Most Popular Movies 1960
This chart shows the 1960 movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all 1960 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 1960 - Top 1960 Worldwide
| Most Popular Overall | 1961 → |
1
| Elmer Gantry |
| Director: Richard Brooks |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 7, 1960 (Wide) |
| Keywords: Life Drama, Religious, Preacher, Confidence Men, Blackmail, Prostitution, Romance, Love Triangle, Relationships Gone Wrong |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $10,400,000 |
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International BO: $64 |
2
| Exodus |
| Lead Roles: Paul Newman as Ari Ben Canaan |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 15, 1960 (Limited) |
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Domestic BO: $21,750,000 |
3
| Pollyanna |
| Director: David Swift |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 19, 1960 (Limited) |
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| Le Trou |
| Director: Jacques Becker |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 18, 1960 (Limited) (France) |
| Keywords: Prison, Prison Break, Film Noir, Non Professional Actor, Limited Dialogue |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $30,973 |
5
| The Grass is Greener |
| Director: Stanley Donen |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 23, 1960 (Limited) |
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Domestic BO: $6,000,000 |
6
| The Apartment |
| Director: Billy Wilder |
| Lead Roles: Jack Lemmon as Calvin Clifford Baxter, Shirley MacLaine as Fran Kubelik, Fred MacMurray as Jeff D. Sheldrake |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 15, 1960 (Limited) by United Artists |
| Keywords: Romance, Voiceover/Narration, Corporate Life, Infidelity, Suicide, Love Triangle, Relationships Gone Wrong, Christmas |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Romantic Comedy, Live Action |
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Domestic BO: $18,600,000 |
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International BO: $5,999,998 |
Synopsis
C.C. Baxter knows the way to success in business...it's through the door of his apartment! By providing a perfect hideaway for philandering bosses, the ambitious young employee reaps a series of undeserved promotions. But when Bud lends the key to big boss J.D. Sheldrake, he not only advances his career, but his own love life as well. For Sheldrake's mistress is the lovely Fran Kubelik, elevator girl and angel of Bud's dreams. Convinced that he is the only man for Fran, Bud must make the most important executive decision of his career: lose the girl...or his job.
7
| G.I. Blues |
| Director: Norman Taurog |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 23, 1960 (Wide) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $4,300,000 |
8
| Home from the Hill |
| Director: Vincente Minnelli |
| Lead Roles: Robert Mitchum |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 3, 1960 (Limited) by MGM |
| Classification: Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
9
| Macumba Love |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June, 1960 (Wide) |
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Domestic BO: $3,000,000 |
10
| The Leech Woman |
| Director: Edward Dein |
| Lead Roles: Coleen Gray as June Talbot, Grant Williams as Neil Foster |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May, 1960 (Limited) by Universal |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Science Fiction |
11
| Tunes of Glory |
| Director: Ronald Neame |
| Lead Roles: Alec Guinness, John Mills |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 20, 1960 (Limited) by Lopert Pictures Corporation |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
12
| La maschera del demonio |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 12, 1960 (Wide) (Italy) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Fantasy |
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| El esqueleto de la señora Morales |
| Director: Rogelio A. González |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 26, 1960 (Wide) (Mexico) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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| Psycho |
| Director: Alfred Hitchcock |
| Lead Roles: Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, Janet Leigh as Marion Crane |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 8, 1960 (Wide) |
| Keywords: Surprise Twist, Mental Illness, Hallucinations, Serial Killer, White Collar Crime, Fugitive / On the Run, Cross-Dressing, Psychological Horror |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $32,000,000 |
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International BO: $2,177 |
15
| Rocco e i suoi fratelli |
| Director: Luchino Visconti |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 14, 1960 (Limited) (Italy) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
16
| It Started in Naples |
| Director: Melville Shavelson |
| Lead Roles: Clark Gable as Michael Hamilton , Sophia Loren as Lucia Curcio , Vittorio de Sica as Mario Vitale |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 7, 1960 (Limited) by Paramount Pictures |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
17
| Spartacus |
| Director: Stanley Kubrick |
| Lead Roles: Kirk Douglas as Spartacus, Laurence Olivier as Marcus Licinius Crassus, Jean Simmons as Varinia, Charles Laughton as Sempronius Gracchus, Peter Ustinov as Lentulus Batiatus, John Gavin as Julius Caesar, Tony Curtis as Antonius |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 7, 1960 (Wide) by Universal |
| Keywords: Inspired by a True Story, Historical Drama, Slavery, Revolution, Ancient Rome, Romance, Political, Government Corruption |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
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Domestic BO: $30,000,000 |
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International BO: $30,000,000 |
18
| Private Property |
| Director: Leslie Stevens |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 24, 1960 (Limited) |
19
| The Flesh and the Fiends |
| Director: John Gilling |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 2, 1960 (Limited) (United Kingdom) |
| Keywords: 1800s, Set in Scotland |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
20
| Park Sa-bang |
| Director: Dae-jin Kang |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 5, 1960 (Wide) (South Korea) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action |
|
International BO: $13,670 |
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| House of Usher |
| Director: Roger Corman |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 20, 1960 (Limited) |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
International BO: $87 |
22
| The Alamo |
| Director: John Wayne |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 24, 1960 (Wide) by United Artists |
| Keywords: War, Classical Western, 1800s, Directing Yourself, Actors Making Their Directorial Debut, Historical Battles, Texas, Family Affair |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $7,900,000 |
23
| Visit to a Small Planet |
| Director: Norman Taurog |
| Lead Roles: Jerry Lewis as Kreton |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 4, 1960 (Limited) |
| Keywords: Humans as Aliens, Talking Animals, Friendly Alien on Earth, Alien Encounters, Nightclub |
| Classification: Science Fiction |
24
| Djävulens öga |
| Director: Ingmar Bergman |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 17, 1960 (Wide) (Sweden) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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International BO: $4,969 |
25
| Midnight Lace |
| Director: David Miller |
| Lead Roles: Doris Day as Kit Preston, Rex Harrison as Anthony ‘Tony’ Preston |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 13, 1960 (Limited) by Universal |
| Keywords: Crime Thriller, White Collar Crime, Infidelity, Relationships Gone Wrong, Unbelieving Police, Money Troubles, Scotland Yard |
| Classification: Based on Play, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $7,400,000 |