# What old movies should I watch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2018, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-movies-should-i-watch/806587 "2018-01-14T05:11:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-movies-should-i-watch/806587/101 "2018-01-17T16:58:15Z")
Zefferelli’s “Romeo and Juliet” from the 60’s - just exquisite in every way, costumes, music, actors. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-movies-should-i-watch/806587/102 "2018-01-17T20:26:42Z")
For early talkie comedies: Try Ernst Lubitsch: Ninotchka, To Be Or Not To Be… And Preston Sturges: Palm Beach Story, Unfaithfully Yours… Has anyone mentioned The Philadelphia Story? ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-movies-should-i-watch/806587/103 "2018-01-18T05:48:26Z")
Many of the very best films do not fit nicely into a specific genre. Is the following really a war movie? > [@PatrickLondon](#): > > … _Bridge over the River Kwai_ Excellent. And it reminds me of another excellent William Holden movie, _The World of Suzie Wong_, which in turn reminds me of _Sayonara_. > [@salinqmind](#): > > Zefferelli’s “Romeo and Juliet” from the 60’s - just exquisite in every way, costumes, music, actors. One of my very favorite films(\*), though again it may not fit into any of OP’s niches. Are _Suzie Wong_, _Sayonara_, and _Romeo and Juliet_ in the same genre as _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ ? :dubious: (\* - the script is first-class!) ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-movies-should-i-watch/806587/104 "2018-01-18T06:18:32Z")
Excellent movies keep popping into my head! OP rejects Hitchcock, and I also dislike some of his most famous films but there is much variety in Hitchcock’s work: _Dial M for Murder_ is excellent, as is _Rope_. Hitchcock’s _Vertigo_ is also good. _Witness for the Prosecution_ is a good (courtroom thriller? noir?) if OP can tolerate black-and-white. _Gilda_ is very good — it does help that the leading lady is _very_ easy on the eyes. 🙂 ETA: _Doctor Zhivago_ (1965) hasn’t been mentioned yet? :whack: ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-movies-should-i-watch/806587/105 "2018-01-18T07:45:25Z")
I’ve just thought of a good sci-fi for ya, Cowboys and Aliens. This is wild. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-movies-should-i-watch/806587/106 "2018-07-15T16:32:10Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > _Stalag 17_ > _Casablanca_ > _The Third Man_ > _The Manchurian Candidate_ (original) > _On the Waterfront_ Post/username combo a little too obvious. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-movies-should-i-watch/806587/107 "2018-07-15T17:38:43Z")
> [@](#): > > (…) > Political thrillers. Now that I think about it, I have seen Dr. Strangelove. Stuff like that is cool. > (…) If there is any “stuff like that” I would love to know about it. I think dr. Strangelove is a unique masterpiece with little or no equals, I would love to be proved wrong [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-movies-should-i-watch/806587.md?page=5)