Top Films of the 1960s (Calculated)

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The Executioner (1963)
El verdugo
Luis García Berlanga actor: Nino Manfredi / Emma Penella …
other title: La ballata del boia / Der Henker …
An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement.

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Masculin Féminin (1966)
Masculin féminin
Jean-Luc Godard actor: Jean-Pierre Léaud / Chantal Goya …
other title: Il maschio e la femmina / Masculin féminin …
Paul, a young idealist trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life, takes a job interviewing people for a marketing research firm. He moves in with aspiring pop singer Madeleine. Paul, however, is disillusioned by the growing commercialism in society, while Madeleine just wants to be successful. The story is told in a series of 15 unrelated vignettes.

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Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Splendor in the Grass
Elia Kazan actor: Natalie Wood / Warren Beatty …
other title: Splendore nell'erba / Esplendor na Relva …
A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.

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The Fire Within (1963)
Le Feu follet
Louis Malle actor: Maurice Ronet / Léna Skerla …
other title: Fuoco fatuo / Le Feu follet …
Although his alcoholism has been treated, Alain still feels he is deeply unwell and does not feel he can leave the detoxification clinic once and for all. His wife, living in New York, continues to pay for his treatment, but no longer contacts him directly. He intends to commit suicide, but first takes a ride to Paris to catch up with old friends.

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The Miracle Worker (1962)
The Miracle Worker IMDb TMDB
Arthur Penn actor: Anne Bancroft / Patty Duke …
other title: Anna dei miracoli / O Milagre de Anne Sullivan …
The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool they have in common, and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.

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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
女が階段を上る時
★ 9.3 7 ratings
other title: Quando una donna sale le scale / Quando Uma Mulher Sobe as Escadas …
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.

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Point Blank (1967)
Point Blank
John Boorman actor: Lee Marvin / Angie Dickinson …
other title: Senza un attimo di tregua / Alcatraz morderen …
After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.

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The End of Summer (1961)
小早川家の秋
Yasujirō Ozu actor: Setsuko Hara / Yōko Tsukasa …
other title: L'autunno della famiglia Kohayagawa / 小早川家の秋 …
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.

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The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
悪い奴ほどよく眠る
other title: I cattivi dormono in pace / O Mal Dorme Bem …
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.

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Daisies (1966)
Sedmikrásky
★ 7.4 16 ratings
Věra Chytilová actor: Jitka Cerhová / Ivana Karbanová …
other title: Sedmikrásky / Le margheritine …
Two teenage girls embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume and destroy the world around them.

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Late Autumn (1960)
秋日和
Yasujirō Ozu actor: Setsuko Hara / Yōko Tsukasa …
other title: Tardo autunno / O Fim do Outono …
A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.

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Gertrud (1964)
Gertrud
Carl Theodor Dreyer actor: Nina Pens Rode / Bendt Rothe …
Gertrud er gift med politikeren Gustav og har et forhold til den unge musiker Erland. Før ægteskabet havde hun et forhold til digteren Gabriel. Alle tre er mænd for hvem arbejdet har højeste prioritet, mens det for hende er kærligheden. Derfor bryder hun med dem alle og vælger selvstændigheden. Mange år senere ser den gamle Gertrud sammen med vennen Axel tilbage på sit liv.

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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Sydney Pollack actor: Jane Fonda / Michael Sarrazin …
other title: Non si uccidono così anche i cavalli? / A Noite dos Desesperados …
In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a failed actress, a middle-aged sailor, a delusional blonde and a pregnant girl.

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Il Sorpasso (1962)
Il sorpasso
Dino Risi actor: Vittorio Gassman / Jean-Louis Trintignant …
other title: Il sorpasso / A Ultrapassagem …
Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.

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The Land (1970)
الأرض
other title: La terra / La Terre …
Set in 1933, the mayor informs the peasants that the share of irrigation of their land will be split equally between them and feudal lord Mahmoud Bey. The peasants send Mohamed Effendi to submit a petition to the government. Mahmoud Bey then proposes a project that would require taking part of the peasants' lands.
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