Films of 1960

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Last Updated: 1/16/26
Total Films: 30
Note: The year of each film is according to IMDb. It sometimes changes without my knowledge. When I become aware, I will make adjustments. Like the Oscars, I select the best for each category: picture, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, director, cinematography, editing, original screenplay, adapted screenplay, and documentary. This is based on the movies I've actually seen, and miniseries and telefilms are fair game. Each winner is named along with the next four ordered runner-ups (which may be less) and honorable mentions (if any). These categories may be left blank if I feel there's no deserving winner. A ranked list of films is presented afterwards.



Best Picture
Psycho

2. À bout de souffle
3. Elmer Gantry
4. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
5. Tunes of Glory
Honorable Mentions: Plein soleil and The Last Voyage


Best Actor
Burt Lancaster (Elmer Gantry)

2. Albert Finney (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning)
3. Jean-Paul Belmondo (À bout de souffle)
4. Laurence Olivier (Spartacus)
5. Alain Delon (Plein soleil)
Honorable Mentions: Karlheinz Böhm (Peeping Tom), Yul Brynner (The Magnificent Seven), Alec Guinness (Tunes of Glory), Jack Hawkins (The League of Gentlemen), William Holden (The World of Suzie Wong), John Mills (Tunes of Glory), Edmond O'Brien (The Last Voyage), Anthony Quinn (Portrait in Black), George Sanders (The Last Voyage), Robert Stack (The Last Voyage), and Dean Stockwell (Sons and Lovers)


Best Actress
Nancy Kwan (The World of Suzie Wong)

2. Jean Simmons (Elmer Gantry)
3. Janet Leigh (Psycho)
4. Lana Turner (Portrait in Black)
5.
Honorable Mentions: None


Best Supporting Actor
Anthony Perkins (Psycho)

2. Peter Falk (Murder, Inc.)
3. Woody Strode (The Last Voyage)
4. Simon Oakland (Psycho)
5. Charles Laughton (Spartacus)
Honorable Mentions: Edward Andrews (Elmer Gantry), Charles Bronson (The Magnificent Seven), Horst Buchholz (The Magnificent Seven), Trevor Howard (Sons and Lovers), and Peter Ustinov (Spartacus)


Best Supporting Actress
Anita Ekberg (La dolce vita)

2. Jean Seberg (À bout de souffle)
3. Rachel Roberts (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning)
4. Wendy Hiller (Sons and Lovers)
5. Shirley Jones (Elmer Gantry)
Honorable Mentions: Heather Sears (Sons and Lovers) and Mary Ure (Sons and Lovers)


Best Director
Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho)

2. Jean-Luc Godard (À bout de souffle)
3. Andrew L. Stone (The Last Voyage)
4. René Clément (Plein soleil)
5. Richard Brooks (Elmer Gantry)
Honorable Mentions: Ronald Neame (Tunes of Glory)


Best Cinematography
Henri Decaë (Plein soleil)

2. Freddie Francis (Sons and Lovers)
3. Geoffrey Unsworth (The World of Suzie Wong)
4. John L. Russell (Psycho)
5. Raoul Coutard (À bout de souffle)
Honorable Mentions: Jack Hildyard (The Sundowners), Arthur Ibbetson (Tunes of Glory), and Russell Metty (Spartacus)


Best Editing
George Tomasini (Psycho)

2. Cécile Decugis (À bout de souffle)
3. Virginia L. Stone (The Last Voyage)
4. Marjorie Fowler (Elmer Gantry)
5.
Honorable Mentions: None


Best Original Screenplay
Andrew L. Stone (The Last Voyage)

2.
3.
4.
5.
Honorable Mentions: None


Best Adapted Screenplay
Richard Brooks (Elmer Gantry)

2. Joseph Stefano (Psycho)
3. Alan Sillitoe (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning)
4. James Kennaway (Tunes of Glory)
5. Gavin Lambert and T.E.B. Clarke (Sons and Lovers)
Honorable Mentions: Dalton Trumbo (Spartacus)


Films Rated '10'
  1. Psycho

  2. À bout de souffle

  3. Elmer Gantry

  4. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Films Rated '9'
  1. Tunes of Glory

  2. Plein soleil

  3. The Last Voyage

  4. The Magnificent Seven

  5. Peeping Tom

Films Rated '8'
  1. The World of Suzie Wong

  2. Spartacus

  3. Portrait in Black

  4. Inherit the Wind

Films Rated '7'
    SatSun
  1. Sons and Lovers

Films Rated '6'
  1. Village of the Damned

  2. The League of Gentlemen

  3. The Fall of the House of Usher

Films Rated '5'
    Tunes
  1. The Sundowners

  2. La dolce vita

  3. The Unforgiven

  4. Exodus

Films Rated '4'
  1. The Apartment

  2. Murder, Inc.

Films Rated '3'
  1. BUtterfield 8

  2. 13 Ghosts

  3. Ocean's 11

Films Rated '2'
  1. Les yeux sans visage

  2. The Fugitive Kind

  3. The Little Shop of Horrors

Films Rated '1'
  1. The Brides of Dracula