Best Drama Films of 1960
The Fugitive Kind
Fugitive Kind began life ... her earthiest. Maureen Stapleton, in real life one of Brando's best friends and severest critics, plays an avant-garde artist. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
From the Terrace
This cinemadaptation of John ... his cold-blooded father. Mark Robson directs and Myrna Loy heads up a large supporting cast as Newman's alcoholic mother. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Strangers When We Meet
Sexual misconduct in white-collar ... so he decides to move into the picture. Richard Quine's direction is an asset to an otherwise clichéd tale. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Seven Thieves
Discredited professor Edward G. ... Steiger, Eli Wallach et. al.) are advised to feast their eyes upon leading-lady Joan Collins, in her considerable prime. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry (Burt Lancaster), ... an H.L. Mencken-style atheistic journalist, and Edward Andrews as George Babbitt, a character borrowed from another Sinclair Lewis novel. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
The Sundowners
Director Fred Zinnemann was ... who comes to stay with the family, and Glynis Johns plays a hotelkeeper out to change Vanneker's non-marital status. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Home from the Hill
William Humphrey's novel Home ... operatically, which is as it should be given the larger-than-life character and emotional entanglements he has to deal with. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Pollyanna
Eleanor H. Porter's story ... its many successful television showings. The film was remade for television with an all-black cast as Polly in 1989. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Tunes of Glory
Two excellent actors shine ... in the company of his daughter. Barrow opts to report his behavior, leading to a climactic series of events. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Butterfield 8
A woman who has ... by John O'Hara, Butterfield 8 earned Elizabeth Taylor her first Academy Award (for Best Actress) after four unsuccessful nominations. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Two Women
Normally, an actor or ... Two Women; she later stated that she was utilizing "sensory recall," dredging up memories of her own wartime experiences. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
The Last Voyage
Robert Stack and Dorothy ... is trapped beneath a huge piece of steel bulkhead, while the ship slowly loses its battle with the sea. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
The Story of Ruth
This Biblical epic stars ... in God survives this trial by fire, and in time Ruth finds a new love with Boaz (Stuart Whitman). [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Rocco and His Brothers
Luchino Visconti's operatic masterpiece ... the peak of Rocco's success, Simone commits a crime that cruelly dashes Rocco's hopes of keeping the family together. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Hell Is a City
With an award-winning screenplay ... him, as suspense builds at every turn. The gang falls one by one, until only the killer is left. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Hell to Eternity
This standard wartime drama ... Damone) and some women, Guy heads off to war where he distinguishes himself because of his fluency in Japanese. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
The World of Suzie Wong
William Holden stars as ... posing for Ben, leaves him. Abandoned by their lovers and thrown together, the two become involved, with tragic consequences. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Sergeant Rutledge
The first big budget ... two of the accused man's scarce defenders as he is put on trial and faces testimony from prejudiced "witnesses." [ best drama films - 1960 ]
L'Avventura
This ground-breaking film won ... is interested less in developing a logical story than in exploring states of feeling and breakdowns in human connection. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Girl with a Suitcase
The title character, played ... La Valise in France and La Ragazza Con la Valigia in Italy) treats her character with warmth and sympathy. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Lullaby
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Beat Girl
A rebellious teenager runs ... as Wild for Kicks, and features music from rocker Adam Faith, the John Barry Seven, and other beatnik acts. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Les Bonnes Femmes
The four young women ... the last, Jacqueline (Clothilde Joano) is pursued by a biker. The film details their doomed attempts to find romance. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Filmmaker Mikio Naruse takes ... to live with herself while compromising her values. The film's original title was Onna Ga Kaidan O Agaru Toki. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Ballad of a Soldier
The award-winning Ballad of ... The English-dubbed version borders on the ridiculous, with everyone talking in stilted sentences that sound like Soviet Damon Runyon. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Pretty Boy Floyd
The short but bloody ... a minor role, as does Al Lewis, who later gained fame as Grandpa on the TV series The Munsters. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
La Estrella Vacia
The life of a ... begin a new life, she takes a plane to Europe. Unfortunately the plane crashes and her life tragically ends. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
I Passed for White
In this romantic melodrama, ... man, but does not tell him the truth. Eventually the pressures caused by her deception cause her to breakdown. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Le Petit Soldat
This controversial spy-romance tale ... (Anna Karina, then-wife of director Jean-Luc Godard appearing in her first film) as a motivating factor in Bruno's behavior. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Le Trou
Marc Michel plays an ... way to freedom. Le Trou represents the last film of director Jacques Becker, who died shortly after its completion. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Steamroller and the Violin
Katok i Skripka (The ... other after Sasha is threatened by some ruffians, spend the day together, and alter each other's perceptions of life. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
The Beatniks
Learn the grim truth ... who promises to make him a star. Unfortunately, when the young man's friend murders someone, his dreams are shattered. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
The Girl in Lover's Lane
TV star Brett Halsey ... saves Bix from a lynch mob. Girl in Lover's Lane was directed by another TV habitue, Charles R. Rondeau. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
The Last Woman on Earth
This weak sci-fi, post-disaster ... on later efforts (Chinatown, The Last Detail). Towne also co-starred here as Martin, using the pseudonym of Edward Wain. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Thousand Mile Escort
Featuring Pak Ying, Thousand ... up his integrity, one man Ying struggles to fight against the brutal men who continuously terrorized the Chinese countryside. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Tormented
In this low-budget, campy ... he pushed from a lighthouse come back to haunt him just before he is to marry a prominent socialite. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
The Wild Ride
When an immoral hot-rodder, ... (Georgianne Carter) and takes her on a dangerous, high-speed romp while attempting to evade capture by the local cops. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Get Outta Town
In this slightly muddled ... stands by him, the future looks anything but rosy as the police continue tallying him up as a loser. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Niewinni Czarodzieje
Award-winning Polish director Andrzej ... that he wants to see this interesting woman again, she seems to have disappeared -- or so he thinks. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
La Sombra del Caudillo
When a retiring military ... he has served for so many years, but the lure of great power may be too much to resist. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
La Hermana Blanca
There have been several ... should she give up her vows and marry him, or continue with a life she has grown to value? [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Peligros de Juventud
Popular Mexican director Benito ... intention is to marry her regardless of her past but that simple objective is not necessarily easy to reach. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Coronation Street [TV Series]
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El Siete de Copas
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Road to the West
As the last shots ... Acclaimed director Bohdan Poreba takes the helm for this tense Polish period drama starring Kazimierz Opalinski and Adam Paslikowski. [ best drama films - 1960 ]
Stray Bullet
Song Chul-Ho (Kim Jin-Kyu) ... Society of Lincoln Center in 2004 as part of a series, The Newest Tiger: 60 Years of Korean Cinema. [ best drama films - 1960 ]Supplemental Navigation
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