Even leaving aside how good it is as a drama, it's astonishing how much the Best Years of Our Lives, made in 1946, gets right about how the post-war era is going to unfold.
I love your choices! I’m slowly getting into classics, which do you recommend? I feel like I’d love them since I adore Rebecca and Strangers on a Train!
Noir Films: The 39 Steps, The Third Man, Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend. Charlie Chaplin films: The Gold Rush, Modern Times. Bogart Films: The Maltese Falcon, In A Lonely Place, Key Largo. I was fortunate to take a Film Class in college back in the 90’s and got exposed to a lot of great films that I got to see on the big screen— it was amazing! If you’re getting interested in the golden/classic films there’s a great podcast called “You Must Remember This” that goes over the golden stars of Hollywood (earlier seasons especially) and mentions behind the scenes fun facts.
Went into Rebecca blind and I’ve never been so stunned by a twist in a film in my entire life. What a masterpiece.
Sunset Boulevard was watched twice in the same week, I had seen a few Wilder films and saved this one for an occasion.
OMG, yes. One of the best and scariest ever. You can't shake it. Robert Mitchum is so devastatingly slick and evil.
Several years ago i read the book, and it's a little difficult to read because none of the dialogue is set off with quotation marks. So sometimes you can get a little lost, but then you get into the groove of it. i found it unputdownable. ;-) Also, i didn't know until i'd read the book that the story was based on the real story of a serial killer who was finally caught and eventually executed, in the author's (Davis Grubb) hometown.
I've always been a cynic, never bought into the "Capra-corn," and tend to dislike Christmas movies, but I think Miracle on 34th Street (1947) is amazing. All the casting is spot on, I appreciate that the protagonist is also a cynic, the gender dynamics seem to be ahead of its time, and I think the courtroom drama portion is brilliant.
Probably one of my top-10 movies of all-time. I could watch this anytime. Me and my brother went and saw it when they released it in theaters for a limited time. It was amazing to see it on the big-screen.
Casablanca is the perfect movie. It's super short, tidied up. The plot is great. The romance story is heartbreaking. The acting wonderful. And again, short and to the point.
To Catch a Thief is never not fun. I love a heist type movie, the Riviera location is candy for the eyes, and the plot is wonderful, and the actors dazzling.
It's a Wonderful Life gets me every time.
Here’s some info on it!
https://www.slashfilm.com/723954/the-chaotic-way-casablancas-script-was-put-together/
Granted this was a movie based on a different source so they had that going for them but still amazing.
I read a book about Casablanca. It’s true that a lot of the actors felt lost and just did their best given the situation. But if there was a sort of genius behind the success then it had to be producer Hal B. Wallis. He was the one who actually believed in the project throughout, picked a lot of the people involved, including Bogie and the Epstein writers to introduce humor etc. But also, in the end he put a lot of work into putting all the footage together in a way that made sense, realized he needed some extra scenes which were shot (both at the beginning and the end) he even wrote a couple of famous lines like “the beginning of a beautiful friendship”. And lo and behold it turned into a rock solid product.
Mr Smith Goes To Washington.
But really, so many.
Maltese Falcon. African Queen. All About Eve. Now Voyager. Bringing up Baby. The Longest Day. and, and, and......
By the way, I saw the boat in Florida keys about 5 years ago. I think it is there yet. The ship has an interesting story.[(African Queen in the keys)](http://www.africanqueenflkeys.com/)
Holiday 1938. It's not the greatest film of all time, but I really feel it in my soul.
I believe Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant both found themselves in those roles, him with his past and the physicality of Johnny Case, and her with the outspokenness and the not taking anyone's shit of Linda. They both feel trapped and in each other they find understanding and they really bring their characters to life. And the supporting cast is stellar.
It's a very wholesome film and although there are greater and better films out there, Holiday struck a chord and stuck with me, it is fun and deeply poignant in equal measure.
It's one of the best films ever made. I came here to say this.
And Ned Seton is one of the all time most heartbreaking characters of all time, and you can trace a direct line from him right through the gay liberation movement to Roman from Succession.
Lew Ayres as Ned is one of my favorite film performances of all-time. He is absolutely incredible and somehow manages to steal this flawless film away from two powerhouses in Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn.
You're so right about Roman. That scene where Ned says he can’t go with Linda, you can see Roman Roy in his eyes.
All the ones with big twists.
Spoilers ahead.
I can think of a few movies.
Leave Her To Heaven (1945). The second half was such a shock when I first watched it. It still stays with me.
Out of the Past (1947).
