Any good films over the 60's era?

Question

Are there any good films/documentaries/movies about the whole 60's/hippie/Beatle/druggie/Haight Ashbury age? Any movies that portray that age? Any documentaries that discuss that age? Please give me many options!

Thanks!

Answer 1

Forest Gump covers several decades, but much of it takes place in the 60s.  Covers the Vietnam war, protests, free love, the music, the drugs.

Answer 2

Go Ask Alice (supposedly based on a girl's diary - really good book too even if it's not real)

Alice's Restaurant

I Love You Alice B. Toklas  (and no, none of these Alice movies are related.)

Hair (even if it was made in the late '70s, the original Broadway play is from the '60s)

Any Beatles movie - Hard Day's Night, Help, Sgt. Pepper, Yellow Submarine

Head (Monkees - to say there is a plot is being generous, but I love it.)

Yes, definitely Woodstock

Monterey Pop Festival

Find movies that are based on a famous figure of the 60s like Steal This Movie! (about Abbie Hoffman)

You could see The Doors (Oliver Stone), but to hear Ray Manzarek tell it, Stone took GREAT liberties with the facts.

For documentaries, PBS and the History Channel run really good ones from time to time. Go to their websites to see if any are being shown soon.

Easy Rider

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I would also suggest reading Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe.  It's based on the exploits of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters.  Fabulous book!  If you can find any footage (they used to sell videos of all that they filmed on their treks around the country), watch those.

Also, read The Drifters by James Michener.  My favorite book.  Fiction, but so good and touches on many things of the 60s.

Oh, and On the Road by Jack Kerouac!

Answer 3

"Woodstock" is an incredible documentary about the 1969 music festival.