Aibu to ask what your favourite old film is?

[Funkyslippers]

Just saw Easter Parade is on today. Would love to try watching some old films but not sure I'd like them. Which ones are good for novices like me?

Gone with the wind
The 39 Steps
Kelly’s Hero’s
The Great Escape
Whistle down the wind
The original Mary Poppins
To kill a mockingbird bird
2 mules for sister Sarah
National velvet

Not seen on the pp but may have missed them ... so many wonderful movies already mentioned -
A street car named desire
Last tango in Paris
Rebel without a cause
East of Eden

Waterloo Bridge
Rope
Arsenic and Old Lace
Stalag 17

Imitation of Life
Mildred Pierce
Blithe Spirit
West Side Story
Whistle down the Wind
A kind of loving - very dated but worth watching for the wonderful Thora Hird
Green for Danger - Alistair Sim murder mystery
A kiss before dying
Buena Sera, Mrs Campbell
The Wicker Man

Lots have already been mentioned that I love but another classic is The Quiet Man with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. It's my favourite film ever since my Dad let me watch it many years ago when I was about 12. Four years ago I finally got to Cong in Co Mayo where a lot of it was filmed. Loved every magical minute of being there !

I really like the Hitchcock film Marnie. No idea why as it’s not sci fi or horror. But it’s beautifully shot and intriguing.

Any Doris Day film, she was wonderful.
Imitation of Life, you'll need tissues.

Pillow Talk with the gorgeous Rock Hudson 💞

Another die-hard Doris Day fan here. Pretty much anything the woman did was simply magical. I also like film noir and Hitchcock, old silent cinema, expressionism etc, plus classical early Hollywood: Citizen Kane etc.

Not sure whether vintage 80s horror counts as 'old'. But the nostalgia is strong for me!

Its lovely that a few PPs like the old Swallows and Amazons film. I also love the vintage Secret Garden and The Railway Children, despite its sentimentality.

Ok I'm going to admit it. The Sound of Music. I'll get me coat.

@Cocolapew

Any Doris Day film, she was wonderful. Imitation of Life, you'll need tissues.

Just noticed your post above mine...Pillow Talk also stars Doris Day

Gone with the Wind and The King and I. Both a bit problematic these days, but a visual delight.

Wuthering Heights (Merle Oberon and L Olivier version)
Waterloo Bridge
The Red Shoes
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Quiet Man

Kind Hearts and Coronets
Calamity Jane
High Society
Carve Her Name With Pride
Whisky Galore

Ooh and...
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Original St Trinians
National Velvet
Goodbye Mr Chips

The African Queen. Love it.

Oh yes, The African Queen. Also,

La Dolce Vita
To Have and Have Not
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

To Sir With Love
Streets of Fire (early 80s so not that old but still nearly 40 years ago!)
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Wicker Man

The trouble with Angels

Went the Day Well?
Jane Eyre
Rebecca
Wuthering Heights
39 Steps
To Kill a Mockingbird
12 Angry Men
Dr Zhivago
Far From the Madding Crowd
Lawrence of Arabia
Lord of the Flies
A Place in the Sun
Whiskey Galore
Waterloo Bridge
Whistle Down the Wind
The Children's Hour (way ahead of its time)

Imitation of life. 😪 I couldn't watch it now tearful thinking about it.
Champ was another tearful film.
On a lighter note labyrinth and never ending story.

Angels with dirty faces

Some Like It Hot

As other pp have said Brief Encounter. although I always want to shout at the.chatty woman to GO AWAY near the end

Shop Around the Corner is my favourite! It's the film 'You've Got Mail' was a remake of, which I also love but the original is the best

Otherwise anything with James Stewart

Some Like it Hot
A Streetcar Named Desire