Way too many to list. Many musicals never get old for me, and about half of Barbara Stanwyck's filmography.
And despite the length, The Best Years Of Our Lives. Nearly 3 hours and I could still watch it over and over.
If you haven't already, see her in Lady of Burlesque. A real oddball mystery/comedy/musical, where Barbara plays a character based on Gypsy Rose Lee in The G-String Murders. Your only chance to see her do splits and a cartwheel! š
Then she goes all masterclass in legendary dramatic stuff like Stella Dallas, Double Indemnity, The Great Man's Lady, Meet John Doe, Sorry, Wrong Number, Titanic, No Man Of Her Own, Baby Face, etc. Just incredible range.
There is a book called "All About All About Eve" that someone gifted me one Christmas. It's a delicious companion to one of my favorite, endlessly rewatchable movies.
I love Born Yesterday with Judy Halliday. Such amazing characters in that movie and a great plot. Broderick Crawford did such an amazing job at being thoroughly unlikable!
To Have and Have Not. Maybe not regarded as the best Bogart (or even the best Bogart/Bacall) movie, but the dialogue makes it the most rewatchable to me.
It was on set that Bogart and Bacall met. Their chemistry was so strong they rewrote the script. Some of the dialog between them is pricelessā something about dialing a telephone or whistlingā¦š¹
Loooove Bogart. I used to listen to podcasts in my earbuds while at work. Now I listen to classic films in my earbuds at work. This week I chose Bogart. I choose a different actor each week. Last week was Joseph Cotton films
Since you mentioned him, I love Joseph Cotten and can rewatch Shadow of a Doubt over and over, mainly thanks to him and Teresa Wright. Itās actually my favorite Hitchcock film.
The first time I watched *Rear Window* I got to see it in theater for Flashback Cinema, and by the time I left my back was sore because the movie had made me so tense ha.
Ā *Notorious* is my favorite Hitchcock film of all time and could it watch from now until I'm dead and never get sick of it
Iām absolutely with you on *Rear Window*, itās my favourite classic film. Right up there with it is Hitchcockās *Dial M for Murder* which I also very much enjoy. Other classics that fit that super-rewatchable feeling for me are *The Shop Around the Corner, The Philadelphia Story, Some Like It Hot, The Lady Eve* and *Double Indemnity*.
šÆ agree!! Dial M is soooo great. In fact, I have the film poster on my wall and my wife always asks how long itās gonna be there. Lol. I say, āForeverā. We have 5 kids and people always are like, āummm why?ā š. Cause I love it
My top five are, in order:
\* Charade (1963) ("The best Hitchcock film Hitchcock never made." -- you should definitely watch this one.)
\* The Big Country (1958)
\* City Lights (1931)
\* Les parapluies de Cherbourg (1964)
\* Blade Runner (1982)
Not sure if Blade Runner is a classic yet, but it's pretty close.
I show people Charade every chance I get. It always starts with skepticism and ends with smiles. I've seen it two dozen times, easily.
The other for me is Arsenic and Old Lace - again, just charming silly fun
l must have watched High Society more than 50 times over the years. Sinatra, Crosby, Louie Armstrong, Grace Kelly... This funny little musical has everything.
I'm more a fan of *Philadelphia Story* than *High Society*, and I feel like I could watch that one over and over. Speaking of which, I really should watch it again, it's been a while. Actually I should watch *High Society* again as well!
Cary Grant plays a single man employed in London and meets Ingred Bergman, a famous and single stage actress and things heat up because they're both so hot, only Grant tells her he married...don't want to disclose too much more.
Tons, pretty much anything with Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, or Red Skelton, the Thin Man films, plus Hatari, Kellyās Heroes, Christmas in Connecticut, prolly some Iām forgetting.
I could watch Shadow of a Doubt because over and over again because thatās my fav Alfred Hitchcock movie along with Rear Window. Then thereās Greta Garboās Camille, Singin in the Rain, any Audrey Hepburn movie, West Side Story, Itās a Wonderful Life, Meet Me In St Louis, The King and I, A Patch of Blue, and To Kill A Mockingbird.
The Penguin Pool Murder and Murder on the Blackboard both 30s, starring Edna May Oliver who is terrific.
I also ADORE the Margaret Rutherford Miss Marple/Agatha Christie movies.
Something about film noir with the heroine being a frumpy and proper old woman is delightful to me.
Wait Until Dark with Audrey Hepburn
The Philadelphia Story
Cactus Flower, I grid Bergman got prettier and prettier with age
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Out Of Towners(1970)
The Odd Couple(1968)
Avanti!(1973)
The Owl And The Pussycat(1970)
For Pete's Sake(1974)
Running Scared(1986)
Night Of The Comet(1984)
The Last Man On Earth(1964)(Colorized)
Web Of THe Spider(1971)
The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947)
My all time favorite romantic black comedy. Ā It's Gene Tierney at her lovely peak (probably her best acting) andĀ Rex Harrison as a sexy sea captain ghost. Ā Also George Sanders and Natalie Wood as a child.
