The 1960s were a great period for film. Some of the best and most memorable movies in film history were made during this time. The '60s saw the overlap of many of the iconic film directors and stars from Hollywood's Golden Age along with some of the young upstarts who came to define the next generation of stars and powerbrokers.
The best movies of the '60s spanned many genres as well. Thrillers like Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and John Frankenheimer's The Manchurian Candidate are considered classics as is Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus, Dr. Strangelove, and 2001: A Space Odyssey. There were also musicals that were adopted to the big screen like West Side Story. If you are a fan of westerns, there plenty of great films in the genre made in the '60s. These tough guy movies, like The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, introduced Clint Eastwood to the mainstream while Paul Newman and Robert Redford captured the hearts of audiences in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Movies like Midnight Cowboy and Easy Rider were gritty films that introduced Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson to the world. Hoffman was nominated for his role in The Graduate during the same decade. These films, which wouldn't even get made now, were actually popular movies of the 1960s.
The 1960s were a special period in film history and these are the decade's best movies. Vote for the movies you think are the best of the '60s and should be recognized as the best of the decade.- 11,178478
Psycho
1960Actors: Alfred Hitchcock, Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Martin Balsam
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
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Actors: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Charlie Condou, Gemma Jones, Jodie Whittaker
Directed by: Sergio Leone, Vicente Amorim
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a 1966 Italian epic Spaghetti Western film directed by... more on Wikipedia - 3697261
Actors: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Cloris Leachman, Sam Elliott, Katharine Ross
Directed by: George Roy Hill
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The Great Escape
1963Actors: Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, James Garner, Charles Bronson, James Coburn
Directed by: John Sturges
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Mary Poppins
1964Actors: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Elsa Lanchester, Paul Frees, Ed Wynn
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
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The Dirty Dozen
1967Actors: Jim Brown, Donald Sutherland, Charles Bronson, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
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Actors: Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Eli Wallach, Yul Brynner
Directed by: John Sturges
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Actors: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volonté, Aldo Sambrell, Mario Brega, Benito Stefanelli
Directed by: Sergio Leone
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My Fair Lady
1964Actors: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Jeremy Brett, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Theodore Bikel
Directed by: George Cukor
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Goldfinger
1964Actors: Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Garry Marshall, Shirley Eaton, Lois Maxwell
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
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Actors: James Earl Jones, Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
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Actors: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Sergio Leone, Klaus Kinski, Gian Maria Volonté
Directed by: Sergio Leone
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The Odd Couple
1968Actors: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Herb Edelman, John Fiedler, Iris Adrian
Directed by: Gene Saks
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Actors: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Lee Grant, Warren Oates, William Schallert
Directed by: Norman Jewison
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Dr. No
1962Actors: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Jack Lord, Martine Beswick, Lois Maxwell
Directed by: Terence Young
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Actors: Mickey Rooney, Spencer Tracy, Buster Keaton, Milton Berle, Don Knotts
Directed by: Stanley Kramer
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a 1963 American epic comedy film produced and directed by... more on Wikipedia - 17445224
Actors: Frank Sinatra, Angela Lansbury, Janet Leigh, Laurence Harvey, Henry Silva
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
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Midnight Cowboy
1969Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Bob Balaban, M. Emmet Walsh, Brenda Vaccaro
Directed by: John Schlesinger
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True Grit
1969Actors: John Wayne, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Wilford Brimley, Strother Martin
Directed by: Henry Hathaway
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Actors: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Phil Collins, Ringo Starr
Directed by: Richard Lester
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Rosemary's Baby
1968Actors: Mia Farrow, Tony Curtis, John Cassavetes, Charles Grodin, Ruth Gordon
Directed by: Roman Polanski
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The Hustler
1961Actors: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, George C. Scott, Piper Laurie, Murray Hamilton
Directed by: Robert Rossen
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Easy Rider
2012Actors: Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper, Bridget Fonda, Peter Fonda, Phil Spector
Directed by: Dennis Hopper, Dustin Rikert
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Actors: Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy, Isabel Sanford, Beah Richards
Directed by: Stanley Kramer
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a 1967 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by... more on Wikipedia - 25446218
Actors: Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Charles Bronson, Jason Robards Jr., Keenan Wynn
Directed by: Sergio Leone
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