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I've Netflixed a few old movies and I'm looking for some recommendations.

seen and loved:
On the Waterfront (1954)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
12 Angry Men (1957)
The Searchers (1956)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)

liked, but didn't love:
Rebel w/o a Cause (1955)
Double Indemnity (1944)


What have you seen? How'd you like 'em?

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Nothin' wrong with the classics. Casablanca is definitely one of my favs.

Old movies are almost always better than new movies.

12 Angry Men is also one of my favorites.

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Quiet Man and Long Gray Line for showing Irish Catholics in a good light.

I also like Night of the Iguana because I spent a lot of time in Mexico during that time, and it doesn't look like that anymore, so it's kind of like time travel.

I'm also a sucker for any of the old bible based movies like Ben Hur, Robe, etc.

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Theologian in Training

How classic?

I have been Netflixing Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harol Lloyd, Big Crosby flicks and Fred Astaire flix as well

If classic classic is Ok, then

Holiday Inn

White Christmas

All Buster Keaton

All Charlie Chaplin

Some Harold Lloyd

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Wuthering Heights (1939) starring Lawrence Olivier & Merle Oberon
City Lights (1931) starring Chaplin
Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)starring Greer Garson & Robert Donat

1939 was an awesome year for film.

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cmotherofpirl

The Big Sleep.
The Apartment
Singing on the Rain
The Godfather
Forbidden Planet
Desk Set
A star is born
The Lion in Winter
Morning Glory
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Wizard of Oz
Gaslight
The Invisible Man
Fantasia
The Maltese Falcon
Top Hat
The Day the earth Stood Still
Forbidden Planet
30 seconds over Toyko
On the Town
Stalag 17
His Girl Friday
FrankensteinLittle Women
Bringing Up Baby
Failsafe
StageCoach
Mr Smith goes to Washington
McLintock
Funny Face
Key Largo
Adams Rib
The Manchurian Candidate
Arsenic and Old Lace
Operation Petticoat
Seargent York
The Thin Man
Gunga Din
42nd Street
Yours mine and Ours
King Kong
The 3rd Man
The Birds.
7 Brides for 7 Brothers
Carosel.
A streetcar named Desire
Dr No
Westside Story
Guess whos Coming To Dinner
Harvey
All Quiet on the Western Front
High Noon
Pink Panther
Dr Strangelove
From Here to Eternity
Meet me in St Loius.
The Lost Weekend
Casablanca
Singing In theRain
The Quiet Man
High Society.
Hello Dolly
Lawrence of Arabia
The Philadelphia Story.
BenHur.
True Grit
The African Queen.
American in Paris.
Bridge over the River Kwai
Double Indemnity

I don't have cable so I order 6 movies a week from the library.

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A few years ago the CBC (at least in Halifax) used to show really old movies really late at night. I was in university and couldn't afford cable (it was that or eat), so I used to watch those old movies A LOT... some of my favourites are:

Mrs Miniver (1942 best picture)
One of Our Aircraft is Missing
Casablanca

and a bunch more. I don't know if they show these old movies anymore or not, but I loved it when they did. I have a general interest in the 1940s, so I love those old WWII era movies.

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Thomist-in-Training

"It Happened One Night"

"Cheaper by the Dozen," the OLD one, not the one with Steve Martin. I dunno if the family was Catholic, but the movie is right in line with Catholic sensibilities--truly funny, but also a strong moral baseline. There's a PRICELESS scene which you must rent the movie to see! You'll see which one...

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laudable_exchange

I also love:
Philadelphia Story
Mr Smith goes to Washington
Meet me in St Louis.
Singing In theRain
American in Paris.

Also, I don't think anyone has listed Roman Holiday yet - another favorite!

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