I'm not sure how old I was when I first saw Quatermass and the Pit, but it scared the hell out of me at the time. It's still on of my favorite films to this day. I have fond memories of these films, which seemed to be often repeated on British TV in the 1970s ..... The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) Master of the World (1961) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) The Day of the Triffids (1963) Crack in the World (1965) Night of the Big Heat (1967) Journey to the Far Side of the Sun - aka Doppelgänger (1969) With an honorable mention going to The Green Slime (1968)
It missed the 60's by one quarter of a year, but Colossus: The Forbin Project is a poignant sci-fi drama about artificial intelligence that is still relevant.
Fun fact about the last entry, "Fantastic Voyage." It was directed by Richard Fleischer (son of legendary animator Max Fleischer) with art direction by the criminally underrated Harper Goff. They are the same guys in the same roles that did Disney's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" 10 years earlier. Once you know that, you can see the resemblance.
I like your list - an excellent selection. Here are a couple of also-rans - Crack in the World, 1965; Fahrenheit 451, 1966; The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, 1969; and The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, 1969. Also, if you are going to include "The Nutty Professor," you should probably consider "The Absent-Minded Professor." I mean, who doesn't love Flubber!
There was also the follow on to Dr Who & The Daleks, the Dalek Invasion of Earth 2150 AD also worth a watch, it also features Andrew Keir star of Quartermass and the Pit.
I have rewatched your movie list a few times over the years. Some other of my favs: Voyage to the bottom of the Sea (61), Days of the Triffids (63), and a one I thought was really creepy as a kid (but hasn't aged well): The Illustrated Man (69)
Thanks for this list. Several of these I saw on TV during the 1970s. A few, like The Nutty Professor and Fantastic Voyage, are all time favorites. I look forward to seeing the rest, like The Last Man On Earth, and the Quatermass movie. I also appreciate the Laugh-In framing device, that show was bonkers.
Great list, including some I'd never heard of. I'm so glad you included "The First Men in the Moon." I have always loved that film, and it does not get enough attention. One film I wish you had found room for is 1961's "The Mysterious Island" based on the Jules Verne novel that was a sort of sequel to "20,000 Leagues under the Sea." Like "First Men" it includes some great stop-motion animation by Ray Harryhausen and is simply a rousing adventure.
I have been a sci-fi buff since we got our first TV in 1956! And I am so happy because I have seen ALL of these movies (except Seconds - never heard of it!). They are so ingrained in my memory it's like learning to tie your shoes! You NEVER forget!! Peace out space buddies... (edit: punctuation)
The Nutty Professor is pure genius filmmaking. The use of sound and sometimes no sound, or the use of colors throughout the movie are far above films made 30 to 40 years later. These are some great movie choices I love them all.
I saw the Nutty Professor when it came out and never since. The scene that stuck in my juvenile mind is the professor going through the initial change and then all the people watching the unseen Hyde version walk into the room and the shock that he was not an ugly monster. I didn't realise until I read an article on the movie that Jerry Lewis played both rolls. I thought they were two different actors.
I have seen all of these except the one with the x-ray eyes. The "First Men in the Moon" I saw in the theatre as a small boy. It fascinated me. I still watch it.
"Quatermass and the Pit" which if I recall came out months before "2001: A Space Odyssey". What is not commonly talked about is that both were about humans being genetically modified by aliens. They take the story in different directions, but deal with the same ideas. Of the two, I enjoy the Quatermass movie more than the acclaimed Kubrick masterpiece. A DO NOT MISS FILM for those who enjoy stretching their minds in different directions! " First Men on the Moon" is an under rated gem.
In "2001" no humans were genetically modified....where you come up with that idea ? If you mean the monolith and the apes...it did not change them genetically..it taught them.
@@fairamir1 you don’t know that either. They could have been genetically change or they could have been taught. Who knows. Even in novelizations has no direct answers.
@@fairamir1 You had apes who were functionally animals. A mind of an ape can't be taught to become a human. They were genetically modified. The famous "cut" when the bone tossed into the air which became a space station is a great metaphor for the engineering.
As far as 'Quatermass and the Pit' goes, I prefer the American release name '5 Billion Miles to Earth'! The British name is NONsensical! Peace out space buddies...
@@kerryedavis- There were 2 previous films in the '50s, _Quatermas_ and _Quatermas 2._ All 3 were original BBC TV weekly serials in the '50s -- and probably more frightening than the film versions!
