The best dramas of 1961

40 dramas from 1961, ranked by a 0–100 score from IMDb ratings, critics, major awards and box office, compared with every film from the same year.

  1. The Day the Earth Caught Fire Score 43.1 · IMDb 7.2 · Tomatometer 86% · Science Fiction, Drama
  2. Blast of Silence Score 42.2 · IMDb 7.4 · Tomatometer 83% · Metascore 75
  3. A Woman Is a Woman Score 38.5 · IMDb 7.3 · Tomatometer 82% · Metascore 71
  4. One-Eyed Jacks Score 37.4 · IMDb 7.1 · Tomatometer 67%
  5. Two Rode Together Score 37.3 · IMDb 6.7 · Tomatometer 86%
  6. The Pit and the Pendulum Score 36.1 · IMDb 7.0 · Tomatometer 89% · Metascore 78
  7. Pocketful of Miracles Score 35.2 · IMDb 7.1 · Tomatometer 50%
  8. The Comancheros Score 34.9 · IMDb 6.8 · Tomatometer 100% · Metascore 55
  9. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Score 29.6 · IMDb 6.0 · Tomatometer 71% · Metascore 49
  10. The Colossus of Rhodes Score 20.2 · IMDb 5.8 · Tomatometer 56%