Best Romance movies of 1961 that are oscar winners or nominees

Breakfast at Tiffany's(1961)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.



Splendor in the Grass(1961)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 15

A fragile Kansas girl's love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.



The Children's Hour(1961)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 6

A troublemaking student at a girls' school accuses two teachers of being lesbians.



The Parent Trap(1961)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Teenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.



Lover Come Back(1961)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 8

A series of misunderstandings leaves an advertising executive with a campaign for a product which has not yet been invented, while he romances his rival in the guise of its inventor.



Flower Drum Song(1961)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 11

A young woman arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved with one of his singers.



Paris Blues(1961)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 9

During the 1960s, two American ex-pat jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in-love with two American tourist girls.



The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone(1961)

Combined Rating:
7
Combined Critics Rating: 0

An aging actress travels to Rome with her husband; after he suddenly dies during the flight, she begins a passionate affair with a young gigolo.



Summer and Smoke(1961)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Plain, repressed spinster falls for a dashing young medical student, but he prefers the wilder life, until it's too late.



Fanny(1961)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A love triangle between a young woman, a rich 60-something man and an aspiring sailor set in early 20th century Marseilles.



Bachelor in Paradise(1961)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A. J. Niles is the author of a series of 'Bachelor Books'. These books describe the romantic life of a bachelor in various cities of the world. But when he runs into trouble with the I.R.S....