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The 1960s: 1960–1969
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The United States and Soviet Union nearly went to nuclear war over Cuba in 1962, the year Kennedy pivoted to civil rights before his assassination in 1963. Decolonization peaked, the Vietnam War filled television screens, and Apollo 11 landed two men on the Moon in July 1969.
1963 killed a president and 1969 landed astronauts. Tate Taylor's The Help follows Black maids in early-1960s Mississippi, and Hidden Figures celebrates the Black women mathematicians behind NASA's 1960s spaceflights. Open the 1960s on the StoryTerra map and explore its stories by place.
10 famous stories set in the 1960s
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Browse 1,024 books, 2,172 movies, 36 TV shows and 27 games set in the 1960s (1960–1969).
The Help
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers…
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel domineering nurse who runs the ward.
Psycho
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
Catch Me If You Can
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who before his 19th birthday successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot doctor and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him…
Hidden Figures
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of…
Green Book
Tony Lip a bouncer in 1962 is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the…
The Incredibles
Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment it's time to get back…
Ford v Ferrari
American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference the laws of physics and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford…
Incredibles 2
Elastigirl springs into action to save the day while Mr. Incredible faces his greatest challenge yet – taking care of the problems of his three children.
Brokeback Mountain
Rodeo cowboy Jack and ranch hand Ennis are hired as sheepherders in 1963 Wyoming. One night on Brokeback Mountain they spark a physical relationship. Though Ennis marries his longtime sweetheart and Jack marries a…
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