Top 10 Favourite 60s films that haven't been released in Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

[AnthonyClarke]

No order at all, but all essential viewing:

Pollyanna
The Parent Trap
Tom Jones
Borsalino (1970, which can be entered as 1970 is properly the last year of the 1960s)
My Fair Lady (new transfer)
Viridiana Bunuel
Truffaut The Wild Child
Truffaut Stolen Kisses
Alphaville jean luc godard
The Milky Way Bunuel

This list changes daily. Well, in my head at least.... But I'd be grateful to have any of these.

 

[Alan Tully]

This is a list of films that I actually saw in the cinema in the sixties (so no One-Eyed Jacks or Tom Jones).

First a couple of Hammer's, Kiss Of The Vampire & Curse Of The Werewolf. Kiss was the first X certificate film I saw (& first Hammer), I was only 13, but tall, so passed for 16. The following year I caught up with a lot of Hammer films & Curse was a big favourite. Next, two action adventure films which I thought were just great & still enjoy, Taras Bulba & The Long Ships, great fun. The Alamo, my family were on holiday on the seaside the week this got a general release, we got back on Saturday morning (the last day of release) & it was straight on the bus to the cinema. I loved this, & if the roadshow version is a lost cause, then I hope the general release version gets a great looking release. The Great Race, nuff said. A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, I remember seeing the trailer & thinking, this looks great, & it was. I'm not that keen on musicals, but I loved this, & continue to love it. I'll Never Forget What's 'is Name, Michael Winner made some good films in the sixties, & I think this is the best (& Oliver Reed is just electric), & this was the first time I took a girl to the cinema. The Anchor Bay DVD looks great, with a terrific commentary by Winner. Cat Ballou, this was a huge film in the sixties, & I just loved it. Harper (I saw it with the UK title, The Moving Target), a Hollywood mainline film at its best, you came out of the cinema knowing you'd seen a great movie. The Charge Of The Light Brigade, I thought this was brilliant, & still do. I saw it when it opened uptown & again on general release, it needs a fully restored & great looking release.

So it's:

The Kiss Of The Vampire
The Curse Of The Werewolf
The Alamo
Taras Bulba
The Long Ships
The Great Race
Harper
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
I'll Never Forget What's 'is Name
The Charge Of The Light Brigade

 

[Kyrsten Brad]

Every time I read these lists.....I find another film I'd add to MY list. My list has gone from 10 to about 40 (and counting!).

Which is the main reason for their existence.

And the good part is that the people at the studios (hopefully including some big decision-makers on blu releases) see these lists as well.

 

[John Maher_289910]

Wow, my favorite decade for movies -

VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED
STAR!
THE MIRACLE WORKER
THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
MIDNIGHT LACE
VALLEY OF THE DOLLS
THE CARDINAL
HAWAII (complete)
THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN

 

[brioni]

The Pink Panther (1963)

This ones available

My wants are the similar to many already suggested:
The Lion in Winter
The Assassination Bureau
A Shot In The Dark
A Man For All Seasons
The Matt Helm Series

 

[Jeffrey:K]

El Cid
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Nevada Smith
Two Women
The Sleeping Car Murder
Robbery
The Lion in Winter
Targets
Our Mother’s House
The Fox
The Grasshopper
War and Peace

 

[ZachS]

DISNEY
Absent-Minded Professor, The (1961) / Son of Flubber (1963)
Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin, The (1967)
Pollyanna (1960)
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
Parent Trap, The (1961)
That Darn Cat! (1965)
+ALMOST EVERY OTHER 60s DISNEY LIVE ACTION FILM
***C'mon, Disney! Just open the vaults a little wider, please! ***

MGM
Alamo, The (1960) {John Wayne}

PARAMOUNT
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962) {John Wayne}

UNIVERSAL
Ghost and Mr. Chicken, The (1966) {Don Knotts}
Hellfighters (1968) {John Wayne}

 

[lukejosephchung]

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance(1962)is available on blu-ray and has been for nearly a year...

 

[ZachS]

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance(1962)is available on blu-ray and has been for nearly a year...

Not in the US, and I (so far) never import for American-made films. I just don't see the point, especially when the title is pretty much guaranteed to eventually get a US release. Moreover, the foreign releases are barebones and there's a good chance that Paramount will at least port over most of the features from the loaded SE DVD set of a few years back.

As a side note, Hellfighters also got a BR release overseas over a year ago, but I'm still waiting on the US version of it as well. There's just too many other Region A titles for me to acquire at the moment to bother with a probable double dip. It's John Wayne. It'll be released here eventually.

 

[Aunt Peg]

Blow Up
Women in Love
Pretty Poison
The Killing of Sister George
The Children's Hour
The Chase

 

[Robert Crawford]

Not in the US, and I (so far) never import for American-made films. I just don't see the point, especially when the title is pretty much guaranteed to eventually get a US release. Moreover, the foreign releases are barebones and there's a good chance that Paramount will at least port over most of the features from the loaded SE DVD set of a few years back.

As a side note, Hellfighters also got a BR release overseas over a year ago, but I'm still waiting on the US version of it as well. There's just too many other Region A titles for me to acquire at the moment to bother with a probable double dip. It's John Wayne. It'll be released here eventually.

The point is I rather enjoy it now because who knows what my future is. Also, the UK releases are cheaper in a lot of the instances and are region free.

However, with that said, how you spend your monies is your business so I'll respect that by not saying anything more regarding that subject matter.

