What old movies should I watch?

[Phillycat]

So...there are a lot of movies I know I should have seen, but I haven't. I'm talking previous to 1960. Feel free to post very well-known movies - there's a good chance I haven't seen them.

Please say a little about the movie, and what's good about it.

The only genres I don't like are horror and westerns. Anything else is on the table.

Which old movies are must-see's, as far as you're concerned?

Thanks in advance! :hi:

[terrya]

1. "Casablanca", for one.

It's simply as close to a perfect movie as has ever been made.

[malta blue]

2. I agree....along with "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

and "Wuthering Heights"

Enjoy....

[terrya]

6. And I agree with both.

All three wonderful romantic movies.

[redqueen]

14. Yes. n/t

[Crabby Appleton]

43. Another vote for Casablanca - nt

[seemunkee]

3. Captains Courageous

One of my all time favorites based on a Rudyard Kipling story. Spencer Tracy won an academy award for his role. Also has Freddie Bartholemew, Mickey Rooney and Lionel Barrymore.

[MissMillie]

4. The Maltese Falcon

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

5. Billy Wilder's "Ace In The Hole"

[driver8]

7. The Caine Mutiny

One of my favorite movies -- Humphrey Bogart and Jose Ferrar are amazing in this movie.

[driver8]

8. Any of "The Thin Man" movies.

William Powell and Myrna Loy are absolutely hilarious in these movies. I guarantee that you will enjoy these films.

[GOPisEvil]

46. If you don't see a resemblance to Shrub in Queeg, you're blind.

I have a 1st edition copy of the book. It's pretty much the same as the movie.

[cmkramer]

101. I've seen the movie many times. Sorry, Queeq is not Bush like at all.

At least, I don't see any kind of resemblance. Queeg, after all, was a war hero although his heroics took place long before the events in the movie.

There is a resemblance, however, to Ken Starr.

[BarenakedLady]

9. The Philadelphia Story

Well, anything with Katharine Hepburn really.

Lots of good ones with her and Spencer Tracy too: Desk Set, Adam's Rib, Woman of the Year, Guess Who's Coming to dinner (to name a few).

[IndianaJones]

10. Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House.

Money Pit...except its good.

[achtung_circus]

11. The Philadelphis Story

with Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart and a lot of others.

The greatest romantic comedy I've seen, thoughtful, witty, belly-laugh funny...

[Sugar Smack]

12. "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"

It's KIND of a horror, but it's more of a psychological thriller. I'ts Bette Davis taking Joan Crawford hostage. Betty Davis plays a child star all grown up and she can't accept that. She wears her ruffles and lace with pride. Joan Crawford is her sister trapped in a wheelchair and trying to escape.

I think you'll like it.

[Adsos Letter]

13. "Bad Day at Black Rock"

Spencer tracy and a host of other big names in a genuinely engaging plot...

:D

[triguy46]

32. the subtle increasing tension is great.

[Adsos Letter]

58. It's one of my favorite movies...

I think John Sturges directed it (too lazy to check IMDb :D )

Something about the cinematography... a host of good actors with good roles (Spencer Tracy, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Dean Jagger, Ann Francis, Walter Brennan, (ok...I did check IMDb :D )

It is such a difference from nowadays, where so often success depends upon spectacle. Those folks could act, and they had good material to work with.

Have you seen "Seven Days in May" or "Judgment at Nuremberg" Burt Lancaster is one of my favorites...Kirk Douglas also.

:D

[redqueen]

15. To Kill a Mockingbird

Twelve Angry Men
The African Queen
An Affair to Remember

Lots more... lots and lots. :D

[Sugar Smack]

17. Double Indemnity.

:D My favorite.

[YDogg]

37. Yep. It's bueno.

[skyblue]

16. Inherit the Wind (made in 1960 close enough?)

About the Scopes Monkey trial and teaching evolution in public school. Spencer Tracey. Really a great movie!!

[azmouse]

18. The Day the Earth Stood Still

We're No Angels
Miracle on 34th Street
Dr. Strangelove
A Shot in the Dark
The War of the Worlds
Harvey

[Sequoia]

86. I love, The Day the Earth Stood Still !!!

I first saw that movie when I was around 6 years old with my pop!

Oh wait, here's another good movie,

"A Night to Remember" (1958)
The BEST Titanic movie ever. Plot follows true story of sinking. No "Jack" here thankfully!

