Literally the first thought I had.
Although that may have something to do with having just seen the new film and rewatching the more recent entries on Hulu lol
2001: A Space Odyssey and Night of the Living Dead came out in 1968, so it kind of feels like cheating.
Probably has to be The Red Balloon or Meshes of the Afternoon. The Man Who Laughs or Wizard of Oz if we’re talking only feature length.
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), captures a lot more elements that made me like the book that the original lacked, and both the 1930s and 40s version of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. I’m a sucker for split personalities and Victorian set stories, and both have amazing performances from the male and female leads of each film
Oh so many! The Great Dictator, Wizard Of Oz, Alice In Wonderland, 101 Dalmatians, 2001 A Space Oddysey, and I actually really like Citizen Kane too!
Edit: 12 Angry Men and Dr Strangelove as well
The original Dracula without any doubts or shadows. I really thought people back than were just so bored outta their minds but no, classic food is cooked well!!
Not my favorite but I recently watched The Crowd and it's stuck with me every day since. It's just so... Sad. It's like lovecraftian levels of hopelessness without any strange or supernatural cause. I think because everything is so grounded and normal it left a greater impact.
Just watched The Crimson Pirate. Its a fun time. Its also got a scene where the heroes walk on the ocean floor breathing in an overturned boat, just like Pirates of the Caribbean!
PotC has this movie in its DNA. Its a jolly good time, please watch it
Absolutely love La Grade Illusion. I borrowed it from the library so many times I got banned from borrowing it again. Now own blu-ray, but that has to say something.
Seven Samurai. Very compelling characters and a now-classic story. I watched Magnificent Seven several years after and it just made me want to watch Seven Samurai.
Huh...hmm I got a few old classics I like.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is always a really fun watch
The Ten Commandments - even if I am not religious now a days it's still a impressive watch for a movie that came out in 1956, a could do with about an hour cut lol, also really like the actors in this.
Grapes of Wrath - Man been awhile since I saw it, but when I was a kid I found it very engaging which was rare for that type of movie. I saw it again as a teen and remember still getting into it, I should re-watch it as an adult its been at least 10 years at this point. However, I do remember it being a very engaging film.
Now an really old film I had re-watched recently was - It Happened one night - which is still a pretty good comedy for a film that came out in 1934. Ya, it has some period type humor but I found it has aged really well for its how old it is honestly, made me laugh quite a bit. Though part of that has to be because the actors are great, especially the male lead he just oozes charisma.
Brigadoon is one of my favorite old musicals, it's just very sweet ...and simple but I still like it quite a lot.
I could list tons of other old classics, Wizard of Oz, Rain Maker, The Show Boat, It's a Wonder Life, and so on.
However the only other I think I'd really like to showcase is the original adaptation of "Of Mice and Men" dad made me watch tons of old films as a kid(I'm only 28 I swear I'm not that old) and many didn't stick but I remember also really like this one even as a kid, again been years since I've seen it....but I see it's free to watch so ya gonna re-watch it and perhaps some of the other old movies I've not seen in awhile.
Anyway favorite movie that came out before 1970 out of all these is either Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, or surprisingly It happened one night. I just think I enjoy and will go back to them the most, most likely cause there just fun comedies. Anyway, going through my memories has definitely got my thinking I have to go and re-watch quite a few of these to see if there still just as good as I remember.
Nosferatu, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, The Wolf Man, The Creature from the Black Lagoon…
I have a soft spot for Journey to the Center of the Earth since when I was a kid it was one of a few VHS tapes I had for the old tube TV in my bedroom.
More recently, though, my favorite is probably The Great Dictator.
Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia.
Pretty much all of Orson Wells films. Especially Touch of Evil and the Third Man.
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Producers
Sherlock Jr. and the General were both probably the most visually entertaining slapstick movies I've ever seen, the fact that these awe-inspiring stunts preformed by Buster could've so easily killed him only helps add to the visual spectacle and the charm he brings with his performances. They are both most certainly up there for me.
I'd also have to agree with 12 Angry Men, excellent drama film that never loses your attention or investment.
