Subgenre Sampler
Cult: 1365 Films to Buy & Rent
Punishment Park (1971)
- Dir. Peter Watkins
- Extraordinary, 'fictionalised' docu–drama from the unique and largely unheralded talent of British director Peter Watkins, portraying the…
See No Evil (Blind Terror) (1971)
- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Mia Farrow, Dorothy Alison, Robin Bailey…
- An especially effective suspenser, with Farrow playing a blind woman on a country farm who gradually suspects – then confirms – that her…
Shaft (1971)
- Dir. Gordon Parks Snr.
Feat. Richard Roundtree
- The first, enormously successful blaxploitation film sees funky cop Richard Roundtree sniffing out kidnappers on mean Harlem streets to the coolest…
Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, The (1971)
- Dir. Sergio Martino
Feat. Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, Bruno Corazzari…
- Mesmerising giallo horror starring 70's Italian cinema queen and frequent Martino collaborator Edwige Fenech as the socialite wife of a diplomat who…
Straw Dogs (1971)
- Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Susan George
- With dir. Sam Peckinpah in top form, this powerful study of male territorial instincts pushed out the boundaries of movie violence in the…
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
- Dir. Melvin Van Peebles
Feat. Melvin Van Peebles
- The 'blaxploitation' classic that is often celebrated as ostensibly the first film truly created by a black person in America, starring "The Black…
They Call Me Trinity (1971)
- Dir. Enzo Barboni
Feat. Terence Hill, Bud Spencer
- The film that triggered the careers of B–movie icons Terence Hill and Bud Spencer is an engaging spaghetti–western spoof. Something of a…
Third Part of the Night (Trzecia czesc nocy) (1971)
- Dir. Andrzej Zulawski
- A World War II film told as a feverish abstract nightmare. Set in Nazi–occupied Poland, the story follows a young man who joins the resistance…
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
- Dir. Monte Hellman
Feat. James Taylor, Dennis Wilson, Warren Oates
- Ambling across a relentless roadscape of diners and gas stations, young petrol–heads James Taylor (yes, the pop singer) and Dennis Wilson (yes,…
Vanishing Point (1971)
- Dir. Richard Serafian
Feat. Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger…
- A loner accepts a challenge to drive his Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco in 15 hours, with the fuzz in pursuit and help from blind DJ,…