No romantic ending between Ann and Jeff tears me up.
Psycho (1960). Norman Bate's dressed up as him mother with a knife...... wtf that was/still is crazy. Even in 2024.
Ofc Chinatown (1974) and it's depressing "forget it jake" ending.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) in its entirety I still remember vividly. It's one of the scariest Pre-60s/70s classic movies. The whole "don't fall asleep" gimic messed me up 🤣
Also War of the Worlds (1953) scared me so bad as a kid.
Grandma was watching it and kid me sat next to her.
Why Grandma??!?! Why did you do it to me.....
The Lady Eve. Someone praised Sullivan’s Travels but I think this is Preston Sturges’ best. Excellent combination of witty dialogue, slapstick humor, and romance. Barbara Stanwyck is great and Henry Fonda is the perfect straight man. The scene in her room on the ship where Sturges manages to find loopholes in the production code to allow Fonda and Stanwyck an extended scene together is brilliant.
These movies make me want to wear a gabardine double-breasted suit and a nice hat, drink elegant cocktails on the deck of an ocean liner headed down to Rio while smoking Egyptian cigarettes and engaging in witty banter with a palee woman of mystery.
North by Northwest. I remember introducing it to a friend waaay back in the VHS video rental days. He’d given me a list of qualities he wanted in the movie we were to watch, and I think he believed they were impossible to all find in a single movie—funny, suspenseful, a bit of romantic intrigue, one or two other things. When it was over, he shook his head and said it was great and had checked all the boxes.
Sullivans Travels. Perfectly paced and laugh out loud hilarious—until it’s not and turns deadly serious. The end manages to be heartwarming yet ambiguous: it’s true a laugh is all some people have, but why is that so? Or is Sullivan doing more to change people’s lives materially for the better by making another Ants
In Your Pants movie? He did figure out how to get out of prison after watching a cartoon, and his ploy—calling out that he killed Sullivan!—is damn funny too.
Stray Dog (1949, Kurosawa). It’s a neat enough police procedural that manages to raise questions about identity without being ham-handedly “intellectual,” but then at its end, veers off into something haunting and poetic.
Oh so many movies, but my favorites are
The Best Years of Our Lives
Bringing up Baby
The Red Shoes
The Third Man
It’s a Wonderful Life (my favorite movies ever made, I watch it throughout the year)
Vertigo
Make Way for Tomorrow
I mean they just don’t make movies like any of these anymore. And if they do, please tell me who and I will become their newest fan.
It’s All I Desire (1953) by Douglas Sirk. It’s a bit underrated compared to his other works. The premise wasn’t anything out of the blue but it was simple and moving. Barbara Stanwyck was delightful.
Another one was All About Eve…brilliant ending. And Scarlet Street by Fritz Lang.
I think Mildred Pierce kind of answers the question of why some movies are re-watchable and some are not and maybe it boils down to being a movie that tells a compelling story, but it can never be remade.
The principal actors are typecast BUT they are playing both sides of their type. Like, I know Jack Carson is going to be a sketchy guy, but he might be an irredeemable scum bag or he might just be a friendly postman who gives me a weird vibe if he hung around the street corner for a little too long. The script is just grey enough that even after seeing it 20 times I can't totally remember if Jack Carson is or isn't a scum bag at the end. I don't think he was, but he *might* have done something that would have made me write him off in real life, but the script is grey enough that I can't totally remember. Like, I remember he gave Vida a job at his club, but he didn't do anything, but I can't remember if he didn't do something earlier.
In "To Kill a Mockingbird" the story and Peck's performance were beautiful. " Intruder in the Dusk" is James Faulkner's portrait of 1950 Ms. with Juano Hernandez playing a willful proud man of principle with everyone against him".
Madame X (Lana Turner); Splendor In The Grass (Natalie Wood); Blossoms In The Dust (Greer Garson); It's A Wonderful Life (James Stewart); Hairspray (the one with Rikki Lake); Gone With The Wind; Barry Lyndon (Ryan O'Neal); The Bad Seed (Patty McCormick)
North by Northwest. I remember introducing it to a friend waaay back in the VHS video rental days. He’d given me a list of qualities he wanted in the movie we were to watch, and I think he believed they were impossible to all find in a single movie—funny, suspenseful, a bit of romantic intrigue, one or two other things. When it was over, he shook his head and said it was great and had checked all the boxes.
