Drama Movies
Enclosure (1961)
Greyfriars Bobby (1961)
In Scotland 1865, An old shepherd and his little Skye terrier go to Edinburgh. But when the shepherd dies of pneumonia, the dog remains faithful to his master, refuses to…
The Exiles (1961)
The story of one night in the lives of a group of young Native American men and women who have left their reservations and are now living in the Bunker…
Francis of Assisi (1961)
In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned…
Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961)
Two platonic college friends spend a weekend away together. One is romanced by a member of the coast guard.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.
You Have to Run Fast (1961)
Dr. Frank Harlow is in the process of trying to save a man badly beaten by two gangsters whom he identifies to the police. When the victim dies the charge…
Fanny (1961)
Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe’-owning father, and he longs for the sea. The night before he is…
Battle at Bloody Beach (1961)
This is only the second Audie Murphy movie set in WWII after his autobiographical “To Hell and Back.” Here Murphy steps out of his usual kid-Western role to play a…
Flame in the Streets (1961)
Flame in the Streets is a 1961 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker. Racial tensions manifest themselves at home, work and on the streets during Bonfire Night in…
Tarnished Heroes (1961)
According to the officer’s handbook, ‘an officer will perform whatever task confronts him with whatever men are available’ and for Major Bell the men in question are drunks, thieves and…
The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow the tyrannical king, one from Rhodian patriots and the other from sinister Phoenician…
Wild in the Country (1961)
A troubled young man discovers that he has a knack for writing when a counselor encourages him to pursue a literary career.
The Lovemakers (1961)
The Season for Love (1961)
Sylvain, a suave, witty player as well as an accomplished writer and Genevieve met 10 months ago. He wanted a serious relationship for the first time so they moved to…
King of the Roaring 20’s – The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)
Gambler Arnold Rothstein marries an actress, avenges his buddy and meets an underworld fate.
The Last Sunset (1961)
At a Mexican ranch, fugitive O’Malley and pursuing Sheriff Stribling agree to help rancher Breckenridge drive his herd into Texas where Stribling could legally arrest O’Malley, but Breckenridge’s wife complicates…
Misty (1961)
Every year the Chincoteague fire department rounds up the wild ponies of Assateague Island and holds an auction to thin out the herd. The young children set out to raise…
The Man in the Back Seat (1961)
The haunting story of two incompetent crooks and an unwanted passenger which obviously has its roots in the Banquo’s ghost segment of Macbeth.
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man….
The Young Savages (1961)
A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.
Goodbye Again (1961)
Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client’s amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her longtime philandering partner begins yet another casual affair with…
The Long Absence (1961)
Mad Dog Coll (1961)
Killer Vincent “Mad Dog” Coll moves in on gangster Dutch Schultz in 1920s New York.
Return to Peyton Place (1961)
Residents of the small town of Peyton Place aren’t pleased when they realize they’re the characters in local writer Allison MacKenzie’s controversial first novel. A sequel to the hit 1957…
The Connection (1961)
A title card announces that the film is a result of found footage assembled by cameraman J.J. Burden working for the acclaimed documentary filmmaker Jim Dunn, who has disappeared. Leach,…
The Greengage Summer (1961)
Sensitive story of a British girl’s awakening from childhood into life and love on vacation in France.
Sanctuary (1961)
In 1920s rural Mississippi, Nancy Mannigoe, an African-American servant, is placed on death row for the murder of Temple Drake’s infant child. Temple, the daughter of the governor, pleads with…
Operation Bottleneck (1961)
WWII Burma…Six paratroopers undertake an extremely dangerous mission against the Japanese. It will ultimately cost them their lives, except for one “lucky” survivor.
Mr. Topaze (1961)
Mr. Topaze is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town, who is honest to a fault. He is fired when he refuses to give a passing grade…
The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)
A female doctor in the Congo is torn between two loves.
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later,…