Italian films released in 1971| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| 1870 | Alfredo Giannetti | Anna Magnani, Marcello Mastroianni | drama |
| A Barrel Full of Dollars | Demofilo Fidani | Jack Betts, Klaus Kinski | Spaghetti Western |
| A come Andromeda | Vittorio Cottafavi | Luigi Vannucchi, Paola Pitagora | sci-fi | Television film |
| Amuck! | Silvio Amadio | Farley Granger, Barbara Bouchet | Giallo |
| Armiamoci e partite! | Nando Cicero | Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Martine Brochard | Comedy |
| Bastard, Go and Kill | Gino Mangini | George Eastman, Antonella Steni | Spaghetti Western |
| Bay of Blood|A Bay of Blood}} | Mario|Bava}} | Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Laura Betti | Thriller | [1]{{sfn>Curti|2017|p=53}} |
| Between Miracles (Per grazia ricevuta) | Nino Manfredi | Nino Manfredi, Mariangela Melato | Commedia all'italiana | Cannes award best first work. 2 Nastro d'Argento. Special David di Donatello |
| Black Belly of the Tarantula | Paolo Cavara | Giancarlo Giannini, Claudine Auger, Barbara Bouchet, Rossella Falk | Giallo |
| Blackie the Pirate | Enzo Gicca | Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, George Martin | adventure-comedy |
| Black Killer | Carlo Croccolo | Fred Robsahm, Klaus Kinski | Spaghetti Western |
| Blindman | Ferdinando Baldi | Tony Anthony, Ringo Starr | Spaghetti Western |
| The Blonde in the Blue Movie | Steno | Lando Buzzanca, Pamela Tiffin | Comedy |
| Bubù | Mauro Bolognini | Ottavia Piccolo, Massimo Ranieri, Gigi Proietti | Drama |
| The Case Is Closed, Forget It | Damiano Damiani | Franco Nero, Riccardo Cucciolla, Turi Ferro | Crime-Drama |
| The Case of the Scorpion's Tail | Sergio Martino | George Hilton, Anita Strindberg | Giallo |
| Cat o' Nine Tails|The Cat o' Nine Tails}} | Dario|Argento}} | James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak | {{n/a}} | Italian-French-West German co-production[2] |
| Il clan dei due Borsalini | Giuseppe Orlandini | Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia | Comedy |
| The Clowns | Federico Fellini | Federico Fellini, Alvaro Vitali, | Comedy | Made for TV |
| Cold Eyes of Fear | Enzo G.|Castellari}} | Giovanna Ralli, Frank Wolff, Fernando Rey | {{n/a}} | Curti|2013|p=46}} |
| Confessions of a Police Captain | Damiano|Damiani}} | Franco Nero, Martin Balsam, Marilù Tolo | {{n/a}} | Curti|2013|p=47}}{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=48}} |
| Cross Current | Tonino Ricci | Philippe Leroy, Elga Andersen | Giallo |
| Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia) | Luchino Visconti | Dirk Bogarde, Silvana Mangano, Björn Andrésen, Romolo Valli | Drama | Cannes Award. Gay interest. 4 BAFTA. 4 Nastro d'Argento. |
| Il Decameron | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Silvana Mangano | Erotic | Based on the novel Decamerone by Giovanni Boccaccio. First part of Pasolini's Trilogy of life, won prize at Berlin |
| The Deserter | Burt Kennedy | Ian Bannen, Richard Crenna | Western |
| The Designated Victim | Maurizio Lucidi | Tomas Milian, Pierre Clémenti | Giallo |
| The Devil Has Seven Faces | Osvaldo Civirani | Carroll Baker, Stephen Boyd, George Hilton | Giallo |
| The Devil's Nightmare | Jean Brismée | Erika Blanc, Jean Servais | Horror |
| The Double | Romolo Guerrieri | Jean Sorel, Lucia Bosé, Ewa Aulin | Giallo |
