Top Ranked Films by Year: the 60s

The top-ranked films of the 60's on all internet polls combined
[2011 Edition, updated through 2011 polls]
© William L. Sinclair

This continues our series of top-ranked films by year, based on the Top Ranked 1000 Films on the Net that we compiled. This decade has the most ranked films so far, passing the 50's by about 20 films.

Total Ranked Films in the 60's: 127 (down from 155)

- [ 1960 ] -
1. Psycho #14 - Hitchcock, Alfred (photo rt)
2. La Dolce Vita - Fellini, Federico #74
3. Apartment, The #82 - Wilder, Billy
4. L'Avventura - Antonioni, Michelangelo #183
5. Peeping Tom - Powell, Michael #358
6. Spartacus - Kubrick, Stanley #387
7. Shoot the Piano Player - Truffaut, François #425
8. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning - Reisz, Karel #637
9. Cloud-Capped Star, The - Ghatak, Ritwik #770
10. Virgin Spring, The - Bergman, Ingmar #882
[Gone: The Magnificent Seven, Le Trou]
Best Picture: The Apartment

- [ 1961 ] -
1. Jules et Jim - Truffaut, François #73
2. Yojimbo - Kurosawa, Akira #163
3. Hustler, The - Rossen, Robert #207
4. Last Year at Marienbad - Resnais, Alain #213
5. Viridiana - Buñuel, Luis #231
6. West Side Story - Wise, Robert/Jerome Robbins #328
7. La Notte - Antonioni, Michelangelo #355
8. Breakfast at Tiffany's - Edwards, Blake #462
9. Lola - Demy, Jacques #538
10. Salvatore Giuliano - Rosi, Francesco #644
11. Accattone - Pasolini, Pier Paolo #693
12. Through a Glass Darkly - Bergman, Ingmar #740
13. Judgment at Nuremberg - Kramer, Stanley #887
14. Innocents, The - Clayton, Jack #971
[Gone: Splendor in the Grass, The Misfits, The Innocents, Une Femme est une femme]
Best Picture: West Side Story

- [ 1962 ] -
1. Lawrence of Arabia #24 - Lean, David (photo rt)
2. Manchurian Candidate, The - Frankenheimer, John #81
3. Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The - Ford, John #107
4. To Kill a Mockingbird - Mulligan, Robert #130
5. L'Eclisse - Antonioni, Michelangelo #284
6. Exterminating Angel, The - Buñuel, Luis #363
7. Lolita - Kubrick, Stanley #473
8. Winter Light - Bergman, Ingmar #510
9. Ivan's Childhood - Tarkovsky, Andrei #577
10. Cleo from 5 to 7 - Varda, Agnès #597
11. Autumn Afternoon, An - Ozu, Yasujiro #765
12. Mafioso - Lattuada, Alberto #810
13. Harakiri - Kobayashi, Masaki #865
[Gone: Ride the High Country, Hatari! The 47 Ronin]
Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia

- [ 1963 ] -
1. 8½ - Fellini, Federico #40
2. Contempt - Godard, Jean-Luc #89
3. Leopard, The - Visconti, Luchino #151
4. Birds, The - Hitchcock, Alfred #280
5. Great Escape, The - Sturges, John #351
6. Sans soleil - Marker, Chris #442
7. High and Low - Kurosawa, Akira #447
8. Silence, The - Bergman, Ingmar #552
9. El Verdugo - Berlanga, Luis García #646
10. Servant, The - Losey, Joseph #728
11. Tom Jones - Richardson, Tony #757
12. An Actor's Revenge - Ichikawa, Kon #784
13. Muriel ou Le Temps d'un Retour - Resnais, Alain #815
[Gone: Vivre sa vie, El Verdugo, Barren Lives, America America, Flaming Creatures]
Best Picture: Tom Jones

- [ 1964 ] -
1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb #18 - Kubrick, Stanley
2. Gospel According to St. Matthew, The #176 - Pasolini, Pier Paolo (photo rt)
3. Hard Day's Night, A - Lester, Richard #181
4. Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The - Demy, Jacques #187
5. Rocco and His Brothers - Visconti, Luchino #223
6. Band of Outsiders (Bande à part,1964) Godard, Jean-Luc #265
7. Gertrud - Dreyer, Carl #395
8. Red Desert - Antonioni, Michelangelo #405
9. My Fair Lady - Cukor, George #584
10. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors - Parajanov, Sergei #590
11. Woman in the Dunes - Teshigahara, Hiroshi #635
12. Marnie - Hitchcock, Alfred #679
13. Black God, White Devil - Rocha, Glauber #692
14. Charulata - Ray, Satyajit #695
15. I Am Cuba - Kalatozov, Mikheil #703
16. Goldfinger - Hamilton, Guy #929
Best Picture: My Fair Lady

