What are your favorite Classic movies?

[racketboy]

I like to watch a good classic movie every now and then.

But my knowledge of them is limited.

Please pass along your favorite recommendations.

Here's mine:

The Odd Couple

Some Like It Hot

To Kill a Mockingbird (good book too)

The Apartment

Roman Holiday

 

[schi0249]

There are to many for me to mention all, so here are a few.

Dracula

Frankenstein

Bride of Frankenstein

Nosferatu

Metropolis

 

[IceDigger]

:agree

 

[Falstaf]

It's A Wonderful Life

Metropolis

Brigadoon

War of the Worlds (Independance Day was such a re-make)

To Hell and Back

The Sand Pebbles

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

The Quiet Man

Meet John Doe

Basically any film with Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fonda, Fred Astair, Gene Kelly, Audry Hepburn and love Marilyn Monroe Flicks.

 

[racketboy]

Did anybody like Breakfast at Tiffany's?

I didn't think it was as good as everybody makes it out to be.

 

[fistedjustice]

vertigo

 

[it290]

Yeah, Metropolis is definitely on my list as well... one of the greatest movies ever, without a doubt. I also like Vertigo a lot. Let's see what else:

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Them

M

Citizen Kane

The Third Man

Touch of Evil <--- my favorite Welles film

Rope <--- A good, slightly lesser known Hitchcock film, filmed in a revolutionary manner

Plan 9 From Outer Space <--- pretty enjoyable, heh

Harvey

EDIT: Oh yeah, Breakfast at Tiffany's _is_ kinda weak, but then again I was never a big Audrey Hepburn fan...

EDIT2: Ah.. I almost forgot, some of Kubrick's earlier films, such as 'Paths of Glory' and 'The Killing' are excellent as well.

 

[VertigoXX]

Originally posted by it290@Feb 11, 2004 @ 07:44 PM

I also like Vertigo a lot.

I feel so loved here...

Citizen Kane

To Kill a Mockingbird

Nosferatu (silent version)

Metropolis (silent version)

Dementia 13

and any of the early 007 films could be added to this list.

 

[mal]

Here are some that I can think of, in alphabetical order only:

2001: A Space Odyssey

A Night at the Opera

Casino Royale

Citizen Kane

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

M.A.S.H. (1970 so it's borderline)

Metropolis

My Fair Lady

Psycho

Sparticus

The Birds

The Great Escape

The Third Man

War of the Worlds

 

[ExCyber]

I don't watch enough (read: any) old movies. I did enjoy Ran (Kurosawa's take on King Lear), but really I'm just shamefully ignorant of the great stuff from Hitchcock, Welles, Kubrick et. al.

Plan 9 From Outer Space

Not missing a beat, obligatory plug for...

(drumroll)

Plan 9 From Bell Labs

(I know it's OT, but reading about Plan 9's architecture gives me the warm fuzzies :banana)

 

[Dud]

The oldest movies I can think of are The Great Escape (197?) and Dirty Harry (1971).

 

[racketboy]

What's the appeal of Citizen Kane?

I only watched it for a while, but it didn't catch my attention.

 

[fistedjustice]

Originally posted by VertigoXX+Feb 11, 2004 @ 08:50 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(VertigoXX @ Feb 11, 2004 @ 08:50 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> <!--QuoteBegin-it290@Feb 11, 2004 @ 07:44 PM

I also like Vertigo a lot.

I feel so loved here...

Citizen Kane

To Kill a Mockingbird

Nosferatu (silent version)

Metropolis (silent version)

Dementia 13

and any of the early 007 films could be added to this list. [/b][/quote]

pshhhhhh

 

[mal]

Originally posted by mountaindud@Feb 12, 2004 @ 02:17 PM

The oldest movies I can think of are The Great Escape (197?) and Dirty Harry (1971).

The Great Escape is from 1963.

 

[Ammut]

They made movies before the '70s? Man you guys are old

Other than history type movies I don't think I've seen any, as sad as that is.

Ahwell, at least I'm not old

---Ammut

 

[it290]

Citizen Kane.. eh, I dunno, it's just very dramatic. It might be slightly overrated, but it's still an excellent film... people tend to enjoy it more for its cinematic techniques than anything else though.

This talk of Kurosawa is making me think of some excellent samurai films - such as:

The Seven Samurai

Samurai 1,2, and 3

Yojimbo

Rashomon (sorta)

 

[Nadius]

It happened one night

Midnight Cowboy

Double Indemnity

Night of the Living Dead

The Seven Year Itch

 

[Pyrite]

I can only remember these:

For a Fistfull of Dollars (1964)

For a Few Dollars More (1967)

The Good, the Ugly, the Bad (1967)

 

[mal]

Thanks for reminding me Zheræ.

Once Upon a Time in the West

 

[Myname]

Heh, I was just gonna put Once Upon a Time in the West. Finally got around to getting the DVD the other week. Everyone's said most of mine but I don't think anyone's said Bonnie & Clyde yet, which must've had as much impact on the industry as anything else.

Performance, my favourite film, came out in 1970 so I guess it might slip in there