The
1960’s were a time of change world
of film. Audiences moved
from the more conservative
ideals of the 50's to liberal and somewhat
militant views due to the Vietnam war. Below
are a selection of the
most influential films
of this time period.
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The
Apartment -
by Billy Wilder
C. C. Baxter discovers that the
fastest to climb the corporate ladder is
to loan out your apartment to your coworkers
for their flings. Things get complicated
when Baxter falls for a girl his boss is
seeing.
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West
Side Story -
by Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins
Tony falls for a girl named
Maria. The only problem is
Tony is a Jet
and Maria's brother is a Shark. Two of
the biggest gangs in New York. A musical
variation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
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Dog
Day Afternoon -
by Sidney Lumet
Sonny robs a bank to help
pay for his lovers sex change operation.
But when things go wrong, Sonny takes
hostages and ends up in a standoff
with police.
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The
Manchurian Candidate -
by John Frankenheimer
Back
from the Korean War, Major Bennett
Marco begins
to have recurring nightmares.
He soon finds others are having
the same dreams and when he investigates
he uncovers a plot to assassinate a
presidential candidate.
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Faces -
by John Cassavetes
A middle aged couple look
outside of their marriage for satisfaction.
After they both learn what it's like
with other people they realize that
things weren't as good as they thought
outside of their marriage.
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The
Graduate -
by Mike Nichols
Home from
college, Benjamin Braddock begins having
an
affair with Mrs. Robinson (the wife
of his father's business partner).
Things get more complicated when Benjamin
starts dating Mrs. Robinson's daughter.
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Easy
Rider -
by Dennis Hopper
After selling some cocaine
they smuggled from Mexico, two bikers
head to Mardi Gras. On the road they
run into
a bunch of colorful characters
and learn a little bit about themselves
along the way.
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Midnight
Cowboy - by John Schlesinger
Joe Buck leaves Texas to make
his fortune in New York
as a gigolo.
Buck meets a friend named Rizzo that
tries to help him get work. But when
Rizzo becomes ill, Buck has to do what
he can to help him get better.
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Bonnie
and Clyde -
by Arthur Penn
Bonnie is a young woman that
bored with daily life.
That is until
she meets Clyde. Together they travel
the country leaving a string of bank
robberies in their wake. But soon all
the excitement leads up to a bloody
climax.
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They
Shoot Horses Don’t They -
by Sidney Pollack
A colorful cast of characters
take participate in a
marathon dance
contest to win $1500 in prize money.
After continuing on for while things
get even harder
for the contestants
ending in a surprising climax.
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The
Wild Bunch - by Sam Peckinpah
Aging outlaws are pursued
into Mexico by bounty hunters lead
by an old member of their gang. In
Mexico, they agree to do one last train
robbery before retirement and end up
facing the Mexican Army.
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Butch
Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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by George Roy Hill
After a number
of train robberies, Butch and Sundance
are
pursued by a posse they can't get rid
of. Finally they have to take desperate
measures in order to escape.
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Dr.
Strangelove -
by Stanley Kubrick
A crazy Air Force General
gives the order for a bombing run on
the USSR, knowing that the attack will
trigger a doomsday machine that will
destroy all life on the planet.
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2001:
A Space Odyssey -
by Stanley Kubrick
At important junctures in
human development, strange black monoliths
appear that seem to influence the
course of human evolution.
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