Top 20 Kids Movies from the 60s
Mary Poppins (1964)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
When Jane and Michael Banks are faced with the prospect of a new nanny, they are pleasantly surprised by the arrival of the magical Mary Poppins. Embarking on a series of fantastical adventures with he and her Cockney performer friend, Bert, they try to pass on some of her sunny attitude to their... [show more]
Julie Andrews
Dick Van Dyke
David Tomlinson
Robert Stevenson
My Fair Lady (1964)
Drama, Family, Musical
Pompous phonetics Professor Henry Higgins (Sir Rex Harrison) is so sure of his abilities that he takes it upon himself to transform a Cockney working-class girl into someone who can pass for a cultured member of high society. His subject turns out to be the lovely Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn),... [show more]
Audrey Hepburn
Rex Harrison
Stanley Holloway
George Cukor
The Sound of Music (1965)
Biography, Drama, Family
In 1930's Austria, a young woman named Maria (Dame Julie Andrews) is failing miserably in her attempts to become a nun. When Navy Captain Georg Von Trapp (Christopher Plummer) writes to the convent asking for a governess that can handle his seven mischievous children, Maria is given the job. The... [show more]
Julie Andrews
Christopher Plummer
Eleanor Parker
Robert Wise
The Music Man (1962)
Comedy, Family, Musical
It's the early 20th-century American Midwest. A con man going by the assumed name Harold Hill has used several different schemes to bilk the unsuspecting, and now travels from town to town pretending to be a professor of music - from the Gary (Indiana) Conservatory of Music, class of '05 - who... [show more]
Robert Preston
Shirley Jones
Buddy Hackett
Morton DaCosta
Oliver! (1968)
Drama, Family, Musical
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the orphanage and hooks up with a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor.
Mark Lester
Ron Moody
Shani Wallis
Carol Reed
Pollyanna (1960)
Comedy, Drama, Family
A little girl comes to a town that is embattled by feuds and intimidated by her aunt. By the time she must leave, she has transformed the community with her indominatable will to see the good side of even the worst situations and bring it out for the betterment of all.
Jane Wyman
Hayley Mills
Richard Egan
David Swift
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Action, Adventure, Family
Jason has been prophesied to take the throne of Thessaly. When he saves Pelias from drowning, but does not recognize him as the man who had earlier killed his father, Pelias tells Jason to travel to Colchis to find the Golden Fleece. Jason follows his advice and assembles a sailing crew of the... [show more]
Todd Armstrong
Nancy Kovack
Gary Raymond
Don Chaffey
The Parent Trap (1961)
Comedy, Family, Romance
Hayley Mills plays twins who, unknown to their divorced parents, meet at a summer camp. Products of single parent households, they switch places so as to meet the parent they never knew, and then contrive to reunite them.
Hayley Mills
Maureen O'Hara
Brian Keith
David Swift
The Incredible Journey (1963)
Adventure, Drama, Family
Two dogs and a cat set off on a treacherous 200-mile journey towards home.
Émile Genest
John Drainie
Tommy Tweed
Fletcher Markle
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Adventure, Sci-Fi
"2001" is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon's surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that... [show more]
Keir Dullea
Gary Lockwood
William Sylvester
Stanley Kubrick
The Odd Couple (1968)
Comedy
Felix's (Jack Lemmon) wife has left him and he is contemplating suicide. His friends sense his depression and one of them, Oscar (Walter Matthau), volunteers to take him in until he is fine again. The two of them are like chalk and cheese - Oscar is fun-loving, gregarious and slovenly, Felix is a... [show more]
Jack Lemmon
Walter Matthau
John Fiedler
Gene Saks
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Comedy, Musical
A day and a half in the life of the Fab Four leading up to a televised concert gig. The boys seem to be constantly on the run, from their crazed fans and from their manager, who is constantly trying to rein them in. Sir Ringo Starr however is arrested and still isn't in the studio half an hour... [show more]
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Richard Lester
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
Adventure, Family
A family in route to New Guinea is shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island. They are forced to remain on the island because of the damage to the ship and the pirates that are roaming the islands. They create a home on the island (centering around a huge tree house) and explore the island and its... [show more]
John Mills
Dorothy McGuire
James MacArthur
Ken Annakin
That Darn Cat! (1965)
Comedy, Crime, Family
A woman is kidnapped. While in captivity, she manages to send a message out with a wandering cat. The cat's owner calls the F.B.I. The F.B.I. tries to follow the cat. Jealous boyfriends and nosy neighbors also get into the act.
Hayley Mills
Dean Jones
Dorothy Provine
Robert Stevenson
The Longest Day (1962)
Action, Drama, History
In 1944, the U.S. Army and Allied forces plan a huge invasion landing in Normandy, France. Despite bad weather, General Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the okay and the Allies land at Normandy. General Norma Cota travels with his men onto Omaha Beach. With much effort, and lost life, they get off the... [show more]
John Wayne
Robert Ryan
Richard Burton
Ken Annakin
Andrew Marton
Gerd Oswald
Yellow Submarine (1968)
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When the music hating Blue Meanies take over Pepperland and freeze everyone within it, including the protectors, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Captain Fred (Lance Percival) and his Yellow Submarine recruit The Beatles to help save Pepperland. Along the way, they fall through the Sea of... [show more]
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
George Dunning
A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
Animation, Comedy, Drama
Poor Charlie Brown. He can't fly a kite, and he always loses in baseball. Having his faults projected onto a screen by Lucy doesn't help him much either. Against the sage advice and taunting of the girls in his class, he volunteers for the class spelling bee...and wins! Next, it's the school... [show more]
Peter Robbins
Pamelyn Ferdin
Glenn Gilger
Bill Melendez
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Ballon household: Benjamin Ballon and his wife Madame Ballon, Henri Lafarge the head Butler and his wife Madame Lafarge the Cook, Miguel Ostos the Head Chauffeur, Maria Gambrelli the third maid, Pierre the second Chauffeur and his wife Dudo the head Maid, Georges the Gardener and his wife Simone the... [show more]
Peter Sellers
Elke Sommer
George Sanders
Blake Edwards
From Russia with Love (1963)
Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond 007 is on the search for a Russian decoding machine, known as "Lektor". Bond needs to find this machine, before the evil S.P.E.C.T.R.E. organization discovers it. While being romantically linked with Russian girl, Tatiana Romanova, Bond sneaks his way around Istanbul, while each... [show more]
Sean Connery
Robert Shaw
Lotte Lenya
Terence Young
Adventure, Comedy, Family
In the infancy of aviation in 1910, a British newspaper offers a prize for the winner of a cross-channel air race which brings flyers from all over the world. There are many subplots as the flyers jockey for position and the affections of various women.
Stuart Whitman
Sarah Miles
James Fox
Ken Annakin