manderstoke Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 It Happened One Night Casablanca Odd Man Out The Third Man Gilda (ok, the ending isn't up to film noir standards, but...) Paths of Glory Kind Hearts and Coronets The Seventh Veil The Man Between Every Western that John Ford ever made Bringing Up Baby Notorious A Touch of Larceny Blade Runner Gone With The Wind (what's not to love here?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primosprimos Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 The Wizard of Oz. No other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 While it's not my favorite, I feel like THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER is one I can easily recommend to others-- especially folks new to classic film. It's a gateway to the classics, as I call it. It just resonates on so many levels and has a lot of universal across-the-board appeal. Again, it's not my favorite and it's not perfect, but it is a wonderful appealing movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 There are many. One of them is 'Quest for Fire' (1981). Another is 'Harvey' (1950) I could go on, but I hate making lists because a list always seems to diminish the import of each title that's on it (a getting lost in the crowd effect, I'd guess). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 It Happened One Night Casablanca Odd Man Out The Third Man Gilda (ok, the ending isn't up to film noir standards, but...) Paths of Glory Kind Hearts and Coronets The Seventh Veil The Man Between Every Western that John Ford ever made Bringing Up Baby Notorious A Touch of Larceny Blade Runner Gone With The Wind (what's not to love here?) Manderstoke, it makes me happy that you listed KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS because that's one of mine too! Also gotta second IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT--that one might be my favorite movie of all time, but ask me again tomorrow. And who doesn't love BRINGING UP BABY? Many of my unabashed favorites are ones I watch on different holidays every year, like: White Christmas It's a Wonderful Life Yankee Doodle Dandy Arsenic and Old Lace 1776 Best Years of Our Lives Remember the Night Others I melt into a puddle of joy whenever I think about them: Meet Me in St Louis The Apartment Stalag 17 Twelve Angry Men Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Some Like It Hot Adam's Rib Singin' in the Rain American in Paris ......and many others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primosprimos Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Manderstoke, it makes me happy that you listed KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS because that's one of mine too! Also gotta second IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT--that one might be my favorite movie of all time, but ask me again tomorrow. And who doesn't love BRINGING UP BABY? Many of my unabashed favorites are ones I watch on different holidays every year, like: White Christmas It's a Wonderful Life Yankee Doodle Dandy Arsenic and Old Lace 1776 Best Years of Our Lives Remember the Night Others I melt into a puddle of joy whenever I think about them: Meet Me in St Louis The Apartment Stalag 17 Twelve Angry Men Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Some Like It Hot Adam's Rib Singin' in the Rain American in Paris ......and many others Seven Brides for Seven Brothers That's what I love about this place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM108 Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 I could list hundreds movies that fit that description, but I assume you mean movies that pull every corn string in the book and still get away with it Big Time. So I'll stick to the first two that come to mind: It's a Wonderful Life -- Although historians might note a certain correlation between the movie's initial lack of popularity and the fact that old man Potter's party won a smashing victory in the mid-year election. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - If there's any film I would have thought I would have hated, it would have been a foreign language movie where everyone just sings to each other. But it's one of my favorite movies ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderstoke Posted November 22, 2014 Author Share Posted November 22, 2014 I love IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE also, but ,here comes the heresy, I think George's story is quite sad. Instead of traveling the world and living a richly creative, and different life, he ends up where he started - no dreams realized. (I did issue a warning that my view is iconoclastic.) Anyone can stay home, and most of us probably do, but a few fortunate ones have the courage to leave home and engage the wider world. Guess I'd better stop while I'm behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Yeah, some have some sentimental value, and some I just think were GREAT, although many others might not. But for some reason, I never tire of seeing them....over and over and over..... From a wide lattitude of time.... THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL THE WIZARD OF OZ DEAD END RIO BRAVO CITIZEN KANE MIRACLE ON 34th STREET SCROOGE( A Christmas Carol) 1951 CASABLANCA THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES ON THE WATERFRONT THE WILD ONE DR. STRANGELOVE A FACE IN THE CROWD THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE COOL HAND LUKE HUD KISS OF DEATH HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY KING KONG FRANKENSTEIN WOODSTOCK THE GODFATHER EASY RIDER THE ODD COUPLE GOOD NEIGHBOR SAM Newer ones would be: IMMORTAL BELOVED THAT THING YOU DO AMADEUS There are several more, but I'm running out of time and you're probably out of patience! Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primosprimos Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 I love IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE also, but ,here comes the heresy, I think George's story is quite sad. Instead of traveling the world and living a richly creative, and different life, he ends up where he started - no dreams realized. (I did issue a warning that my view is iconoclastic.) Anyone can stay home, and most of us probably do, but a few fortunate ones have the courage to leave home and engage the wider world. Guess I'd better stop while I'm behind. Interesting viewpoint. Behind, why would you think you're behind. You make a very valid point. And of course, the message of the movie was skewed because it was post WWII and home and hearth was all and one did not stray or think outside the box. Oh, and notice how the ENtire town was projected as going to hades - UH OH - because George wasn't around, yeah right, or that Mary was destined to be a spinster because George wasn't around? What happened to whatshisname the rich guy who was sweet on Mary, was he not born because George wasn't around? Yeah right. And Violet, oh the horror, owed her entire morality to George. And George's brother absolutely positively wouldn't have been saved by another kid. Yeah right. The only thing that rang true was the poor sap of a druggist, because George was the only one to see him mix poison or whatever into the pills. I call baloney. Baloney is okay here, right? Obviously, this film would not make it were it released today. It was grand in its time, a naive, rah rah, we're so glad to be home amongst our families that the moguls are telling us we should believe are the best thing in the world, so you all better love this wonderful patriotic family values movie...........or else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 I love IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE also, but ,here comes the heresy, I think George's story is quite sad. Instead of traveling the world and living a richly creative, and different life, he ends up where he started - no dreams realized. (I did issue a warning that my view is iconoclastic.) Anyone can stay home, and most of us probably do, but a few fortunate ones have the courage to leave home and engage the wider world. Guess I'd better stop while I'm behind. I agree with you and that is one of the reasons I'm not a big fan of IAWF. For this movie one has to buy into what is being 'sold'. I will admit that if one does accept what is being pushed, without reservations, the movie delivers, big time. Hey, since we are picking on classics (ha ha), I saw your comment on Gone With the Wind. Sorry, but I dont rate that movie so high. Of course the movie is very well made, great production values and there are many great scenes. Olivia DeHavilland is my third favorite actress and she is just great in this film. (funny but Leslie Howard is my favorite actor but GWTW isn't one of his best roles). I just find the junior high school romance part of the story really boring and silly and Scarlett is just too unlikeable of a character. Since she is at the center of everything in the film, it lowers the overall entertainment value for me. Still a very good movie but not one I would rate in the top 25 films of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldbestar Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Who says the Baileys never left home? I always figured that Potter died soon after of sour grapes at being bested and his theft of the Bailey Company money was discovered. With no heirs to run the Bank George took over and ran it right. In their later years George and Mary got to see some of the places he'd dreamed about. This would be poetic justice and a realistic answer to 'What happened next?" One person can make a difference or so a lot of folks seem to think today. The question seems to be whether it is a positive or negative one. Plenty of people make contributions to their communities that go unnoticed to anyone outside the area but are remembered long after they are gone because of the lingering impact those actions leave. George and his real-life counterparts are not losers where it counts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Who says the Baileys never left home? I always figured that Potter died soon after of sour grapes at being bested and his theft of the Bailey Company money was discovered. With no heirs to run the Bank George took over and ran it right. In their later years George and Mary got to see some of the places he'd dreamed about. This would be poetic justice and a realistic answer to 'What happened next?" One person can make a difference or so a lot of folks seem to think today. The question seems to be whether it is a positive or negative one. Plenty of people make contributions to their communities that go unnoticed to anyone outside the area but are remembered long after they are gone because of the lingering impact those actions leave. George and his real-life counterparts are not losers where