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What are your favorite Classic movies?
racketboy - Feb 11, 2004

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  racketboy Feb 11, 2004
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 Feb 11, 2004
There are to many for me to mention all, so here are a few.

Dracula

Frankenstein

Bride of Frankenstein

Nosferatu

Metropolis

 IceDigger Feb 11, 2004
:agree

 Falstaf Feb 11, 2004
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 Feb 11, 2004
Did anybody like Breakfast at Tiffany's?

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

 fistedjustice Feb 11, 2004
vertigo

 it290 Feb 11, 2004
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

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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 Feb 11, 2004

  
	
	

		
		

			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 Feb 11, 2004
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 Feb 11, 2004
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 Feb 11, 2004
The oldest movies I can think of are The Great Escape (197?) and Dirty Harry (1971).

 racketboy Feb 11, 2004
What's the appeal of Citizen Kane?

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

 fistedjustice Feb 11, 2004

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by VertigoXX+Feb 11, 2004 @ 08:50 PM-->
QUOTE(VertigoXX @ Feb 11, 2004 @ 08:50 PM)