568 Films & TV Shows Set In North America During The 1960s
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Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
New York Connecticut The 1960sWhen the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including Waldo Zane, a New York executive in the process of stealing a fortune from his company, and two people whose paths he's destined to cross, Broadway actress Margaret Garrison and her husband, Peter.
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Uptight
Ohio The 1960sA man on the run. A life at stake. A people about to explode. — Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.
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Revolution
California The 1960sThe weird rites of the Hippies — The San Francisco scene in 1967-68. Documentary about hippies shot during the height of the movement . Viewpoints from many kinds of people. Music by Steve Miller Band, Mother Earth, Quicksilver Messenger Service and others.
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
California The 1960sA love story of today. — A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
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The Producers
New York The 1960sHollywood Never Faced a Zanier Zero Hour! — Broadway producer, Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming little old ladies to invest in a production many times over what it will actually cost, and then put on a sure-fire flop, so nobody will ask for their money back – and what can be a more certain flop than a tasteless musical celebrating Hitler.
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The Graduate
California The 1960sThis is Benjamin. He’s a little worried about his future. — Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.
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Who's That Knocking at My Door
New York The 1960sMean Streets was just around the corner. — A Catholic New Yorker falls in love with a girl and wants to marry her, but he struggles to accept her past and what it means for their future.
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The Love-Ins
California The 1960sTHE HIPPIES AND DIGGERS ARE HERE! WITH THE WAY-OUT EXCITEMENT THAT'S TURNING-ON AMERICA TODAY!... — A college professor falls in with the counterculture crowd in San Francisco after resigning from his position in solidarity with two expelled hippie students.
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Chelsea Girls
New York The 1960sLacking a formal narrative, Warhol's mammoth film follows various residents of the Chelsea Hotel in 1966 New York City. The film was intended to be screened via dual projector set-up.
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Red Zone Cuba
🇨🇺 Cuba The 1960sMake the Mistake! — Griffin escapes from jail and teams up with two local thugs to invade Cuba. However, they're soon captured by a Castro look-alike and receive sub-human treatment. But Griffin hatches a plan- will it be enough to bring peace to Cuba?
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Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
🇲🇽 Mexico The 1960sAll New High Adventure! — The international criminal Vinaro enjoys sending explosive wristwatches to his enemies.
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Skaterdater
California The 1960sThe film tells a story with no dialogue. The group of boy skaters are suddenly at a point when one of the boys sees a young girl, and becomes interested in her. This causes a rift with the other boys, who challenges him to a skating duel that goes down a hilly street. The young boy loses, however, he gets the girl, and shortly, a few other girls are seen and become interested in the boys, too. The surf rock-esque soundtrack was composed by Mike Curb and Nick Venet with Davie Allan and the Arrows playing "Skaterdater Rock".
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A Charlie Brown Christmas
Minnesota The 1960sThat's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown! — When Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism that he sees amongst everyone during the Christmas season, Lucy suggests that he become director of the school Christmas pageant. Charlie Brown accepts, but is a frustrating struggle. When an attempt to restore the proper spirit with a forlorn little fir Christmas tree fails, he needs Linus' help to learn the meaning of Christmas.
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The Pawnbroker
New York The 1960sA Jewish pawnbroker, a victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
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Ski Party
Idaho The 1960sThere's only one way to get warm! — Remember the beach movies of the sixties? They're back! Well, not quite, but since Avalon, Hickman, and even Funicello appear in this one, it sure feels right. This time, though, read snow instead of sand and you got it. Ski lodge, to be precise, and though the plot is somewhat inane, with the boys cross-dressing to discover the secret of a friend's success with the girls, it's still a somewhat fun outing.
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The Sandpiper
California The 1960sIt was the right thing. It was the wrong thing. It was the only thing their hearts would allow. — A free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the wedded headmaster of an Episcopalian boarding school in Monterey, California.
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Winter Kept Us Warm
Ontario The 1960sIts the 1960s at the University of Toronto. Doug is a well-liked senior with an equally popular girlfriend. Peter is a shy freshman, and new to the big city. Peter and Doug become best friends and soon start going to concerts, drinking, and playing in the snow together. When Doug brings Peter to a steam bath and washes his back, the friendship seems headed to a whole new level, at least in Doug's mind. But when Peter emerges from a party after having sex with a co-ed, things get even more complicated.
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Children Without
Michigan The 1960sChildren Without is a 1964 American short documentary film directed by Charles Guggenheim, about a young girl and her brother growing up in the housing projects of Detroit. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
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Fail Safe
New York Nebraska District of Columbia 🇷🇺 Russia The 1960sIt will have you sitting on the brink of eternity! — Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.
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Goldfinger
England Florida Kentucky 🇨🇭 Switzerland The 1960sEverything he touches turns into excitement! — Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.
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Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Louisiana The 1960s The 1920sThe years will soon erase a lover's lies...the blood on his face! — An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
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The Last Man on Earth
California The 1960sDo you dare imagine what it would be like to be...The last man on earth...Or the last woman. — When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.
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Two Thousand Maniacs!
🇺🇸 United States of America The 1960s The 1860sMadmen crazed for carnage! — Six people are lured into a small Deep South town for a Centennial celebration where the residents proceed to kill them one by one as revenge for the town's destruction during the Civil War.
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The Best Man
California The 1960sDoes The Best Man Always Get To The White House? — The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.
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The Thrill Killers
California The 1960sHomicidal maniacs on a bloody rampage! — Three psychotic murderers escape from a mental institution and stalk women in Los Angeles.
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