Best Movies of 1969

These are the 20 best-rated movies released in 1969, led by Nelson Cavaquinho, The Olsen Gang and This Man Must Die. Ranked by audience score, with cast, trailers and legal places to watch on every page.

1. Nelson Cavaquinho (1969)

★ 8.8/10

A short film of lovely poetic, observational elements and interviews with the famed samba singer/songwriter Nelson Antônio da Silva, whose adopted last name ‘Cavaquinho’ refers to the small guitar-like instrument that…
2. The Olsen Gang (1969)

★ 7.5/10

Egon Olsen is the leader of the Olsen Gang. While he was in the slammer, he planned how he would steal the fantastic golden figure Keizeroppzatsen.
3. This Man Must Die (1969)

★ 7.3/10

When his young son is killed in a hit and run accident, Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer. By chance, Thenier makes the acquaintance of an actress, Helène Lanson, who was in the car at the…
4. Dirkie (1969)

★ 7.2/10

An 8-year-old boy and his dog are left to face a vast desert wasteland alone after a plane crash, while an army of men and machines penetrate the desert searching for them. Based on true events.
5. Dağlar Kızı Reyhan (1969)

★ 7.0/10

The film tells the love story of Reyhan, who works as a sales assistant at a record company, and Mehmet, a driver. Mehmet is going to Germany to buy a car. His fiancée Reyhan does not want him to go. Ekrem, the King of…
6. The Epic That Never Was (1969)

★ 6.9/10

The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage.
7. A Gentle Woman (1969)

★ 6.8/10

When his young wife commits suicide with no explanation, an introspective pawnbroker looks back on their life together.
8. Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)

★ 6.6/10

The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
9. The Sun's Gonna Shine (1969)

★ 6.6/10

A lyrical recreation of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ decision at age eight to stop chopping cotton and start singing for a living. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
10. The Beauty (1969)

★ 6.4/10

Little Inga considers herself pretty and is pampered by her mother and other children in her housing block, until a new boy with questionable habits arrives and calls her ugly to her face.
11. Last Summer (1969)

★ 6.1/10

During summer vacation on Fire Island, three young people become very close. When an uncool girl tries to infiltrate the trio's newly found relationship, they construct an elaborate plot that has violent results.
12. Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969)

★ 6.0/10

Through the childhood and adolescence of Signor Giacomo Casanova (from his memoirs), this is a description of how people lived in 18th-century Venice: their customs, habits, medicine, religion, and--most of all--the…
13. Django the Bastard (1969)

★ 5.9/10

A Confederate soldier returns from the dead to take revenge on three officers who betrayed his unit in battle.
14. Detective Belli (1969)

★ 5.4/10

A crooked detective begins investigating a situation on behalf of a friend and gets involved in murder, deception and double-cross.
15. Crime Thief (1969)

★ 5.3/10

A man witnesses a suicide and starts imagining that it was a murder committed by himself.
16. The Ultimate Degenerate (1969)

★ 4.8/10

Man drugs, photographs & tortures women he meets by personal ads.
17. Heaven and Hell (1969)

★ 4.3/10

Norwegian propaganda film and cult drama about Eva (16) and Arne (17), both from well established homes, attend a class where a professor says that cannabis is safer than alcohol. Together with some friends they decide…
18. The Lost Man (1969)

★ 4.2/10

A gang of black militants plots to rob a factory to finance their "revolutionary struggle."
19. (Women's Cruelty Chronicles) The Pitfalls of Passion and Grudge (1969)

★ 0.0/10

A young detective who had just gotten married murdered his beloved wife. Awakened to his sadistic tendencies, he wanders around in search of forbidden ecstasy after being released from prison. Yuichi Minato and Jurumi…
20. Berduş (1969)

★ 0.0/10

Kemal and Nuri are two friends who make a living as street vendors. They live together in a house they rent from Mrs. Mualla. The two friends' business is not going well. Their customers are not satisfied with their…