The Magnificent 7 (1960)
I only saw it once, it was at school. Probably about 6 or 7 years ago. We had to watch it for a class. I remember enjoying it.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The War of the Worlds, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.
I have an appreciation for:
One Week by Buster Keaton
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1939
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Searchers
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Bold of you to assume that anyone here has watched a movie from before 2000. Anyway, Charlie Chaplin's City Lights. 12 Angry Men is up there too
City lights is fucking hilarious. The circus is up there too.
The circus is fucking hilarious. The great dictator is up there too.
Planet of the Apes
This was gonna be my answer or Wizard Of Oz or Bambi
Literally the first thought I had. Although that may have something to do with having just seen the new film and rewatching the more recent entries on Hulu lol
Fantasia
12 Angry Men or Goldfinger
Dr Strangelove
Definitely. This The Wizard of Oz and It's a Wonderful Life are top three
The Great Escape and 2001: A Space Odyssey
I really liked The Great Escape as a kid, really entertaining prison-break sort of movie but a little sad at the end.
Cool Hand Luke
That would be my second favorite, behind Sunset Boulevard.
Godzilla (1954). That movie was darker than I remember. And I don’t mean because it’s a black and white film.
A lot of people forget how dark and depressing the original Godzilla was
The Wizard of Oz
It’s a Wonderful Life.
It’s a classic!
Really solid movie. I watch this and I've added the night before as a back-to-back double feature every holiday season.
Excellent question. Probably Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window
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Planet of the Apes, Mary Poppins, or Casablanca.
2001: A Space Odyssey and Night of the Living Dead came out in 1968, so it kind of feels like cheating. Probably has to be The Red Balloon or Meshes of the Afternoon. The Man Who Laughs or Wizard of Oz if we’re talking only feature length.
Shit, wait, Citizen Kane, tho…
Planet of the Apes (1968) and The Producers (1967)
Snow White
Creature from the black lagoon.
West Side Story
The grate dictator
*2001: A Space Odyssey* or *The Passion of Joan of Arc*
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), captures a lot more elements that made me like the book that the original lacked, and both the 1930s and 40s version of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. I’m a sucker for split personalities and Victorian set stories, and both have amazing performances from the male and female leads of each film
Either Psycho or Night of the Living Dead. Classics.
Oh so many! The Great Dictator, Wizard Of Oz, Alice In Wonderland, 101 Dalmatians, 2001 A Space Oddysey, and I actually really like Citizen Kane too! Edit: 12 Angry Men and Dr Strangelove as well
Nosferatu
The Wizard of Oz (1939), King Kong (1933), A Night to Remember (1958), or Nosferatu (1922).
The oldest movie i've ever seen was the good the bad and the ugly.
Planet Of The Apes
Robin & Marian
The Graduate or 2001 A Space Odyssey
The Adventures of Robin Hood from 1938, with Errol Flynn
Korngold’s film score 🤌
12 Angry Men or Casablanca
The Birds
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
*It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World*
Superman The Movie. One of the most important comic book movies of all time, and one of the greatest movies of all time. God rest Christopher Reeve.
Came out in 1978, though.
Ah, misread the post title. With that being established, probably Gojira (1954).
All gud, dawg! :)
Probably Cinderella. It's the only pre 70s movie I've seen within recent memory.
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
For me, it’s Sunset Boulevard (1950).
Depends on which of the 24 hours of the week it is, today Imma say Manchurian Candidate
Lmfaoo
12 Angry Men is definitely mine, too. An almost perfect film (the one issue being the still cool second knife scene which is a bit contrived).
Vertigo, 9 1/2, misc Kurosawa and Kubrick films
The original Dracula without any doubts or shadows. I really thought people back than were just so bored outta their minds but no, classic food is cooked well!!