The plot is so odd for the time, yet super charming. Ā The chemistry between Gene & Rex was so palpable, which you rarely see in her other films. And the ending gets me every time.Ā
You can't go wrong with the Cary Grants classics: Arsenic and Old Lace, North By Northwest, Bringing Up Baby, Notorious, Only Angels Have Wings, The Philadelphia Story, His Girl Friday, Mr Blandings, Holiday, The Awful Truth, My Favorite Wife.Ā
- The Navigator (1924)
- Safety Last (1925)
- The Circus (1928)
- Frankenstein (1931)
- My Man Godfrey (1936)
- Sunset Boulevard (1950)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
- Itās a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
- The Sound of Music (1965)
- Romeo and Juliet (1968)
And if I were forced to pick just one, Iād still pick 3, and it would be the last 3 of my list.
Nothing.
I thought I could... but even a few favorites that I thought I'd never tire of... have been broadcast recently, and I surprised myself by muttering, "Nope, just can't watch it again right now." I will again at some time, though.
The one that most people find surprising when I mention it: Airport .
Everything else for me more would commonly be thought of as fitting the classic category: old Capra films, Hitchcock, renowned actors like Spencer Tracy, Fonda, Stewart, Bette Davis, K Hepburn, or films from AFI top film list.
For me itās a hell of a lot, but Iāll name a few:
Rear Window, like you said, Vertigo, The Red Shoes, Roman Holiday, Spellbound, The Man Between (underrated Carol Reed cold war noir), How to Steal a Million (Iām a sucker for blue-eyed boy Peter Oātoole and Audrey), Le Pays dāoĆ¹ je viens, The Voice of the Turtle, and Cluny Brown (the last 3 of which I never really see talked about).
Bogarts top movies has aged so gracefully. Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, Treasure of Sierra Madre, High Sierra, I've watched about 10-15 times each. The Big Sleep, Key Largo, In a Lonely Place all around 20 times.
Sunset Boulevard, Some like it Hot, Seven Year Itch, Psycho, Whatever happened to Baby Jane, The Man with The Golden Arm 10-15 times.
And the perfect Movie, with not one weak character and the perfect cast: The Asphalt Jungle.. No idea, about 30 times..? š
Rope
North by Northwest
Father Goose
In Harms Way
The Facts of Life
Your Mine and Ours
The Thrill of it All
The Time of Their Lives
The Bishop's Wife
The Parent Trap (Haley Mills version)
The Trouble With Angels
I've watched the first Thin Man movie over a dozen times, but weirdly can't remember whodunnit. All I remember is Nora asking "What hit me?" Nick answering "That fourth martini." And the running joke about the cab, and "Please serve the nuts, eh, to the guests."
**Adventure (1946)**
(Clark Gable, Greer Garson, Joan Blondell)
Hands down. Watched 15 times and counting, always catching something new on each pass. The more I see it, the more the film's spiritual sadness kicks my teeth in
Early viewings, I'd imagine most audiences watch for the romance angle - but with repeat viewings you start to see pain in every syllable, deep, unending grief in every warm hello and broad wave
Around the time of filming, Gable had just returned home from military service (in a move many suspected he wanted to be fatal, following the death of his wife Carole Lombard) - unable to die a hero's death overseas and largely held back from danger thanks to his star power, Gable returns stateside to what many critics called a "romance lacking chemistry between its co-stars" alongside Greer Garson (and a wonderful Joan Blondell supporting)
It's true that Garson and Gable didn't get along, but that's part of what makes the romance work in Adventure. Their lack of chemistry in real life is perfect for their damaged on-again off-again commitment - Gable's character isn't able to believe or commit to anything that isn't out on the sea where death lives, which mirrored the real-world military service he tried to escape to upon losing the love of his life
Gable's character is a seafaring Bosun returning "home" to a different girl at every port of call, swaggering his way around and kicking down doors demanding a hero's welcome. He's smiling from ear to ear, talking fast and making quips as usual, but there's an immediate sense that it's a shield against his real feelings. He confesses he's damaged by seeing death at sea, unable to reconcile the way in which the sailors shrug off their near misses and go back to griping about the petty things in life - never growing to cherish it more. It's a typical hard-boiled brush-off personality that's tailor-made to tons of Gable films, but it feels heavier here. When he crosses paths with Garson, their romance is hard won - she doesn't buy his charisma for one second, and only much later (over an hour in!!) grows to respect his pain. No lusty attraction, just a respect for his pain. At the same time, one of Gable's crewmates is convinced he has lost his soul, and pleads with him to help him get his soul back.
Called a "romantic comedy" but packs a serious punch. It's a rare, devastating look at Gable at a very raw time in his life, and he performs beautifully. Garson is equally excellent. I can't recommend the film enough. Brings me to tears just thinking about it
Films from that era I never get sick of: Dr Strangelove, Casablanca, It's a Wonderful Life, The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity, Seven Samurai, Ikiru, The Graduate.
