Best Family movies of 1961

Actors : Hayley Mills, Brian Keith, Charles Ruggles, Maureen O'Hara,
Directors : David Swift,

Teenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.

Actors : Nancy Olson, Tommy Kirk, Keenan Wynn, Fred MacMurray,
Directors : Robert Stevenson,

A college professor invents an anti-gravity substance which a corrupt businessman wants for himself.

Actors : Michael Callan, Joan Greenwood, Gary Merrill, Michael Craig,
Directors : Cy Endfield,

During the Civil War a group of Union soldiers and two Confederates escape the stockade using a hot air balloon and end up on a strange Pacific island.

Actors : Jerry Lewis, Howard McNear, Brian Donlevy, Dick Wesson,
Directors : Jerry Lewis,

Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their spy. Morty works for Mr. Sneak and gets a job in the mail room so that he can have access to ...

Actors : Tommy Sands, Ray Bolger, Annette Funicello, Ed Wynn,
Directors : Jack Donohue,

Tom the Piper's Son is about to marry Mary Quite Contrary. On the eve of their wedding, evil miser Barnaby hires two henchmen to drown Tom and steal Mary's sheep, cared for by Little Bo ...

Actors : Alec Guinness, Madlyn Rhue, Rosalind Russell, Ray Danton,
Directors : Mervyn LeRoy,

A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the lessons of tolerance, kindness and forgiveness.

Actors : Donald Crisp, Laurence Naismith, Duncan Macrae, Alex Mackenzie,
Directors : Don Chaffey,

Scotland, 1865. An old shepherd and his little Skye Terrier Bobby go to Edinburgh. But when the shepherd dies of pneumonia, the dog remains faithful to his master, refuses to be adopted by ...

Actors : Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Edson Stroll, Carol Heiss,

An ice-skating Snow White finds refuge from the Wicked Queen with the Three Stooges.

Actors : Philip Needs, Loretta Parry, John Gregson, Sybil Thorndike,
Directors : Philip Leacock,

A little Roman Catholic boy and a little Jewish girl become best friends despite the prejudice that surrounds them.

Actors : Giorgia Moll, Edy Vessel, Steve Reeves, Arturo Dominici,

In the time of the Arabian Nights, the city of Baghdad is ruled by Sultan Ali Bajazeth but actually controlled by the scheming Grand Vizier Ghamal. The poor of Baghdad are aided by Karim, the Thief of Baghdad.

Actors : Geoffrey Horne, Nino Segurini, Finlay Currie, Marietto,
Directors : Luciano Ricci,

A brother is cast out from his family, sold in to slavery and then returns years later as a man of power - but shows forgiveness and compassion to his family through the strength of character given to him by God.

Actors : Arthur O'Connell, Anne Seymour, Pam Smith, David Ladd,
Directors : James B. Clark,

Every year the Chincoteague fire department rounds up the wild ponies of Assateague. island, and then auctions off the colts and yearlings to thin out the herd. A young brother and sister, ...

Actors : Doris Weikow, Wolf-Dieter Panse, Marianne Christina Schilling, Harry Hindemith,
Directors : Gottfried Kolditz,

Hated by her jealous and bloodthirsty stepmother, Snow White flees a murder attempt and seeks shelter in the woods with seven kindly dwarfs. Feeling she is safe from harm, Snow White ...

Actors : Jan Erik Husbom, Tove Hellbom, Tomas Johansson, Kaj Andersson,
Directors : Olle Hellbom,

Actors : Osvald Helmuth, Gunnar Lauring, Ebbe Rode, Henning Moritzen,
Directors : Bent Christensen,

Set in the late fifties in Denmark the poor junk yard assistant Harry inherits some money. He decides to use the money to hire a butler. The butler isn't too keen on the job at first, but ...

Actors : Émile Genest, Jean Coutu, Robert Rivard, Uriel Luft,

The rugged Canadian wilderness is the backdrop to this story of a dog separated from his owner.

Actors : Agnes Rehni, Peter Malberg, Karl Stegger, Hanne Borchsenius,
Directors : Alice O'Fredericks,

Actors : Mickey Shaughnessy, David Janssen, Patti Page, Walter Winchell,
Directors : Albert Zugsmith,

Six American GIs stationed in Italy befriend an orphaned boy, but the soldiers remain unaware that the lad has stowed away with them when they return to the U.S. The six go their separate ...

Actors : Debbie Reynolds, Juliet Prowse, Andy Griffith, Steve Forrest,
Directors : Vincent Sherman,

In 1911, a widow with two children leaves New York City for territorial Arizona and becomes a ranch hand and later gets herself elected sheriff. A gambler and a rancher become rivals for her affections.

Actors : Jesse White, Ben Johnson, Jess Kirkpatrick, Candy Moore,
Directors : Francis D. Lyon,

A Texas young girl with polio enters her pet the calf in a Chicago competition. The calf wins but the girl learns her cow is to be sold to a slaughterhouse. A kindly meat packer saves the day and the calf and girl are reunited.