I was 9 in 1977 when Star Wars came out and I've been hooked on Sci Fi ever since.Not necessarily 60s, but Metropolis, Logan's Run, Forbidden Planet, Silent Running and Colossus and the Forbin Project are all great movies that put forward ideas that we still see in movies today. Even TV series like the Tom Baker Dr Who era, Battlestar Galactica (original), and Blakes7 have all got brilliant concepts despite the archaic special effects, which really add to the charm.
Blake's Seven has just been released with fully updated special effects. I assume they all still sound like they went to posh British schools but even so, probably worth a look. The Liberator was the only spaceship I envied.
I'm also glad you included "Robinson Crusoe on Mars," a big favorite of mine when I was a kid. One of the things that struck me even then was how they repurposed the mantra-ray Martian machines from "The War of the Worlds" as alien spacecraft. Since both films were produced by Paramount Pictures and directed by Byron Haskin, that seemed to be a wise budgetary move as well as what today we might call an Easter Egg.
‘The day of the Triiffids’ was a much watch 60s sci fi movie whenever it was on TV. Unfortunately it hasn’t been very well preserved. The copy I had bought on DVD was of very poor quality. Hopefully that has or will be rectified as it is a sci fi classic.
I will insist to the last that Dan O'Bannon was actually inspired by the 1963 movie, "Queen of Blood."(1963) I saw it on an afternoon television matinee. The thing that scared me the most, that I've remembered all these years later, was the final scene when the technician is carrying out a tray of the female alien's eggs. The female alien who was killed by the crew, but not before she wiped out nearly everyone on the ship. The technician stops mid-frame and the camera focuses on the tray, revealing the fact that the eggs are quivering with LIFE! For an eight or nine year-old kid, that scene, that shot, made my skin crawl.
"Doctor Who and the Daleks" as the first of TWO Doctor Who movies created for showing in cinemas during the holidays. The other was "Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D." in 1966. Interestingly, one of the actors from the 1966 movie had a role as a different character in the more recent TV version of Doctor Who, Bernard Cribbins.
I loved all these movies growing up. Although I had to watch a few of them on Saturday matinees, I loved them nonetheless. I believe I will go back and watch them again now!
I was so glad to see that you included Planet of the Vampires (Also released as The Demon Planet in the U.K.) AND another fantastic lesser recognized film, with Vincent Price, The Last Man on Earth. Also, mention of Robinson Crusoe on Mars! Three of my absolute favorites from the 60s!
The good thing about these films is that as the effects aren't great they actually need an entertaining story. Take out the CGI from current movies ( which for some reason seems to look worse as the years go by rather than better) , and in some cases take out the personal politics of the filmmaker and there's often not a lot left
I remember also: Farhanheit 451, Dinosaurus, Dr. Strangelove, Cyborg 2087, Marooned, The Illustrated Man, Failsafe, and The Prisoner. Though The Andromeda Strain came out in 1971, Michael Crichton's book came out in 1969.
DAMN! some of these I saw as a kid been looking for them to see again . Thanks, I just needed the names of the movies so I could look for them. Omega Man is my favorite!
The Day of the Triffids, Valley of Gwangi, The Jason and the Argonauts, Mysterious Island, Panic in the Year Zero, The Day the Earth Caught Fire, Children of the Damned, Village of the Damned, The Illustrated Man, Around the World Under the Sea, The Satan Bug.
Hard for anyone to argue with your picks. Thanks to DVDs I get to watch them again and again. Barbarella was one of the common flicks shown on my college campus in the 70s.
Matango (1963) from Japan is a gem that I saw when I was a kid, about 6 or 7 years old. I remember it gave me nightmares. I finally found it a couple of years ago in my late 40s, and it's as silly and creepy as I remember it. The ending is errey!
Thanks for the reminder! Growing up in the old country afforded me to watch most of these on the tv during kids hour - actually not that long ago, lol - alongside animated gems like Saber Rider, or even Eastern European productions like Adolar. Hip storytelling, and the 'limited' visual effect quality, as to compared with what's possible today, just made each flic more unique, even timeless, and enjoyable
I've been an SF fan for 50+ year but I've never seen or even heard of Seconds. I can confirm all the others are classics. I wouldn't consider Fantastic Voyage obscure but perhaps it's not appreciated like it should be.
