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List of LGBT-related films of 1961

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

Films

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Title Director Country Genre Cast Notes
Accattone Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy Drama Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini, Paola Guidi and Adriana Asti
The Children's Hour William Wyler United States Drama Shirley MacLaine, Audrey Hepburn, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins, Fay Bainter and Karen Balkin The 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'or Jean-Gabriel Albicocco France
Italy
Drama Marie Laforêt, Paul Guers, Françoise Prévost, Françoise Dorléac and Jacques Verlier AKA The Girl with the Golden Eyes
A Taste of Honey Tony Richardson United Kingdom Drama Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens, Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin and Paul Danquah Co-written by Shelagh Delaney, based on her play of the same name
Victim Basil Dearden United Kingdom Crime, drama Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price, Nigel Stock, Peter McEnery, Donald Churchill, Anthony Nicholls, Hilton Edwards, Norman Bird, Derren Nesbitt and Alan MacNaughtan First English language film to use the word "homosexual"

References

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  1. ^ Darren, p. 45