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
dreadmindfuckparanoid
High and Low
foreign gemdreadraw
Le Trou
foreign gemdreadslow burn
Woman in the Dunes
foreign gemdreadsexy
Yojimbo
foreign gemoutsiderplayful
Army of Shadows
foreign gemparanoidslow burn
Fail Safe
cerebraldreadparanoid
Rosemary's Baby
paranoidslow burn
Le Samouraï
foreign gemcerebraldread
Z
foreign gemparanoid
The Bad Sleep Well
foreign gemgut punchparanoid
In the Heat of the Night
outsiderrawtender
Night of the Living Dead
dreadraw
Purple Noon
foreign gembittersweetneon soaked
The Manchurian Candidate
paranoidslow burn
The Birds
dreadslow burn
Revenge
foreign gemdreadgut punch
Red Peony Gambler
foreign gemoutsiderraw
Cape Fear
dreadparanoid
Peeping Tom
dreadslow burn
Repulsion
body horrordreadparanoid
Goldfinger
playfulsexyuplifting
The Collector
dread
Big Time Gambling Boss
foreign gemoutsiderparanoid
Seven Days in May
cerebralparanoid
Seconds
gut punchoutsiderparanoid
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
dreadparanoidpitch black
Blow-Up
cerebralneon soakedoutsider
I, the Executioner
foreign gemdreadgut punch
Knife in the Water
foreign gemdread