The Mark of Zorro
His Gal Friday
Monkey Business
The Mark of Zorro
His Gal Friday
Monkey Business
All About Eve
On the Waterfront
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Marx-Bros-on-a-Boat or Cary-Grant-Discovers-Youth-Serum?
Ever hear of King Kong? The Lost World? Oh, wait, that one wasn’t a talkie. You’d never have wanted to see THAT.
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Oxbow Incident (Henry Fonda and a young Anthony Quinn)
The Grapes of Wrath (Fonda)
Casablanca
Key Largo
The Man Who Wasn’t There (Billy Bob Thornton)
Stagecoach (1939)
Freaks (1932)
Yes, most old movies are very slow, because all the people in those days were very slow, and stupid. As a matter of fact, every generation born before mine totally sucks ass. And they never had sex, either. I’m so happy I live in this modern era, where filmmakers do explosions real good, and people flying through broken glass.
Nice to see someone got the pronunciation correct ![]()
<checks Google Image search for Forbidden Planet>
Huh, I guess that explains why it wasn’t on anyone else’s list, then. Oops.
Fort Apache
The Longest Day
Stalag 17
Notorious 1946 - often touted as Hitchcock’s finest film, stars Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains and Louis Calhern
Saboteur 1942 - directed by Hitchcock - not well known by modern audiences but I’ve always loved this film. Perhaps you’ve seen the last scene which was shot at the top of the Statue of Liberty?
In Harm’s Way 1965 - another war movie starring John Wayne - but this one also has Patricia Neal who always turned in a good performance.
So you are unhappy with talkies?
Or perhaps you just prefer silent movies?
It’s really very difficult to cut through the sarcasm to try and understand what you are trying to say.
Why not just come out with it and tell us what is disturbing you and why?
Maybe you would like to start a new thread asking people to list their favorite silent movies? I always liked Birth of a Nation (1915).
The Americanization of Emily
The Manchurian Candidate
Some Like It Hot
His Girl Friday
Goodbye Mr. Chips
Seven Samurai
La Strada
Casablanca
The Thin Man
The Third Man
Mostly, you all seem to have it covered.
My top three, as of five minutes ago:
The Hustler (1961)
The Train (1964)
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
(4) Night of the Living Dead
(5) Dr. Strangelove
(6) The Hustler
Sullivan’s Travels
(IMHO, any movie shot in b/w after color became the norm is not really a b/w film. It’s an art or indie film. It’s a stylistic or artistic choice; not a necessity.)
How does that matter?
The Third Man (1949)
The most beautifully shot movie I’ve ever seen.
City Lights (1931)
Poetry in movement. The cinema’s greatest star at his finest. And that ending …
Seconds (1966)
Profoundly riveting and unsettling. Another movie with a leave-you-gaping ending, but for an entirely different reason.
OK, I’ve been reminded of:
The Hustler
Stagecoach
Strangers on a Train
Among the most frightening movies ever made: Triumph of the Will.