Top Movies of 1960s


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

201. The Comancheros

Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Curtiz
Actors: John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Jack Elam, Stuart Whitman, Nehemiah Persoff, Ina Balin
Plot: A Texas Ranger must join forces with a gambler he just arrested in order to infiltrated and bring down a deadly gang known as the Comancheros.

202. The Naked Prey

Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cornel Wilde
Actors: Cornel Wilde, Gert Van den Bergh, Ken Gampu, Patrick Mynhardt, Morrison Gampu, Bella Randles
Plot: After a group of hunters offends a local tribe in South Africa's bush country, the tribesmen torture and kill all but one of the men. They offer the lone survivor a chance to live -- but he'll have to outwit them as they hunt him like an animal.

203. Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Aldrich
Actors: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Cecil Kellaway, Victor Buono
Plot: Bette Davis stars as Charlotte. A woman haunted by her past. Haunted especially by her old boyfriend who was brutally killed 30 years earlier.
It is a classic suspense movie, with murder, blackmail and people being driven insane.

204. Lord of the Flies

Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Peter Brook
Actors: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin, Tom Gaman, Roger Allan
Plot: Based on the book by William Golding: a group of boys are left stranded on an island following a shipwreck. Alone, they must fend for themselves and soon factions develop, one a more civilized society, the other a group of hunters who are primal and savage leading to a bloody showdown.

205. The Italian Job

Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Peter Collinson
Actors: Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Benny Hill, Margaret Blye, Raf Vallone, Tony Beckley
Plot: A man fresh out of prison is more than happy to help his friends with a little "job" - but after they get pinched, he has to take over - with the Mafia breathing down his neck. Nothing a trio of Minis, a bus and a couple of Jaguars can't accomplish.

206. Father Goose

Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ralph Nelson
Actors: Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard, Jack Good, Sharyl Locke, Pip Sparke
Plot: Cary Grant is an almost-alcholic beach bum who monitors Japanese air activity for the Australian navy. Leslie Caron, playing a teacher/governess, is stranded on Grant's island with her seven girl students. Mayhem (comedic and dramatic) ensues as the two figure out a way to get themselves and the girls off the remote island and to safety.

207. The Parent Trap

Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Comedy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: David Swift
Actors: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Cathleen Nesbitt, Charles Ruggles, Una Merkel
Plot: A set of twins who have never met swap places when they meet at summer camp. When their parents find out and try to swap them back, the twins create various schemes to try and get their parents back together.

208. Woman is a Woman, A ( femme est une femme, Une )

Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Actors: Jean-Claude Brialy, Anna Karina, Jean-Paul Belmondo

209. Hombre

Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Martin Ritt
Actors: Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone, Diane Cilento, Margaret Blye, Val Avery
Plot: A white boy, raised by Apaches, goes out into the real world and finds a purpose in defending a stagecoach from an ambush by a gang of thugs.

210. Mutiny on the Bounty

Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lewis Milestone
Actors: Marlon Brando, Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith, Trevor Howard, Richard Haydn, Percy Herbert
Plot: In 1787 The Bounty sets sail for Tahiti and the strict Captain Bligh will do anything to make sure the trip is fast - even at the expense of the crew. After visiting the island paradise and setting sail back, Fletcher Christian lead a mutiny against the hated captain.

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