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Top five favourite movies pre 1960


The Crimson Pirate
Oh Mr Porter
The thing from another World
The Wizard of Oz
Them.

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Rear Window (1954)
Casablanca (1942)
Gilda (1946)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Roman Holiday (1953)

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Ben-Hur
Gone with the Wind
Citizen Kane
Rear Window
Rope

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All the ones with your mama naked😜

Welcome back Benny🖕

(& apologies to 123Guy for stealing your thunder here!)

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OK, now more seriously-

Touch of Evil
Rebel Without A Cause
Vertigo
The Wizard of Oz
High Noon

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naw, go for it.

this bot already knows and predicts your likes and dislikes.

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The ten commandments.

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There's so many great ones I'm not sure I can limit it to 5, and will post only my 10/10

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
La Strada
On The Waterfront
Umberto D
Bicycle Thieves
Ace In The Hole
Anatahan
Grand Illusion
The Seventh Seal
Rashomon
Shoeshine
The Grapes of Wrath
Ikiru
Wild Strawberries
Mr. Deeds Goes To Town
Dodsworth
A Face In The Crowd
The Cranes Are Flying

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Imitation of Life (1959)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Marty (1955)
She Done Him Wrong (1933)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)

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Paths of Glory (1957)
Wizard of Oz (1939)
Jack and the Beanstalk (Abbot and Costello) (1952)
Haxan (1922)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

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Wizard of Oz (1939)
Haxan (1922)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)


Some fine selections.

I'm not the biggest silent movie fan but I watched Haxan for the first time last October and it's easily one of the best from that era. Good movie.

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There really is something about Haxan that keeps it at the top of the silent films I’ve seen.

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My top five and how I own them ...
Forbidden Planet (1956) - Blu-ray
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) - DVD
Casablanca (1942) - Blu-ray
Ben-Hur (1959) - Blu-ray
12 Angry Men (1957) - Criterion Collection Blu-ray

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