Top 10 Films of the 1960s

10. Take The Money and Run (Woody Allen, 1969)

09. Harakiri (Masaki Kobayashi, 1962)

08. Le Samourai (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967)

07. High and Low (Akira Kurosawa, 1963)

06. Vivre Sa Vie (Jean-Luc Godard, 1962)

05. Au Hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966)

04. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)

03. 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, 1962)

02. Once Upon a TIme in the West (Sergio Leone, 1968)

01. The Gospel According To Matthew (Pier Paoli Pasolini, 1964)

Honourable Mentions:

The Apartment
Le Bonheur
Cleo From 5 To 7
Playtime
The Producers
Psycho
2001: A Space Oddysey
Army of Shadows
Cleo From 5 To 7
Eyes Without A Face

so far:

Kes
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Harakiri
Yojimbo
Dr Strangelove
Woman in the Dunes
Ivan's Childhood
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
The Guns of Navarone

not sure. feel some need to rewatch, like rublev or persona

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The 60s are really not my decade but I’ll make this confession: I’ve never finished Lawrence of Arabia and I doubt I ever will.

Good decade. I am a much bigger fan of the 70s but 60s were very good as well.

10. Spartacus
9. Planet of the Apes
8. The Lion in Winter
7. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
6. A Man for All Seasons
5. Judgment at Nuremberg
4. Psycho
3. Dr. Strangelove
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
1. Cool Hand Luke

Honorable Mentions: Inherit the Wind, The Great Escape, Lawrence of Arabia, Rosemary's Baby, The Graduate, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Flight of the Phoenix, Midnight Cowboy, Alexis Zorbas, The Manchurian Candidate

I think both the 50s and 70s were stronger movie decades for sure.

I'm looking forward to Lawrence of Arabia because it's a David Lean film and Bridge on the River Kwai is a masterpiece. Maybe Lawrence won't stack up we'll see.

Revised list:

1. Je t'aime, je t'aime (1968) by Alain Resnais




2. Charulata (1964) by Satyajit Ray




3. Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors (1964) by Sergei Parajanov




4. Persona (1966) by Ingmar Bergman




5. I Am Cuba (1964) by Mikhail Kalatozov




6. Pierrot le fou (1965) by Jean-Luc Godard




7. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) by Stanley Kubrick




8. The Battle of Algiers (1966) by Gillo Pontecorvo




9. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) by Sergio Leone




10. Gertrud (1964) by Carl Theodor Dreyer




Honorable Mentions:
Psycho (1960)
The Silence (1963)
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Army of Shadows (1969)
An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
Breathless (1960)

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10.) Pigs and Battleships (1961)
9.) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (1965)
8.) Murder, INC.(1960)
7.) Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
6.) Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
5.) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
4.) Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
3.) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
2.) Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
1.) Blast of Silence (1961)

I know you're a noir fan, you're not big on Point Blank?

My ranking and ratings change on how I'm feeling, but this is how I feel now.

1) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? +
2) 2001: A Space Odyssey
3) Dr. Strangelove
4) Wait Until Dark
5) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly +
6) Psycho +
7) Lawrence of Arabia
8) Kes
9) Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
10) The Graduate
11) The Producers
12) Bonnie and Clyde

Ahhhh, honestly, I forgot about it while making the list. Even though, I would still probably keep it the same - Point Blank (1967) would definitely make a continuation of the list.

Top 10 (not in order)

The Birds
Village of the Damned
Quatermass and the Pit
Chimes at Midnight
Lolita
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
So lange Leben in mir ist
Rosemary's Baby
The Flight of the Phoenix

Damn! I forgot about El Cid. Had to add that to my list.

Hard to believe no else seems to have listed The Hustler? Arguably THE BEST of the 60s. One of the best character study films ever made.

I love your inclusion of War and Peace on your list; I love that movie(s).

For the 1960's, I would go with War and Peace, 2001, The Graduate, Lawrence of Arabia and (although this may be an unpopular choice) Oliver!.

Here is my list

Night of the Iguane John Huston 1964
Dr Strangelove Kubric 1964
The Graduate Nichols 1967
Winter Light Bergman 1963
8 1/2 Fellini 1963
Cool hand luke Rosenburg 1967
Lawrence of Arabia Lean 1962
Midnight Cowboy Schlesinger 1969
A man for All Seasons Zimmerman 1966
Judgment at Nurenburg Kramer 1961