 - Bridget Moynahan, American actress
*May 10
** Adriano Giannini, Italian actor and voice actor
** Leslie Stefanson, American actress
*May 11 - Nicky Katt, American actor
*May 12 - Steven Mond, Canadian former child actor
*May 13 - Mido Hamada, Egyptian-German actor
*May 14 - Sofia Coppola, American actress, writer, and director
*May 17 - Randy Davison, American actor
*May 22 - MC Eiht, American rapper and actor
*May 25 - Justin Henry, American actor
*May 26 - Matt Stone, American actor, creator of South Park
*May 27
** Paul Bettany, English actor
** Lisa Lopes, American singer and actress (d. 2002)
*May 30
** Duncan Jones, British director, producer and screenwriter
** Idina Menzel, American actress, singer and songwriter
** John Ross Bowie, American actor and comedian
*31 May - Jon Øigarden, Norwegian actor
*June 2
** Anthony Montgomery, American actor
** Espen Sandberg, Norwegian director
*June 4
** James Callis, British actor
** Noah Wyle, American actor
*June 5
** Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress
** Mark Wahlberg, American actor and musician
*June 8 - Kent Faulcon, American actor, director and writer
*June 11 - Kenjiro Tsuda, Japanese actor
*June 13 - Bryan Massey, American actor
*June 14 - Sophiya Haque, English actress and singer (d. 2013)
*June 15
** Jake Busey, American actor
** Taavi Eelmaa, Estonian actor
*June 16
** Eva Püssa, Estonian actress
**Tupac Shakur, American actor and rapper (d. 1996)
*June 18 - Lisa Barbuscia, American model, singer and actress
*June 20 - Josh Lucas, American actor
*June 22 - Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actress and comedian
*June 28
** Benito Martinez, American actor
** Aileen Quinn, American actress and singer
*June 30
** Tom Green, Canadian-American comedian, show host, actor and filmmaker
** Monica Potter, American actress
*July 1
**Missy Elliott, American musician and actress
** Melissa Peterman, American actress, television host and comedian
*July 4
** Kate Dickie, Scottish actress
** Al Madrigal, American comedian, writer, actor and producer
*July 7 - Christian Camargo, American actor, producer, writer and director
*July 8 - Amanda Peterson, American actress (d. 2015)
*July 9 - Scott Grimes, American actor and singer
*July 15 - Jim Rash, American actor, comedian and filmmaker
*July 16 - Corey Feldman, American actor
*July 18 - Sarah McLeod, New Zealand actress
*July 19
** Kate Henshaw, Nigerian actress
** Andres Puustusmaa, Estonian actor and director
*July 20 - Sandra Oh, Canadian-American actress
*July 21 - Charlotte Gainsbourg, French-British actress
*July 24 - Patty Jenkins, American director, screenwriter and producer
*July 25 - Miriam Shor, American actress
*July 30 - Christine Taylor, American actress
*July 31 - Eve Best, British actress
*August 4
** Stuart Beattie, Australian filmmaker
** Yo-Yo, American rapper and actress
*August 6 - Merrin Dungey, American actress
*August 9
** Mark Povinelli, American actor
** Nikki Ziering, American model and actress
*August 10
**Luca Guadagnino, Italian director and producer
** Justin Theroux, American actor
*August 12
** Rebecca Gayheart, American actress
** Yvette Nicole Brown, American actress, comedian, writer and host
*August 13
** Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor and director
** Heike Makatsch, German actress, voice actress and singer
** Rolando Molina, Salvadoran actor
*August 14 - Scott Michael Campbell, American actor, writer, producer and director
*August 18 - Jacob Vargas, Mexican-American actor
*August 20
** David Walliams, English comedian, actor, writer and television personality
** Ke Huy Quan, American actor and stunt choreographer
*August 21 - Kristi Angus, Canadian actress
*August 22 - Richard Armitage, English actor and author
*August 25 - Claire Rushbrook, English actress
*August 29 - Carla Gugino, American actress
*August 31 - Chris Tucker, American actor
*September 1 - Maury Sterling, American actor
*September 2 - Katt Williams, American actor and comedian
*September 3 - Drena De Niro, American actress and filmmaker
