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A list of American films released in 1960 .
The Apartment won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Title
Director
Cast
Genre/Note
The 3rd Voice
Hubert Cornfield
Edmond O'Brien , Laraine Day , Julie London
Mystery
20th Century Fox
12 to the Moon
David Bradley
Ken Clark , Tom Conway , Michi Kobi
Science fiction
Columbia
13 Fighting Men
Harry W. Gerstad
Grant Williams , Carole Matthews , Brad Dexter
War
20th Century Fox
13 Ghosts
William Castle
Charles Herbert , Jo Morrow , Rosemary DeCamp
Horror
Columbia ; remade in 2001
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Michael Curtiz
Tony Randall , Patty McCormack , Eddie Hodges , Archie Moore
Family
MGM . From Mark Twain book
The Alamo
John Wayne
John Wayne , Richard Widmark , Laurence Harvey , Chill Wills , Frankie Avalon , Richard Boone
Biography, Western
United Artists . 7 Oscar nominations
All the Fine Young Cannibals
Michael Anderson
Natalie Wood , Robert Wagner , George Hamilton
Drama
MGM
All the Young Men
Hall Bartlett
Alan Ladd , Sidney Poitier , James Darren
War
Columbia
The Amazing Transparent Man
Edgar G. Ulmer
Marguerite Chapman , Douglas Kennedy , James Griffith
Science fiction
AIP
The Angel Wore Red
Nunnally Johnson
Ava Gardner , Dirk Bogarde , Joseph Cotten
War
MGM
The Apartment
Billy Wilder
Jack Lemmon , Shirley MacLaine , Fred MacMurray , Ray Walston , Jack Kruschen , Edie Adams
Drama, Comedy
United Artists . 10 Oscar nominations; Best Picture
Because They're Young
Paul Wendkos
Dick Clark , Tuesday Weld , Victoria Shaw (actress)
Drama
Columbia
The Bellboy
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis , Bob Clayton , Milton Berle
Comedy
Paramount
Bells Are Ringing
Vincente Minnelli
Judy Holliday , Dean Martin , Fred Clark
Musical comedy
MGM . Based on stage show
Beyond the Time Barrier
Edgar G. Ulmer
Darlene Tompkins , Robert Clarke , Vladimir Sokoloff
Sci-fi
AIP
The Big Night
Sidney Salkow
Venetia Stevenson , Randy Sparks , Dick Contino
Drama
Paramount
The Boy and the Pirates
Bert I. Gordon
Charles Herbert , Susan Gordon, Murvyn Vye
Adventure
United Artists
The Bramble Bush
Daniel Petrie
Richard Burton , Angie Dickinson , Barbara Rush
Drama
Warner Bros.
A Breath of Scandal
Michael Curtiz
Sophia Loren , Maurice Chevalier , John Gavin
Drama
Paramount
Butterfield 8
Daniel Mann
Elizabeth Taylor , Laurence Harvey , Eddie Fisher , Dina Merrill
Drama
MGM . Oscar for Taylor
Cage of Evil
Edward L. Cahn
Ron Foster , Pat Blair
Crime
United Artists
Can-Can
Walter Lang
Frank Sinatra , Shirley MacLaine , Maurice Chevalier , Louis Jourdan , Juliet Prowse
Musical
20th Century Fox . Based on stage show
The Cape Canaveral Monsters
Phil Tucker
Scott Peters, Jason Johnson
Science-fiction
Cash McCall
Joseph Pevney
James Garner , Natalie Wood , Nina Foch , E. G. Marshall
Drama
Warner Bros.
Chartroose Caboose
William Reynolds
Molly Bee , Ben Cooper
Comedy
Universal
Cimarron
Anthony Mann
Glenn Ford , Maria Schell , Anne Baxter
Western
MGM . Remake of 1931 film
Cinderfella
Frank Tashlin
Jerry Lewis , Ed Wynn , Anna Maria Alberghetti
Musical comedy
Paramount
College Confidential
Albert Zugsmith
Steve Allen , Mamie Van Doren , Herbert Marshall , Jayne Meadows
Teen
Universal
Comanche Station
Budd Boetticher
Randolph Scott , Nancy Gates , Claude Akins
Western
Columbia
Crack in the Mirror
Richard Fleischer
Orson Welles , Juliette Gréco , Bradford Dillman
Drama
20th Century Fox
The Crowded Sky
Joseph Pevney
Dana Andrews , Rhonda Fleming
Drama
Warner Bros.
