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Theme: Films of 1961

The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)

9 April 199914 October 2022

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)

5 May 199927 November 2019

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)

3 September 200026 September 2019

Rating: ★★

Adventures in Atlantis

Director: George Pal
Actors: Anthony Hall, Joyce Taylor, John Dall, Edward Platt, …
Category: Science Fiction

Babes in Toyland (1961)

6 May 199919 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Fairytale Adventures

Director: Jack Donohue
Actors: Annette Funicello, Ray Bolger, Tommy Sands, Ed Wynn, …
Category: Fantasy

Battle in Outer Space (1961)

17 November 200018 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Alien Invasion/Japanese Space Opera

Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Ryo Ikebe, Koreya Senda
Category: Science Fiction

Battle of the Worlds (1961)

22 February 200516 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Mysterious Planet/Italian Space Opera

Director: Antonio Margheriti
Actors: Claude Rains, Umberto Orsini
Category: Science Fiction

Beauty and the Beast (1961)

26 September 20007 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Fairy-Tale

Director: Edward L. Cahn
Actors: Mark Damon, Joyce Taylor, Eduard Franz, Michael Pate, …
Category: Fantasy

Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)

11 September 200920 May 2020

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)

21 March 200013 July 2021

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)

13 February 200927 June 2020

Rating: ★★★½

The End of the World

Director: Val Guest
Actors: Edward Judd, Janet Munro, Leo McKern
Category: Science Fiction

The Flight That Disappeared (1961)

31 January 200215 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Abducted Plane/Judgment from the Future

Director: Reginald LeBorg
Actors: Craig Hill, Paula Raymond, Dayton Lummis
Category: Science Fiction

Gorgo (1961)

13 December 201218 May 2021

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)

1 June 20048 July 2021

Rating: ★★★

Greek Mythological Hero

Director: Mario Bava
Actors: Reg Park, Christopher Lee, Ida Galli, Leonora Ruffo
Category: Fantasy

Homicidal (1961)

30 July 200224 August 2021

Rating: ★★

Psycho-Thriller

Director: William Castle
Actors: Glenn Corbett, Jean Arless, Patricia Breslin
Category: Horror

The Innocents (1961)

20 August 200311 October 2020

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)

3 November 200816 November 2021

Rating: 0­

Alien Invasion/Japanese Space Opera

Director: Koji Ota
Actors: Sonny Chiba
Category: Science Fiction

Konga (1961)

9 November 200010 November 2019

Rating: ★

Mad Scientist/Giant Killer Ape

Director: John Lemont
Actors: Michael Gough, Margo Johns, Claire Gordon, Jess Conrad, …
Category: Horror

Last Year in Marienbad (1961)

6 December 200323 December 2021

Rating: ★★★★★

French New Wave/Time and Memory

Director: Alain Resnais
Actors: Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoeff
Category: Fantasy

The Mask (1961)

4 December 201221 April 2021

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)

12 September 20095 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

Victorian Airship Adventure/Jules Verne Adaptation

Director: William Witney
Actors: Vincent Price, Charles Bronson, David Frankham, Henry Hull, …
Category: Science Fiction

Moon Pilot (1961)

3 February 200329 August 2021

Rating: ★

Female Alien Visitor/Disney Comedy

Director: James Neilson
Actors: Tom Tryon, Dany Saval, Edmond O'Brien, Brian Keith
Category: Science Fiction

Mr. Sardonicus (1961)

11 January 201227 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

Man With a Frozen Grin

Director: William Castle
Actors: Guy Rolfe, Ronald Lewis, Audrey Dalton, Oscar Homolka, …
Category: Horror

Mysterious Island (1961)

4 January 200110 April 2019

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)

5 July 20023 August 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Witchcraft

Director: Sidney Hayers
Actors: Peter Wyngarde, Janet Blair, Margaret Johnston
Category: Horror

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1961)

10 March 200427 April 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Deathdream

Director: Robert Enrico
Category: Fantasy

One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)

6 May 199923 April 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Disney Animation/Talking Animals

Director: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton S. Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman
Category: Fantasy

The Phantom Planet (1961)

27 May 20072 April 2021

Rating: ★

Miniature Planet

Director: William Marshall
Actors: Dean Fredericks, Coleen Gray, Anthony Dexter, Dolores Faith, …
Category: Science Fiction

Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

17 July 20127 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation/Deranged Nobleman

Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, John Kerr, Luana Anders, …
Category: Horror

Reptilicus (1961)

2 December 200630 August 2018

Rating: 0­

Revived Dinosaur Amok

Director: Sidney Pink
Actors: Carl Ottosen, Asbjørn Andersen, Bodil Miller, Bent Mejding, …
Category: Science Fiction

Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961)

30 November 200914 October 2019

Rating: ★

Idiots Enact a Fairytale

Director: Walter Lang
Actors: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe DeRita, Carol Heiss, …
Category: Fantasy

A Taste of Fear (1961)

19 December 201320 April 2021

Rating: ★★★

Hammer Psycho-Thriller

Director: Seth Holt
Actors: Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, Ann Todd, Christopher Lee, …
Category: Horror

The Thief of Baghdad (1961)

3 February 201024 July 2021

Rating: ★★

Arabian Nights Adventure

Director: Arthur Lubin
Actors: Steve Reeves, Giorgia Moll, Georges Chamarat, Arturo Dominici, …
Category: Fantasy

Valley of the Dragons (1961)

25 August 20148 October 2019

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)

18 September 200017 February 2019

Rating: ★★

Super-Submarine Adventures

Director: Irwin Allen
Actors: Walter Pidgeon, Barbara Eden, Peter Lorre, Robert Sterling, …
Category: Science Fiction

Werewolf in a Girl’s Dormitory (1961)

29 January 201111 March 2019

Rating: ★

Werewolf Film

Director: Richard Benson, Paolo Heusch
Actors: Carl Schell, Barbara Lass, Alan Collins, Curt Lowens, …
Category: Horror

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being Based on True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns

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