Image: TMDB
About This Quiz
The 1960s were a time of change in America. The films of the 1960s touched on politics, upheaval and the classic grit of Westerns. How many of these 1960s movies can you name from their screenshots?
The Movie DB
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Hombre
Paul Newman plays a stagecoach passenger who's snubbed by his fellow passengers because he was raised by Indians. Their opinion changes when he becomes their only hope, when the coach is beset by outlaws.
Hush...Hush Sweet Charlotte
Psycho
The Manchurian Candidate
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
You Only Live Twice
Dr. No
Goldfinger
Beginning a long history of Bond villains with goofy names was Auric Goldfinger. How would you not meet a guy named Goldfinger and figure out he was nefarious?
From Russia With Love
The Movie DB
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Once Upon a Time in the West
Barbarella
This is the movie Jane Fonda likely wishes she could forget. She plays a space vixen whose primary role appears to consist of wearing a variety of revealing outfits.
Silent Running
Dr. Strangelove
Advertisement
TMDB
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
True Grit
The iconic original stars John Wayne as drunken U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn, one of his most emotionally complex roles. The remake got Oscar love, but for Western purists nothing can match the Duke's original.
The Magnificent Seven
Wagon Train
Unforgiven
The Movie DB
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
The Great Train Robbery
Dr. Zhivago
The Great Escape
People who think of James Garner as Jim Rockford would be well-advised to see this classic. He plays Hendley "The Scrounger," a member of a band of soldiers bent on escaping a prison camp.
Alcatraz
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Lawrence of Arabia
Hush...Hush Sweet Charlotte
A Time to Kill
To Kill a Mockingbird
Gregory Peck played Atticus Finch in this career-making role. While the sequel to the book cast Atticus as a closet racist, in this film he's a paladin for the cause of racial equality and justice for all.
Advertisement
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Dr. Strangelove
Mary Poppins
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Here's something you probably didn't know: The book on which the movie was based was penned by none other than the Father of Bond himself, Ian Fleming. I guess after you design a car with missile launchers, making one that flies isn't such a stretch.
Oliver!
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Psycho
Peeping Tom
If you think media-themed horror is a new thing, this 1960 movie will change your mind. A sicko murders women, using a movie camera to record their final moments.
Eyes Without a Face
The Innocents
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
The Graduate
"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me." Is there a more iconic quote in dramatic movie history? Mike Nichols won the Oscar for best director for this movie, which launched Dustin Hoffman's career.
Midnight Cowboy
Bonnie and Clyde
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Advertisement
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Clash of the Titans
Jason and the Argonauts
This was one of stop-motion monster master Ray Harryhausen's masterpieces. For the time, the special effects were amazing. There are tons of small continuity errors in the film, which had a whopping (for the time) million-dollar budget, but it's tremendous fun.
n/a
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
An American in Paris
Grease
West Side Story
This movie musical was also a dramatic powerhouse, taking 10 Oscars. Rita Moreno won for best supporting actress, launching her decades-long career.
Easy Rider
The Movie DB
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Rosemary's Baby
This movie was almost unfair with the number of phobias it touched on. Every parent who's ever worried about creepy neighbors or relatives was given sleepless nights by this Ira Levin classic.
The Exorcist
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
The Apartment
Advertisement
The Movie DB
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
The Magnificent Seven
Unforgiven
For a Few Dollars More
This Sergio Leone classic western was elevated by having Clint Eastwood (so young!) and Lee Van Cleef heading the cast. There are many iconic shots from the movie, most notably the one of Eastwood in a dingy serape, hat askew with a cigarette dangling from his lip.
A Fistful of Dollars
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Wagon Train
A Fistful of Dollars
It's Eastwood and Leone again, making another Western classic. This time, Clint plays a wandering gunfighter who plays two families off against each other.
Once Upon A Time in the West
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Dr. Zhivago
The Bridge of the River Kwai
Goldfinger
Lawrence of Arabia
Among the times he was overlooked for a best actor Oscar in his career, this was the most egregious for Peter O'Toole. He struts, barks and completely owns this epic David Lean war movie.
Advertisement
The Movie DB
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
My Fair Lady
Based on "Pygmalion," this comedic classic features Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn at the height of her power. The plot seems horridly misogynistic in today's society, but for its time this was pretty hilarious stuff.
Mary Poppins
The Sound of Music
Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Movie DB
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
For a Few Dollars More
The Dirty Dozen
You might get a hint of Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" here, and you wouldn't be too far off. In this case, a squad of a dozen hardened criminals (murderers) are trained to go on an assassination spree of the Nazi high command.
