Finding box office information for movies made before 1980 is not an easy task.   For somebody looking for box office information on 1970 it is very very frustrating.  Over the years, we have researched and collected information on over 36,000 movies.  So we figured we would show all the 1971 movies in our database.

To make this list a movie had to be made in 1971.  This page will looks at 127 1971 Top Box Office Movies.  The movies are listed in a massive table that lets you rank the movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.    This only represents about 40% of the movies made in 1971….but should cover the top box office movies.

Our UMR Top 50 of 1971

Year	Movie (Year)	Rating	S
Year	Movie (Year)	Rating	S
1971	The French Connection (1971) AA Best Picture Win
1971	The Last Picture Show (1971) AA Best Picture Nom
1971	Fiddler on the Roof (1971) AA Best Picture Nom
1971	A Clockwork Orange (1971) AA Best Picture Nom
1971	Dirty Harry (1971)
1971	Summer of '42 (1971)
1971	Carnal Knowledge (1971)
1971	Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
1971	Klute (1971)
1971	The Hospital (1971)

1971 Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

• Sort 1971 Movies by movie titles and movie trailers
• Sort 1971 Movies by the stars or in some cases the director of the movie.
• Sort 1971 Movies by domestic adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
• Sort 1971 Movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
• Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each 1971 Movies received and how many Oscar® wins each 1971 Movies received.
• Sort 1971 Movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking Score (UMR).  Our UMR score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.

 

R	Movie (Year)	UMR Co-Star Links			Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil)				UMR Score
R	Movie (Year)	UMR Co-Star Links	Actual B.O. Domestic (mil)	Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil)	Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil)	B.O. Rank by Year	Review	Oscar Nom / Win	UMR Score	S
1	The French Connection (1971) AA Best Picture Win	Gene Hackman & Roy Scheider	51.7	329.9	329.90	4	84	08 / 05	99.9
2	The Last Picture Show (1971) AA Best Picture Nom	Ben Johnson & Jeff Bridges	39.7	253.5	253.50	7	87	08 / 02	99.6
3	Fiddler on the Roof (1971) AA Best Picture Nom	Topol & Leonard Frey	90.9	580.2	580.20	2	81	08 / 03	99.4
4	A Clockwork Orange (1971) AA Best Picture Nom	Malcolm McDowell & Directed by Stanley Kubrick	51.5	328.8	328.80	5	88	04 / 00	99.3
5	Dirty Harry (1971)	Clint Eastwood	39.6	252.7	252.70	8	86	00 / 00	98.4
6	Summer of '42 (1971)	Jennifer O'Neill & Gary Grimes	62.1	396.4	396.40	3	76	04 / 01	97.4
7	Carnal Knowledge (1971)	Ann-Margret & Jack Nicholson	37.4	238.9	238.90	9	78	01 / 00	97.3
9	Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)	Angela Lansbury & Roddy McDowall	34.6	220.9	220.90	10	68	05 / 01	96.0
11	Klute (1971)	Jane Fonda & Donald Sutherland	24.2	154.7	154.70	14	84	02 / 01	95.8
12	The Hospital (1971)	George C. Scott	27.3	174.5	174.50	12	76	02 / 01	95.4