Need some classic old movies to watch

dog day afternoon

how far are you wanting to go back?

american gigolo ?



midnight cowboy is great

Dunno about the 80's but try Angela's Ashes,A sense of Freedom, Harry's game.

If as you say your film viewing is so recent may I suggest a 50's Japanese b&w subtitled film you will have heard of - "Seven Samurai"

Not sure when they came out but a few films directed by Alfred Hitchcock are classics and good viewing even today

if you like gangster movies the godfather parts one and two are fantastic.

cheers guys got enough to be going on with now, just watched midnight cowboy a bit surreal and weird in places but enjoyed it, look forward to going through all the films listed here.

watched godfather jolly, diff class, havn't seen any others on the fred so this will keep me going for a bit.

Kind Hearts and Coronets

donny brasco if you want gangster film

Southern Comfort is brilliant

Peter Sellar's last 'film Being There' is well worth a viewing.

True Romance,A Beautiful Mind and of course the beautifully filmed Porky's.

i used to have that on video (vhs) facts,

a very good film seen it many a time

American Graffiti 1973.  George Lucas pre Star Wars and better than.

Rita, Sue and Bob Too

if i remember right one of the girls experience first hand what
these pakistani wife beaters are like

CHINATOWN. Fantastic film. Jack Nicholson gives one of the best performances of his career. Polanski's classic thriller is absolutely brilliant. And some people may not know that the movie is actually all seen through the eyes of Jack Nicholson's character. He is practically in every scene, its incredibly well done. Polanski's best film.

"You're a nosy fella. Wanna know what happens to nosey fellas, they lose their noses." And Jack Nicholson has a big bandage on his nose for most of the film. Faye Dunaway also brilliant in it. Not just one of the best detective films of the 70's, one of the best detective films ever.

I loved southern comfort as well and most of the aforementioned films.

It is ages since I saw most of these films though.  I am saving them for when I am ill or much older because there are sooo few good films about.  Once I have seen a film I cannot watch it for years.  I don't know whether this is a female thing though, maybe.  The majority of the men I have known seem to be able to watch the same film repeatedly.

heaven can wait..... was quite a good film too from that era, a romantic comedy, so a bit different.

The 1943 version with Don Ameche was a gazillion times better.

Which brings me to the OP. If ye want to watch "classic movies" then ye need to go back a few decades...

1941 version was good too, but i thought he wanted films from that era..?

1978 version is a good little film from that era, there are loads of old classics in black and white that never
get shown any more and that is such a shame

one of my favourites is jimmy cagney in the strawberry blond,

Jeez Donny i could fill the page with Cagney films. I love the bloke.

I know he wanted filums from the 80's which is why i added the bit at the bottom.

well we've given him a start, and a few hints ....up to him now

Just to add to what ye said; There is a severe lack of b&w films on the box. Why this is i dunno, maybe the tapes have been lost or in these days of utter garbage film wise perhaps the powers that be think peeps would rather watch The Mummy for the 2990498498 time and it's CG crap, rather than a first rate 'classic' movie..

Stalag 17.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKc2GJk2OLQ

from start to finish an all time classic....William Holden deserved the oscar.

another William Holden one, Network

Marathon Man, Dear old Larry and Dustin Hoffman. "Is it safe".
The Boys from Brazil, Gregory Peck.
The Odessa Files, Jon Voight. Title music by LLoyd Webber and Tim Rice.
Similar themes but good films.

"The Odessa Files, Jon Voight. Title music by LLoyd Webber and Tim Rice"

Very good film, always remember the film poster at the time when Voight is on the track when he was pushed into the path of an underground train. Good story, interesting film, bit dated now but still worth watching.

Paddy Hair

Three excellent films there

one flew over the cuckoo's nest,great film I avoided until about three years ago.

Done midnight cowboy,  8
Done Dog day Afternoon  7.5
Done A sense of freedom 8

Thx for all the tips, ive become  a film critic overnight ..

I have just thought of another one, woody Allen's 'Zelig' is an absolute hoot, a very solid 8/10 job.

All the Presidents Men

The China Syndrome

I might have to hunt them out and watch them again myself

i thought someone mentioned an argentinian film that was on very early this morning but that post seems to have gone. i recorded it and watched it this morning, it was excellent.

one flew over the cuckoo nest is a great call. imo. the shining is good too.

african queen, maltese falcon and cassablanca worth a shout.

i know they are not old but i have become completely addicted to nordic noir. wallander, beck, the bridge and the killing i cant get enough of. there's an icelandic one currently airing on bbc4 called trapped. i dont know if its taking a whole series to solve a crime, police officers who are often deeply flawed, or something else but i consider them so much better than anything we have. i'll have to get around to reading the girl with the dragon tattoo which i've been told led the way.

