Required films pre 1980

[Pounding_Grooves]

The President's Analyst (1967)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062153/

 

[wanderlust]

caught this on tele last week or so...
i had forgotten how much i liked it when i first saw it five or ten years ago

the towering inferno 1974

 

[Pingu]

citizen cane
a clockwork orange
star wars
the graduate
battleship potemkin
apocalypse now
2001: a space oddessy
its a wonderful life
casablanca
taxi driver
the godfather (I and II)
dr strangelove
lawrence of arabia
alien
monty python and the holy grail
wizard of oz
the great escape
the great dictator
cool hand luke
catch 22

 

[jpgrdnr]

I just saw Fahrenheit 451
circa 1966...masterfully done...
the editing is marvie...great acting as well.

I dunno about Elephant Man being Lynch's best work...but thats whatever you like...

 

[Hypnotik1]

Any Humphrey Bogart movie

 

[wanderlust]

oh cool hand luke, awesome choice

 

[mariacallas]

I have a long list, but for now I'll just say:
Kramer vs Kramer , out in 1979
Just saw this again on DVD last night and cried buckets...such a BRILLIANT FILM deserving of all its Oscar awards and nominations ! Worthy of repeated viewings for a long time to come

PS. I cant believe the cute Justin Henry here went off to play the chubby asshole brother in Sixteen Candles a few years later lol

 

[AmorRoark]

Action
Bonnie & Clyde
Cool Hand Luke
Papillon

Comedy
The Graduate
American Graffiti

Dramas
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
It's a Wonderful Life
Harvey
The Grapes of Wrath
Citizen Kane
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Giant
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
To Sir, With Love
Gone With the Wind
In the Heat of the Night
The Miracle Worker
Of Mice and Men
The Sting
Taxi Driver

Horror/Suspense
Vertigo
Rear Window
The Shining

Musicals
Meet Me in St. Louis
Sound of Music
The Music Man

Science Fiction
Dr. Strangelove
2001: A Space Odyssey
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Metropolis
Star Wars

War
Patton
Apocalypse Now!
The African Queen

Westerns
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Shane
True Grit

 

[Belisarius]

I can't say I've seen all of these...but as far as I know, they're considered "essentials" among some critics:

The Seventh Seal
Metropolis
Apocalypse Now
Citizen Kane
Casablanca
The Seven Samurai
Roshomon
2001: A Space Odyssey
Dr. Strangelove
Vertigo
The Birth of a Nation (racist claptrap, but a piece of film history nonetheless)
Fantasia

 

[tribal girl]

I've been really getting into a lot of old films recently myself. Some of my all time favourites are:

Meet Me In St. Louis-1944
The Misfits-1961
Easter Parade-1948
West Side Story-1961
Jason And The Argonauts-1963
Suspiria-1977
East Of Eden-1954
Rebel Without A Cause-1955
The Wizard Of Oz-1939
Bonnie And Clyde-1967
Enter The Dragon-1973
Carrie-1976
Grease-1977
George A. Romero's Martin-1977

 

[Banquo]

I picked what I liked from everyone else's list and added a few more...

Citizen Kane
North by Northwest
Vertigo
Seven Samurai
Dr Strangelove
The Great Escape
Godfather
Godfather, Part II
Casablanca
2001: A Space Oddessy
Lawrence of Arabia
The Graduate
The Grapes of Wrath
The Sting
Metropolis
Apocalypse Now!
The African Queen

All About Eve
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Maltese Falcon
Stalag 17

 

[yorkefollower]

enter the dragon

 

[panic_the_digital]

What about Midnight Cowboy and Paths of Glory?

 

[AmorRoark]

^ I feel like a lot of people didn't "get" Midnight Cowboy... myself included.

 

[quiet roar]

I love old movies. So much so that I'll happily watch average b&w flicks when they're on late night tv. A couple more that spring to mind:
Bullit
Breathless (French version)
Red River
Gida

 

[Whoa]

Just a few from the shelf.

The realm of the senses
Performance
Carrie
Life of Brian
Holy Grail
Get Carter
Rocky Horror Show
Hobsons Choice
Apocalypse now
Deliverance
Seven Samurai
Exorcist
Deerhunter
One flew over the cuckoos nest

 

[Sn2.ru]

1. Casablanca
2. Stroszek
3. On the Waterfront
4. A Bout de Souffle
5. Chinatown
6. A Clockwork Orange
7. Pickpocket
8. Sunset Blvd.
9. Gods of the Plague
10. Killing of a Chinese Bookie
11. Pixote (1981, sue me.)
12. Band of Outsiders
13. Rififi
14. Badlands
15. Once Upon a Time in the West
16. Shoot the Piano Player
17. Five Easy Pieces
18. La Strada
19. Woman Under the Influence
20. McCabe and Mrs. Miller

(Greatest movies ever.)

Just see all the Billy Wilder films, some French and German "new" cinema, Kubrick, couple Bogart pictures, some Eastwood, westerns whatever, Brando, James Dean, Steve McQueen, Lana Turner, blah blah blah ... that should cover it.

 

[stinkfoot]

most of my favs have been mentioned but here's a few i don't recall seeing-

the train
little big man
the hustler
it's a mad mad mad mad world
the bridge on the river kwei (did some1 mention this 1?)
M.A.S.H.
animal house
stalag 17
double imdemnity
the road warrior (1981, close enough)

 

[stinkfoot]

the magnificent seven (1960)

i didn't realize, untill a few years ago, that this was actually a remake of the movie 7 samurai.

 

[sillycybe]

Yojimbo - 1961
Seven Samurai - 1956 - excellent film
Throne of Blood - 1961

I'm a Samurai flick buff if you couldn't tell %) Thank god for IFC's Samurai Saturdays!

Have you seen the Lone wolf and cub : Baby cart films?
There is a few of them and they are the best Samurai films i have ever seen.
The films incorporate manga like effects with awesome results.