Your favourite movies through the decades !

OK, I love a good movie, especially the old Hollywood stuff. Here is a list of my best films by decade, up til there 90's. Feel free to add your own list.

1. The 30's, The Wizard of Oz
2. The 40's, It's a Wonderful Life
3. The 50's, The Quiet Man ( Rebel Without a Cause close 2nd )
4. The 60's, The Sound of Music ( so many good movies from the 60's, tough choice )
5. The 70's, The Godfather Pt 2 ( closely followed by Pt 1 )
6. The 80's, Raiders of the Lost Ark
7. The 90's, The Shawshank Redemption

Hmmm...

60's: Psycho
70's: The original Dirty Harry with the ultimate baddie and nutter 'Scorpio'
80's: Back to the Future
90's: Stephen Kings 'IT'
2000's: The Hills have Eyes

Goodness this is a tough one !

My most favourite film is 'Pretty Woman', I also love the Roy Orbison music. It may not be a masterpiece to some of you but for me a good film to curl up with a cup of tea, or glass of rose wine. I tend to watch it when Eddie's out fishing or busy on something else....it's not his most favourite.

There are so many good films out there - I enjoyed The Shawshank Redemption, Philadelphia, The Sound of Music, The Bourne Trilogy films too .....for me I prefer them to the Bond Films (sorry). Then how about The Girl with The Dragon Tatoo, Swedish Version.?

I guess from this eclectic list I do not have any favourite genres.

Also apologies Mo ......they may not be in decades, as you originally posted.    

All the best Jan

OK, how about your favourite TV shows ? Star Trek ( original ), The Time Tunnel, Fawlty Towers, Roots, Rich Man Poor Man, Dad's Army, Porridge, Only Fools and Horses, so many classics !

Easy one! Father Ted,Fawlty Towers,Bottom,Only fools and Horses,House MD,Under the Dome,Bates Motel,The Inbetweeners and probably loads more I've forgotten too

yeah, forgot the Inbetweeners lol ! What about Phoenix Nights with Peter Kay ? That was great. The Office, Extras ? The list goes on !

mo1905 wrote:yeah, forgot the Inbetweeners lol ! What about Phoenix Nights with Peter Kay ? That was great. The Office, Extras ? The list goes on !

lol I forgot about Phoenix nights! "heavy Duty Black bin bags" LOL

Mods!

This has gone off topic!

Now, ahem where were we?

1930's - King Kong
1940's - Casablanca
1950's - The Seven Samurai
1960's - To Kill A Mockingbird
1970's - The Godfather pt 2
1980's - Aliens
1990's - Silence of the Lambs
2000's - No Country For Old Men
2010's - Django Unchained

But I feel sad about all those wonderful films I have to discard to the also ran pile...

Best

Dillinger

As Dillinger says, so many had to be left out, mostly gangster films or prison films. But if I could only have nine on a desert island these make it to the list.


1930’s Gone With The Wind
1940’s Ben Hur
1950’s Doctor Zhivago
1960’s The Godfather
1970’s One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
1980’s Trading Places
1990’s Pulp Fiction
2000’s Road To Perdition
2010’s Django Unchained

Mods can we do another list top ten gangster films ?

Eddie

eddie1 wrote:As Dillinger says, so many had to be left out, mostly gangster films or prison films. But if I could only have nine on a desert island these make it to the list.


1930’s Gone With The Wind
1940’s Ben Hur
1950’s Doctor Zhivago
1960’s The Godfather
1970’s One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
1980’s Trading Places
1990’s Pulp Fiction
2000’s Road To Perdition
2010’s Django Unchained

Mods can we do another list top ten gangster films ?

Eddie

You're cheating Eddie; The Godfather was a 70's film. The 70's was the hardest decade I think though; there were so many fantastic films across so many genres.

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Dillinger

Lol ! Dillinger is right Eddie ! Unless you had a pirate copy ;-)

It felt like the sixties to me Dillinger, only half marks, must try harder. Looking through the film lists it would have been easy to pick at least ten for every year.

Eddie

Ah, but I was in the Godfather, I played the part of the fish in the waistcoat. And that scene was filmed two years earlier.

It highlighted to me really how little "classic" films are made in the last decade or so. Yes there have been good movies but a handful. Looking back to the 60's, 70's and 80's we were spoiled I think.

Agree Mo, like almost everything else, it's gone down the crapper. More money is spent on computer games now and they bring in more money than the Hollywood film industry. And man do I hate computer games.

I'm a tad younger than some of you so won't go too far back but for me it's:

70s: Alien
80s: Aliens
90s: Fight Club
00s: Gladiator
10s: 12 Years a Slave

Also as an extra point I'd like to say I resent the idea modern films are no good. Super hero movies like The Batman films have more substance than ever and great films like 12 Years a Slave, No Country for Old Men, Shame, American Hustle and Inglorious Bastards can stand toe to toe with the likes of The Godfather, Pulp Fiction or The Shawshank Redemption.

Yeah, Gladiator is a great movie. I agree there a still some great movies made recently but I think less than there were years ago ! Maybe I'm just getting old lol --)

This is like choosing albums or songs, it is likely to change daily depending on mood!

Anyway, today's choices are

1930s, Modern Times
1940s, Citizen Kane
1950s, North by Northwest
1960s, 2001 a Space Odyssey
1970s, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
1980s, Hannah & Her Sisters
1990s, Pulp Fiction
2000s, Atonement
2010s, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the Swedish one)

........ two very young 'low carbers' recently told me their favourite movies are 'The Postman Pat DVD and The Peppa Pig one'

Took me back to early TV days with my children Postman Pat and Fireman Sam to name two - and they are still around!

Does anyone remember 'Andy Pandy' or 'The Woodentops'

HELP

All the best Jan

Bagpuss and Mr Ben were the best. Didn't mind The Pipkins though with Hartley Hare & Monkey !

mo1905 wrote:Bagpuss and Mr Ben were the best. Didn't mind The Pipkins though with Hartley Hare & Monkey !

I can remember Bagpuss and Mr Ben, they were very popular.

Nowadays, so I'm reliably informed it's Iggle Piggle - but on a slightly more serious note the foundations these childrens TV / Films set do last a lifetime. We are still remembering them !

All the best Jan

........going on to other films. Having seen trailers for 'The Judge' with Robert Downey Jnr. and Robert Duvall, looks as if it could be a good film.

Anyone planning on seeing it?

Have you seen any good films recently?

All the best Jan

I watched the wolf of Wall Street last night, it's very funny, worth watching I reckon

I'm no film expert ....and it's years since we went to the cinema, we prefer to watch DVD's and pause them to make a cup of tea, or pour a glass of wine  But there's a new film with Tommy Lee Jones and Hilary Swank which apparently is good There's also a new film in 'The Hunger Games' series which is very popular...hope I've got the title right?

Will they be classics in years to come?  Time will tell ....have you been to the cinema lately, or re-watched a favourite DVD?

All the best Jan

I'm off to see the new Hunger Games movie with my kids this Sun. I've seen the other two, not bad but certainly not classics !