Director:
Jerome Robbins Robert Wise

Casting:
Natalie Wood,
Richard Beymer,
Russ Tamblyn,

USA, 1961

West Side Story
Crime , Drama , Musical
Director:
Blake Edwards

Casting:
Audrey Hepburn,
George Peppard,
Patricia Neal,

USA, 1961

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Comedy , Drama , Romance
Director:
Clyde Geronimi Hamilton Luske Wolfgang Reitherman

Casting:
Rod Taylor,
J. Pat O'Malley,
Betty Lou Gerson,

USA, 1961

101 Dalmatians
Animation , Adventure , Family
Director:
Don Weis Alan Crosland Jr. Maurice Geraghty

Casting:
Robert Lansing,
Ron Harper,
Norman Fell,

USA, 1961

87th Precinct
Drama , Crime
Director:
William Witney

Casting:
Jack Hogan,
June Kenney,
John Baer,

USA, 1961

The Cat Burglar
Drama
Director:
Jack Couffer Don Haldane

Casting:
Jean Coutu,
Émile Genest,
Uriel Luft,

USA, Canada, 1961

Nikki, Wild Dog of the North
Family , Adventure
Director:
Jerry Lewis

Casting:
Jerry Lewis,
Brian Donlevy,
Howard McNear,

USA, 1961

The Errand Boy
Comedy , Family
Director:
Jack Garfein

Casting:
Carroll Baker,
Ralph Meeker,
Mildred Dunnock,

USA, 1961

Something Wild
Drama
Director:
John Newland Herschel Daugherty John Brahm

Casting:
Richard Chamberlain,
Raymond Massey,
Ken Berry,

USA, 1961

Dr. Kildare
Drama
Director:
Fabien Collin François Moreuil

Casting:
Jean Seberg,
Christian Marquand,
Françoise Prévost,

France, 1961

La récréation
Drama
Director:
Charles A. Nichols

Casting:
Rex Allen,
Sons of the Pioneers,
Pat Brady,

USA, 1961

The Saga of Windwagon Smith
Animation , Short , Family
Director:
Don Leaver Peter Hammond Kim Mills

Casting:
Patrick Macnee,
Diana Rigg,
Honor Blackman,

UK, 1961

The Avengers
Action , Comedy , Crime
Director:
Curtis Harrington

Casting:
Dennis Hopper,
Linda Lawson,
Gavin Muir,

USA, 1961

Night Tide
Horror , Mystery , Thriller
Director:
Leo Penn Irving Lerner Sydney Pollack

Casting:
Vince Edwards,
Sam Jaffe,
Jeanne Bates,

USA, 1961

Ben Casey
Drama
Director:
Pier Paolo Pasolini

Casting:
Franco Citti,
Franca Pasut,
Silvana Corsini,

Italy, 1961

Accattone
Drama
Director:
Jean Becker

Casting:
Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Christine Kaufmann,
Pierre Vaneck,

Italy, France, 1961

A Man Named Rocca
Drama
Director:
Robert Rossen

Casting:
Paul Newman,
Jackie Gleason,
Piper Laurie,

USA, 1961

The Hustler
Drama , Sport
Director:
Joseph M. Newman

Casting:
David Janssen,
Dianne Foster,
Jack Carson,

USA, 1961

King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Biography , Crime , Drama
Director:
Ákos Ráthonyi

Casting:
Joachim Fuchsberger,
Sabine Sesselmann,
Klaus Kinski,

West Germany, UK, 1961

The Devil's Daffodil
Crime , Mystery
Director:
Mervyn LeRoy

Casting:
Rosalind Russell,
Alec Guinness,
Ray Danton,

USA, 1961

A Majority of One
Comedy , Family , Drama
Director:
Leslie Norman

Casting:
Richard Todd,
Richard Harris,
Ronald Fraser,

UK, 1961

Jungle Fighters
War , Drama
Director:
Edmond O'Brien

Casting:
Jeffrey Hunter,
David Janssen,
Stella Stevens,

USA, 1961

Man-Trap
Crime , Drama
Director:
Christian Nyby Frank Arrigo Herbert Coleman

Casting:
Audie Murphy,
Guy Mitchell,
Sam Buffington,

USA, 1961

Whispering Smith
Western
Director:
Sidney J. Furie

Casting:
John McCarthy,
Susan Travers,
Geoffrey Denton,

UK, 1961

The Snake Woman
Horror
Director:
Maurice Delbez

Casting:
Louis de Funès,
Pierre Dudan,
Marthe Mercadier,

France, 1961

Dans l'eau... qui fait des bulles!...
Comedy , Crime
Director:
Norman Taurog

Casting:
Elvis Presley,
Joan Blackman,
Angela Lansbury,

USA, 1961

Blue Hawaii
Comedy , Musical
Director:
Richard Pottier

Casting:
Roger Moore,
Mylène Demongeot,
Giorgia Moll,

Italy, France, Yugoslavia, 1961

Romulus and the Sabines
Adventure , Comedy
Director:
Joseph Anthony

Casting:
Dean Martin,
Shirley MacLaine,
Cliff Robertson,

USA, 1961

All in a Night's Work
Comedy
Director:
Delmer Daves

Casting:
Troy Donahue,
Claudette Colbert,
Karl Malden,

USA, 1961

Parrish
Drama
Director:
William T. Hurtz Gerard Baldwin Frank Braxton

Casting:
Bill Scott,
William Conrad,
June Foray,

USA, 1961

The Bullwinkle Show
Animation , Comedy , Family
Director:
Mario Bava Henry Levin

Casting:
Donald O'Connor,
Noëlle Adam,
Vittorio De Sica,

France, Italy, USA, 1961

The Wonders of Aladdin
Fantasy
Director:
Joseph Barbera William Hanna

Casting:
Daws Butler,
Don Messick,
Jimmy Weldon,

USA, 1961

The Yogi Bear Show
Animation , Family , Comedy
Director:
Giuseppe Masini Edgar G. Ulmer Frank Borzage

