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 burn
Woman in the Dunes
Yojimbo
foreign gemcerebraloutsider
Army of Shadows
foreign gemdreadraw
Fail Safe
Rosemary's Baby
dreadmindfuckparanoid
Le Samouraï
foreign gemdreadneon soaked
Z
foreign gemparanoidraw
The Bad Sleep Well
foreign gembittersweetcerebral
In the Heat of the Night
bittersweetparanoidraw
Night of the Living Dead
dreadslow burn
Purple Noon
foreign gemcerebralparanoid
The Manchurian Candidate
cerebralgut punchparanoid
The Birds
dreadparanoid
Revenge
foreign gemgut punchoutsider
Red Peony Gambler
foreign gembittersweetoutsider
Cape Fear
dreadparanoidraw
Peeping Tom
cerebraldreadparanoid
Repulsion
body horrordreadparanoid
Goldfinger
comfort cultplayful
The Collector
dreadslow burn
Big Time Gambling Boss
foreign gemoutsiderparanoid
Seven Days in May
paranoid
Seconds
dreadoutsiderparanoid
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
bittersweetdreadtender
Blow-Up
cerebralsurreal
I, the Executioner
foreign gemdreadparanoid
Knife in the Water
foreign gemdreadoutsider