Best Drama Films of 1961
Judgment at Nuremberg
After the end of ... Academy Awards, with Maximilian Schell and Abby Mann taking home Oscars for (respectively) Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
The Misfits
The final film of ... in the end he will do the right thing, even as he and his pals begin their planned roundup. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
The Hustler
As The Hustler's "Fast" ... Eddie in Martin Scorsese's The Color of Money, for which he finally earned an Academy Award as Best Actor. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
The Children's Hour
Based on the 1934 ... Hopkins, who plays a supporting role in The Children's Hour, originally essayed the Shirley MacLaine role in These Three. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
The Devil at 4 O'clock
Spencer Tracy plays an ... at Four O'Clock is less interesting than the behind-the-scenes rumors concerning the friction between Spencer Tracy and Frank Sinatra. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
Fanny
Fanny was adapted from ... Joshua Logan saved himself plenty of embarrassment when he agreed not to release this film as Joshua Logan's Fanny. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
A Raisin in the Sun
While this original movie ... play, it captures the power and tension of a strong ensemble cast working with an intelligent and moving script. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
A Man in Our House
Based on the novel ... the 1940's who seeks refuge from the Political Police in the home of a civil servant and his family. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Vivien Leigh plays Karen ... represents the only feature-film directorial effort of experimental-theatre maven Jose Quintero; his assistant was future Bullitt helmer Peter Yates. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
La Notte
La Notte is another ... the first two chapters in Antonioni's "barreness and alienation" trilogy; the third, L'Eclisse, was released two years later. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
Return to Peyton Place
If anything, this star-studded ... a treat for fans of campy "suburban sin" melodramas. Look for Bob Crane as an unctuous talk show sidekick. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
Town Without Pity
Gene Pitney's hit title ... windows as people pass by. Garrett builds a strong case, leading to a dramatic trial and a shocking conclusion. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
Splendor in the Grass
1961's premiere "date" movie ... as famed nightclub entertainer Texas Guinan; also, keep an eye out for Sandy Dennis, making her first movie appearance. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
Francis of Assisi
This penultimate film by ... to note miracles and other aspects of his life, up to and including his death on October 3, 1226. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
"All I want is ... to perpetuate that routine via his marriage to a complacent "nice" girl (Shirley Ann Field) from his own neighborhood. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
X-15
This oddly technical drama ... husbands' careers. Narrated by James Stewart, this drama was released just when the X-15 aircraft was breaking flight records. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
The Hoodlum Priest
Director Irvin Kershner, better ... the horror of the death penalty and society's responsibility for crime, this well-wrought story is compelling and consistently effective. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Despite its come-on title, ... Fire, the opening and closing reels were tinted yellow, representing the scorching heat beating down on the frightened populace. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog
Disney's Greyfriars Bobby is ... refuses, but a group of local children raise the necessary funds, setting the stage for a heartwarmingly Disneyesque finale. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
Lola
Jacques Demy's auspicious debut ... makes a reference to his unrequited love towards Lola when he reappears in Demy's The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964). [ best drama films - 1961 ]
El Analfabeto
Popular Mexican comic Cantinflas ... As the plot thickens, Inocencio finds himself in more hot water before he finds his letter and ultimate happiness. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
Accattone
Accattone , Pier Paolo ... with most of his subsequent films, Pasolini both directed and wrote Accattone, adapting the screenplay from his own novel [ best drama films - 1961 ]
Antigone
Yiorgos Tzavellas wrote and ... for students of classical Greek tragedy on film, Antigoni co-stars Maro Kondou, Ilya Livikou, Yiannis Argiris, and Theodoros Moridis. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
The Choppers
A young speed demon ... to help him. They call themselves the Choppers and soon get into hot water with a determined insurance investigator. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
The Siberian Lady Macbeth
A few years after ... in the Soviet Union until one year before the release of this film, revived under the title, Katerina Izmaylova. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
Los Hermanos Del Hierro
This effective drama about ... never ends. Popular cinematic stars Julio Aleman and Antonio Aguilar star, along with the well-known Emilio "El Indio" Fernández. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
Matka Joanna od Aniolow
A Mother superior in ... priest advises her to go back to the convent and tell the Mother Superior of the lecherous man's misdeeds. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
Karate, the Hand of Death
In this early martial ... the first in English), Karate, the Hand of Death was made with the cooperation of the Japanese Karate Foundation. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
Il Posto
Better known as The ... realm of neorealism, but with a tad more humor than one finds in other Italian films of that ilk. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
Samson
Sampson is one of ... but re-spelled as Sampson upon its American release to avoid confusion with a sword-and-sandal epic of the same name. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
Pueblito
Volatile, home-grown Mexican director ... is against the project. Battle lines are drawn, and the conflict over the school starts to galvanize the villagers. [ best drama films - 1961 ]
Tres Tristes Tigres
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Ellas, Tambien Son Rebeldes
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