Category:1961, Top Films

The Innocents (Clayton)

1957 -- 1958 -- 1959 -- 1960

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1962 -- 1963 -- 1964 -- 1965

West Side Story (Wise)

Murder, She Said (Pollock)

It's a Good Life (Sheldon)

Viridiana
(Bunuel)
Il giudizio universale (De Sica)
101 Dalmatians (Disney)
Whistle Down the Wind (Forbes)
The Best of Enemies (Blasetti)
Flower Drum Song (Koster)
Yojimbo
(Kurosawa)
Hand in Hand (Leacock)
Accattone
(Pasolini)
A Raisin in the Sun (Petrie)
The Absent-Minded Professor (Stevenson)
The Parent Trap
(Swift)

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Notable Mention

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-- #2. Last Year at Marienbad (Resnais) -- #3. Breakfast at Tiffany's (Edwards) -- #5. Through a Glass Darkly -- #6. La Notte -- #8. The Hustler (Rossen) -- #13. Divorce Italian Style (Germi) -- #21. One, Two, Three (Wilder) -- #23. The Children's Hour (Wyler) -- #27. Judgment at Nuremberg (Kramer) -- #44. The Guns of Navarone (Thompson) -- #50+. King of Kings (Ray)

Additional Films

-- #50+. The Count of Monte Cristo (Autant-Lara) -- #50+. Pocketful of Miracles (Capra) -- #50+. Misty (Clark) -- #50+. The Trojan Horse (Ferroni) -- #50+. Barabbas (Fleischer) -- #50+. Summer and Smoke (Glenville) -- #50+. Pride and Prejudice (Holland) -- #50+. L'oro di Roma (Lizzani) -- #50+. La canta delle marane (Mangini) -- #50+. Lover Come back (Mann) -- #14. Il posto (Olmi) -- #29. A Taste of Honey (Richardson)

Critical Reception (1961)

MUBI, Best Films

-- #1. Yojimbo -- #2. Last Year at Marienbad -- #3. Breakfast at Tiffany's -- #4. A Woman Is a Woman -- #5. Through a Glass Darkly -- #6. La Notte -- #7. Viridiana -- #8. The Hustler -- #9. West Side Story -- #10 The Innocents

-- #11. Accattone -- #12. 101 Dalmatians -- #13. Divorce Italian Style -- #14. Il Posto -- #15. Splendor in the Grass -- #16. Lola -- #17. The Fiances of the Bridge Mac Donald -- #18. Chronicle of a Summer -- #19. The Misfits -- #20. The Steamroller and the Violin -- #21. One, Two, Three -- #22. The End of Summer -- #23. The Children's Hour -- #27. Judgment at Nuremberg -- #29. A Taste of Honey -- #30. Leon Morin, Priest

-- #31. Very Nice, Very Nice -- #32. Salvatore Giuliano -- #33. The Exiles -- #34. Victim -- #35. Pit and the Pendulum -- #36. Underworld U.S.A. -- #37. One-Eyed Jacks -- #38. Girl with a Suitcase -- #39. The Ladies Man -- #40. Night Tide -- #41. A Raisin in the Sun -- #42. Too Late Blues -- #43. Bandits of Orgosolo -- #44. The Guns of Navarone -- #45. A Difficult Life -- #46. El Cid -- #47. A Story of Water -- #48. Ersatz -- #49. Made of Clay -- #50. The Errand Boy

Flickchart, Best Films

-- @1. Yojimbo -- @2. The Hustler -- @3. The Innocents -- @4. Judgment at Nuremberg -- @5. Last Year at Marienbad -- @6. Through a Glass Darkly -- @7. Breakfast at Tiffany's -- @8. Viridiana -- @9. The Guns of Navarone -- @10. West Side Story

-- @11. La Notte -- @12. The Misfits -- @13. A Woman Is a Woman -- @14. The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer -- @15. Splendor in the Grass -- @16. One, Two, Three -- @17. The Children's Hour -- @18. 101 Dalmatians -- @19. A Raisin in the Sun -- @20. Lola

-- @21. Pit and the Pendulum -- @23. Divorce Italian Style -- @25. Il Posto -- @26. The Parent Trap -- @35. Murder, She Said -- @37. Accattone

CriticsTop10, Best Films (1961)

-- @1. The Guns of Navarone -- @2. The Hustler -- @3. Breakfast at Tiffany's -- @4. Fanny -- @5. West Side Story -- @6. Judgement of Nuremberg -- @7. The Parent Trap -- @8. Exodus -- @9. Splendor in the Grass -- @10. The Mark

