’60s Movies You Should Watch

Easy Rider, The Apartment, The Graduate, Rosemary’s Baby, and more.

’60s Movies You Should Watch
‘Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb’ (1964)

Easy Rider, The Apartment, The Graduate, Rosemary’s Baby, and more.

I asked Go Into The Story readers to post reflections about a favorite movie from the 1960s with two goals:

  • To provide background and analysis on movies from this decade
  • To inspire people to watch movies which is critical for learning the craft of screenwriting

2001: A Space Odyssey

Blow-Up

Bonnie and Clyde

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Cool Hand Luke

Dr. No

Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb

Easy Rider

If….

Jules et Jim

Lawrence of Arabia

Lonely are the Brave

Night of the Living Dead

Persona

Planet of the Apes

Repulsion

Rosemary’s Baby

The Apartment

The Blue Max

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Graduate

The Jungle Book

The Loved One

The Manchurian Candidate

The Music Man

The Odd Couple

The Pink Panther

The Sound of Music

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?

My advice: Use the analysis and background provided above, then pick 10 of these movies and watch them.

This is one key to immersing yourself in the world of cinema which you MUST do in order to become a better screenwriter.

Tomorrow: ’70s Movies.