Best action from the 60s
The catalogue's action films from 1960–1969, ranked by audience score. We bias against the cinephile-canonical picks (Letterboxd top-250) — if you've already seen the obvious entries, scroll past the first row.
Harakiri
foreign gemcultslow burn
Samurai Rebellion
foreign gemcultdevastating
The Sword of Doom
foreign gemcultdevastating
Cash Calls Hell
foreign gemcultdevastating
Planet of the Apes
cultdevastatingmindfuck
The Longest Day
devastatingcultslow burn
The Dirty Dozen
devastatingcult
The Magnificent Seven
cozycultautumnal
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
foreign gemcultdevastating
13 Assassins
foreign gemcultdevastating
Revenge
foreign gemcultdevastating
Sword of the Beast
foreign gemcultdevastating
Where Eagles Dare
autumnaldevastatingcult
Red Peony Gambler
foreign gemcozycult
Eleven Samurai
foreign gemcultdevastating
Goyokin
foreign gemcultdevastating
Three Outlaw Samurai
foreign gemcultdevastating
Zulu
devastatingcultslow burn
Brutal Tales of Chivalry
foreign gemcult
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
foreign gemcultdevastating
Samurai Assassin
foreign gemcultdevastating
Goldfinger
cultdread
Samurai Banners
foreign gemdevastatingcult
Miyamoto Musashi
foreign gemcultdevastating
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
foreign gemcultdevastating
Daredevil in the Castle
foreign gemdevastatingcult
The Guns of Navarone
devastatingcultslow burn
The Tale of Zatoichi
foreign gemcultdevastating
Seventeen Ninja
foreign gemcult
The Great Killing
foreign gemcultdevastating