Best Action movies of 1960s

Actors : Rentarô Mikuni, Yuko Hamada, Shintarô Katsu, Kô Nishimura,
Directors : Satsuo Yamamoto,

In a town where debt-ridden peasants are being ruthlessly exploited, Zatoichi is forced to take sides between a cruel yakuza boss and his seemingly altruistic rival.

Actors : Carol Ohmart, Steve Rowland, Robert Hutton, Jan Brooks,
Directors : John F. Schreyer,

Three teenage criminals break out of juvenile prison and head south to Mexico.

Actors : Marianna Hill, Patrick O'Neal, Lee Van Cleef, Jim Brown,
Directors : John Guillermin,

The El Condor, the fabled Mexican stronghold rumoured to contain Emperor Maximilian's mythical reserves in gold, will attract two adventurous fortune seekers, who with eyes gleaming with desire, will shortly know that only fools rush in.

Actors : Dev Anand, Hema Malini, Jeevan, Pran,
Directors : Vijay Anand,

Monu (Mohan) and Sonu (Sohan) are the two sons of a police inspector. The kids excel in boxing. Their father gets killed by a goon following orders from Ranjit (Premnath). Mohan kills the ...

Actors : Barry Sullivan, Silvia Pinal, Arthur Kennedy, Burt Reynolds,
Directors : Samuel Fuller,

A gunrunner loses his cargo near a small coastal Sudanese town so he's stuck there. When a woman hires him to raid a sunken ship in the shark-infested waters, he sees a chance to compensate for his losses. He's not the only one.

Actors : Jess Hahn, Lino Ventura, Bourvil, Marie Dubois,
Directors : Robert Enrico,

An ex-con with ulterior motives convinces the struggling inheritor of a sawmill to use convicts as affordable lumberjacks.

Actors : Glenn Corbett, Christopher Lee, Peter Arne, Kerwin Mathews,
Directors : John Gilling,

A group of ruthless pirates attack a 17th Century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it.

Actors : Sylva Koscina, Sergio Fantoni, Rock Hudson, Giacomo Rossi Stuart,

In 1944, during a sabotage mission, the sole surviving U.S. paratrooper is saved by a group of Italian orphans who later aid him in blowing-up a vital enemy dam.

Actors : Cüneyt Arkin, Selma Güneri, Gülbin Eray, Semih Sergen,
Directors : Süreyya Duru,

Story of the famous Malkocoglu family who served Ottoman Empire in various military ranks.

Actors : Yûjirô Ishihara, Toshirô Mifune, Shintarô Katsu, Ruriko Asaoka,
Directors : Hiroshi Inagaki,

In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set ...

Actors : Fredric March, George Kennedy, Jim Brown, Lynn Carlin,
Directors : Ralph Nelson,

Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.

Actors : Shintarô Katsu, Kayo Mikimoto, Kyôsuke Machida, Takashi Shimura,
Directors : Kimiyoshi Yasuda,

Zatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.

Actors : Rod Taylor, Jill St. John, Trevor Howard, Wilfrid Hyde-White,
Directors : Jack Cardiff,

Colonel Mostyn of the British Intelligence Service suspects there is a leak in his department and hires an American expatriate to eliminate various targets working for the Soviets.

Actors : Laurie Mock, Dana Andrews, Mimsy Farmer, Jeanne Crain,
Directors : John Brahm,

While on a business trip just before Christmas, Tom Phillips gets into a car accident, which was caused by the reckless driving of the other car involved. Although Tom suffered no paralysis...

Actors : Boris Dvornik, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Slobodan 'Cica' Perovic, Relja Basic,
Directors : Hajrudin Krvavac,

In order to check German offensive, Partizans send elite team of explosive experts to blow up strategically important bridge. Besides being heavily guarded, that bridge is almost ...

Actors : Robert Mitchum, David Carradine, Robert Walker Jr., Angie Dickinson,
Directors : Burt Kennedy,

In New Mexico, looking for his son's murderer, Ben Kane takes a deputy marshal's job and runs into young Billy Young who's on the lam.

Actors : Pia Degermark, Paul Rogers, Christopher Jones, Ralph Richardson,
Directors : Frank Pierson,

From the John le Carré novel about a British spy, who sends a Polish defector to East Germany, to verify missile sites.

Actors : Eiko Taki, Masako Akeboshi, Shintarô Katsu, Kanbi Fujiyama,
Directors : Kazuo Mori,

The blind masseur and swordsman, Zatoichi, searches for proof an imprisoned man's innocence.

Actors : Tsutomu Takakuwa, Kelly Varis, Katherine Murphy, Kon Ohmura,
Directors : Noriaki Yuasa,

When an ancient statue is moved for display in Expo '70, a giant, vaguely Triceratops-like monster is released. The monster goes to Japan in pursuit of the statue and ends up battling Gamera, the giant flying turtle.

Actors : Shintarô Katsu, Kô Nishimura, Makoto Satô, Yoshiko Mita,
Directors : Kenji Misumi,

Zatoichi is tricked by a crime gang into killing a man. Realizing his mistake, he sets out to protect the dead man's sister, who is conflicted in accepting his help.