[Connonym]

19. Arsnic and Old Lace

With Cary Grant!

[pintobean]

48. Good one.

My daughter and I watched it this afternoon. Her first time. She loved it.

[MilesColtrane]

20. "The Third Man"

True greatness...

Ebert says this in his review: "Of all the movies I have seen, this one most completely embodies the romance of going to the movies."

[Zephyrbird]

21. "Top Hat"

My all time favorite oldie, and I usually don't like them. Fred Astaire dancing in that one is just too cool.


I love old dance numbers with Astaire or Gene Kelly, Ginger Rogers.

For a good laugh, me and my parrots watch Hitchcock's "The Birds." We sit and laugh and yell "get them, get them!!!"

har har!!

[Phillycat]

22. Thanks for all the answers so far!

Keep 'em coming! :hi:

[Sequoia]

88. SEE WHAT YOU STARTED !!!

I'm trying to watch fire coverage here!

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

23. I have a few for you

"Paths to glory"

"Laura"

"A touch of Evil"

"Key Largo"

"Lonely are the brave" (might violate the 1960 rule)

"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"

:)

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

24. Sunrise

I'll let this trailer speak for itself. A truly wonderful film:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQxhQsNKJek



2nd pick -- Buster Keaton's "Sherlock Jr" which you can download for free here:

http://www.archive.org/details/SherlockJr

Keaton's a projectionist who - after being wrongly accused of stealing a watch dreams himself into a film where he becomes a great detective. It's only 45 minutes long, but they're packed with such invention and daring (in one stunt Buster actually fractured his neck but didn't realise until a doctor told him years later!) it's thrilling to watch over 80 years after it was made.

If you need further convincing (but c'mon, free film!) here's a couple of clips that somebody's cut to a White Stripes song which works better than it should!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lRIYDmyx5w

[stuntcat]

25. "Wait Until Dark" and "Gaslight"

I'm giving them both to my best friend for Christmas because I can't believe his still hasn't seen them :o
I mean no friend of MINE should miss Gaslight just because it's in b&w.

[sarge43]

26. The Lady Eve, It Happened One Night, Sunset Blvd.

Sorry, forgot to say why I recommend

The Lady Eve: A very sophisticated comedy and in my opinion it has one of the sexiest scenes ever put on film and not one stitch of clothing removed.

It Happened ... the first and I think the best screwball comedy.

Sunset Blvd: Billy Wilder at his darkest. The opening and closing scenes are haunting and unforgettable.

[Richardo]

27. "The Big Sleep"; "A Night at the Opera"; "The Maltese Falcon"

[Felix Mala]

28. My sister saw "Disturbia." I told her it was better when it was called "Rear Window."

She watched it and agreed.

Here's my short list:

A Touch of Evil
Laura
Sorry, Wrong Number
A Brando trifecta:
On the Waterfront
The Wild One
A Streetcar Named Desire
Double Indemnity
Beat the Devil
Suspicion

[stuntcat]

33. I'm gonna watch Rear Window :D

Yep :headbang: I got the dvd cheap a while back but I haven't watched it yet, maybe this week though!

[YDogg]

40. Grace Kelly is dreamy in Rear Window,

[Perry Logan]

29. Metropolis (1927)

Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" is a science-fiction film that can still blow your mind.

[Perry Logan]

30. Forbidden Planet (1957)

Another old sci-fi film that can still work magic.

[triguy46]

31. Here are some, and they are older than me!

Sunset Boulevard: William Holden, Gloria Swanson. Screenwriter gets hooked by an over the hill actress trying to revive her career.
Double Indemnity: Hot hot romance, bad girl, bad guy, a murder, a cover up. Steamy stuff for the '40s.
any of the Thin Man series (william powell and myrna loy): Mystery, a lot of social drinking, society and low society characters, tons of fun between Nick and Nora Charles.
Mildred Pierce: from IMDB "Joan Crawford, one of the world's great movie stars, truly shines in "Mildred Pierce", a tense, prickly film noir full of suspense and drama!"
The Bank Dick: WC Fields. enough said.

