1 Yojimbo (1961) ❧ Dir. Akira Kurosawa 110· Japan· Drama, Thriller,· NR A- 92/100 Director Akira Kurosawa Writer Akira Kurosawa, Ryuzo Kikushima D.O.P. Kazuo Miyagawa Composer Masaru Satō Editor Akira Kurosawa Language Japanese Country Japan Runtime 110′ Percentile 93rd
2 The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961) ❧ Dir. Masaki Kobayashi 190· Japan· War, Drama, History,· NR A- 90/100 Director Masaki Kobayashi Writer Masaki Kobayashi, Koichi Inagaki, Zenzō Matsuyama D.O.P. Yoshio Miyajima Composer Chūji Kinoshita Editor Keiichi Uraoka Language Japanese Country Japan Runtime 190′ Percentile 90th
3 Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) ❧ Dir. Stanley Kramer 191· USA· Drama, History,· NR B+ 89/100 Director Stanley Kramer Writer Abby Mann D.O.P. Ernest Laszlo Composer Ernest Gold Editor Frederic Knudtson Language English Country USA Runtime 191′ Percentile 89th
4 Splendor in the Grass (1961) ❧ Dir. Elia Kazan 124· USA· Drama, Romance,· NR B+ 88/100 Director Elia Kazan Writer William Inge D.O.P. Boris Kaufman Composer David Amram Editor Gene Milford Language English Country USA Runtime 124′ Percentile 87th
5 The Hustler (1961) ❧ Dir. Robert Rossen 134· USA· Drama, Romance,· NR B+ 87/100 Director Robert Rossen Writer Sidney Carroll, Robert Rossen D.O.P. Eugen Schüfftan Composer Kenyon Hopkins, Kenyon Hopkins Editor Dede Allen Language English Country USA Runtime 134′ Percentile 85th
6 One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) ❧ Dir. Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, Wolfgang Reitherman 79· USA· Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family,· G B 84/100 Director Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, Wolfgang Reitherman Writer Bill Peet D.O.P. Null Composer George Bruns Editor Roy M. Brewer Jr., Donald Halliday Language English Country USA Runtime 79′ Percentile 78th
7 The Guns of Navarone (1961) ❧ Dir. J. Lee Thompson 160· UK· War, Adventure, Thriller, Action,· NR B- 77/100 Director J. Lee Thompson Writer Carl Foreman D.O.P. Oswald Morris Composer Dimitri Tiomkin Editor Alan Osbiston Language English Country UK, USA Runtime 160′ Percentile 62nd
8 West Side Story (1961) ❧ Dir. Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise 153· USA· Crime, Drama, Romance,· NR C 67/100 Director Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise Writer Ernest Lehman D.O.P. Daniel L. Fapp Composer Leonard Bernstein Editor Thomas Stanford Language English Country USA Runtime 153′ Percentile 40th
9 The Children's Hour (1961) ❧ Dir. William Wyler 108· USA· Drama,· NR C- 64/100 Director William Wyler Writer John Michael Hayes D.O.P. Franz Planer Composer Alex North Editor Robert Swink Language English Country USA Runtime 108′ Percentile 35th
10 Duel of the Titans (1961) ❧ Dir. Sergio Corbucci 108· Italy· Adventure,· NR D+ 59/100 Director Sergio Corbucci Writer Franco Rossetti, Ennio De Concini, Duccio Tessari, Luciano Martino, Sergio Leone, Sergio Corbucci D.O.P. Enzo Barboni Composer Piero Piccioni Editor Gabriele Varriale Language Italian Country Italy Runtime 108′ Percentile 26th
11 The Young Savages (1961) ❧ Dir. John Frankenheimer 103· USA· Crime, Drama, Thriller,· NR F 35/100 Director John Frankenheimer Writer Edward Anhalt, J.P. Miller D.O.P. Lionel Lindon Composer David Amram Editor Eda Warren Language English Country USA Runtime 103′ Percentile 7th
12 Operation Eichmann (1961) ❧ Dir. R.G. Springsteen 92· USA· Drama,· NR F 34/100 Director R.G. Springsteen Writer Lester Cole D.O.P. Joseph F. Biroc Composer June Starr Editor Null Language English Country USA Runtime 92′ Percentile 7th Watched 1/9/2025