Classic movies everyone should see.

Ok I am listing a few of my personal favorite classics that I like. What are some of the ones that you think everyone should see. I have not seen a lot of the old movies so I appreciate you guys input.

Spartacus
Grapes of Wrath
The Ten Commandments (My personal favorite old movie)

Tonight I am watching Lawrence of Arabia. I have never seen it. I hope its great.

Casablanca
Rosemary's Baby
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Bullitt
The Bicycle Thief
The Graduate
The 400 Blows
Lolita
The Marrying Kind
12 Angry Men
The Apartment
2001 A Space Odyssey
The Hustler
The Wizard of Oz
Everything Disney
The 3 Faces of Eve
Pygmalion
Ben-Hur
Hitchcock - I would say pick a couple (Rear Window and Vertigo are my favorite so far)
The Longest Day
Con Air

The thing about old movies is the pacing is completely different though. A lot of "classics" bore people I know and I think movies got better from the 70s on.

Ben Hur is epic.

The Great Escape
The Magnificent Seven
Zulu
Blazing Saddles
Airplane
The Naked Gun
Dr No
Goldfinger
From Russia With Love
Bridge On The River Kwai
Dr Stranglove
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Wild Bunch
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

1. Godfather 1 & 2

2. Raging Bull

3. Taxi Driver

4. The Conversation

5. The Last Picture Show

6. Psycho

7. Easy Rider

8. Dog Day Afternoon

9. Rear Window

10. Chinatown

Gumby wrote:Casablanca
Rosemary's Baby
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Bullitt
The Bicycle Thief
The Graduate
The 400 Blows
Lolita
The Marrying Kind
12 Angry Men
The Apartment
2001 A Space Odyssey
The Hustler
The Wizard of Oz
Everything Disney
The 3 Faces of Eve
Pygmalion
Ben-Hur
Hitchcock - I would say pick a couple (Rear Window and Vertigo are my favorite so far)
The Longest Day
Con Air

The thing about old movies is the pacing is completely different though. A lot of "classics" bore people I know and I think movies got better from the 70s on.

I love old movies. 12 angry men is a great movie. I show that one to my students in my government every year. I have not seen most of the movies on your list what is the best 3 that I can put on my netflix cue?

Frank wrote:1. Godfather 1 & 2

2. Raging Bull

3. Taxi Driver

4. The Conversation

5. The Last Picture Show

6. Psycho

7. Easy Rider

8. Dog Day Afternoon

9. Rear Window

10. Chinatown

Damn there is a lot I havent seen.

Where is the cut off for a classic ?

Is it pre 1970's ?

Wizard of Oz
Streetcar Named Desire
The Deer Hunter
Planet of the Apes

The Untouchables
48 Hours
Fistful of Dollars
Dirty Harry
Taxi Driver
ET

as a classic movie buff I'll comb everyone's lists and suggest additional favorites of mine.

Frank wrote:1. Godfather 1 & 2

2. Raging Bull

3. Taxi Driver

4. The Conversation

5. The Last Picture Show

6. Psycho

7. Easy Rider

8. Dog Day Afternoon
9. Rear Window

10. Chinatown

the twist to this movie was just insane

Soonermark890 wrote:

Gumby wrote:Casablanca
Rosemary's Baby
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Bullitt
The Bicycle Thief
The Graduate
The 400 Blows
Lolita
The Marrying Kind
12 Angry Men
The Apartment
2001 A Space Odyssey
The Hustler
The Wizard of Oz
Everything Disney
The 3 Faces of Eve
Pygmalion
Ben-Hur
Hitchcock - I would say pick a couple (Rear Window and Vertigo are my favorite so far)
The Longest Day
Con Air

The thing about old movies is the pacing is completely different though. A lot of "classics" bore people I know and I think movies got better from the 70s on.

I love old movies. 12 angry men is a great movie. I show that one to my students in my government every year. I have not seen most of the movies on your list what is the best 3 that I can put on my netflix cue?

Seven Samurai, The Magnificent 7 (someone else put this but it makes sense if you're doing Seven Samurai), and The Longest Day (it's basically an old version of a blockbuster epic, WWII). They all fit the war theme.

If you want to mix it up I'd go Rosemary's Baby (horror), Rear Window (mystery and amazing cinematography), and the Apartment (drama).

If I had to choose one to start it would be 7 Samurai. Either way, Nic Cage should probably be in your cue. Maybe Adaptation or Lord of War.

The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice & Men, A Street Car Named Desire, To Kill A Mocking Bird, Citizen Kane, and Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf? are other movies that are usually considered classics but I had to watch them for school so I remember them as work. Except Of Mice & Men, gotta respect a man who wears gloves to keep his hands soft for the ladies.

Ali wrote:Where is the cut off for a classic ?

Is it pre 1970's ?

I just did pre 1970 to put a cap on it. I think classic can be anything. Here's a random 70s great movie list: http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/movie-pages/movie_70s.html. I've seen at least half of those and could easily argue that they're all classics. The list would've gotten too crowded.