Best History movies of 1960

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 : 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 : Dana Wynter, Kenneth More, Carl Möhner, Laurence Naismith,
Directors : Lewis Gilbert,

The World War II story of the British Navy's effort to defeat Nazi Germany's most powerful warship.

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 : Albert Salmi, Jo Van Fleet, Lee Remick, Montgomery Clift,
Directors : Elia Kazan,

A TVA bureaucrat comes to the river to do what none of his predecessors have been able to do - evict a stubborn octogenarian from her island before the rising waters engulf her.

Actors : Jesse White, Elaine Stewart, Karen Steele, Ray Danton,
Directors : Budd Boetticher,

Jack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewellery thieves. After a spell in jail the coldly ambitious Diamond hits on the idea of stealing from thieves himself...

Actors : Grazyna Staniszewska, Urszula Modrzynska, Henryk Borowski, Andrzej Szalawski,
Directors : Aleksander Ford,

In the 15th century the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is facing a hard struggle against the neighboring Teutonic Order.Frequent clashes between the two powers finally culminate in 1410 with the Battle of Grunwald.

Actors : Sergio Fantoni, Richard Egan, Joan Collins, Denis O'Dea,

When a modern-day girl faces a big challenge in her life, her mother teaches her about the power of fasting by sharing the story of a heroine from the Bible.

Actors : Pierre Mondy, Leslie Caron, Claudia Cardinale, Martine Carol,
Directors : Abel Gance,

Another of Napoleon's adventures in this epic reconstruction of the battle of Austerlitz, where he had the greatest victory of his career, over the Russians.

Actors : Richard Greene, Peter Cushing, Richard Pasco, Niall MacGinnis,
Directors : Terence Fisher,

While King Richard is away at the Crusades, some Nottingham nobles and their Sheriff plot to confiscate estates of fallen Crusaders but Robin Hood and Maid Marian foil their plan.

Actors : Tom Tryon, Stuart Whitman, Viveca Lindfors, Peggy Wood,
Directors : Henry Koster,

Inspired by the scriptural tale. Moabitess priestess Ruth is drawn both to a Judean man and to his talk of a forgiving God. After tragedy strikes, she begins a new life in Bethlehem.

Actors : Yvonne Mitchell, Nigel Patrick, James Mason, Peter Finch,
Directors : Ken Hughes,

At the height of his fame (his plays being much celebrated in London in the 1890's), Oscar Wilde angers the Marquis of Queensberry by having what is whispered and gossiped as a romantic ...

Actors : John Neville, Robert Morley, Ralph Richardson, Phyllis Calvert,
Directors : Gregory Ratoff,

Oscar Wilde's homosexuality is exposed when he tries to defend himself against his lover's father.

Actors : Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Jim Backus, Martha Hyer,
Directors : Vincent Sherman,

After WW1, Zeb and Thor start a cannery business in Alaska but eventually they drift apart with Zeb becoming unscrupulous and Thor becoming involved in Alaskan politics.

Actors : Jeanne Moreau, Alida Valli, Madeleine Renaud, Pascale Audret,

This is about the execution of 21 carmelite nuns in the latter stages of the terror during the French Revolution.

Actors : Tito Junco, Tito Novaro, Roberto Cañedo, Tomás Perrín,
Directors : Julio Bracho,

The movie situated in post-revolutionary Mexico describes the way politics were done in those times. Ignacio Jimenez is chosen as the candidate of the Partido Radical Progresista, but he ...

Actors : Hideko Takamine, Takahiro Tamura, Shima Iwashita, Kôshirô Matsumoto,
Directors : Keisuke Kinoshita,

A young man decides to become a warrior, causing trouble for his clan.

Actors : Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic, Alexandru Giugaru, Nicky Atanasiu, Carmen Stanescu,

Actors : Pierre Brice, Linda Cristal, John Drew Barrymore, Armando Francioli,
Directors : Viktor Tourjansky,

A beautiful girl and a young physician fall in love in the midst of a family, and power struggle between rival princes of Upper and Lower Egypt. When all seems to turn to the better, a ...

Actors : Sylva Koscina, Rossano Brazzi, Enrico Maria Salerno, Tina Louise,
Directors : Pietro Francisci,

The history of the Roman siege in Greek city of Syracuse, which occurred during the Second Punic War between 214 and 212 B.C. The Romans were preparing for their invasion while Archimedes ...