Best Historical War movies of 1960s

Actors : Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Laurence Olivier, Kirk Douglas,
Directors : Stanley Kubrick,

The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic.

Actors : Richard Burton, Gino Cervi, John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole,
Directors : Peter Glenville,

King Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas à Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the king's.

Actors : Jack Hawkins, James Booth, Stanley Baker, Ulla Jacobsson,
Directors : Cy Endfield,

Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Yûnosuke Itô, Toshirô Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi,
Directors : Akira Kurosawa,

A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.

Actors : Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, John Wayne,

A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the nineteenth century - including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.

Actors : Jûkichi Uno, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Satô, Nobuko Otowa,
Directors : Kaneto Shindô,

Two women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask.

Actors : Richard Harris, Judith Anderson, Jean Gascon, Manu Tupou,
Directors : Elliot Silverstein,

In 1825, an English aristocrat is captured by Native Americans. He lives with them and begins to understand their way of life. Eventually, he is accepted as part of the tribe and becomes their leader.

Actors : Jack Hawkins, Orson Welles, Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer,
Directors : Sergey Bondarchuk,

Facing the decline of everything he has worked to obtain, conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte and his army confront the British at the Battle of Waterloo.

Actors : Christopher George, Ben Johnson, Forrest Tucker, John Wayne,
Directors : Andrew V. McLaglen,

Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County land war.

Actors : Durga Khote, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Prithviraj Kapoor,
Directors : K. Asif,

A 16th century prince falls in love with a court dancer and battles with his emperor father.

Actors : Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Charlton Heston, Richard Johnson,

In the Sudan, in 1884-85, Egyptian forces led by a British general defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim army led by a religious fanatic, the Mahdi.

Actors : Vincent Price, Lon Chaney Jr., Debra Paget, Frank Maxwell,
Directors : Roger Corman,

Charles Dexter Ward arrives at a small village to visit the house he inherited from his ancestor who died there 100 years ago.

Actors : Tadao Takashima, Yû Fujiki, Kenji Sahara, Ichirô Arishima,
Directors : Ishirô Honda,

A pharmaceutical company captures King Kong and brings him to Japan, where he escapes from captivity and battles a recently released Godzilla.

Actors : Dick Miller, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight, Boris Karloff,

A young officer in Napoleon's army pursues a mysterious woman to the castle of an elderly Baron.

Actors : Sergey Bondarchuk, Boris Zakhava, Lyudmila Saveleva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov,
Directors : Sergey Bondarchuk,

A Russian Prince experiences battle against Napoleon and a troubled relationship with his father and wife. Finds acceptance of her death and eventually his chance of true love. A spoiled, ...

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Trevor Howard,
Directors : Tony Richardson,

A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 ...

Actors : Georges Marchal, Lea Massari, Conrado San Martín, Rory Calhoun,
Directors : Sergio Leone,

While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow the tyrannical king, one from Rhodian patriots and the other from sinister Phoenician agents.

Actors : James Gregory, Diane McBain, Suzanne Pleshette, Troy Donahue,
Directors : Raoul Walsh,

West Point graduate Lt. Hazard is posted to Fort Delivery, Arizona, where he has to deal with lax discipline, romantic complications, Apaches and his conflicting feelings toward the Indians.

Actors : Tatsuya Mihashi, Chûsha Ichikawa, Akira Takarada, Yûzô Kayama,
Directors : Hiroshi Inagaki,

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurô Tanba, Ruriko Asaoka, Yôko Tsukasa,
Directors : Hideo Gosha,

A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.