Best Drama Movies of the 1960s

1. 1
   Harakiri 1962

   Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   8.3

   8.5 · 1.3K votes
2. 2
   High and Low 1963

   Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on HBO Max, Shout! Factory TV, YouTube Free
   8.2

   8.4 · 1.2K votes
3. 3
   Once Upon a Time in the West 1968

   Directed by Sergio Leone · Streaming on Philo, Kanopy, MGM Plus
   8.2

   8.3 · 5.1K votes
4. 4
   The Apartment 1960

   Directed by Billy Wilder · Streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, YouTube TV
   8.1

   8.2 · 2.8K votes
5. 5
   Il Sorpasso 1962

   Directed by Dino Risi · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   8.0

   8.2 · 875 votes
6. 6
   Persona 1966

   Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on HBO Max, Darkroom, Artiflix
   8.0

   8.1 · 2.5K votes
7. 7
   8½ 1963

   Directed by Federico Fellini · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV
   8.0

   8.1 · 2.6K votes
8. 8
   Macario 1960

   Directed by Roberto Gavaldón
   8.0

   8.7 · 225 votes
9. 9
   Yojimbo 1961

   Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on HBO Max
   8.0

   8.1 · 1.8K votes
10. 10
    Le Trou 1960

    Directed by Jacques Becker · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    8.0

    8.2 · 607 votes
11. 11
    Woman in the Dunes 1964

    Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Darkroom
    7.9

    8.2 · 554 votes
12. 12
    To Kill a Mockingbird 1962

    Directed by Robert Mulligan · Streaming on Hoopla, YouTube TV, Mometu
    7.9

    8.0 · 3K votes
13. 13
    La Dolce Vita 1960

    Directed by Federico Fellini
    7.9

    8.0 · 2.1K votes
14. 14
    The Great Escape 1963

    Directed by John Sturges · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, YouTube TV, History Vault
    7.9

    7.9 · 3K votes
15. 15
    Judgment at Nuremberg 1961

    Directed by Stanley Kramer · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
    7.8

    8.0 · 1K votes
16. 16
    Red Beard 1965

    Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Criterion Channel
    7.8

    8.2 · 433 votes
17. 17
    The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer 1961

    Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.8

    8.4 · 233 votes
18. 18
    Rocco and His Brothers 1960

    Directed by Luchino Visconti · Streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, Criterion Channel
    7.8

    8.0 · 689 votes
19. 19
    Rosemary's Baby 1968

    Directed by Roman Polanski · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.8

    7.8 · 4.6K votes
20. 20
    Andrei Rublev 1966

    Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky · Streaming on Darkroom
    7.8

    7.9 · 991 votes
21. 21
    The Battle of Algiers 1966

    Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV
    7.8

    7.9 · 942 votes
22. 22
    Sanjuro 1962

    Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.7

    7.9 · 761 votes
23. 23
    La Notte 1961

    Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni · Streaming on HBO Max, AMC Plus, AMC+
    7.7

    7.9 · 764 votes
24. 24
    La Jetée 1962

    Directed by Chris Marker · Streaming on DocAlliance Films
    7.7

    7.9 · 1.1K votes
25. 25
    The Exterminating Angel 1962

    Directed by Luis Buñuel · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Plex, Plex Channel
    7.7

    7.9 · 777 votes
26. 26
    Samurai Rebellion 1967

    Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.7

    8.2 · 282 votes
27. 27
    Army of Shadows 1969

    Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
    7.7

    7.9 · 787 votes
28. 28
    The Sound of Music 1965

    Directed by Robert Wise · Streaming on Disney Plus, Philo, Wonder Project
    7.7

    7.7 · 3.8K votes
29. 29
    Le Samouraï 1967

    Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Kanopy
    7.7

    7.8 · 1.3K votes
30. 30
    Ivan's Childhood 1962

    Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Plex, Plex Channel
    7.7

    7.8 · 875 votes
31. 31
    Cool Hand Luke 1967

    Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
    7.7

    7.7 · 1.7K votes
32. 32
    The Virgin Spring 1960

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on Kanopy, Criterion Channel
    7.7

