Best History movies of 1960s

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 : Senta Berger, Kirk Douglas, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne,
Directors : Melville Shavelson,

In 1947, following the U.N. decision to split British Palestine into separate Jewish and Palestinian states, a former U.S. Army officer is recruited by the Jews to reorganize the Haganah.

Actors : Jesse White, Elaine Stewart, Karen Steele, Ray Danton,
Directors : Budd Boetticher,

Jack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewellery thieves. After a spell in jail the coldly ambitious Diamond hits on the idea of stealing from thieves himself...

Actors : Ernst Castelli, Gustav Leonhardt, Paolo Carlini, Christiane Lang,

The life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach as presented by his wife, Anna.

Actors : Lilli Palmer, Senta Berger, Keir Dullea, Anna Massey,

Hounded by the police on charges of inflammatory writing, the once handsome Marquis De Sade seeks refuge in an abandoned family mansion. This colorful movie depicts DeSade's life from ...

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 : Marcello Mastroianni, Gabriella Giorgelli, Folco Lulli, Renato Salvatori,
Directors : Mario Monicelli,

A former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a late 19th Century textile factory.

Actors : János Görbe, Zoltán Latinovits, Tibor Molnár, Gábor Agárdi,
Directors : Miklós Jancsó,

In Hungary, the national movement led by Kossuth has been crushed and the Austrian hegemony re-established, but partisans carry on with violent actions. In order to root out the guerilla, ...

Actors : Maurice Denham, Dirk Bogarde, Alec Guinness, Nigel Stock,
Directors : Lewis Gilbert,

On the H.M.S. Defiant, during the French Revolutionary Wars, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second-in-command Lt. Scott-Paget whose heavy-handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny.

Actors : Georges Marchal, Marie-José Nat, Amza Pellea, Pierre Brice,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

The Dacian kingdom lies at the eastern border of the Roman Empire.Only the river Danube separates the two mortal enemies.The Dacian king Decebalus knows that soon the vastly superior Roman legions will cross the river and attack Dacia.

Actors : István Kovács, Vera Venczel, Imre Sinkovits, György Korga,
Directors : Zoltán Várkonyi,

1552, the great Turkish Empire wants to conquer Europe, and the world. The last stand is Hungarian Kingdom, and the castle of Eger. The brave soldiers decides they will fight till the end of their lifes.

Actors : Vincent Price, Michael Pate, Robert Brown, Joan Freeman,
Directors : Roger Corman,

The twisted Richard III is haunted by the ghosts of those he has murdered in his attempt to become the King of England.

Actors : James Mason, Eli Wallach, Stephen Boyd, Omar Sharif,
Directors : Henry Levin,

During the 13th century the shy Mongol boy Temujin becomes the fearless leader Genghis Khan who unites all Mongol tribes and conquers most of Asia, Europe and the Middle-East.

Actors : Grazyna Staniszewska, Urszula Modrzynska, Henryk Borowski, Andrzej Szalawski,
Directors : Aleksander Ford,

In the 15th century the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is facing a hard struggle against the neighboring Teutonic Order.Frequent clashes between the two powers finally culminate in 1410 with the Battle of Grunwald.

Actors : Aleksandar Gavric, Vladimir Popovic, Ljuba Tadic, Nikola Jovanovic,
Directors : Zivorad 'Zika' Mitrovic,

One Serbian army battery in the First World War, in forced march with no stopping and rest, arrives to Cer Mountain, and, in decisive moment, enters the fight and throws off Austrian troops...

Actors : Sergio Fantoni, Richard Egan, Joan Collins, Denis O'Dea,

When a modern-day girl faces a big challenge in her life, her mother teaches her about the power of fasting by sharing the story of a heroine from the Bible.

Actors : Vladimír Smeral, Josef Kemr, Elo Romancik, Sona Valentová,
Directors : Otakar Vávra,

A very popular movie on the medieval persecution of witches (inquisition).

Actors : Robert Hossein, Jacques Toja, Michèle Mercier, Jean Rochefort,
Directors : Bernard Borderie,

In the third of the Angélique series, the heroine is sent on a mission by King Louis XIV, and later finds herself the subject of rumors.

Actors : Yul Brynner, Shirley Anne Field, Richard Basehart, George Chakiris,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

On the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, the Native American tribe of chief Black Eagle clashes with the Mayan tribe of king Balam.

Actors : Stefania Sandrelli, Beba Loncar, Adolfo Celi, Vittorio Gassman,
Directors : Mario Monicelli,

After saving an infant of royal blood, knight Brancaleone forms a new army and sets out to return the baby to his father: a prince fighting in the Crusades.