Who else loves old movies??

Question

Do you have any good recommendations? Movies I've seen and liked include "Fancy Pants", all Marx Brothers movies, and "Rear Window"... to name a few.

Answer 1

I love old movies as well. I liked to Kill a Mockingbird with Gregory Peck, Jimmy Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life(his voice I loved as well), James Cagney in White Heat, The Public Enemy,Yankee Doodle Dandy, Betty Davis in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca, Audrey Hepburn in The Children's Hour, Twelve Angry Men(Henry Fonda, Jack Klugman, Eg Marshall, ect.) Lauren Bacall in Key Largo, Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis in Some Like it Hot, Fred Astaire in Singing in the Rain, Anthony Perkins in Psycho, Yul Brenner in the King and I, The Magnificent Seven, and Spartacus with Kirk Douglas just to name a few.

Answer 2

There are way too many to list, but I just found a boxed set
of Thin Man movies at Costco. They are mysteries based
on a story by Dashiell Hammet, the guy who wrote The
Maltese Falcon (also a great movie, anything with Bogart
usually is, The African Queen, The Petrified Forest, etc.)
Anyway, these films are unique in that the dialogue and
actors are perfect, William Powell and Myrna Loy star
as Nick and Nora Charles, a couple who solve mysteries
with a martini in one hand and a lot of quick banter. Nowadays
they would be labelled "un pc" especially for the drinking.
But they are a lot of fun and there are a lot of stars in their
younger years (Cesar Romero, James Stewart)
I love the old Errol Flynn movies, Captain Blood (he
outshines Orlando as a pirate) and Robin Hood (great legs
in tights) The Scarlet Pimpernell with Leslie Howard is
another great pick.
Anything with Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn: like
The Holiday, Bringing up Baby or the Philidelphia Story.
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers!!!!!
As you can see, I love old movies, my grandmother got me
hooked as a kid and we are passing that on, my 7 yr old
nephew is always borrowing my Captain Blood, Robin Hood
discs.
Gosh, didn't even get ot It Happened One Night with Clark
Gable .....

Answer 3

Old movies are pretty much all I ever watch. I personally like any movie with Dorothy Lamour, Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Betty Grable, Jane Russell, Bng Crosby or Harry Belafonte. And check out the Fred & Ginger Flicks, like Swing Time, Top Hat, and The Gay Divorcee.

Answer 4

Not really. I think acting, dialogue and directing improved a lot over time. But one oldie I like (speaking of the Marx brothers) is the comedic genius of Groucho Marx. Pure, unadulterated comedy genius. Better than 99% of today's comedians. Truly ahead of his time.

Answer 5

It seems you like the comedies. Try "Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House" starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy. Another good one would be "Blithe Spirit" with Rex Harrison. If you can handle foreign films Ingmar Bergman films "The Plague" or "The Virgin Spring" are always an excellent choices. Roman Polanski films are also excellent choices.

