Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Only the apps you allow.

Meet the Other Phone.
Only the apps you allow.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Other subjects
Original poster

Classic must-see films! Your ideas please.

55 replies

KBear · 15/01/2006 17:31

My friend and I have decided to make this the year we watch classic movies like Gone with the Wind that we've never seen. We thought of a few but what do you consider to be a classic movie? Old and new.

OP posts:
ggglimpopo · 15/01/2006 18:41

Message withdrawn

ggglimpopo · 15/01/2006 18:41

Message withdrawn

collision · 15/01/2006 18:42

Oliver!
Chitty chitty Bang Bang
My Fair Lady
Sound of Music
Mary Poppins
Annie

Am just doing the Musicals here!

spacedonkey · 15/01/2006 18:42

not to mention Goodfellas and Godfathers 1 and 2

ggglimpopo · 15/01/2006 18:43

Message withdrawn

bundle · 15/01/2006 18:47

ggg - there's another bunch of aussie films The Year My Voice Broke - and another one which I think was about rabbits and myxamatosis but really about relationships iykwim but sadly can't remember the title. I really liked Picnic at Hanging Rock too

bundle · 15/01/2006 18:48

haven't seen Angel at My Table and Sweetie but Jane Campion's work is pretty interesting too

spacedonkey · 15/01/2006 18:48

Downfall although recent is a classic imo

ScummyMummy · 15/01/2006 18:48

City of God is brilliant.

ScummyMummy · 15/01/2006 18:49

Lord of the Rings trilogy is pretty great too actally.

Blandmum · 15/01/2006 18:49

Picnic at hanging rock scared the shit out of me! Good film

bundle · 15/01/2006 18:49

saw Brokeback Mountain last night, wouldn't describe it as a classic, but worth seeing. still chatting about it with dh today

spacedonkey · 15/01/2006 18:50

The 40 Year Old Virgin is one of the funniest films I've seen in many a long year ...

ggglimpopo · 15/01/2006 19:21

Message withdrawn

slug · 16/01/2006 10:54

Basically anything that is constantly referenced in society.

This is Spinal Tap
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Life of Brian
Casablanca
Gone with the Wind
The Godfather
Scarface
Taxi Driver
Star Wars
The Seventh Seal

PiccadillyCircus · 16/01/2006 10:56

Brief Encounter

cathyspam · 16/01/2006 11:03

moulin rouge
the shawshank redemption
the great escape
the shining
amelie
carrie
ET
o brother where art thou
braveheart

cathyspam · 16/01/2006 11:03

rocky
raging bull

AlmostAnAngel · 16/01/2006 11:05

how to lose a guy in ten days [could watch it everyday!]
Always [richard dreyfus holly hunter]

AlmostAnAngel · 16/01/2006 11:05

piccadailly hmmmmm[are you a name changer]??

cathyspam · 16/01/2006 11:06

raising arizona (mention of holly hunter reminded me)

treacletart · 16/01/2006 11:19

old:
A Matter of Life and Death
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Some like it Hot
The Odd Couple
Sleeper
Cassablanca

new(ish:
Groundhog Day
Amelie
Pulp Fiction
Withnail and I

acnebride · 16/01/2006 11:27

will go back and read others once i've finished this.

Old:
GWTW a really good choice but schedule loo breaks
Kind Hearts and Coronets (sorry saw previous post)
Twelve O'Clock High
39 Steps
Rear Window
West Side Story

New (i.e. since I've been alive):
All the President's Men
Groundhog Day

Classics I wd also like to see but haven't:
The Spider Stratagem
The Manchurian Candidate
The Godfather I and II

Classic that is too disturbing to recommend:
The Vanishing (original)

Totally overrated classics IMO:
Tokyo Story - hm, is this long close-up of a face conveying nothing at all dull enough?
Jules et Jim - FGS grow up and get a job you pervy threesome and stop wearing that stupid jumper

MarsOnLife · 16/01/2006 11:34

The Princess Bride!

PiccadillyCircus · 16/01/2006 11:35

I'm not a name changer - been this name for ages .

Brief Encounter is one of my favourite films ever.