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.

21. Harakiri ( Seppuku )

Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita, Tetsurô Tanba, Masao Mishima, Ichirô Nakatani
Plot: 17th-century Japan has entered a peaceful period - but it has also put thousands of Samurai out of work and into poverty. An elderly Samurai, looking to die an honorable death, approaches the home of a feudal lord to commit the ritual suicide hara-kiri. But when he hears the tale of his son-in-law - forced to commit the act in a barbaric fashion using a dull bamboo blade - instead of death, he seeks revenge.

22. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Ford
Actors: James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien, Andy Devine
Plot: Told from the perspective of an elective senator, he tells of a time when he murders a terrible unlawful gunman, which made him famous.

23. Persona ( Kinematografi )

Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand
Plot: A nurse is in charge of a woman who can not talk as she begins to delve into confusion about the women who can not talk and herself.

24. 8 1/2

Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Federico Fellini
Actors: Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Marcello Mastroianni, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele
Plot: A movie director, who become delusional, engulfs him self back to the old times - in his old movies and films - while living completely out of reality.

25. Spartacus

Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Nina Foch, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, John Gavin
Plot: A slave by the name of Spartacus is trained like a gladiator only to escape to lead a revolt against the Romans.

26. The Wild Bunch

Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Actors: William Holden, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine, Ben Johnson, Warren Oates, Edmond O'Brien
Plot: A group of old gunfighters are looking for the last score before they retire in the old west.

27. The Birds

Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Suzanne Pleshette ., Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Veronica Cartwright, Tippi Hedren, Malcolm Atterbury
Plot: A slew of birds begin attacking a small town where a girl chases down a guy see likes.

28. Goldfinger

Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Guy Hamilton
Actors: Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Gert Fröbe, Shirley Eaton, Harold Sakata, Lois Maxwell
Plot: After finding someone is stockpiling gold, James Bond is sent on the trail of Auric Goldfinger. He soon uncovers a plot "Operation Grand Slam" for Goldfinger to rob Fort Knox and throw the world's economy into turmoil.

29. Breakfast at Tiffany's

Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Blake Edwards
Actors: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, Mickey Rooney
Plot: When a struggling writer moves into a New York apartment building, he becomes captivated by Holly Golightly. Her public persona as a sophisticated socialite is belied by her private life as a vulnerable woman.

30. In the Heat of the Night

Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Norman Jewison
Actors: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Larry Gates, James Patterson
Plot: A black man is sent to investigate a murder in a racist southern state, where is met with racism, bigotry, and scrutiny.

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