Best thrillers 1961 – 1970 - Charts
Best thrillers 1961 – 1970
4. High and Low (1963)
Japan, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: 黒澤明
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai
5. Woman of the Dunes (1964)
Japan, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Cast: Eiji Okada, Kyōko Kishida
6. Wait Until Dark (1967)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Terence Young
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin
7. Fail-Safe (1964)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau
9. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger
11. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford
12. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes
13. The Confession (1970)
France / Italy, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Yves Montand, Simone Signoret
14. Blow-Up (1966)
UK / Italy, Mystery / Drama
Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni
Cast: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave
15. The Train (1964)
USA / France, Thriller / War
Directed by: John Frankenheimer, Arthur Penn
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield
16. Airport (1970)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: George Seaton, Henry Hathaway
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin
17. From Russia with Love (1963)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Terence Young
Cast: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi
18. The Violent People (1970)
France / Italy, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Pierre Granier-Deferre
Cast: Jean Gabin, Pierre Dux
19. Z (1969)
France / Algeria, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Yves Montand, Irene Papas
20. The Birds (1963)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor
21. Thunderball (1965)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Terence Young
Cast: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger
22. Dr. No (1962)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Terence Young
Cast: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress
25. You Only Live Twice (1967)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi
26. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Italy, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Elio Petri
28. The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)
France, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Catherine Allégret, Jacques Perrin
29. Borsalino (1970)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Jacques Deray
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon
30. Taste of Fear (1961)
UK, Thriller / Mystery
Directed by: Seth Holt
Cast: Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis
31. The Innocents (1961)
UK, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Jack Clayton
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde
32. The Trial (1962)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Orson Welles
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Elsa Martinelli
33. Ten Little Indians (1965)
UK, Mystery / Crime
Directed by: George Pollock
Cast: Hugh O'Brian, Shirley Eaton
34. Seconds (1966)
USA, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Rock Hudson, John Randolph
35. Le Samouraï (1967)
France / Italy, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Melville
Cast: Alain Delon, François Périer
36. Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
UK, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Otto Preminger
Cast: Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea
37. Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Italy / France, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Mario Bava
Cast: Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok
38. The Gleiwitz Case (1961)
East Germany, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Gerhard Klein
Cast: Hannjo Hasse, Herwart Grosse
39. Na kolejích čeká vrah (1970)
Czechoslovakia, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Josef Mach
Cast: Jiří Sovák, Radoslav Brzobohatý
41. Repulsion (1965)
UK, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry
42. Targets (1968)
USA, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Boris Karloff, Tim O'Kelly
43. Last Known Address (1970)
France / Italy, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: José Giovanni
Cast: Lino Ventura, Marlène Jobert
44. The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Roger Corman
Cast: Vincent Price, John Kerr
45. The Day of the Owl (1968)
Italy / France, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Damiano Damiani
Cast: Claudia Cardinale, Franco Nero
46. Twisted Nerve (1968)
UK, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Roy Boulting
Cast: Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett
47. Dead Ringer (1964)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Paul Henreid
Cast: Bette Davis, Karl Malden
48. Unfaithful Wife (1969)
France / Italy, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet
49. Rain (1970)
France / Italy, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: René Clément
Cast: Marlène Jobert, Charles Bronson
50. The Love Cage (1964)
France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: René Clément
Cast: Alain Delon, Jane Fonda
51. The Collector (1965)
UK / USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: William Wyler
Cast: Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar
52. Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
France / Italy, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Melville
Cast: Alain Delon, Bourvil
53. Marnie (1964)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery
54. Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Cliff Robertson, Dolores Dorn
