The Best Movies From The 1960s
“What are the best 1960s Movies?” We looked at 278 of the top 1960s films, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
The top 41 films, all appearing on 4 or more “Best 1960s” movie lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 225+ movies, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.
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Top 41 Best 1960s Movies Ever Made
41 .) Belle de Jour (1967) directed by Luis Buñuel
Lists It Appears On:
- Harpers Bazaar
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.
40 .) Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) directed by Blake Edwards
Lists It Appears On:
- Harpers Bazaar
- IMDB
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
Fortune hunter Holly Golightly finds herself captivated by aspiring writer Paul Varjak, who’s moved into her building on a wealthy woman’s dime. As romance blooms between Paul and Holly, Doc Golightly shows up on the scene, revealing Holly’s past.
39 .) Breathless (1960) directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Lists It Appears On:
- AMC
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
A young car thief kills a policeman and tries to persuade a girl to hide in Italy with him.
38 .) Cool Hand Luke (1967) directed by Stuart Rosenberg
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn’t play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard’s resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy’s unbreakable will. Luke’s bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison’s dreaded solitary confinement cell, “the box,” make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.
37 .) Doctor Zhivago (1965) directed by David Lean
Lists It Appears On:
- Asian 369
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- MSN
Doctor Zhivago is the filmed adapation of the Russian novel by Boris Pasternak from director David Lean that was an international success and today deemed a classic. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie play two protagonists who in fact love each other yet because of their current situation cannot find a way be together.
36 .) In the Heat of the Night (1967) directed by Norman Jewison
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- Thought Co.
An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town.
35 .) Night of the Living Dead (1968) directed by George A. Romero
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Movie Mezzanine
- Taste Of Cinema
- Thought Co.
A group of people try to survive an attack of bloodthirsty zombies while trapped in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse. Although not the first zombie film, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD is the progenitor of the contemporary “zombie apocalypse” horror film, and it greatly influenced the modern pop-culture zombie archetype.
34 .) Peeping Tom (1960) directed by Michael Powell
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- Taste Of Cinema
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he’s making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making. She sneaks into Mark’s apartment to watch it and is horrified by what she sees – especially when Mark catches her.
33 .) Persona (1966) directed by Ingmar Bergman
Lists It Appears On:
- Games Radar
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. Alma eventually confesses her secrets to a seemingly sympathetic Elisabeth and finds that her own personality is being submerged into Elisabeth’s persona.
32 .) Spartacus (1960) directed by Stanley Kubrick
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.
31 .) The Guns of Navarone (1961) directed by J. Lee Thompson
Lists It Appears On:
- Flick Chart
- IMDB
- Movie Mezzanine
- Ranker
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
30 .) The Hustler (1961) directed by Robert Rossen
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.
29 .) The Wild Bunch (1969) directed by Sam Peckinpah
Lists It Appears On:
- Asian 369
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
Aging outlaw, Pike Bishop prepares to retire after one final robbery. Joined by his gang, Dutch Engstrom and brothers Lyle and Tector Gorch, Bishop discovers the heist is a setup orchestrated in part by a former partner, Deke Thornton. As the remaining gang takes refuge in Mexican territory, Thornton trails them—resulting in fierce gunfights with plenty of casualties.
28 .) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) directed by Mike Nichols
Lists It Appears On:
- Harpers Bazaar
- IMDB
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
A bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use a young couple to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other.
27 .) 8½ (1963) directed by Federico Fellini
Lists It Appears On:
- AMC
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- Thought Co.
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.
26 .) Dr. No (1962) directed by Terence Young
Lists It Appears On:
- Flick Chart
- Harpers Bazaar
- MSN
- Ranker
- Thought Co.
In the film that launched the James Bond saga, Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.
25 .) Goldfinger (1964) directed by Guy Hamilton
Lists It Appears On:
- Flick Chart
- IMDB
- Movie Mezzanine
- Ranker
- Watch Mojo
Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox – and obliterate the world’s economy.
24 .) Mary Poppins (1964) directed by Robert Stevenson
Lists It Appears On:
- Asian 369
- IMDB
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
A magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
23 .) The Great Escape (1963) directed by John Sturges
Lists It Appears On:
- Flick Chart
- IMDB
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates them to a high-security ‘escape-proof’ camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
22 .) A Hard Day’s Night (1964) directed by Richard Lester
Lists It Appears On:
- Asian 369
- Games Radar
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- Thought Co.
Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul’s troublemaking grandfather and Ringo’s arrest.
21 .) Blow-Up (1966) directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
Lists It Appears On:
- AMC
- BFI
- Harpers Bazaar
- IMDB
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he accidentally captures on film the commission of a murder. The fact that he has photographed a murder does not occur to him until he studies and then blows up his negatives, uncovering details, blowing up smaller and smaller elements, and finally putting the puzzle together.
20 .) Bonnie and Clyde (1967) directed by Arthur Penn
Lists It Appears On:
- Asian 369
- Harpers Bazaar
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- Thought Co.
In the 1930s, the gangster pair Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow began robbing banks in U.S. cities until they were eventually killed in a police shoot-out.
19 .) La Dolce Vita (1960) directed by Federico Fellini
Lists It Appears On:
- Film Site
- Games Radar
- Harpers Bazaar
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
Episodic journey of an Italian journalist scouring Rome in search of love.
18 .) Midnight Cowboy (1969) directed by John Schlesinger
Lists It Appears On:
- Asian 369
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico “Ratso” Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
17 .) The Apartment (1960) directed by Billy Wilder
Lists It Appears On:
- Asian 369
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Thought Co.
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he’s left with a major problem to solve.
16 .) The Birds (1963) directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Lists It Appears On:
- AMC
- Harpers Bazaar
- IMDB
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Taste Of Cinema
Chic socialite Melanie Daniels enjoys a passing flirtation with an eligible attorney in a San Francisco pet shop and, on an impulse, follows him to his hometown bearing a gift of lovebirds. But upon her arrival, the bird population runs amok. Suddenly, the townsfolk face a massive avian onslaught, with the feathered fiends inexplicably attacking people all over Bodega Bay.
15 .) The Manchurian Candidate (1962) directed by John Frankenheimer
Lists It Appears On:
- AMC
- Asian 369
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- Ranker
Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.
14 .) The Producers (1967) directed by Mel Brooks
Lists It Appears On:
- AMC
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- Ranker
- Thought Co.
Broadway producer, Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming little old ladies to invest in a production many times over what it will actually cost, and then put on a sure-fire flop, so nobody will ask for their money back – and what can be a more certain flop than a tasteless musical celebrating Hitler.
13 .) The Sound of Music (1965) directed by Robert Wise
Lists It Appears On:
- Asian 369
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Watch Mojo
A tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey becomes a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
12 .) West Side Story (1961) directed by Jerome Robbins
Lists It Appears On:
- Asian 369
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Thought Co.
In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to “own” the neighborhood streets. Tensions are high between the gangs but two kids, one from each rival gang, fall in love leading to tragedy.
11 .) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) directed by George Roy Hill
Lists It Appears On:
- AMC
- Asian 369
- IMDB
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- Watch Mojo
In late 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy is the affable, clever and talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang. His closest companion is the laconic dead-shot ‘Sundance Kid’. As the west rapidly becomes civilized, the law finally catches up to Butch, Sundance and their gang. Chased doggedly by a special posse, the two decide to make their way to South America in hopes of evading their pursuers once and for all.
10 .) Rosemary’s Baby (1968) directed by Roman Polanski
Lists It Appears On:
- Asian 369
- Harpers Bazaar
- IMDB
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- Taste Of Cinema
A young couple moves into an infamous New York apartment building to start a family. Things become frightening as Rosemary begins to suspect her unborn baby isn’t safe around their strange neighbors.
9 .) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) directed by Sergio Leone
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- Thought Co.
- Watch Mojo
While the Civil War rages between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hit man and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
8 .) The Graduate (1967) directed by Mike Nichols
Lists It Appears On:
- Asian 369
- Harpers Bazaar
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Watch Mojo
Benjamin, a recent college graduate is very worried about his future, he then finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.
7 .) To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) directed by Robert Mulligan
Lists It Appears On:
- Asian 369
- Games Radar
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Watch Mojo
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.
6 .) Lawrence of Arabia (1962) directed by David Lean
Lists It Appears On:
- AMC
- Asian 369
- Flick Chart
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Watch Mojo
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence’s mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
5 .) Planet of the Apes (1968) directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Lists It Appears On:
- Flick Chart
- Futurism
- Games Radar
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Thought Co.
An U.S. Spaceship lands on a desolate planet, stranding astronaut Taylor in a world dominated by apes, 2000 years into the future, who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
4 .) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) directed by Stanley Kubrick
Lists It Appears On:
- AMC
- Asian 369
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- Thought Co.
