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20. The Birds
Director – Alfred Hitchcock
Cast – Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 28 March 1963
Box Office – $11.4 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot – A strange event occurs and all flying birds start attacking people.
19. For a Few Dollars More
Director – Sergio Leone
Cast – Clint Eastwood
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – 30 December 1965
Box Office – $15 million
Genre – Western
Awards – None
Plot – Two outlaws with different ideologies team up to catch a bigger baddie.
18. Goldfinger
Director – Guy Hammilton
Cast – Sean Connery
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 17 September 1964
Box Office – $125 million
Genre – Action
Awards – Oscar for Best SOund Editing
Plot – James Bond help to save United States Gold reserve from being looted.
17. The Apartment
Director – Billy Wilder
Cast – Jack Lemmon, Shirley Maclaine
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – 15 June 1960
Box Office – $25 million
Genre – Romance, Comedy
Awards – 5 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay,Best Film Editing, Best Art Direction
Plot – A man let his apartment to be used for business purpose.
16. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
Director – George Roy Hill
Cast – Paul newman, Robert Redford
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – 24 October 1969
Box Office – $192.3 million
Genre – Biography, Crime
Awards – 4 Oscars Best Cinematography, Best Score, Best Song, Best Screenplay
Plot – The famous duo of Outlaws – Butch Cassidy and Sundance kid is on a run from law and from their own mates.
15. Mary Poppins
Director – Robert Stevenson
Cast – Julie Andrews, Dick van Dyke
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Release Date – 27 August 1964
Box Office – $102 million
Genre – Comedy, Fantasy, Fmaily
Awards – 5 Oscars (Best Actress, Best Film Editing, Best Visual effects, best song, best score)
Plot – A mysterious nun is hired by a london family. She helps the family to come closer.
14. Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Director – Blake Edwards
Cast – Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – 5 October 1961
Box Office – $14 million
Genre – Romance, Comedy
Awards – 2 Oscars Best Song, Best Score
Plot – A high society girl falls in love with a man who is not economically strong.
13. Rosemary’s Baby
Director – Roman Polanski
Cast – Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 99%
Release Date – 12 June 1968
Box Office – $33.4 million
Genre – Drama, Horror
Awards – Oscar for Best Supporting Actress
Plot – A woman gets pregnant and believes that she is giving birth to a devil.
12. Cool hand Luke
Director – Stuart Rosenberg
Cast – Paul Newman, George Kennedy
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Release Date – 1 November 1967
Box Office – $16.2 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – Best Supporting Actor Oscar
Plot – A man do not obey the laws of prison he is put in.
11. The Sound of Music
Director – Robert Wise
Cast – Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 86%
Release Date – 2 March 1965
Box Office – $287 million
Genre – Biography, Drama
Awards – 5 Oscars Best Picture, Best Director, Best Music, Best Sound recording, Best Editing
Plot – A widower finds love in a woman who leaves her everything for him and for his children.
10. Planet of the Apes
Director – Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast – Charlton Heston
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 87%
Release Date – 3 April 1968
Box Office – $33.4 million
Genre – Sci Fi, Mystery
Awards – Oscar for Best Makeup
Plot – A Space Ship crash on a planet which is strangely ruled by apes who enslaves humans.
9. The Great Escape
Director – John Struges
Cast – Steve Mcqueen
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 4 July 1963
Box Office – $11 million
Genre – Advenure, Drama
Awards – None
Plot – Allied Prisones plan to get out of a high security prison.
8. Lawrence of Arabia
Director – David Lean
Cast – Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – 10 December 1962
Box Office – $70 Million
Genre – Adventure, Biography
Awards – 7 Academy Awards
Plot – The film chronicles the life of TE Lawrence
7. Once upon a time in the West
Director – Sergio Leone
Cast – Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda
IMDB Rating – 8.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – 21 December 1968
Box Office – $5.3 million
Genre – Western
Awards – None
Plot – A mysterious man becomes saviour of a woman who is being chased by various outlaws.
6. The Graduate
Director – Mike Nichols
Cast – Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – 22 December 1967
Box Office – $85 million
Genre – Comedy, Romance
Awards – Oscar for Best Director
Plot – A man falls for a girl and her mother.
5. To Kill a Mockingbird
Director – Robert Mulligan
Cast – Gregory Peck, Mary Badham
IMDB Rating – 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 25 December 1962
Box Office – $13.1 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – 3 Oscars Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Art Direction
Plot – A Lawyer defends an african american against r@pe charges.
4. Dr. Strangelove Or How I learned to Stop worrying and love the bomb
Director – Stanley Kubrick
Cast – $9.4 million
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 99%
Release Date – 29 January 1964
Box Office – $9.4 million
Genre – Comedy
Awards – None
Plot – A satire film on how politicians think war is the answer for everything.
3. The Good The Bad and the Ugly
Director – Sergio leone
Cast – Clint Eastwood
IMDB Rating – 8.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 23 December 1966
Box Office – $25.1 million
Genre – Western
Awards – None
Plot – The Man with no name tries to find a buried gold.
2. Psycho
Director – Alfred Hitchcock
Cast – Athony Perkins, Vera Miles
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 8 September 1960
Box Office – $50 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot – A woman is on run from law and she finds a shelter in a remote motel.
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
Director – Stanley Kubrick
Cast – Keir Dullea
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – 3 April 1968
Box Office – $138 million
Genre – Sci Fi, Fantasy
Awards – Oscar for Best Special Effects
Pilot – A cinematic representation of Human being’s development from an ape to a intelligent being.
So this was the list of most popular movies of 1960s decade. Did we Miss any film? Do you think we overrated any film from the decade or gave a poor rating to a good film? If that’s the case then you’re more than welcome to point us out in the comment section.
