Movies that have held up and those that don't

[gypsie]

Watched Whitnail and I recently. Very disappointed it didn't hold up.

The bicycle thief - amazing every time.

[Ralphie Boy]

Das Boot (subtitled)
The Third Man
Sea biscuit
The Grand Illusion
Seven Samurai

[John B]

Das Boot (subtitled)
The Third Man
Sea biscuit
The Grand Illusion
Seven Samurai

No The Endless Summer.......?

[CWSmith]

The Third Man

You made me remember a brilliant comedy - The Thin Man and all its sequels.

[Paul Pless]

my favourite cary grant movie
and second favourite hitchcock movie after vertigo
still stands up

[Jim Mahan]

That scene where he runs from the crop duster.

[Ralphie Boy]

No The Endless Summer.......?

you’re right, I missed that one!

It holds up well, think. The funny thing about that movie is the “perfect wave” that they found (now called “Bruce’s Beauties” at Cape St. Francis) doesn’t break that often these days. They missed the real gem which is considered one of the best waves in the world: Jeffrey’s Bay.

[John B]

you’re right, I missed that one!

It holds up well, think. The funny thing about that movie is the “perfect wave” that they found (now called “Bruce’s Beauties” at Cape St. Francis) doesn’t break that often these days. They missed the real gem which is considered one of the best waves in the world: Jeffrey’s Bay.

Hahhah.
Actually , I haven't watched it for a decade or 2 myself and barely remember the content apart from the waves.

[Tom Wilkinson]

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Christmas Vacation
Trading Places

[John B]

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Christmas Vacation
Trading Places

Ruprect!
Another one with My Cocaine in it.

[Andrew2]

Midnight Cowboy

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

I have seen almost all the films listed above and I agree with almost everything written so far on this topic.

May I add:

The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance
Gone with the Wind
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Ladyhawke
?

[Ralphie Boy]

You made me remember a brilliant comedy - The Thin Man and all its sequels.

I also love the Thin Man movies, not the least because my Grandmother went to school with the female lead: Myrna Loy. Myrna attended Venice High in SoCal with my grandmother, and I was told that the iconic statue in front of the school was modeled on her features.

[Vince Brennan]

Last Orders. (Caine, Mirren, Courtenay, Hemmings, Hoskins, Winstone) Whotta crew!

[bamamick]

Two that really stand out for me are ‘the green mile’ and ‘Shawshank’. Those will be classics fifty years from now.

Mickey Lake

[CWSmith]

my favourite cary grant movie
and second favourite hitchcock movie after vertigo
still stands up

That inspires me to list some great Hitchcock films that have held up:

Rear Window
The Birds
Lifeboat
Psycho

[Three Cedars]

Some movies that got savaged by the film critics are just fine with me, I still enjoy " Water World " and "Johnny Mnemonic" both are unique . Some moves the media film critics liked I found stupid like " The Searchers " and " Unforgiven "

" Treasure of the Sierra Madre " is one of my top movies , it follows the main characters through a number of adventures , just excellent . Some good movies can be found on youtube such as " Lure of the Wilderness " 1952 , boats figure prominently but they don't look the old time pirogues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhSl0m16gi0 the interesting story makes up for the washed out film color .

[Rigadog]

Nosferatu. You can still find those bloodsuckers about today….. We elect some to our governments.

The original?

[Rigadog]

I loved Local Hero when it came out, anyone watched it recently?

[Rigadog]

I have seen almost all the films listed above and I agree with almost everything written so far on this topic.

May I add:

The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance
Gone with the Wind
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Ladyhawke
?

The Man Who shot Liberty Valance is a great film and it brings to mind High Noon, and even greater film... Still so powerful, I get choked up thinking about it. It brings to mind The Greatest Generation, those that fought in WWII for some reason.

[bamamick]

I loved Local Hero when it came out, anyone watched it recently?

I watch 'Local Hero' at least once a year, to help remind me of my humanity. That it's alright to laugh at myself.

Mickey Lake

[Andrew2]

The local Ciné has a yearly 'God Save The Screen' week or so of British films. This one includes 'Local Hero' and 'The Go Between'. Belfast, which we wanted to see, was only shown to school pupils (?)

[Osborne Russell]

" Treasure of the Sierra Madre " is one of my top movies

+1

When the bandits come into town with the burros . . .

[Osborne Russell]

Peter Falk and Alan Arkin in "The In-Laws"

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

Seven Samurai.

On Golden Pond.

The Seventh Seal.

The Cruel Sea.

Das Boot.

[Dan McCosh]

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was, IIRC, a stage play adapted for the screen, and sometimes that fails. If you have time after watching The Hustler, catch the sequel with Newman as a much older, retired Fast Eddie Felson, and Tom Cruise as a reluctant protege. Jackie Gleason was stellar in the original, too.

The Hustler set off a pool craze, which led me into seedy pool halls, and a warning from my mother: "You shouldn't get too good at pool.." That said, the sequel was disappointing, despite the Academy Award. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof seem to suffer from the production values in the 1950s, when Hollywood was trying to compere with the newfangled thing called television. My criticism seems to be one of the few of bad movies from the past, rather than ones worth watching, not that that's a bad thing.

[John B]

O brother where art thou......

[Bobcat]

To Catch a Thief

(And it has a wooden boat in it)

[Hugh MacD]

Not that old, but "The Finest Hours" was good...and it, too, features a wooden boat

[goodbasil]

Catch 22.

[Jim Mahan]

I might like to watch the original movie version of M*A*S*H. I saw it in a theater with my older brother while we were on vacation together, when it came out. After the TV series became the then longest running show since Bonanza, tediously IMO, the striking affect of the movie has been diluted. I'm afraid if I spooled it up now it would come across as just another long episode instead of the impactful movie it was originally.

I remember seeing the movie Network, which came out in seventy-six, while I was single and stationed in Korea, and enjoyed it, but was wowed by the soliloquy given by Ned Beatty looking down at Howard at the end of the long mahogany conference table. "You have messed with the primal forces of nature! And I will not have it!" "I have seen the face of God..." I enjoyed William Holden as the craggy old news guy, Faye Dunaway not so much, IMO. But when we watched it a couple of months ago, it seemed very dated and less impactful than I remembered it.

[Andrew2]

I might like to watch the original movie version of M*A*S*H. I saw it in a theater with my older brother while we were on vacation together, when it came out. After the TV series became the then longest running show since Bonanza, tediously IMO, the striking affect of the movie has been diluted. I'm afraid if I spooled it up now it would come across as just another long episode instead of the impactful movie it was originally.

I remember seeing the movie Network, which came out in seventy-six, while I was single and stationed in Korea, and enjoyed it, but was wowed by the soliloquy given by Ned Beatty looking down at Howard at the end of the long mahogany conference table. "You have messed with the primal forces of nature! And I will not have it!" "I have seen the face of God..." I enjoyed William Holden as the craggy old news guy, Faye Dunaway not so much, IMO. But when we watched it a couple of months ago, it seemed very dated and less impactful than I remembered it.

I liked the Mash movie. But the book was far better. Some very good bits in it that they didn't dare put in the movie.

[Jack Loudon]

Several I enjoyed in Covid times that may not have been mentioned.

Moonstruck. Schmaltzy and not the kind of movie I normally like but saw it recently and it worked brilliantly IMO.

Reservoir Dogs. Also, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Pulp Fiction, but I can re-watch most (not all) QT movies.

And how could I forget Road Warrior?

[Paul Pless]

wall•e

[ron ll]

Probably already mentioned, but I watched The Fifth Element again last night. Just gets better with each watching.