Best award winning movies with an unpredictable twist from 1961
Check out today’s highest ranked movies with an unpredictable twist from 1961! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with an unpredictable twist from 1961, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 The Guns of Navarone (1961)
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
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- 1961-04-27 | War / Adventure
Cast
- Gregory Peck, David Niven
Rating
7.307
2 Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
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- 1961-12-18 | Drama / History
Cast
- Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster
Rating
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8.043
3 Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
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- 1961-10-06 | Comedy / Romance
Cast
- Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard
Rating
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7.669
4 The Comancheros (1961)
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.
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- 1961-12-16 | Western / Action
Cast
- John Wayne, Stuart Whitman
Rating
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6.733
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5 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1961)
A southerner in the American Civil War is about to be hanged from a bridge for sabotage when the noose suddenly breaks. After he plunges into the water below, he must find a way to free himself, evade enemy forces and flee to safety.
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- 1961-12-14 | Drama / Fantasy
Cast
- Roger Jacquet, Anne Cornaly
Rating
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7.6
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6 West Side Story (1961)
In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the neighborhood streets. Tensions are high between the gangs but two romantics, one from each gang, fall in love leading to tragedy.
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- 1961-12-13 | Crime / Drama
Cast
- Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer
Rating
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7.256
7 The Hustler (1961)
Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.
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- 1961-09-25 | Drama / Romance
Cast
- Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason
Rating
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7.678
8 Yojimbo (1961)
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.
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- 1961-04-25 | Drama / Thriller
Cast
- Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai
Rating
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8.101
9 The Innocents (1961)
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
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- 1961-12-15 | Horror / Mystery
Cast
- Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde
Rating
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7.44
10 One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for revenge. Dad is now a respectable sheriff in California, and has been living in fear of Rio's return.
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- 1961-03-30 | Western / Drama
Cast
- Marlon Brando, Karl Malden
Rating
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6.7