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Note
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Delbert Mann
Robert Preston , Dorothy McGuire , Eve Arden , Shirley Knight , Angela Lansbury
Drama
Warner Bros. ; from William Inge play
Desire in the Dust
Robert L. Lippert
Raymond Burr , Martha Hyer , Joan Bennett
Drama
20th Century Fox
Dinosaurus!
Irvin Yeaworth
Ward Ramsey, Paul Lukather , Kristina Hanson
Sci-fi
Universal
Elmer Gantry
Richard Brooks
Burt Lancaster , Jean Simmons , Arthur Kennedy , Shirley Jones , Dean Jagger , Patti Page
Drama
United Artists . From novel by Sinclair Lewis ; Oscars for Lancaster, Jones, screenplay
Esther and the King
Raoul Walsh
Joan Collins , Richard Egan , Denis O'Dea
Biblical
20th Century Fox
Exodus
Otto Preminger
Paul Newman , Eva Marie Saint , Ralph Richardson , Sal Mineo , Peter Lawford , Lee J. Cobb , Jill Haworth , Hugh Griffith , John Derek
Drama
United Artists . From the Leon Uris novel; 3 Oscar nominations
The Facts of Life
Melvin Frank
Bob Hope , Lucille Ball , Ruth Hussey
Comedy
United Artists . 5 Oscar nominations
Five Branded Women
Martin Ritt
Silvana Mangano , Jeanne Moreau , Vera Miles , Barbara Bel Geddes , Carla Gravina
War drama
Paramount
Five Guns to Tombstone
Edward L. Cahn
James Brown , Walter Coy
Western
United Artists
Flaming Star
Don Siegel
Elvis Presley , Steve Forrest , Barbara Eden , John McIntire , Dolores del Río , Richard Jaeckel
Western
20th Century Fox
Four Fast Guns
William J. Hole Jr.
Martha Vickers , James Craig
Western
Universal
Freckles
Andrew V. McLaglen
Carol Christensen
Drama
20th Century Fox
From the Terrace
Mark Robson
Paul Newman , Joanne Woodward , Myrna Loy , Ina Balin , Leon Ames , George Grizzard
Drama
20th Century Fox . From John O'Hara novel
G.I. Blues
Norman Taurog
Elvis Presley , Juliet Prowse , Robert Ivers , Leticia Roman
Musical
Paramount
The Gallant Hours
Robert Montgomery
James Cagney , Dennis Weaver
Biography, War
United Artists . Story of "Bull" Halsey
The Giant of Marathon
Jacques Tourneur
Steve Reeves , Mylène Demongeot , Sergio Fantoni
Epic
MGM
Girl of the Night
Joseph Cates
Anne Francis , Lloyd Nolan , Kay Medford
Drama
Warner Bros.
The Grass Is Greener
Stanley Donen
Cary Grant , Deborah Kerr , Robert Mitchum , Jean Simmons
Comedy
Universal . Based on the play
Gunfighters of Abilene
Edward L. Cahn
Buster Crabbe , Barton MacLane , Judith Ames
Western
United Artists
Guns of the Timberland
Robert D. Webb
Alan Ladd , Jeanne Crain , Gilbert Roland
Western
Warner Bros.
Hell Bent for Leather
George Sherman
Audie Murphy , Felicia Farr , Stephen McNally
Western
Universal
Hell to Eternity
Phil Karlson
Jeffrey Hunter , David Janssen , Vic Damone
War
Allied Artists
Heller in Pink Tights
George Cukor
Sophia Loren , Anthony Quinn , Margaret O'Brien , Steve Forrest
Western
Paramount
The High Powered Rifle
Maury Dexter
Allison Hayes , Willard Parker
Western
20th Century Fox
High Time
Blake Edwards
Bing Crosby , Fabian , Tuesday Weld , Nicole Maurey
Musical
20th Century Fox
Home from the Hill
Vincente Minnelli
Robert Mitchum , Eleanor Parker , George Peppard , George Hamilton
Drama
MGM . From William Humphrey novel
The Horse with the Flying Tail
Larry Lansburgh
George Fenneman (narrator)
Documentary
Academy Award winner
House of Usher
Roger Corman
Vincent Price , Mark Damon , Myrna Fahey
Horror
AIP
Hyde and Go Tweet
Friz Freleng
Animated
The Hypnotic Eye
George Blair
Jacques Bergerac , Allison Hayes
Sci-fi
Allied Artists
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Note
I Aim at the Stars
