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Best Movies of 1961 by Rank

Rating
Rank
No
Title
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
5 Stars, Top 100
100
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
134
2
Viridiana
Luis Buñuel
Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, José Calvo, Margarita Lozano
Drama / Religion / Comedy
Mexico / Spain
Spanish
5 Stars
156
3
Last Year at Marienbad
Alain Resnais
Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Experimental
France / Italy
French
5 Stars
190
4
The Hustler
Robert Rossen
Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason
Drama / Sports
USA
English
5 Stars
385
5
Through a Glass Darkly
Ingmar Bergman
Gunnar Björnstrand, Harriet Andersson
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
5 Stars
387
6
Yojimbo
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tono, Tatsuya Nakadai
Drama / Action / Crime / Thriller / Adventure
Japan
Japanese
5 Stars
493
7
La Notte
Michelangelo Antonioni
Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
4.5 Stars
538
8
Lola
Jacques Demy
Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden, Alan Scott, Elina Labourdette
Drama / Romance
Italy / France
French
4.5 Stars
638
9
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Blake Edwards
Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen
Romance / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
4.5 Stars
645
10
A Taste of Honey
Tony Richardson
Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens, Murray Melvin, Paul Danquah
Drama
UK
English
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Rating
Rank
No
Title
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
4.5 Stars
722
11
Judgment at Nuremberg
Stanley Kramer
Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster
Drama
USA
English
4.5 Stars
765
12
The Innocents
Jack Clayton
Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave
Horror / Thriller
UK
English
4.5 Stars
831
13
One-Eyed Jacks
Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Katy Jurado, Pina Pellicer, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens
Western
USA
English
4.5 Stars
871
14
Victim
Basil Dearden
Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price, Anthony Nicholls
Crime / Drama
UK
English
4.5 Stars
884
15
Splendor in the Grass
Elia Kazan
Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty
Drama / Romance
USA
English
4.5 Stars
975
16
Divorce Italian Style
Pietro Germi
Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca
Comedy
Italy
Italian
4 Stars
1161
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
1334
18
Lover Come Back
Delbert Mann
Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Edie Adams
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
4 Stars
1367
19
One Two Three
Billy Wilder
James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin
Comedy
USA
English
4 Stars
1388
20
The Misfits
John Huston
Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter
Drama / Romance / Western
USA
English
4 Stars
1454
21
Fanny
Joshua Logan
Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Boyer, Horst Buchholz
Drama / Romance
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1577
22
A Raisin in the Sun
Daniel Petrie
Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands
Drama
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1592
23
Summer and Smoke
Peter Glenville
Laurence Harvey, Geraldine Page, Rita Moreno, Una Merkel
Drama / Romance
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1687
24
Whistle Down the Wind
Bryan Forbes
Bernard Lee, Alan Bates, Hayley Mills, Norman Bird
Drama / Religion / Family
UK
English
3.5 Stars
1793
25
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
1808
26
Il Posto
Ermanno Olmi
Loredana Detto, Tullio Kezich, Sandro Panseri, Mara Revel
Drama
Italy
Italian
3.5 Stars
1847
27
The Ladies' Man
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis, Helen Traubel, Kathleen Freeman, Hope Holiday
Comedy
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1941
28
Flower Drum Song
Henry Koster, Jack Soo
Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Benson Fong, Jack Soo
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
3 Stars
2005
29
El Cid
Anthony Mann
Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone, Geneviève Page
Romance / War / Adventure / Drama / Epic / History
Italy / USA
English
3 Stars
2054
30
Chronicle of a Summer
Jean Rouch, Edgar Morin
Jean Rouch, Marceline Loridan Ivens, Marilù Parolini
Documentary
France
French
3 Stars
2100
31
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
3 Stars
2127
32
Girl with a Suitcase
Valerio Zurlini
Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin, Luciana Angiolillo
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Italy / France
French
2.5 Stars
2154
33
The Mark
Guy Green
Maria Schell, Stuart Whitman, Rod Steiger, Brenda De Banzie
Drama / Crime
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2215
34
Pocketful of Miracles
Frank Capra
Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2231
35
The Parent Trap
David Swift
Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Cathleen Nesbitt
Family / Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2266
36
King of Kings
Nicholas Ray
Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Hurd Hatfield, Ron Randell, Viveca Lindfors
Drama / Epic / Religion
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2266
36
Pit and the Pendulum
Roger Corman
Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele, Luana Anders, Antony Carbone
Horror / Period Film
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2340
37
The Exiles
Kent MacKenzie
Homer Nish, Tom Reynolds, Yvonne Williams
Documentary / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2341
38
The Hoodlum Priest
Irvin Kershner
Don Murray, Larry Gates, Cindi Wood, Keir Dullea
Drama / Religion / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2386
39
The Long Absence
Henri Colpi
Alida Valli, Georges Wilson, Charles Blavette
Drama / Romance
France / Italy
French
2.5 Stars
2396
40
Harry and the Butler
Bent Christensen
Osvald Helmuth, Ebbe Rode, Gunnar Lauring
Comedy / Family
Denmark
Danish
2.5 Stars
2434
41
Babes in Toyland
Jack Donohue
Ray Bolger, Tommy Sands, Annette Funicello, Ed Wynn
Family / Musical / Fantasy / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2446
42
