25 Quintessential Films from the 1960s Every Film Buff Should Watch

Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird gave us one of history’s most cherished heroes in the medium of film, Atticus Finch. Even the 2003 American Film Institute named the character as THE greatest movie hero of the 20th century. Harper Lee was quoted as saying that she wrote the character specifically for the actor, Gregory Peck, who won a Best Actor Oscar for the role. Socially timely for the 1960s yet still enduring in its themes today, Mockingbird teaches us that it is wrong, and even dangerous, to always judge a book by its cover.