| <<< 1971 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards >>> |
| Best Film |
| The French Connection |
| Best Director |
|
Sam Peckinpah
Straw Dogs |
| Best Actor |
|
Walter Matthau
Kotch |
|
|
Gene Hackman
The French Connection |
| Best Actress |
|
Jane Fonda
Klute |
| Best Supporting Actor |
|
John Mills
Ryan's Daughter |
| Best Supporting Actress |
|
Margaret Leighton
The Go-Between |
| Best Foreign Film |
| Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion |