The Ski Bum

The Ski Bum 1971

4.38

A ski instructor tries to teach a bunch of insanely eccentric people how to ski while dealing with everyone wanting his attention.

1971

Desperate Characters

Desperate Characters 1971

4.86

Sophie and Otto Bentwood are a middle-aged, middle class, childless Brooklyn Heights couple trapped in a loveless marriage. He is an attorney, she a translator of books. Their existence is affected not only by their disintegrating relationship but by the threats of urban crime and vandalism that surround them everywhere they turn, leaving them feeling paranoid, scared, and desperately helpless.

1971

Thumbs Up

Thumbs Up 1971

1

A couple of comedians attempt (they never agree) to tell the story of how they met and their picturesque careers in the arts. Guy recounts with dark humor the circumstances of his first, unhappy marriage, his family dramas, his early days as an extra... Sophie describes her professional and sentimental adventures with a friend, Manon, in a no less hard-hitting style. Following a trip to Italy, the two young women end up in a center for "single mothers", whose atmosphere is more reminiscent of a barracks. A few years later, Sophie's son Balthazar attends his mother's wedding to Guy and takes part in the couple's whimsical life.

1971

I Hear the Whistle

I Hear the Whistle 1971

1

Tells of the feelings and sufferings of a young girl with an incurable paralytic disease.

1971

The Lady of the Black Moons

The Lady of the Black Moons 1971

3.50

In the depths of loneliness and despair, beautiful Aida visits her "tailor," Victoria, a woman who runs a sensual house where erotic fantasies are fulfilled. After satisfying her desires in the arms of one of Victoria's young men, Aida has a haunting nightmare where she envisions herself as a witch who, during a full moon, has the power to destroy her lovers' sensitivity.

1971

Something Creeping in the Dark

Something Creeping in the Dark 1971

4.90

A group of stranded travelers takes refuge in an old abandoned house, only to find out that they are not the only residents of the building.

1971

The Great Swindle

The Great Swindle 1971

4.00

A seductive woman gets involved in relationships with several people. All of the characters play games of deceit with one and other and things get more and more dangerous.

1971

Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War

Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War 1971

6.20

On their way back from the Cannes Film Festival in 1971, filmmakers Wakamatsu Koji and Adachi Masao visited Lebanon to meet Japan's Red Army faction and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine to shoot a newsreel film promoting the Palestinian resistance. Conceived as a ‘declaration of world war’ that implicates us all, the directors capture the everyday banality of military training and preparation exercises for imminent battle.

1971

Junge Leute

Junge Leute 1971

1

A documentary about young people just starting their higher education and their professional life.

1971

Man Mandir

Man Mandir 1971

1

Hit by endless misfortunes, the orphaned siblings Deepak and Laxmi struggle to make a life for themselves

1971

Minnie and Moskowitz

Minnie and Moskowitz 1971

6.70

Depressed and jaded after being dumped by her married boyfriend, aging beauty Minnie Moore wonders if she'll ever find love. After shaggy-haired parking lot attendant Seymour Moskowitz comes to her defense from an angry and rebuffed blind date, he falls hopelessly in love with her despite their myriad differences. Minnie reluctantly agrees to a date with Moskowitz, and, slowly but surely, an unlikely romance blossoms between the two.

1971

The Rescue

The Rescue 1971

6.20

Renowned writer Shen Chiang had become so popular for his scripts that the studio let him direct as well. Here he continued his winning ways with this tale of the end of the Sung Dynasty and the survivors who band together to save their prime minister. Shen outdoes himself with this bold and stirring story of daring Sung avengers (led by Shaws' first international star, Lo Lieh), who must fight their way out of trap after trap.

1971

Seemabaddha

Seemabaddha 1971

7.00

Ambitious businessman Shyamalendu enjoys showing his visiting sister-in-law, Tutul, the extravagant life he leads with his wife. But Tutul is less than impressed with the trappings of wealth.

1971

The Touch

The Touch 1971

5.81

A Swedish housewife begins an adulterous affair with an American archaeologist, unaware of his emotional scars as a Holocaust survivor; consequently, their relationship will be painfully difficult.

1971

The Fake Tycoon

The Fake Tycoon 1971

1

A detective writer and his girlfriend are involved in a mysterious case when he watches at his neighbor's house.

1971

Kinoautomat

Kinoautomat 1971

7.30

Kinoautomat was the world's first interactive movie, conceived by Radúz Činčera for the Czechoslovak Pavilion at Expo '67 in Montreal. At nine points during the film the action stops, and a moderator appears on stage to ask the audience to choose between two scenes; following an audience vote, the chosen scene is played.

1971

Swinging Wives

Swinging Wives 1971

4.00

Sex comedy about lonely housewives and their activities while the husband is away. It’s a series of vignettes connected by documentary-style interviews with people on the street. The eroticism relies completely on nudity, not altogether different from British sex comedies of the era.

1971