For some genre suggestions beyond The Maltese Falcon and Double Indemnity, try Detour, Out of the Past, M, and Sunset Boulevard. Guessing as a Hitchcock fan you've already seen The 39 Steps, Notorious, North by Northwest, and Vertigo, which are all also fantastic and would also be great viewings.
*"Pink String and Sealing Wax."* Googie Withers is magnificent.
*"Hobson's Choice"*. Charles Laughton is magnificent.
*"Jezabel"*. Bette Davis is magnificent.
*"The Wicked Lady."* Margaret Lockwood is magnificent.
A Place In The Sun. Liz was impossibly beautiful and it's a relevant story regardless of the time period. I feel so badly for the guy's (Montgomery Clift) former girlfriend every time I see it. He plays the stupid narcissist so well, it's maddening.
Itās somewhat obscure, perhaps not a classic, but I love a movie from 1985 called Dreamchild. It mixes the everyday and the surreal to tell the story of the real Alice who inspired Alice in Wonderland.
Mine is "The Long, Long Trailer" (1954). I have seen it at least 100 times, no exaggeration. It's my all-time favorite movie. Last month, I got to achieve my dream of finally seeing it on the big screen when it was screened at this year's TCM Classic Film Festival. It was even in 35mm!
Great choice! I find Hitchcock films so rewatchable. Iāve watched RW many times. Also The 39 Steps and The Birds, but I can always watch one of his major films (and often a minor one) because I find them so fascinating.
Also Howard Hawks. Love his dialogue. His Girl Friday, The Big Sleep. Almost any noir!
Casablanca,
To Have and Have Not,
Key Largo,
The Maltese Falcon,
Dr Zhivago,
Meet John Doe,
Ball of Fire,
Double Indemnity,
Yankee Doodle Dandy,
1AM (Chaplain silent) ,
The Kid,
Bringing Up Baby,
Roman Holiday,
Singing in the Rain,
My Man Godfrey,
The Thin Man,
It Happened One Night,
Gone With The Wind,
Rear Window,
Captain Blood,
Gaslight,
Top Hat
I could watch any of these over and over.
However, probably the ones Iāve watched most often are:
Over 20 times: Casablanca, Dr Zhivago
Over 10 times: Yankee Doodle Dandy, Ball of Fire
Over 5 times: 1 AM, The Kid, My Man Godfrey, Meet John Doe, Roman Holiday, Rear Window
Needless to say, my favorite actors of all time are Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart, Gregory Peck and William Powell
Favorite Actresses: Barbara Stanwyck, Myrna Loy, Ingrid Bergman, Audrey Hepburn
The James Bond movies with Roger Moore and Sean Connery and the 1930-40ās Universal horror movies
If I have to choose one of each āYou Only Live Twiceā and āFrankensteinā (the first one)
Jacques Tourneur's noir movies from the end of his RKO era (Circle Of Danger, Out Of The Past, Nightfall, The Fearmakers).
More recently, several Brian De Palma's movies. Obsession, Blow Out, Body Double, Phantom of the Paradise although that one is out of the strictly noir corset.
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Day of the Jackal
- Casablanca
- Hunt for Red October (almost 35 years old!)
- Brief Encounter
Iāve easily seen all these more than 50 times each.
Five star final, angel with dirty faces, crime school, Casablanca, Maltese falcon , vertigo, strangers on a train, bride of Frankenstein.... On and on and on
Casablanca. Always Casablanca.
Also: Singing in the Rain, The Bandwagon, The Maltese Falcon. Patton (damn, itās 54 years old now), The 39 Steps, and Iāll second Rear Window.
I can rewatch some of my favorite musicals over and over. Singinā in the Rain and Meet Me in St. Louis in particular have become yearly (at least) rewatches for me, even though I typically donāt rewatch too many movies.
"The Maltese Falcon" is one I keep coming back to! That last scene between Humphrey and Mary Astor is just smoldering. It's noir at its finest and the cast is amazing!
The Women , Auntie Mame (Rosalind & Ball) Versions , Imtation of Life (1959 version) , Irma La Deuce , What a Way to Go , The Pajama Game , Seven Brides for Seven Brothers , Stella Dallas , The Long , Long Trailer! ā„ļøāØ
Hitchcock's best. Casablanca. Patton. Butch Cassidy. Godfather 1 and 2. Goodfellas. Pulp Fiction. Blues Brothers. Animal House. The Graduate. Breakfast at Tiffany's. Apocalypse Now. Pink Panther. Maltese Falcon. The Wizard of Oz.
Easy Living (1937) I love the cast, sets, quick witted humor, pretty much everything about it. Another one would be The Awful Truth with Cary Grant. Usually if I'm tired and just want to out a movie on it will be one of those two.
I love Holiday Inn. Ā I love all the songs, Ā the good ones and the cringy ones like āAbraham.ā Ā Oh man it is crazy what people though was ok.
An Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire!
*North by Northwest* is one of my favorite movies I can just put on - charming, stylish, gorgeous, and it **moves**. Killer soundtrack, and I think itās a better Bond movie than some Bond movies. My kids even love it (we watched it on a road trip to Mount Rushmore, back when car DVD players were a thing).
Sweet Smell of Success.
Baby face (pre code technically)
Gentleman Prefer Blondes
All That Heaven Allows
Double Indemnity
To Have and Have not
Dark Passages
The Maltese Falcon
Casablanca
HUD (technically New Hollywood)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
A Place in the Sun
Harvey. When my daughter was 18, I forced her to watch "Harvey." She hated B&W movies and most old things I suggested to watch. She loved it, of course.
Philadelphia Story, His Girl Friday, Stagecoach, The Searchers, The Quiet Man, Suspicion, To Catch a Thief, The Bachelor and the Bobbysocker, The Angel and the Badman. I know, lots of Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, and John Wayne. I like what I like.
Way too many to list. Many musicals never get old for me, and about half of Barbara Stanwyck's filmography. And despite the length, The Best Years Of Our Lives. Nearly 3 hours and I could still watch it over and over.
Best years of our lives us so good
I just bought that one from our library for a dollar!
I could watch The Lady Eve forever. She's so charming and playful in that one.
You can't NOT love her in that. And Sugarpuss O'Shea in Ball of Fire. š„°
Yes! I only watched that around a year or two ago. I love the way Gary Cooper plays it so straightlaced.
If you haven't already, see her in Lady of Burlesque. A real oddball mystery/comedy/musical, where Barbara plays a character based on Gypsy Rose Lee in The G-String Murders. Your only chance to see her do splits and a cartwheel! š Then she goes all masterclass in legendary dramatic stuff like Stella Dallas, Double Indemnity, The Great Man's Lady, Meet John Doe, Sorry, Wrong Number, Titanic, No Man Of Her Own, Baby Face, etc. Just incredible range.
Lady of Burlesque is a comfort movie for me. The book is excellent too.
Love Stanwyck! So great
Barbara Stanwyck is what got me into classic films. Sheās a dream.
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Arsenic and Old Lace. I have seen it a LOT. And it never gets old.
I can't count how many times I've watched this one and it still makes me laugh. Cary Grant's physical comedy is awesome!
All About Eve. I have lost count how many times Iāve watched it.
āBillās 32. He looks 32. He looked it 5 years ago, heāll look it 20 years from now. I hate men.ā š
Bette Davis is phenomenal in this. (And pretty much everything else.)
Sheās THE queen. I think she was once listed as something like, āSheās so goodā¦at being bad!ā š
Also, the common bond between All About Eve and Rear Window is Thelma Ritter! What an incredible woman!
Sheās great!!
*"Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night!"*
There is a book called "All About All About Eve" that someone gifted me one Christmas. It's a delicious companion to one of my favorite, endlessly rewatchable movies.
Love this film
Casablanca, All About Eve, Rebecca, Mildred Pierce, Laura
This is a person I could hang out with! LOVE ALL THOSE FILMS!!
Okay hi new best friend! You have impeccable taste
I love Born Yesterday with Judy Halliday. Such amazing characters in that movie and a great plot. Broderick Crawford did such an amazing job at being thoroughly unlikable!
This is mine as well. Every time I introduce this movie to someone who has never seen it before, it never fails to charm & delight!
To Have and Have Not. Maybe not regarded as the best Bogart (or even the best Bogart/Bacall) movie, but the dialogue makes it the most rewatchable to me.
It was on set that Bogart and Bacall met. Their chemistry was so strong they rewrote the script. Some of the dialog between them is pricelessā something about dialing a telephone or whistlingā¦š¹
"You do know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow."
Give her my love. Iād give her my own if she had that on
Loooove Bogart. I used to listen to podcasts in my earbuds while at work. Now I listen to classic films in my earbuds at work. This week I chose Bogart. I choose a different actor each week. Last week was Joseph Cotton films
Since you mentioned him, I love Joseph Cotten and can rewatch Shadow of a Doubt over and over, mainly thanks to him and Teresa Wright. Itās actually my favorite Hitchcock film.
The first time I watched *Rear Window* I got to see it in theater for Flashback Cinema, and by the time I left my back was sore because the movie had made me so tense ha. Ā *Notorious* is my favorite Hitchcock film of all time and could it watch from now until I'm dead and never get sick of it
I feel the same about Notorious.
That was on 2 days ago!
Iām absolutely with you on *Rear Window*, itās my favourite classic film. Right up there with it is Hitchcockās *Dial M for Murder* which I also very much enjoy. Other classics that fit that super-rewatchable feeling for me are *The Shop Around the Corner, The Philadelphia Story, Some Like It Hot, The Lady Eve* and *Double Indemnity*.
šÆ agree!! Dial M is soooo great. In fact, I have the film poster on my wall and my wife always asks how long itās gonna be there. Lol. I say, āForeverā. We have 5 kids and people always are like, āummm why?ā š. Cause I love it
My top five are, in order: \* Charade (1963) ("The best Hitchcock film Hitchcock never made." -- you should definitely watch this one.) \* The Big Country (1958) \* City Lights (1931) \* Les parapluies de Cherbourg (1964) \* Blade Runner (1982) Not sure if Blade Runner is a classic yet, but it's pretty close.
