Directed by Roger Vadim • 1968 • France, Italy
Starring Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Marcel Marceau
This outrageous blend of science fiction, high camp, and erotic fantasia made Jane Fonda a permanent cult icon. She is sensational as a wide-eyed space adventurer whose quest to track down a famed scientist takes her to the Tau Ceti galaxy, where she encounters an array of perilously kinky pleasures. Described by director Roger Vadim as “a kind of sexual ‘Alice in Wonderland’ of the future,” BARBARELLA has taken its place as a midnight-movie classic thanks to its trippy art direction and sense of kitschy comic-book fun.
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Easy Rider
Directed by Dennis Hopper • 1969 • United States
Starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack NicholsonThis is the definitive counterculture blockbuster. The down-and-dirty directorial debut of former clean-cut teen star Dennis Hopper, EASY RIDER heralded the arrival of a new voice in film, one...
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End of the Road
Directed by Aram Avakian • 1970 • United States
Starring Stacy Keach, James Earl Jones, Harris YulinThis X-rated, cult-classic black comedy is one of the most subversive, totally nihilistic transmissions from the fringes of the 1970s New Hollywood. A daring adaptation of the novel by John Barth...
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The Magic Christian
Directed by Joseph McGrath • 1969 • United Kingdom
Starring Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, John CleeseAdapted by Terry Southern from his own novel, this wild satire of capitalism run amok stars Peter Sellers as a bored billionaire who, along with the street vagrant (Ringo Starr) he adopts as his s...