| Duck, You Sucker! (Giú la testa) | Sergio Leone | James Coburn, Rod Steiger, Romolo Valli | Spaghetti western | There are several alternate versions |
| Durango is Coming, Pay or Die | Roberto Bianchi Montero | Brad Harris, Jose Torres, Gisela Hahn | Western | [3] |
| I due assi del guantone | Mariano Laurenti | Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia | Comedy |
| E le stelle stanno a guardare | Anton Giulio Majano | Orso Maria Guerrini, Giancarlo Giannini | drama | Television film |
| Erika | Filippo Walter|Ratti}} | Patrizia Viotti, Pierre Brice, Bernhard De Vries | Erotic drama | Curti|2017|p=43}}[4] |
| Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello | Sergio Corbucci | Adriano Celentano, Claudia Mori, Vittorio Caprioli, Romolo Valli | comedy |
| Eye of the Spider | Roberto Bianchi|Montero}} | Klaus Kinski, Antonio Sabàto, Van Johnson | Film noir | Curti|2013|p=49}} |
| The Fifth Cord (Giornata nera per l'ariete) | Luigi Bazzoni | Franco Nero, Silvia Monti, Pamela Tiffin, Wolfgang Preiss | Giallo |
| A Fistful of Death | Demofilo Fidani | Jack Betts, Klaus Kinski | Spaghetti Western |
| Four Flies on Grey Velvet (4 Mosche di velluto grigio) | Dario Argento | Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Bud Spencer, Francine Racette | Giallo |
| Gang War | Steno | Carlo Giuffré, Pamela Tiffin, Vittorio De Sica, Aldo Fabrizi | criminal comedy |
| Gioco per Eveline|Un gioco per Eveline}} | Marcello|Avalone}} | Erna Shurer, Adriana Bogdan, Marco Guglielmi | {{n/a}} | Curti|2017|p=27}} |
| A Girl in Australia | Luigi Zampa | Alberto Sordi, Claudia Cardinale, Riccardo Garrone | Commedia all'italiana | David di Donatello best actress (Cardinale) |
| Goodbye Uncle Tom | Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi | Gualtiero Jacopetti | Mondo film |
| His Name Was King | Giancarlo Romitelli | Richard Harrison, Klaus Kinski | Spaghetti Western |
| Holy Water Joe | Mario Gariazzo | Ty Hardin, Lincoln Tate, Richard Harrison | Spaghetti Western |
| Iguana with the Tongue of Fire|The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire}} | Riccardo|Freda}} | Luigi Pistilli, Dagmar Lassander, Anton Diffring, Valentina Cortese | Giallo | Italian-French-West German co-production[5][6] |
| In the Name of the Italian People | Dino Risi | Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Yvonne Furneaux | Commedia all'italiana |
| Io non spezzo... rompo | Bruno Corbucci | Alighiero Noschese, Enrico Montesano, Janet Agren | Comedy |
| Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman | Roberto|Mauri}} | Mark Damon, Krista Nell | {{n/a}} | Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=102}} |
| Lady Frankenstein | Mel|Welles}} | Joseph Cotten, Rosalba Neri | Horror | Curti|2017|p=32}}{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=33}} |
| Lady Liberty | Mario Monicelli | Sophia Loren, William Devane, Gigi Proietti, Danny DeVito | Commedia all'italiana |
| The Legend of Frenchie King | Christian-Jaque | Brigitte Bardot, Claudia Cardinale | Spaghetti Western | French-Italian co-production |
| Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow | Yuri Ozerov | Nikolay Olyalin | war drama | Won the 1972 All-Union Film Festival Grand Prix. |
| Liberation: Battle of Berlin/ The Last Assault | Yuri Ozerov | Nikolay Olyalin | war drama |
| The Life of Leonardo da Vinci | Renato Castellani | Philippe Leroy, Giampiero Albertini | Biographical | Television film |
