Best thriller from the 60s
The catalogue's thriller 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.
Psycho
dreadgut punchparanoid
High and Low
foreign gemcerebralparanoid
Le Trou
foreign gemslow burndread
Woman in the Dunes
foreign gemdreadsexy
Yojimbo
foreign gemcerebraloutsider
Army of Shadows
foreign gemdreadraw
Fail Safe
cerebraldreadparanoid
Rosemary's Baby
dreadmindfuckparanoid
Le Samouraï
foreign gemcerebraldread
Z
foreign gemparanoidraw
The Bad Sleep Well
foreign gembittersweetcerebral
In the Heat of the Night
bittersweetparanoidraw
Night of the Living Dead
rawdreadslow burn
Purple Noon
foreign gembittersweetneon soaked
The Manchurian Candidate
cerebralgut punchparanoid
The Birds
dreadparanoidslow burn
Revenge
foreign gemdreadgut punch
Red Peony Gambler
foreign gembittersweetoutsider
Cape Fear
dreadparanoidraw
Peeping Tom
cerebraldreadparanoid
Repulsion
body horrordreadparanoid
Goldfinger
comfort cultplayfulsexy
The Collector
dreadslow burn
Big Time Gambling Boss
foreign gemoutsiderparanoid
Seven Days in May
cerebralparanoid
Seconds
dreadgut punchoutsider
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
bittersweetdreadtender
Blow-Up
neon soakedoutsiderparanoid
I, the Executioner
foreign gemdreadparanoid
Knife in the Water
foreign gemdreadoutsider