Best movies of 1960 that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, John Gavin, Vera Miles,
Directors : Alfred Hitchcock,

A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.

Actors : Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Laurence Olivier, Kirk Douglas,
Directors : Stanley Kubrick,

The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic.

Actors : Shirley MacLaine, Jack Lemmon, Ray Walston, Fred MacMurray,
Directors : Billy Wilder,

A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.

Actors : Rod Taylor, Sebastian Cabot, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux,
Directors : George Pal,

A man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.

Actors : Gene Kelly, Fredric March, Dick York, Spencer Tracy,
Directors : Stanley Kramer,

Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.

Actors : Yul Brynner, Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach,
Directors : John Sturges,

An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.

Actors : Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger,
Directors : Richard Brooks,

A fast-talking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause.

Actors : Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher, Elizabeth Taylor, Dina Merrill,
Directors : Daniel Mann,

A Manhattan call girl has a tragic affair with a rich married man.

Actors : Frankie Vaughan, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Randall, Yves Montand,
Directors : George Cukor,

When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.

Actors : Richard Widmark, Frankie Avalon, Laurence Harvey, John Wayne,
Directors : John Wayne,

In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.

Actors : Vincent Price, Myrna Fahey, Mark Damon, Harry Ellerbe,
Directors : Roger Corman,

Upon entering his fiancée's family mansion, a man discovers a savage family curse and fears that his future brother-in-law has entombed his bride-to-be prematurely.

Actors : Paul Newman, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford, Eva Marie Saint,
Directors : Otto Preminger,

The state of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.

Actors : Richard Egan, Jane Wyman, Karl Malden, Hayley Mills,
Directors : David Swift,

A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.

Actors : Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr, Jean Simmons, Cary Grant,
Directors : Stanley Donen,

Victor and Hillary are down on their luck to the point that they allow tourists to take guided tours of their castle. But Charles Delacro, a millionaire oil tycoon, visits, and takes a ...

Actors : Dennis Price, John Mills, Alec Guinness, Susannah York,
Directors : Ronald Neame,

Major Jock Sinclair has been in this Highland regiment since he joined as a boy piper. During the Second World War, as Second-in-Command, he was made acting Commanding Officer. Now the ...

Actors : Rex Harrison, Doris Day, John Gavin, Myrna Loy,
Directors : David Miller,

In London, a newly-wed American woman's sanity comes into question when she claims to be the victim of a stalker.

Actors : Dean Martin, Eddie Foy Jr., Judy Holliday, Fred Clark,
Directors : Vincente Minnelli,

Ella Peterson is a Brooklyn telephone answering service operator who tries to improve the lives of her clients by passing along bits of information she hears from other clients. She falls ...

Actors : Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman, Ina Balin, Myrna Loy,
Directors : Mark Robson,

An ambitious young executive chooses a loveless marriage and an unfulfilling personal life in exchange for a successful Wall Street career.

Actors : Sylvia Syms, William Holden, Michael Wilding, Nancy Kwan,
Directors : Richard Quine,

Robert Lomax, tired of working in an office, wants to be an artist. So he moves to Hong Kong to try his hand at painting. Finding a cheap hotel, he checks in, only to find it's used by ...

Actors : Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns,
Directors : Fred Zinnemann,

In Australia's Outback during the early 20th century the impoverished Carmody family lives a nomadic life out of their wagon but the mom and son want to settle while the dad is against it.