| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1971 |
| 1870 | Alfredo Giannetti | Anna Magnani, Marcello Mastroianni | drama | |
| A Barrel Full of Dollars | Demofilo Fidani | Jack Betts, Klaus Kinski | Spaghetti Western | |
| A come Andromeda | Vittorio Cottafavi | Luigi Vannucchi, Paola Pitagora | sci-fi | Television film |
| Amuck! | Silvio Amadio | Farley Granger, Barbara Bouchet | Giallo | |
| Armiamoci e partite! | Nando Cicero | Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Martine Brochard | Comedy | |
| Bastard, Go and Kill | Gino Mangini | George Eastman, Antonella Steni | Spaghetti Western | |
| A Bay of Blood (Ecologia del delitto) | Mario Bava | Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Laura Betti | Horror | |
| Between Miracles (Per grazia ricevuta) | Nino Manfredi | Nino Manfredi, Mariangela Melato | Commedia all'italiana | Cannes award best first work. 2 Nastro d'Argento. Special David di Donatello |
| Black Belly of the Tarantula | Paolo Cavara | Giancarlo Giannini, Claudine Auger, Barbara Bouchet, Rossella Falk | Giallo | |
| Blackie the Pirate | Enzo Gicca | Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, George Martin | adventure-comedy | |
| Black Killer | Carlo Croccolo | Fred Robsahm, Klaus Kinski | Spaghetti Western | |
| Blindman | Ferdinando Baldi | Tony Anthony, Ringo Starr | Spaghetti Western | |
| The Blonde in the Blue Movie | Steno | Lando Buzzanca, Pamela Tiffin | Comedy | |
| Bubù | Mauro Bolognini | Ottavia Piccolo, Massimo Ranieri, Gigi Proietti | Drama | |
| The Case Is Closed, Forget It | Damiano Damiani | Franco Nero, Riccardo Cucciolla, Turi Ferro | Crime-Drama | |
| The Case of the Scorpion's Tail | Sergio Martino | George Hilton, Anita Strindberg | Giallo | |
| The Cat o' Nine Tails (Il gatto a nove code) | Dario Argento | James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak | Giallo | |
| Il clan dei due Borsalini | Giuseppe Orlandini | Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia | Comedy | |
| The Clowns | Federico Fellini | Federico Fellini, Alvaro Vitali, | Comedy | Made for TV |
| Cold Eyes of Fear | Enzo G. Castellari | Giovanna Ralli, Frank Wolff, Fernando Rey, Gianni Garko | Giallo | |
| Confessions of a Police Captain | Damiano Damiani | Franco Nero, Martin Balsam, Marilù Tolo | Crime-Drama | Won the Golden Prize at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Cross Current | Tonino Ricci | Philippe Leroy, Elga Andersen | Giallo | |
| Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia) | Luchino Visconti | Dirk Bogarde, Silvana Mangano, Björn Andrésen, Romolo Valli | Drama | Cannes Award. Gay interest. 4 BAFTA. 4 Nastro d'Argento. |
| Il Decameron | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Silvana Mangano | Erotic | Based on the novel Decamerone by Giovanni Boccaccio. First part of Pasolini's Trilogy of life, won prize at Berlin |
| The Deserter | Burt Kennedy | Ian Bannen, Richard Crenna | Western | |
| The Designated Victim | Maurizio Lucidi | Tomas Milian, Pierre Clémenti | Giallo | |
| The Devil Has Seven Faces | Osvaldo Civirani | Carroll Baker, Stephen Boyd, George Hilton | Giallo | |
| The Devil's Nightmare | Jean Brismée | Erika Blanc, Jean Servais | Horror | |
| The Double | Romolo Guerrieri | Jean Sorel, Lucia Bosé, Ewa Aulin | Giallo | |
| Duck, You Sucker! (Giú la testa) | Sergio Leone | James Coburn, Rod Steiger, Romolo Valli | Spaghetti western | There are several alternate versions |
| I due assi del guantone | Mariano Laurenti | Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia | Comedy | |
| E le stelle stanno a guardare | Anton Giulio Majano | Orso Maria Guerrini, Giancarlo Giannini | drama | Television film |
| Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello | Sergio Corbucci | Adriano Celentano, Claudia Mori, Vittorio Caprioli, Romolo Valli | comedy | |
