# List of thriller films of the 1960s

A list of thriller films released in the 1960s.
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/notes |
| 1960 |||||
| The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse | Fritz Lang | Peter van Eyck, Gert Fröbe, Dawn Addams | West Germany Italy France | Crime thriller |
| Classe Tous Risques | Claude Sautet | Lino Ventura, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Sandra Milo | Italy France | Crime thriller |
| The Housemaid | Kim Ki-young | | South Korea | |
| Key Witness | Phil Karlson | Jeffrey Hunter, Dennis Hopper, Joby Baker | United States | |
| Midnight Lace | David Miller | Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin | United States | |
| Paris Belongs to Us | Jacques Rivette | Betty Schneider, Gianni Esposito, Françoise Prevost | France | Psychological thriller |
| Peeping Tom | Michael Powell | Karl Heinz Böhm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey | United Kingdom | |
| Portrait in Black | Michael Gordon | Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn, Sandra Dee | United States | Crime thriller |
| Psycho | Alfred Hitchcock | Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles | United States | |
| Purple Noon | René Clément | Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet, Marie Laforêt | France Italy | |
| The Sinister Urge | Edward D. Wood, Jr. | Carl Anthony, Conrad Brooks, Kenne Duncan | United States | Psychological thriller |
| 1961 |||||
| Blast of Silence | Allen Baron | Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker | United States | Crime thriller |
| Le Cave Se Rebiffe | Gilles Grangier | Jean Gabin, Martine Carol, Bernard Blier | France Italy | Comedy thriller |
| The Dead Eyes of London | Alfred Vohrer | Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Baal, Dieter Borsche | West Germany | Crime thriller |
| Five Minutes to Live | Bill Karn | Johnny Cash, Donald Woods, Cay Forester | United States | |
| Lemmy pour les dames | Bernard Borderie | Eddie Constantine, Françoise Brion, Robert Berri | France | |
| Night Tide | Curtis Harrington | Dennis Hopper, Linda Lawson, Gavin Muir | United States | |
| Pleins feux sur l'assassin | Georges Franju | Pierre Brasseur, Pascale Audret, Marianne Koch | France | Psychological thriller |
| Taste of Fear | Seth Holt | Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, Ann Todd | United Kingdom | |
| Underworld U.S.A. | Samuel Fuller | Cliff Robertson, Dolores Dorn, Beatrice Kay | United States | Crime thriller |
| 1962 |||||
| The Burning Court | Julien Duvivier | Jean-Claude Brialy, Perette Pradier, Nadja Tiller | United States France Italy | |
| The Cabinet of Caligari | Roger Kay | Glynis Johns, Dan O'Herlihy, Dick Davalos | United Kingdom United States | Psychological thriller |
| Cape Fear | J. Lee Thompson | Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum | United States | |
| Carnival of Souls | Herk Harvey | Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist, Sidney Berger | United States | Psychological thriller, supernatural thriller |
| Le Doulos | Jean-Pierre Melville | Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Monique Hennessy | France Italy | Crime thriller |
| Experiment in Terror | Blake Edwards | Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers | United States | |
| The Manchurian Candidate | John Frankenheimer | Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh | United States | |
| Tales of Terror | Roger Corman | Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone, Debra Paget | United States | |
| What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Robert Aldrich | Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono | United States | |
| 1963 |||||
| Charade | Stanley Donen | Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau | United States | Comedy thriller |
| Children of the Damned | Tony Leader | Ian Hendry, Alan Badel, Barbara Ferris | United Kingdom | |
| Le meurtrier | Claude Autant-Lara | Robert Hossein, Marina Vlady, Yvonne Furneaux | West Germany France Italy | |
| The Girl Who Knew Too Much | Mario Bava | Valentina Cortese, Gianni di Benedetto, Dante DiPaolo | Italy | |
| Maniac | Michael Carreras | Kerwin Mathews, Nadia Gray, Donald Houston | United Kingdom United States | |
| The Mind Benders | Basil Dearden | Dirk Bogarde, Mary Ure, John Clements | United Kingdom United States | Paranoid thriller |
| The Prize | Mark Robson | Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer | United States | |
| The Sadist | James Landis | Arch Hall, Jr., Helen Hovey, Richard Alden | United States | |
| Shock Corridor | Samuel Fuller | Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans | United States | Psychological thriller |
| Judex | Georges Franju | Channing Pollock, Francine Bergé, Édith Scob | France Italy | Crime thriller |
| X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes | Roger Corman | Ray Milland, Diana Van Der Vlis, Harold J. Stone | United States | Supernatural thriller |
