1960s science fiction films

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The list of science fiction films of the 1960s gives a chronological overview of cinema and full-length TV productions that were shot in this genre between 1960 and 1969 . When using it, it should be noted that the majority of the films listed overlap with related genres from the field of fantasy such as horror and fantasy , but also disaster films and comedy . The list does not claim to be complete. In the case of different names, the titles correspond to the Wikipedia lemma, the names of the directors correspond to the form specified in the respective film.

1960

title Director Country of production
1000 eyes of Dr. Mabuse, The Fritz Lang Germany BRBR Germany Germany / France / ItalyFranceFrance ItalyItaly 
Conquistador de la luna Rogelio A. González MexicoMexico Mexico
The village of the damned Wolf Rilla United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Lord of the three worlds Jack Sher United StatesUnited States United States / United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Mistress of the world William Dieterle Germany BRBR Germany Germany / France / ItalyFranceFrance ItalyItaly 
Small shop full of horrors Roger Corman United StatesUnited States United States
La nave de los monstruos Rogelio A. González MexicoMexico Mexico
Stroke 12 in London Terence Fisher United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
The silent star Kurt Maetzig Germany Democratic Republic 1968GDR GDR / PolandPolandPoland 
A dead man hung in the net Fritz Boettger Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany
The sinister hands of Dr. Orlak Edmond T. Gréville United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom / FranceFranceFrance 
Sunken world Irwin Allen United StatesUnited States United States
The time machine George Pal United StatesUnited States United States

1961

title Director Country of production
Atlantis, the lost continent George Pal United StatesUnited States United States
The Beast of Yucca Flats Coleman Francis United StatesUnited States United States
The flying timpanist Robert Stevenson United StatesUnited States United States
The mysterious island Cy Endfield United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom / United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Gorgon Eugène Lourié United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
The mistress of Atlantis Frank Borzage , Giuseppe Masini , Edgar G. Ulmer ItalyItaly Italy / FranceFranceFrance 
In the steel network of Dr. Mabuse Harald Reinl Germany BRBR Germany Germany / France / ItalyFranceFrance ItalyItaly 
Konga John Lemont United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom / United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
The man with the lens Frank Vogel Germany Democratic Republic 1968GDR GDR
Mothra threatens the world Ishirō Honda JapanJapan Japan
Ott cosmoses Elbert Tuganov Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union
The Phantom Planet William Marshall United StatesUnited States United States
Reptilicus Poul Bang , Sidney W. Pink DenmarkDenmark Denmark / United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Robur, the lord of the seven continents William Witney United StatesUnited States United States
The day the earth caught fire Val Guest United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Death rays from space Shūe Matsubayashi JapanJapan Japan
Company fire belt Irwin Allen United StatesUnited States United States
The X-15 ready to go Richard Donner United StatesUnited States United States

1962

title Director Country of production
The Adventures of Captain Grant Robert Stevenson United StatesUnited States United States
At the edge of the runway Chris Marker FranceFrance France
The amphibian man Gennady Kazansky , Vladimir Chebotaryov Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union
Ambassadors of Fear John Frankenheimer United StatesUnited States United States
The Creation of the Humanoids Wesley E. Barry United StatesUnited States United States
James Bond - 007 is chasing Dr. No Terence Young United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Journey to the Seventh Planet Sidney W. Pink DenmarkDenmark Denmark / United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
The head that couldn't die Joseph Green United StatesUnited States United States
Panic in year zero Ray Milland United StatesUnited States United States
Planet of Storms Pavel Klushanzew Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union
The return of King Kong Ishirō Honda JapanJapan Japan
The will of Dr. Mabuse Werner Klingler Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany
A dead man is looking for his murderer Freddie Francis United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom / FR GermanyGermany BRBR Germany 
UFOs destroy the earth Ishirō Honda JapanJapan Japan
The invisible claws of Dr. Mabuse Harald Reinl Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany

1963

title Director Country of production
The little ones also want to go up Richard Lester United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Automania 2000 John Halas United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Encounter in space Mikhail Karjukov , Otar Koberidze Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union
Flowers of horror Steve Sekely United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Clown Ferdinand and the rocket Jindrich Polák CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Lord of the flies Peter Brook United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Ikarie XB 1 Jindřich Polák CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
The man with the X-ray eyes Roger Corman United StatesUnited States United States
The timpanist can't help it Robert Stevenson United StatesUnited States United States
Scotland Yard is chasing Dr. Mabuse Paul May Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany
You are damned Joseph Losey United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
U 2000 - Diving trip of horror Ishirō Honda JapanJapan Japan
The invisible Raphael Nussbaum Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany
The crazy professor Jerry Lewis United StatesUnited States United States
The birds Alfred Hitchcock United StatesUnited States United States

