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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Sweden, Norway, South Africa
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A speculative biopic about Swedish UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, the anti-colonialist, allegedly queer diplomat who died under mysterious circumstances during the Cold War while trying to bring peace to the Congo.
Style:
suspenseful, historical drama, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
un, cold war, diplomat, diplomacy, political unrest, politics, historical event, political intrigue, war, politician, moral dilemma, character study ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Tom Ripley, a grifter scraping by in early 1960s New York, is hired by a wealthy man to travel to Italy to try to convince his vagabond son to return home. Tom's acceptance of the job is the first step into a complex life of deceit, fraud and ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
gay interest, fraud, murderer, murder, killing, deception, cons and scams, murder mystery, con game, beach, gay lead character, psychopath ...
Time:
60s
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Under small-town scrutiny, a withdrawn farmer’s daughter forges an intimate friendship with a worldly but reckless new girl in 1960s Oklahoma.
Style:
sexy, romantic, psychological, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lesbian, closeted lesbian, lesbian relationship, lgbt, abusive father, sexual confusion, skinny dipping, lesbian sex, young lovers, lesbianism, gay love, lovers ...
Time:
60s, year 1961
Place:
oklahoma, oklahoma city
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Ted Kennedy's life and political career become derailed in the aftermath of a fatal car accident in 1969 that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.
Style:
tense, rough, captivating, sad, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, investigation, trust, interview, lie, doctor, promise, tragic event, husband wife relationship, lawyer, president, medical examiner ...
Time:
60s, year 1969, year 2017, year 1980, year 1972 ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
On the night that Jasper Jones, the town's mixed race outcast shows him the dead body of young Laura Wishart, Charlie's life is changed forever. Entrusted with this secret and believing Jasper to be innocent, Charlie embarks on a dangerous ...
Style:
exciting, tense, disturbing, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, racism, small town, boy, friendship, suspicion, child abuse, first love, suicide, disappearance, curfew, teenage boy ...
Time:
60s, year 1969
Place:
australia, adelaide south australia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, captivating, feel good
Plot:
live performance, theater, dance, fat girl, racism, equality, race, broadway, dancing, society, rivalry, social relations ...
Time:
60s, year 1962
Place:
baltimore, maryland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
Style:
inspirational, touching, emotional, period piece, factual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gender, working class, politics, revolution, discrimination, women, idealism, workplace, hopes, boss and employee, feminist, injustice ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1968, year 1966, year 1970 ...
Place:
england, london, europe, united kingdom, michigan ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
Mr. Sloane's titular character is a buttoned-down 1960's man in crisis. Between his failed attempts at marriage, career success and even suicide, it's fair to say that 1969 isn't shaping up to be Watford-dweller Mr. Sloane's ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, psychological ...
Plot:
looking for love, friends, down on your luck, free spirited, love and romance, self discovery, couples, society, friendship, colleague, relationships, bittersweet ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A small town teenager in the 1960s believes her dreams of becoming a famous singer will come true when her rock star idol gets stranded in town. But a leak in a nearby chemical plant that is believed to be causing mass mutations threatens to turn ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, tension, surreal ...
Plot:
teenage protagonist, small town, ambition, musician, rock star, dream, teenager, follow your dream, music, teenage life, musician's life, problem ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
During the height of the social revolution, a young dancer searches for salvation when she chooses to leave paradise.
Style:
atmospheric, emotional, melancholic, erotic, independent film ...
Plot:
nightclub, sexual revolution, dancer, sexually liberated, counterculture, self discovery, coming of age, female protagonist, identity crisis, redemption, stripper, autobiography ...
Time:
60s, year 1969, year 1968
Place:
san francisco
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In Chile, during the 60´s, the son of a poor single teenage girl turns out to be a gifted painter. The man to discover his talent is the owner of the drugstore that lies in the outskirts of the small rural town, next to the railroad. He himself is ...
Style:
historical drama, disturbing, captivating, suspense, melancholic ...
