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...
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
Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the 1960s in Brussels (TV)
1994 · Movie · 60 min. · France
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 --...
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