Best drama from the 60s
The catalogue's drama 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.
Hero of the Red Light District
foreign gembittersweetoutsider
Harakiri
foreign gemdreadgut punch
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
foreign gemcerebralgut punch
High and Low
foreign gemdreadraw
Le Trou
foreign gemdreadslow burn
Once Upon a Time in the West
foreign gembittersweetepic
Woman in the Dunes
foreign gemdreadsexy
Samurai Rebellion
foreign gembittersweetslow burn
The Apartment
bittersweetoutsiderpitch black
Red Beard
foreign gembittersweetcerebral
Persona
foreign gemcerebralmindfuck
Yearning
foreign gembittersweetslow burn
8½
foreign gemcerebralsurreal
Yojimbo
foreign gemoutsiderplayful
Judgment at Nuremberg
cerebralgut punch
La Dolce Vita
foreign gembittersweetoutsider
The Naked Island
foreign gembittersweetslow burn
To Kill a Mockingbird
bittersweettender
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
foreign gembittersweetraw
Ken
foreign gemcerebralslow burn
Andrei Rublev
foreign gembittersweetcerebral
The Exterminating Angel
foreign gemcerebralsurreal
The Great Escape
bittersweetuplifting
Portrait of Hell
foreign gemdreadoutsider
La Notte
foreign gembittersweetslow burn
The Battle of Algiers
foreign gemdreadparanoid
Winter Light
foreign gemcerebralgut punch
Army of Shadows
foreign gemparanoidslow burn
The Miracle Worker
gut punchtenderuplifting
Mamma Roma
foreign gemgut punchraw