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Top 30 sci-fi movies from the sixties

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  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    1. 2001: A Space Odyssey

    19682h 29mG84Metascore
    8.3 (753K)
    When a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans and one supercomputer is sent to Jupiter to find its origins.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam Sylvester
  • Jane Fonda and John Phillip Law in Barbarella (1968)

    2. Barbarella

    19681h 38mPG51Metascore
    5.9 (39K)
    In the 41st century, an astronaut seeks to stop an evil scientist who threatens to unleash a powerful weapon upon the galaxy, partaking in sexy misadventures along the way.
    DirectorRoger VadimStarsJane FondaJohn Phillip LawAnita Pallenberg
  • Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

    3. Fahrenheit 451

    19661h 52mNot Rated
    7.2 (47K)
    In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.
    DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsOskar WernerJulie ChristieCyril Cusack
  • Oliver Reed and Shirley Anne Field in The Damned (1962)

    4. The Damned

    19621h 27mApproved72Metascore
    6.6 (4.3K)
    An American tourist, a youth gang leader, and his troubled sister find themselves trapped in a top secret government facility experimenting on children.
    DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsMacdonald CareyShirley Anne FieldViveca Lindfors
  • Seconds (1966)

    5. Seconds

    19661h 46mR71Metascore
    7.6 (24K)
    An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity - one that comes with its own price.
    DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsRock HudsonFrank CampanellaJohn Randolph
  • Planet of the Vampires (1965)

    6. Planet of the Vampires

    19651h 28mNot Rated
    6.2 (7.7K)
    After landing on a mysterious planet, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, swayed by the uncertain influence of the planet and its strange inhabitants.
    DirectorMario BavaStarsBarry SullivanNorma BengellÁngel Aranda
  • La Jetée (1962)

    7. La Jetée

    196228mNot RatedShort
    8.2 (39K)
    The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
    DirectorChris MarkerStarsÉtienne BeckerJean NégroniHélène Chatelain
  • Village of the Damned (1960)

    8. Village of the Damned

    19601h 17mApproved77Metascore
    7.3 (20K)
    In the English village of Midwich, the blonde-haired, glowing-eyed children of uncertain paternity prove to have frightening powers.
    DirectorWolf RillaStarsGeorge SandersBarbara ShelleyMartin Stephens
  • The 10th Victim (1965)

    9. The 10th Victim

    19651h 32mNot Rated
    6.6 (5.4K)
    In a future where a human vs. human "Big Hunt" is used as an alternative to war, a veteran huntress' plan to kill a "victim" for a major TV sponsorship deal is compounded by romance.
    DirectorElio PetriStarsMarcello MastroianniUrsula AndressElsa Martinelli
  • Fantastic Voyage (1966)

    10. Fantastic Voyage

    19661h 40mPG72Metascore
    6.8 (22K)
    When a blood clot renders a scientist comatose, a submarine and its crew are shrunk and injected into his bloodstream in order to save him.
    DirectorRichard FleischerStarsStephen BoydRaquel WelchEdmond O'Brien
  • Martha Hyer and Edward Judd in First Men in the Moon (1964)

    11. First Men in the Moon

    19641h 43mApproved
    6.5 (6.7K)
    When a contemporary spaceship lands on the moon, it's hailed as a new accomplishment before it becomes clear that a Victorian party completed the trek in 1899. This leads investigators to the earlier mission's last surviving crew member.
    DirectorNathan JuranStarsEdward JuddMartha HyerLionel Jeffries
  • Frank Thornton in The Bed Sitting Room (1969)

    12. The Bed Sitting Room

    19691h 30mPG-13
    6.1 (2.7K)
    Post-apocalyptic England. Survivors navigate surreal wasteland, mutating into inanimate objects. Girl living on train meets commuter and doctor. Follows their interactions amidst chaos, focusing on girl's pregnancy.
    DirectorRichard LesterStarsRita TushinghamRalph RichardsonPeter Cook
  • I Love You, I Love You (1968)

    13. I Love You, I Love You

    19681h 31m
    7.1 (3.5K)
    After attempting suicide, Claude is recruited for a time travel experiment, but, when the machine goes haywire, he may be trapped hurtling through his memories.
    DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsClaude RichOlga Georges-PicotAnouk Ferjac
  • Maurice Evans in Planet of the Apes (1968)

