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Top 10 Action Movies of 1960

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  • Steve McQueen, Yul Brynner, and Eli Wallach in The Magnificent Seven (1960)

    1. The Magnificent Seven

    19602h 8mApproved74Metascore
    7.7 (107K)
    Seven gunfighters are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive bandits.
    DirectorJohn SturgesStarsYul BrynnerSteve McQueenCharles Bronson
  • All the Young Men (1960)

    2. All the Young Men

    19601h 27mApproved
    6.2 (710)
    During the Korean War, a platoon leader dies, leaving his inexperienced Black sergeant in charge of his squad of belligerent and racist white men.
    DirectorHall BartlettStarsAlan LaddSidney PoitierJames Darren
  • James Stewart and Lisa Lu in The Mountain Road (1960)

    3. The Mountain Road

    19601h 42m
    6.2 (1.2K)
    A US Army Major stationed in East China in 1944 is ordered to blow up military installations in order to slow down the advancing Japanese Army.
    DirectorDaniel MannStarsJames StewartLisa LuGlenn Corbett
  • Five Guns to Tombstone (1960)

    4. Five Guns to Tombstone

    19601h 11mApproved
    4.9 (211)
    Matt Wade escapes from prison and tries to persuade his brother Bill, a reformed gunslinger, to participate in a hold-up. Bill, now a struggling rancher, refuses but Matt frames him and he is forced to ride off with the gang.
    DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsJames BrownJohn WilderWalter Coy
  • Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Tony Curtis, John Gavin, Charles Laughton, Jean Simmons, and Peter Ustinov in Spartacus (1960)

    5. Spartacus

    19603h 17mPG-1387Metascore
    7.9 (149K)
    The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.
    DirectorsStanley KubrickAnthony MannStarsKirk DouglasLaurence OlivierTony Curtis
  • Jeff Chandler, Dolores Hart, Dee Pollock, John Saxon, Ray Stricklyn, and Roger Torrey in The Plunderers (1960)

    6. The Plunderers

    19601h 34mApproved
    6.6 (567)
    When four rowdy cowhands ride into a small town and make trouble, no one seems willing or able to take them on, not even Sam Christy, the toughest man in town. But then there is a murder.
    DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsJeff ChandlerJohn SaxonDolores Hart
  • Allison Hayes, Willard Parker, and Dan Simmons in The High Powered Rifle (1960)

    7. The High Powered Rifle

    19601h 2mApproved
    6.8 (22)
    Private detective Stephen Dancer is snooping around in the activities of some heroin dealers and they object strongly; first he is wounded by a sniper firing a high-powered rifle, then he gets a bomb tossed at him, and then is ambushed at a rendezvous at the lily pond. Finally, gang-moll Sharon Hill vamps him to distraction and she is able to shoot him. Lots of people get shot in this one, and some of them survive, but most don't.
    DirectorMaury DexterStarsWillard ParkerAllison HayesDan Simmons
  • Lynette Bernay and John Hudson in Valley of the Redwoods (1960)

    8. Valley of the Redwoods

    19601h 3mApproved
    5.8 (23)
    Wayne Randall, a safe-cracker,and his two accomplices, Jan Spencer and Dino Michaelis, are hiding in the mountains of northern California, following a heist of a $81,000 payroll at a lumber-mill. It only takes less than an hour to prove that honor-among-thieves runs a long-distance second to greed-among-thieves.
    DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsJohn HudsonLynette BernayEd Nelson
  • Ten Who Dared (1960)

    9. Ten Who Dared

    19601h 32mNot Rated
    5.5 (321)
    Major John Wesley Powell leads an expedition through the Grand Canyon to chart the Colorado River.
    DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsBrian KeithJohn BealJames Drury
  • "Exodus" (Saul Bass Poster) 1960 Columbia Pictures

    10. Exodus

    19603h 28mApproved70Metascore
    6.7 (12K)
    The State of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.
    DirectorOtto PremingerStarsPaul NewmanEva Marie SaintRalph Richardson
  • Five Bold Women (1959)

    11. Five Bold Women

    19591h 22mApproved
    6.5 (71)
    A Texas Marshal transports five female prisoners to prison but their stagecoach is attacked en route by the Comanches and the ex-husband of one prisoner attempts to free her.
    DirectorJorge López PortilloStarsJeff MorrowMerry AndersJim Ross
  • Audie Murphy, Suzanne Lloyd, Venetia Stevenson, and Barry Sullivan in Seven Ways from Sundown (1960)

    12. Seven Ways from Sundown

    19601h 27mApproved
    6.8 (1.4K)
    A Texas Ranger must capture an outlaw and take him-in, while tangling with savage Apaches and greedy bounty-hunters on the way back to jail.
    DirectorHarry KellerStarsAudie MurphyBarry SullivanVenetia Stevenson
  • Audie Murphy, Felicia Farr, and Stephen McNally in Hell Bent for Leather (1960)

    13. Hell Bent for Leather

    19601h 22mApproved
    6.6 (1.3K)
    Mistaken for a murderous outlaw, an innocent passerby is forced to go on the run to try and clear his name by catching the real culprit.
    DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsAudie MurphyFelicia FarrStephen McNally
  • Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)

    14. Tarzan the Magnificent

    19601h 22mApproved
    6.3 (798)
    A clever crook and a romantic triangle complicate Tarzan's efforts to bring a wanted criminal to justice.
    DirectorRobert DayStarsGordon ScottJock MahoneyBetta St. John

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