1971 in film



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.
 * The first permanent IMAX projection system is installed at Ontario Place's "Cinesphere" in Toronto.
 * April 23 - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song becomes the highest-grossing independent film of 1971.

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

Romance films released in 1971

 * 1) Harold and Maude

Births

 * January 2 - Taye Diggs, American actor
 * January 7 - Jeremy Renner, American actor
 * January 11 - Mary J. Blige, American musician
 * January 15 - Regina King, American actress
 * January 24 - Stanislas Merhar, French actor
 * February 1
 * Jill Kelly, American pornographic actress
 * Michael C. Hall, American actor
 * February 11 - Damian Lewis, English actor
 * February 15
 * Alex Borstein, American actress
 * Renee O'Connor, American actress
 * February 17 - Denise Richards, American actress
 * February 22 - Lea Salonga, Filipina voice actress/singer
 * February 25 - Sean Astin, American actor
 * March 2 - Method Man, American actor and musician
 * March 5 - Yuri Lowenthal, American voice actor
 * March 7 - Peter Sarsgaard, American actor
 * March 10 - Jon Hamm, American actor
 * March 13 - Annabeth Gish, American actress
 * March 15 - Chris Patton, American voice actor
 * March 27 - Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor
 * March 31 - Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor
 * April 12 - Shannen Doherty, American actress
 * April 18 - David Tennant, Scottish actor
 * April 19 - Wendy Powell, American voice actress
 * April 28 - Bridget Moynahan, American actress
 * May 14 - Sofia Coppola, American actress, writer, and director
 * May 27
 * Lisa Lopes, American singer and actress (d.2002)
 * Paul Bettany, English actor
 * May 30 - Idina Menzel, American actress, singer and songwriter
 * June 4 - Noah Wyle, American actor
 * June 5 - Mark Wahlberg, American actor and musician
 * June 15 - Taavi Eelmaa, Estonian actor
 * June 16 -
 * Eva Püssa, Estonian actress
 * Tupac Shakur, American actor and musician (d.1996)
 * July 1 - Missy Elliott, American musician and actress
 * July 16 - Corey Feldman, American actor
 * July 21 - Charlotte Gainsbourg, French actress
 * August 10 - Justin Theroux, American actor
 * August 29 - Carla Gugino, American actress
 * August 31 - Chris Tucker, American actor
 * September 8
 * David Arquette, American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter
 * Martin Freeman, English actor
 * September 14 - Kimberly Williams-Paisley, American actresses
 * September 15 - Colleen Villard, American voice actress
 * September 16 - Amy Poehler, American actress
 * September 18 - Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress
 * September 21 - Luke Wilson, American actor
 * October 20 - Snoop Dogg, American musician and actor
 * October 29 - Winona Ryder, American actress
 * November 3 - Piret Laurimaa, Estonian actress
 * November 25 - Christina Applegate, American actress
 * December 1 - Emily Mortimer, English actress
 * December 6 - Katariina Unt, Estonian actress
 * December 7 - Chasey Lain, American pornographic actress
 * December 23 - Corey Haim, Canadian actor (d. 2010)
 * December 25 - Ain Mäeots, Estonian actor, director and producer
 * December 26 - Jared Leto, American actor and musician

Film debuts

 * F. Murray Abraham - They Might Be Giants
 * Kathy Bates - Taking Off
 * Stockard Channing - The Hospital
 * Brian Cox - Nicholas and Alexandra
 * Daniel Day-Lewis - Sunday Bloody Sunday
 * Gérard Depardieu - Cry of the Cormoran
 * Craig T. Nelson - The Return of Count Yorga
 * John Ritter - The Barefoot Executive
 * David Ogden Stiers - THX 1138