List of LGBT-related films of 1961

This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films released in 1961. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.

LGBT films
By decade
1896–1959
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s

Films
Title Director Country Genre Cast Notes
AccattonePier Paolo PasoliniItalyDramaFranco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini, Paola Guidi and Adriana Asti
The Children's HourWilliam WylerUnited StatesDramaShirley MacLaine, Audrey Hepburn, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins, Fay Bainter and Karen BalkinThe film is based on Lillian Hellman's play The Children's Hour, with school teachers falsely accused of having lesbian relationship; one of them realizes that she is in love with the other.[1]
La Fille aux yeux d'orJean-Gabriel AlbicoccoFrance
Italy		DramaMarie Laforêt, Paul Guers, Françoise Prévost, Françoise Dorléac and Jacques VerlierAKA The Girl with the Golden Eyes
A Taste of HoneyTony RichardsonUnited KingdomDramaDora Bryan, Robert Stephens, Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin and Paul DanquahCo-written by Shelagh Delaney, based on her play of the same name
VictimBasil DeardenUnited KingdomCrime, dramaDirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price, Nigel Stock, Peter McEnery, Donald Churchill, Anthony Nicholls, Hilton Edwards, Norman Bird, Derren Nesbitt and Alan MacNaughtanFirst English language film to use the word "homosexual"

References
  1. Darren, p. 45
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