Best Female Lead movies of 1961

Actors : Paolo Stoppa, Laurent Terzieff, Martine Carol, Sandra Milo,
Directors : Roberto Rossellini,

Vanina Vanini, a bored, spoiled Roman countess, falls in love with a dedicated young patriot who is in Rome to assassinate a traitor to the brotherhood of the Free Masons.

Actors : Edith Zetline, Mireille Darc, Brigitte Bardot, Joséphine James,
Directors : Roger Vadim,

Sophie, a flighty young model, learns that her boyfriend is planning to leave her for another woman. Sophie resolves to either win him back or assassinate her rival. A handsome doctor (who ...

Actors : Vagelis Voulgaridis, Nikos Kourkoulos, Zoi Laskari, Mirka Kalatzopoulou,
Directors : Giannis Dalianidis,

Rea has something going on with both Kostas and Petros. When she insults Kostas, he takes his revenge upon her; he seduces Rea, takes her clothes off and steps away, leaving her ...

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 : Aliki Vougiouklaki, Thanasis Vengos, Labros Konstadaras, Giorgos Panjas,
Directors : Dinos Dimopoulos,

A rich girl leaves her family to avoid marrying the person her father has chosen for her. Her father offers a reward in order to find her and an other girl that looks exactly as her is ...

Actors : Heinz Erhardt, Fritz Tillmann, Marika Rökk, Cornelia Froboess,
Directors : Ulrich Erfurth,

Actors : Haralambie Boros, Eugenia Balaure, Horia Caciulescu, Emil Botta,
Directors : Ion Popescu-Gopo,

A dialogue free Romanian science-fiction spy-comedy that draws upon farce, satire and surrealism as it subversively deconstructs the spy thriller with the protagonist's accidental discovery...

Actors : Lola Albright, Clarke Gordon, Joe De Santis, Scott Marlowe,
Directors : Alexander Singer,

An older woman seduces an impressionable working-class boy who falls deeply in love with her. Disillusionment sets in when the boy discovers that she is a stripper.

Actors : Vincent Price, Edmund Purdom, Jeanne Crain, Amedeo Nazzari,
Directors : Fernando Cerchio,

Chronicles the rise and fall of the woman who eventually became known as Queen Nefertiti.

Actors : Jean-Claude, Elola, Nadine, Denise,
Directors : Jean Rouch,

The arrival of Nadine, a new student, in the Abidjan Lyceum is the starting point for a discussion about interratial relationships.

Actors : Akiko Koyama, Masako Nakamura, Rentarô Mikuni, Yôko Mihara,
Directors : Nagisa Ôshima,

Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to proceed with their "catch."

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 : Jack Hawkins, Shirley MacLaine, Laurence Harvey, Nobu McCarthy,
Directors : Charles Walters,

Out on a Limb, not out on a Leash.

Actors : Eitarô Ozawa, Haruko Mabuchi, Ayako Wakao, Hiroshi Kawaguchi,
Directors : Yasuzô Masumura,

Ayako is charged with murdering her much older academic husband while climbing a mountain. Ayako was having an affair, apparently with her husband's approval, and this complicates the trial.

Actors : Daniela Rocca, Antonio Cifariello, Livio Lorenzon, Yvonne Sanson,
Directors : Mario Bonnard,

(1961) Debra Paget, Daniella Rocca, Antonio Cifariello, Folco Lulli. The leader of a gang of Spanish mercenaries falls for a beautiful princess. Thing get dicey, however, when an imprisoned...

Actors : Anne Vernon, Nino Castelnuovo, Tomas Milian, Giorgia Moll,
Directors : Nicolò Ferrari,

Laura, a beautiful young middle class woman, marries Franco just to see what it is like to tie in the knot. She is not happy with him and tries to find happiness in the arms of a couple of ...

Actors : Wladyslaw Kowalski, Gustaw Holoubek, Lidia Wysocka, Irena Netto,
Directors : Wojciech Has,

A middle-aged actress comes back to her hometown for her grandfather's funeral after many years of absence. Nothing is the same as it used to be - the places and the people are not familiar to her anymore.

Actors : Rodolfo Cristobal, Myrna Delgado, Jose Romulo, Cielito Legaspi,
Directors : Pablo Santiago,

ANOTHER THRILLER of fine entertainment is slated to rock BOX-OFFICE. BIGGER than GABI NG LAGIM.

Actors : Johnny Walker, Ameeta, Mehmood, Minoo Mumtaz,
Directors : S.A. Akbar,

Naive, milk-drinker, childlike Chhote Nawab, born on February 29th, lives a wealthy lifestyle in the Bombay-based Nawab family consisting of his widowed dad; sister, Mehnuma and her husband...

Actors : Sheikh, Subbiraj, Kumkum, K.N. Singh,
Directors : Kalpataru,

Queer are the ways of smugglers in which they try to hoodwink the police of every nation. But the police too have their methods smarter and surer to nab them... See full synopsis »