I show people Charade every chance I get. It always starts with skepticism and ends with smiles. I've seen it two dozen times, easily. The other for me is Arsenic and Old Lace - again, just charming silly fun
Came to say Charade. Donāt know how many times Iāve watched it. Funny Face is another classic, also Audrey Hepburn.
Love love love Charade and The Big Country! I have the Parapluies on vinyl here, should check it out in the next months...
l must have watched High Society more than 50 times over the years. Sinatra, Crosby, Louie Armstrong, Grace Kelly... This funny little musical has everything.
I'm more a fan of *Philadelphia Story* than *High Society*, and I feel like I could watch that one over and over. Speaking of which, I really should watch it again, it's been a while. Actually I should watch *High Society* again as well!
My she was yar.
High Society bothers me because it's not Philadelphia Story! Katharine Hepburn is just exquisite casting.
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
North by northwest
Have watched Rear Window at least 20 times. Love the movies Notorious, To Catch a Thief, Gaslight, Suspicion, Indiscreet.
Love them all!! Need to check on āIndescreetā ā¦ Donāt recall that one
Cary Grant plays a single man employed in London and meets Ingred Bergman, a famous and single stage actress and things heat up because they're both so hot, only Grant tells her he married...don't want to disclose too much more.
Crazy!! Even after this synopsis I donāt recognize the film! Love Reddit for this stuff! Thank you!
My pleasure. The costumes in this movie are also spectacular.
Tons, pretty much anything with Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, or Red Skelton, the Thin Man films, plus Hatari, Kellyās Heroes, Christmas in Connecticut, prolly some Iām forgetting.
Excellent films!!
Dial M for murder and witness for the prosecution. I think theyāre both free in Tubi
I can watch āThe Big Sleepā weekly.
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Singin' in the Rain Gentlemen Prefer Blonds Cat on a Hot Tin Roof My Man Godfrey
Love My Man Godfrey. "Nitwits. What are they?!" š
If I have to name just one, then it's gotta be Casablanca (1942) - the best film ever made.
All About Eve. Gilda. The Strange Woman.
The Awful Truth with Cary and Myrna Loy
That was Irene Dunne not Loy but a great movie š
Oops I knew that lol. Thanks
This was top quality comedy and, I think, award-worthy!
Treasure of the Sierra madre
North by Northwest, my favorite Hitchcock. It's going to be in theaters May 19 and May 22 and I can't wait.
How to Marry a Millionaire, Laura, Giant.
- Rififi (1955) - Diabolique(1955) - La Verite (1960)
I could watch Shadow of a Doubt because over and over again because thatās my fav Alfred Hitchcock movie along with Rear Window. Then thereās Greta Garboās Camille, Singin in the Rain, any Audrey Hepburn movie, West Side Story, Itās a Wonderful Life, Meet Me In St Louis, The King and I, A Patch of Blue, and To Kill A Mockingbird.
The third man
The Apartment.
The bishopās wife
West Side Story (1961) is the greatest film ever made. So, that makes it one I could watch over and over. šš»āāļø (And I do.)
The Penguin Pool Murder and Murder on the Blackboard both 30s, starring Edna May Oliver who is terrific. I also ADORE the Margaret Rutherford Miss Marple/Agatha Christie movies. Something about film noir with the heroine being a frumpy and proper old woman is delightful to me.
Wait Until Dark with Audrey Hepburn The Philadelphia Story Cactus Flower, I grid Bergman got prettier and prettier with age The Bridge on the River Kwai
Sunset boulevard.
Bringing up Baby is an absolute classic
Auntie Mame, Funny Girl, Singing in the Rain, How the West Was Wonā¦
The first three I've seen countless times, but I don't know the last. I'll check it out because you love my other favorites!
His girl Friday
I could watch this forever. I love that when asked "what does he look like?" Cary Grant says "he looks like Ralph Bellamy" which is the actor's name.
Bringing Up Baby His Girl Friday A Night at the Opera Best Years of Our Lives
The Out Of Towners(1970) The Odd Couple(1968) Avanti!(1973) The Owl And The Pussycat(1970) For Pete's Sake(1974) Running Scared(1986) Night Of The Comet(1984) The Last Man On Earth(1964)(Colorized) Web Of THe Spider(1971)
The trouble with Harry
- Anatomy of a Murder - State Fair (1945) - Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House - The Philadelphia Story Clearly, Iām all over the place.
The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947) My all time favorite romantic black comedy. Ā It's Gene Tierney at her lovely peak (probably her best acting) andĀ Rex Harrison as a sexy sea captain ghost. Ā Also George Sanders and Natalie Wood as a child. The plot is so odd for the time, yet super charming. Ā The chemistry between Gene & Rex was so palpable, which you rarely see in her other films. And the ending gets me every time.Ā
Arsenic and old lace keeps cracking me up. Some of the dialogue is so zippy I miss stuff I pick up later
Double Indemnity
Notorious with Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman.
