Best Drama Films of 1961

Pulse of Cinema lists 130 drama films released in 1961, ranked by the Pulse Score blended from IMDb, Letterboxd and TMDB. Standouts include The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer, Judgment at Nuremberg, Yojimbo.

8.4

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

1961

8.0

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961

8.1

Yojimbo

1961

7.8

Through a Glass Darkly

1961

7.9

La Notte

1961

7.7

The Hustler

1961

7.5

The Innocents

1961

7.7

A Raisin in the Sun

1961

7.9

Divorce Italian Style

1961

7.7

Il Posto

1961

7.5

The End of Summer

1961

7.4

Last Year at Marienbad

1961

8.0

A Difficult Life

1961

7.7

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

1961

7.5

Splendor in the Grass

1961

7.7

Accattone

1961

7.6

Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961

7.2

West Side Story

1961

7.1

Léon Morin, Priest

1961

7.6

Mother Joan of the Angels

1961

7.3

The Guns of Navarone

1961

7.3

A Woman Is a Woman

1961

7.1

Lola

1961

7.1

The Steamroller and the Violin

1961

7.6

Cash on Demand

1961

7.6

Three Daughters

1961

7.2

Whistle Down the Wind

1961

7.1

Girl with a Suitcase

1961

7.1

Pigs and Battleships

1961

7.0

Blast of Silence

1961

7.0

A Taste of Honey

1961

7.5

Bandits of Orgosolo

1961

7.0

The Misfits

1961

7.0

Underworld U.S.A.

1961

7.9

The Important Man

1961

7.7

Two Half-Times in Hell

1961

7.3

Murder She Said

1961

7.1

Aimless Bullet

1961

6.8

One-Eyed Jacks

1961

6.8

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

1961

6.6

A Wife Confesses

1961

6.5

Girls of the Night

1961

8.0

My Son, the Hero

1961

7.5

Woe to the Young

1961

7.3

The President

1961

7.2

Synoikia to Oneiro

1961

7.1

Taxi for Tobruk

1961

7.1

Goodbye Again

1961