Best 1960s Action Movies

Looking for the best 1960s Action movies? These are the 13 highest-rated 1960s Action titles in our catalogue, led by Ankhen, Blood and Diamonds and The Bogus Policeman. The list is ranked by audience score; open any title for its cast, trailer and legal places to watch.

1. Ankhen (1968)

★ 9.0/10

Shortly after independence India faces terrorists attacks in Assam. A group of concerned citizens, who are not connected with the government, decide to do something to stop this carnage. Spy Sunil Mehra (Dharmendra)…
2. Blood and Diamonds (1964)

★ 8.0/10

A group of criminals whose diamond heist goes wrong retreat to a WWII era bunker where tensions begin to rise.
3. The Bogus Policeman (1967)

★ 8.0/10

Toramatsu is a very enthusiastic policeman. Believing that the police should help others he is dismissed the force when his pistol is stolen while doing one of his good deeds. He saves a child from drowning, restores…
4. The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven (1961)

★ 7.7/10

Sun Wukong, the King of the Monkeys, sets off on his first adventure to gain a worthy weapon. This earns the attention of the Jade Emperor of Heaven.
5. Eleven Samurai (1967)

★ 7.5/10

The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, son of the former Shogun. After an investigation, the Oshi clan is blamed for what happened and sentenced to be…
6. The Great Killing (1964)

★ 7.5/10

A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th century. A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his…
7. The Threat (1966)

★ 7.3/10

Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his family. They will force him to collect the child's ransom for them.
8. Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro (1965)

★ 7.3/10

The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi. With all the familiar characters making appearances: Otsu (Musashi's great love), Akemi, Matahachi (his…
9. Spies Kill Silently (1966)

★ 7.3/10

Professor Freeman is an important English scientist that is investigating a method to treat cancer. His daughter is killed in the swimming pool of a hotel in Beirut. The case is confidential so that the mission is…
10. Thunderball (1965)

★ 6.7/10

A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the…
11. Blood of Revenge (1965)

★ 6.7/10

Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running, tame his late oyabun’s hot-blooded son and suffer the throes of his impossible love for beautiful geisha Hatsue.
12. Clash of Steel (1962)

★ 6.3/10

In 16th-century France, the Chevalier de Pardaillan rescues the beautiful gypsy "Violetta", in reality Isabelle, daughter of the Comte d'Entraigues and prey of his sworn enemy, the Duke Henri de Guise. Pardaillan and…
13. Wanted (1967) (1967)

★ 5.2/10

A local sheriff is unjustly accused of murder in a small town and forced to flee. He gets rid of his enemies one by one and tries to prove his innocence.