List of epic films: 1960s

A list of epic films released during the 1960s.

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 1960 • 1961 • 1962• 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 ! Title !! Director !! Cast !! Country !! Notes
 * | 1960
 * Spartacus||Stanley Kubrick||Kirk Douglas,Jean Simmons,Laurence Olivier||🇺🇸||Historical
 * Exodus||Otto Preminger||Paul Newman,Eva Marie Saint,Ralph Richardson||🇺🇸||War
 * The Alamo||John Wayne||John Wayne,Richard Widmark,Laurence Harvey||🇺🇸||War
 * Sword of Sherwood Forest||Terence Fisher||Jack Gwillim,Peter Cushing||||Fantasy Adventure
 * Austerlitz||Abel Gance||Orson Welles,Pierre Mondy,Jean Marais||🇫🇷🇮🇹||Historical/War
 * Five Days,Five Nights||Lev Arnshtam||Gennadi Yukhtin||||War
 * | 1961
 * The Guns of Navarone||J.Lee Thompson||Gregory Peck,David Niven,Anthony Quinn||||War
 * El Cid||Anthony Mann||Charlton Heston,Sophia Loren,Raf Vallone||🇺🇸🇮🇹||Historical/War
 * Dersu Uzala||Agasi Babayan||Adolf Shestakov,Kasym Zhakibayev||||Drama
 * Scarlet Sails||Alexander Ptushko||Anastasiya Vertinskaya,Vasily Lanovoy,Ivan Pereverzev||||romantic fantasy
 * Yojimbo||Akira Kurosawa||Toshirō Mifune,Tatsuya Nakadai,Takashi Shimura||🇯🇵||Samurai film
 * | 1962
 * Mutiny on the Bounty||Lewis Milestone||Marlon Brando,Trevor Howard,Richard Harris||🇺🇸||Historical Adventure
 * The Longest Day||Ken Annakin||John Wayne,Rod Steiger,Richard Burton||🇺🇸||War
 * Lawrence of Arabia||David Lean||Peter O'Toole,Omar Sharif,Alec Guinness||🇺🇸||War
 * The 300 Spartans||Rudolph Maté||Richard Egan,Ralph Richardson,Diane Baker||🇺🇸||Historical/War
 * Ivan's Childhood||Andrei Tarkovsky||Nikolai Burlyayev,Valentin Zhubkov,Nikolai Grinko||||War
 * Sanjuro||Akira Kurosawa||Toshiro Mifune,Tatsuya Nakadai,Yuzo Kayada||🇯🇵||Samurai film
 * | 1963
 * 55 Days at Peking||Nicholas Ray||Charlton Heston,Ava Gardner,David Niven||🇺🇸||War
 *  How the West Was Won||John Ford||John Wayne,Henry Fonda,Gregory Peck||🇺🇸||Historical Western
 * Cleopatra||Joseph L.Mankiewicz||Elizabeth Taylor,Richard Burton,Rex Harrison||🇺🇸||Historical
 *  Jason and the Argonauts||Don Chaffey||Todd Armstrong,Nancy Kovack,Honor Blackman||||Fantasy Adventure
 * | 1964
 * Zulu||Cy Endfield||Stanley Baker,Jack Hawkins,Michael Caine||||War
 *  Hamlet||Grigori Kozintsev||Innokenty Smoktunovsky,Anastasiya Smokutnovksy|||| Shakespearean Drama
 * A Fistful of Dollars||Sergio Leone||Clint Eastwood,Wolfgang Lukschy,Joseph Egger||🇮🇹🇪🇸||Western
 * Becket||Peter Glenville||Peter O'Toole,Richard Burton,John Gielgud||🇺🇸||Historical
 * The Alive and the Dead||Aleksandr Stopler||Kirill Lavrov,Anatoli Papanov,Oleg Yefremov||||War
 * | 1965
 * ' Doctor Zhivago||David Lean||Omar Sharif,Alec Guiness,Rod Steiger,Alec Guinness||🇺🇸🇮🇹||Historical
 * The 317th Platoon||Pierre Schoendoerffer||Jacques Perrin,Bruno Cremer,Manuel Zarzo||🇫🇷||War
 * Shenandoah||Andrew V.Mclagen||James Stewart||🇺🇸||Historical/War
 * The Greatest Story Ever Told||George Stevens||Charlton Heston,Max Von Sydow,Jose Ferrer||🇺🇸||Biblical
 * Chimes at Midnight||Orson Welles||John Gielgud,Keith Baxter,Orson Welles||🇪🇸||Shakespearean drama