 

[gonda]

America, America
Birdman of Alcatraz
Cat Balou
Days of Wine and Roses
Divorce-Italian Style
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Lion in Winter
A Man for All Seasons
Shoot the Piano Player
Tom Jones
Topkapi
War and Peace (1968)

 

[LeoA]

Born Free tops my list.

I prefer the 30's and 40's, but there's still plenty of 60's movies that I love. Here's 9 more that that I'd like to see...

-Pollyanna
-The Parent Trap
-Swiss Family Robinson
-Man's Favorite Sport?
-Please Don't Eat the Daisies
-Lover Come Back
-The Thrill of It All
-Move Over, Darling
-Send Me No Flowers

And there's certainly a lot more than that. I could easily nominate another half dozen Doris Day films like the previously mentioned Midnight Lace and pick a dozen more live action Disney films like That Darn Cat. And James Garner's filmography would contribute several more 60's films as well.

And with several Hayley Mills movies being mentioned, I'd also love to see what I believe is her first post Disney film, the comedy 'The Trouble With Angels', be released. That one is the only non Disney film of her's that I love.

And Bob Hope had several good films during this decade as well. None of them quite break into my top 10 list, but there's at least a half dozen there that I'd buy on Blu-Ray if given the opportunity.

 

[t1g3r5fan]

Again, I'm going to go year by year for this one, with some personal choices from my collection:

1960
The Alamo
Elmer Gantry
The Entertainer
Exodus
13 Ghosts
Tunes of Glory
Village of the Damned

1961
Blast of Silence
Homicidal
Judgment at Nuremburg
Splendor in the Grass

1962
Birdman of Alcatraz
Carnival of Souls
The Counterfeit Traitor
Hell is for Heroes
Lonely Are the Brave
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Taras Bulba

1963
The Cardinal
Hud

1964
The Carpetbaggers
Fail-Safe
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
The Killers
Lady in a Cage
The Night Walker
Seven Days in May

1965
The Bedford Incident
Bunny Lake is Missing
Cat Ballou
Darling
The Hallelujah Trail
In Harm's Way
I Saw What You Did
Othello
Shenandoah

1966
Fahrenheit 451
The Fortune Cookie
Hawaii (both roadshow & general release versions)
Is Paris Burning?
Lord Love a Duck
The Naked Prey
The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
The Sand Pebbles (roadshow version)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1967
The Fearless Vampire Killers
The Fireman's Ball
Marat/Sade
The President's Analyst
Wait Until Dark

1968
Blue
The Brotherhood
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Danger: Diabolik
Five Card Stud
Hour of the Wolf
Romeo & Juliet
Targets

1969
Andrei Rublev
Downhill Racer
The Italian Job
Satyricon
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Z

 

[LeoA]

I wish that this was out on Blu-Ray.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Again, I'm going to go year by year for this one, with some personal choices from my collection:

1960
The Alamo
Elmer Gantry
The Entertainer
Exodus
13 Ghosts
Tunes of Glory
Village of the Damned

1961
Blast of Silence
Homicidal
Judgment at Nuremburg
Splendor in the Grass

1962
Birdman of Alcatraz
Carnival of Souls
The Counterfeit Traitor
Hell is for Heroes
Lonely Are the Brave
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Taras Bulba

1963
The Cardinal
Hud

1964
The Carpetbaggers
Fail-Safe
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
The Killers
Lady in a Cage
The Night Walker
Seven Days in May

1965
The Bedford Incident
Bunny Lake is Missing
Cat Ballou
Darling
The Hallelujah Trail
In Harm's Way
I Saw What You Did
Othello
Shenandoah

1966
Fahrenheit 451
The Fortune Cookie
Hawaii (both roadshow & general release versions)
Is Paris Burning?
Lord Love a Duck
The Naked Prey
The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
The Sand Pebbles (roadshow version)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1967
The Fearless Vampire Killers
The Fireman's Ball
Marat/Sade
The President's Analyst
Wait Until Dark

1968
Blue
The Brotherhood
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Danger: Diabolik
Five Card Stud
Hour of the Wolf
Romeo & Juliet
Targets

1969
Andrei Rublev
Downhill Racer
The Italian Job
Satyricon
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Z

I have those in bold on BD so there has been some progress, but not enough in my opinion.

 

[Robin9]

The films I await most eagerly on Blu-ray disc are not always my favorite movies. It's those films where the DVD does not begin to do justice to the film's lighting, photography and sets and those films where there is no DVD! (I'm delighted that Woman Of Straw is coming in April)

Ride The High Country
Barabbas
The Cardinal
Lord Jim
Lost Command
Nevada Smith
Hour Of The Gun
The Hell With Heroes
Gaily, Gaily
The Last Valley

Three of these films have been released in Europe or Australia but "the word" is not encouraging. Two others have disappeared and are not even on DVD. The Last Valley was filmed in Todd-AO.

Like everyone else, I could easily find another ten films I'd love to see on Blu-ray

 

[Alan Tully]

Well The Last Valley is 1971, but it's one on that list I'd like the most. I saw it when it opened in London's West End, & it looked just stunning (& what a great John Barry score!). I wonder if it'll ever be done properly (or at all).

 

[trajan]

STAR!---DOCTOR DOLITTLE--HAWAII--GOODBYE MR CHIPS--THE CARDINAL---SHENANDOAH--FAIL--SAFE--A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS---LION IN WINTER.

 

[Alan Tully]

Tragan, I'm getting a bit of deja vu looking at that list At least we know that A Man For All Seasons is coming from Twilight Time next year.