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After bringing you amazing inspirations on fashion and jazz music, this time we decided to travel into the past through a movie screen, in order to find 10 must see movies from the sixties. 60’s movies reflect times of fun, fashion and rock ‘n’ roll. Lots of fashion icons and a few broken hearts were born in this era of the amazing sixties and we want to give you the perfect list of films to recall in the next saturday night.
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Take a glance to our selection of 10 must see movies from the 60’s.
The Apartment
Comedy, Drama, Romance – 1960
A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.
Director: Billy Wilder
Writers: Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond
Stars: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Comedy, Drama, Romance – 1961
A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building.
Director: Blake Edwards
Writers: Truman Capote, George Axelrod
Stars: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal
The Pink Panther
Comedy, Crime – 1963
Bumbling and conceited French police inspector Clouseau tries to catch The Phantom, a daring jewel thief whose identity and features are unknown – and is acting right under his nose.
Director: Blake
Writers: Maurice Richlin (screenplay), Blake Edwards(screenplay)
Stars: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner
Cleopatra
Biography, Drama, History – 1963
Historical epic. The triumphs and tragedy of the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra.
Directors: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rouben Mamoulian
Writers: Joseph L. Mankiewicz (screenplay), Ranald MacDougall (screenplay)
Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison
Goldfinger
Action, Adventure, Thriller – 1964
Investigating a gold magnate’s smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve.
Director: Guy Hamilton
Writers: Richard Maibaum (screenplay), Paul Dehn (screenplay)
Stars: Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe, Honor Blackman
The Sound of Music
Biography, Drama, Family – 1965
A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.
Director: Robert Wise
Writers: George Hurdalek, Howard Lindsay
Stars: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker
Adventure, Comedy, Family – 1966
The Dynamic Duo faces four super-villains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Writers: Bob Kane (character created by: Batman),Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether
Bonnie and Clyde
Biography, Crime, Drama – 1967
A somewhat romanticized account of the career of the notoriously violent bank robbing couple and their gang.
Director: Arthur Penn
Writers: David Newman, Robert Benton
Stars: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard
Funny Girl
Biography, Comedy, Drama – 1968
Plain faced Fanny Brice rises to stardom on the New York Vaudeville Stage and maintains a turbulent marriage with suave gambler Nick Arnstein.
Director: William Wyler
Writers: Isobel Lennart (book), Isobel Lennart
Stars: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford
Romeo and Juliet
Drama, Romance – 1968
When the now famous “star crossed lovers” of two feuding families meet, forbidden love ensues.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Writers: William Shakespeare, Franco Brusati(screenplay)
Stars: Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John McEnery
So, what about our selection of movies from the magic sixties? Which one is your favourite? Leave us some feedback.
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