# List of action films of the 1960s

This is chronological list of action films released before the 1970s. Often there may be considerable overlap particularly between action and other genres (including horror, comedy, and science fiction films); the list should attempt to document films which are more closely related to action, even if they bend genres.
Action films are generally considered a post-Classical Hollywood film genre. Additions to this category before the 1970s should be used sparingly, and films before the 1960s are not to be included.
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/notes |
| 1961 |||||
| Yojimbo | Akira Kurosawa | Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa | Japan | |
| 1962 |||||
| Dr. No | Terence Young | Sean Connery | United Kingdom United States | |
| Shinobi no Mono | Satsuo Yamamoto | Raizo Ichikawa | Japan | Martial arts film |
| 1963 |||||
| From Russia with Love | Terence Young | Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Robert Shaw, Pedro Armendáriz | United Kingdom United States | |
| 1964 |||||
| Goldfinger | Guy Hamilton | Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe, Honor Blackman, Harold Sakata | United Kingdom United States | |
| Greed in the Sun | Henri Verneuil | Jean-Paul Belmondo, Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier, Gert Fröbe | France Italy | Action comedy |
| That Man from Rio | Philippe de Broca | Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac, Jean Servais, Adolfo Celi | France Italy | Action comedy |
| 1965 |||||
| The 10th Victim | Elio Petri | Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Elsa Martinelli | Italy France | Science fiction action |
| Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell | Sergio Sollima | George Ardisson, Georges Rivière | France Italy | |
| Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! | Russ Meyer | Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams | United States | Action comedy |
| Masquerade | Basil Dearden | Cliff Robertson, Jack Hawkins, Marisa Mell | United Kingdom | Action comedy |
| Red Line 7000 | Howard Hawks | James Caan, Laura Devon, Charlene Holt, Marianna Hill | United States | |
| Thunderball | Terence Young | Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi | United Kingdom United States | Action thriller |
| 1966 |||||
| Come Drink with Me | King Hu | Chen Hung-Lieh, Cheng Pei-pei, Chung Shen Lao | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
| Lightning Bolt | Antonio Margheriti | Anthony Eisley, Diana Lorys, Ursula Parker | Italy Spain | |
| Murderers' Row | Henry Levin | Dean Martin, Ann-Margret, Karl Malden | United States | |
| Ōgon Bat | Hajime Sato | Sonny Chiba, Wataru Yamakawa, Hisako Tsukaba | Japan | Superhero film |
| Our Man Flint | Daniel Mann | James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Gila Golan | United States | |
| Password: Kill Agent Gordon | Terence Hathaway | Roger Browne, Helga Liné, Franco Ressel | United States Spain Italy | |
| Sabotage | Eddie Garcia | Tony Ferrer, Josephine Manuel, Mary Louise Matheson | Philippines | |
| The Silencers | Phil Karlson | Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi | United States | |
| The Wild Angels | Roger Corman | Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern | United States | Action thriller |
| 1967 |||||
| The Ambushers | Henry Levin | Dean Martin, Senta Berger, Janice Rule | United States | |
| The Born Losers | Tom Laughlin | Tom Laughlin, Elizabeth James, Jane Russell | United States | Action thriller |
| The Elusive Avengers | Edmond Keosayan | Viktor Kosykh, Mikhail Metyolkin, Vasili Vasilyev | Soviet Union | |
| A Game without Rules | Jindřich Polák | Svatopluk Matyáš | Czechoslovakia | |
| Hells Angels on Wheels | Richard Rush | Jack Nicholson, Adam Roarke, Sabrina Scharf | United States | Action thriller |
| In Like Flint | Gordon Douglas | James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Jean Hale | United States | Action comedy |
| One Armed Swordsman | Chang Cheh | Jimmy Wang Yu, Pan Yin Tze, Chiao Chiao | Hong Kong | Martial arts films |
| You Only Live Twice | Lewis Gilbert | Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Tetsurō Tamba, Mie Hama | United Kingdom United States | |
| 1968 |||||
| Bullitt | Peter Yates | Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset | United States | Action thriller |
| Coogan's Bluff | Don Siegel | Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Clark, Tisha Sterling, Don Stroud, Betty Field, Tom Tully, Melodie Johnson, James Edwards, Rudy Diaz, David F. Doyle, Meg Myles, Marjorie Bennett, Seymour Cassel, Albert Popwell, Skip Battin | United States | Action thriller |
| Danger: Diabolik | Mario Bava | John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli, Adolfo Celi | Italy France | |
| Ice Station Zebra | John Sturges | Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan | United States | Action thriller |
| The Mini-Skirt Mob | Maury Dexter | Jeremy Slate, Diane McBain, Sherry Jackson | United States | Action thriller |
| OSS 117 – Double Agent | André Hunebelle | John Gavin, Curd Jürgens, Margaret Lee | France | Action thriller |
| The Wrecking Crew | Phil Karlson | Dean Martin, Elke Sommer, Sharon Tate | United States | |
| 1969 |||||
| Hell's Angels '69 | Lee Madden, Conny Van Dyke | Tom Stern, Jeremy Slate, Conny Van Dyke | United States | Action thriller |
| On Her Majesty's Secret Service | Peter Hunt | George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas | United Kingdom United States | |
| Shark! | Samuel Fuller | Burt Reynolds, Arthur Kennedy | Mexico United States | Action thriller |