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All 1961 Film Awards

List of winners and nominees for all of the major movie awards from 1961!

Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!

Cannes Film Festival – Jury Prize

Mother Joan of the Angels

Jerzy Kawalerowicz

Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or

The Long Absence

Henri Colpi

Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or

Viridiana

Luis Buuel

DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film

The Apartment

Billy Wilder

Golden Globe Awards – Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

Song Without End

Golden Globe Awards – Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

The Apartment

Golden Globe Awards – Best Motion Picture – Drama

Spartacus

Golden Globe Awards – Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

La vrit

Golden Globe Awards – Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

The Virgin Spring

National Board of Review – Best Film

Question 7

New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Film

West Side Story

New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Foreign Language Film

La dolce vita

Academy Awards – Best Picture

The Apartment

Billy Wilder

Academy Awards – International Feature Film

The Virgin Spring

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Venice Film Festival – Golden Lion – Best Film

Last Year at Marienbad

Alain Resnais

Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize

Mir vkhodyashchemu

Aleksandr Alov