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Best movies of the 1960s

The 1960s: all 495 films TOPICAL scores from these years, best first. The top three are Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Apartment (1960), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). The last column is each film's rank among all 6,624 films.

RankFilmYearScoreAll-time rank
1Lawrence of Arabia196297.78
2The Apartment196094.832
3Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb196494.238
4Psycho196093.547
5The Graduate196791.280
6Spartacus196091.182
7Once Upon a Time in the West196890.298
8To Kill a Mockingbird196289.7108
92001: A Space Odyssey196889.5111
10My Fair Lady196489.1118
118½196388.9122
12Rosemary's Baby196888.8124
13The Good, the Bad and the Ugly196688.0142
14La Dolce Vita196087.9143
15Midnight Cowboy196987.8145
16The Sound of Music196587.8146
17Bonnie and Clyde196787.6149
18Mary Poppins196487.5153
19The Leopard196387.3157
20The Battle of Algiers196686.2182
21Cool Hand Luke196785.8191
22In the Heat of the Night196785.5198
23West Side Story196185.2206
24The Hustler196184.9213
25Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid196984.7219
26The Wild Bunch196984.3229
27Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?196684.0237
28The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance196282.6278
29Guess Who's Coming to Dinner196781.8301
30Judgment at Nuremberg196181.7303
31Doctor Zhivago196581.7304
32What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?196281.5310
33Breakfast at Tiffany's196181.0325
34Breathless196080.2349
35The Longest Day196279.5371
36The Birds196379.4374
37The Manchurian Candidate196278.4410
38Planet of the Apes196878.2417
39Viridiana196177.2453
40Persona196677.1454
41Ivan's Childhood196277.0457
42Night of the Living Dead196876.9463
43Harakiri196276.2487
44Yojimbo196176.0497
45Charade196375.8504
46The Producers196775.5514
47The Lion in Winter196875.2525
48Funny Girl196875.0534
49Woman in the Dunes196474.5554
50The Miracle Worker196274.3562
51Z196974.3563
52The Great Escape196374.2566
53Goldfinger196474.0574
54The Umbrellas of Cherbourg196474.0575
55A Fistful of Dollars196473.8583
56High and Low196373.4597
57Easy Rider196973.3602
58Hud196373.2605
59How the West Was Won196272.8620
60War and Peace196572.2646
61A Man for All Seasons196671.9660
62Belle de Jour196771.8666
63For a Few Dollars More196571.7668
64Divorce Italian Style196171.6671
65The Guns of Navarone196171.4683
66La Notte196171.2688
67The Magnificent Seven196070.2734
68Blow-Up196669.3774
69Lilies of the Field196369.0787
70One Hundred and One Dalmatians196168.9791
71Through a Glass Darkly196168.8799
72Days of Wine and Roses196268.2824
73They Shoot Horses, Don't They?196968.2827
74Rocco and His Brothers196067.7852
75The Virgin Spring196067.0884
76In Cold Blood196766.9890
77Oliver!196866.7896
78The Dirty Dozen196766.7900
79Two Women196066.3918
80Andrei Rublev196666.0932
81Repulsion196565.9939
82Marriage Italian Style196465.9940
83Lolita196265.8945
84Bullitt196865.4962
85A Hard Day's Night196465.3967
86Red Desert196465.3969
87Vivre Sa Vie196265.0985
88Au Hasard Balthazar196664.31,019
89PlayTime196764.21,022
90Last Year at Marienbad196163.81,046
91The Shop on Main Street196563.61,054
92Jules and Jim196263.31,074
93Dr. No196262.81,096
94Zorba the Greek196462.71,104
95A Man and a Woman196662.61,111
96True Grit196962.41,121
97if....196862.01,139
98Inherit the Wind196061.81,151
99Army of Shadows196961.31,181
100The Children's Hour196161.21,188
101Becket196461.01,194
102Le Samouraï196761.01,199
103Alphaville196560.91,203
104Eyes Without a Face196060.81,210
105The Gospel According to St. Matthew196460.71,211
106Elmer Gantry196060.61,219
107The Odd Couple196859.81,266
108Sanjuro196259.71,272
109From Russia with Love196359.01,312
110The Train196458.81,320
111Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte196458.81,324
112The Young Girls of Rochefort196758.71,327
113Birdman of Alcatraz196258.71,328
114Tom Jones196358.61,336
115The Exterminating Angel196258.51,338
116Red Beard196558.21,359
117Wait Until Dark196757.91,374
118Irma la Douce196357.91,378
119Romeo and Juliet196857.81,380
120Peeping Tom196057.51,399
121Grand Prix196657.41,403
122Closely Watched Trains196657.31,408
123The Music Man196257.31,413
124The Professionals196656.41,468
125The Fortune Cookie196656.31,469
126Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow196356.21,480
127Cleopatra196356.01,491
128Faces196855.91,496
129The Pink Panther196355.61,515
130Cape Fear196255.51,520
131How to Steal a Million196655.01,550
132My Night at Maud's196955.01,553
133The Jungle Book196755.01,555
134Barefoot in the Park196754.81,567
135One, Two, Three196154.51,585
136Seven Days in May196454.41,589
137Purple Noon196054.31,595
138Splendor in the Grass196154.21,600
139Macario196053.91,622
140Cléo from 5 to 7196253.81,629
141Alfie196653.51,648
142Stolen Kisses196853.31,657
143A Patch of Blue196553.21,665
144The Sand Pebbles196652.71,698
145Kwaidan196452.51,710
146Mutiny on the Bounty196251.81,761
147The Diamond Arm196951.61,772
148Fail Safe196451.51,775
149L'Avventura196051.41,788
150El Dorado196651.31,790
151America America196351.31,791
152Yellow Submarine196851.01,810
153The Flight of the Phoenix196550.71,830
154Seconds196650.51,844
155The Great Race196550.41,852
156Cactus Flower196950.31,861
157The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!196650.11,874
158Ship of Fools196550.11,875
159The Misfits196150.01,879
160Gambit196649.91,885
161Cat Ballou196549.71,902
162The Sword in the Stone196349.71,903
163Darling196549.51,914
164The Pawnbroker196449.31,926
165Thunderball196549.21,932
166Knife in the Water196248.91,957
167Pierrot le Fou196548.81,961
168Topkapi196448.71,972
169Wild River196048.22,005
170Point Blank196748.02,019
171Accattone196148.02,021
172Two for the Road196747.52,057
173L'Eclisse196247.42,060
174The Firemen's Ball196747.12,080
175The Collector196547.12,084
176The Given Word196246.82,105
177Hour of the Wolf196846.52,126
178Mughal-e-Azam196046.32,137
179Winter Light196346.32,138
180Father Goose196446.32,143
181Fantastic Voyage196646.12,156
182The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie196945.72,182
183The Sundowners196045.52,195
184Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!196645.42,208
185It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World196345.12,224
186Contempt196344.92,239
187The Fall of the Roman Empire196444.72,255
188The Night of the Iguana196444.72,257
189Hello, Dolly!196944.52,271
190The Servant196344.12,303
191The Italian Job196944.02,309
192The Subject Was Roses196843.92,316
193Women in Love196943.82,321
194This Sporting Life196343.72,329
195Loves of a Blonde196543.72,334
196The Alamo196043.62,336
197Where Eagles Dare196843.62,342
198Django196643.52,347
199Billy Budd196243.02,381
200A Raisin in the Sun196143.02,385
201The Time Machine196042.92,395
202That Man from Rio196441.72,487
203El Cid196141.62,489
204The Taming of the Shrew196741.62,494
205Marnie196440.72,562
206Anne of the Thousand Days196940.62,573
207Shock Corridor196340.52,576
208The Color of Pomegranates196940.52,579
209The Spy Who Came In from the Cold196540.32,593
210Fanny196140.32,594
211Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back196740.22,599
212One-Eyed Jacks196140.12,609
213Jason and the Argonauts196340.12,611
214Khartoum196640.02,619
215The Sorrow and the Pity196939.72,642
216Born Free196639.62,649
217Thoroughly Modern Millie196739.52,657
218A Thousand Clowns196539.52,660
219The Damned196939.32,672
220A Shot in the Dark196439.32,673
221Fahrenheit 451196639.12,686
222Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors196439.12,691
223The Silence196339.02,696
224Ride the High Country196238.82,715
225Juliet of the Spirits196538.72,719
226The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter196838.62,732
227Rachel, Rachel196838.42,742
228The Agony and the Ecstasy196538.22,762
229Hawaii196638.12,774
230You Only Live Twice196737.92,789
231The Saragossa Manuscript196537.92,790
232Sons and Lovers196037.72,802
233The Organizer196337.32,837
234The Swimming Pool196936.92,865
235The Secret of Santa Vittoria196936.72,882
236The Truth196036.02,940
237Othello196536.02,946
238Satyricon196935.72,966
239Exodus196035.52,985
240Take the Money and Run196935.23,014
241Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice196935.13,018
242A Woman Is a Woman196134.93,033
243The Americanization of Emily196434.93,035
244Georgy Girl196634.73,056
245Is Paris Burning?196634.53,070
246Far from the Madding Crowd196734.23,097
247Long Day's Journey Into Night196234.13,106
248The Nutty Professor196333.93,118
249Sunrise at Campobello196033.93,123