Casting:
Jean-Louis Trintignant,
Haya Harareet,
Georges Rivière,

Italy, France, 1961

Journey Beneath the Desert
Adventure , Fantasy
Director:
Gerald Thomas

Casting:
James Robertson Justice,
Leslie Phillips,
Paul Massie,

UK, 1961

Roommates
Comedy , Drama , Romance
Director:
Joseph Barbera William Hanna

Casting:
Allen Jenkins,
Arnold Stang,
Maurice Gosfield,

USA, 1961

Top Cat
Animation , Comedy , Family
Director:
Daniel Petrie

Casting:
Sidney Poitier,
Claudia McNeil,
Ruby Dee,

USA, 1961

A Raisin in the Sun
Drama
Director:
Saul Swimmer

Casting:
Robert Alda,
J. Carrol Naish,
Tony Anthony,

USA, 1961

Force of Impulse
Romance , Drama
Director:
Jerry Paris John Rich Howard Morris

Casting:
Dick Van Dyke,
Rose Marie,
Morey Amsterdam,

USA, 1961

The Dick Van Dyke Show
Comedy , Family
Director:
Edward L. Cahn

Casting:
Jim Davis,
Nancy Hadley,
Ken Mayer,

USA, 1961

Frontier Uprising
Action , Romance , Western
Director:
Sam Peckinpah

Casting:
Maureen O'Hara,
Brian Keith,
Steve Cochran,

USA, 1961

The Deadly Companions
Western
Director:
John Ford

Casting:
James Stewart,
Richard Widmark,
Shirley Jones,

USA, 1961

Two Rode Together
Western
Director:
J. Lee Thompson

Casting:
Gregory Peck,
David Niven,
Anthony Quinn,

UK, USA, 1961

The Guns of Navarone
Action , Adventure , Drama
Director:
Albert Zugsmith

Casting:
David Janssen,
Patti Page,
Walter Winchell,

USA, 1961

Dondi
Comedy , Drama , Family
Director:
Marlon Brando

Casting:
Marlon Brando,
Karl Malden,
Katy Jurado,

USA, 1961

One-Eyed Jacks
Western
Director:
Alan Landsburg Jack Haley Jr. Forrest Allen

Casting:
Mike Wallace,
Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Adolf Hitler,

USA, 1961

Biography
Documentary , Biography , History
Director:
Richard Fleischer

Casting:
Anthony Quinn,
Silvana Mangano,
Arthur Kennedy,

Italy, USA, 1961

Barabbas
Adventure , Biography , Drama
Director:
Guy Green

Casting:
Maria Schell,
Stuart Whitman,
Rod Steiger,

UK, 1961

The Mark
Drama
Director:
Guy Hamilton

Casting:
David Niven,
Alberto Sordi,
Michael Wilding,

Italy, 1961

The Best of Enemies
Adventure , Comedy , War
Director:
Delmer Daves

Casting:
Troy Donahue,
Connie Stevens,
Dorothy McGuire,

USA, 1961

Susan Slade
Drama
Director:
Martin Ritt

Casting:
Paul Newman,
Joanne Woodward,
Sidney Poitier,

USA, 1961

Paris Blues
Drama , Music , Romance
Director:
Ishirô Honda

Casting:
Frankie Sakai,
Hiroshi Koizumi,
Kyôko Kagawa,

Japan, 1961

Mothra
Action , Adventure , Drama
Director:
Michael Curtiz

Casting:
Bradford Dillman,
Dolores Hart,
Stuart Whitman,

USA, 1961

Francis of Assisi
Drama
Director:
Gerald Thomas Ralph Thomas

Casting:
Sidney James,
Kenneth Connor,
Charles Hawtrey,

UK, 1961

Carry on Regardless
Comedy
Director:
George Sherman

Casting:
Stuart Whitman,
Juliet Prowse,
Ken Scott,

USA, 1961

The Fiercest Heart
Adventure
Director:
Richard Dunlap

Casting:
Bob Hope,
Steve Allen,
Jack Bean,

USA, 1961

The 33rd Annual Academy Awards
Family
Director:
Buzz Kulik

Casting:
William Shatner,
Patty McCormack,
Lee Kinsolving,

USA, 1961

The Explosive Generation
Drama
Director:
Melville Shavelson

Casting:
Danny Kaye,
Dana Wynter,
Wilfrid Hyde-White,

USA, 1961

On the Double
Adventure , Comedy , War
Director:
Vincent Sherman

Casting:
Debbie Reynolds,
Steve Forrest,
Andy Griffith,

USA, 1961

The Second Time Around
Family , Western
Director:
Wolf Rilla

Casting:
Dennis Price,
Liz Fraser,
Irene Handl,

UK, 1961

Watch it, Sailor!
Comedy
Director:
Domenico Paolella

Casting:
Don Megowan,
Silvana Pampanini,
Emma Danieli,

Italy, France, 1961

Guns of the Black Witch
Adventure
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