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The Trip (1967 film)
The Trip is a 1967 Roger Corman psychedelic drama, written by Jack Nicholson, starring Peter Fonda, Susan Strasberg, Bruce Dern, and Dennis Hopper, about a TV commercial director's first LSD trip; a box-office hit refused a BBFC certificate and a precursor to Easy Rider.
The Ugly American (film)
The Ugly American, 1963 Universal International Pictures political drama directed by George Englund, starring Marlon Brando as U.S. Ambassador MacWhite in fictional Sarkhan, adapted loosely from the 1958 Lederer-Burdick novel.
The Virgin Spring
The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan) is Ingmar Bergman's 1960 Swedish black-and-white drama, scripted by Ulla Isaksson from the ballad Töres dotter i Wänge, starring Max von Sydow; it won the 1961 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar and inspired The Last House on the Left.
The War Lord
The War Lord (1965) is a Franklin J. Schaffner medieval drama starring Charlton Heston as Norman knight Chrysagon, adapted from Leslie Stevens's play The Lovers, in which the droit du seigneur custom triggers a siege; 123 minutes, Universal, 67% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Warped Ones (狂熱の季節)
The Warped Ones (狂熱の季節, Kyonetsu no kisetsu) is Koreyoshi Kurahara's 1960 Nikkatsu crime drama about delinquent Akira (Tamio Kawachi) taking revenge on the journalist who jailed him, a jazz-scored early Japanese New Wave landmark.
The Wild and the Willing
The Wild and the Willing, also released as Young and Willing, is Ralph Thomas's 1962 British university drama starring Virginia Maskell, Paul Rogers, Ian McShane, Samantha Eggar, and John Hurt, the last three in film debuts.
The Young One
The Young One (La joven) is Luis Buñuel's 1960 Mexico/USA English-language drama, his only US-set film, about Black musician Traver fleeing a false rape accusation to an island with racist warden Miller and orphan Evvie; a Cannes 1960 entry, later reevaluated.
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (film)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is a 1969 Sydney Pollack drama adapted from Horace McCoy's 1935 novel, starring Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, and Oscar winner Gig Young in a Depression-era dance marathon story.
This Sporting Life
This Sporting Life (1963) is Lindsay Anderson's debut feature, adapted by David Storey from his novel, starring Richard Harris as rugby league player Frank Machin and Rachel Roberts; Cannes Best Actor, two Oscar nominations, box-office failure.
Through a Glass Darkly (film)
Through a Glass Darkly (Såsom i en spegel) is Ingmar Bergman's 1961 Swedish chamber drama about a family on an island and a daughter's schizophrenia; it won the 1962 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and opens his faith trilogy.
Tiburoneros
Tiburoneros (The Shark Hunters) is a 1962 Mexican black-and-white drama directed by Luis Alcoriza, starring Julio Aldama as shark fisherman Aurelio Gómez on the Tabasco coast; it won Best Cinedrama at Mar del Plata 1963 and was restored in 4K by Filmoteca UNAM.
To Sir, with Love
To Sir, with Love: 1967 James Clavell drama starring Sidney Poitier as engineer-turned-teacher Mark Thackeray in London's East End, based on E. R. Braithwaite's 1959 novel; Lulu's title song topped the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks.
Two or Three Things I Know About Her
Two or Three Things I Know About Her (Deux ou trois choses que je sais d'elle) is Jean-Luc Godard's 1967 French essay film starring Marina Vlady as Juliette Janson, a Paris housewife doing occasional prostitution; 'her' also means Paris, and it was shot mornings alongside Made in U.S.A.
Uptight
Uptight (Up Tight!), 1968 American drama by blacklisted director Jules Dassin; all-Black remake of Ford's The Informer set in Cleveland after MLK's assassination; Paramount; box-office failure; Booker T. Jones score.
Valley of the Dolls (film)
Valley of the Dolls (1967 film), Mark Robson's 20th Century-Fox adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's novel, starring Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, and Sharon Tate; a critical flop that grossed $20 million and became a cult classic.
Viridiana
Viridiana (1961) is Luis Buñuel's Spanish-Mexican drama about a novice nun, her lecherous uncle, and a household of beggars; it won the 1961 Cannes Palme d'Or, was denounced by the Vatican, and banned in Franco's Spain until 1977.
Vivre sa vie
Vivre sa vie: film en douze tableaux (My Life to Live) is Jean-Luc Godard's 1962 French black-and-white drama in twelve tableaux, starring Anna Karina as Nana, a record-shop clerk who drifts into prostitution; it won the Special Jury Prize at Venice 1962.
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (女が階段を上る時)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (Onna ga kaidan o noboru toki, 女が階段を上る時) is a 1960 Toho drama directed by Mikio Naruse, starring Hideko Takamine as widowed Ginza bar hostess Keiko, released 15 January 1960, 111 minutes.
Whistle Down the Wind
Whistle Down the Wind: 1961 British film directed by Bryan Forbes, produced by Richard Attenborough, from Mary Hayley Bell's story, in which Lancashire children mistake fugitive Alan Bates for Jesus; also a 1996 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Mike Nichols's directorial debut, adapts Edward Albee's play with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton; 13 Oscar nominations, 5 wins, and the first adults-only label that helped end the Hays Code.
Who's That Knocking at My Door
Who's That Knocking at My Door (originally I Call First) is Martin Scorsese's 1960s independent feature debut, starring Harvey Keitel as J.R., an Italian-American New Yorker unable to accept his girlfriend's past; released 1969 after a four-year, stop-start production.
Wings (Крылья) (1966 film)
Wings (Крылья, Krylya) is a 1966 Mosfilm drama directed by Larisa Shepitko, starring Maya Bulgakova as a former WWII fighter pilot unable to adjust to peacetime; screenplay by Ezhov and Ryazantseva, 85 minutes, restored in 2024.
Winter Light
Winter Light (Nattvardsgästerna, 1963) is Ingmar Bergman's black-and-white Swedish drama, middle film of the faith trilogy with Through a Glass Darkly and The Silence, starring Gunnar Björnstrand as a doubting pastor, shot by Sven Nykvist in natural winter light.
Woman in the Dunes (砂の女)
Woman in the Dunes (砂の女, Suna no onna) is a 1964 Japanese black-and-white film by Hiroshi Teshigahara, scripted by Kobo Abe from his 1962 novel, starring Eiji Okada and Kyoko Kishida; it won the Cannes Special Jury Prize and earned Academy Award nominations.
Woman in the Lake
Woman in the Lake (女のみづうみ, Onna no mizumi, also Woman of the Lake) is Yoshishige Yoshida's 1966 Japanese psychological drama starring Mariko Okada, freely adapted from Kawabata's novel The Lake and the first Gendai Eigasha production.
Women in Love (film)
Women in Love (1969) is Ken Russell's British film adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's 1920 novel, written and produced by Larry Kramer, starring Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Jennie Linden, and Oscar-winning Glenda Jackson, famous for its nude wrestling scene.
Young Cassidy
Young Cassidy is a 1965 biographical film about Sean O'Casey's early life, begun by John Ford, completed by Jack Cardiff after Ford fell ill, starring Rod Taylor, Julie Christie, and Maggie Smith.
Zorba the Greek (Αλέξης Ζορμπάς) (film)
Zorba the Greek (Αλέξης Ζορμπάς), 1964 drama by Michael Cacoyannis from Kazantzakis's novel, starring Anthony Quinn and Alan Bates; 7 Oscar nominations, 3 wins, filmed in Crete, with Theodorakis's sirtaki score.