We weren't going for obscure exactly, more like movies that are fading away from memory. But definitely of the ones on the list Fantastic Voyage is most famous.
That's an excellent list of movies. I've yet to see Dr. Who and the Daleks, but the rest are surprisingly good considering the decade in which they were made.
Thanks for this! I recall seeing many of these on television in the early 1970s, and agree that they are worth seeing by all. In particular, I never before appreciated how much "The Last Man on Earth" anticipates later zombie films.
I freaking love this channel. I have a pretty damned good collection, though I do say so myself, but you help me fill on unspeakable gaps in the collection
1. The Time Machine (1960) 2. Village Of The Damned (1960) 3. The Day The Earth Caught Fire (1961) 4. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) 5. The Day Of The Triffids (1962) 6. The Last Man On Earth (1964) 7. Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) 8. Fantastic Voyage (1966) 9. Fahrenheit 451 (1966) 10. Quatermass and the Pit [Five Million Years to Earth] (1967) 11. Planet of the Apes (1968) 12. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
The Time Travelers really is the most under recognized, dated and hokey for much of it, yet it holds one's interest, the story takes an unexpected direction in the future, and the 'time loop' ending is a surprisingly unsettling vision that sticks with you.
The movie Doctor Who was my introduction to the Doctor. Nice of you to have a clip of Goldie Hawn when she was young and hot. I have seen most of these. Great choices.
A very good list. As for other favorites: Village of the Damned, 1960. Journey to the Center of the Earth 1959 (Close enough) and The Phantom Planet stand out.
I dig the Gary Owens clips. I often feel Peter Cushing was doctor number zed since it is a re-tell and re-vamp but there was no zero doctor so there we are. ;)
Although it was from the 50's not the 60's, my friends and relatives had fun watching, "Santy Claus vs. the Martians". It's light and fun. I have never seen the original Faherenheit 451, but I understand that it is quite good. Moving up a few decades, I absolutely loved "Mom and Dad Save the World". And although it is not science fiction, the year 2000 brought us the Michael Agliorio version of "Hamlet". Set in the year 2000, Hamlet is a somewhat unhappy techy college student. I was very pleased.
Robinson Crusoe on Mars was the first movie I ever saw in a theatre (as opposed to the back of a station wagon at a drive in.) The Time Machine is another that I watch over and over. So much of sci-fi nowadays goes for blood and gore and endless battles (Transformers anyone?) that good basic story telling gets lost. Thanks for the reminders.
@ Too many to name. War if the Worlds (original), Forbidden Planet, Journey to the Center of the Earth (James Mason version), It Came From Outer Space, The Day the Earth Stood Still, This Island Earth to name a few.
Dude you are tripping me out. Binning back so many memories. But when you showed 50 million years to earth you brought back horrible memories. That one freaked me out 😂. But still you are doing a great job
I remember watching the Quatermass film as a kid. One of my Brothers told me the being at the end was the Devil and that terrified me! Lol, brothers 😄😀
The earlier Quatermass XPeriment (American title Creeping Unknown) and Quatermass II are both excellent films and well worth digging up. The first film has a superb, mute performance by Richard Wordsworth.
I never thought this until now but "The Nutty Professor" kind of reminds me of "Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", in that the alter ego is Evil or in this case a total ass! Great selection of films, I have seen most of these and they are some of my favorites. "Quatermass and the Pit" has to be the best of the Hammer films, this one was a favorite of my dad's, he watched it every time it was on TV, the first time I saw it was with him!
Not mentioned on here is Director Ray Milland's "Panic in Year Zero!" (1962) Which I think still holds up well today worth watching considering the subject matter of it's time.
Many of these films I saw as a kid in the 70s on Saturday matinees, like Shock Theater. Others, like Barbarella, I only recently saw in amazon prime movies, and X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes on Svengoolie last year. I would have to say my favorites from that time period would be Planet of the Apes, Robinson Caruso on Mars, and 5 Million Years to Earth. If we were to count the early 70s on the list, I would say The Andromeda Strain would be one of the best.
I really like Planet of the Vampires. When I first saw it, I couldn't believe how much of the plot was ripped off my Alien! Also, although it was filmed before my time, watching a young Goldie Hawn dance in a bikini is still worth watching.
