Wednesday, September 4, 2013

BTMG's Top 20 Movies of the 60's


As difficult as these lists have been (difficult in that it was tough to leave some of what you see below out), I’m finally starting to get in to a groove…
If you’re adventurous and looking to catch a BTMG certified flick you’ve never seen, be sure and check out my Top 20 of the 70’s, Top 20 of the 80’s, Top 20 of the 90’s and Top 20 of the Aught’s. 
Below are some of the titles that almost made my list.  I know, I know – I’m sure I left one your favorites out.  Be sure to give the list a look and tell me where I went astray…
MIDNIGHT COWBOY, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, 8 ½, BREATHLESS, LA DOLCE VITA, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, TOM JONES, THE LONGEST DAY, BULLITT, HUD, IN COLD BLOOD, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, ELMER GANTRY, TRUE GRIT, A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, THE MAGNIFICIENT SEVEN, THE GUNS OF NAVARONE, THE ODD COUPLE, CHARADE, A HARD DAYS NIGHT and DOCTOR ZHIVAGO

  1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
  2. The Great Escape (1963)
  3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  4. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
  5. Psycho (1960)
  6. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
  7. West Side Story (1961)
  8. The Apartment (1960)
  9. Yojimbo (1961)
  10. The Graduate (1967)
  11. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
  12. Goldfinger (1964)
  13. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
  14. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  15. The Hustler (1961)
  16. The Planet of the Apes (1968)
  17. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
  18. The Pink Panther (1963)
  19. The Wild Bunch (1969)
  20. Cool Hand Luke (1967)

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