Best Female Lead movies of 1960s

Actors : Hywel Bennett, Hayley Mills, Avril Angers, John Comer,
Directors : Roy Boulting,

Compassionate look at the troubles of two young newlyweds, whose marriage has yet to be consummated.

Actors : Gert Fröbe, Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Wolfgang Preiss,
Directors : Fritz Lang,

During the 1960s Germany, criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse is using hypnotized victims and the surveillance equipment of a Nazi-era bugged hotel to steal nuclear technology from a visiting American industrialist.

Actors : Maurice Chevalier, Hayley Mills, George Sanders, Wilfrid Hyde-White,
Directors : Robert Stevenson,

In 19th century England, young Mary Grant and her brother, Robert, embark on a dangerous quest to find their missing father, a sea captain who vanished somewhere along the Chilean coast.

Actors : Richard Burton, Ewa Aulin, Charles Aznavour, Marlon Brando,
Directors : Christian Marquand,

Candy, an innocent high-schooler, encounters numerous colorful characters and humorous sexual situations while attempting to find meaning in life.

Actors : Mink Stole, Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce, David Lochary,
Directors : John Waters,

A day in the lives of a hit-and-run driver and her victim, and the bizarre things that happen to them before and after they collide (sexual assault by a crazed foot-fetishist, visions of ...

Actors : Elizabeth Ercy, Raf Vallone, Anthony Perkins, Melina Mercouri,
Directors : Jules Dassin,

The powerful Greek shipowner and constructor Thanos proposes to marry Phaedra during the baptism of a ship with her name. Phaedra, who is the daughter of Thanos'greatest competitor, is a ...

Actors : Monica Zetterlund, Lars Ekborg, Gösta Ekman, Birgitta Andersson,
Directors : Tage Danielsson,

A group of party goers have trouble getting their boat ashore on a small island. The inhabitants of the island try to help, often with the help of an old sailor, and the results are absurd and hilarious.

Actors : Margot Trooger, Maria Persson, Pär Sundberg, Inger Nilsson,
Directors : Olle Hellbom,

The further adventures of super-strong girl Pippi Longstocking and her friends Tommy and Annika in this sequel compilation film of the classic Swedish TV series.

Actors : Shirley Clarke, Gerome Ragni, Viva, James Rado,
Directors : Agnès Varda,

Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood.

Actors : Charles Vanel, Paul Meurisse, Brigitte Bardot, Sami Frey,
Directors : Henri-Georges Clouzot,

Dominique Marceau is on trial for the murder of Gilbert Tellier. The counsels duel relentlessly, elaborating explanations for why the pretty, idle and fickle girl killed the talented and ...

Actors : Maribel Martín, Cristina Galbó, Lilli Palmer, John Moulder-Brown,
Directors : Narciso Ibáñez Serrador,

A strict headmistress runs a secluded school for wayward girls in 19th century France, whose students are disappearing under mysterious circumstances.

Actors : Ken Howard, Robert Moore, Liza Minnelli, James Coco,
Directors : Otto Preminger,

Junie Moon's face has been disfigured by ill-gotten burns, and depends on her friends and her with to cope. She, Warren, and Arthur leave the hospital - they yearn for independence - and ...

Actors : Simi Garewal, Kaberi Bose, Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore,
Directors : Satyajit Ray,

A group of Calcutta city slickers, including the well-off Asim (Soumitra Chatterjee), the meek Sanjoy (Subhendu Chatterjee) and the brutish Hari (Samit Bhanja), head out for a weekend in the wilderness.

Actors : Shôichi Ozawa, Ganjirô Nakamura, Sumiko Sakamoto, Chôchô Miyako,
Directors : Shôhei Imamura,

Life of a pornographer who tries to stay under the radar of the mob. He has a mistress, a step-son, a step-daughter (whom he's attracted to) and a wife who believes her first husband was reincarnated as a restless carp.

Actors : Bruce Dern, Dean Stockwell, Jack Nicholson, Susan Strasberg,
Directors : Richard Rush,

A deaf runaway arrives in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury hippie district looking for her missing brother.

Actors : Supriya Choudhury, Anil Chatterjee, Bijon Bhattacharya, Gyanesh Mukherjee,
Directors : Ritwik Ghatak,

A selfless young woman (Supriya Choudhury) sacrifices her own happiness for her unappreciative family.

Actors : Anthony Kemp, Sándor Pécsi, László Kozák, Mari Töröcsik,
Directors : Zoltán Fábri,

In Budapest, two rival gangs of young boys lay claim to a vacant lot. The hostilities escalate yet never quite boil over into actual violence. Just when things do get out of hand, however, ...

Actors : Ingrid Bergman, Jessie Royce Landis, Anthony Perkins, Yves Montand,
Directors : Anatole Litvak,

In this adaptation of Françoise Sagan's best selling novel, Paula is a beautiful and highly successful 40-year-old businesswoman. She is deeply in love with Roger, her mature consort of ...

Actors : Barbara Steele, Paul Muller, Helga Liné, Marino Masé,
Directors : Mario Caiano,

A woman and her lover are tortured and killed by her sadistic husband. The pair return from the grave to seek vengeance.

Actors : Lucile Saint-Simon, Clotilde Joano, Bernadette Lafont, Stéphane Audran,
Directors : Claude Chabrol,

Four Parisian women navigate the world of romance and daily life looking to fulfill their dreams but often find real-life to be inescapable.