it counts. We are talking about a movie right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primosprimos Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Who says the Baileys never left home? I always figured that Potter died soon after of sour grapes at being bested and his theft of the Bailey Company money was discovered. With no heirs to run the Bank George took over and ran it right. In their later years George and Mary got to see some of the places he'd dreamed about. This would be poetic justice and a realistic answer to 'What happened next?" One person can make a difference or so a lot of folks seem to think today. The question seems to be whether it is a positive or negative one. Plenty of people make contributions to their communities that go unnoticed to anyone outside the area but are remembered long after they are gone because of the lingering impact those actions leave. George and his real-life counterparts are not losers where it counts. Nice. I like that. You're a glass half full person. I'm not. I didn't say he was a loser, I said the film was skewed. All those wonderful things that George did were a fact, but it wasn't a fact that NONE of them would have been done had George not been there. There's no way of knowing any of it, and the moguls wanted their happy ending, so they manufactured one and didn't give the audience a chance to say: yeah, but, what if............ And MOST of all, Mary NEVER ever EVER would have been a spinster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastet Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 My list was rather long, so I began thinking of the "I love this film, but I'm not in the proper mood for it right now" reservation, and thus came up with a smaller list of films I can - and do - watch repeatedly, whatever mood I'm in. In no particular order: The Thin Man After the Thin Man Bringing Up Baby 9 to 5 Thelma & Louise* Clue Adam's Rib Little Miss Sunshine Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Libeled Lady Little Miss Sunshine Julie & Julia *This one always puts me in a mixed mood afterward, yet that never keeps me from watching it; I can recite it verbatim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxreyman Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 So here are 100 of my absolute favorite films. These are films that I have on disc but will find myself watching on YouTube or other channels and I can not avoid them. I can put a disc in and start watching a film at a certain point and then eject it only to put in another film at another point within the movie. For example, I particularly enjoy the final climatic scene from Executive Suite. Can watch this over and over again. It is so powerful. See here: So here are my favorite 100 films: 1. The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 2. Air Force One 1997 3. The Americanization of Emily 1964 4. Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 5. Batman Begins 2005 6. The Bedford Incident 1965 7. The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 8. The Big Country 1958 9. The Bishop’s Wife 1947 10. Bite the Bullet 1975 11. The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 12. Brubaker 1980 13. Bullitt 1968 14. The Caine Mutiny 1954 15. Casino Royale 2006 16. Chisum 1970 17. The Core 2003 18. The Cruel Sea 1953 19. The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 20. Dante’s Peak 1997 21. Dead Again 1991 22. Defending Your Life 1991 23. Destination Tokyo 1943 24. The Electric Horseman 1979 25. El Dorado 1967 26. The Enemy Below 1957 27. Executive Suite 1954 28. Fail-Safe 1964 29. Fargo 1996 30. Fort Apache 1947 31. Gardens of Stone 1987 32. Goldfinger 1964 33. The Great Escape 1963 34. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner 1967 35. The Guns of Navarone 1961 36. Hatari! 1962 37. Heist 2001 38. Hoosiers 1986 39. Howards End 1992 40. The Hunt for Red October 1990 41. Ice Station Zebra 1968 42. In Harm’s Way 1965 43. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956 44. It’s a Wonderful Life 1946 45. Judgement at Nuremberg 1961 46. Legal Eagles 1986 47. Local Hero 1983 48. Lonely Are the Brave 1962 49. The Longest Day 1962 50. Lost Horizon 1937 51. The Man From Laramie 1955 52. Man of Steel 2013 53. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 54. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2003 55. McLintock! 1963 56. My Darling Clementine 1946 57. My Favorite Wife 1940 58. The Natural 1984 59. North By Northwest 1959 60. Nothing in Common 1986 61. Open Range 2003 62. The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 63. Patton 1970 64. The Presido 1988 65. The Professionals 1966 66. Random Harvest 1942 67. The Remains of the Day 1993 68. Ride the High Country 1962 69. The Right Stuff 1983 70. Rio Bravo 1959 71. Robin and Marion 1976 72. Roman Holiday 1953 73. Ronin 1998 74. The Sea Hawk 1940 75. The Searchers 1956 76. Seven Days in May 1964 77. 1776 1972 78. Shadowlands 1993 79. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949 80. Sink the Bismarck! 81. Stairway to Heaven 1946 82. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 1982 83. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 1984 84. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991 85. The Stunt Man 1980 86. The Talk of the Town 1942 87. They Were Expendable 88. The Thing From Another World 1951 89. Thirteen Days 2000 90. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1944 91. Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 92. The Train Robbers 1973 93. True Grit 1969 94. Twelve O’Clock High 1949 95. Where Eagles Dare 1969 96. White Christmas 1954 97. Will Penny 1968 98. Winchester ‘73 1950 99. The Wind and the Lion 1975 100. The World’s Fastest Indian 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Attack of the 50 Foot Woman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Bell, Book and Candle (1959) Camelot (1967) The Cranes Are Flying (1957) Daisies (1967) Death Takes a Holiday (1934) The Devil's Disciple (1959) Diabolique (1955) The Divorce Of Lady X (1938) Floating Weeds (1959) Gambit (1966) The Hidden Fortress (1958) How to Steal a Million (1966) If I Were King (1938) Indiscreet (1958) Jewel Robbery (1932) The Lady Eve (1941) Laura (1944) Love In The Afternoon (1957) The L-Shaped Room (1962) My Neighbor Totoro (1993) Nikita (1990) The Penguin Pool Murder (1932) The Princess Bride (1987) The Prisoner Of Zenda (1937) Raffles (1930) Rebecca (1940) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1990) Sabrina (1954) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935) Seven Samurai (1954) The Seventh Seal (1957) The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939) The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) Throne of Blood (1957) Trouble In Paradise (1932) Wall-E (2008) Yojimbo (1961) Young Frankenstein (1974 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldbestar Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 We are talking about a movie right? Yes, James, we are but one of the things I use to judge a movie is to wonder what happened later on. Such as what Marty and Clara did if they married-did she get him to go to college at night so they'd both have educations? Did he make a go of the butcher shop? What happened when the survivors got back to Fort Bravo - was Carla shot as a spy or just sent to prison and did she end up with Roper afterwards? If I can come up with a plausible scenario then the ending was a good one; if not it puts the whole movie in question. My point was that what our culture defines as success and what that turns out to be for many folks are two different things. IAWL showed that and I'd like to think our hero got some of his dreams to come true eventually. Sometimes it seems that the screen is the only place where it does nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 *This one always puts me in a mixed mood afterward, yet that never keeps me from watching it; I can recite it verbatim. Bastet, I also like that movie. That it speaks to you complexly is making me recommend a book to you that I believe you will find outstanding - it's 'The Women's Room' by Marilyn French. I was impressed by it, to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderstoke Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 But, if our satisfaction with the movie depends upon what happens next, fantasy flies out the window. A case in point would be, what happens next to Francesca and Nicholas? Could anyone actually live with that guy? Probably not. In the real world, one would object to the overt sexism of the ending; but, in the fantasy world, what woman would ever have turned down Mr. Mason in his prime? No one I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 My list might be a little more low-brow than others, some may admit to liking some of these films as a "guilty pleasure" but I feel no guilt. I just love movies and there are some I can watch over and over again and never tire of. I will occasionally even watch the same movie that I watched the day before just because I love it and feel like watching it again. Many of my favorites are lamented on the "Overplayed Hall of Fame" thread; but I love some of those films so much, they're never "overplayed" for me. Here's my list, in no particular order: The Adventures of Robin Hood The Sisters (1938) Dodge City ...Pretty much any Errol Flynn movie. Gilda Summer Stock Singin' in the Rain Meet Me in St. Louis Auntie Mame Funny Face All About Eve Sabrina (1954) Arsenic and Old Lace North By Northwest Sunset Boulevard Some Like it Hot Picnic Any of the Thin Man movies Love Crazy The Long Long Trailer Libeled Lady Casablanca The Tender Trap The Muppet Movie Smokey and the Bandit The Brady Bunch Movie & Sequel Clue Dirty Dancing Footloose (1984) The Karate Kid (1984) Clueless UHF Mean Girls 10 Things I Hate About You Beauty and the Beast (Disney) Tangled (Disney) The Lego Movie Bridesmaids The Birdcage Sixteen Candles Pretty in Pink Planes, Trains and Automobiles Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men -- There are so many films that I love. My list could easily be 2x as long or maybe even 3x as long. I love watching movies in general from all eras. I'm so happy that I have my TCM back again =) Bring on Cary Grant month!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Gone With the Wind 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeHolman Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 The Searchers The Hanging Tree The Pride of the Yankees Shane Red River Patton Gone With The Wind El Cid Ben-Hur The Ten Commandments 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 'The Island of Dr. Moreau' (1996) I love that lambasted version. It's the best - the best, Jerry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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