Exploitation Films of 1961
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1. The Choppers (1961)
Not Rated | 66 min | Crime, Drama
A gang of teenage delinquents terrorize a small community by stealing cars and stripping them for parts, then selling the parts to a crooked junkyard owner. The police and an insurance company investigator set out to break up the gang.
Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Arch Hall Jr., Robert Paget, Burr Middleton, Rex Holman
Votes: 442
Genre: Carsploitation
2. Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
Unrated | 63 min | Comedy, Horror
A crook decides to bump off members of his inept crew and blame their deaths on a legendary sea creature. What he doesn't know is that the creature is real.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Antony Carbone, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Robert Towne, Beach Dickerson
Votes: 3,301
Genre: Horror / Monsters
3. Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory (1961)
Approved | 83 min | Horror, Mystery
At a girls' school, several students are murdered by a snarling, wolf/man-like creature. Suspicion falls upon a newly-arrived teacher.
Director: Paolo Heusch | Stars: Barbara Lass, Carl Schell, Curt Lowens, Maurice Marsac
Votes: 1,310
Genre: Horror / Monsters
4. Ordered to Love (1961)
91 min | Drama, War
Frauleins Forced Into Sensual Slavery!
Director: Werner Klingler | Stars: Maria Perschy, Joachim Hansen, Harry Meyen, Emmerich Schrenk
Votes: 130
Genre: Nazisploitation
5. The Adventures of Lucky Pierre (1961)
Unrated | 60 min | Comedy
A man imagines that everybody he sees is naked. He goes to see a psychiatrist to see if he can be cured.
Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis | Stars: Billy Falbo, Lawrence J. Aberwood, William Kerwin, Kay Montie
Votes: 141
Genre: Nudie Cutie
6. Erotica (1961)
68 min | Comedy
A lurid journey into female sexuality told in six segments: "Naked Innocence", "Beauties, Bubbles, and H2O", "The Bear and the Bare","Nudists on the High Seas", "The Nymphs" and "The Bikini Busters".
Director: Russ Meyer | Stars: Denise Daniels, Kathy Lee, Candis McKay, Althea Currier
Votes: 151
Genre: Nudie Cutie
7. Eve and the Handyman (1961)
65 min | Comedy, Romance
Eve is dressed in a long raincoat and follows the handyman around as he makes his appointed rounds. She watches as he has humorous run-ins while cleaning toilets, taking scrap metal to the ... See full summary »
Director: Russ Meyer | Stars: Eve Meyer, Anthony-James Ryan, Frank Bolger, Iris Bristol
Votes: 580
Genre: Nudie Cutie
8. The Naked Witch (1961)
M | 59 min | Horror
A student researching the German settlements of Central Texas unearths the grave of a reputed witch. The witch rises from her grave nude and embarks on a campaign of seduction and murder against the descendants of her persecutors.
Directors: Claude Alexander, Larry Buchanan | Stars: Denis Adams, Charles West, Howard Ware, Jack Herman
Votes: 559
Genre: Nudie Cutie
9. Pagan Island (1961)
67 min | Action, Adventure
The survivor of a shipwreck finds himself on an island populated only by women.
Director: Barry Mahon | Stars: Eddie Dew, Nani Maka, Trine Hovelsrud, Sharon Michael
Votes: 142
Genre: Nudie Cutie
10. Diary of a Nudist (1961)
72 min | Drama
Newspaper editor Arthur Sherwood is on a hunting trip when he accidentally stumbles upon a nudist camp in the woods. He is very much shocked by this and decides to send reporter Stacy ... See full summary »
Director: Doris Wishman | Stars: Davee Decker, Norman Casserly, Dolores Carlos, Allan Blacker
Votes: 548
Genre: Nudist Film
11. Lust for the Sun (1961)
72 min | Documentary
Director: Werner Kunz | Stars: Brigette Baum, Gretchen Bjorling, Cindy Courtland, Jane Demarest
Votes: 21
Genre: Nudist Film
12. Naked As Nature Intended (1961)
60 min | Documentary, Comedy
Three girls on a tour of the English countryside meet up with two young women who introduce them to the joys of life in a nudist camp.
Director: George Harrison Marks | Stars: Bridget Leonard, Angela Jones, Petrina Forsyth, Jackie Salt
Votes: 158
Genre: Nudist Film
13. Nude on the Moon (1961)
Unrated | 83 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A rich rocket scientist organizes an expedition to the moon, which they discover is inhabited by nude women.
Director: Doris Wishman | Stars: Marietta, William Mayer, Lester Brown, Pat Reilly
Votes: 1,280
Genre: Nudist Film
14. Nudist Life (1961)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
A quintet of ringers in a Florida nudist colony.
Director: Maurice H. Zouary | Star: Frank Decker
Votes: 25
Genre: Nudist Film
15. Juventud a la intemperie (1961)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A group of misguided young men, including some women with an idle life, go frequently to Bongos, a fashionable dance club among young people in Barcelona. There a young lady called Susana ... See full summary »
Director: Ignacio F. Iquino | Stars: Manuel Gil, Rita Cadillac, María del Sol Arce, Ángela Tamayo
Votes: 47
Genre: Sexploitation
16. The Hellfire Club (1961)
Approved | 94 min | Adventure
Years after fleeing his ancestral home with his mother, Jason returns home to claim his birthright, only to find his way blocked by his evil cousin Thomas. In order to reclaim his title, ... See full summary »
Directors: Robert S. Baker, Monty Berman | Stars: Keith Michell, Adrienne Corri, Peter Cushing, Peter Arne
Votes: 367
Genre: Swashbuckler
17. Atlas Against the Cyclops (1961)
Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Strongman Maciste must battle the one-eyed Cyclops monster that is ravaging the land of Sadok, while at the same time fending off the advances of the evil Queen Capys, who wants to do a little ravaging of her own.
