Topic: 1960s

Explore the top movies, series, and documentaries on 1960s. Enjoy the must-watch titles that define this topic.


City of God

2002 · Movie · 130 min. · Brazil

Direction Fernando Meirelles · Kátia Lund

Cast Alexandre Rodrigues · Leandro Firmino · Phellipe Haagensen · Douglas Silva

Plot Cidade de Deus (City of God) is a housing project built in the 1960's that--in the early 80's--became one of the most dangerous places in Rio de Janeiro. The tale...

8.4

124K votes

8.4

124K votes

Once Upon a Time in America

1984 · Movie · 225 min. · United States

Direction Sergio Leone

Cast Robert De Niro · James Woods · Elizabeth McGovern · Tuesday Weld

Plot Ex-gangster David Aaronson (Robert DeNiro) is drawn back to New York City after years of being in hiding, despite his vow to never return after the deaths of his friends...

8.3

55K votes

8.3

55K votes

2nd Heimat (TV Miniseries)

1992 · Series · 1532 min. · Germany

Direction Edgar Reitz

Cast Henry Arnold · Salome Kammer · Frank Röth · Noemi Steuer

Plot The movie consist of 13 separate episodes each handling a period between 1960 and 1970. The length of these periods varies from one day to some years. It tells the...

8.2

30 votes

8.2

30 votes

Forrest Gump

1994 · Movie · 142 min. · United States

Direction Robert Zemeckis

Cast Tom Hanks · Robin Wright · Gary Sinise · Mykelti Williamson

Plot Despite Forrest's (Tom Hanks) low IQ, he is not your average guy. Learning early on from his mother (Sally Field) that "life is like a box of chocolates, you never...

8.2

199K votes

8.2

199K votes

The Holy Innocents

1984 · Movie · 103 min. · Spain

Direction Mario Camus

Cast Alfredo Landa · Francisco Rabal · Juan Diego · Terele Pávez

Plot In the 60s, somewhere in the Spanish countryside, Paco and his wife Régula are poor. Their lives are resignation, sacrifice and obedience as they work for a very wealthy landowner....

8.1

41K votes

8.1

41K votes

The Best of Youth (TV Miniseries)

2003 · Series · 366 min. · Italy

Direction Marco Tullio Giordana

Cast Luigi Lo Cascio · Alessio Boni · Jasmine Trinca · Adriana Asti

Plot "La Meglio Gioventù" tells the story of an Italian family from the late sixties to the present day. It focuses on two brothers, Nicola and Matteo. They share the same...

8.1

6K votes

8.1

6K votes

Mad Men (TV Series)

2007 · Series · 45 min. · United States

Direction Matthew Weiner · Phil Abraham · Michael Uppendahl · Jennifer Getzinger

Cast Jon Hamm · Elisabeth Moss · Vincent Kartheiser · January Jones

Plot TV Series (2007-2015). 7 Seasons. 92 Episodios. The lives of the men and women who work in an advertising agency in New York in the 1960s. The agency is enjoying...

7.9

33K votes

7.9

33K votes

To Live

1994 · Movie · 125 min. · China

Direction Zhang Yimou

Cast Gong Li · Ge You · Jiang Wu · Niu Ben

Plot Fugui is the father of a once-wealthy family whose addiction to gambling and chronic bad luck causes him to lose his home in a game of dice with Long'er. Fugui's...

7.9

5K votes

7.9

5K votes

Ripley (TV Miniseries)

2024 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Steven Zaillian

Cast Andrew Scott · Johnny Flynn · Dakota Fanning · Pasquale Esposito

Plot TV Miniseries (2024). 8 Episodes. Adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's series of novels about Tom Ripley. 1960s. A millionaire hires con man Tom Ripley to travel to Italy and urge his...

7.8

2K votes

7.8

2K votes

Underground

1995 · Movie · 165 min. · Yugoslavia

Direction Emir Kusturica

Cast Miki Manojlovic · Lazar Ristovski · Mirjana Jokovic · Slavko Stimac

Plot 'Underground' takes a look at the modern history of Yugoslavia through the often absurd misadventures of two friends over several decades. The film begins in Belgrade in 1941, establishing the...

