Best movies of 1961

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 : Georges Wilson, Milo, Georges Loriot, Jean-Pierre Talbot,
Directors : Jean-Jacques Vierne,

Tintin and Captain Haddock try to discover what is so desirable about their old and apparently worthless ship.

Actors : Tony Curtis, Karl Malden, Arthur O'Connell, Edmond O'Brien,
Directors : Robert Mulligan,

Based on a true story, a bright young man who hasn't the patience for the normal way of advancement finds that people rarely question you if your papers are in order. He becomes a marine, a...

Actors : Fay Spain, Ettore Manni, Luciano Marin, Reg Park,
Directors : Vittorio Cottafavi,

Strong yet sleepy Hercules discovers that the Queen of Atlantis is plotting to take over the world with superhuman warriors.

Actors : Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Steve McQueen, Brigid Bazlen,
Directors : Richard Thorpe,

A navy lieutenant and his civilian friend use a classified computer to help them break the bank at a Venetian casino.

Actors : Robert Alda, Linda Christian, Neil Hamilton, Ariadna Welter,
Directors : William J. Hole Jr.,

A man is haunted by visions of a beautiful woman. When he finally meets her, he winds up involved in a Satanic cult.

Actors : Bernard Blier, Martine Carol, Jean Gabin, Françoise Rosay,
Directors : Gilles Grangier,

"Le Dabe" retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and horses. He is a very rich man. He was the king of all money counterfeiters. He is contacted from ...

Actors : Franco Fabrizi, Lea Massari, Alberto Sordi, Lina Volonghi,
Directors : Dino Risi,

Silvio refuses to fight for the fascists and joins the resistance with Elena. After the war, his vitriolic newspaper articles cause him to be sentenced to imprisonment.

Actors : Cindi Wood, Larry Gates, Keir Dullea, Don Murray,
Directors : Irvin Kershner,

Based on the life of Fr. Charles Clark, a minister to street gangs.

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 ...

Actors : William Mayer, Marietta, Pat Reilly, Lester Brown,

A rich rocket scientist organizes an expedition to the moon, which they discover is inhabited by nude women.

Actors : Carl Reiner, Deborah Walley, Michael Callan, James Darren,
Directors : Paul Wendkos,

Francine (Gidget) is desperate: her parents want to force her to come with them on vacation to Hawaii - just during the two weeks when her beloved "Moondoggie" is home from College. When he...

Actors : Deborah Kerr, Gary Cooper, Eric Portman, Diane Cilento,
Directors : Michael Anderson,

Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime.

Actors : Sandra Dee, Charles Drake, Virginia Grey, John Gavin,
Directors : Harry Keller,

Tammy leaves the river in Mississippi to attend college, developing a relationship with Tom Freeman (John Gavin). Sandra Dee replaces Debbie Reynolds in this and the third Tammy movie. This...

Actors : Susan Hayward, Charles Drake, John Gavin, Vera Miles,
Directors : David Miller,

Ambitious but thwarted, Rae Smith meets handsome Marine Paul Saxon, (of the Saxon department store chain), as he passes through Lincoln, Nebraska, on his way home from World War II. There's...

Actors : Maurice Marsac, Curt Lowens, Barbara Lass, Carl Schell,
Directors : Paolo Heusch,

At a girls' school, several students are murdered by a snarling, wolf-man-like creature. Suspicion falls upon a newly arrived teacher.

Actors : Lloyd Nolan, Connie Stevens, Dorothy McGuire, Troy Donahue,
Directors : Delmer Daves,

Premarital sex, secrets, and society. At 17, shy Susan Slade is on her way to California after a ten-year stay at a remote Chilean mine where her father was chief engineer. Onboard ship, ...

Actors : Carol Lynley, Mary Astor, Jeff Chandler, Eleanor Parker,
Directors : José Ferrer,

The residents of Peyton Place, New Hampshire, are not happy when its most famous resident, Alison Mackenzie, writes a "shocking" novel detailing the sinful secrets of the town. Most ...

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 : Dolores Hart, Cecil Kellaway, Bradford Dillman, Stuart Whitman,
Directors : Michael Curtiz,

Francis Bernardone (Bradford Dillman) is the son of a wealthy cloth merchant in Assisi, who gives up all his worldly goods to dedicate himself to God. Clare (Dolores Hart) is a young ...