Best Musical movies of 1961

West Side Story(1961)

Combined Rating:
55
Combined Critics Rating: 36

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.



Blue Hawaii(1961)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 6

After arriving back in Hawaii from the Army, Chad Gates defies his parents' wishes for him to work at the family business and instead goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend's agency.



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.



I Aliki sto Naftiko(1961)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Aliki is in love with someone who serves his duty in the greek navy. Wanting to see him, she disguises as a navy soldier and gets aboard her lover's ship. Things get more complicated when ...



Gunga Jumna(1961)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

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 ...



Junglee(1961)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

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.



The Young Ones(1961)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Nicky and his friends find that their youth club is in danger of being flattened to make way for a new office block unless they can come up with £1500 to pay the new owner, the ruthless ...



Jhumroo(1961)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Anjana lives a wealthy lifestyle with her dad, Dwarka Nath, in a hilly region in India. When she returns home after several years, she finds that her dad has become more strict and a ...



Za dvumya zaytsami(1961)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Madcap comedy set in early 20th century Kiev about a barber whose fondness for drink, gambling, and women lead to bankruptcy. He marries an ugly rich woman to solve his financial woes, but pines for a virtuous beauty who despises him.



Hum Dono(1961)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Lalita Pawar, Nanda, Dev Anand, Sadhana,
Amarjeet,

When an army officer is presumed dead in battle, his lookalike is tasked with breaking the news to his family. However, circumstances force him to impersonate the dead man.



1-2-3-4 ou Les collants noirs(1961)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Live scenes of Paris and a continuity Narrator link together four dramatic choreographies, all by Roland Petit: Carmen (1949), La croqueuse de diamants (1950), Deuil en 24 heures (1953), and Cyrano de Bergerac (1959).



All Hands on Deck(1961)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Story of a Navy ship with a captain obsessed with catching a fish, a singing executive officer wanting to get married, and an Indian with a turkey as a pet. With Pat Boone as the hopeful ...



Ha llegado un ángel(1961)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Marisol's parents are dead, and she decides to sell everything she has and go to Madrid with her uncle's Ramon family. Leonor, her aunt, is a very bad woman that doesn't like Marisol and ...



Komal Gandhar(1961)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A highly critical look at the role of "progressive" art and artists in a changing society.



Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai(1961)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Nisha lives a very wealthy lifestyle in Neelgaon, India, with her businessman dad, Sardar Roop Singh. She is now of marriageable age, and her dad wants her to marry his friend's son, Sohan,...



Love in a Goldfish Bowl(1961)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A college student and his best female friend and fellow student plan to spend the Easter holidays together. Then an Italian seaman shows up and creates a love triangle.



Pyaar Ka Saagar(1961)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

After the passing of their parents Bombay-based Bishen Chand Gupta takes it upon himself to raise his younger brother, Kishen. He arranges for his education in Ahmedabad. While Kishen is ...



Teenage Millionaire(1961)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A teenager whose father is a millionaire radio station owner secretly records a song and plays it on one of his father's stations. It becomes a hit. Then he falls in love with a girl who ...



5 marines per 100 ragazze(1961)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

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 ...



Seong Chunhyang(1961)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The daughter of a kisaeng in Namwon falls in love with Lee, a noble's son. Her lover leaves to complete his studies in Seoul and Chunhyang awaits his return. Soon, a new magistrate, Byeon, ...




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