R	TITLE	L	L%	Lists By Year
1	The Guns of Navarone	187	62%	1961 (187)
2	The Hustler	167	55%	1961 (167)
3	Breakfast at Tiffany’s	161	53%	1961 (161)
4	Fanny	159	53%	1961 (159)
5	West Side Story	155	51%	1961 (155)
6	Judgement of Nuremberg	150	50%	1961 (150)
7	The Parent Trap	128	43%	1961 (128)
8	Exodus	126	42%	1961 (126)
9	Splendor in the Grass	122	41%	1961 (122)
10	The Mark	117	39%	1961 (117)
11	The World of Suzie Wong	77	26%	1961 (77)
12	A Raisin in the Sun	60	20%	1961 (60)
13	The Alamo	58	19%	1961 (58)
14	Summer and Smoke	63	19%	1961 (20) | 1962 (43)
15	King of Kings (1961)	52	17%	1961 (52)
16	Flower Drum Song	62	17%	1962 (62)
17	Lover Come Back	58	16%	1962 (58)
18	Pocketful of Miracles	48	16%	1961 (48)
19	Saturday Night and Sunday Morning	42	14%	1961 (42)
20	The Absent Minded Professor	40	13%	1961 (40)
21	One-Eyed Jacks	35	12%	1961 (35)
22	The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone	28	9%	1961 (28)
23	Come September	27	9%	1961 (27)
24	Swiss Family Robinson	25	8%	1961 (25)
25	Bachelor in Paradise	24	8%	1961 (24)
26	101 Dalmatians	23	8%	1961 (23)
27	Where the Boys Are	21	7%	1961 (21)
27	Devil at 4 O'Clock	21	7%	1961 (21)
29	Pepe	20	7%	1961 (20)
30	The Pleasure of His Company	19	6%	1961 (19)
31	Cimarron (1961)	18	6%	1961 (18)
32	Francis of Assisi	17	6%	1961 (17)
33	Romanoff and Juliet	15	5%	1961 (15)
34	Parrish	14	5%	1961 (14)
34	The Great Imposter	14	5%	1961 (14)
36	The Grass is Greener	13	4%	1961 (13)
36	La Dolce Vita	13	4%	1961 (13)
38	The Village of the Damned	12	4%	1961 (12)
39	Return to Peyton Place	11	4%	1961 (11)

Lists Included 301 (estimated)

L Total number of lists where the film was selected as one of the top 10 films of the year
L% Percentage of total lists where the film was selected as one of the top 10 films of the year
Lists By Year Number of votes in annual Film Daily poll

The Results of this poll are directly from The Film Daily annual poll that asked newspapers around the nation to submit a top 10 list.  Films have been recategorized to U.S. release dates, as the poll often took place prior to year-end.