-- @11. The World of Suzie Wong -- @12. A Raisin in the Sun -- @13. The Alamo -- @14. Summer and Smoke -- @15. King of Kings (1961) -- @16. Flower Drum Song -- @17. Lover Come Back -- @18. Pocketful of Miracles -- @19. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning -- @20. The Absent Minded Professor -- @21. One-Eyed Jacks -- @22. The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone -- @23. Come September -- @24. Swiss Family Robinson -- @25. Bachelor in Paradise -- @26. 101 Dalmatians -- @27. Where the Boys Are -- @28. Devil at 4 O'Clock -- @29. Pepe -- @30. The Pleasure of His Company

Oscar, Best Films

-- West Side Story -- Fanny -- The Guns of Navarone -- The Hustler -- Judgment at Nuremberg -- La Dolce Vita -- Through a Glass Darkly (Sweden)

Top Grossing Films

-- #1. West Side Story -- #2. The Guns of Navarone -- #3. El Cid -- #4. The Parent Trap -- #5. The Absent-Minded Professor -- #6. Lover Come Back -- #7. King of Kings -- #8. One Hundred and One Dalmatians -- #9. La Dolce Vita -- #10. Come September

Maltin, Best Films

-- The Innocents -- One Hundred and One Dalmatians -- Whistle Down the Wind -- Yojimbo -- A Raisin in the Sun -- West Side Story

-- Breakfast at Tiffany's -- Summer and Smoke -- Judgment at Nuremberg -- Lover Come Back -- The Hustler -- The Guns of Navarone -- One, Two, Three

National Board of Review

-- West Side Story -- The Innocents

-- Summer and Smoke -- Judgment at Nuremberg -- The Hustler -- One, Two, Three -- Fanny

-- Question 7 -- The Hoodlum Priest -- The Young Doctors

National Film Registry

-- Flower Drum Song -- A Raisin in the Sun -- West Side Story

-- Breakfast at Tiffany's -- The Hustler -- Judgment at Nuremberg -- The Exiles -- One-Eyed Jacks

-- Allures <short> -- Dog Star Man <short>

NYT, Best Films

-- West Side Story -- Yojimbo -- Viridiana

-- The Misfits -- Girl with a Suitcase -- Splendor in the Grass -- A Taste of Honey -- The Hustler -- Judgment at Nuremberg -- One, Two, Three -- Divorce Italian Style

-- Lover Come Back

TSPDT, Best Films

-- West Side Story -- The Innocents -- Accattone -- Yojimbo -- Viridiana

-- Last Year at Marienbad -- La Notte -- The Hustler -- Splendor in the Grass -- Lola -- Breakfast at Tiffany's -- Il Posto -- The Misfits -- The End of Summer -- Chronicle of a Summer -- The Ladies Man

-- Plácido

Top10ner, Best Films

-- West Side Story -- The Innocents -- Yojimbo -- Viridiana

-- La Notte -- The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer -- Last Year at Marienbad -- Through a Glass Darkly -- The Hustler -- Breakfast at Tiffany's -- Judgment at Nuremberg -- One, Two, Three

Film101, Best Films

-- West Side Story -- Yojimbo -- The Innocents -- Viridiana

-- The Hustler -- Last Year at Marienbad -- Through a Glass Darkly -- Breakfast at Tiffany's -- A Taste of Honey -- Lola -- La Notte -- Judgment at Nuremberg -- Victim -- One-Eyed Jacks -- Splendor in the Grass -- Divorce Italian Style

Rotten Tomatoes, Best Films

-- #5. Through a Glass Darkly -- #34. Victim

ChildActors, Best Films

-- Hand in Hand (UK) -- The Innocents (UK) -- The Steamroller and the Violin (URSS) -- Whistle Down the Wind (UK)

-- The Boy Who Caught a Crook (USA) -- Bungala Boys (Australia) -- La Canta delle marane (Italy) -- Dondi (USA) -- El gato con botas / Puss in Boots (Mexico) -- Historia zóltej cizemki / The Yellow Slippers (Poland) -- Menino da Calca Branca (Brazil) -- Het mes / The Knife (Netherlands) -- Misty (USA) -- The Monster of Highgate Ponds (UK) -- Odwiedziny prezydenta (Poland) -- Ole Rex -- Pachín (Spain) -- Piesen o sivom holubovi / The Song of the Grey Pigeon (Czechoslovakia) -- Pikku Pietarin piha (Finland) -- Il relitto / The Wastrel (Cyprus/Italy) -- The Silent Call (USA) -- Swiadectwo urodzenia / Birth Certificate (Poland) -- They Took Us to the Sea (UK) -- Two Little Bears (USA) -- Yanco (Mexico)