Category:1961, Top Films

1957 -- 1958 -- 1959 -- 1960

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1962 -- 1963 -- 1964 -- 1965

Notable Mention

-- #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)

Best International Films

{France} -- Last Year at Marienbad

{Italy} -- Accattone -- La notte -- Il posto -- Divorzio all'italiana -- La ragazza con la valigia -- Una vita difficile -- Leoni al sole

{Japan} -- Yojimbo -- The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

{Sweden} -- Through a Glass Darkly (Oscar)