Best Movies/TV shows of 1961

100 titles that travel well across time — a personal watchlist for best movies/tv shows of 1961.

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1 Yojinboaka Yojimbo(1961)
Movie | Action, Drama | Japan | Japanese
2 Judgment at Nuremberg(1961)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English, German
3 Sasom i en spegelaka Through a Glass Darkly(1961)
Movie | Drama | Sweden | Swedish, Latin
4 The Hustler(1961)
Movie | Drama, Sport | USA | English
5 West Side Story(1961)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
6 Breakfast at Tiffany's(1961)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English, Portuguese
7 Viridiana(1961)
Movie | Drama | Mexico, Spain | Spanish, English
8 One Hundred and One Dalmatians(1961)
Movie | Animation, Adventure | USA | English
9 Divorzio all'italianaaka Divorce Italian Style(1961)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Italy | Italian
10 La notte(1961)
Movie | Drama | Italy, France | Italian, English
11 The Dick Van Dyke Show(1961)
TV | Comedy, Family | USA | English
12 Teen Kanyaaka Three Daughters(1961)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Bengali
13 L'annee derniere a Marienbadaka Last Year at Marienbad(1961)
Movie | Drama, Mystery | France, Italy | French
14 The Innocents(1961)
Movie | Drama, Horror | UK, USA | English
15 The Guns of Navarone(1961)
Movie | Action, Adventure | UK, USA | English, Greek
16 Kabuliwala(1961)
Movie | Drama | India | Hindi
17 Saptapadi(1961)
Movie | Drama, Romance | India | Bengali
18 Ningen no jokenaka The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer(1961)
Movie | Drama, History | Japan | Japanese, Mandarin
19 One, Two, Three(1961)
Movie | Comedy | USA | English, German
20 Gunga Jumna(1961)
Movie | Action, Adventure | India | Hindi
21 The Avengers(1961)
TV | Action, Comedy | UK | English
22 Hum Dono(1961)
Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Hindi
23 El Cid(1961)
Movie | Biography, Drama | Italy, USA | Italian, Arabic
24 Accattone(1961)
Movie | Drama | Italy | Italian, Latin
25 Splendor in the Grass(1961)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English
26 The Parent Trap(1961)
Movie | Comedy, Family | USA | English
27 Il posto(1961)
Movie | Drama | Italy | Italian
28 Une femme est une femmeaka A Woman Is a Woman(1961)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | France, Italy | French
29 The Children's Hour(1961)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English, French
30 The Misfits(1961)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English
31 Junglee(1961)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Hindi
32 Lola(1961)
Movie | Drama, Romance | France, Italy | French, English
33 A Raisin in the Sun(1961)
Movie | Drama | USA | English
34 Jhumroo(1961)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Hindi
35 La riviere du hibouaka Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge(1961)
Movie | Short, Adventure | France | English
36 Kohayagawa-ke no akiaka The End of Summer(1961)
Movie | Drama | Japan | Japanese, English
37 Katok i skripkaaka The Steamroller and the Violin(1961)
Movie | Drama | Russia | Russian
38 Rabindranath Tagore(1961)
Movie | Documentary, Biography | India | English, Bengali
39 Leon Morin, pretreaka L on Morin, Priest(1961)
Movie | Drama, Romance | France, Italy | French, English
40 Jhinder Bandi(1961)
Movie | Adventure, Romance | India | Bengali
41 Pit and the Pendulumaka The Pit and the Pendulum(1961)
Movie | Drama, Horror | USA | English
42 Victim(1961)
Movie | Drama, Thriller | UK | English, Latin
43 Placido(1961)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Spain | Spanish
44 Seetha Rama Kalyanam(1961)
Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Telugu
45 Jagadeka Veeruni Katha(1961)
Movie | Drama, Fantasy | India | Telugu
46 Pasamalar(1961)
Movie | Drama | India | Tamil
47 Matka Joanna od Aniolowaka Mother Joan of the Angels(1961)
Movie | Drama, Horror | Poland | Polish, Latin
48 Murder She Said(1961)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | UK | English
49 One-Eyed Jacks(1961)
Movie | Drama, Western | USA | English, Spanish
50 Top Cat(1961)
TV | Animation, Comedy | USA | English