[ceile]

34. Any and all Hitchcock movies.

My personal faves are:
Notorious
Strangers on a Train
Shadow of a Doubt
Foreign Correspondent

[YDogg]

39. Yep.

Shadow of a Doubt is marvelous. Same with Stranger on a Train.
The 39 Steps.
Vertigo.
The Man Who Knew Too Much (either version, or both for comparison).
The Trouble with Harry (kind of slow, but I like it better each time).
Rope.

[ceile]

72. The Trouble w/ Harry

makes me laugh every time. Shirley Maclaine just cracks me up in that movie. Never seen 39 Steps-I think that's the only one of his movies that I have yet to watch.

[LoveMyCali]

53. Saturday was Hitchcock day on AMC

I didn't realize until mid-afternoon but I watched Vertigo, Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, The Birds and Psycho all in one day. I may have low expectations but that was a great day for me. :D

[ceile]

71. Sounds like a perfect day!

AMC had "Seven days of Hitchcock" last month. Hours and hours of Hitch...rocked.

[Sequoia]

87. Totally !!

But my daughter wanted to watch MTV !! WHY,WHY !!!!????

[intheflow]

111. My favorite Hitchcock film is "Rebecca".

It's a marvelous adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel of the same name.

Plus, it have Laurence Olivier. Yum! :9

[zingaro]

35. Arsenic and Old Lace. It's hilarious.

[YDogg]

38. Yep. Kind of an acquired taste, but I've acquired it.

[LoveMyCali]

54. I'm partial to Cary Grant movies

but I LOVE Arsenic and Old Lace. Bringing Up Baby is funny too.

[Westegg]

36. Can't go wrong with Bette Davis...

...dramas/melodramas, call them what you will, but "Dark Victory," "The Little Foxes," "Now, Voyager" and "All About Eve" are first rate.

Any movie featuring Cary Grant and Kate Hepburn is a MUST. There are three off the top of my head: "Bringing Up Baby," "Holiday," and "Philadelphia Story."

Don't forget Rosiland Russell and please don't forget Jimmy Stewrat or the aforementioned Bill Powell and Myrna Loy.

You seem sincere. I could give you 200 movies to see if you wish.

[Zephyrbird]

41. For a laugh--"Reefer Madness"

1936 anti-pot movie meant to scare the hell out of teenagers.

HOOT!!!

It was on a movie channel this afternoon and I thought of your post!

[Lavender Brown]

42. The ones I can think of off the top of my head

Rebecca, Sabrina, Roman Holiday (my favorite Audrey Hepburn movies), Romeo and Juliet (the 60s movie version), Notorious, To Catch a Thief, Brief Encounter, Singin in the Rain... :)

[cemaphonic]

44. Nobody has yet mentioned the Alec Guiness/Ealing Studios movies.

So I will

The Ladykillers and Kind Hearts and Coronets are probably the best ones.

I'll second The Lady Eve and The Big Sleep as well.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

77. Yes the ORIGINAL Ladykillers wth Alec Guiness and Peter Sellers

:7

and I'll throw in a plug for The Wrong Box, one of the last of that great series of British comedies, even though it was made around 1963.

[Sugar Smack]

45. "Cool Hand Luke"

n/t

[GOPisEvil]

47. Well, they're from the mid-60s, but "Fail Safe" and "Dr. Strangelove".

Essentially the same movie, one straight, the other as farce.

[Adsos Letter]

59. Ah, GOPisEvil...

...add "Seven Days in May" to that and you have the trifecta...

:D

[Fire Walk With Me]

49. Fail Safe, Bride of Frankenstein, The 39 Steps

Two thrillers and a love story.

See "Network" if you're not against not-so-old films.

[SecularMotion]

50. "Out Of The Past"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039689/

Robert Mitchum & Jane Greer

[murielm99]

113. That's a good one!

Another film noir that I like is an often overlooked Bogey film, In a Lonely Place.

[Xipe Totec]

51. Macario - Chances are you don't have this one nt

[tekisui]

52. Marx Bros. "Duck Soup"

Classic Marx Bros. comedy.

And sadly, a social commentary with present day implications. World leaders acting like buffoons. One line, the president says, We have to go to war, I've already put a deposit on the battlefield.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

55. Anything by Hitchcock, Wilder and the Marx Brothers.

Also, pre-1960 films by Kubrick like Paths of Glory and The Killing.

