Classic Great Movies

[tbach24]

If there's a good movie that's from 15+ years ago, I doubt I've seen it.

Ones on my Netflix queue that I haven't seen:

Dr. Strangelove
Scarface
Full Metal Jacket
The Shining
A Clockwork Orange
2001: Space Oddyssey

What other movies that I might not have seen that I should?

[istewart]

Sucking Kubrick's Dick is a good one.

EDIT: Midnight Run, with De Niro/Grodin, is very funny. Get it. ~1988 or so.

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Cool Hand Luke

[ClassicBob]

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Sucking Kubrick's Dick is a good one.



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Your play, brilliant, in my opinion.

[Jeff W]

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If there's a good movie that's from 15+ years ago, I doubt I've seen it.

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Ebert's Great Movies List (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=REVIEWS08)

[tbach24]

lol, those were all movies in the "you might like these" section and I had heard of them being good so I decided to add them.

[swede123]

Your question is way to open-ended. What kind of genres do you like? Tell us a few of your favorite movies and maybe it will be easier to make suggestions.

Swede

[tbach24]

I'm pretty open minded. The only movies I detest are ones like Fast and Furious or something equally stupid.

Edit- the type of movie I'm looking for could be classified as a "must see"

[RunDownHouse]

On the Waterfront is easily my favorite "classic" movie and maybe Brando's best performance. See Casablanca as well.

[swede123]

Fair enough. I'll give you a couple of my favorites in several categories. Some of these may not be considered "classics" by the critics but oh well...

Science Fiction:
2001: A Space Odyssey
Blade Runner
West World

Western:
Rio Bravo
The Outlaw Josey Wales
High Plains Drifter

Drama:
Casablanca
Amadeus
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (you could categorize this as Sci Fi as well)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Comedy:
The Jerk
Annie Hall (some people don't find Woody Allen funny but I love his movies
Tootsie

War Movies:
The Deerhunter
Patton
Glory
The Bridge on the River Kwai

Film Noir/Thriller:
The Maltese Falcon
Touch of Evil
Chinatown

Have fun!

Swede

[RicktheRuler]

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2001: A Space Odyssey
Blade Runner
West World

Western:
Rio Bravo
The Outlaw Josey Wales
High Plains Drifter

Drama:
Casablanca
Amadeus
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (you could categorize this as Sci Fi as well)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Comedy:
The Jerk
Annie Hall (some people don't find Woody Allen funny but I love his movies
Tootsie

War Movies:
The Deerhunter
Patton
Glory
The Bridge on the River Kwai

Film Noir/Thriller:
The Maltese Falcon
Touch of Evil
Chinatown


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It might be cliche, but a list like this is never complete without Citizen Kane.

[Blarg]

Try some of Hitchcock's stuff. Most of it is very fun just on a surface level, and you'll be in the hands of a master.

For a real fun quick start, try:

Psycho
Rear Window
North by Northwest
The 39 Steps

For more evocative stuff:

Shadow of a Doubt
Suspicion
The Wrong Man

For something slower but really evocative:

Vertigo

Other good ones:

Notorious
Strangers on a Train


Ones some people find kinda "iffy":

Marnie
The Birds

Chick Flick with still some fun parts:

Rebecca
the second version of The Man Who Knew Too Much

Hmmm, some non-Hitchock classics:

Lawrence of Arabia
The Bridge Over the River Kwai
The Great Escape
Cool Hand Luke(I think this film will get much more highly rated over time -- extremely good and fun)
Stagecoach
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Gold Rush
The Third Man
The Big Heat
The Maltese Falcon
Casablanca
Treasure of the Sierra Madre]
Rebel Without a Cause
Rosemary's Baby

Nothing complete about that list at all, but it would take a pretty ornery fella to find fault with those. It's a solid start for films from this side of the pond.

There are plenty of non-American great films too, but I don't want to provoke a riot.

[shant]

The Graduate
Dog Day Afternoon
Taxi Driver

[CCass]

The Quiet Man

[BWebb]

I'm guessing you've seen Godfather I & II, but if not add those. Apocolypse Now, Python's Search for the Holy Grail, plus all the ones mentioned above.

[M2d]

singing in the rain
swing time
casablanca
the big sleep
used cars

[Uston]

It's only barely out of your time frame but you should add Cinema Paradiso to your queue and bump it to the top. Note: I can only vouch for the original version. I haven't seen the director's cut. Both are included on the DVD. If you don't love this movie you have no soul.

Also:

Full Metal Jacket
Raising Arizona
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

[jakethebake]

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The Quiet Man

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I watch it every time it's on...drives the wife crazy. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[RacersEdge]

Scanned the thread - didn't see this one: Stalag 17 - basis for Hogan's Heroes, but S17 is a drama...the William Holden character in there is so cool..

[Blarg]

Should have mentioned High Noon, The Searchers, and My Darling Clementine.

And Kiss Me Deadly wouldn't be bad if you want to see where Quentin Tarantino got one of his ideas from.

And McCabe and Mrs. Miller.
Ordinary People.
An Unmarried Woman.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
The Invisible Man
The Island of Lost Souls
The Wolfman
Straight Time
Serpico
Little Big Man
The Night of the Hunter
Jungle Book
Gunga Din
The Man Who Would Be King
War of the Worlds
The Last Detail
Five Easy Pieces
Midnight Cowboy
The Hustler
The Conversation
The Killing
Last Tango in Paris
The Wild Bunch

[brassnuts]

Behind the Green Door
Debbie Does Dallas
Deepthroat

[jakethebake]

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Behind the Green Door
Debbie Does Dallas
Deepthroat

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i downl;oaded these from limewire yesterday. i havent watched them yet though.

[Cumulonimbus]

EASYRIDER!!! Duh.

[__Q__]

Mash (the show sucks, but the original movies is great)
Young Frankenstien
Bringing up Baby
Whats Up Doc
The Odessa File
The Jackal (the original)

oh, and definately High Noon

[tbach24]

Just finished Dr. Strangelove and it's very entertaining. It's not like Zoolander funny though.

[mockingbird]

"ON The Waterfront" w/Brando, Rod Steiger, Eva Marie Saint, and Carl Malden directed by Elia Kazaan.

More that just a classic - great story, great acting, etc. etc. There's a scene in it that gets quoted quite a lot.

A must see drama.

"Ruthless People" w/Bette Midler - one of the funniest movies I've ever seen.

Have fun

[RunDownHouse]

Can't believe I forgot The Wild Bunch.

Eva Marie Saint actually came to my film class when I was in school. We were (obviously) watching On the Waterfront at the time, and for part of the class we played the scene with her and Brando in the park. She actually broke down and cried, and said she had almost completely forgotten about doing that scene.

Maybe that's why I'm a bit biased towards On the Waterfront.

[stankybank]

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