Best movies of 1961

Actors : Danny Kaye, Dana Wynter, Margaret Rutherford, Wilfrid Hyde-White,
Directors : Melville Shavelson,

At the time of the Invasion of Normandy, an American soldier is asked to impersonate a British General in order to confuse the Nazi spies and assassins in London.

Actors : Gregory Walcott, Bruce Bennett, Tony Curtis, James Franciscus,
Directors : Delbert Mann,

Tony Curtis plays an Indian (Nicknamed "Chief" by other soldiers) who fights in WWII and helps to raise the flag at Iwo Jima.

Actors : Frank Gorshin, David Janssen, Joel Marston, Joyce Taylor,
Directors : Andrew L. Stone,

In the 1960s Oregon, two sheriff deputies arrest three teenagers for robbery but are overpowered and taken hostage while forest fires rage all around them.

Actors : Sandra Dee, Peter Ustinov, Akim Tamiroff, John Gavin,
Directors : Peter Ustinov,

A "Romeo and Juliet"-inspired Cold War satire starring, written and directed by Peter Ustinov. A tiny but otherwise inconsequential and powerless European country called Concordia holds the...

Actors : Dilip Kumar, Azra, Nasir Khan, Vyjayanthimala,
Directors : Nitin Bose,

Widowed Govindi lives a poor lifestyle in Haripur along with two sons, Gungaram and Jumna. While Jumna is studious, Gungaram is the opposite, but has a good heart and decides to use his ...

Actors : Luana Patten, George Hamilton, Richard Boone, Arthur O'Connell,
Directors : Joseph M. Newman,

The trials and tribulations of bitter veteran Captain Maddocks and argumentative rookie Lieutenant McQuade at a cavalry desert outpost.

Actors : Claudette Nevins, Paul Stevens, Anne Collings, Bill Walker,
Directors : Julian Roffman,

A young archaeologist believes he is cursed by a mask that causes him to have weird nightmares and possibly to murder. Before committing suicide, he mails the mask to his psychiatrist, Dr. ...

Actors : Cameron Mitchell, Alice Kessler, George Ardisson, Ellen Kessler,
Directors : Mario Bava,

In the 9th Century, two Viking children, separated since their early childhood with one raised by the British and the other by Vikings, meet after nearly 20 years as rivals as war breaks ...

Actors : Sean Connery, John Gregson, Herbert Lom, Alfred Marks,
Directors : John Lemont,

A small time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with the racketeering. He doesn't like the job, but with the mob on his back, a femme fatale in his bed and a sick friend to care for, he will have to keep all his wits about him.

Actors : Giorgia Moll, Steve Reeves, Edy Vessel, Arturo Dominici,

In the time of the Arabian Nights, the city of Baghdad is ruled by Sultan Ali Bajazeth but actually controlled by the scheming Grand Vizier Ghamal. The poor of Baghdad are aided by Karim, the Thief of Baghdad.

Actors : Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Charles Ruggles, Cliff Robertson,
Directors : Joseph Anthony,

Colonel Ryder, the publisher of a magazine, dies while on vacation. Tony, his swinging nephew, inherits the magazine and takes over. Presently, the magazine is planning to expand and to do ...

Actors : Virna Lisi, Franco Volpi, Gordon Scott, Steve Reeves,
Directors : Sergio Corbucci,

Twin brothers revolt against tyranny in pre-Roman Italy and then come to a parting of the ways as they lead their people toward the founding of a new city.

Actors : Charles Bronson, Brad Dexter, Ralph Taeger, David McLean,
Directors : Richard Donner,

During the Cold War in the 1960s the U.S.A.F.and NASA tested the experimental rocket-powered aircraft X-15 that set altitude and speed records and reached the edge of outer space.

Actors : Shashikala, Anoop Kumar, Saira Banu, Shammi Kapoor,
Directors : Subodh Mukherji,

A humorless and pompous businessman goes wild when he falls in love. Now if only his domineering mother could understand his new lease on life.

Actors : Kenneth More, Danielle Darrieux, Claude Nollier, Susannah York,
Directors : Lewis Gilbert,

Sensitive story of a British girl's awakening from childhood into life and love on vacation in France.

Actors : Andreas Douzos, Martha Karagianni, Orestis Makris, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos,
Directors : Kostas Andritsos,

A poor teacher is suddenly owned factory where his brother, with whom he had to talk to many years of the transfer.

Actors : Vladimir Zemlyanikin, Valentina Sperantova, Tatyana Nadezhdina, Gennadi Pechnikov,

The main hero is an enthusiastic, kind-hearted and somewhat confused schoolboy with a love for goldfish. He lives with his family. But their serene lifestyle is somewhat disturbed by the ...

Actors : Wedad Hamdy, Soad Hosny, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Adli Kasab,
Directors : Tolba Radwan,

Ahmed who work as a teacher rent an apartment in Abbas the vicious butcher Building in Al-Hussein district in Cairo who lives with his pregnant wife and beautiful sister, soon Ahmed falls ...

Actors : Dudukhana Tserodze, Bela Mirianashvili, Kote Mgaloblishvili, Akaki Kvantaliani,
Directors : Levan Khotivari,

Striving to find worthy and educated husband for her only child, Vardeni is constantly fooled by her daughter's boyfriend's tricks.

Actors : Dirch Passer, Ghita Nørby, Dario Campeotto, Ebbe Langberg,
Directors : Annelise Reenberg,

Peter Bergman recieves a letter the day before his wedding, from a French hospital regarding the need for a bloodtest. He puts two and two together, and figures out he has a kid with a ...