Best History movies of 1960s

Actors : Claudia Cardinale, Robert Hossein, Enrico Maria Salerno, Nino Manfredi,
Directors : Luigi Magni,

Rome, 1825. Bishop Rivarola (Tognazzi) and colonel Nardoni (Salerno) are in charge to suppress liberal revolution. Shoemaker Cornacchia (Manfredi) got the information that the liberal ...

Actors : Charles Bronson, Brad Dexter, Ralph Taeger, David McLean,
Directors : Richard Donner,

During the Cold War in the 1960s the U.S.A.F.and NASA tested the experimental rocket-powered aircraft X-15 that set altitude and speed records and reached the edge of outer space.

Actors : Marianne Krencsey, Ilona Béres, András Csorba, Ernö Szabó,
Directors : Viktor Gertler,

Actors : Juliette Mayniel, John Drew Barrymore, Steve Reeves, Edy Vessel,
Directors : Giorgio Ferroni,

A retelling of the events leading to the use of the Trojan Horse, to bring down the great city of Troy.

Actors : David Chiang, Han Chin, Lung Ti, Lily Li,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

A Mogul king decides to take stealthy action to help overpower his greatest rivals. He chooses nine out thirteen of his loyal generals (who he treats as sons) to embark on the mission. ...

Actors : June Thorburn, Lionel Jeffries, Jack Hedley, Oliver Reed,
Directors : John Gilling,

In 1648, during the English Civil War, Captain Sylvester switches sides between the Parliamentary and Royalist camps as his interests dictate, while King Charles I is on the run from Oliver Cromwell's troops.

Actors : John Neville, Ralph Richardson, Robert Morley, Phyllis Calvert,
Directors : Gregory Ratoff,

Oscar Wilde's homosexuality is exposed when he tries to defend himself against his lover's father.

Actors : Rosanna Schiaffino, Anthony Quinn, Rita Hayworth, Richard Johnson,
Directors : Terence Young,

A former counterrevolutionary pirate befriends a mentally ill young woman and this in turn leads to tragedy when she falls in love with a French naval officer.

Actors : Franca Bettoia, Franco Fabrizi, Alan Ladd, Robert Keith,

A duel takes place in order to put an end to the long and bloody war between the Romans and the Albans. Three valiant brothers are chosen for each side. The Romans choose three brothers: ...

Actors : Vincent Price, Edmund Purdom, Jeanne Crain, Amedeo Nazzari,
Directors : Fernando Cerchio,

Chronicles the rise and fall of the woman who eventually became known as Queen Nefertiti.

Actors : Christine Kaufmann, Cornel Wilde, Belinda Lee, Massimo Serato,
Directors : Lionello De Felice,

Biopic of Constantine the Great, set between 293-312 AD, from his days as Tribune to his accession as Roman Emperor of Gaul under the tetrarchy system and ending with his battle against the usurper Roman Emperor Maxentius in Rome.

Actors : Robert Ryan, Henry Fonda, Annie Girardot, Vittorio Gassman,

The US intelligence chief in Europe relates the stories of three different operations that he was involved in with colleagues in Paris and Djibouti, Rome, and Berlin.

Actors : Kamini Kaushal, Nirupa Roy, Prem Chopra, Anand Kumar,
Directors : S. Ram Sharma,

Shaheed (1965) presents the inspirational biography of one of India's greatest patriots Sardar Bhagat Singh.

Actors : Nikolay Gubenko, Sergei Volf, Georgiy Burkov, Leonid Kulagin,

Three unconnected episodes united by a common theme: the establishment of the Soviet rule in Russia during the civil war of the early 1920s. Depicts dramatic events in simple lives of peasants and soldiers.

Actors : Hôsei Komatsu, Noriko Matsumoto, Kei Yamamoto, Rokkô Toura,
Directors : Nagisa Ôshima,

The vengeful son of a murdered feudal lord meets a renegade ninja helping peasants and farmers rebel against Oda Nobunaga's regime in this unusual animated film where still manga drawings are accompanied with sound.

Actors : Tito Junco, Tito Novaro, Roberto Cañedo, Tomás Perrín,
Directors : Julio Bracho,

The movie situated in post-revolutionary Mexico describes the way politics were done in those times. Ignacio Jimenez is chosen as the candidate of the Partido Radical Progresista, but he ...

Actors : Mikhail Ulyanov, Pyotr Glebov, Rolan Bykov, Vsevolod Platov,
Directors : Vladimir Vengerov,

Actors : Igor Dmitriev, Ariadna Shengelaia, Imre Sinkovits, Sándor Pécsi,
Directors : Márton Keleti,

Pianist and composer Liszt was giving performances all over Europe and made his famous concert tour to St. Petersburg, Russia. Liszt's brilliant piano playing impressed the Russian royalty ...

Actors : Richard Widmark, Sonja Ziemann, Walter Rilla, Charles Regnier,

Vienna, 1956. After Soviet tanks crush the Hungarian uprising, soldier-of-fortune Mike Reynolds is hired to help a threatened Hungarian scientist (Prof. Jansci) escape from Budapest. He and...

Actors : Alfredo Alcón, María Aurelia Bisutti, Lautaro Murúa, Graciela Borges,
Directors : Leopoldo Torre Nilsson,

The story of rebel gaucho Martin Fierro and his people, and their life in the Argentine Pampas some centuries ago.