I saw a lot of these on TV in the 70's when here were independent TV channels like 5 and 9 in NYC. anyone else remember the 'million dollar movie' or on 11 'chiller'?
in the SF bay area we had "Creature Features" which showed all the scarier movies on this list... omg that just triggered a memory - they showed "Night of the Living Dead" once and at the end the host said "if that was too scary for you ( it was ), watch the next movie after the show"... that movie was Dr. Who and the Daleks - I s### you not
Why is it always like that? I felt the same way. I would watch one movie on TV and then the kids would talk about them at recess. I could never keep up with the playground social group.
I'm not sure how old I was when I first saw Quatermass and the Pit, but it scared the hell out of me at the time. It's still on of my favorite films to this day.
I have fond memories of these films, which seemed to be often repeated on British TV in the 1970s .....
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Master of the World (1961)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
The Day of the Triffids (1963)
Crack in the World (1965)
Night of the Big Heat (1967)
Journey to the Far Side of the Sun - aka Doppelgänger (1969)
With an honorable mention going to The Green Slime (1968)
.... Also, the opening scene of Barbarella was just what a 1960s young teenager needed.
The scene when she is being turned on in the machine was better.
Indeed brother 😀
If you were a burgeoning heterosexual male.
It missed the 60's by one quarter of a year, but Colossus: The Forbin Project is a poignant sci-fi drama about artificial intelligence that is still relevant.
If this one does well, we'll save it for our 50s list!
The other decade
Colossus: The Forbin Project was 1970.
Saw that at the drive in! Love me some Hans Gudegast.
Came to say Colossus The Forbin Project. It was also a fun triology of books.
Fun fact about the last entry, "Fantastic Voyage." It was directed by Richard Fleischer (son of legendary animator Max Fleischer) with art direction by the criminally underrated Harper Goff. They are the same guys in the same roles that did Disney's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" 10 years earlier. Once you know that, you can see the resemblance.
Thank you! Fascinating!
I was born in 1957, I grew up mostly in the 1960s! So many of these movies have inspired me.
JERRY LEWIS IS A CINEMATIC GOD
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Was.
And a horrible human being.
1955 here and I agree, the 1950's and 1960's Sci-Fi movies were the best.
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The alien space ships used in Robinson Crusoe on Mars were first used in the 1953 version of War of the Worlds starring Gene Barry. A flat out classic
Yes, it sounds like they recycled the same sound effects as well.
Voyage to the bottom of the Sea was always one of my favorites.
The Dr Who assistant in the film shown was called Roy Castle, he was an outstanding Trumpeter 🎺.
I think 🤔 that The Time Machine was my favorite movie of the 60s! 😃
Barbarella! Great movie. Duran Duran got their name from that masterpiece of film. Thanks for bringing back great memories.
Yes! Robin Caruso on Mars was one of my favorites as a kiddo in the 60’s 😊
“Journey to the Far Side of the Sun” was another big influence to a kiddo who wanted to be an astronaut. 😊
The visuals of that movie were far ahead of its time, very underrated movie.
One of my favorites.
I watched Fantastic Voyage, with Donald Pleasant in it, made in the 1960's and enjoyed it, very retro imagined future from back then.
I thoroughly enjoyed Robinson Crusoe on Mars when I was a kid.
Me too! probably saw it 10 times.
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I only saw it like 6 times lol - on a b&w TV ofc
I have it on laser disc
Quatermas and the Pit is awesome and holds up well.
I like your list - an excellent selection. Here are a couple of also-rans - Crack in the World, 1965; Fahrenheit 451, 1966; The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, 1969; and The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, 1969. Also, if you are going to include "The Nutty Professor," you should probably consider "The Absent-Minded Professor." I mean, who doesn't love Flubber!
And The Mouse on the Moon from 1963, if comedies count.
Can't agree with Fahrenheit 451 on your list, we seem to have got b to that stage , or at least in certain parts of America
There was also the follow on to Dr Who & The Daleks, the Dalek Invasion of Earth 2150 AD also worth a watch, it also features Andrew Keir star of Quartermass and the Pit.
It also stars Bernard Cribbins, who returned to the show as Donna Noble's Granddad.
I have rewatched your movie list a few times over the years. Some other of my favs: Voyage to the bottom of the Sea (61), Days of the Triffids (63), and a one I thought was really creepy as a kid (but hasn't aged well): The Illustrated Man (69)
Also Village of the Damned, another John Wyndham adaptation in 1960.
Day of triffid !!!