| Youth of the Beast | Seijun Suzuki | Joe Shishido | Japan | Crime thriller |
| 1964 |||||
| Blood and Black Lace | Mario Bava | Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartók, Thomas Reiner | Italy West Germany France | |
| Dead Ringer | Paul Henreid | Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford | United States | |
| Dr. Orloff's Monster | Jesús Franco | Marcelo Arroita-Jauregui, Hugo Blanco, Perla Cristal | Austria Spain | Psychological thriller |
| Fail-Safe | Sidney Lumet | Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton | United States | |
| Fantômas | André Hunebelle | Jean Marais, Louis de Funè, Mylène Demongeot | France Italy | Comedy thriller |
| Du grabuge chez les veuves | Jacques Poitrenaud | Danielle Darrieux, Dany Carrel, Pascale de Boysson | France Italy | Comedy thriller |
| Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Robert Aldrich | Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten | United States | |
| Joy House | René Clément | Alain Delon, Jane Fonda, Lola Albright | France United States | |
| Lady in a Cage | Walter E. Grauman | Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sothern, Jeff Corey | United States | |
| Marnie | Alfred Hitchcock | Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker | United States | Psychological thriller |
| Le monocle rit jaune | Georges Lautner | Paul Meurisse, Robert Dalban, Olivier Despax | France Italy | Comedy thriller |
| Night Must Fall | Karel Reisz | Albert Finney, Susan Hampshire, Mona Washbourne | United Kingdom | |
| The Night Walker | William Castle | Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Judi Meredith | United States | |
| Nightmare | Freddie Francis | David Knight, Moira Redmond, Brenda Bruce | United Kingdom | |
| Seven Days in May | John Frankenheimer | Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March | United States | |
| Shock Treatment | Denis Sanders | Stuart Whitman, Lauren Bacall, Carol Lynley | United States | |
| Strait-Jacket | William Castle | Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson | United States | |
| Woman of Straw | Basil Dearden | Gina Lollobrigida, Sean Connery, Ralph Richardson | United Kingdom | |
| 1965 |||||
| The Bedford Incident | James B. Harris | Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, James MacArthur | United Kingdom United States | |
| Bunny Lake Is Missing | Otto Preminger | Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea, Laurence Olivier | United Kingdom United States | Psychological thriller |
| The Collector | William Wyler | Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar, Maurice Dallimore | United Kingdom United States | |
| Fanatic | Silvio Narizzano | Tallulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers, Peter Vaughan | United Kingdom | |
| Fantômas se déchaîne | André Hunebelle | Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot | France Italy | Comedy thriller |
| Hysteria | Freddie Francis | Robert Webber, Anthony Newlands, Jennifer Jayne | United Kingdom | |
| I Saw What You Did | William Castle | Joan Crawford, John Ireland, Leif Erickson | United States | |
| The IPCRESS File | Sidney J. Furie | Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman | United Kingdom | |
| La Métamorphose des cloportes | Pierre Granier-Deferre | Lino Ventura, Charles Aznavour, Maurice Biraud | France Italy | Crime thriller |
| Mirage | Edward Dmytryk | Gregory Peck, Diane Bake, Walter Matthau | United States | Psychological thriller |
| The Nanny | Seth Holt | Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett | United Kingdom | |
| Repulsion | Roman Polanski | Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser | United Kingdom | |
| The Sleeping Car Murders | Costa-Gavras | Yves Montand, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Pierre Mondy | France | |
| Ten Little Indians | George Pollock | Hugh O'Brian, Shirley Eaton, Fabian | United Kingdom | |
| Thunderball | Terence Young | Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi | United Kingdom | Action thriller |
| 1966 |||||
| Arabesque | Stanley Donen | Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel | United Kingdom United States | |
| Blow-Up | Michelangelo Antonioni | David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles | United Kingdom Italy | Psychological thriller |
| Cul-de-sac | Roman Polanski | Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Lionel Stander | United Kingdom | Comedy thriller |
| Le Deuxième souffle | Jean-Pierre Melville | Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin | France | Crime thriller |
| Funeral in Berlin | Guy Hamilton | Michael Caine, Paul Hubschmid, Oscar Homolka | United Kingdom | |
| Gambit | Ronald Neame | Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Herbert Lom | United States | Comedy thriller |
| Made in U.S.A. | Jean-Luc Godard | Anna Karina, Jean-Pierre Léaud, László Szabó | France | Crime thriller |