J. Lee Thompson
Curd Jürgens , Herbert Lom , Gia Scala
Biography
Columbia . Based on life of Wernher von Braun
Ice Palace
Vincent Sherman
Richard Burton , Robert Ryan , Martha Hyer , Jim Backus , Carolyn Jones
Drama
Warner Bros. Based on a novel by Edna Ferber
I'll Give My Life
William F. Claxton
Angie Dickinson , Ray Collins
Drama
Inherit the Wind
Stanley Kramer
Spencer Tracy , Fredric March , Gene Kelly , Harry Morgan , Claude Akins , Dick York
Drama
United Artists . Based on the play ; 4 Oscar nominations
It Started in Naples
Melville Shavelson
Clark Gable , Sophia Loren , Vittorio De Sica
Romantic comedy
Paramount
Key Witness
Phil Karlson
Jeffrey Hunter , Pat Crowley , Dennis Hopper
Crime
MGM
The Last Voyage
Andrew L. Stone
Robert Stack , Dorothy Malone , George Sanders , Woody Strode , Jack Kruschen
Adventure
MGM
Last Woman on Earth
Roger Corman
Betsy Jones-Moreland , Antony Carbone , Robert Towne
Science-fiction
Filmgroup
The Leech Woman
Edward Dein
Grant Williams , Coleen Gray , Phillip Terry , Gloria Talbott
Science-fiction
Universal
Let's Make Love
George Cukor
Marilyn Monroe , Yves Montand , Tony Randall , Frankie Vaughan , Milton Berle , Gene Kelly , Bing Crosby
Musical comedy
20th Century Fox . Monroe's last musical
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Philip Leacock
Burl Ives , Shelley Winters , James Darren , Jean Seberg
Drama
Columbia
The Little Shop of Horrors
Roger Corman
Jonathan Haze , Jackie Joseph , Mel Welles , Dick Miller , Jack Nicholson
Sci-fi comedy
remade in 1986
The Lost World
Irwin Allen
Michael Rennie , Jill St. John , David Hedison , Fernando Lamas , Claude Rains
Science-fiction
20th Century Fox
Macumba Love
Douglas Fowley
Walter Reed , Ziva Rodann
Horror
United Artists
The Magnificent Seven
John Sturges
Yul Brynner , Eli Wallach , Steve McQueen , Charles Bronson , Robert Vaughn , James Coburn , Brad Dexter , Horst Buchholz
Western
United Artists . Based on Seven Samurai ; inspired 3 sequels and remake
Man on a String
André de Toth
Ernest Borgnine , Kerwin Mathews
Crime, Drama
Columbia ; Remade in 1972
Mice Follies
Robert McKimson
Animated
Midnight Lace
David Miller
Doris Day , Rex Harrison , John Gavin , Roddy McDowall , Myrna Loy
Suspense
Universal
Moment of Danger
Laszlo Benedek
Trevor Howard , Dorothy Dandridge
Drama
The Mountain Road
Daniel Mann
James Stewart , Lisa Lu , Glenn Corbett , Harry Morgan
War
Columbia
Murder, Inc.
Stuart Rosenberg
Stuart Whitman , May Britt , Peter Falk , Henry Morgan
Crime
20th Century Fox
The Music Box Kid
Edward L. Cahn
Ron Foster , Luana Patten
Crime
United Artists
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Note
Never on Sunday
Jules Dassin
Melina Mercouri , Jules Dassin , Giorgos Fountas
Drama
United Artists . Greek/US production; 5 Oscar nominations
None but the Brave
George Sherman
Richard Basehart , Stuart Erwin , Arthur Shields
Western
20th Century Fox
Noose for a Gunman
Edward L. Cahn
Jim Davis , Lyn Thomas
Western
United Artists
North to Alaska
Henry Hathaway
John Wayne , Stewart Granger , Capucine , Fabian , Ernie Kovacs , Mickey Shaughnessy
Western comedy
20th Century Fox
Ocean's 11
Lewis Milestone
Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin , Sammy Davis Jr. , Peter Lawford , Joey Bishop , Angie Dickinson , Richard Conte , George Raft , Cesar Romero , Henry Silva , Norman Fell
Crime, Drama
Rat Pack ; Warner Bros. ; remade in 2001
Oklahoma Territory
Edward L. Cahn
Bill Williams , Gloria Talbott , Ted de Corsia
Western
United Artists
Once More, with Feeling!
