Best History movies of 1960s

Actors : Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda,
Directors : Sergio Leone,

A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.

Actors : Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Paolo Stoppa, Alain Delon,
Directors : Luchino Visconti,

The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860's Sicily.

Actors : Richard Burton, Gino Cervi, John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole,
Directors : Peter Glenville,

King Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas à Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the king's.

Actors : Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, James Garner,
Directors : John Sturges,

Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.

Actors : Nikolay Grinko, Ivan Lapikov, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Nikolay Sergeev,
Directors : Andrei Tarkovsky,

The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer.

Actors : Jean-Louis Trintignant, François Périer, Irene Papas, Yves Montand,
Directors : Costa-Gavras,

Following the murder of a prominent leftist, an investigator tries to uncover the truth while government officials attempt to cover up their roles.

Actors : Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, John Wayne,

The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.

Actors : Martin Balsam, Jason Robards, Joseph Cotten, Sô Yamamura,

A series of mistakes made by the US Navy in the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor prove disastrous when Japan strikes.

Actors : Jack Hawkins, James Booth, Stanley Baker, Ulla Jacobsson,
Directors : Cy Endfield,

Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.

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 : Salvo Randone, Martin Potter, Max Born, Hiram Keller,
Directors : Federico Fellini,

A series of disjointed mythical tales set in first century Rome.

Actors : Albert Finney, George Devine, Susannah York, Rachel Kempson,
Directors : Tony Richardson,

The romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th century England.

Actors : Alan Bates, Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch,
Directors : John Schlesinger,

Bathsheba Everdene, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and is romantically pursued by three very different men.

Actors : Curd Jürgens, Harry Andrews, Michael Caine, Trevor Howard,
Directors : Guy Hamilton,

In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the UK.

Actors : Michael Anderson Jr., Max von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Charlton Heston,

The life of Jesus Christ.

Actors : Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Elizabeth Taylor, Pamela Brown,

Queen Cleopatra of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.

Actors : Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern,
Directors : Fred Zinnemann,

The story of Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarriage.

Actors : Peter O'Toole, Anthony Hopkins, Katharine Hepburn, John Castle,
Directors : Anthony Harvey,

1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. They and his wife variously plot to force him.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Tetsurô Tanba, Akira Ishihama,
Directors : Masaki Kobayashi,

An elder ronin samurai arrives at a feudal lord's home and requests an honorable place to commit suicide. But when the ronin inquires about a younger samurai who arrived before him things take an unexpected turn.

Actors : Robert Ryan, Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Robert Shaw,
Directors : Ken Annakin,

A dramatization of Nazi Germany's final Western Front counterattack of World War II.