1960
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1. The Apartment (1960)
Approved | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston
Votes: 196,844 | Gross: $18.60M
2. The Alamo (1960)
Passed | 162 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.
Director: John Wayne | Stars: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon
Votes: 17,719 | Gross: $17.26M
3. Elmer Gantry (1960)
Approved | 146 min | Drama
A fast-talking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger
Votes: 12,823 | Gross: $11.34M
4. Sons and Lovers (1960)
Approved | 103 min | Drama
A young man with artistic talent lives in a close-knit coal-mining town and finds himself inhibited by his emotionally manipulative mother.
Director: Jack Cardiff | Stars: Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller, Mary Ure
Votes: 1,772
5. The Sundowners (1960)
Passed | 133 min | Drama, Western
In Australia's Outback during the early twentieth century, the impoverished Carmody family lives a nomadic life out of their wagon, but the mom and son want to settle, while the dad is against it.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns
Votes: 4,833
6. The Virgin Spring (1960)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
In 14th-century Sweden, an innocent yet pampered teenage girl and her family's pregnant and jealous servant set out from their farm to deliver candles to church, but only one returns from events that transpire in the woods along the way.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitta Pettersson
Votes: 31,650 | Gross: $1.53M
7. Kapo (1960)
116 min | Drama, War
A young Jewish girl leads an escape attempt from a concentration camp.
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Susan Strasberg, Laurent Terzieff, Emmanuelle Riva, Didi Perego
Votes: 2,595
8. Macario (1960)
91 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Poor and hungry peasant Macario wishes to have a good meal for All Saint's Day. After his wife cooks him a turkey he has three apparitions: The Devil, God, and the Death.
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Ignacio López Tarso, Pina Pellicer, Enrique Lucero, Mario Alberto Rodríguez
Votes: 4,338
9. The Ninth Circle (1960)
107 min | Drama, Romance, War
In order to save Jewish girl from the Nazis and their colaborators, Croatian family arranges her to be wed to their young son. Young man is displeased with sudden end to his careless youth ... See full summary »
Director: France Stiglic | Stars: Dusica Zegarac, Boris Dvornik, Branko Tatic, Ervina Dragman
Votes: 571
10. The Truth (1960)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama
A liberated small-town girl and the family's black sheep moves to Paris with her sister, only to find herself standing trial for the shocking murder of her young lover. Was his killing premeditated or was this a crime of passion?
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel, Sami Frey
Votes: 4,456
11. The Horse with the Flying Tail (1960)
G | 48 min | Family, Documentary
A palimino cow pony, through a series of owners and adventures becomes a champion mount for one of the US equestrian team.
Director: Larry Lansburgh | Stars: George Fenneman, Nautical the Horse, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Dorian Williams
Votes: 210
13. Giuseppina (1960)
32 min | Short
Oscar® - winning short in which a young girl observes the array of quirky characters who pass her father's rural petrol station.
Director: James Hill | Stars: Antonia Scalari, Giulio Marchetti
Votes: 114
14. Beyond Silence (1960)
16 min | Documentary, Short
This Oscar-nominated film shows Gallaudet University in Washington D.C. near its 100th year as the only school of higher learning for the deaf and extreme hard of hearing.
Director: Edmond Levy | Stars: Leon Auerbach, David Barnett, Carolyn Bateman, Bruce Becker
Votes: 40
15. En by ved navn København (1960)
22 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary short that provides a view of mid-twentieth century Copenhagen, the Danish capital. You will see everyday people, tourist attractions, the waterfront, amusement parks, social institutions and living and forgotten history.
Director: Jørgen Roos | Stars: Clive Bayliss, Bill Caldwell, Osvald Helmuth
Votes: 43
16. George Grosz' Interregnum (1964)
29 min | Documentary, Short
An indelible portrait of Nazi brutality told through the powerful images of George Grosz' drawings.
Directors: Altina Carey, Charles Carey | Star: Lotte Lenya
Votes: 16
17. Universe (1960)
29 min | Documentary, Short
A journey through the universe as it would appear to a space traveler beginning at the David Dunlap Observatory on Earth.
Directors: Roman Kroitor, Colin Low | Stars: Donald MacRae, Douglas Rain
Votes: 373
18. Day of the Painter (1960)
15 min | Short, Comedy
An extremely funny film of abstract-expressionist painting.
Director: Robert P. Davis | Star: Ezra R. Baker
Votes: 42
19. Islands of the Sea (1960)
G | 28 min | Documentary, Short, Family
The viewer witnesses a panorama of animals inhabiting the islands among the least known of the world: Galapagos, Guadalupe, Falkland and Midway.
Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Star: Winston Hibler
Votes: 52
20. A Sport Is Born (1960)
10 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
A thrilling featurette on daredevil skydivers and parachute jumpers.
Director: Richard Winik | Stars: Chris Schenkel, Lewis Sanborn
Votes: 40
21. Munro (1961)
9 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
A four-year-old boy is drafted into the army.
