Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3623 Films to Buy & Rent
Cliff Richard Collection, The (The Young Ones, Summer Holiday, Wonderful Life) (1961-1964)
- Feat. Cliff Richard
- Three nostalgic Cliff Richard films, remastered with commentary from the directors.
Comancheros, The (1961)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin…
- John Wayne stars (and served as an uncredited director when Michael Curtiz fell ill) in this Western set in Texas in 1843. A Texas ranger arrests a…
Come September (1961)
- Dir. Robert Mulligan
Feat. Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Bobby Darin…
- Racy romp with Rock on the Riviera as a businessman habitually harangued on holiday when all he wants is to lavish the luscious Lollobrigida.
Curse of the Werewolf, The (1961)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Oliver Reed, Clifford Evans
- Hammer horror based on the novel "The Werewolf of Paris" by Guy Endore and starring Oliver Reed as the werewolf in his first credited film…
Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)
- Dir. Various
Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charles Chaplin…
- The third in Robert Youngson's trilogy of definitive compilations of silent comedy, this time with swashbuckling action to match the outrageous…
Deadly Companions, The (1961)
- Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Brian Keith, Maureen O'Hara, Steve Cochran
- Sam Peckinpah's debut film is a typically unorthodox western, that while uneven reveals the quirky characters and emotive nostalgia of his later…
Double Bunk (1961)
- Dir. C.M. Pennington-Richards
Feat. Ian Carmichael, Janette Scott, Sid James…
- Newlyweds Ian Carmichael and Janette Scott purchase a rickety houseboat, set sail for France in this buoyant and occasionally bawdy Brit comedy.
El Cid (1961)
- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. Charlton Heston
- The tale of the 11th century warrior–king who drove the Moors from Spain. By dint of its fine acting and avoidance of the obvious, this epic…
End of Summer, The (Kohayagawa-ke no aki) (1961)
- Dir. Yasujiro Ozu
Feat. Ganjiro Nakamura, Setsuko Hara
- Another intimate portrayal of Japanese family life
from the dir. of TOKYO STORY that explores the breakdown of traditional family values in the face…
Errand Boy, The (1961)
- Dir. Jerry Lewis
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Brian Donlevy, Howard McNear…
- Lewis plays his perennial bumbler, here recruited as an oddjob man on a Hollywood Studio lot who must also spy on employee activities. Contains some…