Best action from the 60s
The catalogue's action 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.
Harakiri
foreign gembittersweetcerebral
Samurai Rebellion
foreign gembittersweetoutsider
The Sword of Doom
foreign gembittersweetdread
Cash Calls Hell
foreign gemdreadparanoid
Planet of the Apes
bittersweetcerebraldread
The Longest Day
bittersweetepicuplifting
The Dirty Dozen
epicraw
The Magnificent Seven
epicuplifting
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
foreign gemcerebraloutsider
13 Assassins
foreign gemepicslow burn
Revenge
foreign gemgut punchoutsider
Sword of the Beast
foreign gemoutsiderraw
Where Eagles Dare
mindfuckparanoidplayful
Red Peony Gambler
foreign gembittersweetoutsider
Eleven Samurai
foreign gembittersweetepic
Goyokin
foreign gemoutsiderslow burn
Three Outlaw Samurai
foreign gemslow burn
Zulu
epicoutsiderraw
Brutal Tales of Chivalry
foreign gemneon soakedraw
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
foreign gembittersweetoutsider
Samurai Assassin
foreign gemdreadoutsider
Goldfinger
comfort cultplayful
Samurai Banners
foreign gembittersweetoutsider
Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
foreign gemepicslow burn
Daredevil in the Castle
foreign gemoutsiderslow burn
The Guns of Navarone
epicraw
The Tale of Zatoichi
foreign gemoutsiderraw
Seventeen Ninja
foreign gemneon soakedoutsider
The Great Killing
foreign gemparanoidslow burn