Best adventure films 1961 – 1970 - Charts
Best adventure films 1961 – 1970
1. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Italy / USA, Western / Adventure
Directed by: Sergio Leone
Cast: Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale
2. Lemonade Joe (1964)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Oldřich Lipský
Cast: Karel Fiala, Miloš Kopecký
3. The Great Escape (1963)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: John Sturges
Cast: Steve McQueen, James Garner
4. Treasure of Silver Lake (1962)
West Germany / Yugoslavia, Adventure / Western
Directed by: Harald Reinl
Cast: Lex Barker, Pierre Brice
5. Little Big Man (1970)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: Arthur Penn
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway
6. Winnetou (1963)
West Germany / Yugoslavia, Western / Adventure
Directed by: Harald Reinl
Cast: Lex Barker, Pierre Brice
7. Fantomas (1964)
France / Italy, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: André Hunebelle
Cast: Jean Marais, Louis de Funès
8. Planet of the Apes (1968)
USA, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall
9. The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
Czechoslovakia, Adventure / Fantasy
Directed by: Karel Zeman
Cast: Miloš Kopecký, Jana Brejchová
10. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
UK, Adventure / War
Directed by: David Lean
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness
11. The Stolen Airship (1966)
Czechoslovakia, Family / Adventure
Directed by: Karel Zeman
Cast: Michal Pospíšil, Hanuš Bor
13. Goldfinger (1964)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe
14. Born Free (1966)
UK / USA, Family / Drama
Directed by: Tom McGowan, James Hill
Cast: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers
15. The Desperado Trail (1965)
West Germany / Italy, Western / Adventure
Directed by: Harald Reinl
Cast: Lex Barker, Pierre Brice
16. Fantomas Strikes Back (1965)
France / Italy, Comedy / Adventure
Directed by: André Hunebelle, Haroun Tazieff
Cast: Jean Marais, Louis de Funès
17. On the Comet (1970)
Czechoslovakia, Adventure / Sci-fi
Directed by: Karel Zeman
Cast: Emil Horváth ml., Magda Vášáryová
18. Asterix and Cleopatra (1968)
France / Belgium, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo
Cast: Roger Carel, Pierre Tornade
19. Where Eagles Dare (1968)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Brian G. Hutton
Cast: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood
20. Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (1964)
USA, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Cast: Daws Butler, Mel Blanc
21. Jánošík I., II. (1963)
Czechoslovakia, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Paľo Bielik
Cast: František Kuchta, Ctibor Filčík
22. The Fighting Musketeers (1961)
France / Italy, Adventure / Romance
Directed by: Bernard Borderie
Cast: Gérard Barray, Mylène Demongeot
23. The Boys of Paul Street (1969)
Hungary / USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Zoltán Fábri
Cast: Anthony Kemp, Mari Törőcsik
24. Winnetou: Last of the Renegades (1964)
West Germany / France, Western / Adventure
Directed by: Harald Reinl
Cast: Lex Barker, Pierre Brice
25. The Jungle Book (1967)
USA, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman
Cast: Phil Harris, George Sanders
26. Samurai Assassin (1965)
Japan, Action / Drama
Directed by: Kihachi Okamoto
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi
27. The Last Adventure (1967)
France / Italy, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Robert Enrico
Cast: Lino Ventura, Alain Delon
28. The Trap (1966)
Canada / UK, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Sidney Hayers
Cast: Rita Tushingham, Oliver Reed
29. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes (1965)
UK, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Ken Annakin
Cast: Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles
30. Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967)
France / Italy, Comedy / Adventure
Directed by: André Hunebelle
Cast: Jean Marais, Louis de Funès
31. Asterix the Gaul (1967)
France / Belgium, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Ray Goossens
Cast: Roger Carel, Pierre Tornade
32. Vengeance of the Three Musketeers (1961)
France / Italy, Adventure / Romance
Directed by: Bernard Borderie
Cast: Gérard Barray, Mylène Demongeot
33. The Black Tulip (1964)
France / Italy, Historical / Adventure
Directed by: Christian-Jaque
Cast: Alain Delon, Virna Lisi
34. Von Ryan's Express (1965)
USA, War / Drama
Directed by: Mark Robson
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard
35. From Russia with Love (1963)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Terence Young
Cast: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi
36. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
UK / USA, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood
37. The Jester's Tale (1964)
Czechoslovakia, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Karel Zeman
Cast: Petr Kostka, Miloslav Holub
38. The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
Japan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Kôichi Aihara
39. Ikarie XB 1 (1963)
Czechoslovakia, Sci-fi / Drama
Directed by: Jindřich Polák
Cast: Zdeněk Štěpánek, Radovan Lukavský
40. Zatoichi on the Road (1963)
Japan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, 藤村志保
41. Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Carol Reed, Lewis Milestone
Cast: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard
42. Zatoichi at the Fire Festival (1970)
Japan, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Tatsuya Nakadai
43. Thunderball (1965)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Terence Young
Cast: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger
44. Dr. No (1962)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Terence Young
Cast: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress
45. How I Unleashed World War II (1970)
Poland, Comedy / War
Directed by: Tadeusz Chmielewski
Cast: Marian Kociniak, Zdzislaw Kuzniar
46. Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
Japan, Drama / Action
Directed by: Kihachi Okamoto
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Toshirō Mifune
47. Zatoichi, the Fugitive (1963)
Japan, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Tokuzō Tanaka
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Tōru Abe
48. You Only Live Twice (1967)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi
49. The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)
Japan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Kazuo Mori
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, 若山富三郎
52. The Guns of Navarone (1961)
USA / Yugoslavia, War / Adventure
Directed by: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Gregory Peck, David Niven
53. Puss in Boots (1969)
Japan, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Kimio Yabuki
Cast: Kazuo Kumakura, Kenji Utsumi
54. Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
Japan, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, 山本學
56. An Elephant Called Slowly (1970)
UK, Comedy / Action
Directed by: James Hill
Cast: Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna
57. Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)
Japan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Kazuo Ikehiro
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, 左卜全
58. Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
UK / USA, Action / Fantasy
Directed by: Don Chaffey
Cast: Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack
59. Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968)
Japan, Drama / Action
Directed by: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Takashi Shimura
60. For Love and Gold (1966)
Italy / France, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Mario Monicelli
Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak
61. Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)
Japan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Nobuo Kaneko
62. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
USA, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle
63. Zatoichi's Cane-sword (1967)
Japan, Action / Drama
Directed by: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, 藤村志保
64. One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
USA, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman
Cast: Rod Taylor, Betty Lou Gerson
67. Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (1961)
USA / Canada, Family / Adventure
Directed by: Jack Couffer, Don Haldane
Cast: Don Haldane, Jean Coutu
68. Up to His Ears (1965)
France / Italy, Comedy / Adventure
Directed by: Philippe de Broca
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Ursula Andress
70. The Legend of Lobo (1962)
USA, Family / Adventure
Directed by: Jack Couffer, James Algar
Cast: Rex Allen
71. Greed in the Sun (1964)
France / Italy, Adventure / Action
Directed by: Henri Verneuil
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Lino Ventura
72. The Great Race (1965)
USA, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis
73. The Mole (1970)
Mexico, Western / Fantasy
Directed by: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Cast: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Alfonso Arau
74. The Incredible Journey (1963)
Canada / USA, Family / Adventure
Directed by: Fletcher Markle
Cast: Jan Rubeš st., Rex Allen
75. Dragon Inn (1967)
Taiwan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: King Hu, Chung Hsun Tu
Cast: Chun Shih, Polly Kuan
76. The Red Tent (1969)
Italy / Soviet Union, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Mikhail Kalatozov
Cast: Sean Connery, Claudia Cardinale
77. Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
Japan, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Tatsuo Matsumura
78. Play Dirty (1969)
UK, War / Adventure
Directed by: André De Toth
Cast: Michael Caine, Nigel Davenport
79. Dersu Uzala (1961)
Soviet Union, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Agasi Babayan
Cast: Nikolay Gladkov, Aleksandr Baranov
80. Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
Japan, Drama / Action
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Kō Nishimura
81. Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965)
Japan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Kazuo Mori
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Sachiko Murase
82. Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)
Japan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, 平幹二朗
83. Barabbas (1961)
Italy / USA, Adventure / Biography
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Silvana Mangano
84. Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)
Japan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Akira Inoue
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Norihei Miki
85. Brancaleone at the Crusades (1970)
Italy / Algeria, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Mario Monicelli
Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Adolfo Celi
86. The War Lover (1962)
USA / UK, War / Adventure
Directed by: Philip Leacock
Cast: Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner
87. La Louve solitaire (1968)
France / Italy, Adventure / Crime
Directed by: Edouard Logereau
Cast: Danièle Gaubert, Michel Duchaussoy
88. Samurai Wolf (1966)
Japan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Hideo Gosha
Cast: 夏八木勲, Junko Miyazono
89. Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1969)
Hong Kong, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Cheh Chang
Cast: Jimmy Wang Yu, Chiao Chiao
90. The Blue Max (1966)
UK, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: John Guillermin
Cast: George Peppard, James Mason
91. Lord of the Flies (1963)
UK, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Peter Brook
Cast: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin
92. Proshschay, Gyulsary! (1968)
Soviet Union, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Sergej Urusevskij
Cast: Yuri Solomin, Nurmukhan Zhantorin
93. H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
UK, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde
95. Blood and Guns (1969)
Italy / Spain, Western / Adventure
Directed by: Giulio Petroni
Cast: Tomas Milian, Orson Welles
96. Father Goose (1964)
USA, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Ralph Nelson
Cast: Cary Grant, Leslie Caron
97. Marooned (1969)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: John Sturges
Cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna
98. Samurai Wolf II (1967)
Japan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Hideo Gosha
Cast: 夏八木勲, Junko Miyazono
99. Khartoum (1966)
UK, Drama / War
Directed by: Basil Dearden
Cast: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier
100. Face to Face (1967)
Italy / Spain, Western / Adventure
Directed by: Sergio Sollima
Cast: Tomas Milian, Gian Maria Volonté