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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 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	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--><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	Feb 11, 2004
		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	Feb 12, 2004
		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	Feb 12, 2004
		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	Feb 12, 2004
		It happened one night Midnight Cowboy Double Indemnity Night of the Living Dead The Seven Year Itch

		Pyrite	Feb 12, 2004
		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	Feb 12, 2004
		Thanks for reminding me Zheræ. Once Upon a Time in the West

		Myname	Feb 12, 2004
		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

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