55. The Boston Strangler (1968)
USA, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda
56. The Bedford Incident (1965)
UK / USA, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: James B. Harris
Cast: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier
57. Seven Days in May (1964)
USA, Thriller
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas
59. La Machination (1969)
Italy / France, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Lucio Fulci
Cast: Jean Sorel, Marisa Mell
60. The House That Screamed (1969)
Spain, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Narciso Ibáñez Serrador
Cast: Lilli Palmer, Cristina Galbó
61. Pale Flower (1964)
Japan, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Masahiro Shinoda
Cast: Ryō Ikebe, Mariko Kaga
62. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
USA, Thriller / Mystery
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey
63. Funeral in Berlin (1966)
UK / USA, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Michael Caine, Oskar Homolka
64. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
Italy / West Germany, Mystery / Horror
Directed by: Dario Argento
Cast: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall
65. The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Cast: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway
66. Lord of the Flies (1963)
UK, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Peter Brook
Cast: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin
67. La morte in Jaguar rossa (1968)
West Germany / Italy, Action / Crime
Directed by: Harald Reinl
Cast: George Nader, Carl Lange
68. Blast of Silence (1961)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Allen Baron
Cast: Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy
69. Ipcress (1965)
UK, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Michael Caine, Nigel Green
70. The Italian Job (1969)
UK / Italy, Action / Crime
Directed by: Peter Collinson
Cast: Michael Caine, Noël Coward
71. The Sinister Monk (1965)
West Germany, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Harald Reinl
Cast: Karin Dor, Harald Leipnitz
72. Torn Curtain (1966)
USA, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Paul Newman, Julie Andrews
73. Marooned (1969)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: John Sturges
Cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna
74. Late August at the Hotel Ozone (1966)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Sci-fi
Directed by: Jan Schmidt
Cast: Beta Poničanová, Ondriš Jariabek
75. Cash on Demand (1961)
UK, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Quentin Lawrence
Cast: Peter Cushing, André Morell
76. L'Espion qui venait du froid (1965)
UK, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Martin Ritt
Cast: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom
77. The Deadly Affair (1967)
UK, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Cast: James Mason, Simone Signoret
78. Dark Eyes of London (1961)
West Germany, Crime / Mystery
Directed by: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Baal
79. The Sadist (1963)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: James Landis
Cast: Arch Hall Jr., Richard Alden
80. The Swimming Pool (1969)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Jacques Deray
Cast: Alain Delon, Romy Schneider
81. Woman of Straw (1964)
UK, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Basil Dearden
Cast: Gina Lollobrigida, Sean Connery
82. Todesschüsse am Broadway (1969)
West Germany, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Harald Reinl
Cast: George Nader, Heinz Weiss
83. The Finger Man (1962)
France / Italy, Thriller
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Melville
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani
84. The Night of the Generals (1967)
UK / France, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif
86. Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland
87. The President (1961)
France / Italy, Thriller
Directed by: Henri Verneuil
Cast: Jean Gabin, Bernard Blier
88. Shock Troops (1967)
France / Italy, Action / War
Directed by: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Bruno Cremer, Jean-Claude Brialy
89. With the Lives of Others (1966)
France / Italy, Thriller
Directed by: Jacques Deray
Cast: Lino Ventura, Jean Bouise
91. Paranoiac (1963)
UK, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Freddie Francis
Cast: Janette Scott, Oliver Reed
92. Deadlock (1970)
West Germany, Thriller
Directed by: Roland Klick
Cast: Mario Adorf, Anthony Dawson
93. The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)
Italy, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Mario Bava
Cast: Letícia Román, John Saxon
94. The Tough and the Mighty (1969)
Italy, Action / Drama
Directed by: Carlo Lizzani
Cast: Terence Hill, Frank Wolff
95. Der Mörderclub von Brooklyn (1967)
West Germany, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Werner Jacobs
Cast: George Nader, Heinz Weiss
96. The Family (1970)
Italy / France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Sergio Sollima
Cast: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland
97. What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Bernard Girard, Lee H. Katzin
Cast: Geraldine Page, Ruth Gordon
98. Death Sentence (1968)
Italy, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Mario Lanfranchi
Cast: Robin Clarke, Tomas Milian
99. Point Blank (1967)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: John Boorman
Cast: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson
100. Secret Ceremony (1968)
UK, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Joseph Losey
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Mia Farrow