Fun: Watch more classic movies

For some more european (i.e. cultural) classics and modern classics I’d say
Le Bal (Ettore Scola)
The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman)
8 1/2 (Fellini) (If you want more Fellini, add “La Dolce Vita” and “La Strada”)
Alexander Newski (Sergej Eisenstein; alternatively his more famous ‘Potemkin’)
Some Pasolini is a must. If you want hardcore, take the “120 Days”, but the “Decamerone” is the classic.
Werner Herzog… hmmm… “Fitzcarraldo” maybe. Fassbinder is a must – maybe the classic “Angst essen Seele auf”. Wim Wenders? So many to chose from. “Paris, Texas” or “Wings of Desire” – the latter is a “must have heard of”, the former is one I love. Both Classics

Monty Python are classic must-know movies. For a start there’s “Time Bandits”, but “Life of Brian” and “The Holy Grail” are the most quoted classics.

Disney’s “Fantasia” is a must-see cartoon. (I suppose so is “Akira”, but I never liked that, so just disregard)
Hal Ashby’s “Harold and Maude”, Roman Polanski’s “Macbeth” and a Woody Allen of your choice (they’re very different).

Breakfast at Tiffany’s,
An Affair to Remember,
movies with Paul Newman or Cary Grant, any Hitchcock especially Vertigo, The Birds
Fiddler on the Roof

Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon
The Thin Man
West Side Story
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Rear Window

Dr Zhivago ( I saw it in a freezing cinema – adds to the atmosphere)
Lawrence of Arabia
Black and White:
Great Expectations
Rear Window
North by North West
Casablanca

Arsenic & Old Lace (comedy)
Some Like it Hot (comedy)
Sabrina (romantic comedy – the original, please, not the Harrison Ford remake)
12 Angry Men (drama)
To Catch a Thief
Singin’ In The Rain
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
In The Heat of the Night (not so old, but see it anyway)
The Sting (again, not so old, but if you haven’t seen it, you should)

Mr.ncot is always surprised by all the classic films I’ve never seen, so this Birthday he started my film education.

He gave me:
The graduate
Gone with the Wind
The Wild One

I enjoyed the graduate and recognised lots of the scenes (mostly from adverts!) but found the Dustin Hoffman character a bit irritating !!

I finished watching Gone with the Wind yesterday and loved it. I didn’t believe A. when he said it was 4 hours long :-) I sort of thought I wouldn’t enjoy it, but thought it was great…