Best Crime movies of 1960s

Actors : Teruyo Yamagami, Michiko Saga, Masahiko Tsugawa, Sumiko Hidaka,
Directors : Yoshishige Yoshida,

An opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to manipulate them so he can move up the social ladder.

Actors : Paul Nicholas, Gabriele Ferzetti, Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin,
Directors : Pierre Koralnik,

Serge Morgan is a killer working for the American Mafia. After performing a contract in New York for his employers, he takes the plane back to Paris and, during the flight, he gets to know ...

Actors : Stefan Gadularov, Dimitar Panov, Georgi Kaloyanchev, Nevena Kokanova,
Directors : Rangel Vulchanov,

Along with the investigation of an ordinary crime, complex human relations are found out.

Actors : Peter van Eyck, Werner Peters, Agnes Windeck, Dieter Borsche,
Directors : Paul May,

The spirit of the evil Dr. Mabuse takes over the body of a famous professor. The professor/Dr. Mabuse then begins a new crime wave that terrorizes the city.

Actors : Wolfgang Kieling, Siw Mattson, Pinkas Braun, Joachim Fuchsberger,
Directors : Alfred Vohrer,

A serial killer who calls himself "The Laughing Corpse" dresses up in a skeleton costume and kills his victims with a poison-filled scorpion-shaped ring.

Actors : Helmut Schmid, Stanley Baker, John Phillips, Tom Bell,
Directors : Cliff Owen,

A criminal gang sets out to pull off the heist of a large army payroll.

Actors : Meiko Kaji, Noriko Kurosawa, Eiji Gô, Tatsuya Fuji,
Directors : Yasuharu Hasebe,

Two Japanese men help a Vietnam war deserter escape from Japan for Sweden. They plan to fund the escape by selling LSD pills. After word of the drug deal gets spread around they find themselves fending off rival gangs.

Actors : Ella Daphni, Judy Young, W.B. Parker, Audrey Campbell,
Directors : Joseph P. Mawra,

After having been run out of New York City's Chinatown, brothel owner Madame Olga moves her ring of prostitutes and criminals to a deserted ore mine and starts over.

Actors : Victor Francen, Jean-Louis Barrault, Bourvil, Francis Blanche,
Directors : Jean-Pierre Mocky,

Two police inspectors Triquet and Vergus launch their investigations to arrest a dangerous escaped forger named Mickey Le Bénedictin.

Actors : Gustaw Holoubek, Wieslaw Michnikowski, Magda Celówna, Hanka Bielicka,

A criminal mastermind responsible for a failed robbery and an accidental petty conman meet inside a prison carriage. Soon they are both going to hear the court verdict.

Actors : Peter van Eyck, Yvonne Furneaux, O.E. Hasse, Rika Dialyna,

The evil Dr. Mabuse develops a death ray with which he threatens the world.

Actors : Gastone Moschin, Philippe Leroy, Rossana Podestà, Gabriele Tinti,
Directors : Marco Vicario,

One of the best intrigue/caper movies ever made! Delightful is the perfect word to describe this film that is full of sci-fi gimmicks, plot twists, slick and not-so-slick criminals, and gorgeous dames. Podesta is a 100% bonafide KNOCKOUT!

Actors : Charles McGraw, Richard Kiley, Jean Seberg, George Peppard,
Directors : George Schaefer,

When police captain Frank Matthews is accused of murdering his adulterous wife and her lover he avoids arrest and sets out to find the killer.

Actors : Alberto Sordi, Dorian Gray, Nino Manfredi, Vittorio Gassman,
Directors : Mario Camerini,

A randomly formed group of Italians gets deeply involved in a crime in Montacarlo.

Actors : Heinz Reincke, Götz George, Richard Münch, Hildegard Knef,
Directors : Alfred Vohrer,

The nephew of a murdered millionaire decides to track down his uncle's killer. He faces many life-threatening dangers as he tries to break into the inner circle of the sinister criminal "The Tortoise."

Actors : Jean-Claude Brialy, Nadja Tiller, Edith Scob, Perrette Pradier,
Directors : Julien Duvivier,

A group of people visit a weird old man who is a student of the black arts. The man lives in an ancient, cursed castle. Soon people in the group start being killed off.

Actors : Claudia Cardinale, Leon Askin, Tomas Milian, Rock Hudson,
Directors : Francesco Maselli,

A detective gets involved with the beautiful daughter of an old friend. The daughter turns out to be a jewel thief, who in turn gets the detective involved in a caper in Austria.

Actors : Hideo Takamatsu, Jirô Tamiya, Junko Kanô, Eiji Funakoshi,
Directors : Yasuzô Masumura,

Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.

Actors : Veronica Bellach, Marlaina Abbie, Gigi Darlene, Audrey Campbell,
Directors : Joseph P. Mawra,

Olga uses pot parties and comic-book violence to turn Gigi Darlene and other female captives before putting them to work as drug-addicted hookers.

Actors : Christine Kaufmann, Béatrice Altariba, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Pierre Vaneck,
Directors : Jean Becker,

(1961) Jean Paul Belmondo, Christine Kaufman. In this fine thriller, JP's friend ends up in prison. JP then tracks down the man responsible.