List of biographical films of the 1960s

This list includes biographical films released between the year of 1960 and 1969, arranged chronologically by year. These films depict the lives of historical figures, artists, politicians, athletes, and other influential individuals, bringing their stories to the screen.

1960

Film	Subject(s)	Lead actor or actress
Alfonso XII y María Cristina [1]	Alfonso XII of Spain	Vicente Parra
	Maria Christina of Austria	Marga López
Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons [2]	Henri Désiré Landru	George Sanders
David and Goliath [3]	King David	Ivica Pajer
	King Saul	Orson Welles
Esther and the King [4]	Esther	Joan Collins
The Gallant Hours [5]	William Halsey Jr.	James Cagney
Hell to Eternity [6]	Guy Gabaldon	Jeffrey Hunter
I Aim at the Stars [7]	Wernher von Braun	Curd Jürgens
Oscar Wilde [8]	Oscar Wilde	Robert Morley
Por ti aprendí a querer	Lorenzo Barcelata	Antonio Maciel
Pretty Boy Floyd [9]	Pretty Boy Floyd	John Ericson
Song Without End [10]	Franz Liszt	Dirk Bogarde
Spartacus [11]	Spartacus	Kirk Douglas
The Story of Ruth [12]	Ruth	Elana Eden
Sunrise at Campobello [13]	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Ralph Bellamy
Sweetheart of the Gods	Renate Müller	Ruth Leuwerik
The Trials of Oscar Wilde [14]	Oscar Wilde	Peter Finch

1961

Film	Subject(s)	Lead actor or actress
Barabbas [15]	Barabbas	Anthony Quinn
Bridge to the Sun [16]	Gwen & Hidenari Terisaki	Carroll Baker & James Shigeta
Darclee [17]	Hariclea Darclée	Silvia Popovici
El Cid [18]	El Cid	Charlton Heston
The Flash Elorde Story	Gabriel Elorde	Gabriel Elorde
Francis of Assisi [19]	Francis of Assisi	Bradford Dillman
Fray Escoba	Martin de Porres	René Muñoz
Galileo	Galileo Galilei	James Grout
The George Raft Story	George Raft	Ray Danton
Hoodlum Priest [20]	Father Charles Dismas Clark	Don Murray
King of Kings [21]	Jesus	Jeffrey Hunter
King of the Roaring 20s [22]	Arnold Rothstein	David Janssen
Mad Dog Coll [23]	Mad Dog Coll	John Davis Chandler
The Moises Padilla Story	Moises Padilla	Leopoldo Salcedo
Prince Yeonsan [24]	Yeonsangun of Joseon	Shin Young-kyun
Portrait of a Mobster [25]	Dutch Schultz	Vic Morrow
A Story of David [26]	King David	Jeff Chandler

1962

Film	Subject(s)	Lead actor or actress
Birdman of Alcatraz [27]	Robert Franklin Stroud	Burt Lancaster
Docteur Schweitzer	Albert Schweitzer	Jean-Pierre Marielle
Elgar [28]	Edward Elgar	Peter Brett
Freud: The Secret Passion [29]	Sigmund Freud	Montgomery Clift
Geronimo [30]	Geronimo	Chuck Connors
Gypsy [31]	Gypsy Rose Lee	Natalie Wood
	June Havoc	Ann Jillian
	Rose Thompson Hovick	Rosalind Russell
Hitler	Adolf Hitler	Richard Basehart
Joseph and His Brethren	Joseph	Geoffrey Horne
Lawrence of Arabia [32]	T. E. Lawrence	Peter O'Toole
The Miracle Worker [33]	Helen Keller	Patty Duke
	Annie Sullivan	Anne Bancroft
No Man Is an Island [34]	George Ray Tweed	Jeffrey Hunter
The Reluctant Saint [35]	Joseph of Cupertino	Maximilian Schell
Salvatore Giuliano [36]	Salvatore Giuliano	Pietro Cammarata
Sodom and Gomorrah [37]	Lot	Stewart Granger
The Trial of Joan of Arc	Joan of Arc	Florence Delay
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm [38]	Wilhelm Grimm	Laurence Harvey
	Jacob Grimm	Karlheinz Böhm

1963

Film	Subject(s)	Lead actor or actress
Al Nasser Salah Ad-Din [39]	Saladin	Ahmed Mazhar
Cleopatra [40]	Cleopatra	Elizabeth Taylor
Jacob, the Man Who Fought With God	Jacob	Fosco Giacchei
Landru [41]	Henri Désiré Landru	Charles Denner
PT 109 [42]	John F. Kennedy	Cliff Robertson

