Favourite movie from each decade?

LorMal · 02-04-2014 09:24PM

losthorizon wrote: »

and a quick little extract

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkgyvNi0Fyw

wait .. just wait

So I've changed my mind
1930s - 2010's anything with Laurel and Hardy
(memories of Saturday morning TV in the 70s...)

nullzero · 02-04-2014 09:28PM

What? No Weekend at Bernies?

e_e · 02-04-2014 09:32PM

mauzo! wrote: »

I'd give mine but I'm not sure what reaction I'd get having Leon and Wreck it Ralph in my list

Hey Leon is a great movie, Wreck it Ralph ain't half bad either.

e_e · 02-04-2014 09:34PM

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

This decade: Inglorious Basterds

[pedantry]That was 2009.[/pedantry]

losthorizon · 02-04-2014 09:34PM

I'm convinced the 1940s were the greatest decade for film making.

1910s The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
1920s Sunrise or Nosferatu cant make up my mind.
1930s Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde (the version with Fredric March)
1940s The Third Man
1950s All About Eve just shades it over The Searchers (and I dont like westerns)
1960s Le Boucher
1970s Alien (or The Wicker man)
1980s Airplane
1990s American Beauty (or Being John Malkovich)
2000s Pans Labyrinth
2010s Argo (although too early in the decade to tell)

My favourite comedies of all time would be Life of Brian and TO be or Not be (1942). Its set in Poland during the war

Tura in Disguise: That great great Polish actor Joseph Tura - you must have heard of him.
German Officer ERHARDT:Ah, yes... what he did to Shakespeare, we are now doing to Poland

goose2005 · 02-04-2014 10:10PM

LorMal wrote: »

A quick little anecdote :
Laurel and Hardy were nearing the end in the 1950s, they were old men and were trying to keep their flagging careers going by doing one last tour in Europe by ship. They had almost been forgotten about in the USA and they were very much seen as yesterdays men there.
One of the places they came to was Ireland. They arrived by ship in Cobh. This is what Laurel recalled later -

The love and affection we found that day at Cobh was simply unbelievable. There were hundreds of boats blowing whistles and mobs and mobs of people screaming on the docks. We just couldn't understand what it was all about. And then something happened that I can never forget. All the church bells in Cobh started to ring out our theme song "Dance of the Cuckoos" and Babe (Oliver Hardy) looked at me and we cried. I'll never forget that day. Never.

I don't think church bells really work that way, it's very hard to get any kind of melody out of them. Still a nice story.

goose2005 · 02-04-2014 10:10PM

1880s: Roundhay Garden Scene

e_e · 02-04-2014 10:11PM

goose2005 wrote: »

1880s: Roundhay Garden Scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1i40rnpOsA

The blu-ray is amazing!

MJ23 · 02-04-2014 10:20PM

80's - The Shining or Predator
90's - T2 or Pulp Fiction
00's - The Dark Knight
10's - The Dark Knight Rises

Chazz Michael Michaels · 02-04-2014 10:27PM

Mint Sauce wrote: »

1970s Alien

/thread.

And yet the thread didn't end...

dark crystal · 02-04-2014 10:36PM

1930s - Gone With the Wind
1940s - Double Indemnity
1950s - 12 Angry Men
1960s - Psycho
1970s - Jaws
1980s - Tootsie
1990s - The English Patient
2000s - Before Sunset
2010s - 12 Years a Slave

02-04-2014 10:42PM

dark crystal wrote: »

1980s - Tootsie

I forgot Tootsie!

I keep wanting to change my list after remembering movies like the 1962 original Cape Fear, and To Kill A Mockingbird from the same year.

And how did I forget Alien? And Jurassic Park! Might not be the best movie ever made but it had a big effect on me as a little kid.

dark crystal · 02-04-2014 10:47PM

Candie wrote: »

I forgot Tootsie!

I keep wanting to change my list after remembering movies like the 1962 original Cape Fear, and To Kill A Mockingbird from the same year.

And how did I forget Alien? And Jurassic Park! Might not be the best movie ever made but it had a big effect on me as a little kid.

I know - it's so hard to narrow it down to just one choice per decade!

Vito Corleone · 02-04-2014 10:51PM

Surprised to see so much love for Inception and The Departed tbh.

LorMal · 02-04-2014 10:53PM

goose2005 wrote: »

I don't think church bells really work that way, it's very hard to get any kind of melody out of them. Still a nice story.

Apparently a carillon in Cobh cathedral was used

Mint Sauce · 02-04-2014 10:56PM

Chazz Michael Michaels wrote: »

And yet the thread didn't end...

I'm surprised more didn't suggest it, despite a couple of mentions for Aliens.

Chazz Michael Michaels · 02-04-2014 11:01PM

Mint Sauce wrote: »

I'm surprised more didn't suggest it, despite a couple of mentions for Aliens.