[Paladin]

56. A Couple Of Must-Sees For You

"Red River": Even if you're not that big a fan of westerns, you ought to see Howard Hawks' masterpiece, considered by many (including me) to be the best western ever made. This movie will teach you a couple of things: 1.)Contrary to popular belief, John Wayne was capable of first-rate acting; and 2.) Nobody ever looked better in front of a camera than the young Mongomery Clift.

"From Here To Eternity": Yet another masterpiece, yet another great performance by Montgomery Clift. This WWll epic also has Burt Lancaster and Frank Sinatra, in his Oscar-winning role. This movie's been getting some play recently because of Deborah Kerr's death a few days ago---she shares what is probably the best kiss in cinematic history (on the beach) with Lancaster. Also with Donna Reed, playing a character that will make you forget her 50's TV show, pronto.

Enjoy....

[Felix Mala]

83. My favortie Western is "High Noon"

[Ivan Sputnik]

57. The Manchurian Candidate

the original, though it's actually from 1962. Just about any Hitchcock movie from the '50s. Citizen Kane. Some Like It Hot.

[RushIsRot]

60. Twelve O'Clock High w/ Gregory Peck and Dean Jagger

[Adsos Letter]

61. Don't forget "Grapes of Wrath" (1939)...

A young Henry Fonda in a time when there was actually a viable Socialist party in this country...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

92. Good pick!

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

62. I just downloaded Thunder Road

starring a young Robert Mitchum.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052293/

Haven't watched it yet- will one evening later this week.

Other old faves include The Asphalt Jungle, White Heat, 12 Angry Men, and Doctor Strangelove.

[Sequoia]

89. Thunder Road

was partially filmed in Asheville, NC. The road by the French Broad River was in it, or so my dad told me. Robert M. and crew ate at a local restaurant and the townsfolk of Mayberry were jazzed!

[Connonym]

63. Another Bogie movie -- To Have and to Have not

with a very hot Lauren Bacall and the famous line "You know how to whistle don't you Steve?..."

[tainted_chimp]

64. Some of my "comfort food" favorites....

enjoy! :hi:


Auntie Mame (1958)
Ninotchka (1939)
The Women (1939)
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Twentieth century (1934)
Father of the Bride (1950)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
The Misfits (1961)
Lolita (1962)
Nothing Sacred (1937)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
Palm Beach Story (1942)
Stage Door (1937)
Born Yesterday (1950)
Teachers Pet (1958)
You Cant Take It With You (1938)
Brief Encounter (1945)
The Man Who Came To Dinner (1942)
Mr.Skeffington (1944)
The Shop Around The Corner (1940)
Midnight (1939)
Dinner at Eight (1933)

[Name removed]

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[Manifestor_of_Light]

67. Joanne Woodward won the Oscar for Best Actress for 3 Faces of Eve

Marvelous acting. Lee J. Cobb is one of the psychiatrists.

First officially documented case of multiple personality disorder. In the movie, she had three. Don't know how many personalities she had in real life.

Some years later, the real lady wrote a book called "I'm Eve".

[hfojvt]

66. Mr. Deeds goes to town, It's a wonderful life, and The Wizard of Oz

Was "To Kill a mockingbird" made before 1960?

I guess not. My video cassette says 1962, the year I was born (hack! Wheeze!)

[Manifestor_of_Light]

68. All About Eve -- Bette Davis

[jpgray]

69. Double Indemnity, Les Diaboliques, Testament of Dr Mabuse, M, Strangers on a Train

Rope, Le Corbeau--all of these are class A thrillers with great direction, writing, and acting.

[flordehinojos]

70. In Memory of deborah kerr who recently passed away ... these moves are on my list:

The Chalk Garden : Hayley Mills and Deborah Kerr are brilliant in this movie.

Tea and Sympathy : another brilliant piece with deborah kerr and john kerr.

Heaven Knows Mr. Allyson is another one of my favorite movies (but this one has a WWII subplot running in it ... the main plot, however, is the relationship between this nun and this one soldier stranded in an island out in the pacific somewhere).

[GoddessOfGuinness]

93. Don't forget "The King and I" and "An Affair to Remember"

Wonderful Kerr movies!

[kay1864]

73. "Twelve Angry Men" and "Dr. Strangelove" and...

all the Hitchcock movies mentioned above, plus "North by Northwest"

Trivium for "Strangers on a Train": the actor playing the effeminate character was actually straight, and the actor playing the studly tennis player was actually gay. Rumor is that Hitchcock cast them "against type" intentionally. And watch for the tennis match, and note everyone watching the ball go back and forth.

