Best 1969 Movies

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Best 1969 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 1969 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.

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#19. Mackenna's Gold

- Stacker score: 57.8
- IMDb user rating: 6.7 (votes: 10,000)
- Metascore: 37
- Director: J. Lee Thompson
- Actors: Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas
- Runtime: 2 hours 8 minutes
- Rating: M
- Box office: N/A

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#18. Battle of Britain

- Stacker score: 63.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (votes: 26,000)
- Metascore: 44
- Director: Guy Hamilton
- Actors: Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews
- Runtime: 2 hours 12 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: N/A

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#17. Paint Your Wagon

- Stacker score: 64.4
- IMDb user rating: 6.6 (votes: 16,000)
- Metascore: 50
- Director: Joshua Logan
- Actors: Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg
- Runtime: 2 hours 44 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $14,500,000

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#16. Hello, Dolly!

- Stacker score: 67.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (votes: 18,000)
- Metascore: 51
- Director: Gene Kelly
- Actors: Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford
- Runtime: 2 hours 26 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $400,881

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#15. Topaz

- Stacker score: 68.3
- IMDb user rating: 6.2 (votes: 21,000)
- Metascore: 61
- Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- Actors: Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, John Vernon
- Runtime: 2 hours 23 minutes
- Rating: M/PG
- Box office: N/A

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#14. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

- Stacker score: 71.1
- IMDb user rating: 6.7 (votes: 105,000)
- Metascore: 61
- Director: Peter R. Hunt
- Actors: George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas
- Runtime: 2 hours 22 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $22,774,493

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#13. Support Your Local Sheriff!

- Stacker score: 72.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 14,000)
- Metascore: 56
- Director: Burt Kennedy
- Actors: James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan
- Runtime: 1 hour 32 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: N/A

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#12. Cactus Flower

- Stacker score: 77.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 13,000)
- Metascore: 67
- Director: Gene Saks
- Actors: Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn
- Runtime: 1 hour 44 minutes
- Rating: M
- Box office: N/A

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#11. Take the Money and Run

- Stacker score: 77.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 32,000)
- Metascore: 67
- Director: Woody Allen
- Actors: Woody Allen, Janet Margolin, Marcel Hillaire
- Runtime: 1 hour 25 minutes
- Rating: M/PG
- Box office: N/A

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#10. The Italian Job

- Stacker score: 78.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 53,000)
- Metascore: 70
- Director: Peter Collinson
- Actors: Michael Caine, Noël Coward, Benny Hill
- Runtime: 1 hour 39 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: N/A

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#9. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

- Stacker score: 81.1
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 234,000)
- Metascore: 66
- Director: George Roy Hill
- Actors: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross
- Runtime: 1 hour 50 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $102,308,889

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#8. The Swimming Pool

- Stacker score: 81.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 16,000)
- Metascore: 76
- Director: Jacques Deray
- Actors: Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet
- Runtime: 2 hours 2 minutes
- Rating: 16+
- Box office: $211,467

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#7. They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

- Stacker score: 83.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 22,000)
- Metascore: 72
- Director: Sydney Pollack
- Actors: Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York
- Runtime: 2 hours 9 minutes
- Rating: M
- Box office: $12,600,000

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#6. True Grit

- Stacker score: 87.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 54,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Henry Hathaway
- Actors: John Wayne, Kim Darby, Glen Campbell
- Runtime: 2 hours 8 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $276,418

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#5. Easy Rider

- Stacker score: 87.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 121,000)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Dennis Hopper
- Actors: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson
- Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $123,276

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#4. Midnight Cowboy

- Stacker score: 87.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 128,000)
- Metascore: 79
- Director: John Schlesinger
- Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles
- Runtime: 1 hour 53 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $44,785,053

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#3. Z

- Stacker score: 92.8
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 33,000)
- Metascore: 86
- Director: Costa-Gavras
- Actors: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant
- Runtime: 2 hours 7 minutes
- Rating: M/PG
- Box office: $83,305

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#2. The Wild Bunch

- Stacker score: 98.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 94,000)
- Metascore: 98
- Director: Sam Peckinpah
- Actors: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan
- Runtime: 2 hours 15 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $638,641

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#1. Army of Shadows

- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 28,000)
- Metascore: 99
- Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
- Actors: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel
- Runtime: 2 hours 25 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $861,983