Top Movies of 1960s


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201. Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Aldrich
Actors: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Cecil Kellaway, Victor Buono
Plot: Bette Davis stars as Charlotte. A woman haunted by her past. Haunted especially by her old boyfriend who was brutally killed 30 years earlier.
It is a classic suspense movie, with murder, blackmail and people being driven insane.

202. Lord of the Flies

Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Peter Brook
Actors: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin, Tom Gaman, Roger Allan
Plot: Based on the book by William Golding: a group of boys are left stranded on an island following a shipwreck. Alone, they must fend for themselves and soon factions develop, one a more civilized society, the other a group of hunters who are primal and savage leading to a bloody showdown.

203. Barefoot in the Park

Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Gene Saks
Actors: Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Charles Boyer, Mildred Natwick, Herb Edelman, Mabel Albertson
Plot: Based on a play of the same title by Neil Simon, "Barefoot in the Park" tells the story of a newlywed couple moving into their first apartment below an eccentric and well-traveled neighbor. Sparks fly when Corrie Bratter (Jane Fonda) tries to bring Victor Velesco (Charles Boyer) and her mother together. Meanwhile, Corrie and Paul (Robert Redford) begin to see the horrors of being a married couple.

204. Father Goose

Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ralph Nelson
Actors: Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard, Jack Good, Sharyl Locke, Pip Sparke
Plot: Cary Grant is an almost-alcholic beach bum who monitors Japanese air
activity for the Australian navy. Leslie Caron, playing a
teacher/governess, is stranded on Grant's island with her seven girl
students. Mayhem (comedic and dramatic) ensues as the two figure out a
way to get themselves and the girls off the remote island and to safety.

205. The War Wagon

Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Burt Kennedy
Actors: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Robert Walker Jr., Bruce Cabot, Bruce Dern
Plot: Surviving being shot - and imprisoned - a man recently released hatches a plan to get back the gold that was stolen from him. He joins forces with the same man who shot him in order to take down "the War Wagon", a heavily-armored stage coach that houses the gold.

206. Woman is a Woman, A ( femme est une femme, Une )

Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Actors: Jean-Claude Brialy, Anna Karina, Jean-Paul Belmondo

207. The Parent Trap

Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Comedy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: David Swift
Actors: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Cathleen Nesbitt, Charles Ruggles, Una Merkel
Plot: A set of twins who have never met swap places when they meet at summer camp. When their parents find out and try to swap them back, the twins create various schemes to try and get their parents back together.

208. Mutiny on the Bounty

Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lewis Milestone
Actors: Marlon Brando, Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith, Trevor Howard, Richard Haydn, Percy Herbert
Plot: In 1787 The Bounty sets sail for Tahiti and the strict Captain Bligh will do anything to make sure the trip is fast - even at the expense of the crew. After visiting the island paradise and setting sail back, Fletcher Christian lead a mutiny against the hated captain.

209. Shock Corridor

Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Samuel Fuller
Actors: Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, James Best, Hari (Harry) Rhodes, Larry Tucker
Plot: An ambitious journalist, on a quest for a Pulitzer Prize, commits himself to a mental asylum in order to solve a mysterious murder.

210. The Cincinnati Kid

Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Norman Jewison
Actors: Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann-Margret, Karl Malden, Tuesday Weld, Joan Blondell
Plot: An Itinerant card shark gets into a high stakes game with an old pro.

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