Re: Do you like classic movies ?

I know its more recent but for me I love watching Return of the Jedi & Dirty Dancing.

Favorites

12 O'Clock High (IMHO the Greatest War Movie Ever)
The Searchers (Hollywood wrote this off as 'Just another Oater' when it came out, John Wayne and John Ford should both have received Oscars)
Casablanca (of course)
The Maltese Falcon
The Blue Max
The Battle of Britain
The Grapes of Wrath
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II  (Part III is just too wierd)
Its A Wonderful Life
A Christmas Carol (Alistair Sim)
Arsenic and Old Lace (Cary Grant was the funniest sumbitch that ever lived in that flic)
Zulu (Michael Caine's first leading part, the rest is history)
The Guns of Navarone
Lawrence of Arabia
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Where Eagles Dare
Goine with the Wind (of course)

Counterpoint ref 'Citizen Caine'  A marvelously produced, directed and acted film.  Well ahead of its time, but no, not something I would pick out to watch repeatedly.  But that's just me!

If classic means producing memorable lasting impact that stands the test of time via quoted dialogue, creating a genre or a catalyst for ushering in a new era:

Casablanca, Double Indemnity, Baby Face

The last (Baby Face) a pre-code 1933  was the last straw for the censors who gave us the Hollywood Code and the Legion of Decency.  Recently I had the pleasure of viewing the original uncensored version during an overnight with an atf.  The philosopher’s advice to a young prostitute (Barbara Stanwyck) that drove the censors crazy especially because in the film she neither was punished nor came to a bad end.  (OMG, no hell-fire and damnation)

“A woman, young, beautiful like you, can get anything she wants in the world because you have power over men. But you must use men, not let them use you. You must be a master, not a slave.  All life, no matter how we idealize it, is nothing more nor less than exploitation. That's what I'm telling you. Exploit yourself! Go to some big city where you will find opportunities! Use men! Be strong! Defiant! Use men to get the things you want!”

So what else is new? Lol!

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young franken stee

How about some classic sci-fi and horror flicks.  A few of my favorite originals...

Frankenstein
Werewolf
Mummy
Dracula
Invisible Man

Godzilla
Rodan
Mothr

The women were smart , sexy, funny and beautiful.  For example, Myrna Loy in any of the "Thin Man" movies, or Mary Astor in the Maltese Falcon...