# List of Soviet films of 1961

A list of films produced in the Soviet Union in 1961 (see 1961 in film).

## 1961

| Title | Russian title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1961 ||||||
| Absolutely Seriously | Совершенно серьезно | Eldar Ryazanov, Naum Trakhtenberg, Eduard Zmoiro, Vladimir Semakov and Leonid Gaidai | | Comedy | |
| Adventures of Krosh | Приключения Кроша | Genrikh Oganisyan | Nikolai Tomashevsky | Adventure | |
| Alyonka | Алёнка | Boris Barnet | Natalya Ovodova | Comedy | |
| April | Апрель (Geo. აპრილი) | Otar Iosseliani | Tatyana Chanturia, Gia Chiraqadze, Akakiy Chikvaidze | Romance | |
| Barrier of the Unknown | Барьер неизвестности | Nikita Kurikhin | Vyacheslav Shalevich, Ella Sumskaya, Nikolai Gritsenko, Aleksandr Grave | Science fiction | |
| Moonshiners | Самогонщики | Leonid Gaidai | Yuri Nikulin, Georgi Vitsin, Yevgeni Morgunov | Comedy, short | |
| But What If This Is Love | А если это любовь? | Yuli Raizman | Zhanna Prokhorenko | Drama | |
| Chasing Two Hares | За двумя зайцами | Viktor Ivanov | Oleg Borisov Margarita Krinitsina | Romantic comedy | |
| Chronicle of Flaming Years | Повесть пламенных лет | Yuliya Solntseva | Boris Andreyev | Historical drama | Entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival |
| Clear Skies | Чистое небо | Grigori Chukhrai | Yevgeni Urbansky | Drama, romance | Won the Grand Prix at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival |
| The Cossacks | Казаки | Vasili Pronin | Leonid Gubanov, Boris Andreyev, Zinaida Kiriyenko, Eduard Bredun, Boris Novikov | Drama | Entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival |
| Dersu Uzala | Дерсу Узала | Agasi Babayan | Adolf Shestakov, Kasym Zhakibayev, Aleksandr Baranov, N. Gladkov, Lev Lobov | Adventure | |
| Dima Gorin's Career | Карьера Димы Горина | Frunze Dovlatyan, Lev Mirsky | Aleksandr Demyanenko | Comedy | |
| Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross | Пёс Барбос и необычный кросс | Leonid Gaidai | Yuri Nikulin, Georgi Vitsin, Yevgeni Morgunov | Comedy, short | Nominated for best short film at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. |
| The Girls | Девчата | Yuri Chulyukin | Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Nikolai Rybnikov, Lyusyena Ovchinnikova | Comedy | |
| The Horizon | Горизонт | Iosif Kheifits | Yuri Tolubeyev | Drama | |
| How Robinson Was Created | Как создавался Робинзон | Eldar Ryazanov | Anatoli Papanov, Sergey Filippov | Comedy | |
| Judgment of the Mad | Суд сумасшедших | Grigori Roshal | Vasily Livanov | Drama | |
| The Key | Ключ | Lev Atamanov | | Animation | |
| The Man from Nowhere | Человек ниоткуда | Eldar Ryazanov | Sergey Yursky | Comedy | |
| Mission | Командировка | Yuri Yegorov | Oleg Efremov | Drama | |
| My Friend, Kolka! | Друг мой, Колька | Aleksei Saltykov | Saveliy Kramarov, Yuri Nikulin, Anatoly Kuznetsov | Drama | |
| The Night Before Christmas | Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки | Aleksandr Rou | Alexander Khvylya | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | |
| Peace to Him Who Enters | Мир входящему | Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov | Lidiya Shaporenko, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Andrei Fajt | Drama | |
| Planeta Bur | Планета Бурь | Pavel Klushantsev | Vladimir Yemelyanov | Science-fiction | |
| Scarlet Sails | Алые паруса | Alexandr Ptushko | Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Vasily Lanovoy | Romance | |
| Sluttish | Гулящая | Ivan Kavaleridze | Lyudmila Gurchenko, Rita Gladunko, | Drama | Based on novel by Panas Myrny |
| The Steamroller and the Violin | Каток и скрипка | Andrei Tarkovsky | Igor Fomchenko, Vladimir Zamansky | Drama, short | |
| Striped Trip | Полосатый рейс | Vladimir Fetin | Aleksei Gribov, Ivan Dmitriyev, Margarita Nazarova, Evgeni Leonov | Comedy | |
| When the Trees Were Tall | Когда деревья были большими | Lev Kulidzhanov | Yuri Nikulin, Inna Gulaya, Vasily Shukshin, Leonid Kuravlyov | Drama | Entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival |
| Wind of Freedom | Вольный ветер | Leonid Trauberg, Andrey Tutyshkin | Lionella Pyryeva | Comedy | |
| Yevdokiya | Евдокия | Tatyana Lioznova | Lyudmila Khityaeva | Drama | |