Editing 1961 in film (section)

==1961 film releases==
[[List of American films of 1961|United States]] unless stated

===January–March===
*January 1961
**6 January
***''[[The Marriage-Go-Round (film)|The Marriage-Go-Round]]''
**16 January
***''[[The Girl on the Boat (film)|The Girl on the Boat]]''
**21 January
***''[[Pigs and Battleships]]'' ([[Japanese films of 1961|Japan]])
**24 January
***''[[His and Hers (film)|His and Hers]]''
***''[[La Notte]]'' ([[Italian films of 1961|Italy]]/[[French films of 1961|France]])
**25 January
***''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]''
**26 January
***''[[The Mark (1961 film)|The Mark]]''
**27 January
***''[[Jhumroo]]'' ([[Bollywood films of 1961|India]])
**28 January
***''[[A Fever in the Blood]]''
***''[[The Human Condition (film series)|A Soldier's Prayer]]'' ([[Japanese films of 1961|Japan]])
*February 1961
**1 February
***''[[The Misfits (1961 film)|The Misfits]]''
**2 February
***''[[Garibaldi (film)|Garibaldi]]'' ([[Italian films of 1961|Italy]])
**9 February
***''[[Girl with a Suitcase]]'' ([[Italian films of 1961|Italy]])
***''[[Mother Joan of the Angels]]'' ([[List of Polish films of the 1960s|Poland]])
***''[[No Love for Johnnie]]''
**10 February
***''[[Cry for Happy]]''
**15 February
***''[[The Coachman (film)|The Coachman]]'' ([[List of South Korean films of 1961|South Korea]])
**16 February
***''[[The Long and the Short and the Tall (film)|The Long and the Short and the Tall]]''
**20 February
***''[[Nude on the Moon]]''
***''[[Reptilicus]]''
**22 February
***''[[The Great Impostor]]''
*March 1961
**1 March
***''[[Posse from Hell]]''
**2 March
***''[[The Rebel (1961 film)|The Rebel]]''
**3 March
***''[[Lola (1961 film)|Lola]]'' ([[French films of 1961|France]])
**10 March
***''[[Five Golden Hours]]'' ([[Italian films of 1961|Italy]])
***''[[Go Naked in the World]]'' ([[Italian films of 1961|Italy]])
**15 March
***''[[The Terror of the Tongs]]''
**16 March
***''[[The Absent-Minded Professor]]''
**20 March
***''[[Blast of Silence]]''
**22 March
***''[[All in a Night's Work (film)|All in a Night's Work]]''
**23 March
***''[[Carry On Regardless]]''
**24 March
***''[[Town Without Pity]]'' (U.S./[[List of German films: 1960s|West Germany]]/[[Cinema of Switzerland|Switzerland]])
***''[[Underworld U.S.A.]]''
**26 March
***''[[The Hoodlum Priest]]''
***''[[Konga (film)|Konga]]''
**27 March
***''[[The Assassin (1961 film)|The Assassin]]'' ([[Italian films of 1961|Italy]])
**29 March
***''[[Gorgo (film)|Gorgo]]''
***''[[Violent Life]]'' ([[Italian films of 1961|Italy]])
**30 March
***''[[One-Eyed Jacks]]''