I agree.

/thread

Dude111 · 03-04-2014 09:15AM

krudler wrote:

The decade that gave us Pulp Fiction, Shawshank, T2, Speed, Fight Club, Goodfellas, Se7en, The Matrix, The Usual Suspects, Silence of the Lambs, Leon, True Romance, The Lion King, Heat, Toy Story, The Big Lebowski, Groundhog Day, 12 Monkeys?

Entrapment?

Really?

People DO NOT READ WELL!!!!!

That is ONE OF MY FAVOURITE MOVIES FROM THE 90s!!

I also like Shawshank Redemption,T2,Speed,The Matrix,Home alone,Home Alone 2,Marked Man...

My opening on my thread here says TRY TO LIST ONLY ONE FROM EACH DECADE (otherwise the list gets long as you see above (And thats just for the 90s))

The Backwards Man · 03-04-2014 09:40AM

You'd think some people were forcing others to watch films they don't like here.

Nichololas · 03-04-2014 09:42AM

1940s: Casablanca
1950s: 12 Angry Men
1960s: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1970s: Chinatown
1980s: The Thing
1990s: Dark City
2000s: A Serious Man
2010s: The Tree Of Life

Muirshin Durkin · 03-04-2014 01:57PM

Dude111 wrote: »

People DO NOT READ WELL!!!!!

That is ONE OF MY FAVOURITE MOVIES FROM THE 90s!!

I also like Shawshank Redemption,T2,Speed,The Matrix,Home alone,Home Alone 2,Marked Man...

My opening on my thread here says TRY TO LIST ONLY ONE FROM EACH DECADE (otherwise the list gets long as you see above (And thats just for the 90s))

Who cares if entrapment is your favorite, its your opinion, there's no bad answer.

e_e · 03-04-2014 01:59PM

Nichololas wrote: »

1940s: Casablanca
1950s: 12 Angry Men
1960s: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1970s: Chinatown
1980s: The Thing
1990s: Dark City
2000s: A Serious Man
2010s: The Tree Of Life

Haven't yet seen Casablanca (I know I know!) or Dark City but otherwise great choices all around.

eisenberg1 · 03-04-2014 04:59PM

Withnail & I only mentioned once?
Godfather 1 & 2 only a couple of mentions
Goodfella's maybe twice.....

uch · 03-04-2014 05:09PM

No one mentioned Debbie Does Dallas Yet ?

Donkey Oaty · 03-04-2014 05:20PM

I don't have any favourite movies from the 1950s, but - what's that Harvey? - he says you'll love that Jimmy Stewart one with the rabbit.

The Pheasant2 · 03-04-2014 05:33PM

1940's: Casablanca
1950's: 12 Angry Men
1960's: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
1970's: The Godfather
1980's: Full Metal Jacket
1990's: Lion King/Goodfellas/Pulp Fiction
2000's: Lord of the Rings
2010's: Django Unchained (tbh I had a lot of trouble thinking of one - there's probably others I can't think of)

eisenberg1 · 03-04-2014 05:35PM

Dude111 wrote: »

People DO NOT READ WELL!!!!!

That is ONE OF MY FAVOURITE MOVIES FROM THE 90s!!

I also like Shawshank Redemption,T2,Speed,The Matrix,Home alone,Home Alone 2,Marked Man...

My opening on my thread here says TRY TO LIST ONLY ONE FROM EACH DECADE (otherwise the list gets long as you see above (And thats just for the 90s))

Well I read it, and I understand it to say list your FAVOURITE movie ...one from each decade, not pick your top 20 of each decade and randomly select one from that list.

2Mad2BeMad · 03-04-2014 05:36PM

1930's - Will Hay, love all his movies so I refuse to pick one :P still have all them on vhs

1940's - Laurel and Hardy Great Guns

1950's - none

1960's - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

1970's - The Rocky horror picture show, loved every minute of it :P

1980's - Die Hard

1990's - Goodfellas

00's - Inside Man/gladiator

10's - Inception ( boggled my mind alot while watching it felt like I was in a bloody dream haha still great story:) ) although still plenty too be seen this decade so shall make my final decision in 6 years time and return too this thread with a proper answer :P

Was very difficult too choose, specially pre90's , too be honest if you asked me next week to redo it, I'd forget most of what I put up their and it would probably be a very different list , TOO MANY TOO CHOOSEEEE

e_e · 03-04-2014 06:42PM

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Godfather 1 & 2 only a couple of mentions
Goodfella's maybe twice.....

Good. I'd rather people list personal choices rather than whatever Empire/IMDB told them to rank highly.

wendell borton · 03-04-2014 06:45PM

1920's :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TgWoSHUn8c

Favourite movie from each decade?

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