250House of Usher196033.83,131
251The Parent Trap196133.23,183
252Sweet Bird of Youth196233.13,191
253The Pumpkin Eater196433.03,197
254The Best Man196432.83,215
255The Four Days of Naples196232.73,223
256Never on Sunday196032.63,232
257The Thomas Crown Affair196832.43,251
258Camelot196731.83,308
259Bye Bye Birdie196331.43,336
260On Her Majesty's Secret Service196931.13,369
261Battle of Britain196930.93,382
262The Endless Summer196630.73,398
263Love with the Proper Stranger196330.53,417
264The Cardinal196330.53,423
265BUtterfield 8196029.63,503
266Torn Curtain196629.43,516
267Theorem196829.03,558
268Morituri196528.93,562
269Sweet Charity196928.83,570
270Battle of the Bulge196528.73,582
271Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes196528.43,606
272Help!196528.43,614
273Seance on a Wet Afternoon196428.33,619
274Captain Newman, M.D.196328.03,643
275The Shoes of the Fisherman196828.03,644
276Can-Can196027.93,652
277Goodbye, Mr. Chips196927.83,664
278The White Sun of the Desert196927.83,667
279Medium Cool196927.73,675
280Pocketful of Miracles196127.73,677
281Hatari!196227.63,681
282Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures196527.53,689
283Sundays and Cybele196227.43,702
284I Even Met Happy Gypsies196727.43,706
285A Boy Named Charlie Brown196927.33,708
286Shenandoah196526.83,758
287Flower Drum Song196126.53,790
288Kidnapping, Caucasian Style196726.13,819
289The Unsinkable Molly Brown196426.03,837
290Star!196825.83,855
291Charly196825.73,857
292Song Without End196025.73,864
293The Absent-Minded Professor196125.43,890
294Arabesque196625.23,906
295Lover Come Back196125.03,923
296The War Is Over196624.93,935
297Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez196424.83,949
298The Fearless Vampire Killers196724.83,950
29955 Days at Peking196324.73,951
300One Potato, Two Potato196424.53,972
301That Touch of Mink196224.43,980
302Fantomas196424.43,987
303Pharaoh196624.14,012
304Freud: The Secret Passion196224.04,021
305Doctor Dolittle196723.94,032
306The L-Shaped Room196223.64,066
307Ulysses196723.54,068
308David Holzman's Diary196723.34,086
309Topaz196923.24,096
310A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum196623.14,108
311The Greatest Story Ever Told196523.14,111
312The Battle of Neretva196923.14,112
313Cheyenne Autumn196423.04,118
314Batman196622.64,155
315Adalen 31196922.54,171
316Chelsea Girls196522.24,198
317The Chalk Garden196422.04,213
318The Cool World196322.04,216
319Paris Blues196122.04,218
320Live for Life196722.04,219
321The Night of the Generals196721.94,229
322The Sterile Cuckoo196921.84,236
323Portrait of Jason196721.64,253
324The Reivers196921.64,260
325Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One196821.54,262
326Marooned196921.34,287
327David and Lisa196221.24,294
328Gypsy196221.14,308
329The Girl with a Pistol196821.04,315
330World Without Sun196421.04,318
331The Naked Prey196620.94,322
332The Slender Thread196520.74,347
333Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment196620.64,352
334Electra196220.24,398
335The Whisperers196720.14,403
336Midnight Lace196020.04,414
337The Brothers Karamazov196919.94,423
338The Boys of Paul Street196919.94,427
339Barbarella196819.74,445
340Boccaccio '70196219.54,464
341The Entertainer196019.34,485
342Tunes of Glory196019.14,503
343In Harm's Way196519.04,516
344The Visit196419.04,520
345Fantomas Unleashed196518.94,527
346Summer and Smoke196118.74,543
347Placido196118.74,548
348Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard196718.64,555
349Ice Station Zebra196818.54,563
350What a Way to Go!196418.14,609
351Casanova '70196517.94,625
352One Million Years B.C.196617.74,646
353The Anderson Platoon196717.74,654
354The Eleanor Roosevelt Story196517.64,657
355Goodbye, Columbus196917.54,669
356The Fixer196817.54,671
357The Important Man196217.44,682
358Taras Bulba196217.24,704
359Let's Make Love196017.14,708
360Salesman196917.14,709
361The Bible: In the Beginning...196617.14,711
362A Countess from Hong Kong196717.14,714
363The Angry Silence196017.04,722
364The Fox196716.84,744
365Pepe196016.84,746
366Mackenna's Gold196916.54,772
367Monterey Pop196816.44,788
368The Learning Tree196916.34,795
369Last Summer196916.34,796
370Wild in the Streets196816.24,803
371Ocean's Eleven196015.84,848
372A Majority of One196115.74,853
373King Kong vs. Godzilla196215.74,859