Answer 6

I totally agree with "Rear Window", it's a classic. In fact, just about all of Hitchcock's movies are good. Jimmy Stewart was a great actor. Here's my list of Must-See Movies:
1.Adam’s Rib (1949)
2.The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
3.The African Queen (1951)
4.All About Eve (1950)
5.All the President’s Men (1976)
6.Almost Famous (2000)
7.Amarcord (1974)
8.American Beauty (1999)
9.American Graffiti (1973)
10.An American in Paris (1951)
11.Anastasia (1956)
12.Animal Crackers (1930)
13.Annie Hall (1977)
14.The Apartment (1960)
15.Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
16.Babe (1995)
17.Babette’s Feast (1987)
18.Belle de Jour (1967)
19.Ben-Hur (1959)
20.The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
21.The Bicycle Thief (1948)
22.The Big Parade (1925)
23.Black Orpheus (1959)
24.Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
25.Breaking Away (1979)
26.Brian’s Song (1971)
27.Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
28.The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
29.Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
30.Casablanca (1942)
31.The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
32.Chinatown (1974)
33.The Cider House Rules (1999)
34.Cinema Paradiso (1988)
35.Citizen Kane (1941)
36.City Lights (1931)
37.Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
38.Coming Home (1978)
39.The Conversation (1974)
40.The Crying Game (1992)
41.Dances With Wolves (1990)
42.Dancing in September (2000)
43.The Dead (1987)
44.Dead Man Walking (1995)
45.The Deer Hunter (1978)
46.Diabolique (1955)
47.Dinner at Eight (1933)
48.Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
49.Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
50.Double Indemnity (1944)
51.Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
52.Duck Soup (1933)
53.8 ½ (1963)
54.Elmer Gantry (1960)
55.The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
56.The Entertainer (1960)
57.E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
58.Father of the Bride (1950)
59.Far From Madding Crowd (1967)
60.Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
61.Five Easy Pieces (1970)
62.Forbidden Planet (1956)
63.Fort Apache (1948)
64.42nd Street (1933)
65.Frankenstein (1931)
66.The French Connection (1971)
67.Friendly Persuasion (1956)
68.Funny Girl (1968)
69.A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
70.Fury (1936)
71.Gandhi (1982)
72.Garden of Evil (1954)
73.The Gay Divorcee (1934)
74.Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
75.Giant (1956)
76.Gigi (1958)
77.Glory (1989)
78.The Godfather (1972)
79.The Godfather, Part II (1974)
80.The Godfather Saga (1977)
81.Gods and Monsters (1998)
82.The Gold Rush (1925)
83.Goldfinger (1964)
84.Gone with the Wind (1939)
85.The Good Earth (1937)
86.Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
87.GoodFellas (1990)
88.Gosford Park (2001)
89.The Graduate (1967)
90.Grand Illusion (1937)
91.The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
92.The Great Escape (1963)
93.The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
94.The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
95.The Guardsman (1931)
96.The Gunfighter (1950)
97.Gunga Din (1939)
98.Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
99.Hair (1979)
100.Hamlet (1948)
101.Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
102.Henry V (1945)
103.High Noon (1952)
104.His Girl Friday (1940)
105.Hoop Dreams (1994)
106.Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1987)
107.How Green Was My Valley (1941)
108.Hud (1963)
109.I Remember Mama (1948)
110.In the Heat of the Night (1967)
111.The Informer (1935)
112.The Innocents (1961)
113.The Inspector General (1949)
114.Interiors (1978)
115.The Invisible Man (1933)
116.It Happened One Night (1934)
117.It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
118.Jaws (1975)
119.Jesse James (1939)
120.The Joy Luck Club (1993)
121.Julius Caesar (1953)
122.King Kong (1933)
123.Knife in the Water (1962)
124.Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
125.L. A. Confidential (1997)
126.The Lady Eve (1941)
127.The Lady Vanishes (1938)
128.The Last Emperor (1987)
129.The Late Show (1977)
130.Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
131.Lenny (1974)
132.A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
133.Libeled Lady (1936)
134.The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
135.A Little Princess (1995)
136.The Lion in Winter (1968)
137.Long Night’s Journey Into Day (2000)
138.Lost Horizon (1937)
139.Lust for Life (1956)
140.Madame Bovary (1949)
141.The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
142.The Maltese Falcon (1941)
143.A Man and a Woman (1966)
144.A Man for All Seasons (1966)
145.Man on a Tightrope (1953)
146.The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934, 1956)