Kelly's Heroes
The Battle of the Bulge
The Movie DB
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
The Magnificent Seven
Once Upon a Time in the West
Sergio Leone is at it again, this time with Henry Fonda and Claudia Cardinale leading his Western cast. A widow hiding from an assassin hired by the railroad needs a harmonica-playing gunslinger's help to escape. Note: At no point is the harmonica used as a weapon.
For a Few Dollars More
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Advertisement
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Cool Hand Luke
This is Paul Newman at his tortured tough-guy best. He plays the title character, who's locked up in a rural prison but escapes frequently, until the prison goons beat him down.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Great Escape
The Longest Yard
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Bridge on the River Kwai
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
From Russia With Love
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Whether you're a hawk or a dove, you'll find something to love about this flick. It's quite possibly the best satire of politics and military incompetence ever filmed.
youtube
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
My Fair Lady
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Even if you don't know the movie, it's likely you know the music. Henry Mancini's classic, "Moon River," written for the film, won the Oscar for best original song.
Funny Face
Advertisement
TMDB or Shutterstock
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Dr. No
Ursula Andress melts the screen as the consummate Bond babe, Honey Ryder. Oh, there's also some shooting, punching and other secret agent stuff. Sean Connery stars as 007.
From Russia with Love
Goldfinger
The Dirty Dozen
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Mary Poppins
The Sound of Music
Is there an English-speaking corner of this planet where singing the opening lines of the title song won't get at least a few smiles? OK, well maybe not at the coroner's office ... but anywhere else!
Oliver!
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Beach Blanket Bingo
Lost Beach
Catalina Caper
Don't beat yourself up if you don't remember this movie. There's a silly plot about a stolen scroll and mysterious strangers, seemingly spontaneous dance numbers and bikinis for absolutely no reason. I'm sure it'll become a Netflix series soon.
On the Beach
Advertisement
The Movie DB
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
My Fair Lady
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Romeo and Juliet
Lolita
While Vladimir Nabokov's original book is fairly dark, this movie takes a far different angle. It's played as a black comedy, which somehow makes the concept of an old man falling in love with a young girl even more creepy.
The Movie DB
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
The Magnificent Seven
Based on an Akira Kurosawa classic, this ultimate Western has influenced hundreds of other films. A group of gunslingers from disparate backgrounds unite to defend innocent townsfolk from encroaching evil.
A Fistful of Dollars
True Grit
Unforgiven
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
101 Dalmatians
The Jungle Book (I)
For most Boomers and Gen X'ers, this is "our" Jungle Book. The classic Disney touch makes the songs infectious, and what kid didn't dream at some point about running off to the jungle?
Peter Pan
Robin Hood
Advertisement
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Lawrence of Arabia
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Doctor Zhivago
Nobody does sweeping historical epics like David Lean. He's like Cecil B. DeMille with a lot fewer sequins. This one covers a love story that goes through the Russian Revolution and World War I.
My Fair Lady
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Sunset Boulevard
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Hush...Hush Sweet Charlotte
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
The most talented frenemies in Hollywood history, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, own the screen and chew the scenery in this one. They play sisters who've been acting rivals their whole lives, until one is confined in a wheelchair and left to the mercy of the other one.
The Movie DB
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Midnight Cowboy
Easy Rider
Bonnie and Clyde
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway created one of the most enduring couples in movie history with this film. I've always wondered if the Eagles' "Life in the Fast Lane" was an homage to the film.
For a Few Dollars More
Advertisement
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
The Little Shop of Horrors
If you've seen the musical version with Steve Martin as The Dentist, this original might be a shock. It's a Roger Corman classic, which means cheesy production values and lurid colors.
Dr. Strangelove
The Raven
The Terror
The Movie DB
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
The Magnificent Seven
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Would there have been a Clint Eastwood without Sergio Leone? Here's another classic western with both names on it. This one concerns a race for gold thought to be buried in a cemetery.
Unforgiven
For a Few Dollars More
The Movie DB
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
In the Heat of the Night
The Graduate
Midnight Cowboy
To say this movie made waves when it came out is to put it mildly. It garnered an "X" rating and the friendship between Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman's characters was ... controversial, to say the least.
Bonnie and Clyde
Advertisement
The Movie DB
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
2001: A Space Odyssey
This is one of the most polarizing science fiction movies ever made. While most aficionados praise it for groundbreaking special effects, a unique plot and the use of the soundtrack, more modern sci-fi fans decry it as slow and ponderous. It does have a serious lack of explosions and laser cannon battles, but I've always loved it.