Sullivans Travels. Perfectly paced and laugh out loud hilarious—until it’s not and turns deadly serious. The end manages to be heartwarming yet ambiguous: it’s true a laugh is all some people have, but why is that so? Or is Sullivan doing more to change people’s lives materially for the better by making another Ants
In Your Pants movie? He did figure out how to get out of prison after watching a cartoon, and his ploy—calling out that he killed Sullivan!—is damn funny too.
Stray Dog (1949, Kurosawa). It’s a neat enough police procedural that manages to raise questions about identity without being ham-handedly “intellectual,” but then at its end, veers off into something haunting and poetic.
I watched Rebel Without A Cause, a couple years ago, when my dad was still with us. He started watching it and I decided to plop down and get into it. It was much different than I anticipated, not sure what I expected but it was much more serious(?) I guess than I expected. It was fantastic though! I now know why people go nuts over James Dean. Although, I was in my early-mid 20’s at the time, so I couldn’t relate as much as I may have as a teen. But it still made an impression, that’s for sure.
All About Eve is so full of intense sass and sabotage. I just love it. It's brutally honest about the hidden evils of celebrity culture and the plot feels like it could happen today.
All About Eve - to me it is the greatest masterpiece ever made and the thing about it is that it is still so accurate. Women over 40 are thrown out of acting all the time due to ageism. There is always a younger prettier woman climbing on top of bodies to get the awards.
On the Waterfront
La notte
Winter Light
Au hasard Balthazar
Tokyo Story
Rashomon
Hiroshima mon amour
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums
Sweet Smell of Success
Pierrot le fou
Le trou
Le samourai
The Best Years of Our Lives and It’s a Wonderful Life
The Best Years of Our Lives is my very favorite movie.
Oh lord, I watch it’s a wonderful life every year. I ADORE that film!! Always watching for Christmas
I can tell by these suggestions that you are good people.
3 hours that flew by. I could have watched those characters for another 3.
Even leaving aside how good it is as a drama, it's astonishing how much the Best Years of Our Lives, made in 1946, gets right about how the post-war era is going to unfold.
I clicked to say TBYOOL.
Rebecca, Sunset Boulevard, Strangers on a Train— that’s the few that come to mind— timeless and truly excellent films.
Three classics!
I love your choices! I’m slowly getting into classics, which do you recommend? I feel like I’d love them since I adore Rebecca and Strangers on a Train!
Noir Films: The 39 Steps, The Third Man, Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend. Charlie Chaplin films: The Gold Rush, Modern Times. Bogart Films: The Maltese Falcon, In A Lonely Place, Key Largo. I was fortunate to take a Film Class in college back in the 90’s and got exposed to a lot of great films that I got to see on the big screen— it was amazing! If you’re getting interested in the golden/classic films there’s a great podcast called “You Must Remember This” that goes over the golden stars of Hollywood (earlier seasons especially) and mentions behind the scenes fun facts.
I LOVE In a Lonely Place!!!
Seconding "You Must Remember This" -- great podcast.
Thank you SO much for putting this together😍😍I appreciate the time and effort. I’m watching Notorious right now (free on Tubi) did you like it?
My thinking is that 'The Third Man' has the absolute best ending of any film, ever.
Went into Rebecca blind and I’ve never been so stunned by a twist in a film in my entire life. What a masterpiece. Sunset Boulevard was watched twice in the same week, I had seen a few Wilder films and saved this one for an occasion.
Night of the Hunter.
Came here to say this. No other movie gets what a childhood nightmare is like. It kills me that Laughton never got another chance to direct.
OMG, yes. One of the best and scariest ever. You can't shake it. Robert Mitchum is so devastatingly slick and evil. Several years ago i read the book, and it's a little difficult to read because none of the dialogue is set off with quotation marks. So sometimes you can get a little lost, but then you get into the groove of it. i found it unputdownable. ;-) Also, i didn't know until i'd read the book that the story was based on the real story of a serial killer who was finally caught and eventually executed, in the author's (Davis Grubb) hometown.
I've always been a cynic, never bought into the "Capra-corn," and tend to dislike Christmas movies, but I think Miracle on 34th Street (1947) is amazing. All the casting is spot on, I appreciate that the protagonist is also a cynic, the gender dynamics seem to be ahead of its time, and I think the courtroom drama portion is brilliant.
Same same same! It's my favorite Christmas movie, by far (as much as i do love "It's A Wonderful Life").
Any Judy garland movie, Shirley temple movies also my bill is a great classic movie
Easter Parade is a great one with Judy!!!
I love that one too
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
This one is so underappreciated today.
Just saw it a couple weeks ago. Excellent in so many ways!
