Best old movies?

[grayowl60]

My favorites:
1. The Manchurian Candidate (Sanatra version)
Taken off the shelf for 10+ years after the Kennedy assassination
2. To Have and have not
Real sexual tension between a 40+ year old Bogart and a 19 year old Becall
Written by Hemingway and Faulkner
"You know how to whistle dont you Steve?":eek:
3. Giant
Some young punk STOLE THE SHOW from Elizebeth Taylor and Rock Hudson
4.To Kill A Mockingbird
5. Shane
"Tell your Mother there are no more guns in the valley";)

I could go on and on
When does spring training start:confused:

[CyFallsMom]

To Kill A Mockingbird (the BEST ever)
North By Northwest (Cary Grant = HOT!)
Pillow Talk (or anything with Doris Day)
Yours Mine and Ours (Lucy was classic in the drunk scene)
Key Largo (set in one room during a hurricane - awesome movie)
Young Frankenstein (need I say more - Gene Wilder is GREAT)
The Magnificent Seven (love the musical score)
The Dirty Dozen (How can you not like this one!)
Gone With The Wind (I am descended from the Wilkes Family of Georgia and South Carolina so this one has a special place for me:) ).
Psycho (any Hitchcock film is worth mentioning but this one is classic)
Stalag 13 (Hogan's Heroes on film)
Pride of The Yankees (I cry every time)
Old Yeller (I cry as soon as I see the dog!!)
Help!, Hard Day's Night and Let It Be (I think if you know me, this goes without saying!!).

[RPM]

Cheech and Chong

[toddg]

"the searchers" john wayne classic, ethan had a heart, he just didnt know how to show it...inspiration to buddy holly's "that'll be the day".

"the good, the bad, and the ugly" last of the 3 spagetti westerns with clint eastwood, and the best of the 3, though the first 2..not bad!

"the outlaw josey wales" saw this one at the movies...and have watched it atleast a 100 times since...

"kelly's heros" an unrealistic spoof set in WWII, with 60s music soundtrack..but, entertaining to say the least! my fav part was when the overzealous general was listining to the radio transmissions of an apparant battle being waged..the commanding officer of the gravediggers battallion was telling kelly "hey, we have a stake in this too"!! the expression on carroll o'conners face was "priceless"!!

"the shootist" the dukes last film..one of the few that his charactor actually died in.

"american grafitti" fitting that the first time i watched this flick, was at a drive-in.

[drgnbkr]

Cheech and Chong

My stomach hurts reading that....:D

[toddg]

Cheech and Chong

which one? "up in smoke" was the best IMHO.

[dragonsdaddy]

to kill a mockingbird - the movie rivalled the book.
treasure of sierra madre-"we don't need no stinkin badges"
mutiny on the bounty- bogey was awesome
citizen kane-rosebud
maltese falcon

[TXFOOSBALL]

Casablanca

[grayowl60]

to kill a mockingbird - the movie rivalled the book.
treasure of sierra madre-"we don't need no stinkin badges"
mutiny on the bounty- bogey was awesome
citizen kane-rosebud
maltese falcon
Yes- that Maltese Falcon " the stuff that dreams are made of', Was Bogey Marlow or Spade in that one?

Others from me
- Ben Hur
-Dr. Strangelove
-Picnic
-Hud
-Patton
-Twelve angry men

[dragonsdaddy]

peter sellers could have died after dr strangelove and he'd still have had the best performance ever. they got their money's worth out of him there. that is my all-time favorite. i could watch it every month. "natural essence"

[Redclad]

Caged Heat.

[twcpfan1]

I'm with whoever said 'Up in Smoke'

[GoOwls]

"the searchers" john wayne classic, ethan had a heart, he just didnt know how to show it...inspiration to buddy holly's "that'll be the day".

"the good, the bad, and the ugly" last of the 3 spagetti westerns with clint eastwood, and the best of the 3, though the first 2..not bad!

"the outlaw josey wales" saw this one at the movies...and have watched it atleast a 100 times since...

"kelly's heros" an unrealistic spoof set in WWII, with 60s music soundtrack..but, entertaining to say the least! my fav part was when the overzealous general was listining to the radio transmissions of an apparant battle being waged..the commanding officer of the gravediggers battallion was telling kelly "hey, we have a stake in this too"!! the expression on carroll o'conners face was "priceless"!!

"the shootist" the dukes last film..one of the few that his charactor actually died in.

"american grafitti" fitting that the first time i watched this flick, was at a drive-in.

John Waynes' darkest charachter was Ethan in "The Searchers". It's a personal favorite along with a number of others listed earlier. I'd like to add to the growing list:

Anatomy of a Murder (Jimmy Stewart)
Fort Apache (Wayne and Fonda)
SGT. Rutledge
Rope
Bridge on the River Kwai
Winchester '73
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Sands of Iwo Jima
They Were Expendable
In Harms' Way
The Bedford Incident

I'll stop for now.