Yep  - you definitely need to read The Millenium Triilogy ie :-

Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
The Girl Who Played With Fire
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest

All brilliant. Unputadownable !

The DVDs are good too ( original Swedish versions with English sub titles )

Vietnam films

The Deer Hunter
Full Metal Jacket
Hamburger Hill

Deliverance
Cool Hand Luke
LA Confidential
Once Upon A Time In America
Seven

Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges in 'Thunderbolt And Lightfoot'.

The only time Clint Woodwood has ever won an acting contest..

Das Boot
Stalingrad (1993)

Kraut films

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_(film)

imo, one of the cleverest films ever

Lock Stock and two Smoking Barrels
The big Lebowski
Godfather 3 - the best one - but in order to 'get it' watch first 2 first - it shows how same problems reappear from generation to generation - and in big business and the catholic church- and how  the family is trapped by events/history


Ghandi
Zulu

"A Man For All Seasons"

One of the best films ever made about a man standing by his morality no matter what it might cost him.

Probably one of the greatest acting performances of all time too by Paul Schofield as Sir Thomas More.

It's a gem of a film.

Agreed

In no particular order The Wild Bunch.The Professionals.The Treasure of Sierra Madre.Jeremiah Johnson.Every one winner.be lucky fred.

madwoman of chaillot, kunf fu classic-the magic flute(d.carradine). lifeforce vamp movie. original robocop. savage messiah. bronson revenge films. clint revenge films. love story.

the classic film - the man in the wilderness(1971) with Richard Harris and John Huston. about a group of hunters travelling the wilderness with a boat in tow. trapping and hunting for furs.

the original and the best... please ask for an inferior copy to be made...
previously... robocop remake and total recall.

remade as the revenant this year with the shaved balls of decaprio.

i got an oscar mommy? can i cry now.

The Last Seduction - 1994

Great film surprisingly not seen by many.



Paths Of Glory  - 1957

Possibly one of the best War films ever made

The Last Seduction is a gem of a film pumps. Of Mice And Men with John Malkovich is a goodun as well.

Hi Slipps, hope things are ok with you

On the other thread someone suggested David Lean's Oliver Twist.
For comedy what about "My Cousin Vinny" or "Very Bad Things"?

My cousin Vinny, one of those films I could watch again & again

'badlands' worth a watch

Goodfellas is a must see movie.

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Some great films made in the 80's which really have stood the test of time

Manhunter 

Cinema Paradiso

Bladerunner

Blue Velvet

Fitzcarraldo

Caddyshack

The Vanishing

Blood Simple

House of Games

Das Boot

Field of Dreams

Kagemusha

Ran

Raging Bull

Jean de Florette

Full Metal Jacket

Once Upon a time in America

Rain Man

Midnight Run

Withnail & I

Some of my favs not yet mentioned

Kramer Vs Kramer
Leon
Dead Poets Society
The Untouchables
Philadelphia
Pretty In Pink
St Elmos Fire
Airplane
The Elephant Man

OP most of the filums listed are utter shyte. Trust me.

watch:

Predator

Terminator 2

both timeless classics

thank me tomorrow.

Warning: Terminator 2 has a sad ending.

this is spinal tap is better than everything above, in fact probably best film ever made

IYO

Emden

Your taste in films seems to be somewhat polarised !

mm

Oh I think not !

Feb 28, 2016 -- 4:38PM, houseofpain wrote:

Done midnight cowboy,  8Done Dog day Afternoon  7.5Done A sense of freedom 8Thx for all the tips, ive become  a film critic overnight ..

Done one flew over cuckoos nest, 9.5 what a film
Done a beautiful mind, 8.5
Done a james cagney film Angels with dirty faces, 9 loved it.

Done one flew over cuckoos nest, 9.5 what a film

^ glad you liked,took me ages to see it myself. There is a film on SKY Films now called Office Space with a young Jennifer Anniston in it,worth a watch made me chuckle anyway

Already been mentioned on here but it is a really good film, LEON. A highly unlikely and outrageous plot, morally dubious with a very under-age girl. But it's more like a father and daughter relationship / friendship, and it never becomes dirty.

The whole film is so stylishly done but you need to see the uncut version on DVD, because the censor was uncomfortable with some of it and chopped about 20 mins from the original cinema version. And that extra footage contains the heart of the film and their relationship, and he rejects her sexual advances anyway, although not hard to understand why they cut it.

The whole film is a highly unlikely story, a total disregard for any plot logic, but very enjoyable film ! A young Natalie Portman as the young girl was brilliant, and the film would have been a mess if her casting was not perfect. Gary Oldman gives one of his best performances as a psycho, drug-crazed cop. 9/10.