The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
Rating: ★★★★
Anti-Gravity Rubber/Disney Comedy
Director: Robert Stevenson
Actors: Fred MacMurray, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Nancy Olson, …
Category: Science Fiction
Alakazam the Great (1961)
Rating: ★★★
Mischievous Monkey’s Adventures/Animation
Director: Osamu Tezuka, Taiji Yabushita
Actors: Frankie Avalon, Jonathan Winters, Sterling Holloway
Category: Fantasy
Atlantis, The Lost Continent (1961)
Rating: ★★
Adventures in Atlantis
Director: George Pal
Actors: Anthony Hall, Joyce Taylor, John Dall, Edward Platt, …
Category: Science Fiction
Babes in Toyland (1961)
Rating: ★★
Fairytale Adventures
Director: Jack Donohue
Actors: Annette Funicello, Ray Bolger, Tommy Sands, Ed Wynn, …
Category: Fantasy
Battle in Outer Space (1961)
Rating: ★★★
Alien Invasion/Japanese Space Opera
Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Ryo Ikebe, Koreya Senda
Category: Science Fiction
Battle of the Worlds (1961)
Rating: ★★
Mysterious Planet/Italian Space Opera
Director: Antonio Margheriti
Actors: Claude Rains, Umberto Orsini
Category: Science Fiction
Beauty and the Beast (1961)
Rating: ★★
Fairy-Tale
Director: Edward L. Cahn
Actors: Mark Damon, Joyce Taylor, Eduard Franz, Michael Pate, …
Category: Fantasy
Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
Rating: ★
Gonzo Monster Movie
Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Anthony Carbone, Edward Wain, Robert Towne, Betsy Jones-Moreland, …
Category: Science Fiction
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
Rating: ★★★
Hammer Werewolf Film
Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Oliver Reed, Clifford Evans, Richard Wordsworth, Yvonne Romain, …
Category: Horror
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Rating: ★★★½
The End of the World
Director: Val Guest
Actors: Edward Judd, Janet Munro, Leo McKern
Category: Science Fiction
Dead Eyes of London (1961)
Rating: ★★★
German Krimi Thriller
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Actors: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Baal, Klaus Kinski
Category: Horror
The Flight That Disappeared (1961)
Rating: ★★
Abducted Plane/Judgment from the Future
Director: Reginald LeBorg
Actors: Craig Hill, Paula Raymond, Dayton Lummis
Category: Science Fiction
Gorgo (1961)
Rating: ★★★½
Revived Dinosaur
Director: Eugene Lourie
Actors: Bill Travers, William Sylvester, Martin Benson, Maurice Kaufmann, …
Category: Science Fiction
Hercules in the Center of the Earth (1961)
Rating: ★★★
Greek Mythological Hero
Director: Mario Bava
Actors: Reg Park, Christopher Lee, Ida Galli, Leonora Ruffo
Category: Fantasy
Homicidal (1961)
Rating: ★★
Psycho-Thriller
Director: William Castle
Actors: Glenn Corbett, Jean Arless, Patricia Breslin
Category: Horror
The Innocents (1961)
Rating: ★★★★½
Psychological Ghost Story
Director: Jack Clayton
Actors: Deborah Kerr, Pamela Franklin, Martin Stephens, Megs Jenkins, …
Category: Horror
Invasion of the Neptune Men (1961)
Rating: 0
Alien Invasion/Japanese Space Opera
Director: Koji Ota
Actors: Sonny Chiba
Category: Science Fiction
Konga (1961)
Rating: ★
Mad Scientist/Giant Killer Ape
Director: John Lemont
Actors: Michael Gough, Margo Johns, Jack Watson, George Pastell
Category: Horror
Last Year in Marienbad (1961)
Rating: ★★★★★
French New Wave/Time and Memory
Director: Alain Resnais
Actors: Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoeff
Category: Fantasy
The Mask (1961)
Rating: ★
Ritual Mask That Brings Out the Dark Side
Director: Julian Roffman
Actors: Paul Stevens, Claudette Nevins, Martin Lavut
Category: Horror
Master of the World (1961)
Rating: ★★★
Victorian Airship Adventure/Jules Verne Adaptation
Director: William Witney
Actors: Vincent Price, Charles Bronson, David Frankham, Henry Hull, …
Category: Science Fiction
Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
Rating: ★★★
Man With a Frozen Grin
Director: William Castle
Actors: Guy Rolfe, Ronald Lewis, Audrey Dalton, Oscar Homolka, …
Category: Horror
Mysterious Island (1961)
Rating: ★★★
Desert Island Survival/Giant Animals
Director: Cy Endfield
Actors: Herbert Lom, Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Gary Merrill, …
Category: Science Fiction
Night of the Eagle (1961)
Rating: ★★★★
Witchcraft
Director: Sidney Hayers
Actors: Peter Wyngarde, Janet Blair, Margaret Johnston
Category: Horror
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1961)
Rating: ★★★½
Deathdream
Director: Robert Enrico
Category: Fantasy
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
Rating: ★★★★
Disney Animation/Talking Animals
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton S. Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman
Category: Fantasy
The Phantom Planet (1961)
Rating: ★
Miniature Planet
Director: William Marshall
Actors: Dean Fredericks, Coleen Gray, Anthony Dexter, Dolores Faith, …
Category: Science Fiction
Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Rating: ★★★
Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation/Deranged Nobleman
Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, John Kerr, Luana Anders, …
Category: Horror
Reptilicus (1961)
Rating: 0
Revived Dinosaur Amok
Director: Sidney Pink
Actors: Carl Ottosen, Ann Smyrner
Category: Science Fiction
The Return of Dr Mabuse (1961)
Rating: ★★★
Criminal Mastermind
Director: Harald Reinl
Actors: Gert Frobe, Lex Barker, Daliah Lavi, Werner Peters, …
Category: Fantasy
The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
Rating: ★★
Anglo-Horror/Possibly Supernatural Cat Killings
Director: John Gilling
Actors: Barbara Shelley, Andre Morell, Conrad Phillips, Richard Warner, …
Category: Horror
Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961)
Rating: ★
Idiots Enact a Fairytale
Director: Walter Lang
Actors: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe DeRita, Carol Heiss, …
Category: Fantasy
A Taste of Fear (1961)
Rating: ★★★
Hammer Psycho-Thriller
Director: Seth Holt
Actors: Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, Ann Todd, Christopher Lee, …
Category: Horror
The Thief of Baghdad (1961)
Rating: ★★
Arabian Nights Adventure
Director: Arthur Lubin
Actors: Steve Reeves, Arturo Dominici, Daniele Vargas
Category: Fantasy
Valley of the Dragons (1961)
Rating: ★
Jules Verne Adaptation/Prehistoric Lost World on a Comet
Director: Edward L. Bernds
Actors: Sean McClory, Cesare Danova, Joan Staley, Danielle De Metz, …
Category: Science Fiction
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
Rating: ★★
Super-Submarine Adventures
Director: Irwin Allen
Actors: Walter Pidgeon, Barbara Eden, Peter Lorre, Joan Fontaine, …
Category: Science Fiction
Werewolf in a Girls’ Dormitory (1961)
Rating: ★
Werewolf Film
Director: Richard Benson, Paolo Heusch
Actors: Carl Schell, Barbara Lass, Alan Collins
Category: Horror