Must see classic movies

hairyprincess

What are your must see classics? I never got to watch much tv as a child or teenager so I've never seen the likes of Casblanca, The Sundance Kid or It's a Wonderful Life. So give me some recommendations please!

Kylo Ren

12 Angry Men

ImpossibleDuck

Psycho

hidinginthebush

Its a wonderful life is amazing! It should be mandatory viewing at Christmas, but you can still watch it now, you wont regret it.

chin_grin

Harvey.

OldeCinemaSoz

HIGH NOON

"Don't forsake me, oh my darlin'!"

A classic western.

BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK

A brilliant post WWII drama with the legendary
Spencer Tracey.

THEM!

Giant ants under the subways. Their first appearence
is solid gold.

SOME LIKE IT HOT

I'm not even going to get into this one; if you haven't
seen it then you're in for a treat.

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

The definitive Bond film with the iconic moments;
made before poor old JB became a cartoon character.

A FISTFULL OF DOLLARS

When The Wayne was drawling, Eastwood was
getting the job done.

"My mule dosen't like laughin'..."

Thwip!

Casablanca
Double Indemnity
12 Angry Men

MagicMarker

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Awful_Bliss

!2 Angry Men. It's been mentioned two or three times already for a reason!

Also Arsenic & Old Lace - very funny black comedy with Cary Grant.

It's a Wonderful Life for the classic Xmas/feel good movie.

Shane is an outstanding cowboy movie.

grohlisagod

2001: A Space Odyssey is one imo. The most iconic use of music in a film ever. Just one of the most ambitious and imaginative films I've ever seen.

Ironman76

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

Its a Wonderful Life is a must at Christmas.

bnt

Keep an eye on the "Movies on TV" thread - if I see a classic on TV, I flag them there. I can't see much classic in the coming week, though - just A Clockwork Orange on ITV4 tomorrow night.

Technocentral

Casablanca, The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon, Wages of Fear, A Touch of Evil, Night of The Hunter, Sunset Boulevard, The Devil and Daniel Webster and The Treasure of Sierra Madre are a few absolute essentials off the top of my head to get you started.

Paulie Gualtieri

kellys heros , clint eastwood, Donald sutherland , telly savalis , all round great film , a bit tongue in cheek for a lot of it but still a great film , ive seen it 50ish times and id still watch it , my dad used to force feed me clint eastwood films and I thank him for it today , not sure if it falls under "classic" but to me it is.

Kiva.D

An Affair To Remember

South Pacific

Doctor Zhivago

e_e

Manhattan, Seven Samurai, Dr Strangelove, Persona, Dog Day Afternoon, Godfather II, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Modern Times & City Lights

Everyone should watch Chaplin, really.

NIMAN

Not an oldie, but if you ain't seen Glengarry Glen Ross, do it soon.

Fantastic film, and acting of the highest order from a great cast.

Plus, I never tire of The Big Lebowski. John Goodman puts in what is easily one of the great comedic performances ever.

Skinfull

Oh god.. where to begin!!

How about a slew of disater flicks... who doesnt like them!

Airport 75 where a 747 plane crashes with a smaller plane leaving them pilotless, and the control tower has to get a pilot onto the plane to land safely! or Airport 77 where the plane is hijacked and they fly into fog and end up crashing into the ocean, at in Bermuda Triangle, where loads of passengers are trapped under water!
Earthquake - where LA is hit by a massive earthquake - starring Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner.
The Towering Inferno is one of my favourites, about an out of control fire in a skyscraper. Huge cast!
The Big Bus is a spoof on the disaster flicks about a nuclear powered bus (yeah you read that right) is driving non stop from NYC to Denver! Brilliant movie and every bit as funny as Airplane! (which is another one you should check out!)

Now onto something less fantastical...

The Swimmer starring Burt Lancaster who... well its a harder sell because it sounds so odd... basically he is a guy who calls round to a friends house who lives up high in the hills, and he swims in the pool, when he gets out of the pool and looks down towards his own house, he realizes he can swim home, through all the neighbors pools. So he does. Its a character piece and its gorgeous!
To Kill a Mockingbird probably don't need a blurb about this one... just watch it if you haven't done so already.

Now... how about some Hitchcock?

Of course you have Psycho, rearview window and The Birds, these are must sees, but then you also have Rope (my personal favourite) where two college friends murder a third, then stuf him in a box, throw a table cloth over it and throw a party around it, inviting all his friends and family! How could you not love this movie!

Okay, how do you feel about musicals?

You have to see Singing in the Rain of course you may have already seen it but if you are doing a classics session then you must watch this again! Love Gene Kelly!
And you cant go wrong with Meet me in st Louis.

That should tide you over. I'm gonna go watch The Swimmer now

dirtyden

Some excellent films mentioned here, agree with most mentioned so far.

'True Grit' with John Wayne is fantastic

'The man who would be king' with two young bucks called Connery and Caine is very good

I love the old epics as well, Spartacus is great

KnowYourEnemy

Cool Hand Luke
The Sting
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
The Hustler

Anything with Paul Newman really

Kiva.D

My Fair Lady, Gigi, Breakfast at Tiffanys, The Sound of Music

Niles

On the Waterfront. Did it for the Leaving Cert myself.

And of course +1 to It's a Wonderful Life, the Hitchcocks, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

multimate

Niles wrote: »

On the Waterfront. Did it for the Leaving Cert myself.

And of course +1 to It's a Wonderful Life, the Hitchcocks, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

yours mine and ours :P

Auvers

balls i will throw in a few


Bridge over the river Kwai

if you just watch for Alec Guinness alone its worth it, but a class movie from beginning to end, and David Lean was the finest directors ever imo he defined how many movie genre should be made


Unforgiven

what a movie as a big lover of Sergio Leone westerns this was Clint's finest hour as a director, so many fantastic performances, I just love it for one scene alone when Gene Hackman had Richard Harris in the cell, a must watch

Rear Window

My favourite Hitchcock movie, don't really need to say anymore

Where Eagles dare

Perfect popcorn movie, loved it as a kid and still do


I could keep going but truth be told I am a bit pissed

op I kind of envy your position to see all these classics in this thread for the first time again, oh for a mind wipe machine to take out the memory certain movies so I could re watch them