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Thanks for this list. Several of these I saw on TV during the 1970s. A few, like The Nutty Professor and Fantastic Voyage, are all time favorites. I look forward to seeing the rest, like The Last Man On Earth, and the Quatermass movie. I also appreciate the Laugh-In framing device, that show was bonkers.
Great list, including some I'd never heard of. I'm so glad you included "The First Men in the Moon." I have always loved that film, and it does not get enough attention. One film I wish you had found room for is 1961's "The Mysterious Island" based on the Jules Verne novel that was a sort of sequel to "20,000 Leagues under the Sea." Like "First Men" it includes some great stop-motion animation by Ray Harryhausen and is simply a rousing adventure.
Glad you enjoyed the list!
I am still looking for the sphere model (stl), for me to 3d print.
I have been a sci-fi buff since we got our first TV in 1956! And I am so happy because I have seen ALL of these movies (except Seconds - never heard of it!). They are so ingrained in my memory it's like learning to tie your shoes! You NEVER forget!! Peace out space buddies... (edit: punctuation)
I look forward to seeing Seconds. Intriguing concept!
I remember watching "Fantastic Voyage" in the theater.
I would add the sci-fi / disaster movie ... The Day the Earth Caught Fire ... Great script and indecisive ending. Very, very good.
Topical now too.
I was about to comment the same recommendation.
The day the earth caught fire is a must inclusion for best sci-fi of the 60s
Good pick. 'Panic in the Year Zero' (1962) is another slept-on classic, with similar (nuclear apocalypse) themes.
Don't forget "On the Beach."
Yeah great film that was
The Nutty Professor is pure genius filmmaking. The use of sound and sometimes no sound, or the use of colors throughout the movie are far above films made 30 to 40 years later.
These are some great movie choices I love them all.
I saw the Nutty Professor when it came out and never since. The scene that stuck in my juvenile mind is the professor going through the initial change and then all the people watching the unseen Hyde version walk into the room and the shock that he was not an ugly monster. I didn't realise until I read an article on the movie that Jerry Lewis played both rolls. I thought they were two different actors.
I have seen all of these except the one with the x-ray eyes. The "First Men in the Moon" I saw in the theatre as a small boy. It fascinated me. I still watch it.
"Quatermass and the Pit" which if I recall came out months before "2001: A Space Odyssey". What is not commonly talked about is that both were about humans being genetically modified by aliens. They take the story in different directions, but deal with the same ideas. Of the two, I enjoy the Quatermass movie more than the acclaimed Kubrick masterpiece. A DO NOT MISS FILM for those who enjoy stretching their minds in different directions! " First Men on the Moon" is an under rated gem.
In "2001" no humans were genetically modified....where you come up with that idea ? If you mean the monolith and the apes...it did not change them genetically..it taught them.
@@fairamir1 you don’t know that either. They could have been genetically change or they could have been taught. Who knows. Even in novelizations has no direct answers.
@@fairamir1 You had apes who were functionally animals. A mind of an ape can't be taught to become a human. They were genetically modified. The famous "cut" when the bone tossed into the air which became a space station is a great metaphor for the engineering.
As far as 'Quatermass and the Pit' goes, I prefer the American release name '5 Billion Miles to Earth'! The British name is NONsensical! Peace out space buddies...
@@kerryedavis- There were 2 previous films in the '50s, _Quatermas_ and _Quatermas 2._ All 3 were original BBC TV weekly serials in the '50s -- and probably more frightening than the film versions!
Thank you for having two of my favourite all-time films. Robinson Crusoe on Mars and Quatermass and the Pit
I was 9 in 1977 when Star Wars came out and I've been hooked on Sci Fi ever since.Not necessarily 60s, but Metropolis, Logan's Run, Forbidden Planet, Silent Running and Colossus and the Forbin Project are all great movies that put forward ideas that we still see in movies today. Even TV series like the Tom Baker Dr Who era, Battlestar Galactica (original), and Blakes7 have all got brilliant concepts despite the archaic special effects, which really add to the charm.
Blake's Seven has just been released with fully updated special effects. I assume they all still sound like they went to posh British schools but even so, probably worth a look. The Liberator was the only spaceship I envied.
I'm also glad you included "Robinson Crusoe on Mars," a big favorite of mine when I was a kid. One of the things that struck me even then was how they repurposed the mantra-ray Martian machines from "The War of the Worlds" as alien spacecraft. Since both films were produced by Paramount Pictures and directed by Byron Haskin, that seemed to be a wise budgetary move as well as what today we might call an Easter Egg.
