Best slightly flawed award winning movies from 1961
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1 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
7.256
2 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
3 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
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7.307
4 The Parent Trap (1961)
Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their parents back together. The girls, one of whom has been living with their mother and the other with their father, switch places after camp and go to work on their plan, the first objective being to scare off a gold-digger pursuing their father.
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- 1961-05-13 | Comedy / Family
Cast
- Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara
Rating
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7.011
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5 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
6 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
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 Fanny (1961)
Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe'-owning father, and he longs for the sea. The night before he is to leave on a 5-year voyage, Fanny, a girl he grew up with, reveals that she is in love with him, and he discovers that he is in love with her. He must choose between an exciting life at sea, and a boring life with the woman he loves. And Fanny must choose between keeping the man she loves, and letting him live the life he seems to want.
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- 1961-06-28 | Drama / Romance
Cast
- Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier
Rating
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6.764
9 Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
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- 1961-12-18 | Comedy / Drama
Cast
- Glenn Ford, Bette Davis
Rating
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7.3
10 The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself.
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- 1961-03-16 | Comedy / Family
Cast
- Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson
Rating
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6.5
