Movies released in 1961

King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein

59/100

The story of flamboyant Prohibition-era gangster, gambler and bootlegger Arnold Rothstein.

Black Tights

64/100

Live scenes of Paris and a continuity Narrator link together four dramatic re-enactments of original ballet creations by Roland Petit and his ensemble, Ballets de Paris: Carmen (1949), La croqueuse de diamants (1950), Deuil en 24 heures (1953), and Cyrano de Bergerac (1959).

The Secret Ways

61/100

During the 1956 Hungarian uprising, an American mercenary is hired to smuggle a Hungarian resistance leader out of Soviet-occupied Budapest.

What a Whopper

53/100

A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher will take it because they all think there isn't really a monster. The writer and some of his... See full summary »

My Son, the Hero

83/100

Reynaldo and Martín Del Hierro are witnesses of the murder of their father by Pascual Velazco, as they grow up they're poisoned by the desire of vengeance by their mother, but once they get it it'll change their lifes forever.

Todesstrahlen aus dem Weltall

64/100

This Japanese film speculates on the events which lead the U.S. and the Soviet Union into a nuclear Armageddon.

Sanctuary

64/100

William Faulkner's steamy tale set in the South in the 1920s. Governer's daughter is seduces and raped by a Cagin who returns after she's married to cause her further trouble.

The Last of the Vikings

50/100

Harald and his brother Guntar return to Norway to find their father murdered and his throne usurped. They try to take revenge on Sveno, but a traitor amongst them puts both brother's lives at risk.

Fury at Smugglers' Bay

57/100

Pirate wreckers ravage a small seaside community while the ineffectual local squire tries to discourage his son's romance with a smuggler's pretty daughter.

Snow White

62/100

Hated by her jealous and bloodthirsty stepmother, Snow White flees a murder attempt and seeks shelter in the woods with seven kindly dwarfs. Feeling she is safe from harm, Snow White ... See full summary »

Bitter End of a Sweet Night

71/100

An opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to manipulate them so he can move up the social ladder.

The Dead One

33/100

A voodoo priestess sends out zombies to bring back live victims for her sacrificial rituals.

Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare

66/100

A petty thief pretends he is Mussolini's personal physician, wins the confidence of a family and succeeds in stealing their gold cutlery.

In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!...

58/100

Paul fishes out of the water the body of his greatest enemy. To avoid accusations that he is a killer, taking steps that will clear his good name.

Die gestohlene Bombe

70/100

A dialogue free Romanian science-fiction spy-comedy that draws upon farce, satire and surrealism as it subversively deconstructs the spy thriller with the protagonist's accidental discovery... See full summary »

Die Abenteuer des Grafen Bobby

48/100

The Story of Joseph and His Brethren

55/100

A brother is cast out from his family, sold in to slavery and then returns years later as a man of power - but shows forgiveness and compassion to his family through the strength of character given to him by God.

The Canadians

53/100

When the Sioux come to Canada, the Canadians permit them to stay in Canada if they come peacefully. However, some cowboys kill all inhabitants of one of their villages. The cowboys seek to ... See full summary »

Jhinder Bandi

75/100

A person comes to meet with Gauri Shankar Roy (Uttam Kumar) living in Kolkata. He introduces himself as a 'fauji Sardar' of Jhind, Jhind being a small kingdom in Madhya Pradesh. He says ... See full summary »

Spare the Rod

66/100

It is London in the year 1960 and John Saunders enthusiastically begins his new teaching career at a tough slum-area school. His class are bored pupils in their last term before leaving. Will he handle the grave problems that lie ahead?