Great movie. Chilling.

[NewJeffCT]

74. I will second "12 Angry Men"

Almost a parable for modern times - one lone liberal (Henry Fonda) stands between a young boy and the electric chair, and also the whole jury getting out of work at a reasonable time on a very hot summer day.

[kay1864]

75. Never thought of it that way!

Not to mention (swipe for spoiler) the lone liberal winning the others over to his side, and at the end they all realize how loony the one remaining Freeper-type is. (swipe for spoiler)

[Lochloosa]

79. I will third "12 Angry Men" n/t

[CBHagman]

76. Posting in haste here...

...so I apologize for repeats, but I guess two opinions strengthen the position of the movie.

Night of the Hunter (with Robert Mitchum): A scare-the-crap-out-of-you thriller about two kids, some stolen money, a preacher, and a righteous lady.

The Farmer's Daughter: Scandinavian American woman fights for a seat in Congress and falls in love along the way. Progressive political themes, too.

The Lion in Winter: Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine fight with their whole dysfunctional family over the holidays. Absolutely unmissable.

The Man Who Came to Dinner: Radio host commandeers a household for his Christmas broadcast. Wicked fun.

The Talk of the Town: Jean Arthur hides fugitive Cary Grant from the law, right under the nose of Supreme Court nominee Ronald Colman. Deserves to be better known than it is.

Ball of Fire: Sexy nightclub entertainer Barbara Stanwyck teaches stuffy academic Gary Cooper about American slang -- and a lot more. Hubba, hubba.

That's all for the moment.

[tainted_chimp]

80. Great picks CBHagman...

every last one.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

78. Older foreign films

Kurosawa's oldies such as Seven Samurai (even people who don't like action pictures like it). Kurosawa also made some films set in his own day, among them High and Low (a kidnapper attempts to kidnap the son of a wealthy industrialist but gets the chauffeur's son by mistake), Stray Dog (a policeman is shamed when he loses his gun and has to go hunting the culprit in the postwar ruins, and Ikiru (an aging bureaucrat who has spent his life stamping papers finds out that he has only a few months to live).

Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night: not somber, a Swedish bedroom farce

Black Orpheus, which sets the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice during Carnival in Rio de Janeiro

Truffaut: Shoot the Piano Player, a tragicomedy about a former concert pianist who plays piano in a bar

The Passion of St. Joan of Arc: Forget everything you know about silent movies. This one is riveting and timeless.

The Cranes are Flying: one of the best products of the post-Stalinist thaw in the Soviet Union, it's about a young couple who are separated during World War II.

Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy, the story of a young man from childhood to maturity: Pather Panchali, Aparajito, and The World of Apu. These are three Indian films that are NOT Bollywood musicals.

[martymar64]

95. Nice choices

I would also recommend Throne of Blood (Kurosawa does MacBeth). Cranes are Flying is pretty awesome as well. I enjoyed it more than I am Cuba.
A good American oldie would be Best Years of Our Lives.

[Phillycat]

81. This thread is a goldmine!

I've gotten so many good ideas from this thread, especially from those of you who took the time to write a little about the movie and why you love it. Thank you all so much! :hi:

[catmandu57]

82. The time of your life

1948 James Cagney, William Bendix, Ward Bond, Mrs. Thurston Howell III. From the case

Nick's saloon sits on the San Francisco waterfront- a haven for misfits and outsiders. Bar-room philosopher Joe ( James Cagney )presides over the tavern, passing out advice and encouragement to friends and strangers alike.
Through the swinging doors of the bar pass eccentrics, ex-convicts, delusionals, musical geniuses, and heart broken lovers.
Etc... It's a pretty good movie William Saroyan wrote it as a play then Cagney convinced him into letting him make it as a movie. You won't go wrong with this one.

[lightningandsnow]

84. Anything from the 70's with Pam Grier in it.

Especially Foxy Brown or Coffy.

Pam Grier is a frickin' goddess.

