Best Movies of the 60s; Although the 1960s may seem very distant and meaningless to many people reading this article, these years are of special importance as they are the years when the new world order started to take shape after the 2nd World War and the steps towards modernity were taken. The films made in this period are kind of touchstones for the world of cinema.
In this article, we will take you back to the 1960s. We will share with you 10 films that we chose from among the great films of those years. Maybe you will see these movies that you haven’t seen for a long time and you will experience nostalgia, maybe you will be curious and start watching these movies you heard for the first time. Happy reading.
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Best Movies of the 60s; During the years of the American Civil War, the three musketeers were walking for the same purpose for different reasons, on the path drawn by their intersecting destinies. The names of these musketeers were “The Good,” “The Bad,” and “The Ugly,” and for them, civil war was not an inferno but a practice opportunity.
Collaborators “The Good” and “The Ugly” had a somewhat dangerous, but not all-paying, job; Since “Ugly” is a notorious criminal wanted in many cities, “Good” brought him to justice, first getting his reward, then saving him from the gallows with a risky method and keeping him alive until the next job.
One day, when the existence of a hidden treasure was revealed, the “Good” and “Ugly” who were after this treasure fell apart. While they were fighting and bickering, a third treasure hunter emerged: “Bad”
“Bad” was the most worthy of the name of these three musketeers…
Pschyo
Best Movies of the 60s; A woman named Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), who works as an office worker at a company, steals the $40,000 she needs to deposit in the bank. On his way to California to meet his girlfriend Sam, Crane wants to stay in a hotel for the night. She’s keeping a hotel at the she bates Motel. The manager of the hotel is a quiet man named Norman (Anthony Perkins), who lives with his mother and is also very nice to Marion. Later, Marion finishes her dinner and takes a shower. As a result of an unexpected attack while in the shower, the last image he sees alive is someone stabbing himself with a knife over and over again…
To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Movies of the 60s; Lawyer Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) undertakes the defense of a black teenager, who was arrested for allegedly raping a white woman in a town in Alabama, one of the southern states of the USA, at a time when racism was at its peak in the 1930s, when there was a great economic depression. Racist and prejudiced townspeople pressure the lawyer to withdraw from the case, but Atticus, a principled and idealistic lawyer, is determined to stay on the defensive.
The Apartment
Best Movies of the 60s; The film received 5 Oscar awards in 1961, for which it was nominated in 10 categories, including best picture, best director and best screenplay. The film received 17 more awards in many competitions, including the Venice Festival. In the film, which tells the story of an insurer who makes his single house be used as a waiter for his colleagues and bosses, in the background, it is told how big companies exploit their employees and how the ambition to rise immoral and corrupt people.
The Great Escape
Best Movies of the 60s; The story of a group of Allied POWs who made the bravest escape in history!
In 1943, the Germans designed the Stalag Luft III, a high-security prisoner-of-war prison, to hold even the most skilled escapee. But the Nazis unwittingly assemble the best infiltration team in the army. Together this team is creating the paths to freedom… at any cost!
Rocco and His Brothers (Rocco e i Suoi Fratelli)
Best Movies of the 60s; The widow Rosaria, who vows to escape from poverty, immigrates to Milan with her sons. His son, Vicenzo, who settled in the city before them, is secretly engaged. One of Rosaria’s sons, Simone, is a promising boxer but leads an irresponsible life. His brother, Rocco, quickly became a star in boxing, which he started after him. The two brothers will come face to face with Nadia, who earns her living as a prostitute.
Cool Hand Luke
Best Movies of the 60s; Jailed for a minor crime, Luke has his sentence extended as a result of his misbehavior and escape attempts. Thanks to his indestructible stance in the face of pressure, Luke will soon gain the respect of everyone.
Paul Newman gives one of his favorite performances as Cool Hand Luke, a loner who does not obey the rules of his prison. With its rich humor and vivid storytelling power, Behind Bars is a movie not to be missed.
Persona
Best Movies of the 60s; Persona is the most surprising and the most contradictory piece of Bergman’s filmography. It’s one of the best proofs of the director’s mastery and how he not only influenced modern cinema, but largely removed it from himself. Leaving aside the mastery of cinematography, the language of cinema here has nothing left of today. Bergman goes far beyond when cinematography is involved. If you are wondering who made the rules, here is Bergman, the real father of cinema.
For example, Lynch Mulholland must have watched this movie at least ten times while writing The Dilemma. A nurse takes care of an actress who refuses to talk and has completely cut off communication with her surroundings, even though she has no mental illness. While the two of them spend time together in a cottage, the character of the other (nurse) falls into the provocative and scary personality pit opened by the silence of one and begins to reveal himself in the smallest details. And after a while, the nurse’s own character disappears and completely melts into the character of the actress and transforms. (bibi andersson and liv ullman’s acting is excellent)
A masterpiece on the power of silence, on being character, on acting, on personality and female identity (it’s worth remembering John Berger’s thesis in Ways of Seeing: especially women’s divisions between their expected identity and their true inner identity). Persona is one of the films that most influenced the cinema after 1966 and even created it. But here, for example, you cannot see a story like a Battleship Potempkin or a Metropolis, which can only be written on the inheritance papers, which has done its job and then lost its power long ago.
Bergman’s Persona is a true cinematic narrative that can be dreamed of by all directors even today and that the whole world will bow before it when it is made. In the year it was made, it was appreciated by a group of people, but it was also ruthlessly criticized by a large group. However, it later became one of the movies that made the rules.
Z
Best Movies of the 60s; At the beginning of the film, the following words appear in French: ‘Resemblances to real events, to real people, alive or dead, are not accidental. Everything is INTENSIVE.’
The film begins with the speech of a police chief working under the right-wing government, explaining that it is necessary to fight against the parasites that infest the plants, as well as the people who are harmful to the society, especially the leftists.
In the next scene, the speech of the left-wing deputy is followed. Then, when the deputy went out on the street, an attacker, who was in the safe of a tricycle driver coming towards him in front of the police, hit his head with a stick and seriously injured him. The deputy, who was taken to the hospital, died without being saved. A government prosecutor (in real life, Christos Sartzetakis) is assigned to the case.
Police and military officials try to direct the prosecutor that the incident was an accident and ask him to close the file by writing ‘accidental death’. However, the ‘weak-looking’ prosecutor is unaffected by the manipulations and decides to investigate the case in depth.
As he deepens his investigation, he finds that the incident was not an accident, but an organized murder. According to the information he obtained as a result of his research, high-ranking officials from the police organization and the army made a deal with right-wing gangs and eventually the deputy was killed. The prosecutor proves with photographs and testimonies that right-wing gangs met with official authorities. Military officials and police chiefs are summoned to court as defendants.
Just when it is thought that the case will be resolved and the right will be fulfilled in the court, the prosecutor who does not act in accordance with the will of the authorities and does not cover up the incident is dismissed and important witnesses of the incident die as a result of a series of ‘accidents’. The journalist who reflects the incident in the newspaper is imprisoned for publishing official documents.
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La Dolce Vita
Best Movies of the 60s; Marcello is a middle-class paparazzi writer. He spends his whole life in high society, following their stories. Marcello, who is torn between himself and the high society world accompanied by sex and alcohol, is also torn between two women.
With the arrival of Sylvia, a famous movie star, to Rome, the routine follow-ups suddenly gain excitement. Marcello does everything in his power to see the famous movie star. He finally manages to accompany her for a week.
Note: The first release date of the movie is March 1960.
