Best History movies of 1960s

Actors : Jeffrey Hunter, Hurd Hatfield, Siobhan McKenna, Ron Randell,
Directors : Nicholas Ray,

The temporary physical life of everyone's Savior, Jesus Christ.

Actors : Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith, Trevor Howard, Marlon Brando,

In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by officer Fletcher Christian.

Actors : James Mason, Alec Guinness, Stephen Boyd, Sophia Loren,
Directors : Anthony Mann,

The death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim to the Roman Empire.

Actors : Richard Burton, Anthony Quayle, Irene Papas, Geneviève Bujold,
Directors : Charles Jarrott,

Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.

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 : Richard Widmark, Sal Mineo, Karl Malden, Carroll Baker,
Directors : John Ford,

The Cheyenne, tired of broken U.S. government promises, head for their ancestral lands but a sympathetic cavalry officer is tasked to bring them back to their reservation.

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 : Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini, Marcello Morante,
Directors : Pier Paolo Pasolini,

The life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Pasolini shows Christ as a marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.

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 : Harry Andrews, Diane Cilento, Rex Harrison, Charlton Heston,
Directors : Carol Reed,

The biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II.

Actors : Richard Harris, Kirk Douglas, Ulla Jacobsson, Michael Redgrave,
Directors : Anthony Mann,

Norwegian resistance tries to stop German efforts to produce an atomic bomb component during World War II.

Actors : Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Barry Coe, Diane Baker,
Directors : Rudolph Maté,

A small army of Greeks spearheaded by 300 Spartans do battle with the whole invading Persian army.

Actors : Sofiko Chiaureli, Gogi Gegechkori, Melkon Alekyan, Vilen Galstyan,
Directors : Sergei Parajanov,

A super-stylized, surreal biography of Armenian troubadour Sayat Nova, whose life is depicted through non-narrative amalgamations of poetic images.

Actors : Richard Harris, Dorothy Tutin, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley,
Directors : Ken Hughes,

Oliver Cromwell can no longer tolerate King Charles' policies, and the self-interest of the ruling class, and leads a civil war to install Parliament as the ultimate ruler of England.

Actors : Frederico Zardi, Frank Wolff, Sennuccio Benelli, Salvo Randone,
Directors : Francesco Rosi,

The unclear and complicated twists between governal powers, independentist party and Mafia in the Sicily of the '40s culminate with the death of Salvatore Giuliano.

Actors : Orson Welles, John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford,
Directors : Orson Welles,

The career of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff as roistering companion to young Prince Hal, circa 1400-1413.

Actors : Carol Lynley, Romy Schneider, Tom Tryon, John Huston,
Directors : Otto Preminger,

A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Naziism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.

Actors : Sergey Bondarchuk, Boris Zakhava, Lyudmila Saveleva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov,
Directors : Sergey Bondarchuk,

A Russian Prince experiences battle against Napoleon and a troubled relationship with his father and wife. Finds acceptance of her death and eventually his chance of true love. A spoiled, ...

Actors : Ian Richardson, Clifford Rose, Patrick Magee, Glenda Jackson,
Directors : Peter Brook,

In an insane asylum, Marquis de Sade directs Jean Paul Marat's last days through a theater play. The actors are the patients.