147.The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
148.Marty (1955)
149.Mary Poppins (1964)
150.M*A*S*H (1970)
151.A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935)
152.The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944)
153.Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
154.Mrs. Miniver (1942)
155.Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
156.Modern Times (1936)
157.Monkey Business (1931)
158.My Fair Lady (1964)
159.National Velvet (1944)
160.Network (1976)
161.A Night at the Opera (1935)
162.Ninotchka (1939)
163.North by Northwest (1959)
164.Notorious (1946)
165.Of Human Bondage (1934)
166.Oliver Twist (1948)
167.Oliver! (1968)
168.Olympia (1938)
169.On Golden Pond (1981)
170.On the Town (1949)
171.On the Waterfront (1954)
172.Open City (1946)
173.Ordinary People (1980)
174.The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
175.Paths of Glory (1957)
176.Patton (1970)
177.The Philadelphia Story (1940)
178.The Piano (1993)
179.Planet of the Apes (1968)
180.Platoon (1986)
181.Point of Order (1964)
182.The President’s Analyst (1967)
183.The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
184.Princess Mononoke (1997)
185.The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
186.Pygmalion (1938)
187.Queen Christina (1933)
188.The Quiet Man (1952)
189.Raging Bull (1980)
190.Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
191.Rain Man (1988)
192.Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
193.Rashomon (1950)
194.Rear Window (1954)
195.Rebecca (1940)
196.Red River (1948)
197.The Red Shoes (1948)
198.Rio Grande (1950)
199.Rocky (1976)
200.Salem’s Lot (1979)
201.Saving Private Ryan (1998)
202.Sayonara (1957)
203.Schindler’s List (1993)
204.The Sea Hawk (1940)
205.Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
206.The Search (1948)
207.The Searchers (1956)
208.Sergeant York (1941)
209.Seven Samurai (1954)
210.The Seventh Seal (1956)
211.Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
212.Shane (1953)
213.The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
214.Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
215.The Snake Pit (1948)
216.Some Like it Hot (1959)
217.The Song of Bernadette (1943)
218.The Sorrow and the Pity (1970)
219.Sounder (1972)
220.The Sound of Music (1965)
221.Southern Comfort (2001)
222.Spartacus (1960)
223.The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
224.Stagecoach (1939)
225.A Star is Born (1954)
226.The Stars Look Down (1939)
227.Star Wars (1977)
228.The Sting (1973)
229.Strangers on a Train (1951)
230.A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
231.Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
232.Terms of Endearment (1983)
233.The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
234.Thieves Like Us (1974)
235.The Third Man (1949)
236.The 39 Steps (1935)
237.Titanic (1997)
238.Throne of Blood (1957)
239.To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
240.Tom Jones (1963)
241.Tootsie (1982)
242.Top Hat (1935)
243.Topkapi (1964)
244.Touch of Evil (1958)
245.Toy Story (1995)
246.A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
247.The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
248.12 Angry Men (1957)
249.Twelve O’clock High (1949)
250.2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
251.The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
252.Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
253.Unforgiven (1992)
254.The Untouchables (1987)
255.Vertigo (1958)
256.Waking Life (2001)
257.The War Zone (1999)
258.Watch on the Rhine (1943)
259.West Side Story (1961)
260.When Harry Met Sally (1989)
261.When We Were Kings (1996)
262.Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
263.Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
264.The Wild Bunch (1969)
265.Wings of Desire (1987)
266.Wild Strawberries (1957)
267.The Wizard of Oz (1939)
268.Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
269.Yojimbo (1961)
270.You Can’t Take it With You (1938)
271.Young Frankenstein (1974)
272.Zorba the Greek (1964)
273.Zulu (1964)

Answer 7

Two that you might like are Grand Hotel and Dinner at Eight. Each has an excellent cast. They both feature John and Lionel Barrymore and Wallace Beery.

Answer 8

My recommendation would definitely be Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock, it's an absolutely amazing movie, I love it. And if you like Alfred Hitchcock films, then you will love this one. I've lost count of how many times I've seen it, and I love it more every time!

Answer 9

All the Spencer Tracy and Kathryn Hepburn movies are great. I really enjoy African Queen with Bogart and Hepburn too.

Answer 10

I do. I've seen "Psycho" about 50 times. the b+w just adds to the the total ambience of the film. If it's on tonight, and I can find it, I'll watch it again. The remake was lame.