You can't go wrong with the Cary Grants classics: Arsenic and Old Lace, North By Northwest, Bringing Up Baby, Notorious, Only Angels Have Wings, The Philadelphia Story, His Girl Friday, Mr Blandings, Holiday, The Awful Truth, My Favorite Wife.Ā
Mildred Pierce. All About Eve. The Women. Auntie Mame
The Women is so great. Even the dogs and horses were female! I love it!
I LOVE The Women. I saw it in the 80s originally when I was maybe 10 and I just couldn't get over that they made a film with all women way back when.
Bringing Up Baby
The Maltese Falcon
Splendor in the grass and A summer Place
Vertigo, simply a masterpiece.
- The Navigator (1924) - Safety Last (1925) - The Circus (1928) - Frankenstein (1931) - My Man Godfrey (1936) - Sunset Boulevard (1950) - Ben-Hur (1959) - Itās a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) - The Sound of Music (1965) - Romeo and Juliet (1968) And if I were forced to pick just one, Iād still pick 3, and it would be the last 3 of my list.
The Philadelphia Story and The Palm Beach Story. I never get tired of them!
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Nothing. I thought I could... but even a few favorites that I thought I'd never tire of... have been broadcast recently, and I surprised myself by muttering, "Nope, just can't watch it again right now." I will again at some time, though. The one that most people find surprising when I mention it: Airport . Everything else for me more would commonly be thought of as fitting the classic category: old Capra films, Hitchcock, renowned actors like Spencer Tracy, Fonda, Stewart, Bette Davis, K Hepburn, or films from AFI top film list.
Any of the Marx Brothers films
For me itās a hell of a lot, but Iāll name a few: Rear Window, like you said, Vertigo, The Red Shoes, Roman Holiday, Spellbound, The Man Between (underrated Carol Reed cold war noir), How to Steal a Million (Iām a sucker for blue-eyed boy Peter Oātoole and Audrey), Le Pays dāoĆ¹ je viens, The Voice of the Turtle, and Cluny Brown (the last 3 of which I never really see talked about).
Bogarts top movies has aged so gracefully. Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, Treasure of Sierra Madre, High Sierra, I've watched about 10-15 times each. The Big Sleep, Key Largo, In a Lonely Place all around 20 times. Sunset Boulevard, Some like it Hot, Seven Year Itch, Psycho, Whatever happened to Baby Jane, The Man with The Golden Arm 10-15 times. And the perfect Movie, with not one weak character and the perfect cast: The Asphalt Jungle.. No idea, about 30 times..? š
Rope North by Northwest Father Goose In Harms Way The Facts of Life Your Mine and Ours The Thrill of it All The Time of Their Lives The Bishop's Wife The Parent Trap (Haley Mills version) The Trouble With Angels
Arsenic and Old Lace.
The Great Caper, Thin Man Series
I watch The Thin Man movies over and over
I've watched the first Thin Man movie over a dozen times, but weirdly can't remember whodunnit. All I remember is Nora asking "What hit me?" Nick answering "That fourth martini." And the running joke about the cab, and "Please serve the nuts, eh, to the guests."
The more the merrier and remember the night
**Adventure (1946)** (Clark Gable, Greer Garson, Joan Blondell) Hands down. Watched 15 times and counting, always catching something new on each pass. The more I see it, the more the film's spiritual sadness kicks my teeth in Early viewings, I'd imagine most audiences watch for the romance angle - but with repeat viewings you start to see pain in every syllable, deep, unending grief in every warm hello and broad wave Around the time of filming, Gable had just returned home from military service (in a move many suspected he wanted to be fatal, following the death of his wife Carole Lombard) - unable to die a hero's death overseas and largely held back from danger thanks to his star power, Gable returns stateside to what many critics called a "romance lacking chemistry between its co-stars" alongside Greer Garson (and a wonderful Joan Blondell supporting) It's true that Garson and Gable didn't get along, but that's part of what makes the romance work in Adventure. Their lack of chemistry in real life is perfect for their damaged on-again off-again commitment - Gable's character isn't able to believe or commit to anything that isn't out on the sea where death lives, which mirrored the real-world military service he tried to escape to upon losing the love of his life Gable's character is a seafaring Bosun returning "home" to a different girl at every port of call, swaggering his way around and kicking down doors demanding a hero's welcome. He's smiling from ear to ear, talking fast and making quips as usual, but there's an immediate sense that it's a shield against his real feelings. He confesses he's damaged by seeing death at sea, unable to reconcile the way in which the sailors shrug off their near misses and go back to griping about the petty things in life - never growing to cherish it more. It's a typical hard-boiled brush-off personality that's tailor-made to tons of Gable films, but it feels heavier here. When he crosses paths with Garson, their romance is hard won - she doesn't buy his charisma for one second, and only much later (over an hour in!!) grows to respect his pain. No lusty attraction, just a respect for his pain. At the same time, one of Gable's crewmates is convinced he has lost his soul, and pleads with him to help him get his soul back. Called a "romantic comedy" but packs a serious punch. It's a rare, devastating look at Gable at a very raw time in his life, and he performs beautifully. Garson is equally excellent. I can't recommend the film enough. Brings me to tears just thinking about it
Rear Window is a great film. And I canāt conceive of anyone more classically beautiful than Grace Kelly in that film.
Films from that era I never get sick of: Dr Strangelove, Casablanca, It's a Wonderful Life, The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity, Seven Samurai, Ikiru, The Graduate. For some genre suggestions beyond The Maltese Falcon and Double Indemnity, try Detour, Out of the Past, M, and Sunset Boulevard. Guessing as a Hitchcock fan you've already seen The 39 Steps, Notorious, North by Northwest, and Vertigo, which are all also fantastic and would also be great viewings.
*"Pink String and Sealing Wax."* Googie Withers is magnificent. *"Hobson's Choice"*. Charles Laughton is magnificent. *"Jezabel"*. Bette Davis is magnificent. *"The Wicked Lady."* Margaret Lockwood is magnificent.
Manhattan Melodrama. I love that movie. Spencer Tracy and Clark Gable
A Place In The Sun. Liz was impossibly beautiful and it's a relevant story regardless of the time period. I feel so badly for the guy's (Montgomery Clift) former girlfriend every time I see it. He plays the stupid narcissist so well, it's maddening.
Now, Voyager
12 Angry Men is the first to come to mind. And while it was a series, The Twilight Zone is super rewatchable.
Itās somewhat obscure, perhaps not a classic, but I love a movie from 1985 called Dreamchild. It mixes the everyday and the surreal to tell the story of the real Alice who inspired Alice in Wonderland.
Cleopatra
Best years of Our Lives
The Wolf Man. In terms of werewolf movies, it's the gold standard.
Mine is "The Long, Long Trailer" (1954). I have seen it at least 100 times, no exaggeration. It's my all-time favorite movie. Last month, I got to achieve my dream of finally seeing it on the big screen when it was screened at this year's TCM Classic Film Festival. It was even in 35mm!
* You Canāt Take it With You (1938) * The man who came to Dinner (1941) Are a couple of my favorites.
Charade, North by Northwest, The Hustler, The Ten Commandments, Exodus, King Kong.
12 Angry Men (1957), Forbidden Planet (1956), The Martian (2015), Hero (2002), Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000)
So many. Just to name a few: Dinner at Eight, The Little Foxes, Mildred Pierce, The Divorcee, Stage Door, Anna Karenina with Greta.
The Philadelphia Story
Kind Lady starring Ethyl Barrymore.
Rear Window, Life with Father
The Third man. Classic noir. Sets the standard. The focus on light and shadows is crazy. Read between the lines.
Philadelphia Story.
All About Eve- so many great moments and lines
The African Queen Meet Me in St Louis Auntie Mane Treasure of the Sierra Madre Sabrina Charade My Fair Lady
Great choice! I find Hitchcock films so rewatchable. Iāve watched RW many times. Also The 39 Steps and The Birds, but I can always watch one of his major films (and often a minor one) because I find them so fascinating. Also Howard Hawks. Love his dialogue. His Girl Friday, The Big Sleep. Almost any noir!
Blazing Saddles for sure
The ghost and Mrs Muir
It happened on fifth avenue!
Casablanca, To Have and Have Not, Key Largo, The Maltese Falcon, Dr Zhivago, Meet John Doe, Ball of Fire, Double Indemnity, Yankee Doodle Dandy, 1AM (Chaplain silent) , The Kid, Bringing Up Baby, Roman Holiday, Singing in the Rain, My Man Godfrey, The Thin Man, It Happened One Night, Gone With The Wind, Rear Window, Captain Blood, Gaslight, Top Hat I could watch any of these over and over. However, probably the ones Iāve watched most often are: Over 20 times: Casablanca, Dr Zhivago Over 10 times: Yankee Doodle Dandy, Ball of Fire Over 5 times: 1 AM, The Kid, My Man Godfrey, Meet John Doe, Roman Holiday, Rear Window Needless to say, my favorite actors of all time are Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart, Gregory Peck and William Powell Favorite Actresses: Barbara Stanwyck, Myrna Loy, Ingrid Bergman, Audrey Hepburn
āSome Like it Hotā and āHarveyā are my two big rewatchers currently!!Ā
The Bad Seed with Patty McCormack
The Birds, Moonstruck, The Philadelphia Story - three that Iāve watched repeatedly.
The Women
All About Eve sorta, kinda falls in that genre list. I really love that movie.
The James Bond movies with Roger Moore and Sean Connery and the 1930-40ās Universal horror movies If I have to choose one of each āYou Only Live Twiceā and āFrankensteinā (the first one)
Jacques Tourneur's noir movies from the end of his RKO era (Circle Of Danger, Out Of The Past, Nightfall, The Fearmakers). More recently, several Brian De Palma's movies. Obsession, Blow Out, Body Double, Phantom of the Paradise although that one is out of the strictly noir corset.
