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Best Movies of 1961 by Rank

Rating
Rank
No
Title
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
5 Stars
101
1
West Side Story
Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris
Musical / Romance / Drama / Family
USA
English
5 Stars
141
2
Viridiana
Luis Buñuel
Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, José Calvo, Margarita Lozano
Drama / Religion / Comedy
Mexico / Spain
Spanish
5 Stars
159
3
Last Year at Marienbad
Alain Resnais
Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Experimental
France / Italy
French
5 Stars
187
4
The Hustler
Robert Rossen
Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason
Drama / Sports
USA
English
5 Stars
384
5
Yojimbo
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tono, Tatsuya Nakadai
Drama / Action / Crime / Thriller / Adventure
Japan
Japanese
5 Stars
417
6
Through a Glass Darkly
Ingmar Bergman
Gunnar Björnstrand, Harriet Andersson
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
4.5 Stars
552
7
Lola
Jacques Demy
Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden, Alan Scott, Elina Labourdette
Drama / Romance
Italy / France
French
4.5 Stars
597
8
La Notte
Michelangelo Antonioni
Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
4.5 Stars
608
9
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Blake Edwards
Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen
Romance / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
4.5 Stars
651
10
A Taste of Honey
Tony Richardson
Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens, Murray Melvin, Paul Danquah
Drama
UK
English
Rating
Rank
No
Title
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
4.5 Stars
735
11
The Innocents
Jack Clayton
Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave
Horror / Thriller
UK
English
4.5 Stars
744
12
Judgment at Nuremberg
Stanley Kramer
Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster
Drama
USA
English
4.5 Stars
779
13
One-Eyed Jacks
Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Katy Jurado, Pina Pellicer, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens
Western
USA
English
4.5 Stars
830
14
Victim
Basil Dearden
Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price, Anthony Nicholls
Crime / Drama
UK
English
4.5 Stars
833
15
Splendor in the Grass
Elia Kazan
Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty
Drama / Romance
USA
English
4.5 Stars
978
16
Divorce Italian Style
Pietro Germi
Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca
Comedy
Italy
Italian
4 Stars
1191
17
The Guns of Navarone
J. Lee Thompson
Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle
Action / Drama / War / Adventure
USA
English
4 Stars
1320
18
Lover Come Back
Delbert Mann
Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Edie Adams
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
4 Stars
1358
19
The Misfits
John Huston
Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter
Drama / Romance / Western
USA
English
4 Stars
1396
20
One Two Three
Billy Wilder
James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin
Comedy
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1533
21
A Raisin in the Sun
Daniel Petrie
Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands
Drama
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1563
22
Fanny
Joshua Logan
Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Boyer, Horst Buchholz
Drama / Romance
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1629
23
Summer and Smoke
Peter Glenville
Laurence Harvey, Geraldine Page, Rita Moreno, Una Merkel
Drama / Romance
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1714
24
Whistle Down the Wind
Bryan Forbes
Bernard Lee, Alan Bates, Hayley Mills, Norman Bird
Drama / Religion / Family
UK
English
3.5 Stars
1814
25
Il Posto
Ermanno Olmi
Loredana Detto, Tullio Kezich, Sandro Panseri, Mara Revel
Drama
Italy
Italian
3.5 Stars
1846
26
101 Dalmatians
Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman
Rod Taylor, Betty Lou Gerson, Cate Bauer, Lisa Daniels, Ben Wright
Family / Animation / Comedy / Thriller / Adventure
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1861
27
The Ladies' Man
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis, Helen Traubel, Kathleen Freeman, Hope Holiday
Comedy
USA
English
3 Stars
2008
28
Chronicle of a Summer
Jean Rouch, Edgar Morin
Jean Rouch, Marceline Loridan Ivens, Marilù Parolini
Documentary
France
French
3 Stars
2013
29
El Cid
Anthony Mann
Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone, Geneviève Page
Romance / War / Adventure / Drama / Epic / History
Italy / USA
English
3 Stars
2018
30
Flower Drum Song
Henry Koster, Jack Soo
Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Benson Fong, Jack Soo
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
3 Stars
2124
31
Girl with a Suitcase
Valerio Zurlini
Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin, Luciana Angiolillo
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Italy / France
French
2.5 Stars
2178
32
The Mark
Guy Green
Maria Schell, Stuart Whitman, Rod Steiger, Brenda De Banzie
Drama / Crime
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2230
33
King of Kings
Nicholas Ray
Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Hurd Hatfield, Ron Randell, Viveca Lindfors
Drama / Epic / Religion
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2230
33
Pit and the Pendulum
Roger Corman
Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele, Luana Anders, Antony Carbone
Horror / Period Film
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2277
34
Pocketful of Miracles
Frank Capra
Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2291
35
The Parent Trap
David Swift
Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Cathleen Nesbitt
Family / Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2323
36
A Woman Is a Woman
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Claude Brialy, Anna Karina, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Karyn Balm, Henri Attal
Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance
Italy / France
French
2.5 Stars
2389
37
The Exiles
Kent MacKenzie
Homer Nish, Tom Reynolds, Yvonne Williams
Documentary / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2396
38
The Hoodlum Priest
Irvin Kershner
Don Murray, Larry Gates, Cindi Wood, Keir Dullea
Drama / Religion / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2455
39
Accattone
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini, Paola Guidi
Drama
Italy
Italian
2.5 Stars
2485
40
Babes in Toyland
Jack Donohue
Ray Bolger, Tommy Sands, Annette Funicello, Ed Wynn
Family / Musical / Fantasy / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2499
41
The Absent Minded Professor
Robert Stevenson
Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Leon Ames
Comedy / Family / Fantasy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2499
41
The Children's Hour
William Wyler
Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins, Fay Bainter
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2504
42
The Long Absence
Henri Colpi
Alida Valli, Georges Wilson, Charles Blavette
Drama / Romance
France / Italy
French
2.5 Stars
2514
43
Harry and the Butler
Bent Christensen
Osvald Helmuth, Ebbe Rode, Gunnar Lauring
Comedy / Family
Denmark
Danish
2.5 Stars
2549
44
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Robert Youngson
Douglas Fairbanks, Charles Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Houdini
Adventure / Comedy / Documentary / Family
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2556
45
Underworld U.S.A.
Samuel Fuller
Cliff Robertson, Dolores Dorn, Beatrice Kay, Paul Dubov, Robert Emhardt
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Film-Noir / Gangster
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2558
46
Tu ne tueras point
Claude Autant-Lara
Laurent Terzieff, Suzanne Flon, Horst Frank, Mica Orlovic
Drama
France / Italy / Yugoslavia
French
2.5 Stars
2608
47
Léon Morin, Priest
Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuelle Riva, Irène Tunc, Nicole Mirel
Drama / Romance / Religion
France / Italy
French
2.5 Stars
2608
47
The Pleasure of His Company
George Seaton
Fred Astaire, Debbie Reynolds, Lilli Palmer, Tab Hunter, Gary Merrill
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2608
47
Two Daughters
Satyajit Ray
Chandana Banerjee, Nripati Chatterjee, Anil Chatterjee, Khagen Pathak
Comedy / Drama
India
Bengali
2.5 Stars
2618
48
A Majority of One
Mervyn LeRoy
Rosalind Russell, Alec Guinness, Ray Danton, Madlyn Rhue
Comedy / Family / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2644
49
Plácido
Luis García Berlanga
Cassen, José Luis López Vázquez
Comedy / Drama
Spain
Spanish
2.5 Stars
2692
50
Blue Hawaii
Norman Taurog
Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury, Nancy Walters, Jenny Maxwell
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2692
50
The Comancheros
Michael Curtiz, John Wayne
John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Nehemiah Persoff, Lee Marvin
Action / Western / Adventure / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2692
50
The Errand Boy
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis, Brian Donlevy, Howard McNear, Dick Wesson, Robert Ivers, Pat Dahl
Comedy / Family / Spy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2692
50
Human Condition III - A Soldier's Prayer
Masaki Kobayashi
Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Yusuke Kawazu, Tamao Nakamura, Chishu Ryu
Drama / History / War
Japan
Japanese
2.5 Stars
2692
50
Two Rode Together
John Ford
James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones, Linda Cristal, Andy Devine
Western
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2711
51
Question 7
Stuart Rosenberg
