Best History movies of 1960s

Actors : Cüneyt Arkin, Feri Cansel, Esen Püsküllü, Meltem Mete,

Byzantine Prince kidnaps a governor and plans to marry Serbian Princess to create a rift within Ottoman Empire. Malkocoglu is sent to save the governor and prevent the marriage.

Actors : Marianne Krencsey, Ilona Béres, András Csorba, Ernö Szabó,
Directors : Viktor Gertler,

Actors : June Thorburn, Lionel Jeffries, Jack Hedley, Oliver Reed,
Directors : John Gilling,

In 1648, during the English Civil War, Captain Sylvester switches sides between the Parliamentary and Royalist camps as his interests dictate, while King Charles I is on the run from Oliver Cromwell's troops.

Actors : Rosanna Schiaffino, Anthony Quinn, Rita Hayworth, Richard Johnson,
Directors : Terence Young,

A former counterrevolutionary pirate befriends a mentally ill young woman and this in turn leads to tragedy when she falls in love with a French naval officer.

Actors : Charles Bronson, Brad Dexter, Ralph Taeger, David McLean,
Directors : Richard Donner,

During the Cold War in the 1960s the U.S.A.F.and NASA tested the experimental rocket-powered aircraft X-15 that set altitude and speed records and reached the edge of outer space.

Actors : Antonella Lualdi, Ilarion Ciobanu, Richard Johnson, Amedeo Nazzari,
Directors : Mircea Dragan,

The Roman Emperor Trajan has just murdered all the local men of Dacia and holds a military stronghold in what will later become Rumania... See full synopsis »

Actors : Juliette Mayniel, John Drew Barrymore, Steve Reeves, Edy Vessel,
Directors : Giorgio Ferroni,

A retelling of the events leading to the use of the Trojan Horse, to bring down the great city of Troy.

Actors : David Chiang, Ching Lee, Lung Ti, Miao Ching,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

Ying Ke-Feng, head of Peerless Manor, is an expert swordsman whose escort business transports 200,000 taels of silver to the capital each year. This year, however, he is afflicted with an ...

Actors : Jussi Jurkka, Kapo Manto, Joel Rinne, Tamara Lund,
Directors : Matti Kassila,

June 1944. The attention of the world is focused on Normandy, but the change of the tide can be felt in Finland also. Rumours of preparations of a massive Soviet attack in the Karelian ...

Actors : Tina Hedström, Bibi Andersson, Jarl Kulle, Per Oscarsson,
Directors : Vilgot Sjöman,

Sweden in 1782. A young nobleman, named Jacob (Per Oscarsson) returns from France to his home and cherished sister Charlotte (Bibi Andersson) who is engaged to Baron Alsameden (Jarl Kulle)....

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 : Hideko Takamine, Yûnosuke Itô, Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao,
Directors : Yasuzô Masumura,

The Wife of Seishû Hanaoka is set in feudal Japan. Its two central characters are based on the wife and mother of Japanese physician Seishû Hanaoka (1760-1835). Hanaoka developed a herbal ...

Actors : Franca Bettoia, Franco Fabrizi, Alan Ladd, Robert Keith,

A duel takes place in order to put an end to the long and bloody war between the Romans and the Albans. Three valiant brothers are chosen for each side. The Romans choose three brothers: ...

Actors : Bruno Cremer, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Jacques Brel, Annie Girardot,
Directors : Philippe Fourastié,

The story of a notorious French criminal gang of the 1910s.

Actors : Miroslav Mindov, Georgi Kaloyanchev, Nikolay Doychev, Cyril Cusack,
Directors : Liliana Cavani,

A humble scientist from Padua proves that the Earth revolves and that it is not the center of the universe. He has few supporters and many enemies. When Giordano Bruno dies a martyr's death...

Actors : Philippe Noiret, Dany Robin, Palau, Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Directors : Michel Boisrond,

Anthology of four love stories that have some historical basis.

Actors : Georges Descrières, Jacques Toja, Bernard Woringer, Gérard Barray,
Directors : Bernard Borderie,

D'Artagnan is back from England with a message for the queen. Buckingham has declared that he was ready to attack France to deliver Anne of Austria. D'Artagnan ends up arrested and thrown ...

Actors : Lex Barker, Alessandra Panaro, Mario Petri, Guy Madison,
Directors : Luigi Capuano,

In Venice,during the Inquisition,Sandrigo Bembo,the son of the Doge Giovanni Bembo,is falsely accused of treason out of pure malice by the Grand Inquisitor Rodrigo Zeno.

Actors : Vasiliy Shukshin, Lyudmila Chursina, Rufina Nifontova, Vasiliy Lanovoy,
Directors : Vladimir Fetin,

This film is set in the time of the Russian Civil War, after the October revolution of 1917. The communist forces are losing a battle over town. They must blow up the strategic bridge, but ...

Actors : Alfredo Alcón, María Aurelia Bisutti, Lautaro Murúa, Graciela Borges,
Directors : Leopoldo Torre Nilsson,

The story of rebel gaucho Martin Fierro and his people, and their life in the Argentine Pampas some centuries ago.