Best of the 1960's

Best Picture



1. Psycho (1960)

2. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
3. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
4. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
5. The Sound of Music (1965)
6. Dead Ringer (1964)
7. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
8. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
9. The Graduate (1967)
10. Wait Until Dark (1967)
11. Charade (1963)


Best Director


Alfred Hitchcock - Psycho (1960)

John Frankenheimer - The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Alfred Hitchcock - The Birds (1963)
Norman Jewison - In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Stanley Kramer - Judgment at Nuremberg (1962)
Stanley Kubrick - Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Akira Kurosawa - The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Akira Kurosawa - Yojimbo (1961)
Mike Nichols - The Graduate (1967)
Mike Nichols - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Terence Young - Wait Until Dark (1967)


Best Actor


Sidney Poitier - In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Burt Lancaster - Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Jack Lemmon - Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Toshiro Mifune - Yojimbo (1961)
Gregory Peck - To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Sidney Poitier - Lillies of the Field (1963)
Sidney Poitier - A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Spencer Tracy - Inherit the Wind (1960)
Spencer Tracy - Judgment at Nuremberg (1962)


Best Actress


Elizabeth Taylor - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Anne Bancroft - The Graduate (1967)
Bette Davis - Dead Ringer (1964)
Bette Davis - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Faye Dunaway - Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Audrey Hepburn - Charade (1963)
Audrey Hepburn - Wait Until Dark (1967)
Shirley MacLaine - The Apartment (1960)
Barbara Streisand - Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Natalie Wood - Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Natalie Wood - West Side Story (1961)


Best Supporting Actor


Maximilian Schell - Judgment at Nuremberg (1962)

Alan Arkin - Wait Until Dark (1967)
George Chakiris - West Side Story (1961)
Karl Malden - Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Karl Malden - Dead Ringer (1964)
George C. Scott - Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Rod Steiger - In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Russ Tamblyn - West Side Story (1961)
Spencer Tracy - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Jon Voight - Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Eli Wallach - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1967)


Best Supporting Actress


Janet Leigh - Psycho (1960)

Ruby Dee - A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Marlene Dietrich - Judgment at Nuremberg (1962)
Patty Duke - The Miracle Worker (1962)
Judy Garland - Judgment at Nuremberg (1962)
Katharine Hepburn - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Angela Lansbury - The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Claudia McNeil - A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Rita Moreno - West Side Story (1961)
Lilia Skala - Lilies of the Field (1963)
Shelley Winters - A Patch of Blue (1965)


Best Screenplay


Lorraine Hansberry - A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

George Axelrod - The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Robert Carrington & Jane Howard Hammerstein - Charade (1963) James Clavell & W.R. Burnett - The Great Escape (1963)
Horton Foote - To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern & Peter George - Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Ernest Lehman - The Sound of Music (1965)
Ernest Lehman - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Abby Mann - Judgment at Nuremberg (1962)
Stirling Silliphant - In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Joseph Stephano - Psycho (1960)


Best Family Picture


The Sound of Music (1965)

A Charlie Brown Christmas (1960)
Frosty the Snowman (1969)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
The Jungle Book (1967)
Mary Poppins (1964)
The Music Man (1962)
101 Dalmatians (1961)
The Pink Panther (1963)
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
The Sword in the Stone (1963)


Funniest Film


A Shot in the Dark (1964)

Barefoot in the Park (1967)
The Cactus Flower (1969)
Charade (1963)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
The Odd Couple (1968)
The Pink Panther (1963)
The Producers (1968)
The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming (1966)
Take the Money and Run (1969)
Yojimbo (1961)


Best Sports Film


Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)

Grand Prix (1969)
The Hustler (1961)


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