| A Lizard in a Woman's Skin | Lucio Fulci | Florinda Bolkan, Stanley Baker, Jean Sorel | Giallo |
| Long Live Your Death | Duccio Tessari | Franco Nero, Eli Wallach, Lynn Redgrave | Spaghetti Western |
| Lover of the Great Bear | Valentino Orsini | Giuliano Gemma, Senta Berger | drama |
| Ma che musica maestro | Mariano Laurenti | Gianni Nazzaro, Agostina Belli, Franco & Ciccio | Musicarello |
| Man of the East | Enzo Barboni | Terence Hill, Gregory Walcott, Harry Carey, Jr. | Spaghetti Western |
| Man of the Year | Marco Vicario | Lando Buzzanca, Rossana Podestà, Luciano Salce, Sylva Koscina, Bernard Blier | commedia sexy all'italiana |
| The Man with Icy Eyes | Alberto De Martino | Antonio Sabàto, Barbara Bouchet, Faith Domergue, Victor Buono | Giallo |
| Million Dollar Eel | Salvatore Samperi | Ottavia Piccolo, Lino Toffolo, Mario Adorf, Senta Berger | Comedy |
| La morte cammina con i tacchi alti | Luciano Ercoli | Frank Wolff, Susan Scott | Giallo |
| My Name Is Rocco Papaleo | Ettore Scola | Marcello Mastroianni, Lauren Hutton | Commedia all'italiana |
| Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave|The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave}} | Emilio|Miraglia}} | Anthony Steffen, Marina Malfatti, Erika Blanc | {{n/a}} | Curti|2013|p=40}}{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=41}} |
| Night of the Damned|The Night of the Damned}} | Filippo Walter|Ratti}} | Pierre Brice, Patrizia Viotti, Angela de Leo | {{n/a}} | Curti|2017|p=43}} |
| Nights and Loves of Don Juan | Alfonso|Brescia}} | Robert Hoffman, Barbara Bouchet, Ira von Furstenburg | {{n/a}} | Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=126}} |
| Oasis of Fear | Umberto Lenzi | Irene Papas, Ornella Muti | Giallo |
| On the Point of Death | Mario Garriba | Fabio Garriba | drama |
| Panhandle 38 | Toni Secchi | Scott Holden, Keenan Wynn, Delia Boccardo | Spaghetti Western |
| The Price of Death | Giancarlo Romitelli | Gianni Garko, Klaus Kinski | Spaghetti Western |
| The Priest's Wife | Dino Risi | Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni | Commedia all'italiana |
| In Prison Awaiting Trial | Nanni Loy | Alberto Sordi, Elga Andersen, Lino Banfi | Prison drama | Berlin Award & David di Donatello for best actor (Sordi) |
| Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli, primario della clinica Villa Celeste, convenzionata con le mutue | Luciano Salce | Alberto Sordi, Ida Galli, Pupella Maggio, Princess Ira von Fürstenberg, Claudio Gora | Commedia all'italiana | sequel of Be Sick... It's Free |
| Red Sun | Terence|Young|Terence Young (director)}} | Charles Bronson, Ursula Andress, Toshirô Mifune | {{n/a}} | French-Italian-Spanish co-production[7] |
| Roma Bene | Carlo Lizzani | Nino Manfredi, Virna Lisi, Senta Berger, Michele Mercier, Irene Papas | Giallo-Comedy |
| Sacco e Vanzetti | Giuliano Montaldo | Gian Maria Volontè, Riccardo Cucciolla, Rosanna Fratello, Cyril Cusack | Bipoic, Politics | Based on the Sacco and Vanzetti trial. Cannes Award for best actor (Cucciolla). 3 Nastro d'Argento |
| Savage Guns | Demofilo Fidani | Robert Woods, Gordon Mitchell | Spaghetti Western |
| Scipio the African | Luigi Magni | Marcello Mastroianni, Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman | Commedia all'italiana |
| A Season in Hell | Nelo Risi | Terence Stamp, Jean-Claude Brialy, Florinda Bolkan | Drama |
