1961 Movies

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One Hundred and One Dalmatians(1961)

1h 19min | Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family

3.6/5 (with 2,788 votes)

When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement. In a Disney animation classic, Dalmatian Pongo is tired of his bachelor-dog life. He spies lovely Perdita and maneuvers his master, Roger, into meeting Perdita's owner, Anita. The owners fall in love and marry, keeping Pongo and Perdita together too. After Perdita gives birth to a litter of 15 puppies, Anita's old school friend Cruella De Vil wants to buy them all. Roger declines her offer, so Cruella hires the criminal Badun brothers to steal them -- so she can have a fur coat.

Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman

King of Kings(1961)

2h 48min | Drama, History

3.6/5 (with 80 votes)

Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not be the end of the story.

Directed by Nicholas Ray - With Jeffrey Hunter, Robert Ryan, Ron Randell, Hurd Hatfield, Viveca Lindfors, Rita Gam, ...

Barabbas(1961)

2h 17min | Adventure, Drama, History

3.5/5 (with 64 votes)

Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pilate offered the Israelites a choice to pardon Barabbas or Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to the gladiatorial arena, where he tries to win his freedom and confront his inner demons, ultimately becoming a follower of the man who was crucified in his place.

Directed by Richard Fleischer - With Anthony Quinn, Arthur Kennedy, Jack Palance, Silvana Mangano, Harry Andrews, Ernest Borgnine, ...

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Breakfast at Tiffany's(1961)

1h 54min | Comedy, Romance / Love

3.8/5 (with 1,912 votes)

Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.

Directed by Blake Edwards - With George Peppard, Audrey Hepburn, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, Mickey Rooney, ...

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The Parent Trap(1961)

2h 9min | Comedy, Kids & Family

3.6/5 (with 151 votes)

Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their parents back together. The girls, one of whom has been living with their mother and the other with their father, switch places after camp and go to work on their plan, the first objective being to scare off a gold-digger pursuing their father.

Directed by David Swift - With Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Charles Ruggles, Una Merkel, Leo G. Carroll, ...

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The Guns of Navarone(1961)

| 2h 38min | War, Action

3.7/5 (with 323 votes)

A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.

Directed by J. Lee Thompson - With Gregory Peck, James Robertson Justice, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quayle, Stanley Baker, ...

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Yojimbo(1961)

1h 50min | Drama, Thriller

4.1/5 (with 592 votes)

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa - With Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yōko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura, Daisuke Katō, ...

The Misfits(1961)

2h 4min | Western, Drama, Action, Romance / Love

3.5/5 (with 156 votes)

While filing for a divorce, beautiful ex-stripper Roslyn Taber ends up meeting aging cowboy-turned-gambler Gay Langland and former World War II aviator Guido Racanelli. The two men instantly become infatuated with Roslyn and, on a whim, the three decide to move into Guido's half-finished desert home together. When grizzled ex-rodeo rider Perce Howland arrives, the unlikely foursome strike up a business capturing wild horses.

Directed by John Huston - With Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter, Eli Wallach, Estelle Winwood, ...

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West Side Story(1961)

2h 32min | Crime, Drama, Romance / Love

3.7/5 (with 799 votes)

In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the neighborhood streets. Tensions are high between the gangs but two romantics, one from each gang, fall in love leading to tragedy.

Directed by Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins - With Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Simon Oakland, ...

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The Hustler(1961)

2h 14min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.9/5 (with 403 votes)

Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.

Directed by Robert Rossen - With Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, Vincent Gardenia, Jake LaMotta, ...

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Mysterious Island(1961)

1h 41min | Adventure, Kids & Family, Fantasy

3.3/5 (with 70 votes)

During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' .

Directed by Cy Endfield, Ray Harryhausen - With Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan, Gary Merrill, Herbert Lom, Percy Herbert, ...

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One-Eyed Jacks(1961)

2h 21min | Western

3.4/5 (with 87 votes)

Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for revenge. Dad is now a respectable sheriff in California, and has been living in fear of Rio's return.

Directed by Marlon Brando - With Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Katy Jurado, Pina Pellicer, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens, ...

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Judgment at Nuremberg(1961)

| 2h 59min | Drama, History, War

4.0/5 (with 322 votes)

In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.

Directed by Stanley Kramer - With Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, Maximilian Schell, ...

El Cid(1961)

3h 2min | Action, Drama, History, Romance / Love, War

3.5/5 (with 113 votes)

Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.

Directed by Anthony Mann - With Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone, Gary Raymond, Hurd Hatfield, Herbert Lom, ...

La Notte(1961)

2h 2min | Drama, Romance / Love

4.0/5 (with 275 votes)

A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship in Milan.

Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni - With Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki, Rosy Mazzacurati, Gitt Magrini, ...

The Comancheros(1961)

1h 45min | Romance / Love, Western, Action, Adventure

3.4/5 (with 81 votes)

Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.

Directed by Michael Curtiz, John Wayne - With John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Lee Marvin, Nehemiah Persoff, Bruce Cabot, ...

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Two Rode Together(1961)

1h 49min | Western

3.3/5 (with 53 votes)

Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages.

Directed by John Ford - With James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones, Linda Cristal, Andy Devine, John McIntire, ...

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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea(1961)

1h 45min | Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction

2.9/5 (with 53 votes)

The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.

