Best 20 Action Movies Award-Winning Released in 1971

When a man calling himself the Scorpio Killer menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails Police Inspector Dirty Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath. See more about Dirty Harry / IMDB / YouTube

A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal. Details on The French Connection / IMDB / YouTube

A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon. Learn about Diamonds Are Forever / IMDB / YouTube

A business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer. Explore Duel / IMDB / YouTube

A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment. More about Straw Dogs / IMDB / YouTube

In the 25th century, a time when people have designations instead of names, a man, THX 1138, and a woman, LUH 3417, rebel against their rigidly controlled society. Info on THX 1138 / IMDB / YouTube

The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft. They become the toast of society, but one man believes them to be a threat to the human race. Read about Escape from the Planet of the Apes / IMDB / YouTube

Dr Robert Neville has developed an experimental vaccine which makes him the only immune survivor of a biological catastrophe. A gang of homicidal mutants blame science for their condition and attempt to kill him. Details on The Omega Man / IMDB / YouTube

During the 1970s, car-delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time, but always runs into trouble. Read about Vanishing Point / IMDB / YouTube

A lazy, unorthodox gunfighter and his portly, horse-thieving brother defend a Mormon settlement from a land-grabbing Major, a Mexican bandit, and their henchmen. More about They Call Me Trinity / IMDB / YouTube

A crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter. Learn about Shaft / IMDB / YouTube

Two car racing champions, an American and a German, face off on the world's hardest endurance course: Le Mans in France. Look into Le Mans / IMDB / YouTube

After ten years in prison to protect a mafia family, Duke Anderson is released and he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper. Look into The Anderson Tapes / IMDB / YouTube

A lady fugitive on the run from corrupt government officials is joined in her endeavors by an unambitious painter and skilled Buddhist monks. Look into A Touch of Zen / IMDB / YouTube

Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert freedom school for runaway. Check out Billy Jack / IMDB / YouTube

A cattle baron with a long-range rifle hunts the outlaw who kidnapped his wife. More about The Hunting Party / IMDB / YouTube

Yukinojo, a Kabuki actor, seeks revenge by destroying the three men who caused the deaths of his parents. Also involved are the daughter of one of Yukinojo's targets, two master thieves, and a swordsman who himself is out to kill Yukinojo. See more about An Actor's Revenge / IMDB / YouTube

In a vein similar to the James Bond movies, British Agent Philip Calvert (Sir Anthony Hopkins) is on a mission to determine the whereabouts of a ship that disappeared near the coast of Scotland. Look into When Eight Bells Toll / IMDB / YouTube

A getaway driver comes out of retirement to pull off one last run - one that could send him to an early grave instead. Details on The Last Run / IMDB / YouTube

In 1942, in Libya, a German-speaking British intelligence officer uses former British POWs, some dressed in German uniforms, to fulfill a secret sabotage mission inside German-captured Tobruk. Read about Raid on Rommel / IMDB / YouTube