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Posted on 2/18/25 at 10:37 pm to dblwall
Double Indemnity
Casablanca
Out of the Past
Chinatown
Casablanca
Out of the Past
Chinatown
Posted on 2/18/25 at 11:11 pm to dblwall
Vertigo
Night of the Hunter
The Third Man
It was really hard to leave Casablanca off this list. I could easily flip it and Vertigo depending on my mood at the time.
Night of the Hunter
The Third Man
It was really hard to leave Casablanca off this list. I could easily flip it and Vertigo depending on my mood at the time.
Posted on 2/19/25 at 1:57 am to BuckyCheese
Just rewatched Grand Prix recently. Still great.
The Maltese Falcon
Westworld
The Cincinnati Kid
Just a few that haven't been mentioned.
The Maltese Falcon
Westworld
The Cincinnati Kid
Just a few that haven't been mentioned.
Posted on 2/19/25 at 2:07 am to dblwall
Shane
Night of the Hunter
The Best Years of Our Lives
Night of the Hunter
The Best Years of Our Lives
This post was edited on 2/19/25 at 2:09 am
Posted on 2/19/25 at 8:20 am to dblwall
The Ten Commandments (1956)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Posted on 2/19/25 at 8:24 am to dblwall
Wuthering Heights
Rope
Stella Dallas
Rope
Stella Dallas
Posted on 2/19/25 at 8:41 am to hogcard1964
quote:
Classic films (greater than 50 years old).
quote:
No Country For Old Men
Posted on 2/19/25 at 8:55 am to dblwall
Giant
Posted on 2/19/25 at 8:57 am to H-Town Tiger
Bedazzled is another good one.
Posted on 2/19/25 at 9:14 am to This GUN for HIRE
quote:A childhood favorite which I never see on TV these days. Which isn't all bad, because the ending brings tears, and now that I'm a father there are now parts of the film that are pretty devastating.
Shenandoah
Posted on 2/19/25 at 9:26 am to dblwall
Gunga Din
The Exorcist
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (50 this year)
The Exorcist
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (50 this year)
Posted on 2/19/25 at 9:36 am to dblwall
1968 was my personal peak as a young movie fan. I could easily pick three from that year:
• Planet of the Apes
• 2001: A Space Oddysey
• The Odd Couple
But to mix it up, I'd go wtih:
• Planet of the Apes (1968)
• The Godfather
• American Graffiti
• Planet of the Apes
• 2001: A Space Oddysey
• The Odd Couple
But to mix it up, I'd go wtih:
• Planet of the Apes (1968)
• The Godfather
• American Graffiti
Posted on 2/19/25 at 10:07 am to dblwall
The OP has quite the narrow range (1972, 1974, 1971 resepectively)
Now, those 3 films deserve consideration for any great film lists and the directors themselves are S Tier (Francis and Stanley, particularly).
But "Classic" films implies at least all of talkies, right?
So, my absolute Top 3 "talkies" through 1975:
Casablanca (aka the "perfect" film)
Some Like it Hot (have to have a Billy Wilder and why not this one with Marilyn and Jack Lemmon?)
Patton (for a lot of reasons)
(My list doesn't have a Stanley K picture - Kramer or Kubrick, or John Wayne, or John Ford or John Huston, or anything with the Marx Brothers, Jimmy Stewart, or William Powell or Frederich March, or Cagney, Princess Grace, or either Hepburn, or anything shot by William H. Daniels or a Kurosawa film or Hitch or Welles or Capra or Sergio, any of a myriad of other legendary, "must haves" from that era - because the your list can only have 3 - these are my 3. My list does include Bogey, Michael Curtiz, Max Steiner, Francis (cowrote Patton), but that's not nearly enough.)
Now, those 3 films deserve consideration for any great film lists and the directors themselves are S Tier (Francis and Stanley, particularly).
But "Classic" films implies at least all of talkies, right?
So, my absolute Top 3 "talkies" through 1975:
Casablanca (aka the "perfect" film)
Some Like it Hot (have to have a Billy Wilder and why not this one with Marilyn and Jack Lemmon?)
Patton (for a lot of reasons)
(My list doesn't have a Stanley K picture - Kramer or Kubrick, or John Wayne, or John Ford or John Huston, or anything with the Marx Brothers, Jimmy Stewart, or William Powell or Frederich March, or Cagney, Princess Grace, or either Hepburn, or anything shot by William H. Daniels or a Kurosawa film or Hitch or Welles or Capra or Sergio, any of a myriad of other legendary, "must haves" from that era - because the your list can only have 3 - these are my 3. My list does include Bogey, Michael Curtiz, Max Steiner, Francis (cowrote Patton), but that's not nearly enough.)
This post was edited on 2/19/25 at 10:45 am
Posted on 2/19/25 at 10:13 am to pevetohead
quote:
Sooo pre-1975?
Too many for me to narrow it down to just three. Instead I'll give yall my top three for 1975:
Night Moves
Dog Day Afternoon
Barry Lyndon
Sorry Jaws fans.
Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:35 am to Seldom Seen
Posted on 2/19/25 at 11:47 am to dblwall
Hud
Giant
Original True Grit
Giant
Original True Grit
Posted on 2/19/25 at 2:28 pm to poule deau
I’ll roll with musicals.
Written directly for the screen:
The Wizard of Oz
Singin in the Rain
Mary Poppins
Adapted to the screen:
West Side Story
The Sound of Music
The Music Man
Written directly for the screen:
The Wizard of Oz
Singin in the Rain
Mary Poppins
Adapted to the screen:
West Side Story
The Sound of Music
The Music Man
This post was edited on 2/19/25 at 2:29 pm
Posted on 2/19/25 at 2:33 pm to dblwall
Twelve Angry Men
It's a Wonderful Life
Blazing Saddles
It's a Wonderful Life
Blazing Saddles
Posted on 2/19/25 at 6:56 pm to dblwall
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
The Exorcist
Jaws
Kelley's Heroes
Dog Day Afternoon
Deliverance
The Exorcist
Jaws
Kelley's Heroes
Dog Day Afternoon
Deliverance
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