Plot:
painting, disappearance, coup d'etat, single mother, pharmacist, child prodigy, art, painter, art critic, social problems, life is a bitch, artists' life ...
Time:
60s, year 1973
Place:
chile, latin america
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
In his free time, phone technician Cezars Kalnins writes songs and plays in a band he has started with friends. The band has a long road to travel in order to receive a permit and make its public debut. A member of the Culture Committee ...
Style:
independent film, tense, satirical, historical drama, melancholic ...
Plot:
artist, composer, rock music, authoritarianism, bureaucracy, youth culture, national identity, rebellion, political satire, urban, counterculture, propaganda ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
latvia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Capturing the dark humor of Czech author Michal Viewegh's chronicle of life after the Velvet Revolution, this black comedy chronicles three decades in the life of a small Czech family. While the original novel centered on the protagonist Kvido ...
Style:
black comedy, family saga, tragicomedy, period piece, satirical ...
Plot:
social commentary, dark humor, cold war, irony, satire, political satire, generation gap, autobiography, bureaucracy, slice of life, domestic drama, nostalgia ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 70s, 90s
Place:
prague, czechoslovakia, central europe, europe
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 69 min.
TV show
Story:
A nine part series depicting the varying fortunes of four friends - Nicky, Geordie, Mary and Tosker - from the optimistic times of 1964 to the uncertainties of 1995. Taking nine pivotal years (1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1987, 1995) ...
Style:
saga, realistic, historical drama, melancholic, family saga ...
Plot:
friendship, police corruption, politics, social change, social realism, working class, political corruption, class struggle, urban decay, family drama, coming of age, bittersweet ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
london, northern england
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
The film takes place in the first half of the 1960s. The protagonist of the picture is a young worker of the apparatus, Vladimir Novikov, a charming, educated, energetic person - a thriving functionary. Novikov has a young sweetheart - student ...
Style:
romantic drama, political drama, period drama, tragic
Plot:
revenge, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, character study, bureaucracy, realism, student, corruption, extramarital affair, ambition, infidelity, male protagonist ...
Time:
60s
Place:
siberia, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 258 min.
TV show
Story:
The true story of Charmian Biggs (née Powell), the rebellious product of a strict 1950s upbringing, and her whirlwind romance with Ronald Biggs leading to a descent into crime, most infamously 1963's Great Train Robbery.
Style:
emotional, stylized, serious, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, criminal heroes, love affair, couple relations, love and romance, couples, crime and punishment, wanted, true crime, train robbery, british history, fugitive ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
england, australia, rio de janeiro
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The frozen body of Paul Fournier is discovered in Greenland where he had disappeared during a scientific expedition in 1905. Perfectly conserved he is brought back to life in the 1960s. His descendants take care of him: to spare him the cultural ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, ironic, light ...
Plot:
time travel, fish out of water, abbey, hibernation, disorder, misfit, family life, culture clash, society, pretense, grandfather granddaughter relationship, grandfather ...
Time:
60s, 1900s, 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
france, greenland, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re delivering painful electric shocks to an affable stranger strapped into a chair in another room. Despite his ...
Style:
political, philosophical, cerebral, disturbing, factual ...
Plot:
psychology, science, biopic, social experiment, electric shock, scientist, insanity, experiment, manipulation, couple relations, workplace, inventions and discoveries ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, year 2015, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
usa, yale university, connecticut
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Sweden
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
"Monica Z" is a biopic about the Swedish singer and actress Monica Zetterlund focusing on her journey from a job as a telephone operator in a small town in Sweden to stardom in the clubs of New York and Stockholm.
Style:
realistic, emotional, factual, uplifting, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
jazz singer, single mother, jazz, female singer, father daughter relationship, rising to stardom, ambition, nightclub singer, fame, follow your dream, drinking problem, family problems ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
stockholm sweden, new york, europe, usa, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The ambitious police officer Cruchot (Louis de Funès) is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling ...
