Best movies of 1961

Actors : Jean Allison, Edgar Buchanan, Spencer Carlisle, Richard Crane,
Directors : Charles R. Rondeau,

An old man sells his soul to the devil, and turns into a young man. He then uses witchcraft and black magic to win a woman from his rival.

Actors : Adam Faith, Sidney James, Terence Longdon, Carole Lesley,
Directors : Gilbert Gunn,

A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher will take it because they all think there isn't really a monster. The writer and some of his...

Actors : Cesare Danova, Joan Staley, Sean McClory, Danielle De Metz,
Directors : Edward Bernds,

In 1881, in Algeria, Michael Denning and Hector Servadac are fighting a duel when a comet brushing Earth takes the two men to the Moon where they discover a prehistoric civilization.

Actors : Furankî Sakai, Yuriko Hoshi, Nobuko Otowa, Akira Takarada,
Directors : Shûe Matsubayashi,

This Japanese film speculates on the events which lead the U.S. and the Soviet Union into a nuclear Armageddon.

Actors : Michael Forest, Walter Maslow, Frank Wolff, Barboura Morris,
Directors : Roger Corman,

Evil king Praximedes convinces superhero Atlas to fight for him, but Atlas eventually sees the king's true nature and turns against him.

Actors : Ronnie Stevens, Shirley Eaton, Bob Monkhouse, Kenneth Connor,
Directors : C.M. Pennington-Richards,

The marketing department of a pharmaceutical company decides to find a dentist to endorse it's brand of toothpaste.

Actors : Balraj Sahni, Usha Kiran, Baby Sonu, Padma,
Directors : Hemen Gupta,

A poor Afghani leaves his family behind to earn a living as a dried fruit vendor in India. Profoundly homesick, he befriends a young girl who reminds him of his own daughter. Meanwhile, the locals are distrustful of all foreigners.

Actors : Pierre Mondy, Yvonne Furneaux, Louis Jourdan, Bernard Dhéran,
Directors : Claude Autant-Lara,

Edmund Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he ...

Actors : Franca Bettoia, Franco Fabrizi, Alan Ladd, Robert Keith,

A duel takes place in order to put an end to the long and bloody war between the Romans and the Albans. Three valiant brothers are chosen for each side. The Romans choose three brothers: ...

Actors : Lalita Pawar, Nanda, Dev Anand, Sadhana,
Directors : Amarjeet,

When an army officer is presumed dead in battle, his lookalike is tasked with breaking the news to his family. However, circumstances force him to impersonate the dead man.

Actors : Adrienne Corri, Peter Cushing, Peter Arne, Keith Michell,

Years after fleeing his ancestral home with his mother, Jason returns home to claim his birthright, only to find his way blocked by his evil cousin Thomas. In order to reclaim his title, ...

Actors : Geoffrey Denton, Susan Travers, Elsie Wagstaff, John McCarthy,
Directors : Sidney J. Furie,

In 1890 England a doctor, in order to cure his wife's "sick mind", injects her with snake venom. She later gives birth to a daughter the villagers begin to call "The Devil's Baby". They ...

Actors : Kasym Zhakibayev, Aleksandr Baranov, Adolf Shestakov, N. Gladkov,
Directors : Agasi Babayan,

The story of a russian explorer (Vladimir Arsenev) in the wilderness of Siberia and Dersu Uzala, a native guide on his trip.

Actors : Moira Shearer, Cyd Charisse, Roland Petit, Zizi Jeanmaire,
Directors : Terence Young,

Live scenes of Paris and a continuity Narrator link together four dramatic choreographies, all by Roland Petit: Carmen (1949), La croqueuse de diamants (1950), Deuil en 24 heures (1953), and Cyrano de Bergerac (1959).

Actors : Ronnie Burns, Darrell Howe, Pamela Lincoln, Judy Howard,
Directors : Boris Petroff,

The crazed brother of a condemned killer sent to the gas chamber swears vengeance on those he holds responsible for his brother's execution.

Actors : Gino Cervi, Rina Morelli, Barbara Lass, Alain Delon,
Directors : René Clément,

Ulisse is a naive young man out looking for a job after being released from the army. He drops the offer he gets from a group of fascists to go in with the Fossatis, a family of anarchists (unknown to him).

Actors : Philippe Noiret, Dany Robin, Palau, Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Directors : Michel Boisrond,

Anthology of four love stories that have some historical basis.

Actors : Howard Keel, Warner Anderson, Tina Louise, Earl Holliman,
Directors : Byron Haskin,

An American army unit is trapped in a small town during a German counterattack and discovers that a spy in the town is providing the Germans with information about them.

Actors : Bella Cortez, Gordon Mitchell, Roldano Lupi, Marietto,
Directors : Umberto Scarpelli,

Muscleman Ohro travels to the sinful capital of Atlantis to rebuke its godlessness and hubris and becomes involved in the battle against its evil lord Yoh-tar and his hideous super-science ...

Actors : Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Elaine Devry, Stella Stevens,
Directors : Edmond O'Brien,

Two Korean War veterans re-unite to pull off a heist at a San Francisco airport but find themselves running for their lives.