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Old films

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Alohapotato · 13/12/2023 19:16

Hello, can I have old films recommendations please? Like Grace Kelly, Katherine Hepburn, Marlon Brandon etc..?
And where to watch them? I'm trying to find some in Netflix but I can't find any..

Thank you very much

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GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 13/12/2023 23:02

Rebecca
Whistle Down The Wind
Blithe Spirit

XelaM · 13/12/2023 23:03

Other similarly amazing old films:

Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf (Liz Taylor and Richard Burton)

Streetcar named Desire (my absolutely favourite Marlon Brando role besides Godfather of course)

Gone with the Wind (Vivienne Leigh - best acting by any female ever

12 Angry Men (watched it in school as a kif and LOVED IT)

FinanceLPlates · 13/12/2023 23:23

Lots of great recommendations here, it’s inspiring me to look for some of these (again)

The 39 Steps
The third man
Calamity Jane

You can use IMDb.com to search for actors or directors you like and then google something like „where to watch [film name] uk“.

Prime, iPlayer etc have a few. Or check out the BFI, or mubi.com, or curzon cinemas for their streaming services (at a cost, but you can find a much greater variety and good quality copies - some of the free stuff on YouTube can be variable)

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salcombebabe · 13/12/2023 23:28

I love to watch a Doris Day film especially on a lazy Sunday afternoon! I can recommend all of her films and her leading men were so…..dashing!

TammyJones · 14/12/2023 04:38

The 39 steps - fantastic!

There was a ton of brilliant Agatha Christie’s film.

an inspector calls - brilliant film
brief Encounter-

Elderflower14 · 14/12/2023 06:30

Bringing Up Baby.
The Philadelphia Story.
High Society.
Rear Window.
To Catch A Thief.
Roman Holiday.

megletthesecond · 14/12/2023 06:32

Rear window
Kind hearts and coronets
Some like it hot

DisplayPurposesOnly · 14/12/2023 06:38

The Ghost and Mrs Muir was on tele recently so may be on iplayer.

It Happened One Night (1934) won seven oscars

NowNumber5 · 14/12/2023 06:38

One of favourite films ever is ‘Gone With the Wind’.
Vivien Leigh is Scarlett O’Hara.

RendeersDancingTowardsChristmas · 14/12/2023 06:39

If you like the old vampire films try anything with Christopher Lee... if nothing else, the music scores with the acting are ace! They really don't make them like that anymore.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 14/12/2023 06:44

Film4 has lots of films and it's on Freeview. In London we have a Freeview channel called London Live which also shows lots of old films. Don't know if this channel is available outside London in spite of the name.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 14/12/2023 06:46

I recommend The Maltese Falcon. Just about anything with Humphrey Bogart, actually. Ditto Cary Grant and Bette Davis.

XelaM · 14/12/2023 06:52

Vertigo is also brilliant!!

TammyJones · 14/12/2023 08:56

RendeersDancingTowardsChristmas · 14/12/2023 06:39

If you like the old vampire films try anything with Christopher Lee... if nothing else, the music scores with the acting are ace! They really don't make them like that anymore.

Oooh yes.
And the werewolf/ Frankenstein
Sad, romantic- just great.

BMW6 · 14/12/2023 09:36

Hobsons Choice
12 Angry Men
This Happy Breed
Blithe Spirit

Needhelp101 · 14/12/2023 10:04

Some great recommendations here.

I love pretty much any Hitchcock.

Rosemary's Baby is a fab watch (currently on More 4, I think).

Les Diaboliques is a very spooky French psychological thriller, with an excellent twist.

Needhelp101 · 14/12/2023 10:06

The Innocents is another great psychological thriller (an adaptation of The Turn of the Screw).

MrsSkylerWhite · 14/12/2023 10:08

His Girl Friday
I Married a Witch

tadpolelove · 14/12/2023 10:13

Seven brides for seven brothers
Imitation of life
Gone with the wind
The quiet man
Calamity Jane
The sons of Katie elder

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