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Required films pre 1980

wanderlust

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required films pre 1980

flipping through the movie channels with friends ive seen many a movie discounted and turmed past just because it is "old"
holy lord, black and white! we cant watch that!
while new movies and fine and good there is always something to be said for movie history and 'oldies'

required viewing pre 1980- make your list!

roshomon 1950
citizen kane 1941
psycho 1960
jaws 1975
smokey and the bandit 1977 ha!
breakfast at tiffany's 1961
some like it hot 1959 marilyn monroe version


directors to be checked out-
(most if not all their work has its place in history)
alfred hitchcock 1899-1980
akira kurosawa 1910-1998

this is my short notice and short on time list that should be added to later on...
 
My friends are the same way. Here's a list of some of my classics:

*The Producers
*1-2-3
*A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
*The Sentinal
*War of the Worlds
*Many Monroe flicks: Some Like it Hot, Seven Year Itch, How to Marry a Millionaire, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
*Hitchcock: North by Northwest, Vertigo, Rear Window.
*Star Wars

I'm sure I'll think of more later....
 
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!

and of course..

Monte Pythons Holy Grail and Life of Brian- 1975 and 79- they speak for themselves :)
 
double indemnity (1944)
sanshiro sugato (1955)
the magnificent seven (1960)
the great escape (1963)
dr strangelove (1964)
fistfull of dollars (1964)
for a few dollars more (1967)
the good, the bad, and the ugly (1967)
bullitt (1968)
dirty harry (1971)
cooley high (1975)
rocky (1976)
breaking away (1979)
 
Eleven Pre-1980 Movies I Love:

Godfather

Godfather, Part II

The Graduate

Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf

Rocky

Wizard Of Oz

Kramer Verus Kramer

My Fair Lady

Sound Of Music

Inherit The Wind

Twelve Angry Men
 
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Alien (1979)
Life Of Brian (1979)
The Exorcist (1973)
Dr Strangelove (1964)
The Haunting (1963)
Great Escape, The (1963)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Psycho (1960)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
 
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there's many good picks (most of which i agree with) here already, so i'll try to add some that haven't been mentioned as yet...

belle de jour - 1967
i've ranted about this before, but it's the most sumptuously beautiful french film (directed by bunuel, starring deneuve), about a conservative-on-the-surface young lady who turns her sexuality inside out. it's very weird, but an amazing film.

the elephant man - 1980 (i guess this doesn't really count but :p)
lynch at his best.

fantasia - 1940
to think that this is sixty-four years old is just astounding. it's as good now as it was the first time i saw it.

ladri di biciclette - 1948
as real as any film gets.

les quatre cents coups (the 400 blows) - 1959
imo, this is truffaut's greatest work.

rope - 1948 (okay, most of hitchcock's stuff is worth seeing)
his best film, imo, filmed entirely in one massive shot. and it's not *just* a gimmick - it's an excellent study in human behaviours and motives.

bronenosets potyomkin (battleship potemkin) - 1925
the introduction of montage.

chronique d'un ete (chronicle of a summer) - 1961
i just like french films, and this one's soooo pretty! =D
 
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