Director: Antonio Leonviola | Stars: Gordon Mitchell, Chelo Alonso, Vira Silenti, Dante DiPaolo
Votes: 370
Genre: Sword & Sandal
18. The Giant of Metropolis (1961)
Unrated | 98 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Muscleman Ohro travels to the sinful capital of Atlantis to rebuke its godlessness and hubris and becomes involved in the battle against its evil lord Yoh-tar and his hideous super-science schemes.
Director: Umberto Scarpelli | Stars: Gordon Mitchell, Bella Cortez, Roldano Lupi, Marietto
Votes: 453
Genre: Sword & Sandal
19. Goliath and the Vampires (1961)
Approved | 91 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Goliath must save the kidnapped women of his village from an evil zombie leader who needs their blood to feed his soldiers.
Directors: Sergio Corbucci, Giacomo Gentilomo | Stars: Gordon Scott, Leonora Ruffo, Jacques Sernas, Gianna Maria Canale
Votes: 422
Genre: Sword & Sandal
20. Hercules and the Captive Women (1961)
Unrated | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Strong yet sleepy Hercules discovers that the Queen of Atlantis is plotting to take over the world with superhuman warriors.
Director: Vittorio Cottafavi | Stars: Reg Park, Fay Spain, Ettore Manni, Luciano Marin
Votes: 1,632
Genre: Sword & Sandal
21. Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)
G | 84 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Hercules must journey into Hades itself to retrieve the magic stone that will free his love from the powers of darkness.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Reg Park, Christopher Lee, Leonora Ruffo, George Ardisson
Votes: 2,338
Genre: Sword & Sandal
22. Hercules in the Valley of Woe (1961)
90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Two boxing promoters travel via time machine back to the days of Hercules, who must save them from Genghis Khan and the Mongol Horde.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Kirk Morris, Frank Gordon, Bice Valori, Raimondo Vianello
Votes: 99
Genre: Sword & Sandal
23. The Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete (1960)
Not Rated | 105 min | Adventure, Fantasy
A mythological hero attempts to rescue a princess from being sacrificed to a half-man, half-bull creature.
Director: Silvio Amadio | Stars: Bob Mathias, Rosanna Schiaffino, Alberto Lupo, Rik Battaglia
Votes: 386
Genre: Sword & Sandal
24. Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules (1961)
Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Maciste arranges for himself and his new friend Bangor to be captured by a mysterious band of white-clad marauders and taken to an underground city. There the two are forced to turn an ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Leonviola | Stars: Mark Forest, Moira Orfei, Paul Wynter, Gianni Garko
Votes: 378
Genre: Sword & Sandal
25. Sansone (1961)
99 min | Fantasy, Adventure
While traveling through the kingdom of Sulom, Samson is arrested and finds that the queen no longer reigns and that a power-mad warlord and his army of mercenaries now controls the kingdom.... See full summary »
Director: Gianfranco Parolini | Stars: Brad Harris, Sergio Ciani, Mara Berni, Serge Gainsbourg
Votes: 194
Genre: Sword & Sandal
26. Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World (1961)
80 min | Adventure, Drama
Sam must rescue a beautiful Chinese princess from a marauding horde of warriors.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Gordon Scott, Yôko Tani, Dante DiPaolo, Gabriele Antonini
Votes: 312
Genre: Sword & Sandal
27. Ursus (1961)
90 min | Action, Fantasy, Adventure
Ursus returns from war to find his fiancée, Attea, has been kidnapped by a mysterious sect which sacrifices virgins to its patron goddess. Ursus faces much treachery and is forced to ... See full summary »
Director: Carlo Campogalliani | Stars: Ed Fury, Cristina Gaioni, Moira Orfei, Mario Scaccia
Votes: 212
Genre: Sword & Sandal
28. Valley of the Lions (1961)
94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The evil dictator Ajak sends his armies to attack a neighboring kingdom, and during the battle, the besieged King Annurius orders one of his subjects to take his son Ursus to a place of ... See full summary »
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Ed Fury, Moira Orfei, Alberto Lupo, Giacomo Furia
Votes: 217
Genre: Sword & Sandal
29. The Vengeance of Ursus (1961)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sira shall marry Zagro, King of Licia, for political reasons.
Director: Luigi Capuano | Stars: Samson Burke, Wandisa Guida, Livio Lorenzon, Nadia Sanders
Votes: 144
Genre: Sword & Sandal
30. V.D. (1961)
91 min | Drama
A high-school track star's wedding plans are capsized by venereal disease and a bad, beautiful new girl in town. His coach and a physician steer him into the light again.
Director: H. Haile Chace | Stars: Dolores Faith, Mory Schoolhouse, Charlotte Stewart, Michael Bell
Votes: 201
Genre: Teensploitation
31. So Evil, So Young (1961)
77 min | Drama
A young girl is framed for a robbery, and sent to a harsh reform school, where she becomes the target of a vicious warden.
Director: Godfrey Grayson | Stars: Jill Ireland, Ellen Pollock, John Charlesworth, Jocelyn Britton
Votes: 186
Genre: Women In Prison
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