Best War movies of 1960s that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Michael Strong, Karl Malden, Stephen Young, George C. Scott,
Directors : Franklin J. Schaffner,

The World War II phase of the career of the controversial American general, George S. Patton.

Actors : Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Julie Christie, Omar Sharif,
Directors : David Lean,

The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during the First World War and then the October Revolution.

Actors : Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich, Spencer Tracy,
Directors : Stanley Kramer,

In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazi judges for war crimes.

Actors : Raffaella Carrà, Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Brad Dexter,
Directors : Mark Robson,

An American POW leads a group of mainly British prisoners to escape from the Germans in WWII.

Actors : Carl Reiner, Alan Arkin, Eva Marie Saint, Brian Keith,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

Without hostile intent, a Soviet sub runs aground off New England. Men are sent for a boat, but many villagers go into a tizzy, risking bloodshed.

Actors : Robert Ryan, Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Robert Shaw,
Directors : Ken Annakin,

A dramatization of Nazi Germany's final Western Front counterattack of World War II.

Actors : Patricia Neal, Kirk Douglas, Tom Tryon, John Wayne,
Directors : Otto Preminger,

A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.

Actors : James Mason, Alec Guinness, Stephen Boyd, Sophia Loren,
Directors : Anthony Mann,

The death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim to the Roman Empire.

Actors : Simone Signoret, José Ferrer, Lee Marvin, Vivien Leigh,
Directors : Stanley Kramer,

A varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for post-war Germany represents a microcosm of 1930s society.

Actors : Doug McClure, Glenn Corbett, James Stewart, Patrick Wayne,
Directors : Andrew V. McLaglen,

During the Civil War, a Virginia farmer and his family vow to remain neutral but one of the sons is captured by Union soldiers, sending the farmer to his rescue.

Actors : Melvyn Douglas, Julie Andrews, James Coburn, James Garner,
Directors : Arthur Hiller,

An American naval officer's talent for living the good life in wartime is challenged when he falls in love and is sent on a dangerous mission.

Actors : John Rae, Colin Farrell, Wendy Allnutt, Malcolm McFee,
Directors : Richard Attenborough,

The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.

Actors : Carol Lynley, Romy Schneider, Tom Tryon, John Huston,
Directors : Otto Preminger,

A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Naziism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.

Actors : Hardy Krüger, Virna Lisi, Anna Magnani, Anthony Quinn,
Directors : Stanley Kramer,

During WWII in Italy, a wine producing village hide a million bottles from the Germans

Actors : James Fox, Patrick O'Neal, Tom Courtenay, George Segal,
Directors : Bryan Forbes,

A fast-taking wheeler-dealer corporal in a Malaysian POW camp during WWII uses bribery and larceny to take de facto control of the camp from his senior officers.

Actors : Melvyn Douglas, Robert Ryan, Paul Rogers, Peter Ustinov,
Directors : Peter Ustinov,

Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.

Actors : Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson, Eddie Albert,
Directors : David Miller,

In 1944, an Army doctor is in charge of a neuropsychiatric ward at an Army Air Corps hospital in Arizona and he must deal with a variety of tough cases.

Actors : Richard Boone, Stuart Whitman, Wende Wagner, Anthony Franciosa,
Directors : Gordon Douglas,

A former Confederate officer and a Mexican try to prevent a former Confederate colonel from selling stolen rifles to renegade Apaches in Mexico.

Actors : Guy Stockwell, George Peppard, Rock Hudson, Nigel Green,
Directors : Arthur Hiller,

A Canadian POW major is rescued by a special British military unit made up of Germans to help lead an attack on a major Nazi fuel depot in Tobruk, Libya.

Actors : Albert Finney, George Hamilton, Vince Edwards, Melina Mercouri,
Directors : Carl Foreman,

Intelligent, sprawling saga of a squad of American soldiers, following them through Europe during World War II.