374The Ninth Circle196015.54,874
375Divorce American Style196715.54,879
376Cimarron196015.24,912
3777 Faces of Dr. Lao196415.14,921
378King Rat196514.94,940
379The 300 Spartans196214.94,945
380Empire196514.54,986
381Paint Your Wagon196914.35,005
382Sallah196414.25,011
383Raven's End196314.15,023
384Hot Millions196814.15,028
385My Geisha196213.95,042
386Sky Above and Mud Beneath196013.85,056
387Inside Daisy Clover196513.75,064
388You're a Big Boy Now196613.45,096
389The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm196213.35,110
390Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler196213.15,132
391Nothing But a Man196413.15,135
392Three196513.05,140
393The Facts of Life196012.95,155
394What's New Pussycat?196512.95,156
395The Horse with the Flying Tail196012.95,159
396Bells Are Ringing196012.85,165
397Festival196712.85,168
398The Dark at the Top of the Stairs196012.75,180
399The Red Lanterns196312.55,197
400Seven Thieves196011.75,284
401The Mark196111.75,286
402A Time for Burning196711.75,287
403Come Blow Your Horn196311.55,311
404Arthur Rubinstein: The Love of Life196911.45,320
405Robin and the 7 Hoods196411.35,327
406Los Tarantos196311.25,336
407Tobruk196711.05,358
408The V.I.P.s196310.75,389
409Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World196310.55,410
410Finian's Rainbow196810.45,421
411Murder, Inc.196010.35,433
412Period of Adjustment196210.35,435
413Immortal Love196110.25,443
414Putney Swope196910.25,453
415High School19689.95,476
416Journey Into Self19689.95,486
417Two for the Seesaw19629.85,487
418Valley of the Dolls19679.75,506
419Twin Sisters of Kyoto19639.75,507
420The Happiest Millionaire19679.65,516
421Blood on the Land19669.55,524
422Gaily, Gaily19699.45,536
423The T.A.M.I. Show19649.45,537
424Harry and the Butler19619.35,543
425To Die in Madrid19639.35,550
426Dear John19649.25,554
427It Started in Naples19609.25,560
428The Caretakers19639.15,571
429Dead Birds19638.75,610
430Billy Rose's Jumbo19628.75,617
431Twilight of Honor19638.55,634
432In the Year of the Pig19688.55,640
433Primary19608.55,641
434The Last Voyage19608.35,658
435The Balcony19638.35,659
436Mister Buddwing19668.25,669
437Bewitched Love19678.25,670
438Bon Voyage!19628.05,692
439The Pigeon That Took Rome19627.55,744
440Casino Royale19677.35,769
441Beach Red19677.05,805
442Tlayucan19626.95,812
443The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone19616.95,817
444The Happy Ending19696.95,823
445The Mandrake19656.85,828
446Visit to a Small Planet19606.75,837
447The Singing Nun19666.35,882
448Young Americans19676.35,888
449Phaedra19626.15,905
450Back Street19616.05,925
451Everyman19635.95,937
452Fate Is the Hunter19645.85,938
453The Stripper19635.75,954
454The Exiles19615.75,957
455A King's Story19655.55,982
456The Finest Hours19645.45,992
457The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond19605.06,034
458Toys in the Attic19634.96,051
459Portrait of Chieko19674.86,058
460Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son19694.76,075
461A New Kind of Love19634.66,081
462The Pleasure Seekers19644.46,106
463Babes in Toyland19614.36,119
464Return of the Seven19664.26,124
465A House Is Not a Home19643.96,157
466Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment19633.96,159
467Point of Order!19643.86,173
468The Grand Olympics19613.66,195
469The Olympics in Mexico19693.56,206
470Wives and Lovers19633.46,218
471Gigot19623.46,223
472Four Days In November19643.46,227
473Let My People Go: The Story of Israel19652.76,302
474Alvorada: Brazil's Changing Face19622.56,325
475The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles19652.36,352
476Krakatoa, East of Java19682.16,372
477Claudelle Inglish19612.06,391
478The Face of Genius19661.96,394
479The Oscar19661.76,419
480A Rage to Live19651.66,430
481The Wolf Men19691.56,449
482Kisses for My President19641.36,471
483Over There, 1914-1819631.26,478
484Helicopter Canada19661.26,485
485Harvest19671.16,495
486The Link and the Chain19631.06,505
487Legendary Champions19680.86,533
488The Yanks Are Coming19630.76,538
489Navajo Film Themselves (Through Navajo Eyes)19660.66,549
490Castro Street (The Coming of Consciousness)19660.66,550
491Evergreen19650.66,552
492The Forth Road Bridge19650.56,567
493The Forbidden Volcano19660.56,569
494Rebel in Paradise19600.46,574
495Stop the World — I Want to Get Off19660.26,598