50s/60s watchlist
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Watched
Cléo from 5 to 7
Agnès Varda · 1962
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
To Watch
Rosemary's Baby
Roman Polanski · 1968
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
Cactus Flower
Gene Saks · 1969
A dentist pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he falls for his girlfriend and proposes, he must recruit his lovelorn nurse to pose as his wife.
Wait Until Dark
Terence Young · 1967
After a flight back home, Sam Hendrix returns with a doll he innocently acquired along the way. As it turns out, the doll is actually stuffed with heroin, and a group of criminals led by the ruthless Roat has followed Hendrix back to his place to retrieve it. When Hendrix leaves for business, the crooks make their move -- and find his blind wife, Susy, alone in the apartment. Soon, a life-threatening game begins between Susy and the thugs.
What a Way to Go!
J. Lee Thompson · 1964
A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.
Carnival of Souls
Herk Harvey · 1962
Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man. As the visions begin to occur more frequently, Mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. The strangely alluring carnival may hold the secret to her tragic past.
Valley of the Dolls
Mark Robson · 1967
Inspirada en una novela de Jacqueline Susan. Despiadado retrato del mundo del espectáculo. Las protagonistas son tres jóvenes aspirantes a la fama. Una de ellas (Sharon Tate) averigua que tiene cáncer y que no podrá seguir haciendo películas pornográficas. Otra es una ambiciosa cantante (Patty Duke) que, incapaz de asimilar el éxito, se convierte en una adicta a las pastillas. La tercera, una remilgada joven de Nueva Inglaterra (Barbara Parkins), tiene que conformarse con hacer spots publicitarios y acaba también enganchada a las drogas.
A Streetcar Named Desire
Elia Kazan · 1951
A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downward spiral.
Sunset Boulevard
Billy Wilder · 1950
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
How to Steal a Million
William Wyler · 1966
A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.
The Night of the Hunter
Charles Laughton · 1955
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Mary Poppins
Robert Stevenson · 1964
Mr Banks is looking for a nanny for his two mischievous children and comes across Mary Poppins, an angelic nanny. She not only brings a change in their lives but also spreads happiness.
Hitchcock
To Catch a Thief
Alfred Hitchcock · 1955
An ex-thief is accused of enacting a new crime spree, so to clear his name he sets off to catch the new thief, who’s imitating his signature style.
The Birds
Alfred Hitchcock · 1963
Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.
Strangers on a Train
Alfred Hitchcock · 1951
Having met on a train, a smooth-talking psychotic socialite shares his theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder to an amateur tennis player — a theory he plans to test out.
Vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock · 1958
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
Rear Window
Alfred Hitchcock · 1954
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Marilyn
The Seven Year Itch
Billy Wilder · 1955
Como miles de neoyorkinos, Richard Sherman se ha quedado trabajando en agosto mientras su mujer e hijos disfrutan de unas gratas vacaciones en la playa. Siguiendo las recomendaciones de su esposa, está dispuesto a dejar de fumar, de beber, a acostarse pronto y sobre todo a no echar una cana al aire. Pero la tentación aparece cuando conoce a una despampanante vecina, tan sexy como ingenua.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Howard Hawks · 1953
Lorelei y Dorothy son dos cantantes que hacen un crucero desde los Estados Unidos a París. Una rubia y otra morena, con su belleza y encanto seducirán a todo el pasaje. Las dos tienen el mismo objetivo: casarse con un millonario. Pero hay un inconveniente: Lorelei tiene un novio, cuyo padre contrató un detective para que la siguiera.
Some Like It Hot
Billy Wilder · 1959
Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.
Audrey
My Fair Lady
George Cukor · 1964
A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Blake Edwards · 1961
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
Musical
West Side Story
Robert Wise · 1961
In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, tensions are high as a gang of Polish-Americans compete against a gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, but this doesn't stop two romantics from each gang falling in love.
The Sound of Music
Robert Wise · 1965
In the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
Singin' in the Rain
Stanley Donen · 1952
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Romance
Romeo and Juliet
Franco Zeffirelli · 1968
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.
Two for the Road
Stanley Donen · 1967