[Bobcat81]

"the searchers" john wayne classic, ethan had a heart, he just didnt know how to show it...inspiration to buddy holly's "that'll be the day".

"the good, the bad, and the ugly" last of the 3 spagetti westerns with clint eastwood, and the best of the 3, though the first 2..not bad!

"the outlaw josey wales" saw this one at the movies...and have watched it atleast a 100 times since...

"kelly's heros" an unrealistic spoof set in WWII, with 60s music soundtrack..but, entertaining to say the least! my fav part was when the overzealous general was listining to the radio transmissions of an apparant battle being waged..the commanding officer of the gravediggers battallion was telling kelly "hey, we have a stake in this too"!! the expression on carroll o'conners face was "priceless"!!

"the shootist" the dukes last film..one of the few that his charactor actually died in.

"american grafitti" fitting that the first time i watched this flick, was at a drive-in.


Haha...good flick. Dreyfus' fascination with the untouchable "T-Bird" chic throughout that movie was hilarius. Poor b*stard..lol

[Bobcat81]

John Waynes' darkest charachter was Ethan in "The Searchers". It's a personal favorite along with a number of others listed earlier. I'd like to add to the growing list:

Anatomy of a Murder (Jimmy Stewart)
Fort Apache (Wayne and Fonda)
SGT. Rutledge
Rope
Bridge on the River Kwai
Winchester '73
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Sands of Iwo Jima
They Were Expendable
In Harms' Way
The Bedford Incident

I'll stop for now.

Awesome list Owls ;) However, you forgot one...


"Sergeant York"

[Dog Will Hunt]

Maltese Falcon
Bridge on the River Kwai
Guns of Navarone
The Longest Day
The Quiet Man
Sons of Katie Elder
Sand Pebbles
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
Its a Mad Mad Mad world
Diamonds are Forever
Any J Wayne Movie(Rio Lobo Rooster Cogburn)
Last Detail
No Time for Sargents

[dragonsdaddy]

i guess we need to define "old". blazing saddles is great as well as caddy shack. mash was also one of my favorites-"oh my God, they shot him"

[grayowl60]

The Yearling (1946):)

[ThEgReAtOnE]

These may not be recorded by AFI as the great classics of all-time, but they're my Pre-1975 favorites...

1) To Kill A Mockingbird

2) In the Heat of the Night

3) Blackboard Jungle

4) A Slender Thread

5) Ben Hur

6) A Streeetcar Name Desire

7) To Sir with Love

8) Spartacus

9) The Dirty Dozen

10) The Fastest Gun Alive

As you can tell from most of the movies..
Sidney Poitier and Glenn Ford tie for my All-time favorite actors. I could sit here and watch their movies all day, and still be amazed.

[RPM]

which one? "up in smoke" was the best IMHO.

of course it was...

[stevefoxsc]

i saw one called the body snatchers and another great one i saw a few weeks ago was an old western called ramrod.

[Firebird]

Whoever said "The Searchers" is right on the money.
"Lawrence of Arabia" is fantastic, too.

An undeappreciated Bogie flick-- "African Queen".

Paul Newman in-- "Cool Hand Luke"-- one of the best performances and best films in American history.

[CyFallsMom]

"Cool Hand Luke"-- one of the best performances and best films in American history.

What we have heah is a failyah to communicate (had to do it how it sounded!!). One of the greatest film lines ever!

[Bobcat81]

What we have heah is a failyah to communicate (had to do it how it sounded!!). One of the greatest film lines ever!

That was classic ;)

[toddg]

Whoever said "The Searchers" is right on the money.
"Lawrence of Arabia" is fantastic, too.

An undeappreciated Bogie flick-- "African Queen".

Paul Newman in-- "Cool Hand Luke"-- one of the best performances and best films in American history.

he earned dragline's respect, didnt he!:D

[DiamondJ2]

McClintock-John Wayne
Ryan's Express
Longest Day
Glenn Miller Story
Easy Rider
Godfather

[grayowl60]

best chick flic: Somewhere in time:cool:

[ktCarl]

peter sellers could have died after dr strangelove and he'd still have had the best performance ever. they got their money's worth out of him there. that is my all-time favorite. i could watch it every month. "natural essence"

I like Sellers and that movie tremendously but thought he topped that performance in 'Being There'. Chauncey Gardener, "I like to watch."

My favorite scene in Strangelove is Slim Pickens riding the nuclear bomb down to the target like he was bronc bustin'. Priceless. "We're gonna drop this bomb if it puts a hair lip on every cow in Plumb Creek."



The Miracle Worker
The Graduate
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Wizard Of Oz

[Mac Is Back]

The Graduate
Shane
Maltese Falcon
All The President's Men
Long Day's Journey into Night
Patton
Apocalypse Now
Casablanca