Top 10 Films of the 1960s

Welcome to our 23rd Top 10 Episode where Anders & Adam Holmes list their top 10 favourite films of the 1960s.

To round off this season of top 10 episodes, the Holmes Brothers will going back and looking at each decade of cinema and list their 10 favourite films.

This episode, they are going to be looking at the 1960s. This was an interesting decade in film as cinema was beginning to go through a change. A cinematic revolution was happening. The Golden Age of Hollywood was pretty much having its last days. In France, the French New Wave was at its peak. At the end of the decade, the New Hollywood movement was on the horizon. Socially and politically the world was changing and films in this time were reflecting that. Subjects and themes that were considered taboo were being looked at and tackled in film, like sex, racism and even onscreen violence was changing. Where do you think films like The Wild Bunch, Night of the Living Dead, The Apartment or Cleo from 5 To 7 land on their lists? You're gonna have to listen and find out.

We hope you enjoy it and we hope you come back for more. Next episode, it's going to be about the 1950s and each of their 10 favourite films from that period. So stay tuned for that.

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