Best science fiction from the 60s

The catalogue's science fiction 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.

30 film · curati dal catalogo · ordinati per consenso critico

The Face of Another

1966 · ★ 7.8

weirdforeign gemcult

Planet of the Apes

1968 · ★ 7.7

cultdevastatingmindfuck

Night of the Living Dead

1968 · ★ 7.6

devastatinglate nightcult

Seconds

1966 · ★ 7.3

devastatinglate nightcult

Village of the Damned

1960 · ★ 7.2

mindfucklate nightcult

The Valley of Gwangi

1969 · ★ 7.1

cultautumnalmindfuck

Fahrenheit 451

1966 · ★ 7.1

cultmindfuck

Mothra

1961 · ★ 7.1

cultatmosphericforeign gem

Mothra vs. Godzilla

1964 · ★ 7.0

cultforeign gemmindfuck

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

1964 · ★ 7.0

weirdcultatmospheric

The Snails

1966 · ★ 6.9

late nightcozydread

Alphaville

1965 · ★ 6.9

surrealweirdforeign gem

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1962 · ★ 6.9

atmosphericforeign gem

Destroy All Monsters

1968 · ★ 6.9

mindfuckforeign gem

The Human Vapor

1960 · ★ 6.8

dreadforeign gem

Ikarie XB 1

1963 · ★ 6.8

surrealweirdforeign gem

Amphibian Man

1962 · ★ 6.8

foreign gemcozy

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

1961 · ★ 6.8

Dogora

1964 · ★ 6.8

late nightdreadforeign gem

Invasion of Astro-Monster

1965 · ★ 6.8

foreign gem

Frankenstein Conquers the World

1965 · ★ 6.8

late nightdreadforeign gem

Experiment in Evil

1960 · ★ 6.7

late nightdreadforeign gem

Hibernatus

1969 · ★ 6.7

cozyforeign gem

Matango

1963 · ★ 6.7

late nightdreadatmospheric

Fantastic Voyage

1966 · ★ 6.7

weird

Atragon

1963 · ★ 6.7

atmosphericforeign gem

The 10th Victim

1965 · ★ 6.6

cozyforeign gem

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

1963 · ★ 6.6

late nightdread

The Last Man on Earth

1964 · ★ 6.6

late nightdread

Quatermass and the Pit

1967 · ★ 6.6

late nightdread