I'm a big classic film fan -- just came in this forum today -- what are

[allegorical oracle]

favorite films here? As I type this I have The Heiress on my TV -- Olivia de Haviland and Montgomery Clift. It's such a beautiful but tragic film.

Anybody?

[normalynn]

1. The 1956 film of "1984" is better than I'd imagined,

and Edmond O'Brien is brilliant. It's free on YouTube and elsewhere.

[John1956PA]

2. Mr. O'Brien was great is a supporting role in "The Last Voyage" (1960).

[Upthevibe]

3. allegorical oracle........

I agree about The Heiress.

I have so many favorites. I love Goodbye Mr. Chips and I Remember Mama....Many, many more.

[anciano]

4. My favorites include....

Detour (1945)
The Third Man (1949)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)

[sdfernando]

5. One of my favorites, that I just watched again

the other day is Double Indemnity with Barbara Stanwick, Fred McMurray, and Edward G. Robinson. I have many others too but this one is fresh in my mind right now

[Auggie]

6. Well, I've been doing a deep dive into Film Noir

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Though on a bit of a hiatus without a current TCM subscription, I've still seen and documented 122 films over the past five years.

If you're interested, this blog post from TCM host Eddie Mullers is a great place to start: https://www.eddiemuller.com/top25noir.html, I've seen them all.

To Muller's list I'd add 99 River Street (1953) with John Payne and Evelyn Keyes plus The Set-up (1949) with Robert Ryan and Audrey Totter. Martin Scorsese screened the boxing scenes from The Set-Up prior to filming Raging Bull.

Time period for classic film noir is generally given as from 1941 thru 1959, but there are exceptions. Stranger On The Third Floor (1940) with Peter Lorre can arguably fit the genre, just as Cape Fear (1962).

[broiles]

7. The Last Picture Show.

Outstanding!

[Martin Eden]

8. Treasure of Sierra Madre

To Kill a Mockingbird
Dr. Strangelove
Spartacus
The Third Man
How Green Was My Valley

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
(I love Jean Arthur, and Frank Capra movies)

My Man Godfrey
Arsenic and Old Lace
His Girl Friday
Holiday

Shawshank Redemption
Gladiator
Lord of the Rings Trilogy