It takes a film lover to name these Sixties summer blockbusters by their movie posters alone
From Disney to Bond, these all remain classics.
Some claim that Jaws invented the summer blockbuster. Well, perhaps it kicked off the big popcorn movie craze, but there were certainly massive summer movies before 1975.
The smash Sixties movies below all came out in the summer months — and all went on to become some of the biggest films of the year, if not all time.
Can you recognize them all? We present them in chronological order.
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It's a Hitchcock classic from 1960.
Image: Universal Pictures
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This Rat Pack caper from 1960 has been remade… and remade.
Image: Warner Bros.
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This 1961 family comedy offered double the fun.
Image: Walt Disney
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This musical had 'em singing in the summer of '62.
Image: Warner Bros.
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John Wayne took audiences on a safari in this 1962 smash.
Image: Paramount Pictures
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The epic whisked us away to another era in 1963.
Image: 20th Century Fox
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This beloved musical classic charmed families in 1964.
Image: Disney
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Every teen wanted this haircut in 1964.
Image: United Artists
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This hit TV show turned into a big-screen adventure in the summer of '66.
Image: 20th Century Fox
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Perhaps it helps counting the heroes in this 1967 action classic.
Image: MGM
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James Bond went to Japan in 1967, in the first Bond film released during the summer months.
Image: United Artists
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In 1968, audiences cooled off in summer with chills down their spine thanks to this horror classic.
Image: Paramount
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This film from the summer of '69 went on to win three Oscars.
Image: United Artists
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This July '69 flick was the third biggest movie of the year.
Image: Columbia Pictures
It takes a film lover to name these Sixties summer blockbusters by their movie posters alone
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Way to go, movie buff! There's no cash prize, but if there were, it would be one dollar. Because that's all you needed to buy all these concessions in the 1960s — and a ticket!
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Way to go, movie buff! There's no cash prize, but if there were, it would be one dollar. Because that's all you needed to buy all these concessions in the 1960s — and a ticket!
I'll take it!