# Pre-1965 Movies That Hold Up **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 28, 2009, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1965-movies-that-hold-up/501252 "2009-06-28T11:54:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1965-movies-that-hold-up/501252/81 "2009-06-30T11:58:04Z")
[Das Cabinet des Dr Caligari](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010323/) original version [2005 english language remake](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441741/)I caught this on instant watch netflix after watching the original. I was amazed at how watchable it was as I normally hate remakes. I also saw Night of the Hunter, Mockingbird, Rope, lots of the movies mentioned here on netflix instant watch. I really hope they keep up with the old movies. There is a box set of Fritz Lang movies that I shamelessly plug … [http://eurekavideo.co.uk/](http://eurekavideo.co.uk/)Eureka is a british company, the films are in german [of course] with english subtitles. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1965-movies-that-hold-up/501252/82 "2009-06-30T13:26:08Z")
So many great films already named. If you have cable or satellite and have access to Turner Classic Movies, you will find a veritable treasure trove of pre-1965 movies that hold up. I don’t know if anyone else has mentioned it already, but frankly “The Wizard of Oz,” needs to be included - and my how it’s held up through the years! I’d also had a couple (more) of my own personal favorites: “The Apartment,” with Jack Lemmon (one of my very favorite stars of all time :)) and “The Mis-Fits,” which turned out to be the last picture for both Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable. She is in a very fragile state but turns out a great performance, imho. I do so love “Some Like it Hot,” too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1965-movies-that-hold-up/501252/83 "2009-06-30T13:38:53Z")
A lot of what I was thinking of are war films… _The Longest Day_, _In Which We Serve_… but maybe not for a teenage girl. I also love _Rebel Without A Cause_, . If she likes “cinema” then try the Eisenstein movies, which are a great experience - start with _Alexander Nevsky_. At least it provides evidence that great direction was coming out of other countries and not just Hollywood. Or watch _Seven Samurai_ and _The Magnificent Seven_ back to back. Some of the epics can be great watching too - so many of my memories of Christmas Eve back in England revolve around being allowed to stay up to watch _El Cid_ or _Ben Hur_. ---
**Author:** ![Reloy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1965-movies-that-hold-up/501252/84 "2009-06-30T14:00:16Z")
I haven’t seen it mentioned yet, but I maybe missed it. Some Like it Hot - My teenagers love it. They quote it all the time. ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1965-movies-that-hold-up/501252/85 "2009-06-30T17:30:17Z")
Snow White and the Three Stooges ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1965-movies-that-hold-up/501252/86 "2009-06-30T17:33:04Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > _•Metropolis > •Gojira > •The Bedford Incident > •Forbidden Planet > •The Trouble With Harry > •The Court Jester > •The Thing from Another World > •Plan 9 From Outer Space > •The Agony and the Ecstasy_ What no "war of the Worlds’ . It was the best of the genre and the best of all the War of the World copies. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1965-movies-that-hold-up/501252/87 "2009-07-01T03:39:08Z")
Well kids, here are approximately 186 films from the mid-1960’s or earlier that someone at SDMB thinks you’ll like as much as _Iron Man_. A lot of them have the word or numeral “seven” in the title: _Seventh Voyage of Sinbad Seven Samurai 7 Faces of Dr. Lao Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Seven Men From Now Seven Year Itch Seventh Seal The Magnificent Seven_ For a variety of reasons, I’ll be adding the following to my Blockbuster queue tomorrow: _Rope Dr. Lao The Trouble With Harry Rio Bravo Singing In the Rain The Little Foxes Red River_ ## …with others to follow in the fullness of time. The list (and please pardon me if I missed your contribution): Rear Window Duck Soup Nosferatu Casablanca Wizard of Oz High Noon Hard Day’s