Friday, November 17, 2006

Recommended old movies

The other day I was thinking about how I don't really watch old movies anymore ("old" meaning pre-1970). I used to try to watch more, mostly as a matter of education. I'd rent Hitchcock classics and old musicals or watch TCM. Some were admittedly a little too dated for me, the acting too unnatural, the material a little too censored. But of the relatively few old movies I've watched, those that I've liked, I've liked a lot. Here are my personal favorites. Rent these if you haven't seen them, I can almost guarantee you will like them.
  • Casablanca
  • On the Waterfront
  • Rebecca
  • Vertigo
  • The Best Years of Our Lives
  • Rebel Without a Cause
  • It’s a Wonderful Life
  • Splendor in the Grass
  • Singin’ in the Rain

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