The 10 Best Movies from the 60s
July 11th 2011 02:38
Seems like only yesterday my folks took me to see Born Free, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Pink Panther - but I digress!
The reason for a touch of sentiment lies with a conversation I had with a few friends on the weekend about some of the great movies from the 60s - what rated and what didn't.
Some, like Mary Poppins were pretty much a given, but some such as My Night At Maud's came completely from left field.
Now I'm no critic, and my knowledge of all thing cinema is based purely around what I like and have had a fondness for - so don't shoot the piano player when I list my personal favs - heaven forbid if we don't also have to include a couple of comfort films in a list.
So in no particular order my top 10 movies from the 60s are as follows:
2001: A Space Odyssey, Psycho, Midnight Cowboy, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Easy Rider, The Sound of Music, The Hustler, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Great Escape, Lawrence of Arabia.
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Comment by Bryn Tilly
Horrorphile
In place of those three I'd put Night of the Living Dead, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and Cul-de-Sac.
Comment by Mr Nice Guy
Pop Culturist
Pop Rock Factory
As I say - I'm no expert - just a ham n' egger. Have to admit that my selection of The Sound of Music was tainted - following umpteen viewings by MNG's offspring during their formative years.
I felt compelled . . .
Cheers
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Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Trying to restrain myself, here are a few that rate: (In no Order)
Hud
Le Samouari
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
Rosemary's Baby
Shock Corridor
Dr Strangelove
Rio Bravo
The List of Adrian Messenger
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Planet of the Apes
Blast of Silence
The Time Machine
The Odd Couple
The Magnificent 7
In Cold Blood
Branded to Kill
The Professionals
The Swimmer
Seconds
Bonnie and Clyde
The Wild Bunch
Once Upon A Time in the West
Cool Hand Luke
Bullitt
Point Blank
The Manchurian Candidate
Peeping Tom
The Hill
Kill
The Dirty Dozen
The Professionals
Cape Fear
One Eyed Jacks
The Naked Prey
Sword of Doom
Pretty Poison
Bunny Lake is Missing
Damn, I better stop now...yep a good decade on the silver screen.