Style:
funny, humorous, realistic, satirical, light ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
gendarme, father daughter relationship, beach, yacht, seaside, stolen painting, gendarmerie, nun, police, hitchhiker, gas station, investigation ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
france, french riviera, saint tropez, cote d'azur, mediterranean sea ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Johnny Tyronne, action movie star and ladies man, is travelling through the Middle East on a goodwill tour to promote his latest movie, "Sands of the Desert". Once he arrives, however, he is kidnapped by a gang of assassins who were so ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, light, psychotronic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
elvis presley, assassination, fish out of water, partner, goofy hero, opposites attract, blind ambition, desire for fame, nothing goes right, rivalry, disorder, palace intrigue ...
Time:
60s
Place:
middle east, pakistan
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Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. This film follows, almost in real time, a handful of individuals forced to make split-second decisions ...
Style:
tense, serious, factual, light, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
secret service, assassination, hospital, fbi, president, kennedy assassination, conspiracy theory, investigation, state affairs, doctors and patients, society, power relations ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 20th century
Place:
dallas texas, usa, austin texas, texas, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Thomas, a father in his fifties, returns by chance to the town where he grew up. He collapses and wakes up forty years earlier in the body of his teenage self. Thrown back into his past, Thomas will not only have to re-live his first love, but also ...
Style:
sincere, sentimental, psychological, thought provoking, meditative ...
Plot:
changing the past or future, coming of age, family relations, hopes, love and romance, parents and children, teenage life, small town, father son relationship, time travel, boyhood, writers ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have ...
Style:
sexy, bleak, suspense, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
end of the world, disaster, cold war, nuclear bomb, newspaper, chaos, natural disaster, apocalypse, science, race against time, danger, nuclear ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, distant future, 20th century, future ...
Place:
london, england, russia, europe, moscow russia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webers into their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam now ventures forth into Los Angeles to obtain food and supplies for his family, and a non-mutant wife for himself.
Style:
feel good, touching, humorous, entertaining, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
bunker, opposites attract, fish out of water, happy ending, cold war, genius, cuban missile crisis, father son relationship, love story, fall in love, nuclear war, destiny ...
Time:
60s, future, 90s, year 1999, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, cuba
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The second installment of Gendarmes series, tells the story of Sergeant Cruchot (Louis De Funes), who, together with his faithful comrades, has been sent to the International Congress of Gendarmerie in N.Y.
Style:
humorous, realistic, exciting, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
gendarme, law enforcement, stowaway, nothing goes right, fish out of water, police, daughter, comedy of errors, family relations, chase, goofy hero, misfit ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
usa, france, saint tropez, riviera, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, War
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.
Style:
sincere, emotional, realistic, talky, touching ...
Plot:
radio, civil rights, african american, media, ex convict, protest, segregation, society, black, ambition, civil rights movement, radio station ...
Time:
60s, 80s, year 2007, 70s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., america, new york, usa, africa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Summer 1966. It's time to enjoy the summer holiday, total freedom. Teenage Élise discovers that the sudden departure of her mother completely disrupts the family. Her brother Coco seeks solace in the garage, building a super racing car. Her ...
Style:
sexy, emotional, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family relations, coming of age, youth, family life, estrangement, family problems, couples, love and romance, lifestyle, dysfunctional family, bittersweet, single parent ...
Time:
60s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Medfield's lovable but hopelessly absent-minded professor -- Ned Brainard (Fred MacMurray) -- bounces back in this classic Disney film with hilarious new mishaps when he experiments with the amazing by-products of his startling anti-gravity ...
Style:
intense, melancholic, not serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
mad scientist, american football, inventor, college, experiment gone awry, family life, inventions and discoveries, goofy hero, disorder, fish out of water, child as adult, fall in love ...
Time:
60s, year 1963
Place:
pentagon, new jersey
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from ...
Style:
factual, realistic, inspirational, suspense, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, boys' night
Plot:
astronaut, nasa, survival, space travel, moon, disaster, rescue, space program, space exploration, race against time, trapped in space, against the odds ...
Time:
70s, year 1970, 20th century, year 1969, 60s ...
Place:
houston texas, usa, north america, texas, pacific ocean ...
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