- [ 1965 ] -
1. Pierrot le fou - Godard, Jean-Luc #124
2. Repulsion - Polanski, Roman #139
3. Juliet of the Spirits - Fellini, Federico #476
4. Sound of Music, The - Wise, Robert #486
5. Doctor Zhivago - Lean, David #497
6. For a Few Dollars More - Leone, Sergio #506
7. Alphaville - Godard, Jean-Luc #543
8. Loves of a Blonde - Forman, Milos #700
9. Red Beard - Kurosawa, Akira #961
[Gone: Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Not Reconciled, Art of Vision, Of a Thousand Delights]
Best Picture: Sound of Music, The

- [ 1966 ] -
1. Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, The #36 - Leone, Sergio
2. Au Hasard Balthazar #50 - Bresson, Robert
3. Battle of Algiers, The #60 - Pontecorvo, Gillo (photo rt)
4. Persona - Bergman, Ingmar #86
5. Masculine-Feminine - Godard, Jean-Luc #126
6. Blow-Up - Antonioni, Michelangelo #210
7. Andrei Rublev - Tarkovsky, Andrei #238
8. Two or Three Things I Know About Her - Godard, Jean-Luc #339
9. Rise to Power of Louis XIV, The - Rossellini, Roberto #396
10. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Nichols, Mike #403
11. Mouchette - Bresson, Robert #494
12. Closely Watched Trains - Menzel, Jirí #509
13. Chimes at Midnight - Welles, Orson #537
14. Daisies - Chytilová, Vera #811
15. Man for All Seasons, A - Zinnemann, Fred #973
[Gone: Mouchette, A Man for All Seasons, Daisies, The Round-Up, Seven Women, El Dorado]
Best Picture: A Man for All Seasons

 - [ 1967 ] -
1. Graduate, The #84 - Nichols, Mike (photo rt)
2. Bonnie and Clyde - Penn, Arthur #137
3. Playtime - Tati, Jacques #211
4. Belle de jour - Buñuel, Luis #219
5. Le Samouraï - Melville, Jean-Pierre #297
6. Week-End - Godard, Jean-Luc #302
7. Cool Hand Luke - Rosenberg, Stuart #375
8. Wavelength - Snow, Michael #382
9. Point Blank - Boorman, John #549
10. Don't Look Back - Pennebaker, D.A. #714
11. Chelsea Girls - Warhol, Andy #735
12. In Cold Blood - Brooks, Richard #780
13. Young Girls of Rochefort, The - Demy, Jacques #804
14. Terra em Transe - Rocha, Glauber #807
15. In the Heat of the Night - Jewison, Norman #812
[Gone: The Firemen's Ball, Branded to Kill, La Collectionneuse]
Best Picture: In the Heat of the Night

- [ 1968 ] -
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Kubrick, Stanley  #4 (photo top)
2. Once Upon a Time in the West - Leone, Sergio #52
3. Rosemary's Baby - Polanski, Roman #164
4. Night of the Living Dead - Romero, George A. #266
5. Producers, The - Brooks, Mel #272
6. Faces - Cassavetes, John #432
7. If… - Anderson, Lindsay #521
8. Colour of Pomegranate, The (Sayat Nova,1968) Parajanov, Sergei #574
9. Teorema - Pasolini, Pier Paolo #678
10. Memories of Underdevelopment - Alea, Tomás Gutiérrez #745
11. Funny Girl - Wyler, William #767
12. Party, The - Edwards, Blake #913
13. Hour of the Furnaces, The - Getino, Octavio & Fernando E. Solanas #980
[Gone: The Party, Salesman, The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, Shame (Skammen)]
Best Picture: Oliver!

