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Favourite Films from the 1930s,1940s,1950s

UEAAddickUEAAddick
edited September 9 in Not Sports Related
Following on from the Michael Caine thread the other day on his top 5 films. I'm sure this may have been done before, but what are people's favorite films from the three decades in question. Not necessarily one for each, but a top 5 of all.

For example, here would be mine.

1. Casablanca
2. Went The Day Well
3. Passport To Pimlico
4. A Canterbury Tale
5. I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang



Just to say it's my favourite period of films, so could easily do a top 50.
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  • soapy_jonessoapy_jones
    This is just as difficult as the music one, even the Michael Caine one.

    So many films...
  • Hal1xHal1x
    Philadelphia Story - Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn
    Holiday - Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn
    Blockheads - Laurel and Hardy
    The Thing from Another World 
    12 Angry Men - Henry Fonda
  • UEAAddickUEAAddick
    Hal1x said:
    Philadelphia Story - Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn
    Holiday - Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn
    Blockheads - Laurel and Hardy
    The Thing from Another World 
    12 Angry Men - Henry Fonda
    Fantastic film 12 Angry Men.
  • AllHailTheHenAllHailTheHen
    Singing In The Rain. The scene where Gene Kelly performs the main song is one of my favourite moments of any film.
  • StefcoStefco
    The Big Sleep
    Key Largo
    Mildred Pierce
    Sunset Boulevard
    The Bad & The Beautiful
  • aliwibblealiwibble
    Not in any particular order, and there are others that I'd probably include that I haven't rewatched lately so I don't know how well they'd stand up these days but the first 5 that spring to mind are:
    • Kind Hearts and Coronets (famous for Alec Guinness playing multiple roles, but I have a soft spot for Dennis Price who plays the lead too)
    • The Philadelphia Story (Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart, 3 of my favourites in the one film)
    • Some Like It Hot (Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis on the run from the mob meet Marilyn Monroe)
    • Witness For The Prosecution (Charles Laughton and Marlene Dietrich version)
    • It Happened One Night (Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert on a road trip)
  • RedPandaRedPanda
    This is my favourite era of movies. I could do a lot of honourable mentions as well.

    It's a Wonderful Life
    North by Northwest 
    Seven Samurai 
    Double Indemnity 
    Tokyo Story - really haunting, introspective, and makes you think about your own relationships with elderly family. Way ahead of its time too.


  • BlackheathenBlackheathen
    edited September 9
    Gosh, memories.  I’d definitely go along with Twelve Angry Men.  But - at the time I remember Ivanhoe as being a favourite and White Christmas.  All the Rodger’s and Hammersteins, carousel and Oklahoma etc.  Any film with Alec Guinness.  Just remembered African Queen.
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  • UEAAddickUEAAddick
    redlanered said:
    Gotta have The Third Man
    One of my favourites too. They've been playing it in a few cinemas lately.
  • GribboGribbo
    The Woman In The Window - 1944
    The Lodger - 1944
  • FumbluffFumbluff
    The Music Box, 1932

    Close the thread…..
  • golfaddickgolfaddick
    Mine have been said on here already......

    The Philadelphia Story
    Some Like It Hot
    12 Angry Men
    Casablanca
    It's a Wonderful Life

    And then a Brucie Bonus........

    Dial M for Murder.
  • Stuart_the_RedStuart_the_Red
    edited September 10
    i love all of the films mentioned so far and I could spend weeks on end watching films from this era! These are just a couple of my highlights:

    Angels With Dirty Faces - James Cagney
    African Queen - The great Bogart
    The Band Wagon - Too many Fred Astaire films to chose from
    The Dam Busters
    M

  • UEAAddickUEAAddick
    Another 5.

    The Treasure of Sierra Madre
    In Which We Serve
    Bad Day at Black Rock
    Rio Bravo
    Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
  • Hal1xHal1x
    edited September 10
    UEAAddick said:
    Another 5.

    The Treasure of Sierra Madre
    In Which We Serve
    Bad Day at Black Rock
    Rio Bravo
    Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
    not sure if I prefer El Dorado or Rio Bravo best, but probably Bravo as I prefer Dean Martin to Robert Mitchum.
  • charlton4evercharlton4ever
    edited September 10
    As others have said, so many great films, but my top one in that era is the 1951 version of "Scrooge/Christmas Carol". Wonderful film that I watch every Christmas. What a cast, and Alistair Sim made for the part. Merry Christmas everyone :)
  • stoneroses19stoneroses19
    Some great films mentioned already. 

    Must add the early Disney films from that era too, as they showed how far you could go with animation.
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  • seth plumseth plum
    All subject to change tomorrow.

    1935 Alfred Hitchcock’s enjoyable adventurous romp ‘The 39 Steps’.
    1942 one of the absolute great films ‘Casablanca’.
    1959 almost the very definition of an epic cinematic film ‘Ben Hur’.
    1960 wanted at least one European film of the 60’s. So from a huge choice of great films the prison break out film ‘Le Trou’.
    1972 the seventies were a decade where you could easily pick two dozen greats, like Godfather parts one and two, but this time I vote for ‘Deliverance’ because it is film making as neat and economical as Casablanca.
    1984 ‘This is Spinal Tap’ one of the most perfect comedies in cinema.
    1990 had to have a Mike Leigh film so the fantastic ‘Life is Sweet’ with a cast so awesome, acting at a phenomenal level.
  • RothkoRothko
    A Matter of Life and Death, and with that, we can shut the thread down
  • Hal1xHal1x
    Rothko said:
    A Matter of Life and Death, and with that, we can shut the thread down
    Just a bit presumptious?
  • Hal1xHal1x
    seth plum said:
    All subject to change tomorrow.

    1935 Alfred Hitchcock’s enjoyable adventurous romp ‘The 39 Steps’.
    1942 one of the absolute great films ‘Casablanca’.
    1959 almost the very definition of an epic cinematic film ‘Ben Hur’.
    1960 wanted at least one European film of the 60’s. So from a huge choice of great films the prison break out film ‘Le Trou’.
    1972 the seventies were a decade where you could easily pick two dozen greats, like Godfather parts one and two, but this time I vote for ‘Deliverance’ because it is film making as neat and economical as Casablanca.
    1984 ‘This is Spinal Tap’ one of the most perfect comedies in cinema.
    1990 had to have a Mike Leigh film so the fantastic ‘Life is Sweet’ with a cast so awesome, acting at a phenomenal level.
    You missed out Carry on up the Khyber!?
  • cafcdave123cafcdave123
    edited September 10
    The cat and the canary - 1939
  • MasterbrewMasterbrew
    The Ladykillers and The Titfield Thunderbolt 
  • RedskinRedskin
    As others have mentioned, too many to choose from, but:

    La Belle et La Bête - 1946

    Hobson's Choice - 1954

    The Lost Weekend - 1945

    The Seven Samurai - 1954

    The Seventh Seal - 1957

  • ChunesChunes
    edited September 10
    Brief Encounter 

    The 400 Blows

    Breathless (A Bout de Souffle)
  • raytreacy69raytreacy69
    So many but…..

    Casablanca
    White Heat
    The Searchers
    The Apartment
    Snow White and 7
  • ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    Would add; "All Quiet on the Western Front" the original was brilliant
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