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

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  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,113
    Rome, Open City - 1950

    Jamaica Inn     - 1934

    None but the Lonely Heart - 1944

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame - 1939

    The Bicycle Thieves - 1948


  • Blucher
    Blucher Posts: 4,135
    A great thread, @UAEADDICK ! Will have to explore films from the later decades as well.

    In no particular order:

    - M (1931) - Fritz Lang's first talkie
    - The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
    - Double Indemnity (1944)
    - The Third Man (1949)
    - Some Like It Hot (1959)

  • UEAAddick
    UEAAddick Posts: 512
    Sparrowslane1 said:
    If anyone is interested, this is a list of Martin Scorsese's favourite British films. 
    https://letterboxd.com/filmfan1971/list/scorseses-list-of-favourite-british-films/
    They are doing a season of his favourite British films at the bfi currently.
  • Blucher
    Blucher Posts: 4,135
    A number of the excellent films on this thread and many other older classics can be watched free on the Movie Internet Archive site at https://archive.org/details/feature_films

    People upload films once they are out of copyright, which, in film, is basically 70 years after the death of the last of the director, screenwriter or the music composer. There are nearly 16,000 feature films available to view online or download. It’s free and there are sections on film noir, comedies, silent films, sci-fi/horror and many other categories, as well as a number of more recent films.

    If you're looking for a particular film, it's best to search it on the Feature Film page by title or director. 

    Save for the Talking Pictures channel, these old films seem to be rarely screened on TV these days. The ones I've watched on TV through the computer and a HDMI cable have been of good quality, in addition to which, the films on this site come without ads.

  • UEAAddick
    UEAAddick Posts: 512
    I'm seeing The Servant today with Dirk Bogarde for the first time at the BFI.

    Next month I'm also seeing Freaks from 1932. A very controversial film at the time and still is today.
  • cherryorchard
    cherryorchard Posts: 1,721
    KBslittlesis said:
    Cordoban Addick said:
    1b. Mr Roberts (1955)
    2b. The Vikings (1958)
    3b. Harvey (1953)
    4b. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
    5b. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
    Harvey!!!!!!!
    My favourite 😍 ❤️ 
    I saw James Stewart in the West End Stage Production of Harvey in 1975. Needless to say, he was fantastic.

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