===April–June===
*April 1961
**2 April
***''[[The Sins of Rachel Cade]]''
**4 April
***''[[The Greengage Summer]]''
***''[[Mr. Topaze]]''
***''[[Two Living, One Dead]]'' ([[British films of 1961|U.K]]./[[Swedish films of the 1960s|Sweden]])
**13 April
***''[[Madison Avenue (film)|Madison Avenue]]''
***''[[Nazrana (1961 film)|Nazrana]]'' ([[Bollywood films of 1961|India]])
**17 April
***''[[Master of the World (1961 film)|Master of the World]]''
**18 April
***''[[Sanctuary (1961 film)|Sanctuary]]''
**19 April
***''[[Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis]]'' ([[Italian films of 1961|Italy]])
***''[[Please, Not Now!]]'' ([[French films of 1961|France]])
**24 April
***''[[The Secret Ways]]''
**25 April
***''[[Yojimbo]]'' ([[Japanese films of 1961|Japan]])
**27 April
***''[[The Guns of Navarone (film)|The Guns of Navarone]]''
*May 1961
**2 May
***''[[The Beast of Yucca Flats]]''
**3 May
***''[[Atlantis, the Lost Continent]]''
**4 May
***''[[Parrish (film)|Parrish]]''
**5 May
***''[[Return to Peyton Place (film)|Return to Peyton Place]]''
***''[[Teen Kanya]]'' ([[Bollywood films of 1961|India]])
**12 May
***''[[Mad Dog Coll (1961 film)|Mad Dog Coll]]''
**14 May
***''[[Angel Baby (1961 film)|Angel Baby]]''
***''[[Goliath Against the Giants]]'' ([[Italian films of 1961|Italy]])
***''[[Viridiana]]'' ([[Mexican films of 1961|Mexico]]/[[Spanish films of 1961|Spain]])
**17 May
***''[[The Long Absence]]'' ([[French films of 1961|France]])
***''[[Professor Mamlock (1961 film)|Professor Mamlock]]'' ([[German films of 1961|East Germany]])
***''[[The Right Approach]]''
**21 May
***''[[A Bomb Was Stolen]]'' ([[List of Romanian films#1960s|Romania]])
**24 May
***''[[The Young Savages]]''
**26 May
***''[[Snow White and the Three Stooges]]''
**27 May
***''[[The Last Time I Saw Archie]]''
**29 May
***''[[A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film)|A Raisin in the Sun]]''
*June 1961
**1 June
***''[[The Pleasure of His Company]]''
**2 June
***''[[Gidget Goes Hawaiian]]''
**5 June
***''[[Taste of Fear]]''
**6 June
***''[[The Deadly Companions]]''
**7 June
***''[[The Curse of the Werewolf]]''
***''[[Scarlet Sails (film)|Scarlet Sails]]''
**8 June
***''[[The Last Sunset (film)|The Last Sunset]]''
***''[[Romanoff and Juliet (1961 film)|Romanoff and Juliet]]''
***''[[Wild in the Country]]''
**11 June
***''[[The Big Bankroll]]''
**13 June
***''[[The Lovemakers (film)|The Lovemakers]]'' ([[French films of 1961|France]])
**16 June
***''[[The Colossus of Rhodes (film)|The Colossus of Rhodes]]'' ([[Italian films of 1961|Italy]])
**21 June
***''[[The Parent Trap (1961 film)|The Parent Trap]]''
***''[[Two Loves]]''
**22 June
***''[[Antigone (1961 film)|Antigone]]'' ([[Greek films of the 1960s|Greece]])
***''[[Black Silk]]'' ([[List of Thai films#1060s|Thailand]])
***''[[Flame in the Streets]]''
***''[[Magic Boy (film)|Magic Boy]]''
**25 June
***''[[Last Year at Marienbad]]'' ([[French films of 1961|France]])
**28 June
***''[[Fanny (1961 film)|Fanny]]''
***''[[Homicidal]]''
***''[[The Ladies Man]]''
***''[[The Naked Edge]]''
***''[[Question 7]]'' ([[German films of 1961|West Germany]]/[[American films of 1961|U.S.]])
**29 June
***''[[Goodbye Again (1961 film)|Goodbye Again]]'' ([[French films of 1961|France]]/[[American films of 1961|U.S.]])

===July–September===
*July 1961
**3 July
***''[[The Miracle of Father Malachia]]'' ([[German films of 1961|West Germany]])
**8 July
***''[[The White Snake Enchantress (film)|Panda and the Magic Serpent]]''
**9 July
***''[[Armored Command]]''
**12 July
***''[[Francis of Assisi (film)|Francis of Assisi]]''
***''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]''
**13 July
***''[[The Exiles (1961 film)|The Exiles]]''
**14 July
***''[[Alakazam the Great]]''
**16 July
***''[[The Big Gamble (1961 film)|The Big Gamble]]''
**19 July
***''[[By Love Possessed (film)|By Love Possessed]]''
***''[[Invasion of the Neptune Men]]'' ([[Japanese films of 1961|Japan]])
**20 July
***''[[Whistle Down the Wind (film)|Whistle Down the Wind]]''
**26 July
***''[[Tammy Tell Me True]]''
***''[[Two Rode Together]]''
**30 July
***''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' ([[Japanese films of 1961|Japan]])
**31 July
***''[[And Love Has Vanished]]'' ([[List of Yugoslav films of the 1960s|Yugoslavia]])
*August 1961
**9 August
***''[[Come September]]''
***''[[The Frightened City]]''
**12 August
***''[[The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)|The Pit and the Pendulum]]''
**15 August
***''[[Marines, Let's Go]]''
**23 August
***''[[The Fascist (film)|The Fascist]]'' ([[Italian films of 1961|Italy]])
***''[[The Honeymoon Machine]]''
***''[[The Young Doctors (film)|The Young Doctors]]''
**25 August
***''[[Ada (1961 film)|Ada]]''
***''[[Gunga Jumna]]'' ([[Bollywood films of 1961|India]])
**26 August
***''[[The Houseguest and My Mother]]'' ([[List of South Korean films of 1961|South Korea]])
**29 August
***''[[The Black Monocle]]'' ([[French films of 1961|France]])
**30 August
***''[[Victim (1961 film)|Victim]]''
**31 August
***''[[Accattone]]'' ([[Italian films of 1961|Italy]])
*September 1961
**4 September
***''[[Peace to Him Who Enters]]'' ([[Soviet films of 1961|USSR]])
**6 September
***''[[A Woman Is a Woman]]'' ([[French films of 1961|France]])
**8 September
***''[[Harry and the Butler]]'' ([[Danish films of the 1960s|Denmark]])
***''[[Striped Trip]]'' ([[Soviet films of 1961|USSR]])
**15 September
***''[[A Taste of Honey (film)|A Taste of Honey]]''
**16 September
***''[[Immortal Love]]'' ([[Japanese films of 1961|Japan]])
**20 September
***''[[Claudelle Inglish]]''
***''[[Man-Trap]]''
***''[[Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile]]'' ([[Italian films of 1961|Italy]])
**21 September
***''[[The Fabulous Baron Munchausen]]'' ([[Czech films of the 1960s|Czechoslovakia]])
**22 September
***''[[Léon Morin, Priest]]'' ([[French films of 1961|France]])
**25 September
***''[[The Hustler]]''
**26 September
***''[[Murder, She Said]]''
***''[[A Thunder of Drums]]''
**27 September
***''[[Paris Blues]]''
**30 September
***''[[Then Nilavu]]'' ([[Bollywood films of 1961|India]])

