In that case...

Young Frankenstein (Not before 1959 but very good)

Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

The Bride of Frankenstein

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (also after 1959)

The Tingler

The House on Haunted Hill

The House of Wax

The Fly

Note: Most of these have Vincent Price in common. :)

:thumbsup: on your choices, radar. I did take some digs at both Phibes movies and all those Castle classics in the "worst movies" thread ... that doesn't mean I don't actually love them, though!

Inherit the Wind

12 Angry Men

A Patch of Blue

Lillies of the Field

Key Largo

The African Queen

Sahara

The Maltese Falcon

Them!

The Day the Earth Stood Still

When Worlds Collide

Fantastic Planet

Let me know when you get tired of this...

I just picked up a bunch of oldtimey horror in a collection called "The Best of Horror, Volumes 1&2". It's a 2-disc box set that I saw on the super-cheap at WalMart (<excuse strength=flimsy>if they're selling it at a loss, I'm not really supporting the evil empire, right? </excuse>). For less than $10 I got Night of the Living Dead, Mania, Little Shop of Horrors, I Bury the Living, Carnival of Souls, and the original House on Haunted Hill. Definitely worth looking for at your local Wally World (though if you're the kind of person who would enjoy it, I probably don't have to tell you that it's a good deal...)

The Wizard of Oz.

Who hasn't watched this movie every year since childhood?

I second Elspode's 12 Angry Men and add:

Arsenic and Old Lace
Hitchcock's Rope

The Thin Man

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (hard to find now)

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 - Errol Flynn)

Philadelphia Story

Harvey

Adam's Rib

The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer ("You remind me of a man...")

Any Marx Brothers Movie

It Happened One Night

2001: A Space Odyssey
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Godfather I, II
Gone with the Wind
Lawrence of Arabia

come on people

Raw Power, I agree with all of them except Gone with the Wind and 2001. The first for being a total snoozer and the second for ending with a confusing virtual drug trip that makes little to no sense at all.

Beautiful camera work for 1968, though.

That's part of what makes it one of those Must See's, IMO. Didn't take away much for the story but I liked watching their simulation of zero-gravity with what they had to use back then.

There's a lot of movies, old and recent, that aren't the best for the stories or the characters but are exceedingly good on the technical side, have beautiful camera work, lighting and mood setting. Some stuff you watch for the technical aspect if nothing else.

I think it's not fair, because most of you know the times, when one went to the movies and there was somebody who played piano, because there was no sound. So you know a lot of old films.
There are so many new films coming out, you have to watch, that I'm glad I saw all the Indiana Jones and the Star Wars Films. And actually these are already old films.

:eek:

Indy? Old???

You young whippersnapper, if you weren't all the way across the pond I'd beat you with my cane.

All of Hitchcock--esp. Marnie

Very cool. Most people forget that one.

I just saw the old The Manchurian Candidate. If it's of interest there is a scene in it that they intentionally left in out of focus for the sake of the raw emotion. Fun to see if you can find it amongst all the paranoid/ suspense drama. It reminds me slightly of old Hitchcock.....I'm a huge fan.