- [ 1969 ] -
1. Wild Bunch, The - Peckinpah, Sam #117
2. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Hill, George Roy #173
3. Easy Rider - Hopper, Dennis #204
4. Army of Shadows - Melville, Jean-Pierre #275
5. Midnight Cowboy - Schlesinger, John #336
6. My Night at Maud's - Rohmer, Eric #648
7. Kes – Loach, Ken #661
8. Fellini Satyricon - Fellini, Federico #742
9. Antonio das Mortes - Rocha, Glauber #902
10. Damned, The - Visconti, Luchino #990
[Gone: A Touch of Zen, Antonio das Mortes, Tom, Tom the Piper's Son, Z]
Best Picture: Midnight Cowboy

All Ranked Films in the 60s
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey #4 - Kubrick, Stanley
2. Psycho #14 - Hitchcock, Alfred
3. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb #18 - Kubrick, Stanley (photo rt)
4. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Lean, David #24
5. Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, The (1966) Leone, Sergio #36
6. 8½ (1963) Fellini, Federico #40
7. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) Bresson, Robert #50
8. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Leone, Sergio #52
9. Battle of Algiers, The (1966) Pontecorvo, Gillo #60
10. Jules et Jim (1961) Truffaut, François #73
11. La Dolce Vita (1960) Fellini, Federico #74
12. Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) Frankenheimer, John #81
13. Apartment, The (1960) Wilder, Billy #82
14. Graduate, The (1967) Nichols, Mike #84
15. Persona (1966) Bergman, Ingmar #86
16. Contempt (1963) Godard, Jean-Luc #89
17. Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962) Ford, John #107
18. Wild Bunch, The (1969) Peckinpah, Sam #117
19. Pierrot le fou (1965) Godard, Jean-Luc #124
20. Masculine-Feminine (1966) Godard, Jean-Luc #126
21. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Mulligan, Robert #130
22. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Penn, Arthur #137
23. Repulsion (1965) Polanski, Roman #139
24. Leopard, The (1963) Visconti, Luchino #151
25. Yojimbo (1961) Kurosawa, Akira #163
26. Rosemary's Baby (1968) Polanski, Roman #164
27. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Hill, George Roy #173
28. Gospel According to St. Matthew, The (1964) Pasolini, Pier Paolo #176
29. Hard Day's Night, A (1964) Lester, Richard #181
30. L'Avventura (1960) Antonioni, Michelangelo #183
31. Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The (1964) Demy, Jacques #187
32. Easy Rider (1969) Hopper, Dennis #204
33. Hustler, The (1961) Rossen, Robert #207
34. Blow-Up (1966) Antonioni, Michelangelo #210
35. Playtime (1967) Tati, Jacques #211
36. Last Year at Marienbad (1961) Resnais, Alain #213
37. Belle de jour (1967) Buñuel, Luis #219
38. Rocco and His Brothers (1964) Visconti, Luchino #223
39. Viridiana (1961) Buñuel, Luis #231
40. Andrei Rublev (1966) Tarkovsky, Andrei #238
41. Band of Outsiders (Bande à part, 1964) Godard, Jean-Luc #265
42. Night of the Living Dead (1968) Romero, George A. #266
43. Producers, The (1968) Brooks, Mel #272
44. Army of Shadows (1969) Melville, Jean-Pierre #275
45. Birds, The (1963) Hitchcock, Alfred #280
46. L'Eclisse (1962) Antonioni, Michelangelo #284
47. Le Samouraï (1967) Melville, Jean-Pierre #297
48. Week-End (1967) Godard, Jean-Luc #302
49. West Side Story (1961) Wise, Robert/Jerome Robbins #328
50. Midnight Cowboy (1969) Schlesinger, John #336
51. Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1966) Godard, Jean-Luc #339
52. Great Escape, The (1963) Sturges, John #351
53. La Notte (1961) Antonioni, Michelangelo #355
54. Peeping Tom (1960) Powell, Michael #358
55. Exterminating Angel, The (1962) Buñuel, Luis #363
56. Cool Hand Luke (1967) Rosenberg, Stuart #375
57. Wavelength (1967) Snow, Michael #382
58. Spartacus (1960) Kubrick, Stanley #387
59. Gertrud (1964) Dreyer, Carl #395
60. Rise to Power of Louis XIV, The (1966) Rossellini, Roberto #396
61. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Nichols, Mike #403
