Drama Movies
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,…
The Hoodlum Priest (1961)
Venturing into some of the roughest slums of St. Louis, Jesuit priest Rev. Charles Dismas Clark dedicates himself to helping young ex-convicts who are struggling to rejoin a society that…
Dondi (1961)
Blast of Silence (1961)
A hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York. But a special girl from his past and a fat gun dealer…
Escape to Berlin (1961)
Operation Eichmann (1961)
Drama about the life Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi officer responsible for the deaths of countless Jewish people during World War II.
Go Naked in the World (1961)
A domineering San Francisco businessman is determined to put an end to his son’s romance with a high-priced hooker.
The Menace (1961)
Guns of the Trees (1961)
A depressed woman, Barbara, is on the verge of suicide while a man she meets in a church and a married couple try to convince her that life is worth…
The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961)
Based on a play by Willis Hall. A troop of British soldiers are out in the jungle to record jungle noises and troop noises in the jungle so that the…
The Coachman (1961)
A man tries to raise his two sons and two daughters under some of the most adverse conditions known to man. The father operates a horse-drawn cart, but in a…
Bitter End of a Sweet Night (1961)
No Love for Johnnie (1961)
Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he’s feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional problems tower up over him….
Hand in Hand (1961)
Seven-year-olds Michael and Rachel are best friends who do everything together and who have vowed to remain friends “forever and ever and can’t be parted for never and never”. Unfortunately,…
During One Night (1961)
Story of a young U.S. Army officer, stationed in England during World War II, who is suddenly conscious of a desire to “prove” himself sexually.
The Misfits (1961)
While filing for a divorce, beautiful ex-stripper Roslyn Taber ends up meeting aging cowboy-turned-gambler Gay Langland and former World War II aviator Guido Racanelli. The two men instantly become infatuated…
Look in Any Window (1961)
A teenager’s parents finally realize how bad their home life is when their son is arrested for prowling.