1964

Film	Subject(s)	Lead actor or actress
Becket [43]	Thomas Becket	Richard Burton
	Henry II of England	Peter O'Toole
Lady General Hua Mu-lan [44]	Hua Mulan	Ivy Ling Po
Saul and David	King David	Gianni Garko
	King Saul	Norman Wooland
The Unsinkable Molly Brown [45]	Molly Brown	Debbie Reynolds
Your Cheatin' Heart [46]	Hank Williams	George Hamilton

1965

Film	Subject(s)	Lead actor or actress
The Agony and the Ecstasy [47]	Michelangelo	Charlton Heston
The Debussy Film [48]	Claude Debussy	Oliver Reed
Genghis Khan [49]	Genghis Khan	Omar Sharif
The Greatest Story Ever Told [50]	Jesus	Max von Sydow
Harlow [51]	Jean Harlow	Carroll Baker
Harlow [52]	Jean Harlow	Carol Lynley
The Magnificent Yankee	Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.	Alfred Lunt
Lee Seong-gye King Taejo	Taejo of Joseon	Shin Young-kyun
A Man Named John [53]	Pope John XXIII	Giovanni Rossi
A Patriot for Me [54]	Alfred Redl	John Osborne
The Sound of Music [55]	Maria von Trapp	Julie Andrews
	Georg von Trapp	Christopher Plummer
	Mother abbess	Peggy Wood

1966

Film	Subject(s)	Lead actor or actress
' Born Free [56]	Joy Adamson	Virginia McKenna
	George Adamson	Bill Travers
El Greco [57]	El Greco	Mel Ferrer
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World [58]	Isadora Duncan	Vivian Pickles
Khartoum [59]	General Gordon	Charlton Heston
	Muhammad Ahmad	Laurence Olivier
La vida de Pedro Infante	Pedro Infante	Jose Infante Cruz
A Man for All Seasons [60]	Thomas More	Paul Scofield
Rasputin, the Mad Monk [61]	Grigori Rasputin	Christopher Lee
The Singing Nun [62]	Jeanine Deckers	Debbie Reynolds

1967

Film	Subject(s)	Lead actor or actress
Bill Wallace of China	Dr Bill Wallace	Gregory Walcott
Bonnie and Clyde [63]	Bonnie Parker	Faye Dunaway
	Clyde Barrow	Warren Beatty
Cervantes	Miguel de Cervantes	Horst Buchholz
Custer of the West	George Armstrong Custer	Robert Shaw
Elvira Madigan [64]	Elvira Madigan	Pia Degermark
The Happiest Millionaire [65]	Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr.	Fred MacMurray
The Life of Na Woon-gyu	Na Woon-gyu	Choi Moo-ryong
Sofiya Perovskaya [66]	Sofiya Perovskaya	Aleksandra Nazarova

1968

Film	Subject(s)	Lead actor or actress
Bloody Che Contra	Che Guevara	Francisco Rabal
The Boston Strangler [67]	Albert DeSalvo	Tony Curtis
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach	Johann Sebastian Bach	Gustav Leonhardt
	Anna Magdalena Bach	Christiane Lang
Funny Girl [68]	Fanny Brice	Barbra Streisand
Hrabina Cosel [69]	Anna Constantia von Brockdorff	Jadwiga Barańska
	Augustus II the Strong	Mariusz Dmockowski
Isadora [70]	Isadora Duncan	Vanessa Redgrave
The Lion in Winter	Henry II of England	Peter O'Toole
	Eleanor of Aquitaine	Katharine Hepburn
Prince Daewon [71]	Heungseon Daewongun	Shin Young-kyun
Star! [72]	Gertrude Lawrence	Julie Andrews
Paper Lion [73]	George Plimpton	Alan Alda
Song of Summer [74]	Frederick Delius	Max Adrian

1969

Film	Subject(s)	Lead actor or actress
Alfred the Great [75]	Alfred the Great	David Hemmings
Anne of the Thousand Days [76]	Henry VIII	Richard Burton
	Anne Boleyn	Geneviève Bujold
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid [77]	Butch Cassidy	Paul Newman
	Harry Longabaugh	Robert Redford
The Color of Pomegranates [78]	Sayat-Nova	Sofiko Chiaureli, others
Che! [79]	Che Guevara	Omar Sharif
De Sade [80]	Marquis de Sade	Keir Dullea
Emma Hamilton [81]	Emma Hamilton	Michèle Mercier
	Lord Horatio Nelson	Richard Johnson
Posol Sovetskogo Soyuza	Alexandra Kollontai	Yuliya Borisova
Simón Bolívar [82]	Simón Bolívar	Maximilian Schell
Where's Jack? [83]	Jack Sheppard	Tommy Steele

See also

• List of biographical films

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