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Best Science fiction Movies of the 1960s

Science fiction films released 1960–1969, ranked by TMDB rating among titles with at least 500 votes.

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   #1 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) · ★ 8.0 · 12,983 votes · 2h 29m · adventure, science-fiction, mystery

   Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.…

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   #2 La Jetée (1962) · ★ 7.9 · 1,049 votes · 0h 29m · romance, drama, science-fiction

   A man confronts his past during an experiment that attempts to find a solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world caused by a world war.…

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   #3 Planet of the Apes (1968) · ★ 7.7 · 4,129 votes · 1h 52m · action, adventure, drama

   Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his lif…

4. 
   #4 Night of the Living Dead (1968) · ★ 7.6 · 2,764 votes · 1h 36m · thriller, horror, science-fiction

   A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.…

5. 
   #5 The Time Machine (1960) · ★ 7.4 · 954 votes · 1h 43m · fantasy, adventure, thriller

   A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.…

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   #6 Village of the Damned (1960) · ★ 7.2 · 517 votes · 1h 17m · horror, science-fiction

   In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children have the same strange blond hai…

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   #7 Fahrenheit 451 (1966) · ★ 7.1 · 1,114 votes · 1h 53m · drama, science-fiction

   In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book bu…

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   #8 Alphaville (1965) · ★ 6.9 · 630 votes · 1h 39m · drama, science-fiction, mystery

   Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natas…

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   #9 Hibernatus (1969) · ★ 6.7 · 528 votes · 1h 22m · comedy, science-fiction

   Hubert de Tartas' life becomes a complete muddle when his wife's grandfather is unearthed after having spent 65 years in frozen hibernation in the polar circle. After being de-fros…

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    #10 Fantastic Voyage (1966) · ★ 6.7 · 516 votes · 1h 41m · adventure, science-fiction

    In order to save an assassinated scientist, a submarine and its crew are shrunk to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream.…

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    #11 The Last Man on Earth (1964) · ★ 6.6 · 501 votes · 1h 27m · drama, horror, science-fiction

    When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.…

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    #12 Barbarella (1968) · ★ 6.0 · 882 votes · 1h 38m · comedy, fantasy, adventure

    In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.…

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