Best Female Lead movies of 1961

Actors : Mieko Kondô, Shintarô Katsu, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Kyôko Enami,
Directors : Kazuo Mori,

During Japan's Warring States period three young Tokugawa vassals head their separate ways after Takeda Shingen's forces overran their castle. When they next meet they have all joined opposing sides.

Actors : Anne Caprile, Daniel Gélin, Christian Marquand, Annie Girardot,
Directors : Alexandre Astruc,

Anna, twenty-seven, married to building contractor Eric, refuses to live in his wake. Craving independence, she can exist through the art gallery she runs, but isn't this occupation a mere ...

Actors : Shashi Kapoor, Rehman, Manmohan Krishna, Mala Sinha,
Directors : Yash Chopra,

Circa British Rule in India is the tale of two Delhi families, that of Nawab Badruddin and Gulshan Rai. The two families are so close that they virtually share the same house. The Nawab's ...

Actors : Vijay Dutt, Kammo, M. Kumar, Nimmi,
Directors : Lekhraj Bhakri,

A woman experiences heartbreak when she ends up arranging the marriage of the poet she secretly loves.

Actors : Lalita Pawar, Saroja Devi B., K.N. Singh, Ajit,
Directors : P.L. Santoshi,

A lover follows his sweetheart to her hometown and becomes embroiled in a murder mystery.

Actors : Boris Buzancic, Zoran Ristanovic, Ana Karic, Emil Kutijaro,
Directors : Sime Simatovic,

Story of the dream of a lonely woman lying mentally ill in a sanatorium.

Actors : Alberto Lupo, Alessandra Panaro, Taina Elg, Pierre Brice,
Directors : Giorgio Ferroni,

The god Dionysus decides to pay a visit to the city of Thebes.

Actors : Ruzena Merunková, Helga Cocková, Petr Kostka, Jana Kasanová,
Directors : Ivo Novák,

The young Eliska Janícková is watering her mother's grave. An argument of two members of the local cooperative over a sack of groats stolen from the cowshed drives her out from the cemetery...

Actors : David Abraham, Lalita Pawar, Jayant, Tanuja,
Directors : Hrishikesh Mukherjee,

In a small village two tough, but good-hearted men preside over the day to day lives of the inhabitants, namely Bahadur Singh (David) and Sher Khan (Jayant). One of the rooms is soon going ...

Actors : Pavle Vuisic, Petar Prlicko, Rahela Ferari, Olivera Markovic,
Directors : Toma Janic,

A story about several people who share the same yard within their block, and a piece of blue sky above 'em.

Actors : Rosalie Börjesson, Arnold Stackelberg, Philip Haglund, Susanne Ulfsäter,
Directors : Elsa Colfach,

Susanne is a girl living with her parents. They don't really care much about her. Agitated by the parents continual complaining about her, Susanne takes off. She is attracted to a young man...

Actors : Diana Chesney, Nora Nicholson, Jan Miller, Richard McNeff,
Directors : Charles Saunders,

This story is about a collection of older ladies living in a boarding house run by their acquaintance, Miss Letty Frost.She has an air or respectability. It quickly becomes apparent that ...

Actors : Golam Mustafa, Shabnam, Rekha, Rahman,
Directors : Mustafizul Haq,

A new maried couple escaped from some bandits & took shelter in a house. They found the house as haunted. The house caretaker told them an old love story that belonging this house.

Actors : Eva Damien, Françoise Saint-Laurent, Philippe Leroy, Scilla Gabel,
Directors : Louis Soulanes,

It is fruit-picking season in the plain and pickers come from all over and live in a camp for several weeks. Among the many pretty girls are Kissa, a natural vamp who delights in exciting ...

Actors : Sven Lindberg, Maj-Britt Nilsson, Jarl Kulle, Lena Söderblom,
Directors : Sven Lindberg,

Karl and Anna are looking for an apartment, but have so far been unable to get one. But they have an excellent idea: Anna's room mate Ulla and Karl's brother Fredrik are single. If they ...

Actors : Ignacio López Tarso, Jorge Mistral, María Félix, Luis Aguilar,
Directors : Miguel Zacarías,

The true life's story of Juana Gallo. A woman who rose to become one of the leaders of the Mexican revolution.

Actors : Catalina Bárcena, Silvia Pinal, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Manuel Collado,
Directors : Luis Marquina,

Mimí Pompón, a famous French singer of the early twentieth century, leaves everything to marry Heriberto Promenade, rich and jealous merchant of Limoges (France) that previously was married...

Actors : Turid Balke, Arne Bang-Hansen, Inger Marie Andersen, Odd Borg,
Directors : Øyvind Vennerød,

Sønner av Norge (Sons of Norway) gives us a look inside the life in Solbråten, in the suburbs of Oslo, and the lives of the people there. We get to know especially the men, who are so busy ...

Actors : Tony Marzan, Lolita Rodriguez, Carmen Rosales, Eddie Garcia,
Directors : Conrado Conde,

A story of emotional tension violence and suspense.

Actors : Antonio Cifariello, Isana Medel, Mercedes Alonso, Manuel Zarzo,
Directors : Ramón Fernández,

Margarita is a beautiful girl with all her faculty fellows as pretenders, although none of them stole her heart...