My target audience is mostly the 30 year and younger crowd. I thought I would start a thread listing what I felt were great films that are seldom seen or heard of. I found that time and time again I'd mention a title of a film and found that many have never heard of or seen them perhaps because they are locked into the most recent films and never bother to expand their palette (so to speak), to earlier movies (mostly predating the 70's) and of which I feel are missing out on some great movie experiences.
Now I realize not everyone here falls into that category and alot of the older and some younger members know of or have seen most of these films. But it is my desire to help expand the film experiences to the much younger movie loving members. I hope next time you are looking at the video rental store or browsing Netflix you might try giving some of these films a look-see on your next movie night with your wife, family, girlfriend or friends. Some films are non existent on DVD, no longer available or were only available on VHS tape so you may have to do some searching. Some of these films can also be seen on late night TV if you are lucky to run across them.
I have listed a mixture of sci-fi, fantasy, horror, drama, action, good 'ol swash bucklers, comedy, good "chick flicks", musicals and animation. I have also added the date since several versions of the same title were made on a few of the films. I will add films as I can think of them....enjoy.
Please note that this list is only a personal opinion and I've enjoyed all these films while growing up. I feel you can't go wrong watching one of these films on your next movie night.
- 4D Man (1959)
- 5 Million Years to Earth (1967)
- 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, The (1964)
- 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953)
- A Face in the Crowd (1957)
- A Song is Born (1948)
- A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
- Abbott and Costello in Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
- Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
- Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938 Tommy Kelly)
- Alice in Wonderland (1933)
- Altered States (1980)
- Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
- Annie Oakley (1935)
- Apartment,The (1960)
- Asphyx, The (1973)
- Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961)
- Bad Seed, The (1956)
- Ball of Fire (1941)
- Beast with Five Fingers, The (1946)
- Beau Geste (1926)
- Beneath the 12 Mile Reef (1953)
- Benny Goodman Story, The (1956)
- Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
- Black Moon Rising (1986)
- Black Sabbath (1963)
- Black Sunday (1977)
- Boy with Green Hair, The (1948)
- Boys Town (1938)
- Bright Leaf (1950)
- Canterville Ghost, The (1944)
- Cape Fear (1962)
- Captain Sinbad (1963)
- Captains Courageous (1937)
- Carbine Williams (1952)
- Childrens Hour, The (1961)
- Crawling Eye, The (1958)
- Crimson Pirate, The (1952)
- Cube (1997)
- D.I., The (1957)
- Diary of Madman (1963)
- Elmer Gantry (1960)
- Emperor of the North (1973)
- Fantastic Planet (1973)
- First Men in the Moon (1974)
- Five Pennies, The (1959)
- Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
- Flame and the Arrow, The (1950)
- Flim Flam Man, The (1964)
- Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
- Fury, The (1978)
- Gay Purr-ee (1962)
- Gigantor (1964 TV Series)
- Gigot
- Goliath Awaits (TV 1981)
- Good Earth, The (1937)
- Goodbye Charlie (1964)
- Great Race, The (1965)
- Great Ziegfeld, The (1936)
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (1967)
- Gullivers Travels (1939)
- Harman-Ising Theatrical Cartoons (1934-1938 ...if you can find them)
- Haunting, The (1963 version)
- His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)
- Hoppity Goes to Town (1941)
- How Green Was My Valley (1941)
- Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte (1964)
- Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)
- Ice Station Zebra
- Inherit the Wind (1960)
- Inspector General, The (1949)
- It Happened One Night (1934)
- It! The Terror From Beyond Space. (1958.....the first "Alien" movie)
- Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
- Joy Luck Club, The (1993)
- Kentuckian, The (1955)
- King of Comedy, The (1983)
- King Rat (1965)
- Kronos (1957)
- Last Man on Earth (1964)
- Laurel & Hardy Films, Any (1920's - 1930's Aprox)
- Life With Father (1947)
- Lilies of the Field (1963)
- Long Ships, The (1964)
- Looker (1981)
- Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
- March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934)
- Marty (1955)
- Master of the World (1964)
- Mountain, The (1956)
- Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949)
- Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951)
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
- Mr Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
- Mr Roberts ( 1955)
- Music Man, The (1962)
- My Man Godfrey (1936)
- Naked Prey (1966)
- Night Stalker, The (TV 1972)
- No Time for Sergeants (1958)
- Norliss Tapes, The (1973)
- Old Man and the Sea, The (1958)
- Oliver Twist (1948)
- On Borrowed Time (1939)
- One Step Beyond (1959 TV Series)
- Onionhead (1958)
- Phase IV (1974)
- Pitt and The Pendulum (1961)
- Pride of the Yankees, The (1942)
- Prisoner of Zenda, The (1937)
- Public Enemy, The (1931)
- Raise the Titanic (1980)
- Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
- Sea Hawk, The (1940)
- Seven Little Foys, The (1955)
- Shirley Temple Films (1932-1940 Aprox)
- Sitting Pretty (1948)
- Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961)
- Stalag 17 (1953)
- Sullivan's Travels (1941)
- Tarzan Collection (1932 Johnny Weissmuller)
- Telefon (1977)
- Them! (1954)
- Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969)
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
- Three Musketeers, The (1948)
- Three Stooges Meet Hercules, The (1962)
- Three Wise Fools (1946)
- Tingler, The (1959)
- Time Travelers, The (1964)
- Tobacco Road (1941)
- Topper Returns (1941)
- Treasure of Sierra Madre
- Two on a Guillotine (1965)
- Up in Arms (1944)
- Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
- Voices (1979 Amy Irving)
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
- Wild Wild West, The (1965-1969 TV series)
- Wizards (1977)
- Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, The (1962)
- Wonders of Aladdin (1961 " Le meraviglie di Aladino)
- X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes (1963)
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
- You Can't Take It With You (1938)
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...I remember that one, some sad scenes in that.