- Watch Mojo
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.
3 .) Easy Rider (1969) directed by Dennis Hopper
Lists It Appears On:
- Asian 369
- Flick Chart
- Games Radar
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- Thought Co.
A cross-country trip to sell drugs puts two hippie bikers on a collision course with small-town prejudices.
2 .) Psycho (1960) directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Lists It Appears On:
- AMC
- Asian 369
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Ranker
- Taste Of Cinema
- Thought Co.
- Watch Mojo
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother. The place seems quirky, but fine… until Marion decides to take a shower.
1 .) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) directed by Stanley Kubrick
Lists It Appears On:
- AMC
- Asian 369
- Flick Chart
- Futurism
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Movie Mezzanine
- MSN
- Thought Co.
- Watch Mojo
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world’s most advanced super computer.
The 225+ Additional Best 1960s Films
| # | Movies | Directors | Lists |
| 42 | Charade (1963) | Stanley Donen | Harpers Bazaar |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 43 | Darling (1965) | John Schlesinger | BFI |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 44 | From Russia with Love (1963) | Terence Young | Flick Chart |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 45 | Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) | Stanley Kramer | Asian 369 |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 46 | It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) | Stanley Kramer | Flick Chart |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 47 | Jules and Jim (1962) | François Truffaut | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 48 | L’Avventura (1960) | Michelangelo Antonioni | Film Site |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 49 |
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
|
List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 50 | Repulsion (1965) | Roman Polanski | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 51 | The Battle of Algiers (1966) | Gillo Pontecorvo | IMDB |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 52 | The Dirty Dozen (1967) | Robert Aldrich | Flick Chart |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 53 | The Haunting (1963) | Robert Wise | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 54 | The Innocents (1961) | Games Radar | |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 55 | The Jungle Book (1967) | Wolfgang Reitherman | Flick Chart |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | MSN |
| 56 | True Grit (1969) | Henry Hathaway | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 57 | Village of the Damned (1960) | Futurism | |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 58 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) | Robert Aldrich | Games Radar |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 59 | A Fistful of Dollars (1964) | MSN | |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 60 | A Thousand Clowns (1965) | Fred Coe | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 61 | Alphaville (1965) | Futurism | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 62 | Andrei Rublev (1966) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 63 | Band of Outsiders (1964) | Jean-Luc Godard | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 64 | Barbarella | Harpers Bazaar | |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 65 | Black Sunday | Movie Mezzanine | |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 66 | Cleopatra (1963) | Harpers Bazaar | |
| – | – | – | MSN |
| 67 | Eyes Without a Face | Movie Mezzanine | |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 68 | Faces (1968) | John Cassavetes | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 69 | Fantastic Voyage (1966) | Richard Fleischer | Futurism |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| 70 | For a Few Dollars More (1965) | MSN | |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 71 | Hud (1963) | Martin Ritt | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 72 | In Cold Blood (1967) | Richard Brooks | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 73 | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) | Stanley Kramer | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 74 | Last Year at Marienbad (1961) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 75 | Lolita (1962) | Stanley Kubrick | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 76 | Marnie (1964) | Alfred Hitchcock | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 77 | My Fair Lady (1964) | George Cukor | Harpers Bazaar |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| 78 | Oliver! (1968) | Carol Reed | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 79 | One, Two, Three (1961) | Billy Wilder | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 80 | Onibaba | Movie Mezzanine | |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 81 | Point Blank (1967) | John Boorman | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 82 | Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) | Karel Reisz | Film Site |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| 83 | Seconds (1966) | Futurism | |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 84 | Spider Baby | Movie Mezzanine | |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 85 | The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) | Pier Paolo Pasolini | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 86 | The Leopard (1963) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 87 | The Magnificent Seven (1960) | Film Site | |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 88 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) | John Ford | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 89 | The Miracle Worker (1962) | Arthur Penn | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 90 | The Misfits (1961) | John Huston | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 91 | The Music Man (1962) | Morton DaCosta | IMDB |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 92 | The Trial (1962) | Games Radar | |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 93 | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 94 | They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969) | Sydney Pollack | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 95 | Valley of the Dolls | Harpers Bazaar | |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 96 | Yojimbo (1961) | Flick Chart | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 97 | Z (1969) | Costa-Gavras | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Mezzanine |
| 98 | 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 99 |
