A list of films produced in the Soviet Union in 1961 (see 1961 in film).
| Title | Russian title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | |||||
| Absolutely Seriously | Совершенно серьезно | Comedy | |||
| Adventures of Krosh | Приключения Кроша | Genrikh Oganisyan | Nikolai Tomashevsky | Adventure | |
| Alyonka | Алёнка | Natalya Ovodova | Comedy | ||
| April | Апрель (Geo. აპრილი) | 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 | |
| Bootleggers | Самогонщики | Comedy, short | |||
| But What If This Is Love | А если это любовь? | Drama | |||
| Chasing Two Hares | За двумя зайцами | Viktor Ivanov | Oleg Borisov Margarita Krinitsina | Romantic comedy | |
| Chronicle of Flaming Years | Повесть пламенных лет | Historical drama | Entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival | ||
| Clear Skies | Чистое небо | Drama, romance | |||
| The Cossacks | Казаки | Leonid Gubanov, Boris Andreyev, Zinaida Kiriyenko, Eduard Bredun, Boris Novikov | Drama | Entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Dersu Uzala | Дерсу Узала | Adolf Shestakov, Kasym Zhakibayev, Aleksandr Baranov, N. Gladkov, Lev Lobov | Adventure | ||
| Dima Gorin's Career | Карьера Димы Горина | Frunze Dovlatyan, Lev Mirsky | Comedy | ||
| Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross | Пёс Барбос и необычный кросс | Comedy, short | Nominated for best short film at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.[1] | ||
| The Girls | Девчата | Comedy | |||
| The Horizon | Горизонт | Drama | |||
| How Robinson Was Created | Как создавался Робинзон | Comedy | |||
| Judgment of the Mad | Суд сумасшедших | Drama | |||
| The Key | Ключ | Animation | |||
| The Man from Nowhere | Человек ниоткуда | Comedy | |||
| Mission | Командировка | Yuri Yegorov | Drama | ||
| My Friend, Kolka! | Друг мой, Колька | Drama | |||
| The Night Before Christmas | Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | |||
| Peace to Him Who Enters | Мир входящему | Drama | |||
| Planeta Bur | Планета Бурь | Science-fiction | |||
| Scarlet Sails | Алые паруса | Romance | |||
| The Steamroller and the Violin | Каток и скрипка | Drama, short | |||
| Striped Trip | Полосатый рейс | Comedy | |||
| When the Trees Were Tall | Когда деревья были большими | Drama | Entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival | ||
| Wind of Freedom | Вольный ветер | Leonid Trauberg, Andrey Tutyshkin | Lionella Pyryeva | Comedy | |
| Yevdokiya | Евдокия | Drama | |||