| Eye of the Spider | Roberto Bianchi Montero | Klaus Kinski, Antonio Sabàto, Van Johnson | Crime | |
| The Fifth Cord (Giornata nera per l'ariete) | Luigi Bazzoni | Franco Nero, Silvia Monti, Pamela Tiffin, Wolfgang Preiss | Giallo | |
| A Fistful of Death | Demofilo Fidani | Jack Betts, Klaus Kinski | Spaghetti Western | |
| Four Flies on Grey Velvet (4 Mosche di velluto grigio) | Dario Argento | Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Bud Spencer, Francine Racette | Giallo | |
| Gang War | Steno | Carlo Giuffré, Pamela Tiffin, Vittorio De Sica, Aldo Fabrizi | criminal comedy | |
| A Girl in Australia | Luigi Zampa | Alberto Sordi, Claudia Cardinale, Riccardo Garrone | Commedia all'italiana | David di Donatello best actress (Cardinale) |
| Goodbye Uncle Tom | Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi | Gualtiero Jacopetti | Mondo film | |
| Hanno cambiato faccia | Corrado Farina | Adolfo Celi | Horror | |
| His Name Was King | Giancarlo Romitelli | Richard Harrison, Klaus Kinski | Spaghetti Western | |
| Holy Water Joe | Mario Gariazzo | Ty Hardin, Lincoln Tate, Richard Harrison | Spaghetti Western | |
| The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire | Riccardo Freda | Luigi Pistilli, Dagmar Lassander, Anton Diffring, Valentina Cortese | Giallo | |
| In the Name of the Italian People | Dino Risi | Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Yvonne Furneaux | Commedia all'italiana | |
| Io non spezzo... rompo | Bruno Corbucci | Alighiero Noschese, Enrico Montesano, Janet Agren | Comedy | |
| Lady Frankenstein | Mel Welles | Joseph Cotten, Rosalba Neri | Horror | |
| Lady Liberty | Mario Monicelli | Sophia Loren, William Devane, Gigi Proietti, Danny DeVito | Commedia all'italiana | |
| The Legend of Frenchie King | Christian-Jaque | Brigitte Bardot, Claudia Cardinale | Spaghetti Western | French-Italian co-production |
| Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow | Yuri Ozerov | Nikolay Olyalin | war drama | Won the 1972 All-Union Film Festival Grand Prix. |
| Liberation: Battle of Berlin/ The Last Assault | Yuri Ozerov | Nikolay Olyalin | war drama | |
| The Life of Leonardo da Vinci | Renato Castellani | Philippe Leroy, Giampiero Albertini | Biographical | Television film |
| A Lizard in a Woman's Skin | Lucio Fulci | Florinda Bolkan, Stanley Baker, Jean Sorel | Giallo | |
| Long Live Your Death | Duccio Tessari | Franco Nero, Eli Wallach, Lynn Redgrave | Spaghetti Western | |
| Lover of the Great Bear | Valentino Orsini | Giuliano Gemma, Senta Berger | drama | |
| Ma che musica maestro | Mariano Laurenti | Gianni Nazzaro, Agostina Belli, Franco & Ciccio | Musicarello | |
| Man of the East | Enzo Barboni | Terence Hill, Gregory Walcott, Harry Carey, Jr. | Spaghetti Western | |
| Man of the Year | Marco Vicario | Lando Buzzanca, Rossana Podestà, Luciano Salce, Sylva Koscina, Bernard Blier | commedia sexy all'italiana | |
| The Man with Icy Eyes | Alberto De Martino | Antonio Sabàto, Barbara Bouchet, Faith Domergue, Victor Buono | Giallo | |
| Million Dollar Eel | Salvatore Samperi | Ottavia Piccolo, Lino Toffolo, Mario Adorf, Senta Berger | Comedy | |
| La morte cammina con i tacchi alti | Luciano Ercoli | Frank Wolff, Susan Scott | Giallo | |
| My Name Is Rocco Papaleo | Ettore Scola | Marcello Mastroianni, Lauren Hutton | Commedia all'italiana | |
| The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave | Emilio Miraglia | Anthony Steffen, Marina Malfatti, Erika Blanc | Giallo | |
| Oasis of Fear | Umberto Lenzi | Irene Papas, Ornella Muti | Giallo | |
| On the Point of Death | Mario Garriba | Fabio Garriba | drama | |
| Panhandle 38 | Toni Secchi | Scott Holden, Keenan Wynn, Delia Boccardo | Spaghetti Western | |
| The Price of Death | Giancarlo Romitelli | Gianni Garko, Klaus Kinski | Spaghetti Western | |
| The Priest's Wife | Dino Risi | Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni | Commedia all'italiana | |
