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[Phantom]

How old was the three kings?

[Zironic]

Bah, it ain't really old unless you have it in black and white.  Heck, I've seen a few silent films that weren't so bad.  Still, some of my personal favorites that haven't been mentioned yet:

Arsenic and Old Lace
Sands of Iwo Jima
Errol Flin's stuff
Marks Brothers stuff (Those guys were absolutely brilliant)
Charlie Chaplin's stuff (I especially enjoy his spoof on the Nazis [made pre-WWII, when Hitler could be funny])

I'm sure to think up more.  80% of my non-Disney movie experience as a child came from the Turner Classic Movies station.

My school did an extremely decent rendition of Arsenic and Old lace for Theatre.

[Jualin]

Flash Gordon: 1980
Jaws: 1975
Total Recall: 1990
Raiders of the Lost Ark: 1981

Somebody mention Indiana Jones, but I decided to nominate the movie that stood forward in my mind as the one I still remember when I think of the name Indiana Jones. Partially because of the end. That is the same with all of those movies, except Jaws. Jaws was a horror movie done right. No excess of gore to the point where half the screen is filled with blood at all times. Just subtle psychological horror.

I would've nominated High Noon as well, but that's too old (1952). Same with West Side Story (1961). I protest this on the grounds of cinematic excellence!

Is Aliens old enough?

Yes, 1986.

[Phantom]

I just saw Total Recall, it made me say WTF, and ...
End Of Days?

[Strife26]

Great. I nominate Aliens.


It's the only way to be sure.

[Jualin]

I just saw Total Recall, it made me say WTF, and ...

That's partly why I like it. The other reason? I saw it when I was young, around 5-8. For certain parts of the ending, I believe I have received psychological damage in some form or another, but oh well. Doesn't seem to affect my amorality around here much.

[Duke 2.0]

 The Newsies.

 Because I like musicals more than any straight man should.

[JoshuaFH]

You're not alone Duke...

[Maska]

I have, too, found myself liking only old movies (and music).

Just made a top10 of my quite small collection... turns out four of them are Kubrik's, 2-3 are so bad they're good, and one is Finnish.

Alphabetical order of course:

• 2001 - A space odyssey
• A clockwork orange
• Bad taste
• Deathrace 2000
• Full metal jakcet
• Life of Brian
• R.O.T.O.R.
• The shining
• The thing
• Tuntematon sotilas (The unknown soldier, 1955 black and white version)

[Zironic]

If they remade the thing, using the same script and decent actors who don't overact. Limited the film to being very light on the action (compared to other horror movies currently) like the original The thing. And kept the alien as disgusting as possible. I'd be happy. err HORRIFIED.

[Cthulhu]

Also, try not to make all the actors look the same.  There were like three people in that movie that looked identical.

[Psyco Jelly]

Conan the Barbarian

[Buddybud]

I have, too, found myself liking only old movies (and music).

Just made a top10 of my quite small collection... turns out four of them are Kubrik's, 2-3 are so bad they're good, and one is Finnish.

Alphabetical order of course:

• 2001 - A space odyssey
• ...........

that came out in 1968....which is another reason why its such an amazing film considering it predates the moon landing and, well, the scope of this topic