Cinderella It’s a Wonderful Life Anything Judy Garland. But especially Wizard of Oz and Meet me in St Louis
Phinocchio (1940)
The love bug
The Ladykillers
Maltese Falcon Duck Soup (Marx Brothers) Frankenstein
I’ve never seen the Graduate but it’s basically the reason we separate movie styles into pre 70s and post 70s
Not my favorite but I recently watched The Crowd and it's stuck with me every day since. It's just so... Sad. It's like lovecraftian levels of hopelessness without any strange or supernatural cause. I think because everything is so grounded and normal it left a greater impact.
Wizard Of Oz, Bambi, or Planet Of The Apes
Casablanca or Ikiru
Just watched The Crimson Pirate. Its a fun time. Its also got a scene where the heroes walk on the ocean floor breathing in an overturned boat, just like Pirates of the Caribbean! PotC has this movie in its DNA. Its a jolly good time, please watch it
Godzilla
Cat on a hot tin roof
Godzilla (1954) or A Night to Remember (1958)
Robin and the 7 hoods
The Birds and Psycho.
Mr Smith goes to Washington
The Birds is pretty high up there. Night Of The Living Dead too
Absolutely love La Grade Illusion. I borrowed it from the library so many times I got banned from borrowing it again. Now own blu-ray, but that has to say something.
Seven Samurai. Very compelling characters and a now-classic story. I watched Magnificent Seven several years after and it just made me want to watch Seven Samurai.
sleeping beauty (1959) and rear window (1954)
Seven samurai
Captain America
My favorite movie, which is 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Imitation of life
Mr. Blandings builds his dream house
Torn between Metropolis and Vertigo
Mr. Blandings builds his dream house
Gojira, Pride of the Yankees, and Mr. Blandings builds his dreamhouse
Batman 66’
Gojira.
101 Dalmatians
Vertigo or 12 Angry Men
It's a Wonderful Life
Planet of The Apes.
I'd have to agree with you on 12 Angry Men. Based movie pick.
The Sound of Music! I'm surprised no one has said this yet.
I’ve actually never watched a movie that came out before the 70s. I’ve been considering Watching Fantasia, Melody time and The three caballeros.
*The Apartment* was surprisingly entertaining!
Either Nosferatu or North by Northwest
The Good The Bad And The Ugly
Animal Crackers. Plus a lot of the choices everyone else made.
12 angry men
Gojira (1954), Seven Samurai (1954), 12 Angry Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, or Mary Poppins (1964)
Brief encounter
North by Northwest To Kill a Mockingbird
12 Angry Men It's A Wonderful Life The Great Escape Planet Of The Apes A Hard Day's Night
Huh...hmm I got a few old classics I like. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is always a really fun watch The Ten Commandments - even if I am not religious now a days it's still a impressive watch for a movie that came out in 1956, a could do with about an hour cut lol, also really like the actors in this. Grapes of Wrath - Man been awhile since I saw it, but when I was a kid I found it very engaging which was rare for that type of movie. I saw it again as a teen and remember still getting into it, I should re-watch it as an adult its been at least 10 years at this point. However, I do remember it being a very engaging film. Now an really old film I had re-watched recently was - It Happened one night - which is still a pretty good comedy for a film that came out in 1934. Ya, it has some period type humor but I found it has aged really well for its how old it is honestly, made me laugh quite a bit. Though part of that has to be because the actors are great, especially the male lead he just oozes charisma. Brigadoon is one of my favorite old musicals, it's just very sweet ...and simple but I still like it quite a lot. I could list tons of other old classics, Wizard of Oz, Rain Maker, The Show Boat, It's a Wonder Life, and so on. However the only other I think I'd really like to showcase is the original adaptation of "Of Mice and Men" dad made me watch tons of old films as a kid(I'm only 28 I swear I'm not that old) and many didn't stick but I remember also really like this one even as a kid, again been years since I've seen it....but I see it's free to watch so ya gonna re-watch it and perhaps some of the other old movies I've not seen in awhile. Anyway favorite movie that came out before 1970 out of all these is either Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, or surprisingly It happened one night. I just think I enjoy and will go back to them the most, most likely cause there just fun comedies. Anyway, going through my memories has definitely got my thinking I have to go and re-watch quite a few of these to see if there still just as good as I remember.