[Sequoia]

85. I know you don't like westerns but.....

"The Big Country" (1958)
Retired, wealthy sea Captain Jame McKay (Gregory Peck) arrives in the vast expanse of the West to marry fiancée.McKay is a man whose values & approach to life are a mystery to the ranchers & ranch foreman Steve Leech (Charlton Heston) takes an immediate dislike to him. Pat is spoiled, selfish & controlled by her wealthy father, Major Henry Terrill who is involved in a ruthless civil war, over watering rights for cattle, with a rough hewn clan led by Rufus Hannassey (Burl Ives).

"The Night of the Hunter" with Robert Mitchem
A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery. (Don't get the one with Dr. Kildare guy)

"Key Largo" (1948)
A man visits his old friend's hotel and finds a gangster running things. As a hurricane approaches, the two end up confronting each other

"Double Indemnity"
An insurance rep lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions

"The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1946)
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband... but even once the deed is done, they must live with the consequences of their actions.

"Mildred Pierce" (1945)
After her cheating husband leaves her, Mildred Pierce proves she can become independent and successful, but can't win the approval of her spoiled daughter.

"The Bad Seed" (1956)
An ideal housewife begins to suspect her loving adolescent daughter may be a heartless killer.

[CBHagman]

97. And speaking of westerns...

...I'm not one for them either, and I'm no fan of John Wayne, but I recommend making time to see the 1939 version of Stagecoach. It's suspense, drama, comedy, and love story rolled into one. Great cast, too.

[cmkramer]

105. "The Bad Seed"

The child in that movie is supposed to be about 8 or 9 years old. I loved Eileen Heckart in it.

[Enrique]

107. I loved "The Big Country"

I saw it as an antiwar movie. And the Peck-Heston fistfight was priceless.

[Sequoia]

117. I saw the both of them at Spagos

It was my 30th birthday. Funny thing is I dreamed I would see Gergory Peck there and there he was, big as life.

[Bluerthanblue]

90. BLUE DENIM-

I saw this movie on some obscure afternoon "oldies movies" channel when i was just a kid-

It has echoed throughout my life ever since.

here is a link that describes it far better than i can-

http://thepassionatemoviegoer.blogspot.com/2007/08/cinema-obscura-philip-dunnes-blue-denim.html

[gmoney]

91. "The Apartment" Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine + "The Seven Year Itch"

1960, but I'd say it qualifies as an oldie. Definitely a must see... a perfect mix of comedy, drama, romance. Best picture, best director (Billy Wilder), nominations for Lemmon and MacLaine.

I hate to even give a synopsis when I recommend movies. I always prefer to see something cold without any hint of where it might be going.

While we're on Billy Wilder, "The Seven Year Itch" is another perfect movie... easily Marilyn Monroe's best movie.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

94. For Halloween: "The Ghost and Mrs Muir"...

"Suspicion" -- another great Hitchcock flick
"The Rainmaker" starring Kate Hepburn and Burt Lancaster
"High Noon" -- fantastic western starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly
"The Yearling" starring Gregory Peck

So many great movies are already listed here!

[mtnester]

96. Some prior to or in 1960, and a couple just after

Gone with the Wind
Citizen Kane
Rear Window
All ABout Eve
African Queen
Night of the Hunter
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
La Dolce Vita
The Apartment
Psycho

You also have a selection from Spartacus, Ten Commandments and Ben Hur

Watch Wait Until Dark (1967) the Audrey Hepburn/Alan Arkin version) - amazing even today..I saw it on TV when it finally was adapted and released for TV, and it made one hell of an impression on me.

Bonnie & Clyde (Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty, 1967...then ending OMG remember the end? Now, be nice and NO spoilers, although I will say IMO it is one of the most intense scenes where no one speaks at all.

Some more from this great time frame for movies: (mid to late 60's)
Easy Rider (OMG the careers that launched)
The Graduate
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Midnight Cowboy
Good horror - Rosemary's Baby (egad it scared the crapout of me)

If you can stand it - 2001 - A Space Odyssey (I found I have to be in a certain "mood)

Also - my personal cheesy favorite - The Blob (Steve McQueen) - oh the wrath of strawberry jam!