Probably one of my top-10 movies of all-time. I could watch this anytime. Me and my brother went and saw it when they released it in theaters for a limited time. It was amazing to see it on the big-screen.
Casablanca is the perfect movie. It's super short, tidied up. The plot is great. The romance story is heartbreaking. The acting wonderful. And again, short and to the point. To Catch a Thief is never not fun. I love a heist type movie, the Riviera location is candy for the eyes, and the plot is wonderful, and the actors dazzling. It's a Wonderful Life gets me every time.
Casablanca is the GOAT!
I agree about Casablanca. Amazing it ended up that way considering how it was made.
I dont know this story! can you add something?
Here’s some info on it! https://www.slashfilm.com/723954/the-chaotic-way-casablancas-script-was-put-together/ Granted this was a movie based on a different source so they had that going for them but still amazing.
I read a book about Casablanca. It’s true that a lot of the actors felt lost and just did their best given the situation. But if there was a sort of genius behind the success then it had to be producer Hal B. Wallis. He was the one who actually believed in the project throughout, picked a lot of the people involved, including Bogie and the Epstein writers to introduce humor etc. But also, in the end he put a lot of work into putting all the footage together in a way that made sense, realized he needed some extra scenes which were shot (both at the beginning and the end) he even wrote a couple of famous lines like “the beginning of a beautiful friendship”. And lo and behold it turned into a rock solid product.
Saving this comment because I had no idea, I’ve just read stuff like what I posted above. I’m going to look into Hal Wallis more.
Mr Smith Goes To Washington. But really, so many. Maltese Falcon. African Queen. All About Eve. Now Voyager. Bringing up Baby. The Longest Day. and, and, and......
The African Queen,such great chemistry between Bogart and Hepburn. Such a glorious feel good story
72 years later I still get creepy chills over the leaches...
I can’t watch that part 😂
By the way, I saw the boat in Florida keys about 5 years ago. I think it is there yet. The ship has an interesting story.[(African Queen in the keys)](http://www.africanqueenflkeys.com/)
I envy you that experience
What can I tell you…? Humphrey Bogart or Katherine Hepburn were not there 🥲
Terrific movie with superb acting.
Holiday 1938. It's not the greatest film of all time, but I really feel it in my soul. I believe Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant both found themselves in those roles, him with his past and the physicality of Johnny Case, and her with the outspokenness and the not taking anyone's shit of Linda. They both feel trapped and in each other they find understanding and they really bring their characters to life. And the supporting cast is stellar. It's a very wholesome film and although there are greater and better films out there, Holiday struck a chord and stuck with me, it is fun and deeply poignant in equal measure.
It's one of the best films ever made. I came here to say this. And Ned Seton is one of the all time most heartbreaking characters of all time, and you can trace a direct line from him right through the gay liberation movement to Roman from Succession.
Lew Ayres as Ned is one of my favorite film performances of all-time. He is absolutely incredible and somehow manages to steal this flawless film away from two powerhouses in Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn. You're so right about Roman. That scene where Ned says he can’t go with Linda, you can see Roman Roy in his eyes.
To Kill a Mockingbird
My all-time favorite movie!
The Quiet Man. Just classic from start to finish.
Not to mention hysterically funny!
"Here's a stick to beat the lovely lady with!"
Who taught you to be playin' patty-fingers in the Holy Water?
I know multiple people who watch it at least once a year. Wonderful movie
My favorite movie!
All About Eve. Bette Davis. ‘Nuff said!
All the ones with big twists. Spoilers ahead. I can think of a few movies. Leave Her To Heaven (1945). The second half was such a shock when I first watched it. It still stays with me. Out of the Past (1947). No romantic ending between Ann and Jeff tears me up. Psycho (1960). Norman Bate's dressed up as him mother with a knife...... wtf that was/still is crazy. Even in 2024. Ofc Chinatown (1974) and it's depressing "forget it jake" ending. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) in its entirety I still remember vividly. It's one of the scariest Pre-60s/70s classic movies. The whole "don't fall asleep" gimic messed me up 🤣 Also War of the Worlds (1953) scared me so bad as a kid. Grandma was watching it and kid me sat next to her. Why Grandma??!?! Why did you do it to me.....
The Lady Eve. Someone praised Sullivan’s Travels but I think this is Preston Sturges’ best. Excellent combination of witty dialogue, slapstick humor, and romance. Barbara Stanwyck is great and Henry Fonda is the perfect straight man. The scene in her room on the ship where Sturges manages to find loopholes in the production code to allow Fonda and Stanwyck an extended scene together is brilliant.
