Films set in the 1960s

Wah-Wah

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2005 IMDB Rating: 6.7

Set at the end of the 1960s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from United Kingdom, the film follows the young Ralph Compton, at 12, through his parents' traumatic separation, till he's 14...

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Sparkle

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1976 IMDB Rating: 6.7

Three sisters start out singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and become a successful girl group in the 1960s.

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M. Butterfly

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1993 IMDB Rating: 6.7

In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.

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Grace of My Heart

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1996 IMDB Rating: 6.7

Philadelphia teenager Edna Buxton wins a talent contest during the early rock 'n' roll era, changes her name to Denise Waverly and moves to New York City to make it big. Though she flops as a recordin...

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Dreamgirls

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 2006 IMDB Rating: 6.6

A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.

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I Am Woman

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2020 IMDB Rating: 6.6

In 1966, Helen Reddy landed in New York with her three-year-old daughter, a suitcase, and $230 in her pocket. Within weeks, she was broke. Within months, she was in love. Within five years, she was on...

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Things to Come

Film Age rating: 3 Year: 1936 IMDB Rating: 6.6

The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.

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Hands of Stone

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2016 IMDB Rating: 6.6

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

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The White Crow

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 2018 IMDB Rating: 6.6

The story of Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height of the Cold War. With his magnetic presence, Nureyev emerged as ballet’s most famous star, a wild and beautiful da...

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