‘The day of the Triiffids’ was a much watch 60s sci fi movie whenever it was on TV. Unfortunately it hasn’t been very well preserved. The copy I had bought on DVD was of very poor quality. Hopefully that has or will be rectified as it is a sci fi classic.
It's been preserved and is shown on talking pictures tv from time to time
I will insist to the last that Dan O'Bannon was actually inspired by the 1963 movie, "Queen of Blood."(1963) I saw it on an afternoon television matinee. The thing that scared me the most, that I've remembered all these years later, was the final scene when the technician is carrying out a tray of the female alien's eggs. The female alien who was killed by the crew, but not before she wiped out nearly everyone on the ship.
The technician stops mid-frame and the camera focuses on the tray, revealing the fact that the eggs are quivering with LIFE!
For an eight or nine year-old kid, that scene, that shot, made my skin crawl.
"Doctor Who and the Daleks" as the first of TWO Doctor Who movies created for showing in cinemas during the holidays. The other was "Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D." in 1966. Interestingly, one of the actors from the 1966 movie had a role as a different character in the more recent TV version of Doctor Who, Bernard Cribbins.
I loved all these movies growing up. Although I had to watch a few of them on Saturday matinees, I loved them nonetheless. I believe I will go back and watch them again now!
Big fan from Australia 🇦🇺
Battlestar Galactica - with Lorn Green / Richard hatch etc
Started as a movie - first 2 episodes . Then made into a series
The Vincent Price version is my favourite version of The Last Man on Earth
I only just watched "The last man on Earth" a couple of weeks ago. I absolutely loved it. It's available for FREE here on UA-cam. 👍👍
The time machine was and still is one of the best movies ever
I was so glad to see that you included Planet of the Vampires (Also released as The Demon Planet in the U.K.) AND another fantastic lesser recognized film, with Vincent Price, The Last Man on Earth. Also, mention of Robinson Crusoe on Mars! Three of my absolute favorites from the 60s!
The good thing about these films is that as the effects aren't great they actually need an entertaining story. Take out the CGI from current movies ( which for some reason seems to look worse as the years go by rather than better) , and in some cases take out the personal politics of the filmmaker and there's often not a lot left
I remember also: Farhanheit 451, Dinosaurus, Dr. Strangelove, Cyborg 2087, Marooned, The Illustrated Man, Failsafe, and The Prisoner. Though The Andromeda Strain came out in 1971, Michael Crichton's book came out in 1969.
Yes! Yes!
Quatermass and the Pit!
I have a DVD of this movie in my collection!
I saw it on TV but have not found the dvd anywhere.
DAMN! some of these I saw as a kid been looking for them to see again . Thanks, I just needed the names of the movies so I could look for them. Omega Man is my favorite!
Great choices,...
I seen all these
They're still my favorites 😁😁😁👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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Thank you! Im a russian canadian artist and I'm eager to learn more about the artistic past of this culture especially of the 1960s my favorite era
The Day of the Triffids, Valley of Gwangi, The Jason and the Argonauts, Mysterious Island, Panic in the Year Zero, The Day the Earth Caught Fire, Children of the Damned, Village of the Damned, The Illustrated Man, Around the World Under the Sea, The Satan Bug.
Hard for anyone to argue with your picks. Thanks to DVDs I get to watch them again and again. Barbarella was one of the common flicks shown on my college campus in the 70s.
Fantastic voyage
I saw this movie when it was released as a 10-year-old. Like no other film it has never left my mind.
Matango (1963) from Japan is a gem that I saw when I was a kid, about 6 or 7 years old. I remember it gave me nightmares. I finally found it a couple of years ago in my late 40s, and it's as silly and creepy as I remember it. The ending is errey!
Thanks for the reminder! Growing up in the old country afforded me to watch most of these on the tv during kids hour - actually not that long ago, lol - alongside animated gems like Saber Rider, or even Eastern European productions like Adolar. Hip storytelling, and the 'limited' visual effect quality, as to compared with what's possible today, just made each flic more unique, even timeless, and enjoyable
“Wild, Wild Planet” is an absolute trip!
I've been an SF fan for 50+ year but I've never seen or even heard of Seconds. I can confirm all the others are classics. I wouldn't consider Fantastic Voyage obscure but perhaps it's not appreciated like it should be.