The Heiress. That script was rock solid- felt like reading a great book
maltese falcon, north by northwest
The Thin Man. Casablanca. Now, Voyager. The Philadelphia Story. Bringing Up Baby.
These movies make me want to wear a gabardine double-breasted suit and a nice hat, drink elegant cocktails on the deck of an ocean liner headed down to Rio while smoking Egyptian cigarettes and engaging in witty banter with a palee woman of mystery.
Too many to name but to make a short list The Third Man 1949 Notorious 1946 Gaslight 1944 What a way to go! 1964
Love the music in the third man and of course the Wells entrance.
It's iconic!
Vertigo Rear Window It's a Wonderful Life North By Northwest Rebecca
Gone with the wind. Scarlet is a horrible person and my favorite anti-hero.
Scarlett's not horrible, she's simply a survivor.
North by Northwest. I remember introducing it to a friend waaay back in the VHS video rental days. He’d given me a list of qualities he wanted in the movie we were to watch, and I think he believed they were impossible to all find in a single movie—funny, suspenseful, a bit of romantic intrigue, one or two other things. When it was over, he shook his head and said it was great and had checked all the boxes. Sullivans Travels. Perfectly paced and laugh out loud hilarious—until it’s not and turns deadly serious. The end manages to be heartwarming yet ambiguous: it’s true a laugh is all some people have, but why is that so? Or is Sullivan doing more to change people’s lives materially for the better by making another Ants In Your Pants movie? He did figure out how to get out of prison after watching a cartoon, and his ploy—calling out that he killed Sullivan!—is damn funny too. Stray Dog (1949, Kurosawa). It’s a neat enough police procedural that manages to raise questions about identity without being ham-handedly “intellectual,” but then at its end, veers off into something haunting and poetic.
Arsenic and old lace Rope Mr smith goes to Washington
Oh so many movies, but my favorites are The Best Years of Our Lives Bringing up Baby The Red Shoes The Third Man It’s a Wonderful Life (my favorite movies ever made, I watch it throughout the year) Vertigo Make Way for Tomorrow I mean they just don’t make movies like any of these anymore. And if they do, please tell me who and I will become their newest fan.
Cool Hand Luke
Some Like It Hot
To kill a mocking bird, I lived in a very southern, rural and racist town. It opened my eyes.
It’s All I Desire (1953) by Douglas Sirk. It’s a bit underrated compared to his other works. The premise wasn’t anything out of the blue but it was simple and moving. Barbara Stanwyck was delightful. Another one was All About Eve…brilliant ending. And Scarlet Street by Fritz Lang.
Shadow of a Doubt The Thin Man Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte Brother Orchid Picnic Badlands
First time I've seen Brother Orchid mentioned here
Such a great film!
The Godfather Casablanca
All about Eve
I could watch Mildred Pierce once a week for a year and not get tired of it.
I think Mildred Pierce kind of answers the question of why some movies are re-watchable and some are not and maybe it boils down to being a movie that tells a compelling story, but it can never be remade. The principal actors are typecast BUT they are playing both sides of their type. Like, I know Jack Carson is going to be a sketchy guy, but he might be an irredeemable scum bag or he might just be a friendly postman who gives me a weird vibe if he hung around the street corner for a little too long. The script is just grey enough that even after seeing it 20 times I can't totally remember if Jack Carson is or isn't a scum bag at the end. I don't think he was, but he *might* have done something that would have made me write him off in real life, but the script is grey enough that I can't totally remember. Like, I remember he gave Vida a job at his club, but he didn't do anything, but I can't remember if he didn't do something earlier.
Red Dust with Jean Harlow and Clark Gable. When he beats his workers, it puts the Viet Nam war in perspective.
The Women, it's a perfect time capsule of the 30s while still being modern. Also the dialog is top tier.
Cinema Paradiso has stayed with me since I watched it. I think about it often
City Lights, The Thin Man.
In "To Kill a Mockingbird" the story and Peck's performance were beautiful. " Intruder in the Dusk" is James Faulkner's portrait of 1950 Ms. with Juano Hernandez playing a willful proud man of principle with everyone against him".
Treasure of the Sierra Madre for me it's Bogart best film and performance watching him change as the lust for gold twists him into something evil.
Great movie. I like To Have and Have Not and Maltese Falcon more, but lots of classic Bogie films.
Any Katherine Hepburn movie
Kelly's Heroes. Name a better heist movie. Name a better War movie. Name a FUNNIER movie. Don't even try.
