Best Comedy movies of 1961

Actors : Alida Valli, Joseph Wiseman, Rita Hayworth, Rex Harrison,
Directors : George Marshall,

A suave art thief romances a wealthy duchess, only to enable him to steal a priceless painting from her collection. Complications ensue.

Actors : Heinz Erhardt, Corny Collins, Grethe Weiser, Adrian Hoven,
Directors : Wolfgang Schleif,

Actors : Ernie Kovacs, Cyd Charisse, Kay Hammond, George Sanders,
Directors : Mario Zampi,

A petty crook gallantly consoles wealthy widows and is doing all right in his chosen profession until he meets and falls in love with a lovely baroness, who knows all about get-rich-quick ...

Actors : Mickey Shaughnessy, David Janssen, Patti Page, Walter Winchell,
Directors : Albert Zugsmith,

Six American GIs stationed in Italy befriend an orphaned boy, but the soldiers remain unaware that the lad has stowed away with them when they return to the U.S. The six go their separate ...

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 ...

Actors : Andreas Douzos, Orestis Makris, Martha Karagianni, 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 : Bela Mirianashvili, Dudukhana Tserodze, 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 : Edith Zetline, Mireille Darc, Brigitte Bardot, Joséphine James,
Directors : Roger Vadim,

Sophie, a flighty young model, learns that her boyfriend is planning to leave her for another woman. Sophie resolves to either win him back or assassinate her rival. A handsome doctor (who ...

Actors : Anatoliy Papanov, Sergey Yurskiy, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Yuriy Yakovlev,
Directors : Eldar Ryazanov,

In a young anthropologist's dream, he brings a member of the imaginary mountain tribe called Tapi to Moscow, in order to save him from being eaten by other tribesmen as well as to prove the tribe's existence to academia. The main character is probably based on Yeti.

Actors : Arch Hall Jr., Rex Holman, Burr Middleton, Robert Paget,
Directors : Leigh Jason,

A gang of teenage delinquents terrorize a small community by stealing cars and stripping them for parts, then selling the parts to a crooked junkyard owner. The police and an insurance company investigator set out to break up the gang.

Actors : Janette Scott, Liz Fraser, Sidney James, Ian Carmichael,
Directors : C.M. Pennington-Richards,

When newly weds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a run down houseboat. After rebuilding the engine, they take their friends Sid and Sandra, on a local trip down ...

Actors : Haralambie Boros, Eugenia Balaure, Horia Caciulescu, Emil Botta,
Directors : Ion Popescu-Gopo,

A dialogue free Romanian science-fiction spy-comedy that draws upon farce, satire and surrealism as it subversively deconstructs the spy thriller with the protagonist's accidental discovery...

Actors : Ronnie Stevens, Shirley Eaton, Bob Monkhouse, Kenneth Connor,
Directors : C.M. Pennington-Richards,

The marketing department of a pharmaceutical company decides to find a dentist to endorse it's brand of toothpaste.

Actors : Yûko Mochizuki, Yûnosuke Itô, Masako Fujimura, Terumi Niki,
Directors : Nobuo Nakagawa,

Yoshigoro the tinsmith looks unsuccessfully for work in postwar Tokyo. His wife Oyuki must beg his former employers for loans. Her neighbors are also faring poorly; one has a terminally ill...

Actors : Lasse Liemola, Anja Haahdenmaa, Laila Kinnunen, Rami Sarmasto,
Directors : Valentin Vaala,

Laila and Lasse are two teenagers dreaming about careers as singers. (In real life, the actors were already the hottest numbers of the Finnish pop scene). Lasse's brother Rami dreams about ...

Actors : Jef Cassiers, Gaston Berghmans, Cois Cassiers, Kalinka,
Directors : Edith Kiel,

The story of Gaston, an apparently decent citizen, suspected of engaging in shady activities in his cosy home.

Actors : Mario Carotenuto, Virna Lisi, Hélène Chanel, Little Tony,
Directors : Mario Mattoli,

Five GIs end up in a female college during their military manouvers. They are very welcome by the girls and since one of them has also a beautiful voice they take part in a show organized ...

Actors : Brad Logan, Claire Brennen, John Dennis, Billy Holms,

During Prohibition, a meek bookkeeper hides out from gangsters at a health farm. The gangsters find out where he is. Complications ensue.

Actors : Gloria Romero, Juancho Gutierrez, Dolphy, Panchito,
Directors : Tony Cayado,

Sampaguita takes you on a hilarious marriage-go-round in a deliriously different musical-comedy starring the nation's favorite love-team.

Actors : Gino Cervi, Vittorio De Sica, Renato Rascel, Dorian Gray,
Directors : Giorgio Bianchi,

Colonels, majors, lieutenants: all of them live in the same building. Some of them have a wife or children or none, but everyone has his orderly. Major Penna is harassed by Osvaldo's mother...