We weren't going for obscure exactly, more like movies that are fading away from memory. But definitely of the ones on the list Fantastic Voyage is most famous.
Seconds was FANTASTIC.
I only watched it on late night TV back in the day
I never ever heard of Seconds. Looks like I should go back for more!
You will not regret watching "Seconds." It's been a favorite of mine for decades. Harlan Ellison said it was one of his favorite SF films.
I hadn’t heard of or seen Seconds or X, but I can agree on the others, each of which I’ve seen many times. Thanks for the reminders and the analysis.
You will not regret seeking out and watching both films, but especially "Seconds," which is one of Frankenheimer's masterpieces.
That's an excellent list of movies. I've yet to see Dr. Who and the Daleks, but the rest are surprisingly good considering the decade in which they were made.
First Men In the Moon is one of my favorites ever since I was a kid.
I saw Fantastic Voyage in the theater.
There were more great sci-fi movies made in the 60s that are "actually worth watching" than there have been in the 2000s.
Thanks for this! I recall seeing many of these on television in the early 1970s, and agree that they are worth seeing by all. In particular, I never before appreciated how much "The Last Man on Earth" anticipates later zombie films.
Thanks for the thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
I freaking love this channel. I have a pretty damned good collection, though I do say so myself, but you help me fill on unspeakable gaps in the collection
Thank you! Means a lot.
I have several of these, excellent recommendations.
Any you plan to try that you haven't seen yet?
1. The Time Machine (1960)
2. Village Of The Damned (1960)
3. The Day The Earth Caught Fire (1961)
4. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
5. The Day Of The Triffids (1962)
6. The Last Man On Earth (1964)
7. Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
8. Fantastic Voyage (1966)
9. Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
10. Quatermass and the Pit [Five Million Years to Earth] (1967)
11. Planet of the Apes (1968)
12. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
I also love The Time Travelers (1964) - it's actually one of my favorite movies. Awesome what they did with no budget to speak of.
The Time Travelers really is the most under recognized, dated and hokey for much of it, yet it holds one's interest, the story takes an unexpected direction in the future, and the 'time loop' ending is a surprisingly unsettling vision that sticks with you.
The cute girl that hooks up with the nerdy time traveler reminds me of Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island. I really had a thing for her.🥴
The movie Doctor Who was my introduction to the Doctor.
Nice of you to have a clip of Goldie Hawn when she was young and hot.
I have seen most of these. Great choices.
A very good list. As for other favorites: Village of the Damned, 1960. Journey to the Center of the Earth 1959 (Close enough) and The Phantom Planet stand out.
I dig the Gary Owens clips. I often feel Peter Cushing was doctor number zed since it is a re-tell and re-vamp but there was no zero doctor so there we are. ;)
Thanks! I found then funny, but was worried some might find them annoying!
Although it was from the 50's not the 60's, my friends and relatives had fun watching, "Santy Claus vs. the Martians". It's light and fun. I have never seen the original Faherenheit 451, but I understand that it is quite good.
Moving up a few decades, I absolutely loved "Mom and Dad Save the World". And although it is not science fiction, the year 2000 brought us the Michael Agliorio version of "Hamlet". Set in the year 2000, Hamlet is a somewhat unhappy techy college student. I was very pleased.
Great movies, all of them. Thank.
Robinson Crusoe on Mars was the first movie I ever saw in a theatre (as opposed to the back of a station wagon at a drive in.)
The Time Machine is another that I watch over and over.
So much of sci-fi nowadays goes for blood and gore and endless battles (Transformers anyone?) that good basic story telling gets lost.
Thanks for the reminders.
Your welcome, what is your favorite Sci-Fi movie?
@ Too many to name. War if the Worlds (original), Forbidden Planet, Journey to the Center of the Earth (James Mason version), It Came From Outer Space, The Day the Earth Stood Still, This Island Earth to name a few.
Forbidden planet. Brilliant film
On so. many levels.
Fantastic story
Not 60s!
THE POWER by George Pal is one of the greatest of the decade.
I read the book recently, then sought out the movie. The movie is fine, but the book is one of those that will punch you in the face.
Dude you are tripping me out. Binning back so many memories. But when you showed 50 million years to earth you brought back horrible memories. That one freaked me out 😂. But still you are doing a great job
When speaking of "Fantastic Voyage", I was very surprised that "Innerspace" wasn't included.
