Recommend me an older film (before 1980) that you consider to be an absolute classic
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Vertigo
The Great Dictator
Nosferatu
From Russia with Love
Goldfinger
12 Angry Man
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Vertigo
The Great Dictator
Nosferatu
From Russia with Love
Goldfinger
12 Angry Man
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
there's an underrated, old low-budget war film that I would recommend called The Steel Helmet.
in fact, I recommend a deep dive into the filmography of Samuel Fuller. An interesting filmmaker who only gets love in film circles... sometimes.
in fact, I recommend a deep dive into the filmography of Samuel Fuller. An interesting filmmaker who only gets love in film circles... sometimes.
'The Asphyx' (1971) is pure Victorian horror in every sense of the word. The movie focuses on a high society doctor, Sir Hugo Cunningham (Robert Stephens), who after capturing an ancient creature that comes to claim your soul at the moment of death, begins to experiment with the monster the film is named after. The movie's best moments come when Hugo debates the meaning of the creature's existence and his philosophical conversations are given the time needed to explore unanswerable questions of human mortality.
If you have the patience (this film demands it), it makes up for in an original story that hasn't been replicated since and ultimately demands a deep consideration of your own impending death.
If you have the patience (this film demands it), it makes up for in an original story that hasn't been replicated since and ultimately demands a deep consideration of your own impending death.
Wow I was going to say HouseHarakiri
Housu
I'll leave it with those two because I have so so so many. Cinema has been good for ages.
Reasonably. House is the zenith of human creativity that has not since been equaled by mortal hands.
I'm genuinely unsure if I'm joking or not. There's NOTHING else out there like it (though some of the director's other work comes close, it's hard to tell since most aren't available outside Japan).
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Directed by Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Ann Sheridan and Humphrey Bogart.
An absolute classic and one of my favorite movies of all time. If I could only recommend one, it would be this one. I think it might only be on DVD though because I can't find it streaming anywhere.
Other recommendations include The Big Sleep (1946), Strangers on a Train (1951), and Witness for the Prosecution (1957).
Directed by Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Ann Sheridan and Humphrey Bogart.
An absolute classic and one of my favorite movies of all time. If I could only recommend one, it would be this one. I think it might only be on DVD though because I can't find it streaming anywhere.
Other recommendations include The Big Sleep (1946), Strangers on a Train (1951), and Witness for the Prosecution (1957).
Rear Window is my absolute favorite movie of all time. Actually quite fitting at the moment too. Dude is stuck in his apartment because he broke his leg, so he sits at the window all day and watches his neighbours go about their home lives. Which turns into a murder mystery :)
Predictable answer but Casablanca.
A few other personal favourites: Bride of Frankenstein, It's A Wonderful Life, Wizard of Oz, Bridge on the River Kwai, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Haunting, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho, Taxi Driver...
And this. :)
A few other personal favourites: Bride of Frankenstein, It's A Wonderful Life, Wizard of Oz, Bridge on the River Kwai, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Haunting, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho, Taxi Driver...
And this. :)
About 7 or so years ago I was really sick about Christmas time, staying in bed as much as possible and put on the DVD for Rear Window. Watched it and at the end I was struggling to motivate myself to get out of bed and while I was deliberating, the film just looped and started playing again. So I watched it again straight away, not just because I couldn't get out of bed but because I got sucked in again almost immediately as I really love that film. Definitely in my top 10 favourites.
Jaws is the best movie of all time so watch that.
Also watch The Great Silence:
I saw this on TV around 30 years ago expecting something fun like the Sergio Leone/Clint Eastwood movies.
What I actually got was an anti-authoritarian and anti-capitalist spaghetti western which is so cynical and bleak that it fucked me right up when I was a kid.
It's great.
I got a couple of film recommendations:
Cool Hand Luke - starring Paul Newman
North by Northwest - Hitchcock and one of the best IMO, I see tons of vertigo recommendations but you should watch this too
Dirty Harry - the protogenesis of the summer blockbuster
Cool Hand Luke - starring Paul Newman
North by Northwest - Hitchcock and one of the best IMO, I see tons of vertigo recommendations but you should watch this too
Dirty Harry - the protogenesis of the summer blockbuster
Dr. Strangelove
It's amazing how well this holds as a "war" movie that came out in 1964. Very relevant today.
It's amazing how well this holds as a "war" movie that came out in 1964. Very relevant today.
Halloween
The Last House on the Left
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Suspiria
Don't Look Now
The 70s was a great decade for horror damn.
The Last House on the Left
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Suspiria
Don't Look Now
The 70s was a great decade for horror damn.
Lot of really good recs in this thread! I think the necessities and more artistic films have been covered a lot, so I'll go a little sillier.
"Singin' in the Rain" is one of my favorite movies and I think it still holds up (mostly due to it being a period piece). It's light-hearted and fun, but well acted and can be very clever at times. ...it also should never have worked since it's a jukebox musical intended to highlight one composer's songs, so the fact that it managed to work them in while still managing to be coherent and entertaining is pretty impressive.
A little less known but one I personally enjoy is "Arsenic and Old Lace". It's a direct adaptation from a play, so it drags a bit in the middle (where there would have been an intermission) but the beginning and end are so worth it. A surprisingly dark comedy for the time, and a lot of fun as long as you don't mind people making jokes regarding murder.
"Singin' in the Rain" is one of my favorite movies and I think it still holds up (mostly due to it being a period piece). It's light-hearted and fun, but well acted and can be very clever at times. ...it also should never have worked since it's a jukebox musical intended to highlight one composer's songs, so the fact that it managed to work them in while still managing to be coherent and entertaining is pretty impressive.
A little less known but one I personally enjoy is "Arsenic and Old Lace". It's a direct adaptation from a play, so it drags a bit in the middle (where there would have been an intermission) but the beginning and end are so worth it. A surprisingly dark comedy for the time, and a lot of fun as long as you don't mind people making jokes regarding murder.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Dog Day Afternoon
The Apartment
What's Up Doc?
12 Angry Men
The Sound of Music
I mean, Star Wars/ESB technically meet the requirement but maybe not the spirit of the thread.
But on that note, American Graffiti.
Oh and anything by Mel Brooks
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Dog Day Afternoon
The Apartment
What's Up Doc?
12 Angry Men
The Sound of Music
I mean, Star Wars/ESB technically meet the requirement but maybe not the spirit of the thread.
But on that note, American Graffiti.
Oh and anything by Mel Brooks
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
You're in for a treat, but be forewarned it can get pretty depressing.
