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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

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Maverick101 · 16/12/2022 19:22

The Great Race (Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood at their best -- and so much fun!)

Quveas · 16/12/2022 19:23

Little known James Stewart classic - Harvey. Growing up I so wanted a pooka....

Funkyslippers · 16/12/2022 19:24

Oh bloody hell, hardly seen any of these apart from Groundhog Day! 🤣🤣

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OhAmBackAgain · 16/12/2022 19:29

Fucket · Yesterday 21:45
Dr Zhivago for a classic winter film

Was coming on to say it's become my new years day film, blanket and left over Christmas food alllllllll afternoon.
Also:
Yental
Cabaret
Funny Girl
The Great Race

SpotlessMind88 · 16/12/2022 19:32

La Haine
a bout de souffle
jean de florette

SpotlessMind88 · 16/12/2022 19:34

old Boy (the original film)
Chungking Express

OhAmBackAgain · 16/12/2022 19:35

oh oh and the original
Good bye Mr chips (1939)

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 16/12/2022 19:36

OhAmBackAgain · 16/12/2022 19:35

oh oh and the original
Good bye Mr chips (1939)

[huge gulping sobs]

maudesvagina · 16/12/2022 19:47

His girl Friday
They live by night

Thingamebobwotsit · 16/12/2022 19:49

Best thread!

Add 12 angry men to the list

ZeViteVitchofCwismas · 17/12/2022 15:59

@Anoooshka ..good shout on where eagles dare.

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g what do you mean it's absolute Hokum? So are all films . It's pure entertainment.

And bloody brilliant.

Some fabulous suggestions here and yy to Dr Zhivago.

JaneJeffer · 17/12/2022 16:24

Scott of the Antarctic

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 17/12/2022 16:32

Another vote for Kind Hearts and Coronets, and for the original Ealing version of The Ladykillers.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned Zulu or Carry on up the Khyber yet?

ZeldaWillTellYourFortune · 17/12/2022 16:33

The Apartment

babybythesea · 17/12/2022 16:41

Paper Moon. Ryan and Tatum O’Neal.

VioletLemon · 17/12/2022 16:43

It's a Wonderful Life
The Godfather (trilogy)
Jaws
Goodfellas
Casino
The Bodyguard
12 Angry Men

PronounsBaby · 17/12/2022 17:17

North by Northwest
Casablanca
Rebecca

FuckabethFuckor · 17/12/2022 17:24

The Ladykillers (again)
Alien
Blazing Saddles
The French Connection
What’s Up Doc?
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (bloody gruelling though)
Clue
Rear Window
Strangers on a Train
Any of the Peter Ustinov Poirots
One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing
Mary Poppins
Bullitt
The 39 Steps
Private Benjamin
This is Spinal Tap
The Cheap Detective
Fatal Attraction
Robocop

Crayfishforyou · 17/12/2022 17:29

All About Eve
Some Like It Hot
Top Hat
Clueless
Robin Hood prince of thieves
Muppets Christmas carol
last of the mohicans

MoriaRoseForever · 17/12/2022 17:40

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 16/12/2022 17:42

I have a great weakness for The Towering Inferno. Nobody else in the family has any time for it, but I love it. Paul Newman and Steve McQueen in the same film! Mmmm.

Good to see I'm not alone in loving Where Eagles Dare too. Absolute hokum but brilliantly done. Young Clint Eastwood, mature Richard Burton, what a combo.

I've enjoyed most films I've seen Clint in, starting with the three spaghetti westerns A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, continuing with Dirty Harry, then the many excellent films he directed himself, so that's another rich seam.

Night of the Hunter. The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 American film noir thriller directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters and Lillian Gish. Very suspenseful, from what I can remember of it.

Robert Mitchum is chilling in Night of the Hunter . For me much scarier than a classic horror, as it’s the psychological elements as he is hunting and the woman is the prey . Recommend, but it’s not a fun film.

wherearebeefandonioncrisps · 17/12/2022 17:47

Anything directed by Billy Wilder , any Hitchcock film up to 1964, and pretty much anything by Stanley Kubrick.

Gatekeeper · 17/12/2022 18:01

The Family Way
Spring and Port wine
The Amazing Mr Blunden
Ladykillers
Naked truth
School for scoundrels

ZeViteVitchofCwismas · 17/12/2022 19:36

Oh yes, school for scoundrels is fabulous as well

littlelemondrop · 17/12/2022 20:22

Black and white version of Oliver Twist. I recently watched its a wonderful life and I absolutely adored it. Wish I'd seen it earlier.

medianewbie · 17/12/2022 20:24

Great thread, thanks.