The 24 Greatest Films of the 1960s According to Shortlist
"The 1960s: what a decade. It brought us the key years of The Beatles, the Summer of Love, the birth of flower power and the rise of the civil rights movement. All that cultural change fed into cinema too. Out went the stuffy ways of old Hollywood, and in came a whole raft of experimental, transgressive, and just plain brilliant movies that dabbled with new film making techniques and big ideas. The 60s also saw the collapse of the old Hollywood studio system, where the studios controlled the entire process of film-making with an iron fist, letting in more influences from Europe and beyond. From horror to sci-fi, and from westerns to kitchen sink dramas, directors in the 1960s reached for the stars, establishing a cinematic language that is still spoken by today's best directors. Here, then, are 24 of the best movies of the 1960s." - shortlist.com
avg. score: 13 of 24 (55%)
required scores: 1, 7, 11, 15, 19