Dr. Strangelove
Silent Running
Dark Star
The Movie DB
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Cleopatra
In the annals of movie spectacles, few productions come close to touching "Cleopatra" for wretched excess. It won four Oscars, all in the production categories, because there simply wasn't another movie that garish on the slate.
Ben-Hur
The 10 Commandments
Lawrence of Arabia
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Rosemary's Baby
Psycho
What is it about the tale of Norman Bates that has so embedded itself in the American psyche? There have been dozens of remakes, re-imaginings, sequels and prequels since the original. Hitchcock's shower scene is still one of the classic jump-scares of all time.
Vertigo
Advertisement
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Dead Ringer
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Bette Davis chews more scenery as an aging Southern belle who's concealing a dark secret from her past. She might or might not have brutally murdered her married lover decades in the past, but the issue will soon come to a head, thanks to a mysterious visitor.
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Sunset Boulevard
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
That Darn Cat
Freaky Friday
Pollyanna
The Parent Trap
Divorce was still something of a taboo subject in the early '60s, especially when it came to kids' movies. This one, with Hayley Mills playing a dual role as teenage twin sisters, was a Judy Blume-level course in comic compensation, as the sisters scheme to get their divorced folks back together.
The Movie DB
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
The Searchers
True Grit
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
With Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne topping the list, there was surely no lack of gravitas on the cast. Lee Marvin plays the title character, a brutal outlaw who terrorizes a town in a territory seeking statehood.
Stagecoach
Advertisement
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes
Here's the original that created the empire, with Charlton Heston as the lost astronaut and Roddy McDowall as the helpful ape. The last scene, with Heston stumbling across the Statue of Liberty on the beach, is a complete classic.
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Mysterious Island
youtube
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Here we have Paul Newman and Robert Redford, two of the all-time biggest names in the movie business, in their greatest movie together. To this day, "Let's go to Bolivia!" is a favorite tagline when things aren't going well.
Cool Hand Luke
The Great Escape
For a Few Dollars More
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Eegah!
Manos: The Hands of Fate
Here it is, folks! By many critics' estimations, this is the worst movie ever made. Even the sharp-tongued savants of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" ran out of jokes about 2/3 of the way through the movie.
The Wild, Wild World of Batwoman
Pod People
Advertisement
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
My Fair Lady
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
These days, when a Shakespeare adaptation hits the screen, it's usually studded with big-name stars trying to get a little Bard cred on their resumes. This one, my favorite filmed version of the play, had young Olivia Hussey and Michael York and not a lot else. Franco Zeffirelli's direction, though, made it a masterpiece.
West Side Story
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Apartment
Alphaville
Cape Fear
Robert Mitchum plays a bad-guy role as a released convict who returns to terrorize the man who put him behind bars. Honestly, Robert DeNiro does a better job in the remake, but this one's worth seeing.
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Mary Poppins
This may be the most British of the live-action Disney movies of the '60s and '70s. Julie Andrews and her magic umbrella became an iconic character almost immediately, and there's a remake in the works for late 2018.
Flubber
My Fair Lady
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Advertisement
The Movie DB
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Easy Rider
Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper play the leads in this most iconic of counterculture movies. As hippies Wyatt and Billy, they sell some pot, stash the money and take off on their motorcycles across the country, meeting slices of life along the way.
Five Easy Pieces
The Graduate
Bonnie and Clyde
The Movie DB
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Cleopatra
Spartacus
Russell Crowe in "Gladiator" owes a huge debt to Kirk Douglas in this movie. The plot is very similar, and Douglas' domination of the screen is rivaled only by Crowe in full throat, screaming, "Are you not entertained?"
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Lawrence of Arabia
The Movie DB
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
Psycho
Rope
The Birds
When I go out on the porch to sip my morning coffee and discover I've forgotten to fill the birdfeeder, this movie always comes to mind. Not recommended viewing for ornithologists or those living in coastal areas where lots of birds congregate.
Vertigo
Advertisement
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
El Dorado
John Wayne and Robert Mitchum team up in this post-Civil War Western. A battle over water rights brings the two old hands to the aid of a rancher and his family.
The Sons of Katie Elder
Rio Bravo
True Grit
tmdb
Which 1960s movie is shown in this screenshot?
High Plains Drifter
A Fistful of Dollars
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Hang 'Em High
If there's one thing we've learned in the movies, it's that you don't ever want to make Clint Eastwood angry. In this one, he plays a man wrongfully lynched and left for dead, who returns as a lawman looking for revenge.
You Got:
/50
TMDB