62. Red Desert (1964) Antonioni, Michelangelo #405
63. Shoot the Piano Player (1960) Truffaut, François #425
64. Faces (1968) Cassavetes, John #432
65. Sans soleil (1963) Marker, Chris #442
66. High and Low (1963) Kurosawa, Akira #447
67. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) Edwards, Blake #462
68. Lolita (1962) Kubrick, Stanley #473
69. Juliet of the Spirits (1965) Fellini, Federico #476
70. Sound of Music, The (1965) Wise, Robert #486
71. Mouchette (1966) Bresson, Robert #494
72. Doctor Zhivago (1965) Lean, David #497
73. For a Few Dollars More (1965) Leone, Sergio #506
74. Closely Watched Trains (1966) Menzel, Jirí #509
75. Winter Light (1962) Bergman, Ingmar #510
76. If… (1968) Anderson, Lindsay #521
77. Chimes at Midnight (1966) Welles, Orson #537
78. Lola (1961) Demy, Jacques #538
79. Alphaville (1965) Godard, Jean-Luc #543
80. Point Blank (1967) Boorman, John #549
81. Silence, The (1963) Bergman, Ingmar #552
82. Colour of Pomegranate, The (Sayat Nova, 1968) Parajanov, Sergei #574
83. Ivan's Childhood (1962) Tarkovsky, Andrei #577
84. My Fair Lady (1964) Cukor, George #584
85. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1964) Parajanov, Sergei #590
86. Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962) Varda, Agnès #597
87. Woman in the Dunes (1964) Teshigahara, Hiroshi #635
88. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) Reisz, Karel #637
89. Salvatore Giuliano (1961) Rosi, Francesco #644
90. El Verdugo (1963) Berlanga, Luis García #646
91. My Night at Maud's (1969) Rohmer, Eric #648
92. Kes (1969) Loach, Ken #661
93. Teorema (1968) Pasolini, Pier Paolo #678
94. Marnie (1964) Hitchcock, Alfred #679
95. Black God, White Devil (1964) Rocha, Glauber #692
96. Accattone (1961) Pasolini, Pier Paolo #693
97. Charulata (1964) Ray, Satyajit #695
98. Loves of a Blonde (1965) Forman, Milos #700
99. I Am Cuba (1964) Kalatozov, Mikheil #703
100. Don't Look Back (1967) Pennebaker, D.A. #714
101. Servant, The (1963) Losey, Joseph #728
102. Chelsea Girls (1967) Warhol, Andy #735
103. Through a Glass Darkly (1961) Bergman, Ingmar #740
104. Fellini Satyricon (1969) Fellini, Federico #742
105. Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) Alea, Tomás Gutiérrez #745
106. Tom Jones (1963) Richardson, Tony #757
107. Autumn Afternoon, An (1962) Ozu, Yasujiro #765
108. Funny Girl (1968) Wyler, William #767
109. Cloud-Capped Star, The (1960) Ghatak, Ritwik #770
110. In Cold Blood (1967) Brooks, Richard #780
111. An Actor's Revenge (1963) Ichikawa, Kon #784
112. Young Girls of Rochefort, The (1967) Demy, Jacques #804
113. Terra em Transe (1967) Rocha, Glauber #807
114. Mafioso (bw, 1962) Lattuada, Alberto #810
115. Daisies (1966) Chytilová, Vera #811
116. In the Heat of the Night (1967) Jewison, Norman #812
117. Muriel ou Le Temps d'un Retour (1963) Resnais, Alain #815
118. Harakiri (1962) Kobayashi, Masaki #865
119. Virgin Spring, The (1960) Bergman, Ingmar #882
120. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) Kramer, Stanley #887
121. Antonio das Mortes (1969) Rocha, Glauber #902
122. Party, The (1968) Edwards, Blake #913
123. Goldfinger (1964) Hamilton, Guy #929
124. Red Beard (1965) Kurosawa, Akira #961
125. Innocents, The (1961) Clayton, Jack #971
126. Man for All Seasons, A (1966) Zinnemann, Fred #973
127. Hour of the Furnaces, The (1968) Getino, Octavio & Fernando E. Solanas #980
128. Damned, The (1969) Visconti, Luchino #990

The only unranked best picture of the decade is Oliver!

My favorites of the 60s:
1-2001: A Space Odyssey, 2-Lawrence of Arabia, 3-Dr. Strangelove, 4-My Fair Lady, 5-L'avventura, 6-Battle of Algiers, 7-To Kill a Mockingbird, 8-The Graduate, 9-Gospel According to St. Matthew, 10-Midnight Cowboy, 11-A Hard Day's Night, 12-Morgan, 13-Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 14-Doctor Zhivago, 15-La Dolce Vita, 16-West Side Story, 17-The Servant, 18-8½, 19-Spartacus, 20-The Hustler