When the Will Smith movie came out I thought and exact remake of "The Omega Man". Which is which - Vincent Price was before Omega Man
That Will Smith version could have been so much better.
The Will Smith completely missed the point of I am Legend - he is the baddie.
The ships in "Robinson Caruso on Mars" were from the 50s "War of the Worlds".
Last Man on Earth is also precursor to Charlton Heston’s, Omega Man, and Will Smith’s, I Am Legend.
I remember watching the Quatermass film as a kid.
One of my Brothers told me the being at the end was the Devil and that terrified me!
Lol, brothers 😄😀
As a kid the last man on earth it was riveting ❤
The earlier Quatermass XPeriment (American title Creeping Unknown) and Quatermass II are both excellent films and well worth digging up. The first film has a superb, mute performance by Richard Wordsworth.
I never thought this until now but "The Nutty Professor" kind of reminds me of "Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", in that the alter ego is Evil or in this case a total ass!
Great selection of films, I have seen most of these and they are some of my favorites. "Quatermass and the Pit" has to be the best of the Hammer films, this one was a favorite of my dad's, he watched it every time it was on TV, the first time I saw it was with him!
That's it exactly. Jerry Lewis was riffing on Jekyll and Hyde on purpose.
Quatermass and the Pit / Five Million Years to Earth is in my top 10 all time.
I love Price as Phibes
That is a really good film, thank you so much for sharing.
Love seeing Goldie Hawn again.
Not mentioned on here is Director Ray Milland's "Panic in Year Zero!" (1962) Which I think still holds up well today worth watching considering the subject matter of it's time.
I agree with your choices. There are some very good films here.
Many of these films I saw as a kid in the 70s on Saturday matinees, like Shock Theater. Others, like Barbarella, I only recently saw in amazon prime movies, and X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes on Svengoolie last year. I would have to say my favorites from that time period would be Planet of the Apes, Robinson Caruso on Mars, and 5 Million Years to Earth. If we were to count the early 70s on the list, I would say The Andromeda Strain would be one of the best.
I really like Planet of the Vampires. When I first saw it, I couldn't believe how much of the plot was ripped off my Alien!
Also, although it was filmed before my time, watching a young Goldie Hawn dance in a bikini is still worth watching.
Any day, she was so cute!
I read an article that the first tablet concept was in this movie. It's when Poole was sitting at the table eating.
Wasnt The Incredible Shrinking Man in the early 60s? Good choice of films and looks like i will check some out
Shrinking Man was '57. Great film, tho'.
I never knew Peter Cushing had a turn as Dr. Who.
Yes, he appeared in 2 filmed versions of TV serials, _Dr Who and the Daleks_ and _Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D._
Quater., LMoE, RCoM,Seconds...all stunning. Man xray eyes...disturbing, thought provoking and just good.
The one film that should be included is The Power (1968) that starred George Hamilton and Michael Rennie.
I very much like the time machine which I believe was in 1960 or 61. It was very well done in every respect.
Robinson Crusoe on Mars is still very good.
Beyond the time barrier a very underrated movie
The day the earth caught fire, one of my favourites
The day of the Triffids
I saw a lot of these on TV in the 70's when here were independent TV channels like 5 and 9 in NYC. anyone else remember the 'million dollar movie' or on 11 'chiller'?
I was a big fan of the 430 movie. It's godzilla week, or planet of the apes week or Frankenstein week!
in the SF bay area we had "Creature Features" which showed all the scarier movies on this list... omg that just triggered a memory - they showed "Night of the Living Dead" once and at the end the host said "if that was too scary for you ( it was ), watch the next movie after the show"... that movie was Dr. Who and the Daleks - I s### you not
All these films can be seen nationally on Svengoolie every Saturday night.
The Nutty Professor is a gem 😎
I've seen hundreds of old movies from that era but never heard of Robinson Caruso on Mars!!?😮
really??? Thats a classic!!!! You should watch it for sure!
I was surprised how many I'd seen. The ones I hadn't were the talk of the playground when I was a kid (I was born in 1959).
Why is it always like that? I felt the same way. I would watch one movie on TV and then the kids would talk about them at recess. I could never keep up with the playground social group.
Cool video. I liked this!
Another one still worth watching is George Pal’s “The Time Machine” (1960) starring Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux.