Must see Classic Films

[sweetiedarlinmia]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 12:58pm

Ok folks, I have a film studies course next semester and I've have decided to bulk up on my film knowledge. Granted I've probably seen more classic films than anyone else in the class anyways. Nevertheless, I was just wondering what films are on your Must-see black and white film list. Actually not just black and white, but classics. Nothing after mid-1960s, please.
Updated On: 4/4/05 at 12:58 PM

[MagicToDo82]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 1:01pm

Just for starters....nowhere NEAR even close to a complete list:

Gone with the Wind
Singin in the Rain
The Gold Rush
The Maltese Falcon
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Metropolis
The Seventh Seal (I think that's the one I watched in mutliple film classes)
Birth of a Nation (controversial, but still a classic just for what it accomplished cinematically)

I'm sure others will offer way more suggestions than I can think of, stuck in my lil cubicle....

[matthius202]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 1:04pm

The Philadelphia Story (my favorite)
Bringing Up Baby
All About Eve
Stage Door
Holiday Inn
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Gond with the Wind
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Egg and I
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Rebecca
Laura
Rear Window
Spellbound
Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
Citizen Kane
Jane Eyre (although it's not accurate to the novel..still good)
Casablanca
The Bishop's Wife

[zepka102]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 1:04pm

my favorites B&W film is Top Hat... best astaire/rogers movie i've seen

[ElTico68]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 1:04pm

Philadephia Story is one of my many favorites...

[matthius202]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 1:07pm

Rope
A Place in the Sun
Rebel without a Cause
Five Card Stud
The Maltese Falcon
Roman Holiday
Breakfast at Tiffany's
My Fair Lady
Sabrina
To Kill A Mockingbird

[matthius202]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 1:07pm

i want to keep going! i love old movies!! and i, too, love Top Hat, zep! :)

[AndyHardy]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 1:20pm

Great lists already by so many other posters.

For silent cinema try :
Way Down East or Broken Blossums (D.W Griffith)
The Big Parade (King Vidor)
Safety Last (Harold Lloyd)
City Lights (Chaplin)

for some more Hollywood classics:
Ninotchka (Garbo)
A Night At The Opera (The Marx Bros.)
Meet Me In St Louis (Garland)
His Girl Friday (Russell, Grant)
Red River (Wayne, Clift)

..and yes, Top Hat is heaven.

[Feodor Sverdlov]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 1:20pm

THE SNAKE PIT - Brilliant, Oscar nominated performance from Olivia De Havilland
THE MIRACLE WORKER - arguably the best acted film ever made
THE UNINVITED - the finest ghost story ever made (and a good mystery to boot!)
STELLA DALLAS - one of the finest "soap operas" ever filmed
ANYTHING by the most versitile and underrated director, ROBERT WISE

Updated On: 4/4/05 at 01:20 PM

[sweetiedarlinmia]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 1:20pm

Thanks folks and keep em'comin. This is a great list. Some I've seen, some not, some on my "why haven't you made time to see this movie, idiot!" list.

[AndyHardy]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 1:24pm

I seem to recall being bored in so many "early" Film 101 classes because the kept dreging up the "canon" -- Stagecoach, Citizen Kane, A Touch of Evil.

I like these lists better.

Matthius, I want to watch films with you!

[Therese]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 1:27pm

Don't think I've seen this mentioned yet, and it is one of my all-time favorites: "The Grapes of Wrath," with Henry Fonda. Great, great movie.

[matthius202]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 1:30pm

The African Queen
Charade
The Father of the Bride (the original with Elizabeth Taylor)


well, come on, Andy! Movie night!! Don't get me started on an ALL movie list..haha :)

[AndyHardy]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 1:32pm

Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (Cooper)
Pinnochio (Disney)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Flynn)

(I want to go home now and watch movies!)

[matthius202]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 1:32pm

ME TOO!!

[orion59]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 1:36pm

Citzen Kane
The Maltese Falcon
Casablanca
Gilda
Rebel Without A Cause
Rear Window
Psycho
Double Indemnity
Some Like It Hot
The Philadelphia Story
I Want To Live

That's just a short list. There are so many more I could add. This list is a representation of all the different genres.

[AndyHardy]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 1:40pm

Undi, "How Green Was My Valley" -- (deep sigh)
I LOVE THIS FILM!

[NYadgal]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 1:41pm

*prints out list and calls Blockbuster*

[NYadgal]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 1:42pm

I caught National Velvet this weekend...
I'd forgotten how beautiful Elizabeth Taylor was...

[AndyHardy]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 1:45pm

"An American In Paris" (Kelly)
"Lili" (Caron)
"The Song of Bernadette" (Jones)


Addy, I love Anne Revere and Donald Crisp as Velvet's parents! Great performances. :)

Updated On: 4/4/05 at 01:45 PM

[matthius202]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 1:54pm

i LOVE song of Bernadette...and yes, Elizabeth Taylor was so incredibly beautiful..especially in Father of the Bride and National Velvet.

[broadway86]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 2:06pm

Some of my personal favorites...

Gone with the Wind
Singin' in the Rain
Casablanca
E.T.
The Graduate
The Sting
All About Eve
Ordinary People
Sunset Blvd.
Gentlemen's Agreement
The Manchurian Candidate
Rear Window (and most other Hitchcock films)
The Shining
12 Angry Men
Breakfast at Tiffany's
On the Waterfront
Gaslight
Now, Voyager
Alfie
Ship of Fools
All the President's Men
The Snake Pit
It Happened One Night
Roman Holiday
The Hustler
A Clockwork Orange
From Here to Eternity
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Apartment
Miracle on 34th Street
It's a Wonderful Life
Mrs. Miniver
Bringing Up Baby
The Philadelphia Story
Double Indemnity

[MagicToDo82]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 3:09pm

Oh my. How did I ever forget the Marx Brothers? Thank you, undiscovered, for representing.

[Marquise]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 3:22pm

Here are a few of my favorite classics -

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS - Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant and Nina Foch.

A RAISIN IN THE SUN - Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee and Diana Sands.

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE - Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Angela Lansbury and Janet Leigh.

SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS - Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle and Barbara Loden.

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE - Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden.

ALL ABOUT EVE - Bette Davis, George Sanders, Anne Baxter, Gary Merrill and Celeste Holm.

BUS STOP - Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O'Connell and Hope Lange.

FUNNY FACE - Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn, Kay Thompson.

REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE - James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus and Ann Doran.

WEST SIDE STORY - Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, George Chakiris and Rita Moreno.

Updated On: 4/4/05 at 03:22 PM

[AndyHardy]

Posted: 4/4/05 at 3:24pm

A Day At The Races should be added to the list.
As revered as Duck Soup and A Night At The Opera are, I love this film. "Calling Dr. Hackenbush"

Undi, many funny lines swimming in my head right now (but that's another thread)