Movie List for "1961"

Plácido (1961) Comedy Drama Movie

In a small Spanish town, a group of old ladies decides to celebrate Christmas Eve with a “seat a poor man at your table” dinner: each wealthy household of the town will have a homeless person dining with them that night. The celebrat Year 1961.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Luis García Berlanga
Writer: Luis García Berlanga, Rafael Azcona, José Luis Colina
Actors: Cassen, José Luis López Vázquez, Elvira Quintillá

Buta to gunkan (1961) Action Comedy Crime Movie

A young hoodlum decides to work for a criminal organization that is tearing itself apart. Year 1961.

Generes: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director: Shohei Imamura
Writer: Hisashi Yamanouchi, Gisashi Yamauchi, Kazu Ôtsuka
Actors: Hiroyuki Nagato, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Masao Mishima

Banditi a Orgosolo (1961) Drama Movie

In the harsh granite mountains of the center of the island of Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea, an old people live at the town of Orgòsolo. Between the rocks and the oak woods, shepherds attend their flock of sheep like their fore f Year 1961.

Generes: Drama
Director: Vittorio De Seta
Writer: Vera Gherarducci, Vittorio De Seta
Actors: Michele Cossu, Peppeddu Cuccu, Vittorina Pisano

Yôjinbô (1961) Action Drama Thriller Movie

A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town. Year 1961.

Generes: Action, Drama, Thriller
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writer: Akira Kurosawa, Ryûzô Kikushima
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai

L’année dernière à Marienbad (1961) Drama Mystery Movie

In a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before. Year 1961.

Generes: Drama, Mystery
Director: Alain Resnais
Writer: Alain Robbe-Grillet
Actors: Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff

Eien no hito (1961) Drama Movie

A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. This episodic tale follows their story through three decades of bitter conflict which engulfs their children and those around them. Year 1961.

Generes: Drama
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
Writer: Keisuke Kinoshita
Actors: Hideko Takamine, Keiji Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai

Divorzio all’italiana (1961) Comedy Drama Romance Movie

A married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her, but with divorce illegal he must concoct a crime of passion to do away with his wife. Year 1961.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Pietro Germi
Writer: Alfredo Giannetti, Ennio De Concini, Pietro Germi
Actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli

Seniman bujang lapok (1961) Comedy Movie

The third installment of the ‘Bujang Lapok’ movies, the three bachelors try to make it as movie stars but their naivete and inexperience provide hilarious results. Along the way, they have to deal with the various neighbours around t Year 1961.

Generes: Comedy
Director: P. Ramlee
Writer: H.M. Rohaizad, Rohavlee
Actors: P. Ramlee, Aziz Sattar, S. Shamsuddin

West Side Story (1961) Crime Drama Musical Romance Movie

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy. Year 1961.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Musical, Romance
Director: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Writer: Ernest Lehman (screenplay by), Arthur Laurents (book), Jerome Robbins (play)
Actors: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno

Pit and the Pendulum (1961) Drama Horror Mystery Movie

In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister’s death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor. Year 1961.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director: Roger Corman
Writer: Richard Matheson (screenplay), Edgar Allan Poe (story “The Pit and the Pendulum”)
Actors: Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele, Luana Anders

Living in Paradise (1998) Drama History War Movie

Set in France in 1961-1962 during the Algerian War, Living In Paradise is a thought-provoking examination of the lives of North African immigrants trying to find a place in the social system of Western Europe. Year 1998.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Bourlem Guerdjou
Writer: Brahim Benaïcha, Olivier Douyère, Bourlem Guerdjou
Actors: Roschdy Zem, Fadila Belkebla, Omar Bekhaled

Seul ou avec d’autres (1962) Drama Movie

-September 1961. It’s back to school at the University of Montréal (in Canada). Nicole, a young bourgeoise studying in arts, meets Pierre, a sophomore who teaches her how to succeed without even attending her classes; Marie-Josée … Year 1962.

Generes: Drama
Director: Denys Arcand, Denis Héroux, Stéphane Venne
Writer: Denys Arcand, Stéphane Venne
Actors: Michelle Boulizon, Nicole Braun, André Dubois

L’insoumis (1964) Drama Thriller Movie

1961. Luxemburger Thomas Vlassenroot deserted the French Foreign Legion during the Algiers Putsch. His lieutenant, Fraser, initiated the desertion for the two of them, Fraser believing he could do more for the French working for a… Year 1964.

Generes: Drama, Thriller
Director: Alain Cavalier
Writer: Alain Cavalier, Jean Cau
Actors: Alain Delon, Lea Massari, Georges Géret

Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès (1972) Drama War Movie

In 1961, Noël is a French soldier in the Algerian war. His comrades, formerly opposed to the war, now oppress civilians, kill and torture. To stay faithful to his pacifist values, he will do something radical. Year 1972.

Generes: Drama, War
Director: René Vautier
Writer: René Vautier
Actors: Alexandre Arcady, Hamid Djellouli, Philippe Léotard

Kittur Chennamma (1962) Classic Movie

Kittur Chenamma is a 1961 Indian historical drama film in Kannada language of an Indian freedom fighter who led an armed rebellion against the British East India Company in 1824, and died in captivity in 1829. Year 1962.

Generes: Classic
Director: B. Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu
Writer: G.V. Iyer
Actors: M.V. Rajamma, Leelavathi, Chindodi Leela