Some of the best movies made during this time are -
Psycho – 1960
Directed By Alfred Hitchcock .
The most popular horror thriller that gives a new and altogether different screen excitement and keeps you right on the edge of your seat .One of the best hitchcock’s movies .
Inherit the wind - 1960
Directed by Stanley Kramer
Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
Persona - 1961
Directed by : Ingmar Bergman
A nurse is put in charge of an actress who can't talk and finds that the actress's persona is melding with hers.
Judgement of Nuremberg - 1961
Directed by Stanley Krammer .
It is a fictionalized film account of the post-World War II Nuremberg Trials . The film depicts the trial of certain judges who executed Nazi law.This is undoubtedly one of the best nazi movies and have won 2 oscar awards .
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - 1962
Directed by John Ford
A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.
Manchurian candidate - 1962
Directed by John Frankenheimer
A political thriller based on the novel by Richard Condon .It is about the son of a prominent US political party who has been brainwashed into being an unwitting assassin for the communist party .
Silence - 1963
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
The film has been classified as a "landmark of modernist cinema". The plot revolves around two sisters who stop at a hotel in an unidentified Central European country on the brink of war or insurrection. The older, more cultured sister, Ester (Ingrid Thulin), who is a literary translator, is taken ill, and it turns out to be terminal. Her fear of death, as well as long-standing rivalry and need for control, cloud her relationship with her younger, beautiful sister Anna (Gunnel Lindblom), who's depicted as the fleshly side of the spirit.
High and Low - 1963
Directed by Akira kurosawa
An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Charade - 1963
Directed by Stanley Donen
Just after the death of her husband , Regina Lampert finds herself being threatened by several men who want the fortune her husband had stolen . The story gets all the more exciting and thrilling as all the searchers begin to die one after the other and she doesn’t understand whom to trust finally .This is a MUST WATCH .
Hush Hush sweet Charlotte - 1964
Directed by Robert Aldrich
Charlotte Hollis, an aging recluse deluded into a state of dementia by horrible memories and hallucinations, lives in a secluded house where, thirty-seven years before, John Mayhew her married lover, was beheaded and mutilated by an unknown assailant.
The Good,the Bad and the Ugly - 1966
Directed by Sergio Leone.
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - 1967
Directed by Stanley Kramer
Matt and Christina Drayton are a couple whose attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
The Graduate - 1967
Directed by Mike Nichols
Recent college graduate Benjamin Braddock is trapped into an affair with Mrs. Robinson, who happens to be the wife of his father's business partner and then finds himself falling in love with her teenage daughter, Elaine.
Bullitt - 1968
Directed by Peter Yates
An all guts, no glory San Francisco cop becomes determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed the witness in his protection .
The Andersonville Trial-1970
Directed by George C. Scott
George C. Scott directs this powerful adaptation of Saul Levitt's 1959 play about one of America's most notorious trials --the prosecution of Henry Wirz for atrocities committed against Union prisoners at Georgia's Andersonville camp during the Civil War. More than 14,000 Yankee prisoners died, and untold others were subjected to horrific conditions.Wirz argued that he was only following military orders, but prosecutors proved otherwise.
Patton – 1970
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
The story of General George S. Patton, Jr. during World War II. His battlefield genius garners him fear and respect from the Germans, and resentment and misunderstanding from the Allies. A military historian and poet, he believes he was a warrior in many past lives, and that he is destined for something great during this life, but his stubbornness and controversial methods nearly prevent the fulfillment of that destiny. The movie won 7 oscar awards.
Frenzy – 1972
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
London is terrorised by a vicious sex killer known as the neck tie murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.
The Godfather –1972
The Godfather: Part II -1974
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
This movie is one of the landmark movie in the cinematic history and
recipient of 3 oscar awards. The sequel was made in 1974 and many film reviewers consider the second part equal or superior to the original, although the first part was a tremendous critical and commercial success - and the highest grossing film of its time.
The Long Goodbye - 1973
Directed by Robert Altman
Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
Papillion – 1973
Directed by Franklin J Schaffner .
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape. The greatest adventure of escape ever filmed!
The Longest Yard – 1974
Directed by Robert Aldrich
A sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on the guards. This movie was re made again in 2005 .
China Town - 1974
Directed by Roman Polanski.
A thriller where Los Angeles detective Jake Gittes is hired by a woman claiming to be a Mrs. Mulwray to spy on her husband. Shortly after Gittes is hired, the real Mrs. Mulwray appears in his office threatening to sue if he doesn't drop the case immediately. Gittes pursues the case anyway, slowly uncovering a vast conspiracy centering on water management, state and municipal corruption, land use and real estate, and involving at least one murder. This movie got an oscar for best writing and original screenplay .
