What were the socially conscious films of 1960s Britain known as?

Swinging Sixties

Part of the Counterculture of the 1960s
Scene from Carnaby Street, in London’s West End, circa 1966
Date	1960s
Location	United Kingdom
Also known as	Swinging London

What movies were based on the 60s?

10 great films set in the swinging 60s

A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
The Knack …and How to Get It (1965)
Darling (1965)
The Pleasure Girls (1965)
The Party’s Over (1963)
Blow Up (1966)
Alfie (1966)
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966)

What genre of movies were popular in the 1960s?

Changing Times in 60s Films: Traditional genres, like the gangster, thriller, war, horror, and western film portrayed more graphic violence and adult content.

When were films first projected to audiences in Britain?

The first public film shows in the UK to a paying audience took place in London in 1896. On 21 February that year, the Polytechnic Institute on Regent Street hosted a display of the Lumière brothers’ new moving-picture device, the Cinématographe.