Favorite Classic Movie
Put me in a time machine and recommend your favorites. Just finished watching Shawshank Redemption.
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Gone with the wind.
one of my all-time favourites.
Right
The Godfather Part II (the others are great too, but the second one was my favorite), Lord of The Rings: Return of the King, Spider-Man 2, and Parasite (which will be remembered as a classic in the decades to come)
watching the classic Disney movies (lion king, Aladdin, etc frozen, tangled) helps when I’m in a depressive funk
Brushing up on those soon-to-be father skills. I see you bro lol.
Scorsese’s Casino.
Debbie Does Dallas.
Just curious, but how do you define classic movie here.
Anything that isn’t blue-ray or HD, perhaps?
Not sure what you define as classics. Usual Suspects, Starwars Ep 4-6, Field of Dreams, Godfather 1&2, Three Colors: Red, The Princess Bride, Shawshank Redemption, Rocky I & 4, Gone With the Wind, Four Feathers, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Some Like it Hot, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, Enter the Dragon, Police Story 2, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Matrix
EDIT: Army of Darkness ("lady, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave the store")
Field of Dreams is a good one
"This is my BOOMSTICK! It's a 12 gauge Remington....Shop Smart, shop S-Mart."
the Indiana Jones movies are my absolute favorite when I'm looking for a fun mindless watch
Pulp Fiction, Godfather, Boyz N The Hood, Fargo
Boyz N The Hood = Bananas
Check out the movie Juice. Tupac, Omar Epps, Samuel Jackson.
I've seen Juice
Not sure if they are classics but my favorites include 42, Good Will Hunting, Ramona and Beezus, Mrs Doubtfire. and Rocky 1/2,
I'm not sure we can classify 42 as a 'Classic' since it's from 2013, but if you like it, also consider 61*
(Least spoiler alert spoiler alert in history: He breaks the record)
I am not familiar with 61.
Fight Club and The Big Lebowski
It's tough to go wrong with the IMDB 'Top 250' as a starting point. One thing to remember about it though is that the reviewers of newer movies are likely more casual and less critical than the people who seek out older movies. A simple rule of thumb is that if you could watch it in the theater then go and write the review, it's probably overrated compared to something you had to seek out and watch at home.
I'm going to go out in left field here and recommend 'Das Boot' (1981) as a sleeper pick. Try to get it in the original German with subtitles if you can, and it needs to be played in the dark and LOUD. (it uses sound to great effect) I'd even classify it more as a psychological thriller than a war movie. 5% of the time the U-Boat is a terrifying killer, and the rest of the time it's the weakest ship at sea, only surviving through stealth. You've never seen a simple"ping" used to such great effect. A number of the reviews are from actual sub crewmen who say "we watch other 'serious' sub movies for laughs, but we feel like this is what our life would've been like 50+ years ago."
Final selling point: If you watch "Beerfest" you might recognize one of the stars.
I like most of the other suggestions as well, by the way with the exception of Gone With the Wind. It drags on for ages and just isn't any fun.
1) Taxi Driver
2) Apocalypse Now
3) Rear Window
4) The Bridge on the River Kwai
5) Lawrence of Arabia
Like my 5th time seeing Taxi Driver. Must be good.
"You talking to me?"
Pretty good. To me it’s a better version of the recent Joker movie.
Goodfellas
Nice try.
Army of Darkness. Every line a classic.
Kill Bill: Volume 1
So ridiculous & over the top. Love it.
I need to get into my Kill Bill vibes. Haven’t seen any of em’
They're great
Chariots of Fire
oh wow I'd forgotten about this one. nothing beats the score for it either
Scarface
Nice try.
I'm a "cinéphile", Kubrick is the greatest ever but Lynch is currently the best with Paul Thomas Anderson. I'm always disappointed that most people don't know good movies or are more on recent movies that have not often the same impact than the other ones.
Mulholland drive Inherent Vice Barry Lyndon Apocalypse Now The contempt of Godard Elephant of Lars von Trier The big Lebowski Twin peaks (TV show but greatest thing ever done) The return of the king Vertigo 2001 a space odyssey In the mood for love Casino The Godfather part II
There are so many...
+1 twin peaks
Really few know it but it's a mesmerizing show
Thief Michael Mann boi
and in 40 years Drive will be the new Thief
Once Upon a Time in America, 1984.
Adding some (older) international films to the mix:
Ingmar Bergman's movies from 50's~60's: Seventh Seal, The Silence, Persona
Federico Fellini: La Dolce Vita and 8½ are relatively well known
Akira Kurosawa: Rashomon and Ikiru
La Dolce Vita is a wonderful masterpiece. Italian movies are really great
^ highly recommend Bicycle Thieves (1948) by Vittorio De Sica
Absolutely never felt order than now with these "classic movies" from the 90s-00s.
Some of the below are classics, some are recent, and a couple are sleepers and cult hits.
Breaking Away Deer Hunter Dirty Dozen The Great Escape Kung Fu Hustle Rounders Boondock Saints Snatch The Grand Budapest Hotel The Magnificent Seven (original) The 7 Samurai (original of the Magnificent Seven)
Nice list. Love Rounders and the Saints. They don't make it to my 'classics' list because I can't watch and re-watch, but these are solid names.
yeah they are definitely movies that not everyone has seen, but with some amazing acting, malkovich, damon, and norton in Rounders, and Dafoe in Saints.
Grand Budapest Hotel is great. that whole year (2014) produced so many great movies: whiplash, the imitation game, selma
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Back to the Future
So many greats already listed above. My less conventional pick is The Fugitive. I feel like it’s really hard to make a good action movie, most of them are too basic and it gets old. So bonus points for pulling that off.
North by Northwest. Hitchcock's greatest work imo. A precursor to the Bond films.
Cary Grant oozes with style and class.
I find vertigo more cinematic but both are really great.
If you're looking to find some to watch, I recommend taking a look at the old lists of movies nominated for academy awards. Generally some decent options. Some of my favorites: * The Godfather I and II (watched III because I was pot committed but it's not that great) * Gladiator * No Country for Old Men (it's newer but good) * Silence of the Lambs * Pulp Fiction * Jerry Maguire * Goodfellas * Crash
wikipedia page of academy award nominees/winners is my ultimate go-to --- cannot recommend enough for anyone looking for something good
My Cousin Vinny, The Fugitive, The Negotiator
Full Metal Jacket
why did I have to scroll to the bottom of a "classic movie" thread to see FMJ...
Because apocalypse now is better
Wall Street (1987)
Gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers in this racket.
Money never sleeps, pal
Chinatown
(I hate Polanski as a person and he should be in prison but this film is a masterpiece)
Agree this movie is classic
Missing a ton but everyone needs to watch:
Casablanca On the Waterfront Citizen Kane Psycho Deer Hunter
International for those interested:
Bicycle Thieves (Italian) The Cranes Are Flying (russian) The Rules of the Game (french) 400 Blows (french)
I believe it's 10 or 11 years old now so I'm putting it on here - There Will Be Blood. Also Boogie Nights. Good Will Hunting. Godfather part 2. Fight Club. The Searchers. Definitely all 3 LOTR. And of course, The Grateful Dead Movie.
Really great There will be blood
OOOOOOOOO CLASSIC BRO. God wouldn't let that pass me by.
american pie. trading places. robinhood. men in short positions.
Trading Places was a good one indeed.
Midnight Run - DeNiro
1999 was a "Golden" year: The Matrix, Fight Club, Office Space and American Beauty.
American Psycho should be on that list, but it got released in 2000.
Regarding to the book, American Psycho is okay that's all. The book is a masterpiece
Paid in full Road to perdition
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