    7.8 · 696 votes
33. 33
    Winter Light 1963

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.6

    7.9 · 529 votes
34. 34
    Planet of the Apes 1968

    Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
    7.6

    7.7 · 4.2K votes
35. 35
    Z 1969

    Directed by Costa-Gavras · Streaming on Criterion Channel, HBO Max
    7.6

    7.8 · 661 votes
36. 36
    Mamma Roma 1962

    Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.6

    7.9 · 447 votes
37. 37
    The Graduate 1967

    Directed by Mike Nichols · Streaming on The Roku Channel, The CW, Kanopy
    7.6

    7.6 · 3.9K votes
38. 38
    The Leopard 1963

    Directed by Luchino Visconti
    7.6

    7.7 · 988 votes
39. 39
    In the Heat of the Night 1967

    Directed by Norman Jewison · Streaming on The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
    7.6

    7.7 · 1.3K votes
40. 40
    Two Women 1960

    Directed by Vittorio De Sica · Streaming on Kanopy, Fawesome, Cineverse
    7.6

    7.8 · 589 votes
41. 41
    Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961

    Directed by Blake Edwards · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
    7.6

    7.6 · 4.6K votes
42. 42
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966

    Directed by Mike Nichols
    7.6

    7.7 · 955 votes
43. 43
    The Miracle Worker 1962

    Directed by Arthur Penn · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
    7.6

    7.9 · 362 votes
44. 44
    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969

    Directed by George Roy Hill · Streaming on A&E Crime Central
    7.6

    7.6 · 2.6K votes
45. 45
    The Hustler 1961

    Directed by Robert Rossen · Streaming on FlixFling, Plex Channel, IndieFlix Shorts
    7.6

    7.7 · 1.1K votes
46. 46
    Through a Glass Darkly 1961

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel
    7.6

    7.8 · 558 votes
47. 47
    Fail Safe 1964

    Directed by Sidney Lumet · Streaming on YouTube Free, Fawesome, Tubi TV
    7.6

    7.8 · 510 votes
48. 48
    Vivre Sa Vie 1962

    Directed by Jean-Luc Godard · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy
    7.5

    7.7 · 727 votes
49. 49
    The Young Girls of Rochefort 1967

    Directed by Jacques Demy · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel
    7.5

    7.7 · 682 votes
50. 50
    An Autumn Afternoon 1962

    Directed by Yasujirō Ozu · Streaming on HBO Max, TCM, Plex
    7.5

    7.9 · 341 votes

Smart score = (votes × rating + 82 × 6.03) ÷ (votes + 82): the TMDB rating, pulled toward the catalog average as if every film had 82 extra average votes.

1. 1
   Napoli milionaria 1962

   Directed by Eduardo De Filippo
   6.6

   8.8 · 19 votes
2. 2
   What Are the Clouds? 1968

   Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
   6.5

   8.5 · 17 votes
3. 3
   Higher Principle 1960

   Directed by Jiří Krejčík
   6.5

   8.2 · 22 votes
4. 4
   Cri-Cri the Singing little cricket 1963

   Directed by Tito Davison
   6.4

   8.1 · 20 votes
5. 5
   Hero of the Red Light District 1960

   Directed by Tomu Uchida
   6.3

   8.7 · 11 votes
6. 6
   The Brick and the Mirror 1966

   Directed by Ebrahim Golestan
   6.4

   8.1 · 19 votes
7. 7
   Eshaet Hob 1960

   Directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab
   6.4

   7.9 · 23 votes
8. 8
   My Son, the Hero 1961

   Directed by Ismael Rodríguez · Streaming on VIX , Fawesome, Vemox Cine
   6.4

   8.0 · 19 votes
9. 9
   The Adventures of Werner Holt 1965

   Directed by Joachim Kunert · Streaming on Kanopy
   6.4

   7.9 · 19 votes
10. 10
    Thou Shalt Not Kill 1961

    Directed by Claude Autant-Lara
    6.4

    7.9 · 19 votes