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What are some classic films everyone should watch?
"Classic films" Proceeds to list dude bro films, surprised his GF hasn't seen them Wants recommendation for other "classics" But not actual classic film shot in B & W, though More on reddit.com
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The 50 greatest films of the 1940s
Well, that's international so I'm not familiar with a lot of it. But with no The Best Years Of Our Lives, I call foul. More on reddit.com
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Looking for recommendations for classic films (50's-70's)
Diabolique Anatomy Of A Murder All About Eve Rififi The Searchers It Happened In Broad Daylight, 1958 Little Fugitive Rebel Without A Cause On The Waterfront The Trouble With Harry A Man Escaped The Killing Tokyo Story The Apu trilogy (All 50s) More on reddit.com
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Classic old movies that everyone should see?
As controversial as the list might be, I do think that the IMDB top 250 list does actually a pretty good job of providing a good starting point for getting into older movies that are both classics still fairly accessible. More on reddit.com
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The top 100 movies everyone should watch – voted for by film fans
11 hours ago - From The Godfather to Parasite and Star Wars, check out Empire’s fan-voted list of the greatest films ever and plan your ultimate movie night.
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r/movies on Reddit: What are some classic films everyone should watch?
September 22, 2024 -

My wife hasn’t seen a ton of films I always took for granted that everyone had seen, things like Fight Club, Alien, American Psycho, Goodfellas etc. what are some classic films that everyone should see at some point in their life (not really looking for old classics like Casablanca/citizen kane things like that though)

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The Greatest Films of All Time
Deborah Kerr and Roger Livesy star in this wondrous British Technicolor classic – one of cinema’s greatest studies of ‘Englishness’. ... Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s heady romantic masterpiece. ... Michelangelo Antonioni’s film charts the hot and cold relationship of a young couple in bustling Rome.
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50 Best Classic Movies of All Time - Old Classic Films Everyone Should Watch
January 21, 2025 - There’s no place like home, and no classic movie as beloved as Dorothy’s adventures in Oz. The film left its imprint on the kinds of narratives and character types—wicked and good witches, scarecrows, tinmen, and cowardly lions, oh my—we see on film. “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” sung beautifully by Judy Garlard, is the cherry on top...
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December 21, 2022 - Variety breaks down the best movies of all time, as determined by film critics. From Psycho to Parasite, these are the best films ever made.
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List of films voted the best - Wikipedia
2 days ago - Pura Handa Kaluwara (1997) topped the British Film Institute's critics' poll of "Top 10 Sri Lankan Films" of all time in 2002. The Phantom Carriage (Körkarlen, 1921) was voted the best Swedish film of all time with 30 votes in a poll of 50 film critics and academics conducted by film magazine FLM in 2012.
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Film list: Top 100 Old Hollywood Films
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Variety's ranking of the 100 greatest movies of all time - General Discussion - JOHN WILLIAMS Fan Network
January 27, 2025 - A few days after Sight and Sound's list, Variety published its own list of top 100 movies ever. It's a pretty interesting and wide-ranging list: https://variety.com/lists/best-movies-of-all-time/ How many of those have you watched?
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The Top 50 'Turner Classic Movies' Movies - Flickchart
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100 Best Movies of All Time That You Should Watch Immediately
September 16, 2025 - Anchored by Rodrigo Prieto’s swoonworthy cinematography and a wistful Heath Ledger (whose performance toppled societal perceptions of masculinity), Brokeback Mountain is a milestone in LGBTQ art-house cinema. It reimagined the Western genre and became a part of the zeitgeist. Why is it one of the greatest films of all time? It sent queer cinema into the Hollywood mainstream. You didn’t have to be a gay Wyoming shepherd to feel its heartfelt resonance. ... Francis Ford Coppola’s evergreen Vietnam War classic proves war is swell, as assassin Martin Sheen heads upriver to kill renegade colonel Marlon Brando.
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Top 50 Must-See Best Movies of All Time – Dejavusoul
March 6, 2022 - In this list, we have curated the top 50 must-see movies of all time, each one a gem in its own right. From the classic Hollywood movies to modern blockbusters, these films have captured our hearts and minds with their exceptional storytelling, unforgettable performances, and brilliant visual ...
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IMDb
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Classic Movies of the 40s, 50s and 60s
An alcoholic marries a young woman and systematically addicts her to booze so that they can share his "passion" together · During World War II, an American expatriate helps transport a French Resistance leader and his wife to Martinique while ...
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The 100 Greatest Movies of the 1980s
March 3, 2022 - Rolling Stone's The 100 Greatest Movies of the 1980s — from 'Raging Bull' to 'The Road Warrior,' 'Do the Right Thing' to 'The Terminator.'