i just watched Dr Strangelove for the first time

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Posted: 9/15/2016 9:11:25 PM EDT

I haven't watched many "old" movies. It was good, and now I understand a lot more avatars and memes.

What are some other older must-see movies?

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:14:11 PM EDT

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The Bedford Incident
Hell is for Heroes
Pork Chop Hill
Seven Days In May
Fail-Safe

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:15:10 PM EDT

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Anything with Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, Rick Moranis, etc is a good start.

Young Frankenstein
Blazing Saddles
History of the World
Spaceballs

Same goes for the Monty Python movies.

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:15:52 PM EDT

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Fucking Casablanca

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Posted: 9/15/2016 9:17:44 PM EDT

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So if she doesn't get on my lap right now, she'll regret it? Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But soon and for the rest of her life?

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:18:05 PM EDT

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Damn man...you must be really young!!
As sited before now watch Fail Safe which is a far more serious movie of how bad the cold war was and how hot it really could have been.
And it really could have been.

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:19:23 PM EDT

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I haven't watched many "old" movies. It was good, and now I understand a lot more avatars and memes.

What are some other older must-see movies?

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... in my top 10 favorite movies for sure. Some good suggestions above

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:22:14 PM EDT

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This. Somehow I missed this on TV as a kid. In high school the local art house theater showed all kind of old stuff (before video recorders). I had never seen it but went with some buddies.

I'm sitting there watching it, thinking what a miserable movie it is. All it the screenplay does is use every cliché in the book.

About half way through the movie, I realize I am watching THE BOOK

Has anyone suggested The Godfather?

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:23:12 PM EDT

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Patton

The Man Who Would Be King

Citizen Kane

Casablanca

Sergeant York

High Noon

White Heat

The Caine Mutiny

Duck Soup

Horse Feathers

From Here To Eternity

The Train

The Killers

Touch Of Evil

The Third Man

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:24:17 PM EDT

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Pink Panther series is a must.

Peter Sellers was a master.

The Ruling Class is another favorite movie..

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:24:19 PM EDT

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Clockwork Orange, also by Stanley Kubrick- in 1971, was a very interesting movie.

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:25:36 PM EDT

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Fahrenheit 451

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:26:08 PM EDT

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I have tickets to see it on the big screen on sunday.

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:27:41 PM EDT

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One of my favorites of all time

"Paths of Glory"

"55 Days at Peking"

"Sand Pebbles"

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:28:05 PM EDT

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Bogart in "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Big Sleep"

BIGGER_HAMMER

EDIT - "Paths of Glory" is a MUST SEE! Great WWI film....

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:28:41 PM EDT

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Stalag 17.
William Holden plays an asshole character.

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:29:07 PM EDT

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John Ford movies. I like the cavalry trilogy

Fort Apache
Rio Grande
She wore a Yellow Ribbon

Stage Coach

Mr. Roberts

If you are looking for comedies like Strangelove, consider the Flint movies.

Our Man Flint
In Like Flint

or The President's Analysis

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:30:07 PM EDT

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Chinatown

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:31:29 PM EDT

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I first saw it as a teenager. The ending made me a little sick to my stomach. Kubrick was a genius.

Oh, and 99.99% of modern movies suck ass. Old movies are the best. (And I'm not that old at 37.)

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:31:42 PM EDT

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The Longest Day
A Bridge Too far
The Guns of Navarone.
Sands of iwo Jima
The Great Escape
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Tora Tora Tora
Midway
The Dam Busters
Where Eagles Dare
Strategic Air Command
Von Ryan's Express
633 Squadron
The Green Berets
The Boys in Company C

and a few more..

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:37:13 PM EDT

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Any pre-1943 movie with the Marx Brothers.

Fail Safe
The Day After.
Trinity and Beyond

To Have and Have Not.... Bogie meets Bacall
Key Largo
The Big Sleep
The Maltese Falcon

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:37:53 PM EDT

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Bogart in "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Big Sleep"

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Watch the big sleep and then the big lebowski. Its the Coens nod to the book/movie.

Others

Metropolis
Psycho
The Third Man
The Enemy Below
All Quiet on the western Front
The Night of the living dead. (The first modern zombie movie)

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Posted: 9/15/2016 9:38:52 PM EDT

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Posted: 9/15/2016 9:40:21 PM EDT

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Steve McQueen. Anything he is in.

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:40:40 PM EDT

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Zulu

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:40:52 PM EDT

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The Blob?

ETA: Please recognize I have said "Man Stem Sop Waw" in some incredible places. (The Sand Pebbles OP, already recommended)

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:44:29 PM EDT

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Posted: 9/15/2016 9:46:26 PM EDT

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Yeeeeha......

