My wife and I have recently started watching some classic Cary Grant and Humphrey Bogart movies from the 40's and 50's. What are some of your favorite movies from that era? My wife works at the library and can bring home movies for free, so we're looking for some good recommendations.

We've already watched:
Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon
African Queen
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
To Catch a Thief
Destination Tokyo
Charade
and a couple other Cary Grant movies

They Were Expendable
The Longest Day
Decision Before Dawn
Sands of Iwo Jima
Paths of Glory
Bridge on the River Kwai
Lawrence of Arabia
Twelve O'Clock High
Hunde, Wollt Ihr ewig Leben?
The Sand Pebbles
Zulu

(If you can't tell, I like war movies... )

I also have a soft spot for the various late 50s/early 60s Christopher Lee/Peter Cushing horror films by Hammer: Sherlock/Dracula/Frankenstein/Mummy/et al.

Only one movie from the '50s: Forbidden Planet

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
They Were Expendable
The Longest Day
Decision Before Dawn
Sands of Iwo Jima
Paths of Glory
Bridge on the River Kwai
Lawrence of Arabia
Twelve O'Clock High
Hunde, Wollt Ihr ewig Leben?

(If you can't tell, I like war movies... )

Some of those will be a tough sell for my wife

Then start with Lawrence of Arabia or Bridge on the River Kwai.

Enough action to keep the "war movie" guys interested, and enough excellent plot/dialogue/scenery to interest anyone else.

Generally regarded as some of the best films of all time, not just among war films.

The great escape
The big sleep

The Philadelphia Story
The Pink Panther

The Loved One

The Wizard of Oz
The Searchers
Twelve O'clock High
A Christmas Carol (the 1951 UK version)
Miracle on 34th Street
True Grit
Casablanca

Anything with Annette Funicello in it (almost anything).

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
The Loved One

A plot designed to piss off everyone.

Calamity Jane is one of my all time favorites, and one of the only "old" movies I've ever really watched.

Ben Hur

The Roaring 20's
The Bank Dick
Yankee Doodle Dandy
The 10 Commandments
The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Barely still in the 60's, and maybe not in the style of what most consider classic Hollywood, but for my money they don't get much better than Cool Hand Luke.

Forgot one: Them!

On the Beach.
Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, and Anthony Perkins.

The Great Escape.
Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough.

The Wizard of Oz

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Captain Horatio Hornblower
North by Northwest
The Day the Earth Stood Still (the appalling and stupid remake of which, Spielberg - who didn’t direct but financially backed - is shameful)
and many John Wayne movies!

Are these classics?

Bullitt (1968)
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
North by Northwest (1959)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Some Like it Hot (1959)

It's a Wonderful Life would be right up there. Breakfast at Tiffany's as well, but mostly because I'm in love with Audrey. Come to think of it, I'm in love with Donna as well.

Hmmm...