A Bout De Souffle (1960, Fr.) (aka Breathless)
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Film Site | |
| 100 | A Man and a Woman (1966) | Claude Lelouch | IMDB |
| 101 | A Man for All Seasons (1966) | Fred Zinnemann | IMDB |
| 102 | A Raisin in the Sun (1961) | Daniel Petrie | IMDB |
| 103 | A Shot in the Dark | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 104 | A Touch of Zen | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 105 | A Very Private Affair | Harpers Bazaar | |
| 106 | Advise and Consent | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 107 | Alfie (1966) | BFI | |
| 108 | An Autumn Afternoon | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 109 | Army of Shadows | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 110 | Au Hasard Balthazar | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 111 | Bande a Part | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 112 | Batman: The Movie | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 113 | Becket (1964) | Peter Glenville | IMDB |
| 114 | Black Girl | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 115 | Blood and Black Lace | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 116 | Blow-Job | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 117 | Bye Bye Birdie | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 118 | Carnival of Souls | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 119 | Charulata | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 120 | Chimes at Midnight | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 121 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 122 | Cléo de 5 à 7 | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 123 | Closely Watched Trains (1966) | Jirí Menzel | IMDB |
| 124 | Come Back, Africa | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 125 | Contempt | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 126 | Daisies | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 127 | Dark of the Sun | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 128 | Days of Wine and Roses (1962) | Blake Edwards | IMDB |
| 129 | Dog Star Man | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 130 | Don’t Look Back | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 131 | Dracula has Risen from the Grave | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 132 | Dracula: Prince of Darkness | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 133 | El Cid | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 134 | El Dorado | Flick Chart | |
| 135 | Eros + Massacre | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 136 | Fahrenheit 451 (1966) | Futurism | |
| 137 | Father | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 138 | Funny Girl (1968) | William Wyler | IMDB |
| 139 | Georgy Girl | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 140 | Gertrud | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 141 | Harakiri | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 142 | Hawks and the Sparrows | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 143 | Head | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 144 | Heaven and Earth Magic | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 145 | Help! (1965) | Richard Lester | IMDB |
| 146 |
Here We Go round the Mulberry Bush (1968)
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BFI | |
| 147 | High and Low | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 148 | High School | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 149 | House of Usher | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 150 | How the West Was Won (1962) | John Ford | IMDB |
| 151 | I Am Cuba | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 152 | If…. | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 153 | Ikarie XB-1 | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 154 | Inherit the Wind (1960) | Stanley Kramer | IMDB |
| 155 | Ivan’s Childhood | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 156 | Jewel Thief | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 157 | Jigoku | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 158 | Joanna (1968) | BFI | |
| 159 | Juliet of the Spirits (1965) | Federico Fellini | IMDB |
| 160 | Kes (1969) | Ken Loach | IMDB |
| 161 | King of Kings | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 162 | Knife in the Water | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 163 | Kwaidan | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 164 | L’amour fou | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 165 | L’avventura | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 166 | L’Eclisse | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 167 | La Collectionneuse | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 168 | La Jetée | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 169 | La Noire, de… | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 170 | Last Summer | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 171 | Late Autumn | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 172 | Le bonheur | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 173 | Le Mépris | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 174 | Le Samourai | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 175 | Lilies of the Field (1963) | Ralph Nelson | IMDB |
| 176 | Live a Little Love a Little | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 177 | Lonely Boy | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 178 | Lucia | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 179 | Marat/Sade (1967) | List Challenges | |
| 180 | Marketa Lazarova | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 181 | Medium Cool (1969) | List Challenges | |
| 182 | Memories of Underdevelopment | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 183 |
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966)
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BFI | |
| 184 | Mouchette | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 185 | Mughal-e-Azam | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 186 | My Night at Maud’s | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 187 | Nothing But a Man | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 188 | On Her Majesty’s Secret Service | Flick Chart | |
| 189 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) | Clyde Geronimi | IMDB |
| 190 |
One, Two, Three/From Russia With Love
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Movie Mezzanine | |
| 191 | Our Mother’s House | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 192 | Performance (1970) | BFI | |
| 193 | Petulia | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 194 | Pierrot le Fou | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 195 | Playtime | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 196 | Red Desert | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 197 | Romeo and Juliet (1968) | Franco Zeffirelli | IMDB |