| Seconds | John Frankenheimer | Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, John Randolph | United States | |
| Tokyo Drifter | Seijun Suzuki | Tetsuya Watari, Tamio Kawachi, Hideaki Nitani | Japan | Crime thriller |
| Torn Curtain | Alfred Hitchcock | Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova | United States | |
| The Wild Angels | Roger Corman | Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern | United States | Action thriller |
| 1967 |||||
| Branded to Kill | Seijun Suzuki | Joe Shishido, Koji Nanbara, Annu Mari, Mariko Ogawa | Japan | Crime thriller |
| The Champagne Murders | Claude Chabrol | Anthony Perkins, Maurice Ronet, Yvonne Furneaux | France | Psychological thriller |
| Col Cuore in Gola | Tinto Brass | Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ewa Aulin, Roberto Bisacco | Italy France | |
| Diabolically Yours | Julien Duvivier | Senta Berger, Alain Delon, Sergio Fantoni | France Italy West Germany | |
| Fantômas contre Scotland Yard | André Hunebelle | Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot | France | Comedy thriller |
| Games | Curtis Harrington | Simone Signoret, James Caan, Katharine Ross | United States | |
| Grand Slam | Giuliano Montaldo | Edward G. Robinson | Italy West Germany Spain | Crime thriller |
| The Incident | Larry Peerce | Tony Musante, Martin Sheen, Beau Bridges | United States | |
| The Night of the Generals | Anatole Litvak | Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay | France United Kingdom | Psychological thriller |
| Point Blank | John Boorman | Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn | United States | Crime thriller |
| La route de Corinthe | Claude Chabrol | Maurice Ronet, Jean Seberg, Michel Bouquet | West Germany France Italy Greece | |
| Le Samouraï | Jean-Pierre Melville | Alain Delon, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier | France Italy | |
| Tony Rome | Gordon Douglas | Frank Sinatra, Jill St. John, Richard Conte | United States | |
| Wait Until Dark | Terence Young | Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna | United States | |
| 1968 |||||
| Adieu l'ami | Jean Herman | Alain Delon, Charles Bronson, Olga Georges-Picot | France Italy | |
| The Bride Wore Black | François Truffaut | Jeanne Moreau, Claude Rich, Jean-Claude Brialy | France Italy | |
| Bullitt | Peter Yates | Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset | United States | |
| Il dolce corpo di Deborah | Romolo Guerrieri | Carroll Baker, Jean Sorel, Evelyn Stewart | Italy France | |
| Il giorno della civetta | Damiano Damiani | Claudia Cardinale, Franco Nero, Lee J. Cobb | Italy France | Crime thriller |
| Ice Station Zebra | John Sturges | Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan | United States | Action thriller |
| Lady In Cement | Gordon Douglas | Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch, Richard Conte | United States | |
| Madigan | Don Siegel | Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens | United States | |
| No Way to Treat a Lady | Jack Smight | Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal | United States | Comedy thriller |
| Nude... si muore | Anthony M. Dawson | Michael Rennie, Mark Damon, Eleanora Brown | Italy United States | |
| Pretty Poison | Noel Black | Anthony Perkins, Tuesday Weld, Beverly Garland | United States | |
| Psych-Out | Richard Rush | Susan Strasberg, Dean Stockwell, Jack Nicholson | United States | Crime thriller |
| Rosemary's Baby | Roman Polanski | Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon | United States | Psychological thriller |
| Targets | Peter Bogdanovich | Boris Karloff, Tim O'Kelly, Nancy Hsueh | United States | |
| Twisted Nerve | Roy Boulting | Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Billie Whitelaw | United Kingdom | |
| 1969 |||||
| The Bird with the Crystal Plumage | Dario Argento | Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Eva Renzi | Italy West Germany | |
| The Laughing Woman | Piero Schivazappa | Philippe Leroy, Dagmar Lassander | Italy | |
| Paranoia | Umberto Lenzi | Carroll Baker, Lou Castel, Colette Descombes | Italy France | |
| Paroxismus | Jesús Franco | James Darren, Barbara McNair, Klaus Kinski | West Germany Italy United Kingdom | |
| A Quiet Place in the Country | Elio Petri | Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Georges Géret | Italy France | |
| So Sweet... So Perverse | Umberto Lenzi | Carroll Baker, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Erika Blanc | Italy France West Germany | |
| This Man Must Die | Claude Chabrol | Michel Duchaussoy, Caroline Cellier, Jean Yanne | France Italy | |
| Topaz | Alfred Hitchcock | Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, John Vernon | United Kingdom United States | Political thriller |
| What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? | Lee H. Katzin | Geraldine Page, Ruth Gordon, Rosemary Forsyth | United States | |
| Z | Costa-Gavras | Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant | France Algeria | |