Classic Icons Must-See Film List- Add Yours!

[kissmesweet]

The Graduate (Great Soundtrack by Simon and Garfunkel...with Ann Bancroft in gorgeous leopard print coat and a young Dustin Hoffman.)
Taxi Driver (with Robert DeNiro...great)

These two are fantastic. The Graduate's so naughty and sexy and sort of incest--but awesome.

 

[dinahgrace]

This is Spinal Tap (You'll pee yourself laughing if you watch this)

Oh god, I love this!!!!!! ...

I forgot to add Somewhere in Time on my list.

 

[keroppi]

My lecturer recommended This is Spinal Tap and you can only get the jokes if you know the 'rock n roll scene' B)

May I also suggest Hud with Paul Newman

 

[dinahgrace]

My lecturer recommended This is Spinal Tap and you can only get the jokes if you know the 'rock n roll scene' B)

Oh yes! That, along with Fast Times at Ridgemont HighB)

 

[travis_nw8]

My Top Ten (in no particular order)

Tokyo Story (sublime)
La Strada
All About Eve (for the dialogue alone)
Sunrise ( the earliest film around)
400 Blows
The World of Apu( Satyajit Ray's classic trilogy)
Accattone!
Casablanca
The bicycle theif ( sappy i know but..)
Mon Oncle ( shamefully i admit i'm a tati fan!)

 

[dinahgrace]

I just watched Psycho the other night. It was really suspense.
Now Im totally falling for Tony Perkins.

 

[keroppi]

Some James Stewart stuff :

Mr Smith Goes to Washington
The Shop Around the Corner
It's a Wonderful World
Vertigo
The Man Who Knew Too Much

 

[lusia]

some like it hot - a must see movie!!
alfie- totaly classic
Meet Me in St. Louis
the godfather!!
the beatles films - "a hard days night" and "help!" they are hilarious!!

 

[keroppi]

the beatles films - "a hard days night"

Aw, this is the movie that brought George Harrison and Patti Boyd together Thanks for recommending it

 

[StyleIsInUs]

REAR WINDOW. It's such a Hitchcock classic. There are now so many poor copies of it. Jimmy Stewart is great and Grace Kelly ... you know.

 

[Ziegfeld Girl]

My picks for some of the icons that are featured in this sub-forum...

Faye Dunaway
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Chinatown (1974)
Network (1976)

Marilyn Monroe
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
The Seven year Itch (1955)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Misfits (1961)

Rita Hayworth
Cover Girl (1944)
Gilda (1946)
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Grace Kelly
Rear Window (1954)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
High Society (1956)

Natalie Wood
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
West Side Story (1961)
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Gypsy (1962)
Penelope (1966)

Audrey Hepburn
Roman Holiday (1953)
Sabrina (1954)
Funny Face (1957)
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Charade (1963)
How to Steal a Million (1966)

Katharine Hepburn
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Woman of the Year (1942)
Adam's Rib (1949)
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

Lauren Bacall
To Have and Have Not (1944)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Key Largo (1948)
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Designing Woman (1957)

 

[LeBelAge]

Don't sleep on the French classics. Some suggestions:

400 blows. (1959) Boy coming of age.
Breathless. (1960 or 1961) Jean Seberg's ultra-cute haircut predates Mia Farrow's in Rosemary's Baby.
Les Diaboliques. (1955) Evil scheme.
Jules and Jim. (1962) Threesome obsession.
Pépé le Moko. (1937) Hearthrob Jean Gabin hiding in the hood.
DayBreak (Le jour se leve) (1939)
The Bride wore black (1958) Revenge and mayhem
The Story of Adele H. (1975) Fatal obsession
The last metro. (1980)
Elevator to the Gallows. (1957)
Goodbye, Children. (1987) Sublime
Diva (1981) Cool, artsy, flirty
Betty Blue (1986) Beatrice Dalle at her best.
La Femme Nikita (1990) The original badass white female that set the tone for all the current female action heroes.

The following are newer, but they WILL become classics.
Amelie. Of course!!!
8 Women. (2002) It has Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Beart, Fanny Ardant, Virginie Ledoyen, Ludivine Sagnier, Firmine Richard. Need I say more?
Les Choristes ([SIZE=-1]The Chorus) 2004. Sublime!! [/SIZE]
There are soooo many good French classics. Yes, I am a total Francophile.

 

[travis_nw8]

^ great choices ( although i think i'm the only one that hated amelie...)

 

[INTER]

Mad Miss Manton

 

[kissmesweet]

Katharine Hepburn
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Woman of the Year (1942)
Adam's Rib (1949)
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

Katharine is amazing. I think that The Philadelphia Story is my all-time favorite movie of hers.

 

[iluvjeisa]

Repulsion: IMO one of the most beautiful movies ever made. My favourite scene...Catherine Deneuve


The man who fell to earth - the hair cut people - David Bowie


Camille - that Adrian dress....her hair...the neck-bend....her acting (hilarious woman) - Greta Garbo.


Sunset Boulevard - sheer perfection in every way - Gloria Swanson


The Virgin Spring - Bergman's masterpiece.

Violette Noizere - Isabelle Huppert.
Can't find a clip...very rare.

Gentlemen prefer blondes - well Marilyn & Russell


Evil under the sun - Diana Rigg


Gilda - Rita Hayworth


A Forreign Affair - Marlene Dietrich



Riso Amaro - Silvana Mangano


Oidipus Rex - Passolini - Silvana Mangano


Trash - Dallessandro


Beyond the Valley of the dolls - gosh, I wish Russ Meyer had done more movies like this...

 

[Bel]

It!

(The title of the movie is "It.")

Silent film with Clara Bow, this is where the term "It girl" comes from. Fun 20's clothes and a guy who looks like young John Waters.

 

[Barbizon]

It!

(The title of the movie is "It.")

Silent film with Clara Bow, this is where the term "It girl" comes from. Fun 20's clothes and a guy who looks like young John Waters.

I've always wanted to see that! I'll order it from amazon.It's the IT Girl's classic isn't it? lol I love silent films. Such a quality to them that you don't get with "dialogue". The actors are always amazing.....makes me think of Lina Lamont in Singin' in the Rain.

 

[dinahgrace]

Lili (1953) starring Leslie Caron!

A great musical. Leslie sounds so divine when she singsHi-Lilli. Hi-Lo

 

[fouroclock]

Sleeper (1973)
Week End (1967)
Zelig (1983)
Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
The Searchers (1956)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Taxi Driver (1976)

My very short pre-1950's list
Stella Dallas (1937)
The Women (1939)
The Great Lie (1941)
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Back to Bataan (1945)
Red River (1948)
The Secret Garden (1949)