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Subgenre Sampler

 
Jules and JimJules and Jim (Jules et Jim) (1961) Recommended
Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre
Jeanne Moreau stars in this famous New Wave melodrama caught up in the spirit of its swinging times. A twenty–year love triangle, lightening…
Last Sunset, TheLast Sunset, The (1961)
Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Rock Hudson, Dorothy Malone
Melodramatic Western set against the backdrop of the Texas/Mexico border stars Kirk Douglas as a fugitive hounded by Rock Hudson's sheriff, only to…
Last Year at MarienbadLast Year at Marienbad (L'Annee Dernier a Marienbad) (1961)
Dir. Alain Resnais
Feat. Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi
All the rules of film–making are broken in this notorious question mark of a film in which a past event plagues the occupants of a grand…
Misfits, TheMisfits, The (1961) Recommended
Dir. John Huston
Feat. Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe
Stark melodrama was to be the curtain call for both Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe. They are two of a group of cheerless souls roping wild mustangs…
No Love for JohnnieNo Love for Johnnie (1961)
Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. Peter Finch, Stanley Holloway, Donald Pleasence
Peter Finch excels as a British MP whose desire for career advancement threatens his personal life.
Notte, LaNotte, La (The Night) (1961)
Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti
A compelling bout of urban alienation, with Marcello Mastroianni and Jeanne Moreau as a despairing married couple coming slowly apart at the seams.…
Only Two Can PlayOnly Two Can Play (1961)
Dir. Sidney Gilliat
Feat. Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling, Richard Attenborough
One of Peter Seller's earlier films sees him in rare semi–dramatic part, playing a librarian in a small Welsh town who has an affair. Dryly…
Paris BluesParis Blues (1961)
Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Joanne Woodward
Undernourished romantic drama has Newman and Poitier as Jazz musicians on holiday in Paris forced to decide whether to stay or return to the U.S. for…
Raisin in the SunRaisin in the Sun (1961)
Dir. Daniel Petrie
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee
Rounded drama about the struggles of black family living in Chicago in the 1940s, that was ground–breaking in its day and features several…
Singer Not the Song, TheSinger Not the Song, The (1961)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. John Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Mylene Demongeot
Philosophical western is an oddity amongst the Rank canon with Bogarde as a campy Mexican bandit terrorising a catholic priest Mills. Homoerotic…

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