# The most quintessential movies of the 1960's **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 28, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-quintessential-movies-of-the-1960s/744502 "2016-01-28T16:08:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-quintessential-movies-of-the-1960s/744502/41 "2016-01-29T04:38:46Z")
The Thomas Crown Affair for the music, cinematography and styles. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-quintessential-movies-of-the-1960s/744502/42 "2016-01-29T11:33:21Z")
Masculin Féminin ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-quintessential-movies-of-the-1960s/744502/43 "2016-01-29T12:54:03Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It’s not an objective thing. You just have to have a feel for what the genre means and be able to identify which movie best exemplifies it. > > For a movie to be the most quintessential movie of the 1960’s, it would have to be about the sixties, at least metaphorically. _Lawrence of Arabia_, for example, is a great movie - arguably the best movie made in the sixties. But it’s not about the sixties. Good post. Very helpful. I’ve been struggling to come up with some good examples to post in this thread. Your post will help a lot. Same goes for Boyo Jim. Thank you Boyo! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-quintessential-movies-of-the-1960s/744502/44 "2016-01-29T13:16:25Z")
The Graduate Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice Psycho ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-quintessential-movies-of-the-1960s/744502/45 "2016-01-29T13:37:50Z")
The Wild Bunch ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-quintessential-movies-of-the-1960s/744502/46 "2016-01-29T19:13:07Z")
> [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](#): > > I disagree with your assessment of _ **The Apartment** _. The active sexual appetites of those in the post WW2 business world was known, just not acknowledged in mixed company. The actions of a male, specifically one with power to hire and fire, having sexual interludes with female employees was considered almost a given. This film was trying to say that a man with integrity still exists, but just not in the world of business. It’s more an admonishment on businesses than on the sexual mores. Well stated. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-quintessential-movies-of-the-1960s/744502/47 "2016-01-29T21:34:06Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > Woodstock (though it was released in early 1970) Best if paired with _Gimme Shelter_. Late 60s yin and yang, you might say. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-quintessential-movies-of-the-1960s/744502/48 "2016-01-29T23:12:31Z")
They’ve been said before, and more than once at that, but they bear repeating: Bonnie and Clyde _and_ Easy Rider But, in many ways, [A Hard Day’s Night](http://http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058182/combined) really does embody the 60’s. You could even say it’s the quintessential 60’s movie! 😉 Better link: [A Hard Day's Night movie review (1964) | Roger Ebert](http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-a-hard-days-night-1964) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-quintessential-movies-of-the-1960s/744502/49 "2016-01-30T02:33:38Z")
I’ll nominate _In the Heat of the Night_. Certainly for the USA, coming to grips with our endemic racism was one of the central themes of the decade. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-quintessential-movies-of-the-1960s/744502/50 "2016-01-30T03:03:35Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice That’s a strange one. When you posted it, my immediate reaction was “That’s a seventies movie.” But I checked and it was released in 1969. Which really surprised me. _Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice_ feels like a movie that was made in the mid-seventies rather than the late-sixties. ---
**Author:** ![escaped](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@escaped](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/escaped)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-quintessential-movies-of-the-1960s/744502/51 "2016-01-30T03:06:06Z")
Planet of the apes because of the ending… ---
**Author:** ![nicky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f0a364/32.png) [@nicky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nicky)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-quintessential-movies-of-the-1960s/744502/52 "2016-01-30T16:16:57Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > In the sense of “just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you,” I’d consider [The President’s Analyst](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_President's_Analyst). Although the demise of TPC deflated its impact. A bit. For now. Oh yes. Its pure and concentrated 60s ness. And oddly forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-quintessential-movies-of-the-1960s/744502/53 "2016-01-30T19:12:43Z")
> [@nicky](#): > > Oh yes. Its pure and concentrated 60s ness. > And oddly forgotten. Not by me! I _love_ that movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-quintessential-movies-of-the-1960s/744502.md?page=2)