I have now watched 102 films that were released in 1961. A complete list can be found here. It was an average year and I had 12 films for my favorites list. The two films I didn’t have room for are: Leon Morin, Priest and Judgement at Nuremberg. The list is no particular order. I had a hard time deciding whether to put The Hustler or Yojimbo in first place and used my usual tie-breaker – if I could rewatch only one of the films it would be Yojimbo.
10. Il Posto – directed by Ermanno Olmi
9. The Steamroller and the Violin – directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
8. West Side Story – directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins
7. The Innocents – directed by Jack Clayton
6. A Raisin in the Sun – directed by Daniel Petrie
5. The End of Summer – directed by Yasujiro Ozu
4. Through a Glass Darkly – directed by Ingmar Bergman
3. Divorce Italian Style – directed by Pietro Germi
2. The Hustler – directed by Robert Rossen
1. Yojimbo – directed by Akira Kurasawa
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