| In Prison Awaiting Trial | Nanni Loy | Alberto Sordi, Elga Andersen, Lino Banfi | Prison drama | Berlin Award & David di Donatello for best actor (Sordi) |
| Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli, primario della clinica Villa Celeste, convenzionata con le mutue | Luciano Salce | Alberto Sordi, Ida Galli, Pupella Maggio, Ira von Fürstenberg, Claudio Gora | Commedia all'italiana | sequel of Be Sick... It's Free |
| Roma Bene | Carlo Lizzani | Nino Manfredi, Virna Lisi, Senta Berger, Michele Mercier, Irene Papas | Giallo-Comedy | |
| Sacco e Vanzetti | Giuliano Montaldo | Gian Maria Volontè, Riccardo Cucciolla, Rosanna Fratello, Cyril Cusack | Bipoic, Politics | Based on the Sacco and Vanzetti trial. Cannes Award for best actor (Cucciolla). 3 Nastro d'Argento |
| Savage Guns | Demofilo Fidani | Robert Woods, Gordon Mitchell | Spaghetti Western | |
| Scipio the African | Luigi Magni | Marcello Mastroianni, Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman | Commedia all'italiana | |
| A Season in Hell | Nelo Risi | Terence Stamp, Jean-Claude Brialy, Florinda Bolkan | Drama | |
| Secret Fantasy (Il merlo maschio) | Pasquale Festa Campanile | Laura Antonelli, Lando Buzzanca, Ferruccio De Ceresa | Commedia all'italiana | |
| Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead | Giuseppe Vari | Klaus Kinski | Spaghetti Western | |
| Short Night of Glass Dolls | Aldo Lado | Ingrid Thulin, Jean Sorel, Mario Adorf, Barbara Bach | Giallo | |
| Slaughter Hotel | Fernando Di Leo | Klaus Kinski, Margaret Lee | horror | |
| Socrates | Roberto Rossellini | Jean Sylvère | Drama | |
| Something Creeping in The Dark | Mario Colucci | Farley Granger, Lucia Bosè | Horror | |
| Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte | Michele Lupo | Gastone Moschin, Philippe Leroy, Lionel Stander, Franco Fabrizi, Ugo Tognazzi | Heist comedy | |
| La supertestimone | Franco Giraldi | Ugo Tognazzi, Monica Vitti | Commedia all'italiana | |
| Terrible Day of the Big Gundown | Sergio Garrone | George Eastman, Ty Hardin | Spaghetti Western | |
| That's How We Women Are | Dino Risi | Monica Vitti, Carlo Giuffré, Enrico Maria Salerno | Commedia all'italiana | |
| This Kind of Love | Alberto Bevilacqua | Jean Seberg, Ugo Tognazzi, Ewa Aulin, Angelo Infanti | romance-drama | David di Donatello Best Film winner |
| 'Tis Pity She's a Whore | Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | Charlotte Rampling, Oliver Tobias, Fabio Testi | Drama | Based on 'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford (dramatist) |
| Trafic | Jacques Tati | Jacques Tati | Comedy | |
| Trastevere | Fausto Tozzi | Nino Manfredi, Rosanna Schiaffino, Vittorio Caprioli, Ottavia Piccolo, Vittorio De Sica | Commedia all'italiana | |
| Trinity Is Still My Name | Enzo Barboni | Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Harry Carey, Jr. | Spaghetti Western | |
| La vacanza | Tinto Brass | Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero, Corin Redgrave | drama | |
| Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold | Pasquale Squitieri | Leonard Mann, Ivan Rassimov, Klaus Kinski | Spaghetti Western | |
| W Django! | Edoardo Mulargia | Anthony Steffen, Stelio Candelli | Spaghetti Western | |
| We Are All in Temporary Liberty | Manlio Scarpelli | Riccardo Cucciolla, Philippe Noiret, Macha Méril, Lionel Stander, Vittorio De Sica | crime drama | |
| Web of the Spider | Antonio Margheriti | Anthony Franciosa, Michèle Mercier, Klaus Kinski | Horror | |
| What the Peeper Saw | James Kelley, Andrea Bianchi | Mark Lester, Britt Ekland, Hardy Krüger, Lilli Palmer | Horror | |
| The Working Class Goes to Heaven (La classe operaia va in paradiso) | Elio Petri | Gian Maria Volontè, Mariangela Melato, Gino Pernice, Luigi Diberti | Political drama | Palme d'Or winner. David di Donatello winner |
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