1964

title Director Country of production
2071: Mutan beasts against robots Ib Melchior United StatesUnited States United States
Target Moscow Sidney Lumet United StatesUnited States United States
The boss doesn't want any witnesses Hans Albin , Peter Berneis Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany
The Creeping Terror Vic Savage United StatesUnited States United States
Dr. Strange or: How I Learned to Love the Bomb Stanley Kubrick United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom / United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
The first trip to the moon Nathan Juran United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
The case X 701 Bernard Knowles Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany
Fantomas André Hunebelle FranceFrance France / ItalyItalyItaly 
Frankenstein's monster fighting Ghidorah Ishirō Honda JapanJapan Japan
Frankenstein's monster Freddie Francis United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Godzilla and the primeval caterpillars Ishirō Honda JapanJapan Japan
It happened here Kevin Brownlow , Andrew Mollo United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
James Bond 007 - Goldfinger Guy Hamilton United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
The Last Man on Earth Ubaldo Ragona , Sidney Salkow United StatesUnited States United States / ItalyItalyItaly 
Emergency landing in space Byron Haskin United StatesUnited States United States
Slumber party Don Weis United StatesUnited States United States
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians Nicholas Webster United StatesUnited States United States
Seven days in May John Frankenheimer United StatesUnited States United States
The death rays of Dr. Mabuse Hugo Fregonese Germany BRBR Germany Germany / France / ItalyFranceFrance ItalyItaly 
X 3000 - Fantome versus gangsters Ishirō Honda JapanJapan Japan

1965

title Director Country of production
Order from the dark Ishirō Honda JapanJapan Japan
Fantomas versus Interpol André Hunebelle FranceFrance France / ItalyItalyItaly 
FBI is chasing Phantom Hugo Grimaldi United StatesUnited States United States
Frankenstein - The horror with the monkey face Ishirō Honda JapanJapan Japan
Gamera - Frankenstein's monster from the ice Noriaki Yuasa JapanJapan Japan
I dr. Fu Man Chu Don Sharp United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom / FR GermanyGermany BRBR Germany 
James Bond 007 - Fireball Terence Young United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Lemmy Caution against Alpha 60 Jean-Luc Godard FranceFrance France / ItalyItalyItaly 
Monster A-Go Go Bill Rebane , Herschell Gordon Lewis United StatesUnited States United States
Planet of the Vampires Mario Bava ItalyItaly Italy / SpainSpainSpain 
A rift in the world Andrew Marton United StatesUnited States United States
City in the sea Jacques Tourneur United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom / United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
The War Game Peter Watkins United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
The tenth victim Elio Petri ItalyItaly Italy / FranceFranceFrance 
Incident in the Atlantic James B. Harris United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom / United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 

1966

title Director Country of production
The 13 female slaves of Dr. Fu Man Chu Don Sharp United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom / FR GermanyGermany BRBR Germany 
Agent 505 - Beirut Death Trap Manfred R. Koehler Germany BRBR Germany Germany / Italy / FranceItalyItaly FranceFrance 
Batman keeps the world in suspense Leslie H. Martinson United StatesUnited States United States
Cyborg 2087 Franklin Adreon United StatesUnited States United States
Derek Flint sends his body Daniel Mann United StatesUnited States United States
Fahrenheit 451 François Truffaut United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Firebirds ready to go David Lane United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Frankenstein and the monsters from the sea Jun Fukuda JapanJapan Japan
Frankenstein - duel of the giants Ishirō Honda JapanJapan Japan
Gamera versus Barugon - Frankenstein's dragon from the jungle Shigeo Tanaka JapanJapan Japan
Gemini 13 - Death Rays on Cape Canaveral Antonio Margheriti ItalyItaly Italy / SpainSpainSpain 
The stolen airship Karel Zeman CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Island of horror Terence Fisher United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter William Beaudine United StatesUnited States United States
The little Prince Konrad Wolf Germany Democratic Republic 1968GDR GDR
The man who lived twice John Frankenheimer United StatesUnited States United States
The moon calf Gordon Douglas United StatesUnited States United States
Orion-3000 - Space Travel of Horror Antonio Margheriti ItalyItaly Italy
The fantastic journey Richard Fleischer United StatesUnited States United States
Queen of Blood Curtis Harrington United StatesUnited States United States
Rembrandt 7 does not answer Giancarlo Romitelli Germany BRBR Germany Federal Republic of Germany / Italy / SpainItalyItaly SpainSpain 
The deadly bees Freddie Francis United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Underwater around the world Andrew Marton United StatesUnited States United States
Fateful cargo Michael A. Hoey United StatesUnited States United States
The Wild World of Batwoman Jerry Warren United StatesUnited States United States

