# List of French films of 1971

This is a list of films produced in France in 1971.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Boat on the Grass | Gérard Brach | Claude Jade, Jean-Pierre Cassel, John McEnery | Drama | |
| Bonaparte et la Revolution | Abel Gance | Albert Dieudonné, Antonin Artaud, Edmond van Daele | Historical film | |
| The Burglars | Henri Verneuil | Jean-Paul Belmondo, Omar Sharif | Crime | French-Italian co-production |
| The Cat o' Nine Tails | Dario Argento | Carlo Alighiero, Catherine Spaak, Rada Rassimov | Thriller | Italian-West German-French co-production |
| Le Chat | Pierre Granier-Deferre | Jean Gabin, Simone Signoret, Annie Cordy | Drama | French-Italian co-production |
| Comptes à rebours | Roger Pigaut | Serge Reggiani, Michel Bouquet | Drama | |
| Daughters of Darkness | Harry Kümel | Delphine Seyrig, Daniele Ouimet, John Karlen | Horror | Belgian-French-West German co-production |
| The Deadly Trap | René Clément | Faye Dunaway, Frank Langella, Barbara Parkins | Drama | |
| Death in Venice | Luchino Visconti | Dirk Bogarde, Bjorn Andresen, Silvana Mangano | Drama | Italian-French co-production |
| La Débauche | Jean-François Davy | Philippe Gasté, Karine Jeantet, Denyse Roland | | |
| The Decameron | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Wolfgang Hillinger, Vittorio Fanfoni, Patrizia de Clara | Comedy | Italian-French-West German co-production |
| Don't Deliver Us from Evil | Joël Séria | Jeanne Goupil, Bernard Dheran, Henri Poirier | Crime, drama | |
| Easy, Down There! | Jacques Deray | Alain Delon, Nathalie Delon, Paul Meurisse | Comedy | French-Italian co-production |
| Four Flies on Grey Velvet | Dario Argento | Mimsy Farmer, Tom Felleghy, Francine Racette | Crime, mystery, thriller | Italian-French co-production |
| Four Nights of a Dreamer | Robert Bresson | Guillaume des Forets, Isabelle Weingarten, Maurice Monnoyer | Drama | French-Italian co-production |
| Le Frisson des Vampires | Jean Rollin | Sandra Julien, Jean-Marie Durand, Jacques Robiolles | | |
| Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay | Bruno Gantillon | Michele Perello, Doninique Delpierre, Alfred Baillou | Horror | |
| Good Little Girls | Jean-Claude Roy | Marie-Georges Pascal, Michèle Girardon, Jessica Dorn | | |
| Just Before Nightfall | Claude Chabrol | Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, François Périer | Drama | French-Italian co-production |
| La part des lions | Jean Larriaga | Robert Hossein, Charles Aznavour, Michel Constantin, Raymond Pellegrin | Crime, Thriller | French-Italian co-production |
| Law Breakers | Marcel Carné | Jacques Brel, Catherine Rouvel, Charles Denner | Drama | French-Italian co-production |
| The Legend of Frenchie King | Christian-Jaque, Guy Casaril | Brigitte Bardot, Claudia Cardinale, Michael J. Pollard | Western | French-Italian-Spanish-British co-production |
| Le saut de l'ange | Yves Boisset | Jean Yanne, Senta Berger, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Pellegrin | Crime, Drama | French-Italian co-production |
| The Married Couple of the Year Two | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marlène Jobert, Laura Antonelli | Adventure | French-Italian-Romanian co-production |
| Murmur of the Heart | Louis Malle | Lea Massari, Daniel Gélin, Michel Lonsdale | Comedy | French-Italian-West German co-production |
| Out 1 | Jacques Rivette | Jean-Pierre Léaud, Juliet Berto | Comedy drama | |
| Le Prussien | Jean L'Hôte | | | Debut of Isabelle Huppert |
| Raphael, or The Debauched One | Michel Deville | Philippe Moreau, Maurice Barrier, Maurice Barriern | Drama | |
| Red Sun | Terence Young | Charles Bronson, Ursula Andress, Toshiro Mifune | Western | French-Italian-Spanish co-production |
| Rendezvous at Bray | André Delvaux | Anna Karina, Mathieu Carrière, Roger Van Hool | Avant-garde, drama | Belgian-France co-production |
| Requiem pour un Vampire | Jean Rollin | Paul Bisciglia, Michel Delesalle, Antoine Mosin | Horror | |
| Someone Behind the Door | Nicolas Gessner | Charles Bronson, Anthony Perkins, Jill Ireland | Thriller | French-Italian co-production |
| The Sorrow and the Pity | Marcel Ophüls | | Documentary | |
| Touch and Go | Philippe de Broca | Marlène Jobert, Michel Piccoli, Michael York | Comedy | French-Italian co-production |
| Trafic | Jacques Tati | Jacques Tati, Maria Kimber, Marcel Fravel | Comedy | |
| Two English Girls | François Truffaut | Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kika Markham, Stacey Tendeter | Drama, romance | |