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest - 1975
Directed by Milos Forman .
This movie won 5 oscar awards . One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is frequently called one of the greatest films in the history of American cinema. Upon arrival at a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients together to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched, a woman who is more of a dictator than a nurse.
Jaws – 1975
Directed by Steven Speilberg .
It is based upon the novel of Peter Benchley’s Novel . Jaws is regarded as a watershed film in motion picture history, the father of the summer blockbuster movies and one of the first “High concept movies” that fetched it 3 oscars .
Dog day afternoon - 1975
Directed by Sidney Lumet
A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation. it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.
The Taxi Driver – 1976
Directed by Martin Scorsese .
A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as nighttime taxi driver in a city whose perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out, attempting to save a teenage prostitute in the process.
Rocky - 1976
Directed by John G Avildsen .
Written by and starring Sylvester Stallone it was the highest grossing film of 1976 for US and won 3 oscars . It has 5 sequels : Rocky 2 (1979 ), Rocky 3 (1982 ) , Rocky 4 (1985) , Rocky 5 (1990) and Rocky Balboa (2006) .
Network - 1976
Directed by Sidney Lumet
A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.
Starwars - 1977
Directed by George Lucas.
A sci–fi movie in which Princess Leia is held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the Galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing Captain Han Solo team together with the lovable robotic duo, R2-D2 and C-3PO, to rescue the beautiful princess and restore justice in the Empire. It won 6 oscars.
An justice for all - 1979
Directed by Norman Jewison
An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is asked to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial. But if he doesn't do it, the judge will have him disbarred.
The China Syndrome - 1979
Directed by James Bridges .
It is an American thriller film that tells the story of a reporter and cameraman who discover safety coverups at a nuclear plant .
Fanny and Alexander - 1982
Directed by : Ingmar Bergman
The title characters are children in the exuberant and colorful Ekdahl household in a Swedish town early in the twentieth century. Their parents, Oscar and Emilie, are the director and the leading lady of the local theatre company. Oscar's mother and brother are its chief patrons. After Oscar's early death, his widow marries the bishop and moves with her children to his austere and forbidding chancery. The children are immediately miserable. The film dramatizes and resolves those conflicts. A sub-plot features Isak, a local Jewish merchant who is the grandmother's lover and whose odd household becomes the children's refuge.
Psycho – 1960
Directed By Alfred Hitchcock .
The most popular horror thriller that gives a new and altogether different screen excitement and keeps you right on the edge of your seat .One of the best hitchcock’s movies .
Inherit the wind - 1960
Directed by Stanley Kramer
Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
Persona - 1961
Directed by : Ingmar Bergman
A nurse is put in charge of an actress who can't talk and finds that the actress's persona is melding with hers.
Judgement of Nuremberg - 1961
Directed by Stanley Krammer .
It is a fictionalized film account of the post-World War II Nuremberg Trials . The film depicts the trial of certain judges who executed Nazi law.This is undoubtedly one of the best nazi movies and have won 2 oscar awards .
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - 1962
Directed by John Ford
A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.
Manchurian candidate - 1962
Directed by John Frankenheimer
A political thriller based on the novel by Richard Condon .It is about the son of a prominent US political party who has been brainwashed into being an unwitting assassin for the communist party .
Silence - 1963
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
The film has been classified as a "landmark of modernist cinema". The plot revolves around two sisters who stop at a hotel in an unidentified Central European country on the brink of war or insurrection. The older, more cultured sister, Ester (Ingrid Thulin), who is a literary translator, is taken ill, and it turns out to be terminal. Her fear of death, as well as long-standing rivalry and need for control, cloud her relationship with her younger, beautiful sister Anna (Gunnel Lindblom), who's depicted as the fleshly side of the spirit.
High and Low - 1963
Directed by Akira kurosawa
An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Charade - 1963
Directed by Stanley Donen
Just after the death of her husband , Regina Lampert finds herself being threatened by several men who want the fortune her husband had stolen . The story gets all the more exciting and thrilling as all the searchers begin to die one after the other and she doesn’t understand whom to trust finally .This is a MUST WATCH .
Hush Hush sweet Charlotte - 1964
Directed by Robert Aldrich
Charlotte Hollis, an aging recluse deluded into a state of dementia by horrible memories and hallucinations, lives in a secluded house where, thirty-seven years before, John Mayhew her married lover, was beheaded and mutilated by an unknown assailant.
The Good,the Bad and the Ugly - 1966
Directed by Sergio Leone.