The Absent Minded Professor
Robert Stevenson
Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Leon Ames
Comedy / Family / Fantasy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2446
42
The Children's Hour
William Wyler
Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins, Fay Bainter
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2450
43
Tu ne tueras point
Claude Autant-Lara
Laurent Terzieff, Suzanne Flon, Horst Frank, Mica Orlovic
Drama
France / Italy / Yugoslavia
French
2.5 Stars
2470
44
Accattone
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini, Paola Guidi
Drama
Italy
Italian
2.5 Stars
2498
45
Léon Morin, Priest
Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuelle Riva, Irène Tunc, Nicole Mirel
Drama / Romance / Religion
France / Italy
French
2.5 Stars
2505
46
A Majority of One
Mervyn LeRoy
Rosalind Russell, Alec Guinness, Ray Danton, Madlyn Rhue
Comedy / Family / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2529
47
Plácido
Luis García Berlanga
Cassen, José Luis López Vázquez
Comedy / Drama
Spain
Spanish
2.5 Stars
2538
48
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
2541
49
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
2591
50
The Pleasure of His Company
George Seaton
Fred Astaire, Debbie Reynolds, Lilli Palmer, Tab Hunter, Gary Merrill
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2591
50
Two Daughters
Satyajit Ray
Chandana Banerjee, Nripati Chatterjee, Anil Chatterjee, Khagen Pathak
Comedy / Drama
India
Bengali
2.5 Stars
2605
51
Question 7
Stuart Rosenberg
Michael Gwynn, Margaret Jahnen, Christian De Bresson, Almut Eggert
Drama
USA / West Germany
English
2.5 Stars
2606
52
Immortal Love
Keisuke Kinoshita
Hideko Takamine, Keiji Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Nobuko Otowa
Drama / Romance
Japan
Japanese
2.5 Stars
2606
52
Tlayucan
Luis Alcoriza
Andrés Soler, Júlio Aldama, Jorge Martínez
Comedy / Drama / Crime / Religion
Mexico
Spanish
2.5 Stars
2628
53
Blue Hawaii
Norman Taurog
Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury, Nancy Walters, Jenny Maxwell
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2628
53
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
2628
53
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
2628
53
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
2628
53
Two Rode Together
John Ford
James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones, Linda Cristal, Andy Devine
Western
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2645
54
The Young Doctors
Phil Karlson
Fredric March, Ben Gazzara, Dick Clark, Ina Balin, Eddie Albert
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2661
55
Allures
Jordan Belson
Experimental / Short
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2678
56
Mother Joan of the Angels
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Lucyna Winnicka, Mieczyslaw Voit, Anna Ciepielewska
Drama / Religion / Period Film
Poland
Polish
2.5 Stars
2688
57
Mir vkhodyashchemu
Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov
Viktor Avdyushko, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Stanislav Khitrov
Drama
Soviet Union
Russian
2.5 Stars
2697
58
The Coachman
Kang Dae-jin
Seung-ho Kim, Shin Yeong-gyun, Hwang Jung Soon, Mi-lyeong JoHae Hwang
Drama / War
South Korea
Korean
2.5 Stars
2699
59
Il Brigante
Renato Castellani
Francesco Seminario, Adelmo Di Fraia, Serena Vergano
Drama
Italy
Italian
2.5 Stars
2699
59
Los Inundados
Fernando Birri
Pirucho Gómez, Julio Omar González, Hector Palavecino
Drama
Argentina
Spanish
2.5 Stars
2699
59
Samson
Andrzej Wajda
Serge Merlin, Alina Janowska, Elzbieta Kepinska, Jan Ciecierski
Drama / Romance / War
Poland
Polish
2.5 Stars
2699
59
Vanina Vanini
Roberto Rossellini
Sandra Milo, Laurent Terzieff, Martine Carol, Paolo Stoppa
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Italy / France
Italian
2.5 Stars
2700
60
The American Beauty
Robert Dhéry
Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset, Catherine Sola
Comedy
France
French
2.5 Stars
2700
60
Antigone
Yorgos Javellas
Irene Papas, Manos Katrakis, Maro Kodou, Nikos Kazis
Drama / Fantasy
Greece
Greek
2.5 Stars
2700
60
My Son, the Hero
Ismael Rodríguez
Antonio Aguilar, Jr., Julio Aleman, Colomba Dominguez
Adventure / Drama / Western
Mexico
Spanish
2.5 Stars
2708
61
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
2708
61
Romanoff and Juliet
Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov, Sandra Dee, John Gavin, Akim Tamiroff, Alix Talton
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2713
62
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
2719
63
Backstage Party
unknown
Walt Disney, Annette Funicello, Ed Wynn, Ray Bolger
Documentary / Family
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2719
63
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
2719
63
The Homeowner
Joe Parker
Buster Keaton
Short / Comedy / Family
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2719
63
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
2719
63
The Mouse on 57th Street
Chuck Jones
Mel Blanc, Julie Bennett
Family / Animation / Short / Comedy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2719
63
Swamp Fox
unknown
Leslie Nielsen, Barbara Eiler, Smoki Whitfield, Myron Healey, J. Pat O'Malley
Adventure / War / Family / Serial
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2719
63
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
2751
64
Le Rendez-vous de minuit
Roger Leenhardt
Lilli Palmer, Michel Auclair, Robert Lombard, Lucienne Le Marchand
Drama
France
French
2.5 Stars
2751
64
Too Late Blues
John Cassavetes
Bobby Darin, Stella Stevens, Everett Chambers, Nick Dennis
Drama / Music
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2751
64
A Wife Confesses
Yasuzo Masumura
Ayako Wakao, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Eitarô Ozawa, Haruko Mabuchi
Drama / Mystery
Japan
Japanese
2.5 Stars
2774
65
Early Autumn
Yasujiro Ozu
Ganjiro Nakamura, Setsuko Hara, Yôko Tsukasa, Michiyo Aratama
Drama
Japan
Japanese
2.5 Stars
2776
66
Komal Gandhar
Ritwik Ghatak
Gyanesh Mukherjee, Bijon Bhattacharya, Anil Chatterjee
Drama / Romance
India
Bengali
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Title
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Genre
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Language
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