1960s Movie Quiz Questions

Easy Rider is a 1969 American film written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern. It was produced by Peter Fonda and directed by Dennis Hopper. Hopper and Fonda also play the leading roles. Jack Nicholson also appears in the film. At the 42nd Academy Awards, Jack Nicholson was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and the film was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay. It was, however, not nominated for Best Picture.

Midnight Cowboy, The Sound of Music, and In the Heat of the Night all won an Award for Best Picture.

Psycho was released in 1960. It is directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, and Janet Leigh.

Spartacus is an American epic historical drama directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Kirk Douglas as the rebellious slave. The film received four academy awards in 1961, including an Oscar to Peter Ustinov for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

True Grit is a 1969 American Western directed by Henry Hathaway. It is the first adaptation of Charles Portis' novel True Grit. John Wayne plays the role of U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn. John Wayne won his only Academy Award (Best Actor) for this performance.He had one Actor nomination from 1949 (Sands of Iwo Jima) and one as a producer of The Alamo (1960).

A film sequel, Rooster Cogburn, was made in 1975, with Wayne playing against Katharine Hepburn. In 2010, Joel and Ethan Coen directed a remake of the film with Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn.

The Birds is a 1963 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on the 1952 story of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. The film stars Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren.

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969) starsRobert Redford, Katharine Ross, and Robert Blake. The film won 2 BAFTA Film Awards.

To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American film directed by Robert Mulligan. Gregory Peck plays the role of Atticus Finch, appointed to defend a black man against an accusation of rape of a white teenage girl.Mary Badham plays the role of Jean Louise 'Scout' Finch. Robert Duvall makes his film debut as Arthur 'Boo' Radley.

The film is based on a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. The book was an immediate success, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and is today a classic of modern American literature. It was adapted into a film by Horton Foote.

Bullitt is a 1968 American action film. Steve McQueen plays the leading character Frank Bullitt. Some of the other characters are played by Robert Duvall, Robert Vaughn, and Jacqueline Bisset.

The film (Frank P. Keller) won an Academy Award for Best Film Editing.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a 1966 American film directed by Mike Nichols. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton play the main characters, Martha and George. George Segal plays Nick, and Sandy Dennis plays Honey. The film was nominated for thirteen Academy Awards, one nomination in every eligible category. The film won five awards, including a second Academy Award for Best Actress for Elizabeth Taylor. Sandy Dennis won the Award for Best Supporting Actress. Both Richard Burton and George Segal failed to succeed in their categories.

That Darn Cat! premiered in 1965. It is an American Walt Disney Productions film starring Hayley Mills.

One Hundred and One Dalmatians premiered in 1961, The Aristocats in 1970, and Robin Hood in 1973.

Lolita is a 1962 film directed by Stanley Kubrick. The film revolves around a middle-aged man obsessed with a teenage girl. It stars James Mason and Sue Lyon. Sue Lyon was only 14 at the time of filming. The film was very controversial in the early 60s, but a commercial success.

Vladimir Nabokov won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 science-fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick.

My Fair Lady is a 1964 film adapted from a stage musical based on the 1913 stage play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. The film stars Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle and Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins.

The Unforgiven is a 1960 American Western film. It was Audrey Hepburn's only Western film.

The film was directed by John Huston. Besides Audrey Hepburn, it stars Burt Lancaster, Audie Murphy, Charles Bickford, and Lillian Gish.

The film is perhaps most notable for its behind-the-scenes problems.Filming was suspended for several months after Hepburn fell off a horse during rehearsals and broke her back.

Chim Chim Cher-ee is a song from Mary Poppins, the 1964 musical motion picture. Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman wrote the song. In the film, the song is sung by Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews. It won the 1964 Academy Award for Best Original Song.

The Graduate is a 1967 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols. Anne Bancroft plays the role of the older woman, Mrs. Robinson.

The Longest Day is a 1962 war film about D-Day, the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, during World War II. The film stars John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Henry Fonda, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner, and many more.

The film received two Academy Awards: Best Cinematography and Best Special Effects.

For the 1965 film adaptation of Thunderball, Dominetta Vitali, known simply as Domino, became Dominique Derval. French actress Claudine Auger portrayed her. In the 1983 film adaptation Never Say Never Again, the character was renamed again to Domino Petachi.

A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 British film directed by Fred Zinnemann.The film is based on Robert Bolt's play about Sir Thomas More.It stars Paul Scofield as Sir Thomas More and Wendy Hiller as Alice More. Orson Welles has a role as Cardinal Wolsey.

The film dominated the 39th Academy Awards and won the Award for Best Picture. Paul Scofield won the Award for Best Actor.

The Misfits is a 1961 American film directed by John Huston.The screenplay is by Arthur Miller, Marilyn Monroe's husband at the time. Shortly before the film's premiere in 1961, the pair divorced. Besides Monroe, the film stars Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter, and Eli Wallach.

The Misfits would be Clark Gable's and Marilyn Monroe's last film. Gable died on November 16, 1960, soon after the filming. Monroe did not complete any more movies and died the following year.