 * | 1966
 * The Bible: In the Beginning||John Huston||Franco Nero,Richard Harris,Peter O'Toole||🇺🇸🇮🇹||Biblical
 * A Man for All Seasons||Fred Zinnemann||Paul Scofield,Orson Welles,John Hurt||🇺🇸||Historical drama
 * Andrei Rublev||Andrei Tarkovsky||Anatoly Solonitsyn,Nikolai Grinko,Irma Raush||||Historical
 * 'The Battle of Algiers||Gillo Pontecorvo|||Jean Martin,Saadi Yacef||🇩🇿🇮🇹||War
 * | 1967
 * 'Commissar||Aleksandr Askoldov||Nonna Mordyukova,Rolan Bykov,Vasily Shukshin||||War
 * Samurai Rebellion||Masaki Kobayashi||Go Kato,Tatsuya Nakadai,Toshirō Mifune||🇯🇵||Samurai film
 * | 1968
 * 2001: A Space Odyssey||Stanley Kubrick||Kier Dullea,Douglas Rain,Daniel Richter||🇺🇸||Sci-Fi
 * 'Romeo and Juliet||Franco Zeffrelli||Leonard Whiting,Olivia Hussey,Milo O'Shea,Pat Heywood||🇮🇹||Shakespearean drama
 * 'The Charge of the Light Brigade||Tony Richardson||David Hemmings,Alan Dobie,John Gielgud||||Historical/War
 * War and Peace||Sergei Bondarchuk||Vyacheslav Tikhonov,Ludmilla Savelyeva,Boris Zakhava||||Historical\War
 * The Devil's Brigade||Andrew V.Mclagen||William Holden,Cliff Robertson,Vince Edwards||🇺🇸||War
 * | 1969
 * White Sun of the Desert||Vladimir Motyl||Anatoly Luznetsov,Spartak Mishulin,Pavel Luspekaev||||Ostern
 * The Bridge at Remagen||John Guillermin||George Segal,Robert Vaughn,Ben Gazzara||🇺🇸||War
 * Battle of Neretva||Veljko Bulajić||Sergei Bondarchuk,Yul Brynner,Orson Welles,Franco Nero||||War
 * Battle of Britain||Guy Hamilton||Laurence Olivier,Christopher Plummer,Michael Caine||||War
 * A Fistful of Dollars||Sergio Leone||Clint Eastwood,Wolfgang Lukschy,Joseph Egger||🇮🇹🇪🇸||Western
 * Becket||Peter Glenville||Peter O'Toole,Richard Burton,John Gielgud||🇺🇸||Historical
 * The Alive and the Dead||Aleksandr Stopler||Kirill Lavrov,Anatoli Papanov,Oleg Yefremov||||War
 * | 1965
 * ' Doctor Zhivago||David Lean||Omar Sharif,Alec Guiness,Rod Steiger,Alec Guinness||🇺🇸🇮🇹||Historical
 * The 317th Platoon||Pierre Schoendoerffer||Jacques Perrin,Bruno Cremer,Manuel Zarzo||🇫🇷||War
 * Shenandoah||Andrew V.Mclagen||James Stewart||🇺🇸||Historical/War
 * The Greatest Story Ever Told||George Stevens||Charlton Heston,Max Von Sydow,Jose Ferrer||🇺🇸||Biblical
 * Chimes at Midnight||Orson Welles||John Gielgud,Keith Baxter,Orson Welles||🇪🇸||Shakespearean drama
 * | 1966
 * The Bible: In the Beginning||John Huston||Franco Nero,Richard Harris,Peter O'Toole||🇺🇸🇮🇹||Biblical
 * A Man for All Seasons||Fred Zinnemann||Paul Scofield,Orson Welles,John Hurt||🇺🇸||Historical drama
 * Andrei Rublev||Andrei Tarkovsky||Anatoly Solonitsyn,Nikolai Grinko,Irma Raush||||Historical
 * 'The Battle of Algiers||Gillo Pontecorvo|||Jean Martin,Saadi Yacef||🇩🇿🇮🇹||War
 * | 1967
 * 'Commissar||Aleksandr Askoldov||Nonna Mordyukova,Rolan Bykov,Vasily Shukshin||||War
 * Samurai Rebellion||Masaki Kobayashi||Go Kato,Tatsuya Nakadai,Toshirō Mifune||🇯🇵||Samurai film
 * | 1968
 * 2001: A Space Odyssey||Stanley Kubrick||Kier Dullea,Douglas Rain,Daniel Richter||🇺🇸||Sci-Fi
 * 'Romeo and Juliet||Franco Zeffrelli||Leonard Whiting,Olivia Hussey,Milo O'Shea,Pat Heywood||🇮🇹||Shakespearean drama