7.8

18K votes

7.8

18K votes

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan - A Martin Scorsese Picture

2005 · Documentary · 208 min. · United States

Direction Martin Scorsese

Cast Bob Dylan · Joan Baez · Allen Ginsberg · Pete Seeger

Plot Renowned director Martin Scorsese's documentary No Direction Home: Bob Dylan chronicles the career of the singer and songwriter during the tumultuous years between 1961 and 1966. Dylan allowed Scorsese to...

7.8

5K votes

7.8

5K votes

In the Mood for Love

2000 · Movie · 95 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Wong Kar-Wai

Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai · Maggie Cheung · Rebecca Pan · Siu Ping-Lam

Plot Two couples meet and live in a building mainly inhabited by the Shanghai community. The husband of one couple, Chau, meets the beautiful wife of the second couple, Li-chun. As...

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7.8

37K votes

7.8

37K votes

US Go Home (TV)

1994 · Movie · 60 min. · France

Direction Claire Denis

Cast Alice Houri · Jessica Tharaud · Grégoire Colin · Martine Gautier

Plot It is Denis' contribution to "Tous les garçons et les filles de leur age", a remarkable French television commission that invited nine different directors to reflect upon their adolescence and...

7.8

340 votes

7.8

340 votes

A Bronx Tale

1993 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Robert De Niro

Cast Robert De Niro · Chazz Palminteri · Lillo Brancato · Francis Capra

Plot Set in the 60s, Robert DeNiro stars in his directorial debut as Lorenzo Anello, a dutiful father and blue-collar bus driver from the harsh New York City borough of the...

7.8

42K votes

7.8

42K votes

Feud: Bette and Joan (TV Miniseries)

2017 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Ryan Murphy · Gwyneth Horder-Payton · Helen Hunt · Liza Johnson

Cast Jessica Lange · Susan Sarandon · Alfred Molina · Judy Davis

Plot TV Miniseries (2017). 8 Episodes. Tells the story of the legendary rivalry between Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange) and Bette Davis (Susan Sarandon) during their collaboration on the Academy Award®-nominated thriller...

7.8

4K votes

7.8

4K votes

A Brighter Summer Day

1991 · Movie · 237 min. · Taiwan

Direction Edward Yang

Cast Chang Chen · Lisa Yang · Elaine Jin · Wang Chuan

Plot Based on the director's adolescent memories and focusing on one central male protagonist, an idealistic student who refuses to compromise his moral standards, looks at growing up in Taiwan during...

7.8

491 votes

7.8

491 votes

Direction Chantal Akerman

Cast Circé Lethem · Julien Rassam · Joëlle Marlier · Cynthia Rodberg

Plot At 15 Michèle decides to quit school. She writes endless absentee slips and then goes to the movies. At the movies she meets Paul, a Parisian army deserter, who makes...

7.7

219 votes

7.7

219 votes

Escape from Alcatraz

1979 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Don Siegel

Cast Clint Eastwood · Patrick McGoohan · Roberts Blossom · Jack Thibeau

Plot San Francisco, january 1960. Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood), a hardened con with a history of prison breaks, is sent to serve the rest of his life sentence at Alcatraz --...

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7.6

33K votes

7.6

33K votes

She's Beautiful When She's Angry

2014 · Documentary · 92 min. · United States

Direction Mary Dore

Plot Tells the story of the brilliant, often outrageous women who founded the feminist movement of the 1960s. They said 'the personal is political' and made a revolution: in the bedroom,...

7.6

406 votes

7.6

406 votes

American Gangster

2007 · Movie · 157 min. · United States

Direction Ridley Scott

Cast Denzel Washington · Russell Crowe · Carla Gugino · Cuba Gooding Jr.

Plot Nobody used to notice Frank Lucas, the quiet driver for one of the inner city's leading black crime bosses. But when his boss suddenly dies, Frank exploits the opening in...

7.6

75K votes

7.6

75K votes