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.

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Psycho

1960 · ★ 8.4

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High and Low

1963 · ★ 8.4

Le Trou

1960 · ★ 8.3

Woman in the Dunes

1964 · ★ 8.2

Yojimbo

1961 · ★ 8.1

Army of Shadows

1969 · ★ 7.9

Fail Safe

1964 · ★ 7.8

Rosemary's Baby

1968 · ★ 7.8

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Le Samouraï

1967 · ★ 7.8

Z

1969 · ★ 7.8

The Bad Sleep Well

1960 · ★ 7.7

In the Heat of the Night

1967 · ★ 7.7

Night of the Living Dead

1968 · ★ 7.6

Purple Noon

1960 · ★ 7.6

The Manchurian Candidate

1962 · ★ 7.5

The Birds

1963 · ★ 7.5

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Revenge

1964 · ★ 7.5

Red Peony Gambler

1968 · ★ 7.5

Cape Fear

1962 · ★ 7.5

Peeping Tom

1960 · ★ 7.4

Repulsion

1965 · ★ 7.4

Goldfinger

1964 · ★ 7.4

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The Collector

1965 · ★ 7.3

Big Time Gambling Boss

1968 · ★ 7.3

Seven Days in May

1964 · ★ 7.3

Seconds

1966 · ★ 7.3

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1964 · ★ 7.3

Blow-Up

1966 · ★ 7.3

I, the Executioner

1968 · ★ 7.3

Knife in the Water

1962 · ★ 7.3