Best crime films 1961 – 1970 - Charts
Best crime films 1961 – 1970
1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford
2. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Paul Newman, George Kennedy
3. The Troops of St. Tropez (1964)
France / Italy, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Jean Girault
Cast: Louis de Funès, Geneviève Grad
4. Fantomas (1964)
France / Italy, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: André Hunebelle
Cast: Jean Marais, Louis de Funès
5. High and Low (1963)
Japan, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: 黒澤明
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai
6. Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Oldřich Lipský
7. On the Trail of Blood (1969)
Czechoslovakia, Crime
Directed by: Petr Schulhoff
Cast: Rudolf Hrušínský, Hana Brejchová
8. How to Steal a Million (1966)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: William Wyler
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole
9. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger
10. Fantomas Strikes Back (1965)
France / Italy, Comedy / Adventure
Directed by: André Hunebelle, Haroun Tazieff
Cast: Jean Marais, Louis de Funès
12. In Cold Blood (1967)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Richard Brooks
Cast: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson
14. The Sicilian Clan (1969)
France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Henri Verneuil
Cast: Jean Gabin, Alain Delon
15. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Arthur Penn
Cast: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway
16. The Brain (1969)
France / Italy, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Gérard Oury
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bourvil
17. A Shot in the Dark (1964)
UK / USA, Comedy / Mystery
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Cast: Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer
18. Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967)
France / Italy, Comedy / Adventure
Directed by: André Hunebelle
Cast: Jean Marais, Louis de Funès
19. The Chintamani Carpet and a Swindler (1964)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Anthology
Directed by: Jiří Krejčík
20. The Violent People (1970)
France / Italy, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Pierre Granier-Deferre
Cast: Jean Gabin, Pierre Dux
21. Z (1969)
France / Algeria, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Yves Montand, Irene Papas
22. Partie krásného dragouna (1970)
Czechoslovakia, Crime / Comedy
Directed by: Jiří Sequens st.
Cast: Jaroslav Marvan, Josef Vinklář
25. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
France / Sweden, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Robert Bresson
Cast: Anne Wiazemsky, Walter Green
27. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Italy, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Elio Petri
28. Borsalino (1970)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Jacques Deray
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon
29. The Trial (1962)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Orson Welles
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Elsa Martinelli
30. Second Wind (1966)
France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Melville
Cast: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse
31. Any Number Can Win (1963)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Henri Verneuil
Cast: Jean Gabin, Alain Delon
32. Ten Little Indians (1965)
UK, Mystery / Crime
Directed by: George Pollock
Cast: Hugh O'Brian, Shirley Eaton
33. The Pink Panther (1963)
UK / USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers
35. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
USA, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle
37. The Bride Wore Black (1968)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: François Truffaut
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Michel Bouquet
38. Le Samouraï (1967)
France / Italy, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Melville
Cast: Alain Delon, François Périer
39. Gambit (1966)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Ronald Neame
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine
40. The Little Soldier (1963)
France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Michel Subor, Anna Karina
41. Na kolejích čeká vrah (1970)
Czechoslovakia, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Josef Mach
Cast: Jiří Sovák, Radoslav Brzobohatý
42. The Pitfall (1962)
Japan, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Cast: Hisashi Igawa, 佐藤慶
45. The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: William Wyler
Cast: Lee J. Cobb, Roscoe Lee Browne
46. Targets (1968)
USA, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Boris Karloff, Tim O'Kelly
48. Last Known Address (1970)
France / Italy, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: José Giovanni
Cast: Lino Ventura, Marlène Jobert
49. The Day of the Owl (1968)
Italy / France, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Damiano Damiani
Cast: Claudia Cardinale, Franco Nero
50. Band of Outsiders (1964)
France, Crime / Comedy
Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Anna Karina, Claude Brasseur
51. Rain (1970)
France / Italy, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: René Clément
Cast: Marlène Jobert, Charles Bronson
52. The Love Cage (1964)
France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: René Clément
Cast: Alain Delon, Jane Fonda
53. Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
France / Italy, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Melville
Cast: Alain Delon, Bourvil
54. Burglar and Umbrella (1970)
Czechoslovakia, Crime / Comedy
Directed by: Jiří Sequens st.