51 Komal Gandhar(1961)
Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Bengali, English
52 Barabbas(1961)
Movie | Biography, Drama | Italy, USA | English
53 The Yogi Bear Show(1961)
TV | Animation, Adventure | USA | English
54 Da nao tian gongaka Havoc in Heaven(1961)
Movie | Animation, Action | China | Mandarin
55 Chronique d'un ete (Paris 1960)aka Chronicle of a Summer(1961)
Movie | Documentary, History | France | French
56 Lover Come Back(1961)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
57 Boy Friend(1961)
Movie | Drama, Romance | India | Hindi
58 Pyos Barbos i neobychnyj kross(1961)
Movie | Short, Comedy | Russia | Russian
59 A Taste of Honey(1961)
Movie | Drama | UK | English
60 Una vita difficileaka A Difficult Life(1961)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Italy | English, Italian
61 The Comancheros(1961)
Movie | Drama, Western | USA | English, Navajo
62 Taste of Fearaka Scream of Fear(1961)
Movie | Horror, Thriller | UK | English, French
63 King of Kings(1961)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English
64 Blast of Silence(1961)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
65 Mr. India(1961)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | India | Hindi
66 The Absent Minded Professor(1961)
Movie | Comedy, Family | USA | English
67 Sampoorna Ramayana(1961)
Movie | Drama, Adventure | India | Hindi
68 Pocketful of Miracles(1961)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English, American Sign
69 The Day the Earth Caught Fire(1961)
Movie | Drama, Romance | UK | English
70 Kappalottiya Thamizhan(1961)
Movie | Biography, Drama | India | Tamil
71 Mosuraaka Mothra(1961)
Movie | Adventure, Fantasy | Japan | Japanese, English
72 Whistle Down the Wind(1961)
Movie | Crime, Drama | UK | English
73 Mister Ed(1961)
TV | Comedy, Family | USA | English
74 Buta to gunkanaka Pigs and Battleships(1961)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | Japan | Japanese, English
75 Mysterious Island(1961)
Movie | Adventure, Family | UK | English
76 La ragazza con la valigiaaka Girl with a Suitcase(1961)
Movie | Drama, Romance | Italy, France | Italian, Latin
77 Underworld U.S.A.(1961)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
78 Polosatiy reysaka Striped Trip(1961)
Movie | Adventure, Comedy | Russia | Russian
79 Alloimono stous neousaka Woe to the Young(1961)
Movie | Drama, Fantasy | Greece | Greek
80 Vechera na khutore bliz Dikankiaka The Night Before Christmas(1961)
Movie | Comedy, Fantasy | Russia | Russian, Ukrainian
81 Two Rode Together(1961)
Movie | Drama, Western | USA | English, Spanish
82 Ket felido a pokolbanaka Two Half-Times in Hell(1961)
Movie | Drama, Sport | Hungary | Hungarian, German
83 Za dvoma zaytsiamy(1961)
Movie | Comedy, Musical | Russia | Ukrainian, Russian
84 Goodbye Again(1961)
Movie | Drama, Romance | France, USA | English, French
85 Kaasua, komisario Palmu!(1961)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | Finland | Finnish
86 Dharmputra(1961)
Movie | Drama | India | Hindi
87 Car 54, Where Are You?(1961)
TV | Comedy | USA | English
88 Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai(1961)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Hindi
89 Cash on Demand(1961)
Movie | Crime, Drama | UK | English
90 The Curse of the Werewolf(1961)
Movie | Horror | UK | English
91 Maya(1961)
Movie | Drama, Romance | India | Hindi
92 Blue Hawaii(1961)
Movie | Comedy, Musical | USA | English, Hawaiian
93 Chelovek-amfibiyaaka Amphibian Man(1961)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | Russia | Russian
94 Come September(1961)
Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English, Italian
95 Un taxi pour Tobroukaka Taxi for Tobruk(1961)
Movie | Drama, War | France, Spain | French, German
96 Paris nous appartientaka Paris Belongs to Us(1961)
Movie | Drama, Mystery | France | French, English
97 Dr. Kildare(1961)
TV | Drama | USA | English
98 Hazel(1961)
TV | Comedy | USA | English
99 Askeladden og de gode hjelperne(1961)
Movie | Animation, Short | Norway | Norwegian
100 Town Without Pity(1961)
Movie | Crime, Drama | Switzerland, Germany | English, German

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Updated November 29, 2025 · FlickRatings