Best movies of 1966

Actors : Margaret Tu Chuan, Ping Chin, Fanny Fan, Yu Wang,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

During the late Ming Dynasty a heroic swordsman named Lu Fang (Jimmy Wang Yu) returns from battle to discover that several poor farmers have kidnapped a ruthless local magistrate's only ...

Actors : Hiroyuki Nagato, Mariko Kaga, Shôichi Ozawa, Fumio Watanabe,
Directors : Kazuo Kuroki,

Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido, this allegorical and oblique first feature film by Kuroki depicts in exquisite images a series of encounters and life's turning points.

Actors : Walter Chiari, Silvana Mangano, Vittorio De Sica, Gina Lollobrigida,
Directors : Alessandro Blasetti,

Sandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man and every woman he meets turns into a theme for his inquiry. Even his own wife, Titta. But ...

Actors : Jean-Pierre Léaud, René Gilson, Gérard Zimmermann, Henri Martinez,
Directors : Jean Eustache,

Daniel needs some money to buy a duffle coat that is in fashion, so he agrees to work for a photographer by dressing up as Santa Claus. He discovers that it is much easier to meet girls ...

Actors : Eddie Constantine, Fernando Rey, Mara Laso, Françoise Brion,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

A mad scientist uses his army of mechanical monsters to control people who have Type O blood.

Actors : Ikuko Asô, Toshimi Hiramatsu, Shima Iwashita, Jôji Hosoda,
Directors : Masahiro Shinoda,

Seeking revenge against the guard who tormented him, a young man returns to the island where he was imprisoned in reform school. But his plans for vengeance are disturbed when he encounters...

Actors : Günther Stoll, Monika Peitsch, Siegfried Schürenberg, Pinkas Braun,
Directors : Alfred Vohrer,

A woman is kidnapped and her identity is stolen by criminals attempting to collect her inheritance.

Actors : Agustin Mayor, Barbara Kemp, Mary O'Hara, Sam Stewart,
Directors : Doris Wishman,

A young couple move into an expensive new apartment after the husband gets a big pay raise. Unfortunately, he is soon stricken with a mysterious ailment and becomes bedridden. The wife, ...

Actors : Krishna Bose, Bhanu Bannerjee, Mumtaz Ahmed, Tapan Bhattacharya,
Directors : Tapan Sinha,

A family where relation in between family members have been deteriorated to the worst level even affecting their professional life, an outsider tries to rebuild the love and compassion within the family.

Actors : Tomoko Ogawa, Bin Amatsu, Hiroki Matsukata, Ryûtarô Ôtomo,
Directors : Tetsuya Yamanouchi,

In ancient Japan, a good lord is killed and his throne is taken by the trecherous Yuki Daijo and his wizard friend Oroki-maru. The young prince Ikazuki-maru is rescued from the jaws of ...

Actors : Kartal Tibet, Zeynep Degirmencioglu, Kadir Savun, Türkan Soray,
Directors : Osman F. Seden,

Actors : Vladimir Korenev, Anatoliy Papanov, Vera Orlova, Lev Prygunov,
Directors : Yevgeni Karelov,

Actors : Monika Hildebrand, Paul Eichbaum, Holger Mahlich, Rolf Römer,
Directors : Jürgen Böttcher,

The only feature film by the painter and documentary filmmaker, Juergen Boettcher. Inspired by the Italian neo-realists, he developed a sensitive style characterized by accurate social ...

Actors : Marianne Benet, Antonio Ferrandis, Teresa Gimpera, Marcos Martí,
Directors : Vicente Aranda,

The inhabitants of a strange desert Barcelona are gradually leaving the city in a panic group. The victims of a serial killers seem to feel strangely attracted by their executioners. Only ...

Actors : David Blair, Desmond Doyle, Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn,
Directors : Paul Czinner,

Two teenagers fall in love, but their feuding families and fate itself cause the relationship to end in tragedy.

Actors : Milla Sannoner, Gordon Mitchell, Ivano Staccioli, Mickey Hargitay,
Directors : Emimmo Salvi,

Ringo Carson has a tough life. First, he has a falling out with his best friend, Frank Sanders, after saving Jane, the girl he loves, from Mexican kidnappers in order to extort a ransom ...

Actors : Mieko Nishio, Chieko Matsubara, Akemi Kita, Akira Kobayashi,
Directors : Yasuharu Hasebe,

A military photographer takes a cute stewardess out to dinner where she is promptly kidnapped. Deciding that he has fallen in love with the girl, our "hero" decides to investigate her kidnapping himself.

Actors : Tatsuya Mihashi, Michiyo Aratama, Mitsuko Kusabue, Keiju Kobayashi,
Directors : Mikio Naruse,

Two friends meet in a bar. Later that night, one friend's flirtatious wife is reportedly in an accident. The other friend doesn't feel well. What's come over him?

Actors : Bin Amatsu, Keiko Awaji, Takuya Fujioka, Kiyoshi Hitomi,
Directors : Hideo Gosha,

Loyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission for his clan. He recovers but has lost an eye and an arm. Taking a new identity as Tange ...

Actors : Aleksey Batalov, Pyotr Artemyev, Lina Braknyte, Valentin Nikulin,

Based on a famous fairytale by Yuri Olesha.