    14. Planet of the Apes

    19681h 52mG79Metascore
    8.0 (205K)
    After being kept in hypersleep during a long expedition into deep space, an astronaut crew crash-lands in the 40th century on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.
    DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsCharlton HestonRoddy McDowallKim Hunter
  • Ray Milland and Diana Van der Vlis in X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)

    15. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

    19631h 19mApproved
    6.6 (8.7K)
    An ambitious scientist invents an eye drop formula that grants him X-ray vision, but his new powers have disastrous consequences.
    DirectorRoger CormanStarsRay MillandDiana Van der VlisHarold J. Stone
  • Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux in The Time Machine (1960)

    16. The Time Machine

    19601h 43mG67Metascore
    7.5 (47K)
    A man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.
    DirectorGeorge PalStarsRod TaylorAlan YoungYvette Mimieux
  • Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)

    17. Robinson Crusoe on Mars

    19641h 50mApproved
    6.4 (7.4K)
    Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.
    DirectorByron HaskinStarsPaul ManteeVictor LundinAdam West
  • Vincent Price in The Last Man on Earth (1964)

    18. The Last Man on Earth

    19641h 26mNot Rated
    6.7 (23K)
    When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.
    DirectorsUbaldo RagonaSidney SalkowStarsVincent PriceFranca BettoiaEmma Danieli
  • Ladybug Ladybug (1963)

    19. Ladybug Ladybug

    19631h 22mNot Rated
    7.1 (1K)
    Staff and students at a rural school react to a warning of an imminent nuclear attack, not knowing whether it is real or a mistake.
    DirectorFrank PerryStarsJane ConnellWilliam DanielsJames Frawley
  • Late August at the Hotel Ozone (1967)

    20. Late August at the Hotel Ozone

    19671h 17m
    6.6 (670)
    A troupe of young women on post-apocalyptic earth are lead around by a mistress born before the war, eventually stumbling into the company of a lonely old man.
    DirectorJan SchmidtStarsVladimír HlavatýJitka HorejsiOndrej Jariabek
  • Edward Judd and Janet Munro in The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

    21. The Day the Earth Caught Fire

    19611h 39mUnrated
    7.2 (6.6K)
    When the U.S. and Russia unwittingly test atomic bombs at the same time, it alters the nutation (axis of rotation) of the Earth.
    DirectorVal GuestStarsEdward JuddJanet MunroLeo McKern
  • Frankie Avalon, Ray Milland, Richard Bakalyan, Neil Burstyn, Joan Freeman, Jean Hagen, Rex Holman, and Mary Mitchel in Panic in Year Zero! (1962)

    22. Panic in Year Zero!

    19621h 33mApproved
    6.6 (5.1K)
    A family leaves Los Angeles for a camping trip just before hydrogen bombs destroy the city. In the midst of the chaos, the father must fight to keep his family alive along the highway.
    DirectorRay MillandStarsRay MillandJean HagenFrankie Avalon
  • Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

    23. Quatermass and the Pit

    19671h 37mApproved
    7.0 (12K)
    A mysterious artifact is unearthed in London, and famous scientist Bernard Quatermass is called in to divine its origins and explain its strange effects on people.
    DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsJames DonaldAndrew KeirBarbara Shelley
  • Mysterious Island (1961)

    24. Mysterious Island

    19611h 41mApproved
    6.7 (9.2K)
    During the Civil War a group of Union soldiers, a Confederate and a civilian escape the stockade using a hot-air balloon and end up on a strange Pacific island.
    DirectorCy EndfieldStarsMichael CraigJoan GreenwoodMichael Callan
  • Rod Steiger in The Illustrated Man (1969)

    25. The Illustrated Man

    19691h 43mM/PG
    5.8 (3.6K)
    In 1930s, a psychotic drifter who's after the mystery woman who covered his whole body in illustrations that foresee distant future shows three of them (The Veldt, The Long Rain and The Last Night of the World) to a mesmerized traveler.
    DirectorJack SmightStarsRod SteigerClaire BloomRobert Drivas

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