Night Father Goose Harvey Rope The Searchers To Kill a Mockingbird A Fistful of Dollars Ben-Hur The Quiet Man The Third Man Citizen Kane Gone With the Wind Metropolis Gojira The Bedford Incident Forbidden Planet The Trouble With Harry The Court Jester The Thing from Another World Plan 9 from Outer Space The Agony and the Ecstasy Brigadoon Lawrence of Arabia Bridge on the River Kwai Treasure of the Sierra Madre African Queen Invasion of the Body Snatchers North by Northwest To Have and Have Not Rio Bravo Only Angels Have Wings The Hustler She Wore A Yellow Ribbon Donovan’s Reef The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance The Horse Soldiers The Little Foxes Twelve O’Clock High Seventh Voyage of Sinbad Jason and the Argonauts The Adventures of Robin Hood Arsenic and Old Lace Kind Hearts and Coronets Operation Petticoat The Red Shoes 7 Faces of Dr. Lao Some Like It Hot The Grand Illusion Singing in the Rain The Seven Samurai The Lavender Hill Mob The LadyKillers Rebel Without a Cause The Day the Earth Stood Still Bride Of Frankenstein Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman The Wolfman Dracula (Transylvania segment) Phantom of the Opera The Invisible Man The Time Machine Roman Holiday Sabrina Wait Until Dark The Haunting Psycho The Guns of Navarone Mary Poppins Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Fantasia Cinderella Gulliver’s Travels Days of Wine and Roses 12 Angry Men Road To Morocco Road To Utopia My Favorite Blonde The Enemy Below The General Dial “M” for Murder Bringing Up Baby Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (F. March) Design For Living Trouble In Paradise Double Indemnity Sunset Boulevard The Apartment Wait Until Dark Cape Fear Shane Seven Men From Now Freaks The Magnificent Ambersons Now Voyager Dark Victory How Green Was My Valley A Night at the Opera I Happened One Night Sullivan’s Travels Red River The Gold Rush Desk Set Father of the Bride Father’s Little Dividend Gentlemen Prefer Blondes How to Marry a Millionaire Stage Door Holiday My Man Godfrey His Girl Friday The Thin Man The Awful Truth Rebecca The Ghost and Mrs. Muir All About Eve Whisky Galore Paths of Glory It’s A Wonderful Life Goodbye Mr. Chips A Matter of Life and Deaths The 39 Steps M Fury The Life and Death of Col. Blimp The Big Carnival Shirley Temple Films Fred and Ginger Films The Crimson Pirate Adam’s Rib The Girl Can’t Help It Seven Year Itch The Philadelphia Story Balls of Fire Funny Face Charade Pork Chop Hill Giant Elmer Gantry A Face in the Crowd The Sweet Smell of Success Dr. Strangelove Inherit the Wind Gentleman’s Agreement Chimes at Midnight The Wind Love Me Tonight Footlight Parade Man’s Castle It’s a Gift The Crime of M. Lange Only Angels Have Wings Pinocchio The Shop Around the Corner The Lady Eve Meet Me in St. Louis La Belle et la Bete The Big Sleep Black Narcissus Intruder in the Dust Ugetsu Monogatari Ordet The Man from Laramie The Incredible Shrinking Man The Seventh Seal Vertigo Rio Bravo Ride the High Country The Naked Kiss Breakfast at Tiffany’s Night of the Hunter The Man Who Knew Too Much Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari The Mis-Fits The Longest Day In Which We Serve Alexander Nevsky The Magnificent Seven Snow White and the Three Stooge War of the Worlds ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1965-movies-that-hold-up/501252/88 "2009-07-01T04:12:03Z")
That’s a great list and it was nice of you to take the time to put it together. I was taking notes – now I don’t have to! I assume (hope) that you’ll report back, let us know how the movies went over. ---
**Author:** ![valleyofthedolls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a4c791/32.png) [@valleyofthedolls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/valleyofthedolls)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1965-movies-that-hold-up/501252/89 "2009-07-01T04:30:46Z")
Awesome list. Forgive me if these are already on there. I looked but didn’t see them. Laura Shadow of a Doubt House of Wax (the original not the awful remake) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1965-movies-that-hold-up/501252/90 "2009-07-01T05:02:44Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > … I’d say that a lot of people would prefer “High Noon” to “3:10 to Yuma” and if the production values were the same it could gross more money… Which\* 3:10 to Yuma\*? The recent one was a remake of an oldie with Glen Ford in the bad guy role. I thought it was much better than the Russell Crowe version. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1965-movies-that-hold-up/501252/91 "2009-07-01T05:20:43Z")
