Several classic films of the 1960s have held up to today's standards. In fact, many pioneered the method for much of modern film. For example, Stanley Kramer's Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ...
However, they first got their start in film serial in the 1930s and 1940s. By the 1960s, superhero films had taken a bit of a dive, but a lot of experimental films came out around this decade.
Even though movie musicals were at their prime between the 1930s and 1950s, the 1960s still featured some phenomenal and memorable movie musicals, such as West Side Story, The Music Man ...