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 gembittersweetcerebral
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
foreign gembittersweetdread
High and Low
foreign gemcerebralparanoid
Le Trou
foreign gemslow burn
Once Upon a Time in the West
foreign gemepicneon soaked
Woman in the Dunes
Samurai Rebellion
foreign gembittersweetoutsider
The Apartment
bittersweettender
Red Beard
foreign gembittersweetcerebral
Persona
foreign gemcerebralslow burn
Yearning
foreign gembittersweettender
8½
foreign gembittersweetcerebral
Yojimbo
foreign gemcerebraloutsider
Judgment at Nuremberg
bittersweetcerebralgut punch
La Dolce Vita
foreign gembittersweetoutsider
The Naked Island
foreign gemdreadslow burn
To Kill a Mockingbird
bittersweettender
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
foreign gembittersweetoutsider
Ken
foreign gembittersweetcerebral
Andrei Rublev
foreign gembittersweetcerebral
The Exterminating Angel
foreign gemcerebralsurreal
The Great Escape
cozyepicuplifting
Portrait of Hell
La Notte
foreign gembittersweetcerebral
The Battle of Algiers
foreign gemdreadparanoid
Winter Light
foreign gemcerebralslow burn
Army of Shadows
foreign gemdreadraw
The Miracle Worker
bittersweettender
Mamma Roma
foreign gembittersweetgut punch