Best Thriller movies of 1971 that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Sean Connery, Lana Wood, Jill St. John, Charles Gray,
Directors : Guy Hamilton,

A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon.

Actors : Arthur Hill, James Olson, David Wayne, Kate Reid,
Directors : Robert Wise,

A group of scientists investigate a deadly new alien virus before it can spread.

Actors : Dustin Hoffman, T.P. McKenna, Susan George, Peter Vaughan,
Directors : Sam Peckinpah,

A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.

Actors : Roy Scheider, Jane Fonda, Charles Cioffi, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Alan J. Pakula,

A small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute.

Actors : Clint Eastwood, Donna Mills, John Larch, Jessica Walter,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A brief fling between a male disc jockey and an obsessed female fan takes a frightening, and perhaps even deadly turn when another woman enters the picture.

Actors : Christopher St. John, Moses Gunn, Richard Roundtree, Charles Cioffi,
Directors : Gordon Parks,

Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.