Excellent choices.
erik, love the Kubrick's, Bonnie and Clyde, Hitchcock, Godard, Lawrence (one of the best ever), Rosemary's baby (second favorite horror film behind The Shining), and of course Once Upon a Time in the West.
scott, love The Graduate, Melville, Butch Cassidy, Blow Up, Band of Outsiders, Birds
good stuff
disagree with Planet of the Apes being on a "best" list. That shit doesn't hold up at all. and it was The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly that QT stole from most.
"best" movies listed: Dr. Strangelove, Bonnie & Clyde, Lawrence of Arabia....and The Graduate, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, West Side Story.
what the? Planet of the Apes rocks, man.
heh, yeah, I like the film too. It's a classic of its genre, and it does have an iconic ending.
great write up for the 1960's. ANd thanks for the BOND love! OHMSS is criminally overrated! Lazenby was great.
thanks. I love most of the Connery Bond films. You guys will disagree, but I'm not much of a fan of On Her Majesty's Secret Service or Lazenby as Bond. I rewatched it about a year ago......thought it was awful. heh.
Hey, we have yet to have anyone tell us that we missed something "important".
Who will be the first???
It'll happen. It always does.
heh.
Please consider these omitted but worthy titles:
"Becket" (Glenville);"A Man for All Seasons"(Zimmemann);"Tom Jones" (Richardson);"Billy Budd" (Ustinov);
"The Servant" (Losey);"Wild River" (Kazan);"Two Women" (DeSica);"Alfie" (Gilbert);"The Miracle Worker"(Penn);
"Inherit the Wind"(Kramer);"Zorba the Greek" (Cacoyanni);"The Manchurian Candidate"(Frankenheimer); "The Americanizaition of Emily"(Hiller, script by Paddy Chayefsky)
Damn, I shouldn't have said anything.....
Actually, of all of those Lilly listed the only one I've seen is The Manchurian Candidate - and for some reason I guess I always thought that was a 50s film. It's worthy though - not in my top picks, but it's worthy.
We missed plenty of films. There's no way to cover everything. The point is that this is our list, and it features a strong selection of movies.
I did forget to mention Seven Days In May - another great Frankenheimer.
hey, what about "WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE" ?
A great film that blends terrific over the top black humor with moments of sheer terror, all thanks to the skill of two Hollywood legends Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and a fascinating Hollywood story with a twist.
Robert Rossen's "Lilith" with Jean Seberg and Warren Beatty should definitely be on the list but it is often forgotten.
I started reading hoping and waiting to see If… on this list...and there it was. Right at the end! Thanks for the suspense!
Great choices of movies from the sixties. With two exceptions: Battle of Algiers and Z. They do not appear on the list, and they should. Two great political thrillers, which still have shocking relevance to today's world.
Erik wins.
Overall, a comprehensive and fun listing. Thanks! As a Julie Andrews fan, I am particularly pleased to see her well represented (though the curious inclusion of the dreadful CAMELOT which she famously did not make is odd), and I would only hasten to add the excellent, much-overlooked #1 box office hit of 1966, HAWAII. (Avoid the dvd version, which inexplicably cuts 30 minutes from the original road show release).
I am only disappointed to have not seen THE MIRACLE WORKER included anywhere. It's a terrific film with unforgettable performances from Oscar winners Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke.
And Judy Garland's career-best work in I COULD GO ON SINGING merits mention.
These were generally good lists but I have just one question: why no Bresson? I'm not saying he should be on every list but he is one of the greatest directors. Plus Au hasard Balthazar, Mouchette, and Une Femme Douce are among my favorite films of all time.
How about "The Innocents," "Viridiana," "Yojimbo," and "Knife in the Water"?
Fun list.
Hey, I’ll help defend PLANET OF THE APES any day, great choice.
Though I may find BAND OF OUTSIDERS or IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT a little overrated (love Steiger in it though)
I applaud you including mainstream entertainment like the BOND flicks and THE SOUND OF MUSIC and THE ODD COUPLE.
Here’s 20 I think you missed, at least they’d make my little list...
ELMER GANTRY (Richard Brooks 1960)
TWO WOMEN (De Sica 1960)
ONE EYED JACKS (Brando 1961)
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (Frankenheimer 1962)
THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (Ford 1962)
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (Aldrich 1962)
HIGH & LOW (Kurosawa 1963)
KNIFE IN THE WATER (Polanski 1963)
THE LEOPARD (Visconti 1963)
SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (Frankenheimer 1964)
THE LOVED ONE (Richardson 1965)
THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (Pontecorvo 1966)
THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! (Jewison 1966)
THE JUNGLE BOOK (Reitherman 1967)
THE BOSTON STRANGLER (Fleischer 196
DARK OF THE SUN (Cardiff 196
THE PARTY (Edwarsds 196
BURN! (Pontecorvo1969)
TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN (Allen 1969)
Z (Gravras 1969)
High and Low is on my list S Sweeney, but I love your choices. Just shows how good the 60s were. Elmer Gantry has a great Lancaster performance, as does Seven Days in May. The Leopard is a Visconti epic. Pretty much a masterpiece. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is my favorite Ford. Who doesn't like The Party? So good. Take the Money and Run is very very entertaining. Boston Strangler is a very effective little thriller, disturbing, creepy, memorable. Great performances. Good stuff.
I may have just completely overlooked these, but was A fist full of dollars and For a Few Dollars More on the list?
A few that others mentioned that belong:
The Manchurian Candidate
Yojimibo
The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!
What ever happened to baby jane?
Inherit the wind
Also, how bout: Guess who's coming to dinner? and Targets.
great list though. I always enjoy them.
Soldier in the Rain (Ralph Nelson, 1963); William Goldman novel. Blake Edwards screenplay. Jackie Gleason, Steve McQueen, Tuesday Weld. Overlooked and forgotten gem.
I'm so glad you included West Side Story on this list. I know many feel it is overrated but to me it is the quintessential tragedy. Even more so than Romeo and Juliet because, even today it still resonates with young people today. So, thank you.
A few films I would include that I haven't yet seen mentioned in the list or comments.
Playtime
Yellow Submarine
Salesman
Pierrot le Fou (my favorite from Godard, probably)
And some other serious contenders:
The Producers
The Nutty Professor (Jerry Lewis is a genius)
Last Year at Marienbad
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
The Firemen's Ball
Charade
The Time Machine
you have forgotten two of my favs
Terminator (the original with the govenator) and Labyrinth (david bowie's masterpiece)
uhhhh....this is a list of movies from the 60s.
And again no FAIL SAFE!!!!!!
Amazing!
The 60s saw me from age 5 to 15, a decade were most of my spare time was spent in a darkened theater (35 cents admission made it easy). Many of the films listed here remain memorable for me and a few weren't listed - The Pawnbroker, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, and Rachel, Rachel. The one film that threw a bucket of cold water on me was Bonnie and Clyde. It changed forever the way I looked at a movie - the script, director's choices, cinematography, editing, costume design and of course, the acting. All parts of the whole were brilliant. In the year or so that it played in the theaters, I saw it 12 times. I couldn't get enough of it!
i know, i know... but those two are so good they should be included. they truly transcend decades and shouldnt be limited or have parameters placed upon them.
The Party is excruciating!
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