1967

title Director Country of production
Countdown: start to the moon Robert Altman United StatesUnited States United States
Frankenstein created a woman Terence Fisher United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Frankenstein's monsters hunt Godzilla's son Jun Fukuda JapanJapan Japan
Gamera versus Gaos - Frankenstein's battle of the monsters Noriaki Yuasa JapanJapan Japan
Gappa - Frankenstein's flying monster Haruyasu Noguchi JapanJapan Japan
The Secret of Death Island Mel Welles Germany BRBR Germany Federal Republic of Germany / SpainSpainSpain 
Godzilla's paw of death Ki-duk Kim Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea
The green blood of demons Roy Ward Baker United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Under the spell of Dr. Monserrat Michael Reeves United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
James Bond 007 - You Only Live Twice Lewis Gilbert United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
The karate killers Barry Shear United StatesUnited States United States
King Kong - Frankenstein's son Ishirō Honda JapanJapan Japan / United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Perry Rhodan - SOS from space Primo Zeglio ItalyItaly Italy / FR Germany / SpainGermany BRBR Germany SpainSpain 
privilege Peter Watkins United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
The day the fish came Michael Cacoyannis United StatesUnited States United States / United Kingdom / GreeceUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom GreeceGreece 
Cheeky guys in rattling rockets Don Sharp United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Weekend Jean-Luc Godard FranceFrance France / ItalyItalyItaly 

1968

title Director Country of production
2001: A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick United StatesUnited States United States / United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Astro-zombies - robots of horror Ted V. Mikels United StatesUnited States United States
Barbarella Roger Vadim FranceFrance France / ItalyItalyItaly 
Beasts lurk outside Caracas Michael Carreras United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
The blood beast Vernon Sewell United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Charly Ralph Nelson United StatesUnited States United States
Dracula's daughter and Professor Satanas René Cardona MexicoMexico Mexico
Frankenstein and the monsters from space Ishirō Honda JapanJapan Japan
The story of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Charles Jarrott United StatesUnited States United States / CanadaCanadaCanada 
I love you I love you Alain Resnais FranceFrance France
The night of the living dead George A. Romero United StatesUnited States United States
planet of monkeys Franklin J. Schaffner United StatesUnited States United States
Solaris Boris Nirenburg , Lidija Ischimbajewa Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union
Hour of the Scorpio Horst Zaeske Germany Democratic Republic 1968GDR GDR
Swiss Made 2069 Fredi M. Murer , HR Giger SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
They Saved Hitler's Brain David Bradley United StatesUnited States United States
VIP - My brother, the superman Bruno Bozzetto ItalyItaly Italy
Wild in the streets Barry Shear United StatesUnited States United States

1969

title Director Country of production
Bandits on the moon Roy Ward Baker United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
The torture chamber of Dr. Fu Man Chu Jess Franco Germany BRBR Germany Federal Republic of Germany / Spain / ItalySpainSpain ItalyItaly 
Frankenstein must die Terence Fisher United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
The most dangerous man in the world J. Lee Thompson United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom / United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Godzilla - Attack All Monsters Ishirō Honda JapanJapan Japan
Gwangi's revenge James O'Connolly United StatesUnited States United States
James Bond 007 - On Her Majesty's Secret Service Peter R. Hunt United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Captain Nemo James Hill United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Uncle Paul, the big plum Édouard Molinaro FranceFrance France / ItalyItalyItaly 
stereo David Cronenberg CanadaCanada Canada
Super brain in tennis shoes Robert Butler United StatesUnited States United States
U 4000 - panic under the ocean Ishirō Honda JapanJapan Japan
Accident in space Robert Parrish United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Lost in space John Sturges United StatesUnited States United States

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