Drama Movies
Buddha (1961)
The End of Summer (1961)
El Cid (1961)
Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz (“El Cid” to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving…
The Explosive Generation (1961)
Peter Gifford is a likable, dedicated schoolteacher that teaches a senior life skills class. When student Janet Sommers brings up the topic of sex and dating, he asks students to…
The Devil at 4 O’Clock (1961)
A crusty, eccentric priest recruits three reluctant convicts to help him rescue a children’s leper colony from a Pacific island menaced by a smoldering volcano.
Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
Fate Takes a Hand (1961)
When a mail bag full of post that was taken in a robbery is discovered fifteen years later, a Post Office employee and local reporter decide to deliver the letters…
Love New and Old (1961)
Back Street (1961)
Ambitious but thwarted, Rae Smith meets handsome Marine Paul Saxon, (of the Saxon department store chain), as he passes through Lincoln, Nebraska, on his way home from World War II….
King of Kings (1961)
Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not…
Town Without Pity (1961)
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
A fragile Kansas girl’s unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town’s most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
Keep Talking Baby (1961)
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to…
A Taste of Honey (1961)
While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo’s only…
Paris Blues (1961)
During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music and love.
Close to the Sun (1961)
Murder She Said (1961)
Miss Marple believes she’s seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.
The Hustler (1961)
Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes…
Accattone (1961)
The Boy in the Tree (1961)
Il Posto (1961)
Man-Trap (1961)
Helmed by Edmond O’Brien, this slick crime thriller stars Jeffrey Hunter as naïve Matt Jameson, whose Korean War pal Vince Biskay talks Matt into helping commandeer nearly $4 million from…
Claudelle Inglish (1961)
A young daughter of poor farmers is forced by her mother to ditch her young boyfriend in order to marry an old rich neighbor but the girl rebels by becoming…
The Steel Claw (1961)
A Marine stationed in the Philippines loses a hand in an accident and is discharged from the Corps. When the Japanese invade the Philippines, he is called back into service…
Bloodlust! (1961)
Two couples are on a boating trip when they come across an uncharted island. The four investigate and find themselves in the clutches of Dr. Albert Balleau, whose hobby is…
The Frightened City (1961)
A small time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with the racketeering. He doesn’t like the job, but with the mob on his back, a femme fatale in…
Ada (1961)
A popular but naive country singer is elected governor of a southern state and, once in office, decides to dismantle the corrupt political machine that got him elected. Director Daniel…
1+1: Exploring The Kinsey Reports (1961)
The Gleiwitz Case (1961)
Re-enacted true story of successful assault by Nazis, posing as Poles, on a German border radio station so that Hitler could “justify” thereby his invasion of Poland.
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
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.
Victim (1961)
A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.
A Geisha’s Diary (1961)
A Cold Wind in August (1961)
An older woman gets involved with her young neighbor.
Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
When an injured wife-murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the farmer’s three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.