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The Best 1960's movies, ever:

posted 7 years ago by mplo (2356)
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West Side Story (my all time favorite, hands down.)

The following films are also favorite 1960's films of mine, in no particular order:

Bonnie & Clyde

Barbarella

Easy Rider

Sound of Music

Lawrence of Arabia

2001: A Space Odyssey

Dr. Zhivago

Georgy Girl

Midnight Cowboy

Gimme Shelter

The Two of Us

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Sword in the Stone

The Misadventures of Merlin Jones

The Incredible Journey

Mary Poppins

The Music Man

Merrill's Marauders

A Hard Day's Night

Bon Voyage

The Bible

Hawaii

Casino Royale (the original one, with Sean Connery)

Goldfinger

You Only Live Twice

Thunderball

In the Heat of the Night

To Sir with Love

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

The Graduate
Little Big Man
Midnight Cowboy

[–] mplo (2356) 7 years ago

"The Graduate, "Midnight Cowboy", and "Little Big Man" were all very good, too.

I think, however that "Little Big Man" was an early-1970's film, however.

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

Oops! You are correct! My mistake. It was 1970.

[–] yesanything (251) 7 years ago

I list just one that probably won't otherwise show up

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF

James Garner starred in what may contain the best supporting cast of all time.

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

Awwwwww! Good one! James Garner was great in just about anything he ever did. Support Your Local Sheriff was a HOOT!

[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

One of my favorite war movies
Dirty Dozen.

Also forgot
The Pawnbroker

[–] mplo (2356) 7 years ago

Never saw either "Dirty Dozen", or "The Pawnbroker ".

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 7 years ago

That's an excellent list. Drawing from you list my list would be shorter:

Bonnie & Clyde
Easy Rider
The Sound of Music
Lawrence of Arabia
2001: A Space Odyssey
Midnight Cowboy
The Good The Bad and the Ugly
The Music Man
Goldfinger
To Sir With Love

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[–] mplo (2356) 7 years ago

Thank you, MovieManCin2. Glad to see somebody who likes the same films I like.

A lot of the older films like that are much better, not only because they've got real style, substance, and a real story behind them, but because they're far better photographed, as well.

The movie theatre not far from where I live is having its second annual 70mm Classic film festival, starting on September 20th, and ending October 1st. "Lawrence of Arabia" and "2001: A Space Odyssey" will be among them. Last year, they had "West Side Story" (my all time favorite!), "The Ten Commandments", "Sleeping Beauty", to name afew.

It's great that some of these great golden oldie-but-keeper classic films are being re-released into the movie theatres. Everything old is new again, as the saying goes.

Thanks again for your compliment/reply.

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 7 years ago

You're welcome, and those are some great movies. 2001:A Space Odyssey is the best film of all time IMHO. It's the only film I give a 10/10. Kurbrick was a true genius.

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[–] lennonforever (2453) 7 years ago

These are all fantastic!

[–] mplo (2356) 7 years ago

Thank you, lennonforever. :)

[–] Stratego (30494) 7 years ago

The 60's aren't exactly my favourite movie decade. I guess one of the better movies from that era is Psycho.

[–] mplo (2356) 7 years ago

To each their own, but, as much as I also liked "Psycho", I felt that many of the movies that came out during the 1960's had much more style, more of a story, more substance, had better and more talented actors and actresses, didn't feel like they were totally recorded, and were far better photographed, as well.