Stanley Donen
Yul Brynner , Kay Kendall , Gregory Ratoff
Comedy
Columbia ; based on Henry Kurnitz play
One Foot in Hell
James B. Clark
Alan Ladd , Dan O'Herlihy
Western
20th Century Fox
Pay or Die
Richard Wilson
Ernest Borgnine , Zohra Lampert
Crime
Allied Artists
Pepe
George Sidney
Cantinflas , Dan Dailey , Shirley Jones
Comedy
Columbia
Platinum High School
Charles F. Haas
Mickey Rooney , Dan Duryea
Drama
MGM
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Charles Walters
Doris Day , David Niven , Janis Paige
Comedy
MGM . From Jean Kerr book; inspired TV series
The Plunderers
Joseph Pevney
Jeff Chandler , John Saxon , Dolores Hart
Western
Allied Artists ; Remake of 1948 film
Pollyanna
David Swift
Hayley Mills , Jane Wyman , Richard Egan , Karl Malden
Family comedy
from Eleanor Porter book; Disney
Portrait in Black
Michael Gordon
Lana Turner , Anthony Quinn , Richard Basehart , Sandra Dee , John Saxon
Suspense
Universal
Pretty Boy Floyd
Herbert J. Leder
John Ericson , Barry Newman
Drama
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney , Mamie Van Doren , Mel Tormé , Tuesday Weld , Fay Spain , Paul Anka
Comedy
Universal
Private Property
Leslie Stevens
Corey Allen , Warren Oates
Crime drama
lost film , re-released 2016
The Purple Gang
Frank McDonald
Barry Sullivan , Robert Blake
Crime
Allied Artists
Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock
Anthony Perkins , Janet Leigh , Vera Miles , John Gavin , John McIntire , Martin Balsam
Suspense
Paramount . From Robert Bloch novel; remade in 1998
The Pusher
Gene Milford
Robert Lansing , Felice Orlandi
Crime
United Artists
The Rat Race
Robert Mulligan
Tony Curtis , Debbie Reynolds , Don Rickles
Drama
Paramount
Raymie
Frank McDonald
David Ladd , Julie Adams , Charles Winninger
Drama
Allied Artists
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Budd Boetticher
Ray Danton , Karen Steele , Elaine Stewart
Crime
Warner Bros. Based on Jack Diamond
The Savage Innocents
Nicholas Ray
Anthony Quinn , Peter O'Toole , Yoko Tani
Drama
Paramount
Scent of Mystery
Jack Cardiff
Denholm Elliott , Peter Lorre
Mystery
The Secret of the Purple Reef
William Witney
Richard Chamberlain , Peter Falk , Margia Dean
Adventure
20th Century Fox
September Storm
Byron Haskin
Joanne Dru , Mark Stevens , Robert Strauss
Adventure
20th Century Fox . Filmed in 3-D
Sergeant Rutledge
John Ford
Jeffrey Hunter , Woody Strode , Constance Towers
Western
Warner Bros.
Seven Thieves
Henry Hathaway
Edward G. Robinson , Rod Steiger , Joan Collins
Film noir
20th Century Fox
Seven Ways from Sundown
Harry Keller
Audie Murphy , Barry Sullivan
Western
Universal
Sex Kittens Go to College
Albert Zugsmith
Mamie Van Doren , Tuesday Weld , John Carradine
Comedy
Allied Artists
Song Without End
Charles Vidor , George Cukor
Dirk Bogarde , Capucine , Patricia Morison
Biography
Columbia
Spartacus
Stanley Kubrick
Kirk Douglas , Laurence Olivier , Jean Simmons , Tony Curtis , Peter Ustinov , Charles Laughton , John Gavin , Woody Strode , John Ireland , John Dall
Epic
Universal ; from Howard Fast novel; won 4 Oscars
Squad Car
Ed Leftwich
Vici Raaf , Paul Bryar
Crime
20th Century Fox
Stop!, Look and Laugh
Animated film
The Story of Ruth
Henry Koster
Stuart Whitman , Tom Tryon , Peggy Wood , Elana Eden
Biblical
20th Century Fox
Strangers When We Meet
Richard Quine
Kirk Douglas , Kim Novak , Ernie Kovacs
Drama
Columbia
Studs Lonigan
Irving Lerner
Frank Gorshin , Jack Nicholson , Venetia Stevenson
Drama
United Artists
The Subterraneans
Ranald MacDougall
Leslie Caron , George Peppard , Janice Rule
Drama
MGM ; based on Jack Kerouac book
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Leslie Norman
Ernest Borgnine , Anne Baxter , John Mills , Angela Lansbury
Adventure
set in Australia
The Sundowners
Fred Zinnemann
Deborah Kerr , Robert Mitchum
Drama
Warner Bros. Set in Australia; 5 Oscar nominations
Sunrise at Campobello
Vincent J. Donehue
Ralph Bellamy , Greer Garson
Biography
Warner Bros. Story of FDR
Surprise Package
Stanley Donen
Yul Brynner , Mitzi Gaynor
Comedy
Columbia
Swiss Family Robinson
Ken Annakin
John Mills , Dorothy McGuire , Tommy Kirk
Adventure
Disney
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Note
Tall Story
Joshua Logan
Anthony Perkins , Jane Fonda , Ray Walston
Comedy
Warner Bros. Fonda's first film
Tarzan the Magnificent
Robert Day
Gordon Scott , Alexandra Stewart
Adventure
Paramount
A Terrible Beauty
Tay Garnett
Robert Mitchum , Anne Heywood , Dan O'Herlihy
Drama
United Artists
Tess of the Storm Country
Paul Guilfoyle
Diane Baker , Jack Ging
Drama
20th Century Fox
This Rebel Breed
Richard L. Bare
Rita Moreno , Gerald Mohr , Dyan Cannon
Crime drama
Warner Bros.
