Best "Classic" movies?

Hi, I'm new to the forum. I have been recently watching old classic movies that my parents suggested. Turns out I enjoy these more than present movies. Could people make some suggestions to the classics

Thanks.

Which are the ones you've watched so far.. & what genre would you prefer?

And how old does a movie have to be to be a classic?

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I don't know what you have and haven't seen, but being as we sound like we've had a similar path (I hadn't watched much pre-1980 before 2 years ago), here's some recommendations:

Citizen Kane
Casablanca
Some like it Hot
On the Waterfront
Psycho
Rear Window
North by Northwest
Dial M for Murder
It Happened One Night
Wizard of Oz
Grapes of Wrath
High Noon
Ben-Hur
It's a Wonderful Life
Bridge on the River Kwai

these are my favorites

The BRD Trilogy

What genre do you like best? Musicals? Drama? War?, Comedy, etc? Hard to narrow down, there's so many great ones.

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Citizen Kane
Gone With The Wind
Waterloo Bridge
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
The Asphalt Jungle
Niagara
Random Harvest
Julius Caesar (1953)
Breakfast At Tiffany's
Dark Victory
All About Eve
Gaslight (both 1940, known as The Murder in Thornton Square in the US and 1944)
Rebecca
The Third Man
Shadow Of A Doubt
Touch Of Evil
Camille (1936)

Fires on the Plain
The Night of the Hunter
King Kong
Cape Fear
The African Queen
Invaders from Mars
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Hitch-Hiker
Inherit the Wind
My Man Godfrey
A Streetcar Named Desire

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I love the movie Twelve Angry Men. One of my all time favorites. I've been meaning to check out Citizen Kane. Someday...

My two faves are Rear Window and Eraserhead. The 1932 film Freaks is also interesting

And also 12 angry men is amazing

Eraserhead is best

Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom

But make sure to watch it with your parents.

this is one of those movies that is a classic for anyone interested in the process of filming a movie!!!

"Bonnie & Clyde" if you're into crime.

We might need a bit more info. Classics is quite broad

Favorite English-language movies pre-1970:

2001: A Space Odyssey
Rebel Without a Cause
Casablanca
The Third Man
Citizen Kane
The Graduate
Gone With the Wind
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Rosemary's Baby
12 Angry Men
Lolita
West Side Story
It's a Wonderful Life

...and of course, all of Hitchcock's films.

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In descending order:

1. Moby Dick (with Gregory Peck, et al...)
2. Father Goose
3. Inherit The Wind (with Spencer Tracy and Dick York)
4. 20 Million Miles To Earth
5. In Harms Way
6. Man's Favorite Sport
7. Send Me No Flowers
8. Bringing Up Baby
9. Monkey Business (with Carey Grant)
10. Monkey Business (The Marx Brothers)
11. Duck Soup
12. It's A Wonderful Life
13. Pot O' Gold
14. Jumping Jacks
15. Old Man And The Sea
16. Captains Courageous
17. Island Of The Blue Dolphin
18. The Flim Flam man
19. Anything with John Wayne
20. The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
21. Any of the 'Road' pictures with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby
22. The Inspector General
23. The Court Jester
24. Wonder man
25. The Crimson Pirate

.....and anything with Jonh Wayne in it.......