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  1. Duck Amuck
  2. 12 Angry Men
  3. North by Northwest
  4. Some Like It Hot
  5. Rear Window
  6. Seven Samurai
  7. Neighbours
  8. Gerald McBoing-Boing
  9. A Man Escaped
  10. Singin' in the Rain
  11. Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom
  12. Broom-Stick Bunny
  13. High Noon
  14. A Chairy Tale
  15. Good Morning
  16. Ace in the Hole
  17. What's Opera, Doc?
  18. Lady and the Tramp
  19. Roman Holiday
  20. The Ten Commandments
  21. Sleeping Beauty
  22. The Day the Earth Stood Still
  23. Peter Pan
  24. The Shaggy Dog
  25. Cinderella
  26. Alice in Wonderland
  27. Mary's Birthday
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9/10:

Don Camillo (1952)

Le retour de Don Camillo (1953)

The Ladykillers (1955)

Mon Oncle (1958)

Some Like it Hot (1959)

 

8/10:

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

The Living Desert (1953)

Mästerdetektiven och Rasmus (1953)

Rear Window (1954)

To Catch a Thief (1955)

Lady and the Tramp (1955)

Don Camillo e l'on. Peppone  (1955)

Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1956)

Mästerdetektiven lever farligt (1957)

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

The Vikings (1958)

The Nun's Story (1959)

 

No 10/10 in the 50s for me and only 5 9/10ers but I have to admit that there's quite a lot of well-known movies from that time that I've either never seen or seen so long ago I can't remember enough to give a valid rating.

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On 09.11.2011 at 10:35 PM, Jake Gittes said:

Streetcar Named Desire. Saw it once, in March of this year. I was absolutely stunned and in the kind of awe you rarely experience when watching movies. And hands down, the best female performance I've ever witnessed and I don't expect that to ever change.Also Rear Window, Some Like It Hot, All About Eve, 12 Angry Men. I'm not a fan of either Ben Hur or Sunset Boulevard.

 

On 07.09.2014 at 3:10 AM, Jake Gittes said:

Letter Never Sent, Vertigo, A Streetcar Named Desire, All About Eve, The Killing, Paths of Glory

 

First of all, why the fuck did the 18-year-old me lie about seeing 12 Angry Men (I didn't actually see it until last October)? I mean it makes sense in some instances but this is so random, I have no idea what I had to gain by naming it specifically. 

 

1. The Night of the Hunter

2. Vertigo

3. Rear Window

4. Gun Crazy

5. Stromboli

6. The Killing

7. A Streetcar Named Desire

8. In a Lonely Place

9. The Seventh Seal

10. Paths of Glory

 

Still lots to see. 

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10 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

 

 

First of all, why the fuck did the 18-year-old me lie about seeing 12 Angry Men (I didn't actually see it until last October)? I mean it makes sense in some instances but this is so random, I have no idea what I had to gain by naming it specifically. 

Damn, lying is an option? Maybe I should try that to pick up some cool points.

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13 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Damn, lying is an option? Maybe I should try that to pick up some cool points.

 

Might as well just see the movie. :lol: If you wanna lie about seeing it in the first place, chances are it's good enough.

 

And when I said it make sense sometimes I meant I can see why people would lie about having seen something huge like The Godfather or Gone with the Wind when they are at a party or something. Why I felt the urge to do it in this thread, I don't get. 

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Rashomon

Seven Samurai

The Hidden Fortress

12 Angry Men

Witness for the Prosecution

The Night of the Hunter

Throne of Blood

Touch of Evil

La Strada

 

Not being someone who usually likes 'comedy' movies, but there are a few I can enjoy, especiially out of the '50 (even if one of those is not the 'best' movie ever)

Mon Oncle & Jour de fête

and

Operation Petticoat

 

 

I am a big Charles Laughton, Macbeth in all its variations / different interpretations, and Kurosawa/Mifune fan, so the '50 and earlier/later are great for finding jewels of the film making IMHO

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  1. Duck Amuck
  2. Godzilla
  3. 12 Angry Men
  4. North by Northwest
  5. Some Like It Hot
  6. Rear Window
  7. Seven Samurai
  8. Neighbours
  9. Gerald McBoing-Boing
  10. A Man Escaped
  11. Singin' in the Rain
  12. Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom
  13. Broom-Stick Bunny
  14. High Noon
  15. A Chairy Tale
  16. Good Morning
  17. Ace in the Hole
  18. What's Opera, Doc?
  19. Lady and the Tramp
  20. Roman Holiday
  21. The Ten Commandments
  22. Sleeping Beauty
  23. The Day the Earth Stood Still
  24. Peter Pan
  25. The Shaggy Dog
  26. Cinderella
  27. Alice in Wonderland
  28. Mary's Birthday
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  1. Duck Amuck
  2. Godzilla
  3. 12 Angry Men
  4. North by Northwest
  5. Some Like It Hot
  6. Rear Window
  7. Seven Samurai
  8. Good Morning
  9. Neighbours
  10. Gerald McBoing-Boing
  11. A Man Escaped
  12. Singin' in the Rain
  13. Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom
  14. Ace in the Hole
  15. Rabbit of Seville
  16. The Scarlet Pumpernickel
  17. Duck Dodgers in the 241/2th Century
  18. What's Opera, Doc?
  19. Robin Hood Daffy
  20. Rabbit Seasoning
  21. Lady and the Tramp
  22. Roman Holiday
  23. What's Up Doc?
  24. Cat's Cradle
  25. The Ten Commandments
  26. Rabbit Fire
  27. Sleeping Beauty
  28. The Day the Earth Stood Still
  29. Bugs and Thugs
  30. Peter Pan
  31. Bully for Bugs
  32. Ali Baba Bunny
  33. Paul Bunyan
  34. Animal Farm
  35. Water, Water Every Hare
  36. Hare-Way to the Stars
  37. Bugsy and Mugsy
  38. A Movie
  39. Devil May Hare
  40. The Shaggy Dog
  41. Susie, The Little Blue Coupe
  42. Feed the Kitty
  43. Big Top Bunny
  44. Bewitched Bunny
  45. Donald in Mathmagic Land
  46. Big House Bunny
  47. Ballot Box Bunny
  48. Bunker Hill Bunny
  49. Baby Buggy Bunny
  50. Forward March Hare
  51. Putty Tat Trouble
  52. Canned Feud
  53. Canary Row
  54. The Ducksters
  55. Bedevilled Rabbit
  56. Drip-Along Daffy
  57. Cinderella
  58. Operation: RABBIT
  59. Tweety's S.O.S.
  60. High Noon
  61. Pluto's Christmas Tree
  62. Duck! Rabbit. Duck!
  63. Scrooge
  64. One Froggy Evening
  65. Ain't She Tweet
  66. Speedy Gonzales
  67. Alice in Wonderland
  68. Mary's Birthday
  69. Bushy Hare
  70. Broom-Stick Bunny
  71. A Chairy Tale
  72. The Wasp Woman

 

(at a certain point, i gave up on the looney tunes shorts and started ranking them arbitrarily)

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    I mean. films like Rear Window, 12 Angry Men, Seven Samurai or North by Northwest are all great.

     

    But Gojira (1954) takes the cake for me. Only movie from the 50s that i can watch and enjoy time and time again.

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