# The Best Picture winners of the 1960s

The ten films released between 1960 and 1969 that won the Academy Award for Best Picture, from The Apartment to Midnight Cowboy.

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- May 28, 2026 · Wesley Campos Azevedo
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## Top 10

1. **The Apartment** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Billy Wilder, 1960. Jack Lemmon lends his flat to his bosses.
2. **West Side Story** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, 1961. Romeo and Juliet among New York gangs; ten Oscars.
3. **Lawrence of Arabia** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — David Lean, 1962. Peter O'Toole and the Arab Revolt.
4. **Tom Jones** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tony Richardson, 1963. Henry Fielding's picaresque comedy.
5. **My Fair Lady** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — George Cukor, 1964. Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle.
6. **The Sound of Music** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Robert Wise, 1965. Julie Andrews and the von Trapp family.
7. **A Man for All Seasons** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fred Zinnemann, 1966. Thomas More against Henry VIII.
8. **In the Heat of the Night** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Norman Jewison, 1967. Sidney Poitier investigates a murder in Mississippi.
9. **Oliver!** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Carol Reed, 1968. The Oliver Twist musical.
10. **Midnight Cowboy** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — John Schlesinger, 1969. The only winner originally rated X.

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