1. American New Wave

2. The Golden Age 1967 until 1975 New generation of filmmakers
Importing European innovations of the past decades.
Influence of Asian cinema
Directors took over from producers for a while.

3. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) The inaugural film of the American New Wave.
Arthur Penn
irreverent treatment of the subject
anti-heroic protagonists, violent and provoking.
the film proved that rejection of social, sexual, and moviemaking conventions could win big at the box office.

4. Opening to new talent Mike Nichols The Graduate
Stanley Kubrick 2001: Space Odyssey

5. Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, 1969)
Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger, 1969)

6. Key films Planet of the Apes (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)
M*A*S*H (Robert Altman, 1970)
The Sting (George Roy Hill, 1973)
The Parallax View (Alan J. Pakula, 1974)
The Godfather