1961 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1961. Top 30 & many honorables.





               

     

30.    

MY MOTHER AND HER GUEST

사랑방 손님과 어머니

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29.

SUROGAT [THE SUBSTITUTE]

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28.              THE MISFITS

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27.            THE HUSTLER

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26.          BREATHLESS

[À BOUT DE SOUFFLE]

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25.

THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN

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24.          KING OF KINGS

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                  MOTHER

23.   JOAN OF THE ANGELS

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22.       ONE, TWO, THREE

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21.          LA DOLCE VITA

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20.        BLAST OF SILENCE

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19.         THE YOUNG ONE

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18.

THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA

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17.     UNDERWORLD U.S.A.

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16.           ACCATTONE

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  THE HUMAN CONDITION III:

15.   A SOLDIER'S PRAYER

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-tie- 15.

THE HUMAN CONDITION II:

  THE ROAD TO ETERNITY

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14.            TWO WOMEN

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13.        FATE OF A MAN

СУДЬБА ЧЕЛОВЕКА

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12.           PURPLE NOON

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11.         WEST SIDE STORY

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10.

ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS

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9. 

SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS

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8.         THE INNOCENTS

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7.          BLACK SUNDAY

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6.               YOJIMBO

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5.     ZAZIE DANS LE METRO

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4.                  KANAŁ

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-tie- 4. 

   ASHES AND DIAMONDS

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3.      THRONE OF BLOOD

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2.            L'AVVENTURA

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1.    BALLAD OF A SOLDIER

*****

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.

(other titles of '61 I loved that could've placed)

GIRLS OF THE NIGHT

LEON MORIN, PRIEST

AN OCCURRENCE 

AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE

[LA RIVIÈRE DU HIBOU]

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LE NOTTI BIANCHE

A DIFFICULT LIFE

JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG

LA VÉRITÉ

THE CURIOUS LETTER

[ZVĚDAVÉ PSANÍČKA]

ICE COLD IN ALEX

RUPTURE

THE SAVAGE INNOCENTS

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BACK STREET

ELEVATOR 

TO THE GALLOWS

CRUEL 

STORY OF YOUTH

A RAISIN IN THE SUN

ONE-EYED JACKS

TWO RODE TOGETHER

SCREAM OF FEAR

THE 

CREATION OF WOMAN

THE 

GUNS OF NAVARONE

THE TWO 

FACES OF DR. JEKYLL

THE CURSE 

OF THE WEREWOLF

PLÁCIDO

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THE KEY КЛЮЧ

THE PIT 

AND THE PENDULUM

SKY ABOVE 

AND MUD BENEATH

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1961
TOP 30

1. BALLAD OF A SOLDIER (Grigori Chukhrai)
2. L'AVVENTURA (Antonioni) 
3. THRONE OF BLOOD (Kurosawa) 
4. ASHES & DIAMONDS (Wajda)                                     -tie- KANAL (Wajda) 
5. ZAZIE DANS LE METRO (Malle) 
6. YOJIMBO (Kurosawa) 
7. BLACK SUNDAY (Bava) 
8. THE INNOCENTS (Jack Clayton) 
9. SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS (Kazan) 
10. ROCCO & HIS BROTHERS (Visconti) 
11. WEST SIDE STORY (Wise) 
12. PURPLE NOON (Rene Clement) 
13. FATE OF A MAN (Sergey Bondarchuk) 
14. TWO WOMEN (De Sica) 
15. HUMAN CONDITION II                                                 -tie- HUMAN CONDITION III (Masaki Kobayashi) 
16. ACCATTONE (Pasolini)
17. UNDERWORLD U.S.A. (Fuller) 
18. BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (Keisuke Kinoshita) 
19. THE YOUNG ONE (Bunuel) 
20. BLAST OF SILENCE (Allen Baron) 
21. LA DOLCE VITA (Fellini) 
22. ONE TWO THREE (Wilder) 
23. MOTHER JOAN OF ANGELS (Jerzy Kawalerowicz) 
24. KING OF KINGS (Nicholas Ray) 
25. LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN (Basil Dearden) 
26. A BOUT DE SOUFFLE (Godard) 
27. THE HUSTLER (Rossen) 
28. THE MISFITS (Huston) 
29. SUROGAT (Dusan Vukotic) 
30. HOUSEGUEST & MY MOTHER (Sang-ok Shin)

RUNNER UP
GIRL OF NIGHT 女ばかりの夜 (Tanaka), LEON MORIN PRIEST (Melville), LA RIVIÈRE DU HIBOU (Enrico), WHITE NIGHTS (Visconti), UNA VITA DIFFICILE (Risi), JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG (Kramer), THE TRUTH (Clouzot), ZVEDAVE PSANICKA (Hermína Týrlová), ICE COLD IN ALEX (J. Lee Thompson), RUPTURE (Étaix), SAVAGE INNOCENTS (Nicholas Ray), BACK STREET (David Miller), ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS (Malle), CRUEL STORY OF YOUTH (Ôshima), RAISIN IN THE SUN (Daniel Petrie), ONE-EYED JACKS (Brando), TWO RODE TOGETHER (Ford), TASTE OF FEAR (Seth Holt), CREATION OF WOMAN (Charles F. Schwep), GUNS OF NAVARONE (J. Lee Thompson), TWO FACES OF DR JEKYLL (Terence Fischer), CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF (Terence Fischer), PLACIDO (Berlanga), THE KEY (Atamanov), PIT & THE PENDULUM (Corman), LE CIEL ET LA BOUE (Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau)