Everybody needs to hurry up and watch Doctor Strangelove (1964) before the world ends. It is hilarious but also a terrifyingly realistic portrayal of the type of weirdos currently in power in the US. It feels the only real difference is that in Doctor Strangelove there is at least one decent man at the table. Today there are none.
The 60s were amazing for spaghetti westerns. A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly are obviously amazing, but check out Django as well. It’s a personal favorite, and origin of the absolutely amazing theme song playing during the opening credits of Django Unchained.
For horror fans, Night of the Living Dead (1968) is a must-watch, and they fucked up their copyright so it’s available on peertube.
2nd Strangelove. You’ll also probably learn where a few references came from whilst watching it
Thank you for bringing a diverse array of genres. The Dollars Trilogy is some of the finest the western genre has to offer. And Django is just fun when they open up the coffin.
Strangelove and the first zombie movie (and it holds up so well) are also great.
Pink Panther (1963) is a legendary comedy that still gets laughs for Peter Weller’s incredible physical comedy and David Nivens sharp delivery.
The second best James Bond film (before he became a caricature of spies) also came out in 1963, From Russia with Love.
A (still good) ground breaking film noir released in France in 1967s Le Samourai.
The Sound Of Music released in 1965 and its lessons in quiet resistance to Nazis and how the ones we love can be corrupted by hate is suddenly, frustratingly relevant again.
And no one should pass up the timeless portrait of post-scholastic malaise like 1967s The Graduate.
The 60s was an incredible decade for movies.
Just seconding this because it has several movies that would have been my answer.
2001: a Space Odissey is a cult. Artistically and as a scifi movie, it’s absolutely impressive, philosophically is quite complex. Narratively I find it a little tedious.
Worth seeing on the big screen whenever possible. I love everything about it honestly. It’s incredible that not a single scene looks dated despite being made in the 60s and set in space. Incredible movie.
I don’t usually go for sci-fi, but 2001 is something else.
Philosophically it’s bereft.
Clarke dropped the ball on this one, I don’t know how (and I’ve been a huge Clarke fan since about 1980).
In 2001 Clarke acts as if the philosophical ideas he proposes are all new, when they were tropes by the time he wrote 2001.
Its a visually stunning movie that gets space travel right. I’ve seen it, I’ve read the book (multiple times as I wrote a paper on its’ Emperor’s New Clothes phenomenon).
Walk-outs during the screenings were common, because there’s nothing there.
I don’t recommend it to anyone without massive caveats.
Hang Em High
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
From Russia With Love
I was just about to say “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”. It’s three hours and ten minutes of every comedian from the early 1960s.
The Love Bug is still very watchable IMO
I’d say Lawrence Of Arabia, if one has several hours to spare.
Carch 22
The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming
Dr. Strangelove and Rosemary’s Baby
Once Upon a Time in the West, For a Fistful of Dollars, Dr. Strangelove, The Human Condition (Japanese trilogy), Bullitt. That should set you up for a few good evenings.
I would advice watching first the Good, the bad and the ugly, before watching the sequels. Fantastic cinematography!
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was the third one in the trilogy. It’s definitely a fantastic film, and all three of them are worth watching. However, the third one is a bit more of an epic. The first one is more approachable as an entry into the spaghetti western genre, both in themes and runtime.
Ho-ly-shit. I feel like that lady that had only seen the first part of The Sound of Music, and thought the boy was a mailman.
I thought, because “A Fistful of Dollars” starts so abruptly and “The Good, The Bad and the Ugly” has a proper introduction of the nameless gunslinger, the chronology was backwards, but yep, you’re right and I’ve been a fool for years! Years I say!
Then again, time is not linear so I guess it didn’t matter :)
Hey, a Pulp Fiction approach to it could work. 😄
What’s worse: I first got “A fistful of dollars”, then checked the first 10 minutes and thought:" this can’t be the first one, they haven’t introduced the characters", so I got the last one, and watched it first. And for the longest of times that was how I thought the trilogy was sorted…
The original Bedazzled (1967) is hilarious and worth a watch. The dynamic between Dudley Moore and Peter Cook is brilliant.
The Miracle Worker (1962)
Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (1967)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
It’s a bit of a long movie but I enjoyed it. Cleopatra (1963).
I’d recommend if… (1968)
The 10th Victim
