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.
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This Rat Pack caper from 1960 has been remade… and remade.
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This 1961 family comedy offered double the fun.
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This musical had 'em singing in the summer of '62.
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John Wayne took audiences on a safari in this 1962 smash.
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The epic whisked us away to another era in 1963.
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This beloved musical classic charmed families in 1964.
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Every teen wanted this haircut in 1964.
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This hit TV show turned into a big-screen adventure in the summer of '66.
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Perhaps it helps counting the heroes in this 1967 action classic.
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James Bond went to Japan in 1967, in the first Bond film released during the summer months.
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In 1968, audiences cooled off in summer with chills down their spine thanks to this horror classic.
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This film from the summer of '69 went on to win three Oscars.
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This July '69 flick was the third biggest movie of the year.