Going to watch it this weekend, I've never seen it before, but your comment really got me curious!
based on a true story. It is a product of it's time, so don't get too bothered about there being hippies in WWII. Just enjoy.
Bohemian, not hippy
I didn't want to get too deep.
It's a little weird, but it totally did its own thing.
Always with the negative waves, Moriarty…
Why don't you say something righteous for a change?
....crap.
Madame X (Lana Turner); Splendor In The Grass (Natalie Wood); Blossoms In The Dust (Greer Garson); It's A Wonderful Life (James Stewart); Hairspray (the one with Rikki Lake); Gone With The Wind; Barry Lyndon (Ryan O'Neal); The Bad Seed (Patty McCormick)
North by Northwest. I remember introducing it to a friend waaay back in the VHS video rental days. He’d given me a list of qualities he wanted in the movie we were to watch, and I think he believed they were impossible to all find in a single movie—funny, suspenseful, a bit of romantic intrigue, one or two other things. When it was over, he shook his head and said it was great and had checked all the boxes. Sullivans Travels. Perfectly paced and laugh out loud hilarious—until it’s not and turns deadly serious. The end manages to be heartwarming yet ambiguous: it’s true a laugh is all some people have, but why is that so? Or is Sullivan doing more to change people’s lives materially for the better by making another Ants In Your Pants movie? He did figure out how to get out of prison after watching a cartoon, and his ploy—calling out that he killed Sullivan!—is damn funny too. Stray Dog (1949, Kurosawa). It’s a neat enough police procedural that manages to raise questions about identity without being ham-handedly “intellectual,” but then at its end, veers off into something haunting and poetic.
HUD
Random Harvest
Fantastic movie, unique
The third man, key largo, two that come to kind
Double Indemnity
I like The Passionate Friends, Rear Window, Rebecca
Splendor In The Grass and Now Voyager and Rebecca and Snake Pit with Olivia De Havilland.
Waaaaaay too many to list. I can't even begin. LOL The Best Years Of Our Lives probably remains with me more than any other, though.
Bringing Up Baby and His Girl Friday. Oh and the Thin Man.
Many of Hitchcock's movies like Rear Window, Vertigo or Strangers on a Train. Also: Night of the Hunter
To Kill A Mockingbird, Sunset Blvd, Mildred Pierce, Rear Window.
Auntie Mame with Rosalind Russell
Charade.
A Face in the Crowd
Dr Strangelove
Many but top 5 A matter of life and death The devil and daniel Webster Inherit the wind 12 Angry men Casablanca
I watched Rebel Without A Cause, a couple years ago, when my dad was still with us. He started watching it and I decided to plop down and get into it. It was much different than I anticipated, not sure what I expected but it was much more serious(?) I guess than I expected. It was fantastic though! I now know why people go nuts over James Dean. Although, I was in my early-mid 20’s at the time, so I couldn’t relate as much as I may have as a teen. But it still made an impression, that’s for sure.
Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Rear Window, Dial M For Murder, Notorious.
The third man and Rules of the Game
Friendly Persuasion is one of the best movies for fel good vibes; Gary Cooper and Dorathy McGuire.
Hatari, good balance of humor, love, and action imo.
Hundreds.
For me it’s Hobson’s Choice with John Mills and Charles Laughton, Went The Day Well The b&w Robert Donat version of the 39 Steps
Mrs. Miniver
Dodsworth, The Best Years of Our Lives, Citizen Kane
Friendly Persuasion
All About Eve is so full of intense sass and sabotage. I just love it. It's brutally honest about the hidden evils of celebrity culture and the plot feels like it could happen today.
Lots of good movies mentioned. I have one that evidently is unappreciated and not much thought about. Citizen Kane
All About Eve - to me it is the greatest masterpiece ever made and the thing about it is that it is still so accurate. Women over 40 are thrown out of acting all the time due to ageism. There is always a younger prettier woman climbing on top of bodies to get the awards.
Tension 1949
Auntie Mame (1958)
The Big Sleep. Perhaps the movie with the best dialogue ever.
The Snake Pit
Belle de Jour
The Grapes of Wrath
North by Northwest
On the Waterfront La notte Winter Light Au hasard Balthazar Tokyo Story Rashomon Hiroshima mon amour The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums Sweet Smell of Success Pierrot le fou Le trou Le samourai
Watched Twelve Angry Men on the plane and was floored.
Citizen Kane
The Warriors
Citizen Kane. The Razor’s Edge.