| 198 | Sanjuro | Flick Chart | |
| 199 | Scorpio Rising | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 200 | Shakespeare Wallah | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 201 | Shame | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 202 | Ship of Fools (1965) | Stanley Kramer | IMDB |
| 203 | Shoot the Piano Player | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 204 | Splendor in the Grass (1961) | Elia Kazan | IMDB |
| 205 | Stage Sisters | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 206 | Stolen Kisses | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 207 | Take the Money and Run | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 208 | The Absent-Minded Professor | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 209 | The Bellboy | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 210 | The Boxer | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 211 | The Color of Pomegranates | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 212 | The Comedy of Terrors | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 213 | The Entertainer (1960) | Tony Richardson | IMDB |
| 214 | The Exiles | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 215 | The Exterminating Angel | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 216 | The Fortune Cookie (1966) | Billy Wilder | IMDB |
| 217 | The Hawks and the Sparrows | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 218 | The Hill | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 219 |
The Hour of the Furnaces Part I: Neocolonialism and Violence
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Movie Mezzanine | |
| 220 | The House is Black | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 221 | The Housemaid | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 222 | The Knack | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 223 |
The Knack …and How to Get It (1965)
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BFI | |
| 224 | The Last Man on Earth (1964) | Futurism | |
| 225 | The Lion in Winter (1968) | Anthony Harvey | IMDB |
| 226 |
The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner (1962)
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Games Radar | |
| 227 | The Man Show Liberty Valance | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 228 | The Naked Kiss | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 229 | The Odd Couple | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 230 | The Parent Trap | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 231 | The Party | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 232 | The Party’s Over (1965) | BFI | |
| 233 | The Patsy | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 234 | The Pawnbroker | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 235 | The Pink Panther | Ranker | |
| 236 | The Pit and the Pendulum | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 237 | The Pleasure Girls (1965) | BFI | |
| 238 | The Plot Against Harry | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 239 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) | Ronald Neame | IMDB |
| 240 | The Sadist | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 241 | The Saragossa Manuscript | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 242 | The Servant | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 243 | The Shop On Main Street | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 244 | The Sorcerers | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 245 | The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965) | Martin Ritt | IMDB |
| 246 | The Sword of Doom | Flick Chart | |
| 247 | The Time Machine (1960) | Futurism | |
| 248 | The Virgin Spring | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 249 | The Wild Child | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 250 | The World’s Greatest Sinner | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 251 | The Young Girls of Rochefort | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 252 | Three Outlaw Samurai | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 253 | Through a Glass Darkly | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 254 | Thunderball (1965) | Terence Young | IMDB |
| 255 | Titicut Follies | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 256 | Tom Jones | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 257 | Two for the Road | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 258 | Two Stage Sisters | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 259 | Une Femme Mariée | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 260 | v | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 261 | Valentin de las Sierras | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 262 | Viridiana | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 263 | Vivre Sa Vie | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 264 |
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
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Futurism | |
| 265 | Weekend | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 266 | When a Woman Ascends the Stairs | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 267 | Where Eagles Dare | Flick Chart | |
| 268 | Where the Boys Are | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 269 | Who are you, Polly Magoo? | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 270 | Winter Light | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 271 | Witchfinder General | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 272 | Woman in the Dunes | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 273 | Women in Love (1969) | Ken Russell | IMDB |
| 274 | Yo Yo | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 275 | You Only Live Twice | Flick Chart | |
| 276 | Zapruder Film | Movie Mezzanine | |
| 277 | Zorba the Greek (1964) | Michael Cacoyannis | IMDB |
| 278 | Zulu | Flick Chart |
16 Best 1960s Film Sources/Lists
| Source | Article |
| AMC | Blogs – The Top Ten Films of the 1960s |
| Asian 369 | BEST FILMS OF THE 1960’S |
| BFI | 10 great films set in the swinging 60s |
| Film Site | Greatest Films of 1960 |
| Flick Chart | The Best Adventure Movies of the 1960s |
| Futurism | Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies of the 1960s |
| Games Radar | 30 Best ’60s Movies |
| Harpers Bazaar | Best Fashion Movies from the 1960s |
| IMDB | Top 10 Movies 1960-1969 |
| List Challenges | 100 Greatest Movies of the 1960s |
| Movie Mezzanine | History of Film: The Best Movies of the 1960s |
| MSN | 30 movies from the 1960s you have to watch |
| Ranker | Best Movies of the 60s |
| Taste Of Cinema | The 25 Best Horror Movies of The 1960s |
| Thought Co. | The Most Important Movies of the 1960s |
| Watch Mojo | Top 10 Movies of the 1960s |
