Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 1971

The 6th Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 1971 filmmaking, were given in 1972.

Winners

• Best Picture:
  • The French Connection
• Best Actor (tie):
  • Gene Hackman - The French Connection
  • Walter Matthau - Kotch
• Best Actress:
  • Jane Fonda - Klute
• Best Director:
  • Sam Peckinpah - Straw Dogs
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (Investigation of a Private Citizen), Italy (1970)
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • John Mills - Ryan's Daughter (1970)
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Margaret Leighton - The Go-Between (1970)