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Movies set in the 1960s

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5953

7.4

8.1

Catch Me if You Can

Years: 1963-69
Locations: USA, Europe

Anautix's rating:

987

7.3

7.6

The Bridges of Madison County (1995)

Years: 1965, present time
Locations: Iowa (USA)

Anautix's rating:

9484

7.9

8.8

Forrest Gump (1994)

Years: 1950s-82
Locations: Alabama, Georgia, Washington (USA); Vietnam

I could put this movie as well in the 50s or 70s list. The 60s are in the middle.

Anautix's rating:

2910

7.5

7.8

Walk the Line (2005)

Years: 1944-1968
Locations: USA, Germany

Anautix's rating:

714

7.5

7.8

Mississippi Burning (1988)

Years: 1964
Locations: Jessup County, Mississippi (USA)

Anautix's rating:

1348

7.4

JFK (1991)

Years: 1963-69
Location: Dallas, New Orleans (USA)

Anautix's rating:

664

7.3

7.8

A Bronx Tale (1993)

Years: 1960-68
Location: New York (USA)

Anautix's rating:

3323

7.4

7.3

Girl, Interrupted (1999)

Years: 1967-68
Location: Claymoore Hospital (a fictional mental institution), USA

Anautix's rating:

2683

6.6

Dirty Dancing (1987)

Year: 1963
Location: Catskill Mountains, New York (USA)

Anautix's rating:

1021

7.2

7.4

American Graffiti (1973)

Year: 1962
Location: Modesto (California, USA)

Anautix's rating:

183

8.1

8.3

Temple Grandin (2010)

Years: late 1960s
Locations: Texas (USA)

Anautix's rating:

962

7.3

Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

Years: 1948-73
Location: Atlanta (USA)

Anautix's rating:

1067

6.9

The Outsiders (1983)

Year: 1965
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma (USA)

Anautix's rating:

6.9

The Bikeriders (2023)

Years: 1965, 1969, 1975
Location: Chicago (USA)

Anautix's rating:

6.2

6.6

Priscilla (2023)

Years: 1959-73
Locations: Graceland, Memphis (Tennessee, USA), Las Vegas (USA), Germany

Anautix's rating:

7.2

7.6

The Kennedys (2011)

Years: 1938-69 (mostly in the 60s)
Location: USA

Anautix's rating:

118

7.5

8.1

11.22.63 (2016)

Years: 1960-63, 2016
Locations: Lisbon (Maine), Holden (fictious, Kentucky), Jodie (fictious, between Dallas and Fort Worth in Texas), Dallas (Texas)

Anautix's rating:

730

7.1

7.6

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

Year: 1969
Locations: L.A. (USA), Rome (Italy)

Anautix's rating:

144

7.4

7.5

The Fabelmans (2022)

Years: 1952-53, 1957, 1962-1965
Locations: New Jersey, Arizona, California

Anautix's rating:

1560

7.2

7.6

Sleepers (1996)

Years: mid 1960s-67 (first half of the movie), 1981 (second half)
Locations: New York (USA)

Anautix's rating:

6.5

6.3

The Many Saints of Newark (2021) (2021)

Years: 1967-1970s
Location: Newark, New Jersey (USA)

Prequel of the TV-Series „The Sopranos“.

Anautix's rating:

274

7.3

First Man (2018)

Years: 1961-69
Locations: USA, Moon

Anautix's rating:

259

7.5

8.1

Ford v Ferrari

Years: 1959, 1963-1966
Locations: Le Mans (France), USA (L.A., Detroit, Daytona Beach), Italy

Anautix's rating:

813

7.2

7.5

A Perfect World (1993)

Year: 1963
Location: Texas (USA)

Anautix's rating:

7.2

Where the Crawdads Sing

Years: 1953, 1962-69, (some scenes decades later)
Location: Barkley Cove (fictitious, North Carolina)

Anautix's rating:

8.3

8.2

Lessons in Chemistry (2023)

Anautix's rating:

1614

7.7

The Help (2011)

Year: 1963
Location: Jackson, Mississippi (USA)

Anautix's rating:

6.3

Call Jane

Years: 1968-1973
Location: Chicago (USA)

Anautix's rating:

6.3

6.5

Boston Strangler (2023)

Years: 1962-1965
Locations: Boston, Bridgewater (Massachusetts); Ann Arbor (Michigan)

Anautix's rating:

466

7.3

7.8

Hidden Figures (2017)

Years: (1926), 1961-62
Location: Hampton (Virginia - USA)

Anautix's rating:

6.1

6.6

Respect

Years: 1952 (childhood), 1960s-1972
Location: Alabama, New York City, Detroit, others

Anautix's rating:

148

7.3

7.8

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

Year: 1968
Locations: Chicago (Illinois)

Anautix's rating:

150

7.3

Detroit

Year: 1967
Location: Detroit (USA)

Anautix's rating:

786

7.3

The Shape of Water

Year: 1962
Location: Baltimore (USA)

Anautix's rating:

552

6.5

Big Eyes (2014)

Years: 1958 - 1972, 1986
Locations: San Francisco, New York City, Hawaii

Anautix's rating:

145

6.4

6.8

Jersey Boys (2014)

Years: 1951-1990
Locations: USA (New Jersey, New York, other)

This movie is about the famous 60s band The Four Seasons. Action takes place during the 1950s, 60s and 70s.

Anautix's rating:

167

7.3

7.4

Love & Mercy (2014)

Years: 1960s, 1980s
Locations: California (USA)

Anautix's rating:

184

5.6

6.2

Ouija: Origin of Evil

Year: 1967
Location: Los Angeles (USA)

Anautix's rating:

5.9

6.1

American Pastoral (2016)

Years: 1950s, 1960s (main period), 1970s; 1995
Locations: New Jersey (USA)

Anautix's rating:

640

7.4

7.5

Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

Years: 1906 (plot 1); 1961 (plot 2)
Locations: Maryborough, Allora - Australia (plot 1); L.A. - USA (plot 2)

Anautix's rating:

994

7.3

7.8

Awakenings (1991)

Year: 1969
Location: New York (USA)

Anautix's rating:

166

7.3

7.1

Brubaker (1980)

Year: 1969
Location: Wakefield State Prison (fictional), Arkansas (USA)

Anautix's rating:

257

7.7

8.6

The Queen's Gambit

Anautix's rating:

170

7.2

Pan Am

Years: 1963-64
Locations: worldwide

Anautix's rating:

1243

8.2

8.6

Mad Men (2007)

Years: 1960's
Location: New York City (USA)

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Germany

7.5

7.7

The Tunnel (2001)

Year: 1961
Locations: Berlin, Germany (GDR, FRG)

Anautix's rating:

7.1

7.2

Freistatt

Years: 1968-70
Locations: Osnabrück, Freistatt (Germany [FRG])

Anautix's rating:

Deckname Luna

Years: 1961-1964
Locations: Germany (GDR, FRG)

Anautix's rating:

590

7.1

7.3

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

Year: 1963
Locations: Berlin (East/West), Rome (Italy)

Anautix's rating:

5.7

6.5

Fatherland (1994)

Year: 1964 (fictitious)
Location: Berlin

Anautix's rating:

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My favourite movies and TV-Series set in the 1960s that were not made in that time.

(I don't include Vietnam war movies here as I work on a seperate list.)

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