===October–December===
*October 1961
**5 October
***''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]''
**8 October
***''[[The Last War (1961 film)|The Last War]]'' ([[Japanese films of 1961|Japan]])
**10 October
***''[[Splendor in the Grass]]''
**11 October
***''[[Back Street (1961 film)|Back Street]]''
***''[[The Explosive Generation]]''
***''[[King of Kings (1961 film)|King of Kings]]''
**16 October
***''[[Through a Glass Darkly (film)|Through a Glass Darkly]]'' ([[List of Swedish films of the 1960s|Sweden]])
**17 October
***''[[Bridge to the Sun]]''
***''[[What a Whopper]]''
**18 October
***''[[The Devil at 4 O'Clock]]''
***''[[Mr. Sardonicus]]''
***''[[West Side Story (1961 film)|West Side Story]]''
**21 October
***''[[Dersu Uzala (1961 film)|Dersu Uzala]]'' ([[Soviet films of 1961|USSR]])
***''[[Il Posto]]'' ([[Italian films of 1961|Italy]])
**23 October
***''[[Johnny Nobody]]''
**26 October
***''[[The Last Judgment (1961 film)|The Last Judgment]]'' ([[Italian films of 1961|Italy]])
**28 October
***''[[The Mask (1961 film)|The Mask]]''
**29 October
***''[[The End of Summer]]'' ([[Japanese films of 1961|Japan]])
*November 1961
**1 November
***''[[The Comancheros (film)|The Comancheros]]''
**2 November
***''[[Bachelor in Paradise (film)|Bachelor in Paradise]]''
**8 November
***''[[Susan Slade]]''
***''[[Too Late Blues]]''
**9 November
***''[[Flower Drum Song (film)|Flower Drum Song]]''
**16 November 
***''[[Hercules in the Haunted World]]'' ([[Italian films of 1961|Italy]])
***''[[Summer and Smoke (film)|Summer and Smoke]]''
**22 November
***''[[Blue Hawaii]]''
***''[[The George Raft Story (film)|The George Raft Story]]''
***''[[Valley of the Dragons (film)|Valley of the Dragons]]''
**23 November
***''[[The Day the Earth Caught Fire]]''
**24 November
***''[[The Innocents (1961 film)|The Innocents]]''
**28 November
***''[[The Errand Boy]]''
*December 1961
**6 December
***''[[El Cid (film)|El Cid]]'' (U.S./[[Italian films of 1961|Italy]])
***''[[Tintin and the Golden Fleece]]'' ([[French films of 1961|France]])
**7 December
***''[[Five Minutes to Live]]''
**13 December
***''[[Paris Belongs to Us]]''
***''[[The Young Ones (1961 film)|The Young Ones]]''
**14 December
***''[[Babes in Toyland (1961 film)|Babes in Toyland]]''
***''[[Judgment at Nuremberg]]''
***''[[The Outsider (1961 film)|The Outsider]]''
**15 December
***''[[One, Two, Three]]''
**19 December
***''[[The Children's Hour (film)|The Children's Hour]]''
***''[[A Difficult Life]]'' ([[Italian films of 1961|Italy]])
***''[[Pocketful of Miracles]]''
***''[[When the Trees Were Tall]]'' ([[Soviet films of 1961|USSR]])
**20 December
***''[[Cash on Demand]]''
***''[[Divorce Italian Style]]'' ([[Italian films of 1961|Italy]])
***''[[Everything's Ducky]]''
***''[[Lover Come Back (1961 film)|Lover Come Back]]''
***''[[Mysterious Island (1961 film)|Mysterious Island]]''
***''[[Sail a Crooked Ship]]''
***''[[Something Wild (1961 film)|Something Wild]]''
**22 December
***''[[The Second Time Around (1961 film)|The Second Time Around]]''
***''[[Two Women]]''([[Italian films of 1961|Italy]]/[[German films of 1961|West Germany]])
**23 December
***''[[Barabbas (1961 film)|Barabbas]]'' ([[Italian films of 1961|Italy]])
**27 December
***''[[A Majority of One (film)|A Majority of One]]''
**28 December
***''[[Flight of the Lost Balloon]]''
**30 December
***''[[The Steamroller and the Violin]]'' ([[Soviet films of 1961|USSR]])