The Wild Bunch

The Professionals

Omega Man

Aloha, Mark

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:49:48 PM EDT

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Lawrence of Arabia

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:50:21 PM EDT

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The Manchurian Candidate

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:53:27 PM EDT

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Here’s a few:

Double Indemnity (all star cast)

Abel Gance’s "Napoleon”
Awesome with a good entertainment center

Mister Roberts (Henry Fonda)

Grapes of Wrath (Fonda)

Slaughterhouse 5 (Leibman)

Grand Prix (Garner)
Awesome with a good entertainment center

Moby Dick- 1956 (Peck)

The Day the Earth Stood Still - 1951 (Rennie, Neal)

War of the Worlds – 1953

On the Waterfront (Brando)

Hell’s Angels – 1930 (Howard Hughes) Incredible action scenes/special effects

White Heat (Cagney)

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:53:31 PM EDT

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Good guy at the end though.

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:53:33 PM EDT

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Being There

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:57:10 PM EDT

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The Bedford Incident rocks, Richard Widmark as a hard bitten destroyer captain during the coldest of the cold war, with Sidney Poitier.

Hell Is For Heroes rocks too, B&W WWII movie with Steve McQueen at his most badass.

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:59:20 PM EDT

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Garbage Pail Kids The Movie

Posted: 9/15/2016 9:59:39 PM EDT

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And Bogie (Humphrey Bogart to you, OP)

Posted: 9/15/2016 10:00:45 PM EDT

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C'mon, The Dirty Dozen, hello???

Posted: 9/15/2016 10:00:54 PM EDT

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I just scanned through but I didn't see Kelly's Heroes. Am I blind or are you guys slipping this bad?

Posted: 9/15/2016 10:01:21 PM EDT

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Great response placement!!!

Posted: 9/15/2016 10:02:27 PM EDT

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Me droogs!

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Posted: 9/15/2016 10:02:30 PM EDT

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The Bridges at Toko-Ri

To Hell And Back

Battleground

A Walk In The Sun

Posted: 9/15/2016 10:02:49 PM EDT

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I just scanned through but I didn't see Kelly's Heroes. Am I blind or are you guys slipping this bad?

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It's the first page, we woulda got there!

And did!

Is Dirty Harry considered old?

Posted: 9/15/2016 10:04:41 PM EDT

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Since Abel Gance's Napoleon was mentioned, Waterloo with Rod Steiger.

BTW, I saw Napoleon at the SF Opera. SF Opera Orchestra provided the live music.

Posted: 9/15/2016 10:07:20 PM EDT

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Play Dirty
Battle of Britain

Both are excellent movies you will not regret spending time on.

ETA: A Bridge too Far, The Bridge at Ramagden, Sobibor....I'll add as I think of more.

Posted: 9/15/2016 10:07:26 PM EDT

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Stalag 17 is a great movie. Watched it as a kid. Watched it 20 years later and it was every bit as good.

Posted: 9/15/2016 10:08:34 PM EDT

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It's the first page, we woulda got there!

And did!

Is Dirty Harry considered old?

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I just scanned through but I didn't see Kelly's Heroes. Am I blind or are you guys slipping this bad?

It's the first page, we woulda got there!

And did!

Is Dirty Harry considered old?

I guess that depends on OP's age, but Dirty Harry isn't much newer than Doctor Strangelove. Heck, some of the youngsters probably think Terminator 2 is an old movie!

Posted: 9/15/2016 10:08:43 PM EDT

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Posted: 9/15/2016 10:08:56 PM EDT

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Bogart in "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Big Sleep"

BIGGER_HAMMER

EDIT - "Paths of Glory" is a MUST SEE! Great WWI film....

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It's pronounced "ceramics"

So you have read a book...

I just so happen to have pretty good bottle of rye in my pocket...

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Posted: 9/15/2016 10:10:13 PM EDT

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OP, you wanna talk old movies? Watch "Wings" (1927)!!!

It has bewbies believe it or not...

Posted: 9/15/2016 10:10:13 PM EDT

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Dial M for murder.

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Posted: 9/15/2016 10:10:19 PM EDT

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Since Abel Gance's Napoleon was mentioned, Waterloo with Rod Steiger.

BTW, I saw Napoleon at the SF Opera. SF Opera Orchestra provided the live music.

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Yeah, I saw the film in triptych on the big screen too... with Carmine Coppola (yes, that Coppolla's father) conducting the orchestra. Great soundtrack.

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