Is this the best movie ever made?

[Robert H.]

An excellent one. But not my fav.

 

[carpenter]

The big sleep. Best

 

[Teleguy61]

Don't forget that "Casablanca" was made in 1942, right in the heart of World War 2. So the scene where the German Army is drowned out by patrons singing the French Anthem was tremendously impactful on the big screen to viewers. Watching that movie today without understanding the context of when it was released robs it of just how powerful that movie was.

Just a great movie.

Yes indeed, and I do understand.
One of few very anti-**** movies made prewar and in the early stages.

 

[OmegaWoods]

Those would certainly be included on my list. Citizen Kane would probably be about the top. To Kill A Mockingbird would be another.

Agreed. Great movie, great book ..

 

[Otisblove]

-or just my favourite?

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'The Third Man' (1949). Directed by Carol Reed.

Feel free to disagree.....but, if you haven't seen this one, watch it.

I don’t know if it’s THE BEST, but it’s one of my very favorites too.
One of those movies I liked from the first second to the last.

 

[Bill B]

 

[Fenderdad1950]

The Great Escape w/ Steve McQueen

 

[tanplastic]

If you love cinematography, 'The Third Man' is definitely for you.

It's been a long time since I've seen TTM but it left an impression.
Time for a re-viewing.

 

[Engine Swap]

 

[backporchmusic]

I expected this to thread to be about Shakes the Clown.

 

[jimmywrangles]

Little Big Man, Unforgiven, The Right Stuff....and more I'm sure, depends on the day I suppose

Little big Man by Thomas Berger, one of the very best book to film adaptions ever made and a personal favourite.
I would like to add "A Night to Remember", the original Titanic film.

 

[Engine Swap]

Small, but powerful:

• Alice in the Cities
• Little Fugitive
• Two-lane Blacktop
• Night the Living Dead
• Murder by Contract
• Army of Shadows
• Diva

 

[Flaneur]

Yes indeed, and I do understand.
One of few very anti-**** movies made prewar and in the early stages.

Wasn't 'the early stages' over here. Lots of great propaganda films made, in the UK.

 

[Flaneur]

This will mean nothing to you, unless you've seen the movie. Just wonderful.

 

[Flaneur]

 

[black_doug]

In my top ten:

Chinatown
The Sting
North by Northwest
Young Frankenstein
Key Largo
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Philadelphia Story
It Happened One Night
The Maltese Falcon
Ben-Hur

 

[howardlo]

I just bought the Blueray of that last week. Funny thing is that when I was a kid in the 50’s we watched it numerous times on TV (of course B&W). It wasn’t until the early 60’s that we finally got to see it at a movie theater, when she got to Oz we were shocked it see that it was in color. We had always thought it was a B&W movie until then.

 

[watercaster]

One of my old classic favs is Mr. Skeffington 1944. Bette Davis, Claude Rains. Great movie.

 

[Tonetele]

Old movies Lawrence of Arabia and Ben Hur.
New- RV and Full Metal Jacket. JMHO.

 

[TG]

For me it's a toss up between Dead Man with Johnny Depp and The Matrix.