The Threat
Charles R. Rondeau
Robert Knapp , Linda Lawson , Mary Castle
Crime
Warner Bros.
The Three Worlds of Gulliver
Jack Sher
Kerwin Mathews , June Thorburn
Fantasy
Columbia . Based on Gulliver's Travels
Thunder in Carolina
Paul Helmick
Rory Calhoun , Connie Hines
Drama
The Time Machine
George Pal
Rod Taylor , Sebastian Cabot , Yvette Mimieux , Alan Young
Science fiction
MGM . From H. G. Wells book; special effects Oscar
Three Came to Kill
Edward L. Cahn
Cameron Mitchell , Lyn Thomas
Crime
United Artists
Toby Tyler
Charles Barton
Kevin Corcoran
Family
Disney
Too Hot to Handle
Terence Young
Jayne Mansfield , Leo Genn , Karlheinz Böhm
Comedy
Tormented
Bert I. Gordon
Richard Carlson , Lugene Sanders
Horror
Allied Artists
Twelve Hours to Kill
Edward L. Cahn
Nico Minardos , Barbara Eden , Russ Conway
Crime drama
20th Century Fox
The Unforgiven
John Huston
Burt Lancaster , Audrey Hepburn , Audie Murphy
Western
United Artists
Valley of the Redwoods
William Witney
John Hudson , Ed Nelson
Action
20th Century Fox
Vice Raid
Edward L. Cahn
Mamie Van Doren , Richard Coogan
Crime
United Artists
Village of the Damned
Wolf Rilla
George Sanders , Barbara Shelley , Martin Stephens
Horror, Sci-fi
MGM ; Remake of 1995 film
Visit to a Small Planet
Norman Taurog
Jerry Lewis , Joan Blackman , Earl Holliman
Comedy
Paramount
The Wackiest Ship In the Army
Richard Murphy
Jack Lemmon , Ricky Nelson
Comedy
Columbia ; became TV series
Wake Me When It's Over
Mervyn LeRoy
Ernie Kovacs , Dick Shawn , Margo Moore
Comedy
20th Century Fox
Walk Like a Dragon
James Clavell
Jack Lord , Nobu McCarthy , Mel Tormé
Drama
Paramount
Walk Tall
Maury Dexter
Willard Parker , Joyce Meadows
Western
20th Century Fox
The Walking Target
Edward L. Cahn
Joan Evans , Merry Anders
Crime
United Artists
The Wasp Woman
Roger Corman , Jack Hill
Susan Cabot , Anthony Eisley
Sci-fi
Filmgroup
Weddings and Babies
Morris Engel
Viveca Lindfors
Drama
20th Century Fox
Where the Boys Are
Henry Levin
George Hamilton , Connie Francis , Yvette Mimieux , Paula Prentiss
Comedy
MGM ; Remade of 1984 film
Who Was That Lady?
George Sidney
Dean Martin , Tony Curtis , Janet Leigh
Comedy
Columbia ; nominated for 2 Golden Globes
Why Must I Die?
Roy Del Ruth
Terry Moore , Debra Paget
Crime
A.I.P.
The Wild Ride
Harvey Berman
Jack Nicholson
Drama
Wild River
Elia Kazan
Montgomery Clift , Lee Remick
Drama
20th Century Fox
The World of Suzie Wong
Richard Quine
William Holden , Nancy Kwan , Sylvia Syms
Romance
Paramount
Young Jesse James
William F. Claxton
Ray Stricklyn , Willard Parker , Merry Anders
Western
20th Century Fox
The Young One
Luis Buñuel
Zachary Scott , Bernie Hamilton
Drama
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