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Classic films which lived up to the hype?

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BabyJellyShark · 15/12/2022 18:46

I feel like watching some classic movies over the festive period. Which movies lived up to their reputation for you? I know it's subjective to an extent but I'd appreciate any suggestions.

I'm throwing in The Godfather and Casablanca. They're now two of my favourite ever movies.

TIA

OP posts:
spookymarmite · 15/12/2022 18:49

The Wicker Man.

Not to be watched with kids.

megletthesecond · 15/12/2022 18:50

Rear Window.
Kind Hearts & Coronets.

ohioriver · 15/12/2022 18:51

The Full Monty

Top Gun (for the cheese factor)

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prampushingdownthehighst · 15/12/2022 18:51

Some like it hot

Ringmaster27 · 15/12/2022 18:52

Got to go classic and festive: It’s A Wonderful Life

EileenAdler · 15/12/2022 18:56

Casino Royale , The Italian Job ( Michael Caine ) , Barry Lyndon , Around The World in 80 Days , Rogue One

ohioriver · 15/12/2022 18:59

Star Wars

Clawdy · 15/12/2022 18:59

The Third Man
On The Waterfront
East Of Eden

LadyOfTheCanyon · 15/12/2022 19:01

Dial M for Murder!

Rockandgrohl · 15/12/2022 19:05

My favourite ever film is the Merle Oberon/Laurence Olivier version of wuthering heights

ohioriver · 15/12/2022 19:06

Rockandgrohl · 15/12/2022 19:05

My favourite ever film is the Merle Oberon/Laurence Olivier version of wuthering heights

Ohhh amazing shout. I've not seen that in years. Real cold Sunday afternoon in front of the box sort of movie that one

NooNakedJacuzziness · 15/12/2022 19:10

Yes to Wuthering Heights. Also Vertigo, Psycho, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane and Singing in the Rain

waltzingparrot · 15/12/2022 19:14

Dial M for Murder
Rear Window
Meet me in St Louis

BMW6 · 15/12/2022 19:16

The Godfather 1 & 2.
Cabaret
Brief Encounter
The Money Pit

SharpLily · 15/12/2022 19:29

Shawshank. Spectacularly good.

ZeViteVitchofCwismas · 15/12/2022 19:34

Good thread op I was going to start one.

Where eagles dare. Perfect for winter.

Gone with the wind

Cleopatra

Room at the top

Darling

Out of Africa

My pal Joey

ZeViteVitchofCwismas · 15/12/2022 19:35

Of course sunset boulevard

dropthevipers · 15/12/2022 19:35

Die hard. Day of the jackel. Whiskey galore. Withnail.

MolesOnPoles · 15/12/2022 19:36

Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines

Cabaret

Brief Encounter

I came on to same Casablanca!

ZeViteVitchofCwismas · 15/12/2022 19:37

witness for the prosecution, Marlene Dietrich

devildeepbluesea · 15/12/2022 19:37

The original Little Women with Elizabeth Taylor as Amy. Just gorgeous.

ZeViteVitchofCwismas · 15/12/2022 19:38

Cat on a hot tin roof

PhotoDad · 15/12/2022 19:39

I agree with so many of the previous ones, so:

The Big Sleep.
The Maltese Falcon.
In a Lonely Place.
The Caine Mutiny.
The African Queen.
Mr. Smith goes to Washington.
The Best Years of our Lives.
In Which We Serve.

ZeViteVitchofCwismas · 15/12/2022 19:41

To have and to have not

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 15/12/2022 19:43

Withnail and I (not for children and young teens)
The Godfather1 and 2 (my favourite films of all time)
The Maltese Falcon
The Third Man
Double Indemnity
Laura
Some LIke it Hot
The Apartment
The Ladykillers (original Ealing comedy, not the Coen Bros remake)
The Odd Couple
The Lady Vanishes (original Hitchcock version from the 30s)
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Brief Encounter
Casablanca
Most Hitchcock films - but especially Rebecca, Suspicion, Shadow of a Doubt, Rear Window, Vertigo and North by Northwest
It's A Wonderful Life
His Girl Friday
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Sound of Music
Oliver!
Oklahoma
West Side Story (original)
The Sting
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes, I Know Where I'm Going and most other Powell and Pressburger films

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