Finally - to scare the pants off you - The Thing (remake with Kurt Russell)

I will stop there because the next decade is the 70's, and my mind already raced ahead to American Graffiti, Clockwork Orange, Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now, Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind, Network, One FLew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Taxi Driver, Young Frankenstein...OK OK...I will stop now :)

[begin_within]

98. The two big ones are "The Bicycle Thief" (1948) and "Tokyo Story" (1953)

but all of these on this list are worth seeing:

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Fantasia (1940)
Casablanca (1942)
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Bicycle Thief (1948)
Los Olvidados (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
High Noon (1952)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Glen or Glenda (1953)
Tokyo Story (1953)
The Yearling (1954)
Salt of the Earth (1954)
The Seven Samurai (1954)
Rear Window (1954)
Rebel Without A Cause (1955)
East of Eden (1955)
A Man Escaped (1956)
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957)
Vertigo (1958)
Pickpocket (1959)
Some Like it Hot (1959)

[GOPisEvil]

99. The Searchers!!!

Even though it's a western, it's a great movie. It shows the final transformation from John Ford's hero, to the John Ford's anti-hero. John Wayne is actually pretty good in this movie, too.

Side note: American Movie Classics was the only channel I could find broadcasting normal programming on 9/11, so I watched The Searchers that day for first time.

[Lex]

100. "Mrs. Miniver"

Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928)(b & w, silent)

"My Mother's Castle" & "My Father's Glory" (both French, subtitled)

"Rebecca" (1940)

"The Man Who Would Be King"

"Lawrence of Arabia"

[bridgit]

102. Dark Passage w/Bogart-Bacall, it's a good one...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Passage_%28film%29

[RushIsRot]

103. Citizen Cane - The Horse's Mouth - Sands of Iwo Jima

You're gonna be SO busy!

[cmkramer]

104. Some more choices

"I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang" based on a true story about a man who served about ten years on a Georgia chain gang for a minor crime and later escaped to become a successful businessman in another state. He is betrayed and persuaded to return to prison on false pretenses and ends up escaping again.

"Angels With Dirty Faces" Pat O'Brien and James Cagney as childhood friends who find themselves on opposite sides of the law O'Brien is a riest crusading against corruption and trying to keep the local juvenile delinquents on the straight and narrow. Cagney is the ex-con gangster they all idolize. Humphrey Bogart plays a crooked lawyer.

"A Face In The Crowd" Andy Griffith as a ne'er do well drifter who becomes a television star by playing up a homespun country wisdom image which is completely the opposite of the real man.

"Auntie Mame" Rosalind Russell as an eccentric socialite whose orphaned nephew comes to live with her. If you like crazy, eccentric characters you'll love this one.

"Light In The Piazza" Yvette Mimieux as a beautiful young brain-damaged girl who falls in love with a rich Italian boy (George Hamilton) while traveling in Rome with her mother (Olivia De Haviland).

"A Raisin In The Sun" about an African-American family's attempt to move into an all-white neighborhood.

[Duer 157099]

106. Bridge on the River Kwai, and Casablanca

Now more than ever you will appreciate the Bridge on the River Kwai. Seriously. Trust me.

[MnFats]

108. The Day the Earth STood Stil

early "aliens bring dire warning of nuclear war to earth" story but intelligently done/

although, if you've seen it, the day Michael Rennie disrupts all the power sources on earth,
how come we don't have planes dropping from the sky?


still and all, it's a great film...."Klaatu! Nictu! Barada!" or however you spell it...
wonderful robot named "Gort"

[Sequoia]

116. He said in the elevator that hospitals and airplanes would remain okay.

He was not the sort to send airplanes crashing into skyscrapers. Unlike "take me to your leader" types whose name I wont' mention.

[jeff30997]

109. You want to watch an OLD movie? OK...

The Great Train Robbery (1903):)

[Enrique]

110. "A Place in the Sun"

that's Montgomery Clift, honey! (and Liz Taylor and Shelley Winters)

[Froward69]

112. To hell and back

or
"operation petty coat"...contains my favorite movie quote of all time.
"son, under 18, women are protected by law, over 65 they are protected by nature. Anywhere in between (Wink, Wink) they are fair game"

[enigmatic]

114. 3

The Crowd (1928)
http://www.filmsite.org/crow.html


Nightmare Alley (1947)
http://www.culturecourt.com/F/Noir/NightmareAlley.htm


Ikiru (1952)
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/01/13/ikiru.html

[njdemocrat106]

115. All the King's Men with Broderick Crawford (1949)

A good political drama loosely based on Huey Long. It was recently remade with Sean Penn, but I haven't gotten around to seeing the remade version yet.