 * 'The Charge of the Light Brigade||Tony Richardson||David Hemmings,Alan Dobie,John Gielgud||||Historical/War
 * War and Peace||Sergei Bondarchuk||Vyacheslav Tikhonov,Ludmilla Savelyeva,Boris Zakhava||||Historical\War
 * The Devil's Brigade||Andrew V.Mclagen||William Holden,Cliff Robertson,Vince Edwards||🇺🇸||War
 * | 1969
 * White Sun of the Desert||Vladimir Motyl||Anatoly Luznetsov,Spartak Mishulin,Pavel Luspekaev||||Ostern
 * The Bridge at Remagen||John Guillermin||George Segal,Robert Vaughn,Ben Gazzara||🇺🇸||War
 * Battle of Neretva||Veljko Bulajić||Sergei Bondarchuk,Yul Brynner,Orson Welles,Franco Nero||||War
 * Battle of Britain||Guy Hamilton||Laurence Olivier,Christopher Plummer,Michael Caine||||War
 * | 1967
 * 'Commissar||Aleksandr Askoldov||Nonna Mordyukova,Rolan Bykov,Vasily Shukshin||||War
 * Samurai Rebellion||Masaki Kobayashi||Go Kato,Tatsuya Nakadai,Toshirō Mifune||🇯🇵||Samurai film
 * | 1968
 * 2001: A Space Odyssey||Stanley Kubrick||Kier Dullea,Douglas Rain,Daniel Richter||🇺🇸||Sci-Fi
 * 'Romeo and Juliet||Franco Zeffrelli||Leonard Whiting,Olivia Hussey,Milo O'Shea,Pat Heywood||🇮🇹||Shakespearean drama
 * 'The Charge of the Light Brigade||Tony Richardson||David Hemmings,Alan Dobie,John Gielgud||||Historical/War
 * War and Peace||Sergei Bondarchuk||Vyacheslav Tikhonov,Ludmilla Savelyeva,Boris Zakhava||||Historical\War
 * The Devil's Brigade||Andrew V.Mclagen||William Holden,Cliff Robertson,Vince Edwards||🇺🇸||War
 * | 1969
 * White Sun of the Desert||Vladimir Motyl||Anatoly Luznetsov,Spartak Mishulin,Pavel Luspekaev||||Ostern
 * The Bridge at Remagen||John Guillermin||George Segal,Robert Vaughn,Ben Gazzara||🇺🇸||War
 * Battle of Neretva||Veljko Bulajić||Sergei Bondarchuk,Yul Brynner,Orson Welles,Franco Nero||||War
 * Battle of Britain||Guy Hamilton||Laurence Olivier,Christopher Plummer,Michael Caine||||War
 * War and Peace||Sergei Bondarchuk||Vyacheslav Tikhonov,Ludmilla Savelyeva,Boris Zakhava||||Historical\War
 * The Devil's Brigade||Andrew V.Mclagen||William Holden,Cliff Robertson,Vince Edwards||🇺🇸||War
 * | 1969
 * White Sun of the Desert||Vladimir Motyl||Anatoly Luznetsov,Spartak Mishulin,Pavel Luspekaev||||Ostern
 * The Bridge at Remagen||John Guillermin||George Segal,Robert Vaughn,Ben Gazzara||🇺🇸||War
 * Battle of Neretva||Veljko Bulajić||Sergei Bondarchuk,Yul Brynner,Orson Welles,Franco Nero||||War
 * Battle of Britain||Guy Hamilton||Laurence Olivier,Christopher Plummer,Michael Caine||||War
 * White Sun of the Desert||Vladimir Motyl||Anatoly Luznetsov,Spartak Mishulin,Pavel Luspekaev||||Ostern
 * The Bridge at Remagen||John Guillermin||George Segal,Robert Vaughn,Ben Gazzara||🇺🇸||War
 * Battle of Neretva||Veljko Bulajić||Sergei Bondarchuk,Yul Brynner,Orson Welles,Franco Nero||||War
 * Battle of Britain||Guy Hamilton||Laurence Olivier,Christopher Plummer,Michael Caine||||War
 * Battle of Neretva||Veljko Bulajić||Sergei Bondarchuk,Yul Brynner,Orson Welles,Franco Nero||||War
 * Battle of Britain||Guy Hamilton||Laurence Olivier,Christopher Plummer,Michael Caine||||War
 * Battle of Britain||Guy Hamilton||Laurence Olivier,Christopher Plummer,Michael Caine||||War