Cast: Jaroslav Marvan, Josef Vinklář
55. Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Cliff Robertson, Dolores Dorn
56. Guns for the Dictator (1965)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Claude Sautet
Cast: Lino Ventura, Sylva Koscina
57. The Most Beautiful Wife (1970)
Italy, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Damiano Damiani
Cast: Alessio Orano, Ornella Muti
59. The Boston Strangler (1968)
USA, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda
61. A Game Without Rules (1967)
Czechoslovakia, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Jindřich Polák
Cast: Svatopluk Matyáš, Jiří Adamíra
62. La Louve solitaire (1968)
France / Italy, Adventure / Crime
Directed by: Edouard Logereau
Cast: Danièle Gaubert, Michel Duchaussoy
63. Pale Flower (1964)
Japan, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Masahiro Shinoda
Cast: Ryō Ikebe, Mariko Kaga
64. Branded to Kill (1967)
Japan, Action / Crime
Directed by: Seijun Suzuki
Cast: Jô Shishido, Mariko Ogawa
65. The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Cast: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway
66. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
Italy / West Germany, Mystery / Horror
Directed by: Dario Argento
Cast: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall
68. La morte in Jaguar rossa (1968)
West Germany / Italy, Action / Crime
Directed by: Harald Reinl
Cast: George Nader, Carl Lange
69. The Treasure of a Byzantine Merchant (1966)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Ivo Novák
Cast: Jiří Vala, Gabriela Vránová
70. Ipcress (1965)
UK, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Michael Caine, Nigel Green
72. The Italian Job (1969)
UK / Italy, Action / Crime
Directed by: Peter Collinson
Cast: Michael Caine, Noël Coward
73. Blast of Silence (1961)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Allen Baron
Cast: Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy
74. Pierrot le Fou (1965)
France / Italy, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina
75. Where an Alibi Is Not Everything (1961)
Czechoslovakia, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Vladimír Čech
Cast: Karel Höger, Josef Bek
76. Strictly Secret Premieres (1967)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Martin Frič
Cast: Jiřina Bohdalová, Jiří Sovák
79. Maigret Sees Red (1963)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Gilles Grangier
Cast: Jean Gabin, Françoise Fabian
80. Cash on Demand (1961)
UK, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Quentin Lawrence
Cast: Peter Cushing, André Morell
82. Dark Eyes of London (1961)
West Germany, Crime / Mystery
Directed by: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Baal
83. Olsen-banden (1968)
Denmark, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Erik Balling
Cast: Ove Sprogøe, Morten Grunwald
85. Mafioso (1962)
Italy, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Alberto Lattuada
Cast: Alberto Sordi, Cinzia Bruno
86. The Fear (1966)
Greece, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Kostas Manoussakis
Cast: Elli Fotiou, Spiros Focás
87. Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin
88. We Still Kill the Old Way (1967)
Italy, Crime / Action
Directed by: Elio Petri
Cast: Gian Maria Volonté, Irene Papas
89. The Swimming Pool (1969)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Jacques Deray
Cast: Alain Delon, Romy Schneider
90. Todesschüsse am Broadway (1969)
West Germany, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Harald Reinl
Cast: George Nader, Heinz Weiss
91. Action Man (1967)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Jean Delannoy
Cast: Jean Gabin, Robert Stack
92. Woman of Straw (1964)
UK, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Basil Dearden
Cast: Gina Lollobrigida, Sean Connery
93. The Violent Four (1968)
Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Carlo Lizzani
Cast: Gian Maria Volonté, Ray Lovelock
94. A Fugitive from the Past (1965)
Japan, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Tomu Uchida
Cast: Rentarô Mikuni, Sachiko Hidari
95. Jeff (1969)
France / Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Jean Herman
Cast: Mireille Darc, Alain Delon
96. The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)
UK, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Cliff Owen
Cast: Peter Sellers, Lionel Jeffries
97. The Night of the Generals (1967)
UK / France, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif
100. Youth of the Beast (1963)
Japan, Action / Crime
Directed by: Seijun Suzuki
Cast: Jô Shishido, Seijun Suzuki