Director: Gene Deitch | Stars: Howard Morris, Seth Deitch, Marie Deitch, Jules Feiffer
Votes: 595
22. Goliath II (1960)
Approved | 15 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Goliath II is a 6-inch-tall elephant (son of the huge Goliath). He's a big disappointment to his father, but mom is proud of Goliath II anyway. Goliath II is constantly getting into trouble... See full summary »
Directors: Wolfgang Reitherman, Clyde Geronimi, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Sterling Holloway, Barbara Jo Allen, Kevin Corcoran, Verna Felton
Votes: 547
23. High Note (1960)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The sheet music for Johann Strauss' "The Blue Danube" is constructed by moving musical symbols. A baton-toting conductor note tries to direct his fellow notes in performing this musical ... See full summary »
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 588
24. Mouse and Garden (1960)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short
Sylvester Cat and his orange feline friend, Sam, are rummaging through trash cans for food in the evening on a waterfront when they spot a mouse. They agree to share the little rodent for ... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Daws Butler
Votes: 593
25. Inherit the Wind (1960)
Passed | 128 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based on a real-life case in 1925; two great lawyers argue the case for, and against, a Tennessee science teacher accused of the crime of teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York
Votes: 32,780
26. Sunrise at Campobello (1960)
Not Rated | 144 min | Biography, Drama
After a bout with polio, future president Franklin D. Roosevelt fights to save his political career.
Director: Vincent J. Donehue | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronyn, Jean Hagen
Votes: 1,509
27. The Facts of Life (1960)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sophisticated comedy with Larry and Kitty leaving their spouses for an interlude together.
Director: Melvin Frank | Stars: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Ruth Hussey, Don DeFore
Votes: 1,736
28. The Grass Is Greener (1960)
Approved | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Victor and Hilary have guided tours in their English mansion. A US oil tycoon "bumps" into Hilary during a tour and charms his way into her heart. Meanwhile, Hattie pursues Victor.
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons
Votes: 5,841 | Gross: $6.00M
29. It Started in Naples (1960)
Approved | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Days before his wedding, a Philadelphia lawyer travels to Naples in Southern Italy to settle the estate of his late brother, only to find that he has an Italian nephew who is being cared for by his maternal aunt, a cabaret singer.
Director: Melville Shavelson | Stars: Clark Gable, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica, Marietto
Votes: 3,150
30. Conspiracy of Hearts (1960)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, War
Catholic nuns risk their lives to help Jewish children in an Italian internment camp escape to Palestine during World War II.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Lilli Palmer, Sylvia Syms, Yvonne Mitchell, Ronald Lewis
Votes: 560
31. Home from the Hill (1960)
Passed | 150 min | Drama, Romance
Dramatic story of the influential Hunnicutt family set in Texas during the late 1950s.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, George Peppard, George Hamilton
Votes: 3,870
32. Wild River (1960)
Approved | 110 min | Drama, History, Romance
A TVA bureaucrat comes to the river to do what none of his predecessors have been able to do - evict a stubborn octogenarian from her island before the rising waters engulf her.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, Jo Van Fleet, Albert Salmi
Votes: 6,183
33. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
Approved | 124 min | Drama
In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Rubin Flood (Robert Preston) loses his job as a travelling salesman when the company goes bankrupt. This adds to his worries at home. His wife Cora (Dorothy ... See full summary »
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Robert Preston, Dorothy McGuire, Eve Arden, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 838
34. The Angry Silence (1960)
TV-14 | 95 min | Drama
A young factory worker decides to stand up against his workmates and fellow union members when they want to hold a wildcat strike.
Director: Guy Green | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, Michael Craig, Bernard Lee
Votes: 1,681
35. La Dolce Vita (1960)
Not Rated | 174 min | Comedy, Drama
A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux
Votes: 78,212 | Gross: $19.52M
36. Two Women (1960)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, War
In WWII Italy, a widow and her lonely daughter seek distance between themselves and the horrors of war.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Raf Vallone, Eleonora Brown
Votes: 12,433
37. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Romance
A rebellious, hard-living factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts, Hylda Baker
Votes: 9,286
38. Serge (1960)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
The mother of a 5 years old Seryozha remarries. This man becomes a friend and a confident, an adult who see Seryozha not as a child, but as a person.
Directors: Georgiy Daneliya, Igor Talankin | Stars: Boris Barkhatov, Sergey Bondarchuk, Irina Skobtseva, Natalya Chechyotkina
Votes: 718
39. Psycho (1960)
R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Votes: 718,329 | Gross: $32.00M
40. Spartacus (1960)
PG-13 | 197 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.
Directors: Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Mann | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton
Votes: 143,218 | Gross: $30.00M
41. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Approved | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Seven gunfighters are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive bandits.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach
Votes: 102,538 | Gross: $4.91M
42. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Not Rated | 179 min | Crime, Drama, Sport
Having recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Claudia Cardinale
Votes: 21,200
43. Mughal-E-Azam (1960)
Not Rated | 197 min | Drama, Romance, War
A 16th century prince falls in love with a court dancer and battles with his emperor father.
Director: K. Asif | Stars: Prithviraj Kapoor, Madhubala, Dilip Kumar, Durga Khote
Votes: 8,826 | Gross: $0.16M
44. Late Autumn (1960)
Not Rated | 128 min | Comedy, Drama
A widow tries to marry off her daughter with the help of her late husband's three friends.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Yôko Tsukasa, Mariko Okada, Keiji Sada
Votes: 6,178
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