| Secret Fantasy (Il merlo maschio) | Pasquale Festa Campanile | Laura Antonelli, Lando Buzzanca, Ferruccio De Ceresa | Commedia all'italiana |
| Il sesso del diavolo - Trittico | Oscar|Brazzi}} | Rossano Brazzi, Sylva Coscina, Maitena Galli | {{n/a}} | Curti|2017|p=48}} |
| Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead | Giuseppe Vari | Klaus Kinski | Spaghetti Western |
| Short Night of Glass Dolls | Aldo Lado | Ingrid Thulin, Jean Sorel, Mario Adorf, Barbara Bach | Giallo |
| Slaughter Hotel | Fernando Di Leo | Klaus Kinski, Margaret Lee | horror |
| Socrates | Roberto Rossellini | Jean Sylvère | Drama |
| Something Creeping in The Dark | Mario|Colucci}} | Farley Granger, Lucia Bosè | Horror | Curti|2017|p=45}} |
| Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte | Michele Lupo | Gastone Moschin, Philippe Leroy, Lionel Stander, Franco Fabrizi, Ugo Tognazzi | Heist comedy |
| La supertestimone | Franco Giraldi | Ugo Tognazzi, Monica Vitti | Commedia all'italiana |
| Terrible Day of the Big Gundown | Sergio Garrone | George Eastman, Ty Hardin | Spaghetti Western |
| That's How We Women Are | Dino Risi | Monica Vitti, Carlo Giuffré, Enrico Maria Salerno | Commedia all'italiana |
| They Call Him Cemetery | Giuliano Carnimeo | Gianni Garko, William Berger | Spaghetti western |
| They Call Me Halleluja | Giuliano Carnimeo | George Hilton, Charles Southwood | Spaghetti western |
| They've Changed Their Faces | Corrado|Farina}} | Adolfo Celi, Geraldine Hooper, Giuliano Disperati | {{n/a}} | Curti|2017|p=29}} |
| This Kind of Love | Alberto Bevilacqua | Jean Seberg, Ugo Tognazzi, Ewa Aulin, Angelo Infanti | romance-drama | David di Donatello Best Film winner |
| 'Tis Pity She's a Whore | Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | Charlotte Rampling, Oliver Tobias, Fabio Testi | Drama | Based on 'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford (dramatist) |
| Trafic | Jacques Tati | Jacques Tati | Comedy |
| Trastevere | Fausto Tozzi | Nino Manfredi, Rosanna Schiaffino, Vittorio Caprioli, Ottavia Piccolo, Vittorio De Sica | Commedia all'italiana |
| Trinity Is Still My Name | Enzo Barboni | Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Harry Carey, Jr. | Spaghetti Western |
| La vacanza | Tinto Brass | Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero, Corin Redgrave | drama |
| Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold | Pasquale Squitieri | Leonard Mann, Ivan Rassimov, Klaus Kinski | Spaghetti Western |
| W Django! | Edoardo Mulargia | Anthony Steffen, Stelio Candelli | Spaghetti Western |
| We Are All in Temporary Liberty | Manlio Scarpelli | Riccardo Cucciolla, Philippe Noiret, Macha Méril, Lionel Stander, Vittorio De Sica | crime drama |
| Web of the Spider | Antonio|Margheriti}} | Anthony Franciosa, Michèle Mercier, Klaus Kinski | Horror | Curti|2017|p=37}} |
| The Working Class Goes to Heaven (La classe operaia va in paradiso) | Elio Petri | Gian Maria Volontè, Mariangela Melato, Gino Pernice, Luigi Diberti | Political drama | Palme d'Or winner. David di Donatello winner |
| Zorro, Rider of Vengeance | Luigi|Capuano}}, Jose Luis Marino | Carlos Quincey, Malisa Longo, Maria Mahor | {{n/a}} | Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=195}} |
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3. ^http://www.viewfilm.net/title/durango-is-coming-pay-or-die-1971
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