Michael Gwynn, Margaret Jahnen, Christian De Bresson, Almut Eggert
Drama
USA / West Germany
English
2.5 Stars
2712
52
Immortal Love
Keisuke Kinoshita
Hideko Takamine, Keiji Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Nobuko Otowa
Drama / Romance
Japan
Japanese
2.5 Stars
2712
52
Tlayucan
Luis Alcoriza
Andrés Soler, Júlio Aldama, Jorge Martínez
Comedy / Drama / Crime / Religion
Mexico
Spanish
2.5 Stars
2742
53
The Young Doctors
Phil Karlson
Fredric March, Ben Gazzara, Dick Clark, Ina Balin, Eddie Albert
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2758
54
Allures
Jordan Belson
Experimental / Short
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2777
55
Snow White and the Three Stooges
Walter Lang
Carol Heiss, Larry Fine, Joe DeRita, Moe Howard, Edson Stroll, Patricia Medina
Comedy / Musical / Fantasy / Family
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2790
56
Il Brigante
Renato Castellani
Francesco Seminario, Adelmo Di Fraia, Serena Vergano
Drama
Italy
Italian
2.5 Stars
2790
56
Los Inundados
Fernando Birri
Pirucho Gómez, Julio Omar González, Hector Palavecino
Drama
Argentina
Spanish
2.5 Stars
2790
56
Mir vkhodyashchemu
Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov
Viktor Avdyushko, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Stanislav Khitrov
Drama
Soviet Union
Russian
2.5 Stars
2790
56
Samson
Andrzej Wajda
Serge Merlin, Alina Janowska, Elzbieta Kepinska, Jan Ciecierski
Drama / Romance / War
Poland
Polish
2.5 Stars
2790
56
Vanina Vanini
Roberto Rossellini
Sandra Milo, Laurent Terzieff, Martine Carol, Paolo Stoppa
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Italy / France
Italian
2.5 Stars
2791
57
The American Beauty
Robert Dhéry
Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset, Catherine Sola
Comedy
France
French
2.5 Stars
2791
57
Antigone
Yorgos Javellas
Irene Papas, Manos Katrakis, Maro Kodou, Nikos Kazis
Drama / Fantasy
Greece
Greek
2.5 Stars
2791
57
My Son, the Hero
Ismael Rodríguez
Antonio Aguilar, Jr., Julio Aleman, Colomba Dominguez
Adventure / Drama / Western
Mexico
Spanish
2.5 Stars
2794
58
Le Rendez-vous de minuit
Roger Leenhardt
Lilli Palmer, Michel Auclair, Robert Lombard, Lucienne Le Marchand
Drama
France
French
2.5 Stars
2794
58
Too Late Blues
John Cassavetes
Bobby Darin, Stella Stevens, Everett Chambers, Nick Dennis
Drama / Music
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2794
58
A Wife Confesses
Yasuzo Masumura
Ayako Wakao, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Eitarô Ozawa, Haruko Mabuchi
Drama / Mystery
Japan
Japanese
2.5 Stars
2797
59
Mother Joan of the Angels
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Lucyna Winnicka, Mieczyslaw Voit, Anna Ciepielewska
Drama / Religion / Period Film
Poland
Polish
2.5 Stars
2799
60
The Great Impostor
Robert Mulligan
Tony Curtis, Edmond O'Brien, Arthur O'Connell, Gary Merrill, Joan Blackman
Biography / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2799
60
Romanoff and Juliet
Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov, Sandra Dee, John Gavin, Akim Tamiroff, Alix Talton
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2809
61
Backstage Party
unknown
Walt Disney, Annette Funicello, Ed Wynn, Ray Bolger
Documentary / Family
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2809
61
The Best of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Vol. 1
Gerard Baldwin, Frank Braxton
William Conrad, Hans Conried, June Foray, Paul Frees, Bill Scott
Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2809
61
The Homeowner
Joe Parker
Buster Keaton
Short / Comedy / Family
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2809
61
King of the Roaring 20's - The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Joseph M. Newman
David Janssen, Dianne Foster, Mickey Rooney, Jack Carson, Diana Dors, Dan O'Herlihy
Crime / Drama / Biography / Gangster
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2809
61
The Mouse on 57th Street
Chuck Jones
Mel Blanc, Julie Bennett
Family / Animation / Short / Comedy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2809
61
Swamp Fox
unknown
Leslie Nielsen, Barbara Eiler, Smoki Whitfield, Myron Healey, J. Pat O'Malley
Adventure / War / Family / Serial
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2809
61
Thriller: The Complete Series
Arthur Hiller, Douglas Heyes, Gerald Mayer
Boris Karloff, William Shatner, Leslie Nielson, Rip Torn, Richard Chamberlain
Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2860
62
Early Autumn
Yasujiro Ozu
Ganjiro Nakamura, Setsuko Hara, Yôko Tsukasa, Michiyo Aratama
Drama
Japan
Japanese
2.5 Stars
2862
63
Komal Gandhar
Ritwik Ghatak
Gyanesh Mukherjee, Bijon Bhattacharya, Anil Chatterjee
Drama / Romance
India
Bengali
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Starring
Genre
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Language
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