Old Movie Recommendations

[allenT]

I'm a bit of movie fan to old movies.

I recommend some Action Crime/ Thrillers I love. These are totally wholesome from beginning to end for me.

Pulp Fiction (1994)
Silence of the Lambs (1984)
Heat (1995)
Taxi Driver (1976)
There will be Blood (2007)
Vertigo (1958)
Crash (2004) (say what you will but i like it)
Black Swan (2010)

This one is relatively new but i'm floored by the movie direction. Nightcrawler (2014)

[cherrystark]

Singing in the Rain is AMAZING!!! All of those movies are great. Arsenic and Old Lace is great on so many levels. They tried to remake it in the 1960s with Tony Randall, but it wasn't as good. And Tony Randall is an amazing straight man with fantastic timing

[yoyoyoshiko]

One of my favorite stories is "A Thousand Clowns," which was an old broadway play that was eventually adapted into a movie.
No actual clowns involved... Its about a goofy former comedy writer raising his young nephew and doing his darndest to avoid acting the part of a responsible adult. I used to love it as a kid cause it was fun to watch the protagonist act all goofy and stuff but it really shone differently when I started watching as an adult.
Highly reccomend!

its also all on youtube!!

[therosesword]

There is an old movie from the 1948 (black and white) about a Norwegian immigrant family in San Francisco. The eldest daughter wants to be a writer.

It's based on a play and some of the finest writing ever. A large cast with some of the best character actors of the time, each one clearly defined and three dimensional and each of their stories a capsule of humanity.

It's a "quiet" movie about the events of a family that draws you in.

title is "I Remember Mama."

[therosesword]

Harvey is a tour d 'force!

You left off: Some Like it Hot.

[DavidPerry]

You're right, I totally did! How could I? It's considered the greatest comedy ever written. I don't know if I'd go THAT far, but it's a very funny film. And yeah, Harvey is brilliant. His monologue is one of the greatest in all of film, IMO.

[cherrystark]

"Some Like it Hot" is awesome! Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis were an amazing comedy team.

[thedude3445]

Here's a great old one: His Girl Friday. Not only is it great but it's public domain, so you can watch it for free right now:

[allenT]

More favorite movies about protagonist ordeals, coming-of-age & tragedies.

Brokeback Mountain (2005)
The Green Mile (1999)
Cast Away (2000)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
My Girl (1991)
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
The Neverending Story (1984)
Hurt Locker (2008)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)

relatively new one: Parasite (2019), Gravity (2013)

[NickRowler]

Here's some old movies that might seem somewhat topical to today.

• The Omega Man (1971)
• All the President's Men (1976)
• Do the Right Thing (1989)

If you want something that is sort of weird

• Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
• Clerks (1994)
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
• $9.99 (2008)

[bakasama25]

The Omega Man (1971)

I've read the original novella, "I Am Legend", seen the Vincent Price version, and the Will Smith version as well as the Omega Man. They're all a bit toned down from the novella. The original was very pretty depressing and bleak and also inspired modern zombies. The end of the novella is one of the reasons it's considered classic of vampire fiction. The later movies changed it make the end a bit more "happy" I guess.

[justasicanbesocruel]

There are the older movies that have the greatest rewatch value, at least for me:

~Gone With The Wind (1939)
~The Quiet Man (1952)
~Ten Commandments (1956)
~Gigi (1958)
~The Birds (1963)
~Sound of Music (1965)
~Yours Mine and Ours (1968)
~The Shining (1980)
~Victor/Victoria (1982)

And the original Twilight Zone series (1959) has massive rewatch value. I can watch it on marathon over and over and never get tired of it, lol.

[UrMom]

OH prepare for a long list, I love watching movies!

My faves (links to trailers) -cracks knuckles-:

Serial Mom
Jacob's Ladder
Eraserhead
As Good As It Gets
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
A Nightmare on Elm Street 1 and 2
Perfect Blue
Sleepaway Camp
Tombstone (partially because my uncle played a random background dude in it.)
My Neighbor Totoro
Princess Mononoke
Porky's
Full Metal Jacket
Little Shop of Horrors
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Beetlejuice
Weird Science
Revenge of the Nerds
Edward Scissorhands
Blazing Saddles
Risky Business
Cannibal Holocaust (really messed up movie, only watch it if you like critical commentary films, and can handle upsetting visuals.)
Dune
*Batteries Not Included
The Goonies
Titanic
Grave of the Fireflies
Clue
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Airplane 1 and 2.
Naked Gun 1, 2½ and 33⅓.
Grease
Conan The Barbarian
Most of the Police Academy movies.
Top Secret
Misery
Cube
Alien
Species
Footloose
The Dark Crystal
The Holy Mountain
M*A*S*H
A Clockwork Orange
Jaws
Watership Down
Phantom Of The Paradise
Dead Poet Society
Akira
Romancing the Stone
Ghostbusters
The Thing
The Bear/L'Ours
Return to Oz
Starship Troopers
Back to the Future 1,2 and 3.
The Fifth Element

There are more I'm sure, but these are the ones I remember off the top of my head. I would describe what I like about them all, but then I would be here all night.

[kitschensyngk]

You can't go wrong with a good satirical comedy. Dr. Strangelove, Brazil, and Monty Python's Life of Brian are brilliant films that are just as relevant today as they were when they were made.

[Black_Conscious]

Safe to say that I don't got a favorite movie

but I do have to say "The Outsiders" ??
it is old

I had read the book and it was good as well as the movie but to have complete understanding of whats happening gotta read the novel but anyways here is what it looks like

[Puck]

I love Jim Jarmusch movies and "Night on earth" is my favourite because that´s the first one I saw by JJ but they
are all good. Coffee & Cigarettes, Down by law etc
I saw Night on earth when I was 16 in 1991 and it changed my movie life because I finally found a movie
genre that I love.
The Wanderers is the movie I watched the most beside Star Wars IV-VI
Beside that I´m really interested in movies from the 20s - 50s, I love the connection between rock´n´roll
and movies in movies like "the girl can´t help it"
When I was 14 I was a big James Dean fan, Rebel without a cause is his best one.
I love movies that surprise the viewer like old boy but that´s not really old (2003)

[Ordinaryaverageguy]

Nobody liked They Might Be Giants?

[skippyjoeskilling]

Oh man, where to start...

I mostly watch horror, so there I have to recommend
-Freaks (1932)
-Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)
-Man Bites Dog (1992) this is one of the most disturbing films I've ever seen, watch with caution
-Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
-Ginger Snaps (2001)
-Dead Alive (1993)
-Haxan (1922)
-Anything made by Dario Argentines, and the 2019 Suspiria remakes very good as well

I'm sure as soon as I hit post I'll remember 20 more, lol

[skippyjoeskilling]

I love The Bad Seed, it's one of those movies I'm always trying to convince friends to watch with me

[kmlangleyauthor]

The Court Jester (1955) — Danny Kaye, Angela Lansbury, and Basil Rathbone.
It’s Danny Kaye. Need I say more? It’s hysterical

The Court Jester

Operation Petticoat (1959) — Cary Grant, Tony Curtis.
One of the most hilarious naval films ever made

Operation Petticoat

I’m so happy @DavidPerry mentioned Arsenic and Old Lace! I feel like it gets forgotten more often than not!