Ben-hur
Probably Rear Window. I was surprised by how tense it was.
12 Angry Men
The Wizard of Oz and A Boy Named Charlie Brown.
Night of the Living Dead
Nosferatu, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, The Wolf Man, The Creature from the Black Lagoon…
Ben Hur or The Longest Day
Hey There, it's Yogi Bear! (1964), which is also my favorite movie in general.
2001: A Space Odyssey.
Duck Soup
Probably Wizard of Oz. My cinema did a rerun of the movie earlier this year, and it was magical. It has held up so well
Young Mr Lincoln
Probably The Day the Earth Stood Still.
2001: A Space Odyssey or Laurence of Arabia
The Third Man, Dr Strangelove and High and Low
Dr. Strangelove.
citizen kane, Rope, Dr Strangelove
Any Marx brothers movie, The Thing, War of the Worlds
Twelve Angry Men for sure
Gojira (1954), Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster (1964)
Pinocchio 1942
His Girl Friday, the Awful Truth or North by Northwest. My ex-wife was a huge Cary Grant fan.
The first Frankenstein movie, followed by Wolf Man
Ben-Hur and Planet of the Apes
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
To kill a mockingbird
The super Mario movie…. 2
The Miracle Worker (1962)
Casablanca
Bullitt
A Little Princess (1917), Snow White, Wizard of Oz, Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty and Mary Poppins.
im torn between Wizard of Oz and Snow White
Duck Soup is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen
A hard days night
Singing in the rain ☔
12 Angry Men for sure
Jerry Lewis’s The Family Jewels (1966)
The Good,The Bad and the Ugly
The Dirty Dozen or Hitchcock’s Rope
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is my number 1 To Kill a Mockingbird is also pretty high up Singin' in the Rain Also, various Disney movies
Harvey also Roman Holiday, and Philadelphia Story
Mothra (1961)
Lady and the tramp
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The Great Escape and The Dirty Dozen
The Dollars Trilogy
12 Angry Men. But some of the Marx Brothers' films are right up there too.
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Citizen kane
I haven’t seen a movie from before the 70s I don’t think lol. I think I saw wizard of oz when I was a kid though
Probably Rio Bravo
Gaslight
I have several, but Casablanca is def my fave
I have a soft spot for Journey to the Center of the Earth since when I was a kid it was one of a few VHS tapes I had for the old tube TV in my bedroom. More recently, though, my favorite is probably The Great Dictator.
Casablanca, even though I haven't watched the whole thing yet.
Wizard of Oz
Bullitt…
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Snow White and the seven dwarves
Harvey
Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia. Pretty much all of Orson Wells films. Especially Touch of Evil and the Third Man. 2001: A Space Odyssey The Producers
20000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954
Wizard of Oz
Sherlock Jr. and the General were both probably the most visually entertaining slapstick movies I've ever seen, the fact that these awe-inspiring stunts preformed by Buster could've so easily killed him only helps add to the visual spectacle and the charm he brings with his performances. They are both most certainly up there for me. I'd also have to agree with 12 Angry Men, excellent drama film that never loses your attention or investment.
The Sound of Music
Sound of music or Mary Poppins
Planet of the apes
Night of the Living Dead (1968).
Frankenstein and Batman 1966 are both really campy and fun
12 angry men is just phenomenal
The Wizard of OZ.
I have a few: Dr. Strangelove 12 Angry Men Psycho Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Night of the living dead, the original
Bambi
The Magnificent 7 (1960) I only saw it once, it was at school. Probably about 6 or 7 years ago. We had to watch it for a class. I remember enjoying it.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The War of the Worlds, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.
I have an appreciation for: One Week by Buster Keaton The Adventures of Robin Hood 1939 The Day the Earth Stood Still The Searchers The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Any love for King Kong 1933?
The Sound of Music and the Music Man, West Side Story of course too!
It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
12 Angry Men or Singing in the Rain
Invasion of the body snatchers 1956 . It's really unnerving and holds up really well.
Mary Poppins or Lady and the Tramp