*September 8
** David Arquette, American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter
** Martin Freeman, English actor
*September 9
** Eric Stonestreet, American actor and comedian
** Henry Thomas, American actor
*September 14
** Pat Healy, American actor
** Kimberly Williams-Paisley, American actress
*September 15
** Josh Charles, American actor
** Colleen O'Shaughnessey, American voice actress
*September 16 - Amy Poehler, American actress
*September 17
** Felix Solis, American actor, director and producer
** Ian Whyte, Welsh actor and stuntman
*September 18 - Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress
*September 19
** Sanaa Lathan, American actress
** Selene Luna, Mexican-American actress and comedian
*September 21 - Luke Wilson, American actor
*September 22 - Lawrence Gilliard Jr., American actor
*September 27 - Amanda Detmer, American actress
*September 29 - Mackenzie Crook, English actor, comedian, director and writer
*September 30 - Jenna Elfman, American actress
*October 5
** Matthew Maher, American actor
** Samuel Vincent, Canadian voice actor and singer
*October 6 - Emily Mortimer, English actress
*October 11
**Justin Lin, Taiwanese-American director
** Trish Sie, American director
*October 13
**Sacha Baron Cohen, English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer
** Luis Tosar, Spanish actor and musician
*October 17 - Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor (d. 2011)
*October 20
**Snoop Dogg, American rapper, songwriter, media personality and actor
** Kenneth Choi, American actor
** Rachel House, New Zealand actress and director
*October 21 - Jennifer Lee, American screenwriter, film director and chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios
*October 25 - Craig Robinson, American actor, comedian, musician and singer
*October 26
** Rosemarie DeWitt, American actress
** Anthony Rapp, American actor and singer
** Phil Johnston, American screenwriter, director, producer and voice actor
*October 29 - Winona Ryder, American actress
*November 2 - Meta Golding, Haitian-American actress
*November 3
** Piret Laurimaa, Estonian actress
** Dylan Moran, Irish comedian, writer and actor
*November 4 - Tabu, Indian actress
*November 9 - Jason Antoon, American actor
*November 10 - Walton Goggins, American actor
*November 11 - David DeLuise, American actor
*November 13 - Noah Hathaway, American actor
*November 14
** Giovanni Cirfiera, Italian actor
** Marco Leonardi, Italian actor
*November 16 - Justine Clarke, Australian actress, singer, musician and television host
*November 17 - David Ramsey, American actor, director and martial artist
*November 18 - Goran Kostić, Serbian actor
*November 20
** Enrico Casarosa, Italian-American storyboard artist, director and writer
**Joel McHale, American actor, comedian, writer, producer and television host
*November 23
** Lisa Arch, American actress and comedian
** Chris Hardwick, American comedian, actor, television and podcast host, writer and producer
*November 24 - Lior Raz, Israeli actor and screenwriter
*November 25 - Christina Applegate, American actress
*November 29 - Naoko Mori, Japanese actress
*December 3
** Joseph Gatt, English actor
** Ola Rapace, Swedish actor
*December 5
** Kali Rocha, American actress
** Dolly Wells, English actress and writer
*December 6 - Katariina Unt, Estonian actress
*December 7 - DeObia Oparei, English actor
*December 9 - Emma Thomas, English producer
*December 14 - Natascha McElhone, British actress
*December 17
** Sinan Akkuş, Turkish-German actor
** Claire Forlani, English actress
*December 18 - Claudia Gerini, Italian actress
*December 21 - Glenn Fitzgerald, American actor
*December 23 - Corey Haim, Canadian actor (d. 2010)
*December 25
** Patrick Baladi, English actor and musician
** Ain Mäeots, Estonian actor, director and producer
*December 26 - Jared Leto, American actor and musician

Deaths

Film debuts

References

External links

List of 1971 films
at IMDb
List of 1971 deaths
at IMDb

List of 1971 births
at IMDb

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