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - 1967
Directed by Stanley Kramer
Matt and Christina Drayton are a couple whose attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
The Graduate - 1967
Directed by Mike Nichols
Recent college graduate Benjamin Braddock is trapped into an affair with Mrs. Robinson, who happens to be the wife of his father's business partner and then finds himself falling in love with her teenage daughter, Elaine.
Bullitt - 1968
Directed by Peter Yates
An all guts, no glory San Francisco cop becomes determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed the witness in his protection .
The Andersonville Trial-1970
Directed by George C. Scott
George C. Scott directs this powerful adaptation of Saul Levitt's 1959 play about one of America's most notorious trials --the prosecution of Henry Wirz for atrocities committed against Union prisoners at Georgia's Andersonville camp during the Civil War. More than 14,000 Yankee prisoners died, and untold others were subjected to horrific conditions.Wirz argued that he was only following military orders, but prosecutors proved otherwise.
Patton – 1970
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
The story of General George S. Patton, Jr. during World War II. His battlefield genius garners him fear and respect from the Germans, and resentment and misunderstanding from the Allies. A military historian and poet, he believes he was a warrior in many past lives, and that he is destined for something great during this life, but his stubbornness and controversial methods nearly prevent the fulfillment of that destiny. The movie won 7 oscar awards.
Frenzy – 1972
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
London is terrorised by a vicious sex killer known as the neck tie murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.
The Godfather –1972
The Godfather: Part II -1974
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
This movie is one of the landmark movie in the cinematic history and
recipient of 3 oscar awards. The sequel was made in 1974 and many film reviewers consider the second part equal or superior to the original, although the first part was a tremendous critical and commercial success - and the highest grossing film of its time.
The Long Goodbye - 1973
Directed by Robert Altman
Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
Papillion – 1973
Directed by Franklin J Schaffner .
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape. The greatest adventure of escape ever filmed!
The Longest Yard – 1974
Directed by Robert Aldrich
A sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on the guards. This movie was re made again in 2005 .
China Town - 1974
Directed by Roman Polanski.
A thriller where Los Angeles detective Jake Gittes is hired by a woman claiming to be a Mrs. Mulwray to spy on her husband. Shortly after Gittes is hired, the real Mrs. Mulwray appears in his office threatening to sue if he doesn't drop the case immediately. Gittes pursues the case anyway, slowly uncovering a vast conspiracy centering on water management, state and municipal corruption, land use and real estate, and involving at least one murder. This movie got an oscar for best writing and original screenplay .
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest - 1975
Directed by Milos Forman .
This movie won 5 oscar awards . One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is frequently called one of the greatest films in the history of American cinema. Upon arrival at a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients together to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched, a woman who is more of a dictator than a nurse.
Jaws – 1975
Directed by Steven Speilberg .
It is based upon the novel of Peter Benchley’s Novel . Jaws is regarded as a watershed film in motion picture history, the father of the summer blockbuster movies and one of the first “High concept movies” that fetched it 3 oscars .
Dog day afternoon - 1975
Directed by Sidney Lumet
A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation. it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.
The Taxi Driver – 1976
Directed by Martin Scorsese .
A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as nighttime taxi driver in a city whose perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out, attempting to save a teenage prostitute in the process.
Rocky - 1976
Directed by John G Avildsen .
Written by and starring Sylvester Stallone it was the highest grossing film of 1976 for US and won 3 oscars . It has 5 sequels : Rocky 2 (1979 ), Rocky 3 (1982 ) , Rocky 4 (1985) , Rocky 5 (1990) and Rocky Balboa (2006) .
Network - 1976
Directed by Sidney Lumet
A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.
Starwars - 1977
Directed by George Lucas.
A sci–fi movie in which Princess Leia is held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the Galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing Captain Han Solo team together with the lovable robotic duo, R2-D2 and C-3PO, to rescue the beautiful princess and restore justice in the Empire. It won 6 oscars.
An justice for all - 1979
Directed by Norman Jewison
An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is asked to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial. But if he doesn't do it, the judge will have him disbarred.
The China Syndrome - 1979
Directed by James Bridges .
It is an American thriller film that tells the story of a reporter and cameraman who discover safety coverups at a nuclear plant .
Fanny and Alexander - 1982
Directed by : Ingmar Bergman
The title characters are children in the exuberant and colorful Ekdahl household in a Swedish town early in the twentieth century. Their parents, Oscar and Emilie, are the director and the leading lady of the local theatre company. Oscar's mother and brother are its chief patrons. After Oscar's early death, his widow marries the bishop and moves with her children to his austere and forbidding chancery. The children are immediately miserable. The film dramatizes and resolves those conflicts. A sub-plot features Isak, a local Jewish merchant who is the grandmother's lover and whose odd household becomes the children's refuge.