Not to pick fights, but I have to disagree strongly with a couple of entries on the list: **Dracula**. Does not hold up well AT ALL to anyone accustomed to modern horror films. The scene in Dracula’s castle where there are 'possums and armadillos roaming the basement will have any bright teenager laughing hysterically. Not to mention the stilted dialogue. \*\* Wait Until Dark\*\*. I know this scared the bejeebers out of a generation of baby boomers, but it doesn’t hold up. Having watched it as an adult Gen Xer, I was very underwhelmed. The tension and scares just weren’t there for me. There was one “BOO!” moment and that was it. ---
**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1965-movies-that-hold-up/501252/92 "2009-07-01T17:10:26Z")
I’d suggest _The Mark of Zorro_, in fact I just got this a few days ago and still enjoy it as much as when I was a kid. While it’s been a bit since I’ve seen any of them, I’d think some of the _Abbot and Castello_ movies would still hold up. Although I think the target audience is younger than a teenager. I enjoyed them around the 8 - 11 age I think. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1965-movies-that-hold-up/501252/93 "2009-07-01T17:44:56Z")
Wait, is that list closed? Because you need some Errol Flynn pirate movies on there! Namely: Captain Blood The Sea Hawk Your daughter will appreciate it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1965-movies-that-hold-up/501252/94 "2009-07-01T19:11:56Z")
I saw Notorious for the first time this weekend. Great chemistry between Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1965-movies-that-hold-up/501252/95 "2009-07-01T19:33:06Z")
I didn’t see “The Bad Seed” and “The Miracle Worker”. Another vote for “A Face in the Crowd”. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1965-movies-that-hold-up/501252/96 "2009-07-01T19:40:12Z")
**The Oxbow Incident** - 1943, Henry Fonda **The Odd Couple** - okay, it’s 1968 **It’s A Wonderful Life** **The Flight of the Phoenix** - 1965, James Stewart **Zulu** - 1964, with a VERY young Michael Caine ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1965-movies-that-hold-up/501252/97 "2009-07-01T20:49:01Z")
> [@pohjonen](#): > > I didn’t see “The Bad Seed” and “The Miracle Worker”. Another vote for “A Face in the Crowd”. I thought _The Bad Seed_ was awful. Great story, but Patty McCormack was terribly wooden. Maybe she was supposed to be, being a psychopath and all, but I thought she sucked. I don’t think she had much of a career after this, so maybe I’m right. Now just wait, somebody’ll pop in with an IMDB list of 50 movies she was in. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1965-movies-that-hold-up/501252/98 "2009-07-02T02:34:07Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > Well kids, here are approximately 186 films from the mid-1960’s or earlier that someone at SDMB thinks you’ll like as much as _Iron Man_. > > A lot of them have the word or numeral “seven” in the title: > _Seventh Voyage of Sinbad > Seven Samurai > 7 Faces of Dr. Lao > Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs > Seven Men From Now > Seven Year Itch > Seventh Seal > The Magnificent Seven_ > > For a variety of reasons, I’ll be adding the following to my Blockbuster queue tomorrow: > > _Rope > Dr. Lao > The Trouble With Harry > Rio Bravo > Singing In the Rain > The Little Foxes > Red River_ > > ## …with others to follow in the fullness of time. > > The list (and please pardon me if I missed your contribution): > . > . > . Awesome list. However I still haven’t seen one of my favorites mentioned: “Stalag 17” (If I have overlooked it, forgive me) I also want to Nth “My Man Godfrey”. Although set in the depression, I think the amazing dialog and characters make this movie timeless. I keep thinking this would be ripe for a remake…and then thank the stars that they haven’t tried 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1965-movies-that-hold-up/501252.md?page=4)