The Party (1968)

A bumbling Indian actor (Peter Sellers) is mistakenly invited to a ritzy party and chaos ensues.

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After the uproar over Mickey Rooney's racist portrayal of Mr. Yunioshi in Breakfast at Tiffany's, you'd think director Blake Edwards might be inclined to shy away from casting white actors in ethnic roles. Instead, Edwards doubled-down and made a brown-faced Peter Sellers the focus of an entire movie! But, mind you, this is not your average movie. What begins as a slightly better than average studio comedy designed for middle-aged conservative audiences, gradually evolves into a celebration of uninhibited fun and youth. And it is amid this chaos that Seller's Hrundi V. Bakshi is finally able to become liberated as well. He even gets himself a girl! This is the entire decade of 1960s cinema condensed into one film. By the end, you find yourself in a completely different film than the one in which you began. But don't question. Just enjoy the party!