Directed by Irwin Allen - With Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden, Peter Lorre, Robert Sterling, Michael Ansara, ...

Last Year at Marienbad(1961)

1h 35min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.7/5 (with 202 votes)

In a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.

Directed by Alain Resnais - With Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff, Françoise Bertin, Luce Garcia-Ville, Françoise Spira, ...

Murder She Said(1961)

1h 27min | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery

3.6/5 (with 81 votes)

Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.

Directed by George Pollock - With Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow, Stringer Davis, Bud Tingwell, James Robertson Justice, ...

Accattone(1961)

1h 57min | Drama

3.9/5 (with 208 votes)

A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.

Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini - With Franco Citti, Adriana Asti, Stefano D'Arrigo, Nino Russo, Franco Marucci, Polidor, ...

The Colossus of Rhodes(1961)

2h 7min | History, Drama, Adventure

3.0/5 (with 74 votes)

While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow the tyrannical king, one from Rhodian patriots and the other from sinister Phoenician agents.

Directed by Sergio Leone - With Rory Calhoun, Lea Massari, Ángel Aranda, Mabel Karr, George Rigaud, Mimmo Palmara, ...

Blue Hawaii(1961)

1h 42min | Comedy, Music

3.0/5 (with 52 votes)

Chad Gates has just been discharged from the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surf-board, his beach buddies and his girlfriend.

Directed by Norman Taurog - With Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury, Jack Archer, Jose De Vega, John Archer, ...

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Splendor in the Grass(1961)

2h 4min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.8/5 (with 107 votes)

A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.

Directed by Elia Kazan - With Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Zohra Lampert, Gary Lockwood, William Inge, ...

Through a Glass Darkly(1961)

1h 31min | Drama

3.9/5 (with 203 votes)

Karin hopes to recover from her recent stay at a mental hospital by spending the summer at her family's cottage on a tiny island. Her husband, Martin, cares for her but is frustrated by her physical withdrawal. Her younger brother, Minus, is confused by Karin's vulnerability and his own budding sexuality. Their father, David, cannot overcome his haughty remoteness. Beset by visions, Karin descends further into madness.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman - With Harriet Andersson, Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Lars Passgård

One, Two, Three(1961)

1h 55min | Comedy

3.8/5 (with 169 votes)

C.R. MacNamara will do anything to get a promotion within the Coca-Cola company, including looking after boss W.P. Hazeltine's rebellious teenage daughter, Scarlett. When Scarlett visits Berlin, where C.R. is stationed, she reveals that she is married to a communist named Otto Piffl -- and C.R. recognizes that Otto's anti-establishment stance will clash with his boss's own political views, possibly jeopardizing his promotion.

Directed by Billy Wilder - With Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin, Arlene Francis, James Cagney, Liselotte Pulver, Ralf Wolter, ...

The Innocents(1961)

1h 40min | Horror, History, Thriller

3.7/5 (with 241 votes)

A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.

Directed by Jack Clayton - With Deborah Kerr, Michael Redgrave, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Pamela Franklin, Clytie Jessop, ...

Léon Morin, Priest(1961)

2h 10min | Romance / Love, Drama

3.5/5 (with 58 votes)

In World War II, the widow Barny sees the Italian soldiers arriving in occupied Saint Bernard while walking to her job. Barny lives with her daughter and works correcting tests and feels a great attraction toward her boss Sabine. When the Germans arrive, Barny sends her half-Jewish daughter to live on a farm in the countryside and finds that Sabine's brother has been arrested and sent to a concentration camp. The atheist Barny decides to baptize her daughter to protect her and chooses priest Léon Morin to discuss with him themes related to religion and Catholicism and Léon lends books to her. Barny converts to Catholicism and becomes closer to Léon, feeling an unrequited desire for him.

Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville - With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuelle Riva, Irène Tunc, Volker Schlöndorff, Howard Vernon, Gérard Buhr, ...

The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven(1961)

1h 54min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

3.9/5 (with 25 votes)

Sun Wukong, aka the Monkey King, rebels against the Jade Emperor of Heaven as well as other gods who live there.

Directed by Wan Laiming, Tang Cheng

Mothra(1961)

1h 41min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

3.6/5 (with 67 votes)

Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman named Clark Nelson, Mothra sets out to rescue them.

Directed by Ishirō Honda - With Frankie Sakai, Kyōko Kagawa, Hiroshi Koizumi, Ken Uehara, Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, ...

1961 Movies

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One Hundred and One Dalmatians(1961)

King of Kings(1961)

Barabbas(1961)

Breakfast at Tiffany's(1961)

The Parent Trap(1961)

The Guns of Navarone(1961)

Yojimbo(1961)

The Misfits(1961)

West Side Story(1961)

The Hustler(1961)

Mysterious Island(1961)

One-Eyed Jacks(1961)

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Judgment at Nuremberg(1961)

El Cid(1961)

La Notte(1961)

The Comancheros(1961)

Two Rode Together(1961)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea(1961)

Last Year at Marienbad(1961)

Murder She Said(1961)

Accattone(1961)

The Colossus of Rhodes(1961)

Blue Hawaii(1961)

Splendor in the Grass(1961)

Through a Glass Darkly(1961)

One, Two, Three(1961)

The Innocents(1961)

Léon Morin, Priest(1961)

The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven(1961)

Mothra(1961)

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