Best movies of 1961

Actors : Jill St. John, Warren Beatty, Vivien Leigh, Coral Browne,
Directors : José Quintero,

An aging actress travels to Rome with her husband; after he suddenly dies during the flight, she begins a passionate affair with a young gigolo.

Actors : Christine Kaufmann, Barbara Rütting, Kirk Douglas, E.G. Marshall,
Directors : Gottfried Reinhardt,

Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Garrett.

Actors : Wilton Graff, Walter Brooke, June Kenney, Robert Reed,
Directors : Ralph Brooke,

A crazed hunter kidnaps people and turns them loose on his private estate, where he hunts them for sport.

Actors : Ingrid Bergman, Jessie Royce Landis, Anthony Perkins, Yves Montand,
Directors : Anatole Litvak,

In this adaptation of Françoise Sagan's best selling novel, Paula is a beautiful and highly successful 40-year-old businesswoman. She is deeply in love with Roger, her mature consort of ...

Actors : Leslie Caron, Horst Buchholz, Charles Boyer, Maurice Chevalier,
Directors : Joshua Logan,

A love triangle between a young woman, a rich 60-something man and an aspiring sailor set in early 20th century Marseilles.

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 : Geraldine Page, Una Merkel, Rita Moreno, Laurence Harvey,
Directors : Peter Glenville,

Plain, repressed spinster falls for a dashing young medical student, but he prefers the wilder life, until it's too late.

Actors : Hiroyuki Nagato, Masao Mishima, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Shôhei Imamura,

A young hoodlum decides to work for a criminal organization that is tearing itself apart.

Actors : Aleksei Gribov, Margarita Nazarova, Ivan Dmitriev, Evgeniy Leonov,
Directors : Vladimir Fetin,

A comedy about tigers and lions running around a cruise ship full of passengers.

Actors : Charles Hawtrey, Sidney James, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor,

The Helping Hands agency employs some very strange people to perform some very strange jobs! Even the simplest of tasks get bungled by the incompetent but lovable staff, as they get given ...

Actors : Giani Esposito, Betty Schneider, Daniel Crohem, Françoise Prévost,
Directors : Jacques Rivette,

Anne Goupil is a literature student in Paris in 1957. Her elder brother, Pierre, takes her to a friend's party where the guests include Philip Kaufman, an expatriate American escaping ...

Actors : Claudia Cardinale, Luciana Angiolillo, Jacques Perrin, Renato Baldini,
Directors : Valerio Zurlini,

Lorenzo, who's 16 and born to a wealthy family in Parma, tries to make things right toward a showgirl, Aida, whom his older brother has mistreated. In extending kindness and standing up for...

Actors : Leonora Ruffo, Christopher Lee, George Ardisson, Reg Park,

Hercules must journey in Hades itself to retrieve the magic stone that will free his love from the powers of darkness.

Actors : William Smith, Sal Ponti, John Dall, Joyce Taylor,
Directors : George Pal,

A Greek Fisherman brings an Atlantean Princess back to her homeland which is the mythical city of Atlantis. He is enslaved for his trouble. The King is being manipulated by an evil sorcerer...

Actors : Gino Cervi, Fernandel, Leda Gloria, Gina Rovere,
Directors : Carmine Gallone,

Don Camillo is now a bishop, Peppone is now a senator, but their rivalry is as fierce as when they were just a village priest, and a village administrator. Don Camillo learns that Peppone ...

Actors : Dimitris Papamichael, Aliki Vougiouklaki, Giannis Gionakis, Giannis Malouhos,
Directors : Alekos Sakellarios,

Aliki is in love with someone who serves his duty in the greek navy. Wanting to see him, she disguises as a navy soldier and gets aboard her lover's ship. Things get more complicated when ...

Actors : Jim Hutton, Lana Turner, Janis Paige, Bob Hope,
Directors : Jack Arnold,

A. J. Niles is the author of a series of 'Bachelor Books'. These books describe the romantic life of a bachelor in various cities of the world. But when he runs into trouble with the I.R.S....

Actors : Joel Rinne, Leo Jokela, Matti Ranin, Elina Salo,
Directors : Matti Kassila,

A rich widow is found dead of gas poisoning in her flat in Helsinki. First the death is thought to be an accident, but lieutenant Palmu notices that the murderer has made a mistake, and ...

Actors : Hardy Krüger, Lino Ventura, Maurice Biraud, Charles Aznavour,
Directors : Denys de La Patellière,

During World War II, French Commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert.

Actors : Smaro Stefanidou, Spyros Mousouris, Dimitris Horn, Maro Kodou,
Directors : Alekos Sakellarios,

Two rich old friends, Andreas and Agisilaos are in love with young Rita. Andreas believes that youth and not money drive the word. He sells his soul to the devil, becomes young and flirts ...