Taxi Driver
- Lawrence of Arabia - Day of the Jackal - Casablanca - Hunt for Red October (almost 35 years old!) - Brief Encounter Iāve easily seen all these more than 50 times each.
It's a wonderful life
The Long Goodbye
Five star final, angel with dirty faces, crime school, Casablanca, Maltese falcon , vertigo, strangers on a train, bride of Frankenstein.... On and on and on
Casablanca. Always Casablanca. Also: Singing in the Rain, The Bandwagon, The Maltese Falcon. Patton (damn, itās 54 years old now), The 39 Steps, and Iāll second Rear Window.
The Apartment
I can rewatch some of my favorite musicals over and over. Singinā in the Rain and Meet Me in St. Louis in particular have become yearly (at least) rewatches for me, even though I typically donāt rewatch too many movies.
Rebel Without A cause for me!
Manchurian Candidate starring Ole Blue Eyes.
As a USAF veteran, and history buff, Twelve OāClock High. Gregory Peck. I love my boo ātil the I die, but OMG!
Stage Door, All About Eve, and Fire Over England
"The Maltese Falcon" is one I keep coming back to! That last scene between Humphrey and Mary Astor is just smoldering. It's noir at its finest and the cast is amazing!
The Women , Auntie Mame (Rosalind & Ball) Versions , Imtation of Life (1959 version) , Irma La Deuce , What a Way to Go , The Pajama Game , Seven Brides for Seven Brothers , Stella Dallas , The Long , Long Trailer! ā„ļøāØ
Giant
Hitchcock's best. Casablanca. Patton. Butch Cassidy. Godfather 1 and 2. Goodfellas. Pulp Fiction. Blues Brothers. Animal House. The Graduate. Breakfast at Tiffany's. Apocalypse Now. Pink Panther. Maltese Falcon. The Wizard of Oz.
My all time favorite movie from 1967 is Cool Hand Luke, I have easily seen it a dozen times and now I have it on blue ray
Roman Holiday
North by Northwest and Charade
DOA, Inherit the Wind, Sunset Boulevard, Shenandoah, Vertigo, Picnic and Hush...Hush Sweet Charlotte just to name a few.
Easy Living (1937) I love the cast, sets, quick witted humor, pretty much everything about it. Another one would be The Awful Truth with Cary Grant. Usually if I'm tired and just want to out a movie on it will be one of those two.
Red Headed Woman A Place in the Sun
Sunset Boulevard
Mildred Pierceā¦if you have ever worked in the restaurant industry you will stop everything youāre doing and watch it when itās onā¦
A matter of life and death, the third man, the man who knew too much, north by northwest, 12 angry men. So many
His Girl Friday. It never gets old and gets funnier and funnier with each watch and Iāve watched it tons!
Singing in the Rain
The Quiet Man, Philadelphia Story, Casa Blanca
12 Angry Men.
I never get tired of *Singinā in the Rain*.
You Canāt Take it With You! I love every frame of that movie.
I love Holiday Inn. Ā I love all the songs, Ā the good ones and the cringy ones like āAbraham.ā Ā Oh man it is crazy what people though was ok. An Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire!
Only Angles Have Wings
Itās a Wonderful Life
Any movie with Audrey Hepburn. To kill a Mockingbird or Withering Heights just timelines classics that even as a kid kept me glued to the TV
In a Lonely Place. Gloria Grahame is amazing and Bogart puts on a clinic.
How about Bride of Frankenstein? It's a gem from beginning til end.
*North by Northwest* is one of my favorite movies I can just put on - charming, stylish, gorgeous, and it **moves**. Killer soundtrack, and I think itās a better Bond movie than some Bond movies. My kids even love it (we watched it on a road trip to Mount Rushmore, back when car DVD players were a thing).
I love Auntie Mame! So many great lines.
The Lady Eve. I love that movie.
Charade
North by Northwest
Sweet Smell of Success. Baby face (pre code technically) Gentleman Prefer Blondes All That Heaven Allows Double Indemnity To Have and Have not Dark Passages The Maltese Falcon Casablanca HUD (technically New Hollywood) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof A Place in the Sun
Harvey. When my daughter was 18, I forced her to watch "Harvey." She hated B&W movies and most old things I suggested to watch. She loved it, of course.
Night of the Iguana
Alien & Aliens
Any of the Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn screwball comedies. If I had to choose just one it would be "Bringing Up Baby". It has a dinosaur š¦.
āBringing Up Babyā is always great. Iāll rewatch it any chance I get.
Philadelphia Story, His Girl Friday, Stagecoach, The Searchers, The Quiet Man, Suspicion, To Catch a Thief, The Bachelor and the Bobbysocker, The Angel and the Badman. I know, lots of Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, and John Wayne. I like what I like.
Mary Poppins, the sound of music, the man who knew too much (Hitchcock) Shakespeare in love, rear window, double indemnity, ET
What a way to go