Academy Award Winning Movies of the 1960s

See also: Titles - 1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969

 

1961

Judgement at Nuremberg

Screenplay based on material from another medium

Summary: In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazi judges for war crimes.

Director: Standley Krammer

Main Characters:

Spencer Tracy...............Judge Dan Haywood
Burnt Lancater..............Ernst Janning

Produced by: United Artist

Written by: Abby Man

Other nomonies:

Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Guns of Navarone
The Hustler
West Side Story
 

Splendor in the Grass

Screenplay written directly for the screen

Summary: Deanie is a beutiful and sensative tennager; very proper. She, howeber, would risk everything to bwe with Bud. Bud is afraid of his father, the most powerful man in a small Kansas town in 1928. When Deanie's and Buds's desires intensify, Deanie restrains herself while Bud acts on them, but with another girl. Can Deanie rebuild her life and find happiness?

Director: Elia Kazm

Main Characters:

Natalie Wood...............Wilma Dean (Deanie) Loomis
Warren Beatty..............Bud Samper

Produced by: Warner Brothers/Newton Productions

Written by: William Inge

Other nomonies:

Ballad of a Soldier
Il Generale Della Rovere
La Dolce Vita
Lover Come Back