Top Movies of 1960


The top movies of 1960 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

21. Cranes are Flying, The ( Letyat zhuravli )

Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov
Actors: Tatyana Samojlova, Aleksey Batalov, Vasili Merkuryev, Aleksandr Shvorin, Svetlana Kharitonova, Konstantin Nikitin

22. House of Usher

Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey, Harry Ellerbe, Eleanor LeFaber, Ruth Oklander
Plot: Roderick Usher's cursed New England bloodline dooms him and his sister, Madeline, to madness and debauchery. When Philip Winthrop arrives at the grim Usher mansion with plans of marrying Madeline, Roderick attempts to dissuade him with the tales of the Usher curse.

23. The Bellboy

Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jerry Lewis
Actors: Jerry Lewis, Alex Gerry, Bob Clayton, Bill Richmond, Sonnie Sands, Eddie Shaeffer

24. Never on Sunday ( Pote tin Kyriaki )

Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Greek
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jules Dassin
Actors: Melina Mercouri, Jules Dassin, Giorgos Foundas, Titos Vandis, Mitsos Ligizos, Despo Diamantidou
Plot: Homer Thrace, a Connecticut amateur philosopher, arrives in Greece to try to understand how the city fell from ancient greatness. He decides that popular (and independent) local prostitute Illia represents everything wrong with modern Greece and sets about "saving" the poor lass. Local vice boss Mr. No Face is happy to fund the project, as he views Illia as a bad influence on the other prostitutes in the city.

25. Jazz on a Summer's Day

Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Aram Avakian, Bert Stern
Actors: Jimmy Giuffre, Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong, Chuck Berry, Henry Grimes, Sonny Stitt
Plot: Bert Stern shot this documentary of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. Among the performers featured in luminous, crowd-pleasing performances under open skies are Thelonious Monk, Anita O'Day, and Mahalia Jackson. It's a treat for jazz lovers.

26. Skeleton of Mrs. Morales, The ( esqueleto de la señora Morales, El )

Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rogelio A. González
Actors: Arturo de Córdova, Amparo Rivelles, Elda Peralta, Guillermo Orea, Rosenda Monteros, Luis Aragón

27. General della Rovere ( generale della Rovere, Il )

Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Actors: Vittorio De Sica, Hannes Messemer, Vittorio Caprioli, Giuseppe Rosetti, Mary Greco, Herbert Fischer
Plot: When Victorio Bardone, a con man, is arrested by the Gestapo they have a sinister plan in mind: they make him impersonate a partisan leader in order to bring down part of the resistance.

28. North to Alaska

Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry Hathaway
Actors: John Wayne, Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian, Capucine, Mickey Shaughnessy

29. The Alamo

Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Wayne
Actors: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon, Ken Curtis, Patrick Wayne

30. Peter Pan

Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Finnish
Genre: Comedy/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Vincent J. Donehue
Actors: Mary Martin, Cyril Ritchard, Lynn Fontanne, Maureen Bailey, Margalo Gillmore, Sondra Lee
Plot: The live-action, musical version of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan starring Mary Martin.

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