Best of 1961
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1. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Approved | 179 min | Drama, War
In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich
Votes: 85,573
BEST PICTURE
Judgment at Nuremberg
Breakfast at Tiffany's
West Side Story
The Bodyguard (Yôjinbô)
The Innocents
The Hustler
The Guns of Navarone
Mother Joan of the Angels (Matka Joanna od Aniolów)
Through a Glass Darkly (Såsom i en spegel)
Last Year at Marienbad (L'année dernière à Marienbad)
2. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Approved | 179 min | Drama, War
In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich
Votes: 85,573
BEST DIRECTOR
Stanley Kramer - Judgment at Nuremberg
Jack Clayton - The Innocents
Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins - West Side Story
Akira Kurosawa - The Bodyguard (Yôjinbô)
Robert Rossen - The Hustler
Alain Resnais - Last Year at Marienbad (L'année dernière à Marienbad)
3. Yojimbo (1961)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa
Votes: 131,421
BEST ACTOR
Toshirô Mifune - The Bodyguard (Yôjinbô)
Paul Newman - The Hustler
Dirk Bogarde - Victim
Mieczyslaw Voit - Mother Joan of the Angels (Matka Joanna od Aniolów)
Spencer Tracy - Judgment at Nuremberg
Clark Gable - The Misfits
4. The Innocents (1961)
Not Rated | 100 min | Horror
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.
Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave
Votes: 33,077 | Gross: $2.62M
BEST ACTRESS
Deborah Kerr - The Innocents
Audrey Hepburn - Breakfast at Tiffany's
Marilyn Monroe - The Misfits
Lucyna Winnicka - Mother Joan of the Angels (Matka Joanna od Aniolów)
Harriet Andersson - Through a Glass Darkly (Såsom i en spegel)
Delphine Seyrig - Last Year at Marienbad (L'année dernière à Marienbad)
5. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Approved | 179 min | Drama, War
In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich
Votes: 85,573
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Montgomery Clift - Judgment at Nuremberg
George C. Scott - The Hustler
Maximilian Schell - Judgment at Nuremberg
Jackie Gleason - The Hustler
Martin Stephens - The Innocents
Eli Wallach - The Misfits
6. West Side Story (1961)
Approved | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Directors: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise | Stars: Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn
Votes: 121,250 | Gross: $43.66M
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Rita Moreno - West Side Story
Judy Garland - Judgment at Nuremberg
Betty Lou Gerson - One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Pamela Franklin - The Innocents
Patricia Neal - Breakfast at Tiffany's
Thelma Ritter - The Misfits
7. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Approved | 179 min | Drama, War
In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich
Votes: 85,573
BEST CASTING
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Hustler
The Misfits
West Side Story
The Guns of Navarone
The Innocents
8. Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Recently released from a mental hospital, Karin rejoins her emotionally disconnected family in their island home, only to slip from reality as she begins to believe she is being visited by God.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow, Lars Passgård
Votes: 27,394
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Through a Glass Darkly (Såsom i en spegel)
The Bodyguard (Yôjinbô)
Last Year at Marienbad (L'année dernière à Marienbad)
Victim
9. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Approved | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen
Votes: 192,232
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Innocents
The Hustler
West Side Story
The Misfits
10. West Side Story (1961)
Approved | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Directors: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise | Stars: Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn
Votes: 121,250 | Gross: $43.66M
BEST TITLES/CREDITS DESIGN
West Side Story
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
The Misfits
Mother Joan of the Angels (Matka Joanna od Aniolów)
The Bodyguard (Yôjinbô)
Judgment at Nuremberg
11. West Side Story (1961)
Approved | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Directors: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise | Stars: Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn
Votes: 121,250 | Gross: $43.66M
BEST EDITING
West Side Story
The Guns of Navarone
The Innocents
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Bodyguard (Yôjinbô)
The Hustler
12. Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
In a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff, Françoise Bertin
Votes: 24,890 | Gross: $0.06M
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Last Year at Marienbad (L'année dernière à Marienbad)
The Innocents
Judgment at Nuremberg
Mother Joan of the Angels (Matka Joanna od Aniolów)
West Side Story
The Bodyguard (Yôjinbô)
13. West Side Story (1961)
Approved | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Directors: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise | Stars: Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn
Votes: 121,250 | Gross: $43.66M
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
West Side Story
The Bodyguard (Yôjinbô)
The Innocents
Last Year at Marienbad (L'année dernière à Marienbad)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Judgment at Nuremberg
14. Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
In a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff, Françoise Bertin
Votes: 24,890 | Gross: $0.06M
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Last Year at Marienbad (L'année dernière à Marienbad)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
West Side Story
The Innocents
The Bodyguard (Yôjinbô)
Judgment at Nuremberg
15. Yojimbo (1961)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa
Votes: 131,421
BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR
The Bodyguard (Yôjinbô)
The Guns of Navarone
West Side Story
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Innocents
16. The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Not Rated | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A team of Allied saboteurs is assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held Greek island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: David Niven, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quayle
Votes: 55,428 | Gross: $28.90M
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Guns of Navarone
Judgment at Nuremberg
17. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Approved | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen
Votes: 192,232
BEST SCORE
Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Guns of Navarone
The Bodyguard (Yôjinbô)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
The Misfits
The Innocents
18. West Side Story (1961)
Approved | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Directors: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise | Stars: Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn
Votes: 121,250 | Gross: $43.66M
BEST SOUNDTRACK/ADAPTED SCORE
West Side Story
19. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Approved | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen
Votes: 192,232
BEST SONG
Breakfast at Tiffany's- "Moon River"
One Hundred and One Dalmatians - "Cruella de Vil"
The Innocents - "O Willow Waly"
20. West Side Story (1961)
Approved | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Directors: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise | Stars: Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn
Votes: 121,250 | Gross: $43.66M
BEST DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
West Side Story
21. West Side Story (1961)
Approved | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Directors: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise | Stars: Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn
Votes: 121,250 | Gross: $43.66M
BEST SOUND
West Side Story
The Guns of Navarone
The Innocents
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Misfits
The Bodyguard (Yôjinbô)
22. The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Not Rated | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A team of Allied saboteurs is assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held Greek island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: David Niven, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quayle
Votes: 55,428 | Gross: $28.90M
BEST SOUND EDITING
The Guns of Navarone
The Bodyguard (Yôjinbô)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
The Innocents
Judgment at Nuremberg
23. The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Not Rated | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A team of Allied saboteurs is assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held Greek island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: David Niven, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quayle
Votes: 55,428 | Gross: $28.90M
BEST STUNTS
The Guns of Navarone
The Bodyguard (Yôjinbô)
The Misfits
24. One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
G | 79 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When a litter of Dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the owners must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman | Stars: Rod Taylor, Betty Lou Gerson, J. Pat O'Malley, Martha Wentworth
Votes: 182,339 | Gross: $144.88M
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
25. Yojimbo (1961)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa
Votes: 131,421
BEST FOREIGN FILM
The Bodyguard (Yôjinbô)
Mother Joan of the Angels (Matka Joanna od Aniolów)
Through a Glass Darkly (Såsom i en spegel)
Last Year at Marienbad (L'année dernière à Marienbad)
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