Best Drama movies of 1961

Actors : George Hamilton, Joan Blondell, Mercedes McCambridge, Henry Jones,

A woman who believes she has been chosen by God to heal people is taken in by a greedy promoter and his shrewish wife to make the rounds of the rural South - she to save souls and heal the ...

Actors : Valeria Moriconi, Gian Maria Volontè, Nino Manfredi, Mario Adorf,
Directors : Luigi Comencini,

An inept thief wants to escape prison and return to his family, but two of his prison mates also want out.

Actors : Virginia Field, William Shatner, Lee Kinsolving, Patty McCormack,
Directors : Buzz Kulik,

High school teacher gets in trouble when he tries to teach a class in sex education.

Actors : Barrie Chase, Jayne Mansfield, Ray Danton, Julie London,
Directors : Joseph M. Newman,

Dancer George Raft (Ray Danton) finds himself involved with the criminal underworld. After a conflict with gangster boss Frank Donatella (Joe de Santis), he is exiled to Hollywoood, where ...

Actors : Rosanna Schiaffino, Jean Marais, Jean-Louis Barrault, Roger Hanin,
Directors : André Hunebelle,

Charles le Temeraire asks in marriage Jeanne de Beauvais, daughter of King Louis XI, wishing to get her valuable lands in dowry. The King is wise to this, and since his daughter does not ...

Actors : Christine Kaufmann, Béatrice Altariba, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Pierre Vaneck,
Directors : Jean Becker,

(1961) Jean Paul Belmondo, Christine Kaufman. In this fine thriller, JP's friend ends up in prison. JP then tracks down the man responsible.

Actors : Luana Patten, Ernest Borgnine, Anthony Franciosa, Gina Lollobrigida,

Son of a successful Greek emigrant is torn between the expectations his father has for him and his passionate love affair with a beautiful prostitute.

Actors : Paolo Stoppa, Martine Carol, Laurent Terzieff, 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 : Borislav Radovic, Milos Zutic, Miha Baloh, Beba Loncar,
Directors : Aleksandar Petrovic,

A young man falls in love with the girl who he met by accident.

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 : 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 : Geoffrey Horne, Nino Segurini, Finlay Currie, Marietto,
Directors : Luciano Ricci,

A brother is cast out from his family, sold in to slavery and then returns years later as a man of power - but shows forgiveness and compassion to his family through the strength of character given to him by God.

Actors : Marina Vlady, Lino Ventura, Magali Noël, Bernard Fresson,
Directors : Luciano Emmer,

A romantic drama partially set in Amsterdam, the story starts out in a mining area in Holland where conditions are about as rough as they get. Two of the miners, Italians Federico (Lino ...

Actors : Anita Ekberg, Antonella Lualdi, Jack Palance, Franco Silva,

Genghis Khan and his Mongol army invade Poland and lay siege to the city of Cracow. The Polish king tries to make peace in order to save his city, and Genghis Khan seems amenable to that. ...

Actors : Leif Juster, Egil Hjorth-Jenssen, Lalla Carlsen, Tore Foss,
Directors : Arne Skouen,

Thorvald runs a local bus route, with a 1923-model bus nicknamed 'Gamla', in the Norwegian country side. Thorvald himself always takes time to make numerous stops along his route, to help ...

Actors : Lalita Pawar, Nanda, Sadhana, Dev Anand,
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 : 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 : Diane McBain, Constance Ford, Will Hutchins, Arthur Kennedy,
Directors : Gordon Douglas,

In this tale of a good girl who goes very bad, a beautiful young Southern lady remains faithful to the man she loves while he is away in the military . . . until she gets a letter that he ...

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

Out on a Limb, not out on a Leash.

Actors : Paolo Stoppa, Renzo Ricci, Franco Interlenghi, Giovanna Ralli,
Directors : Roberto Rossellini,

How Italy's historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi led a military campaign known as Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 and conquered Sicily and Naples.