General Discussion : Pre-70s Top Ten

[3dRevelation]

Don't know if you like the Connery Bond films, but they are pretty iconic.

I actually have not seen a single Connery Bond film (or many Bond films really at all, I think I've seen a few with Brosnan in it and Casino Royale with Daniel Craig). It's a shame too, because I think my cable provider had a collection of Bond films on demand a while back.

Just a little update on my viewing: Nothing I've watched so far has broken my top 10 of the era. So far I have watched:
It's a Wonderful Life (Tier 8)
The Caine Mutiny (Tier 4)
Cool Hand Luke (Tier 6)
Lawrence of Arabia (Tier 8)
Citizen Kane (Tier 6)

I had seen several others on members' lists (that weren't part of my top 10) before making this thread, they are:
Winter Light (Tier 6)
Wild Strawberries (Tier 3)
Dr. Strangelove (Tier 4)
The Maltese Falcon (Tier 4)
White Heat (Tier 7)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Tier 7)
West Side Story (Tier 3)
Sunset Boulevard (Tier 9)
Rear Window (Tier 9)
Sweet Smell of Success (Tier 5)
The Night of the Hunter (Tier 4)
Touch of Evil (Tier 8)
Psycho (Tier 7)

I know some of these will strike some people dumbfounded, but they are truly my opinion on these films. I'm sure some will take it that I have horrible taste (and maybe I do), but it is just that: my taste. And by the way, there plenty more films in this thread for me to watch and possibly like.

[Stewball]

Don't know if you like the Connery Bond films, but they are pretty iconic.

I actually have not seen a single Connery Bond film (or many Bond films really at all, I think I've seen a few with Brosnan in it and Casino Royale with Daniel Craig). It's a shame too, because I think my cable provider had a collection of Bond films on demand a while back.

Just a little update on my viewing: Nothing I've watched so far has broken my top 10 of the era. So far I have watched:
It's a Wonderful Life (Tier 8)
The Caine Mutiny (Tier 4)
Cool Hand Luke (Tier 6)
Lawrence of Arabia (Tier 8)
Citizen Kane (Tier 6)

I had seen several others on members' lists (that weren't part of my top 10) before making this thread, they are:
Winter Light (Tier 6)
Wild Strawberries (Tier 3)
Dr. Strangelove (Tier 4)
The Maltese Falcon (Tier 4)
White Heat (Tier 7)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Tier 7)
West Side Story (Tier 3)
Sunset Boulevard (Tier 9)
Rear Window (Tier 9)
Sweet Smell of Success (Tier 5)
The Night of the Hunter (Tier 4)
Touch of Evil (Tier 8)
Psycho (Tier 7)

I know some of these will strike some people dumbfounded, but they are truly my opinion on these films. I'm sure some will take it that I have horrible taste (and maybe I do), but it is just that: my taste. And by the way, there plenty more films in this thread for me to watch and possibly like.

If this site has taught me anything, it's that if you're looking for what you'll like the best or least, you can't go by an overall individual or group comparison on individual films. What you're doing is the only way, solicit opinions so you can check 'em out. I guess we're just all too damn different.

[Spunkie]

My pre-70 list looks all over the board. These may be representative enough I guess
In no order:
Seven Samurai (1954)
Grand Illusion (1937)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
The Trial (1962)
Black Narcissus (1947)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Play Time (1967)
Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
The Exterminating Angel (1962)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

A few shorts I consider worthy of notice:
The Perfect Human (1967)
Begone Dull Care (1949)
The Mascot (1934)
Short and Suite (1959)
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (1965)
Window Water Baby Moving (1962)
Komposition in Blau (1935)
Time Piece (1965)

[bizarre_eye]

1. M (1931)
2. The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920)
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
4. Psycho (1960)
5. Peeping Tom (1960)
6. The Devil Rides Out (1968)
7. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
8. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
9. Alphaville (1965)
10. Les diaboliques (1955)

[avgcrtckr]

According to criticker users:
Harakiri (1962) 88
High and Low (1963) 87
Ikiru (1952) 87
Seven Samurai (1954) 87
The World of Apu (1959) 87
12 Angry Men (1957) 86
Children of Paradise (1945) 86
The Human Condition I: No G… (1959) 86
Night and Fog (1955) 86
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) 86
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) 86

[by Devol]

Citizen Kane (1941)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Cul de Sac (1966)
Rear Window (1954)
Red Desert (1964)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Repulsion (1965)
Knife in the Water (1962)
North by Northwest (1959)

[Jurispathic]

1. Winter Light (1962)
2. Harakiri (1962)
3. Woman in the Dunes (1964)
4. Shame (1968)
5. The Trial (1962)
6. Army of Shadows (1969)
7. Day of Wrath (1943)
8. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
9. Rashomon (1950)
10. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

[martryn]

1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
2. Paths of Glory (1957)
3. A Man Escaped (1956)
4. Seven Samurai (1954)
5. Yojimbo (1961)
6. Strangers on a Train (1951)
7. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
8. Zulu (1964)
9. Ben-Hur (1959)
10. Harvey (1950)

[Moribunny]

Almost 30% of my rankings are pre-70s, including a large chunk of my favorite movies which I've given a clean 100 score.

Here are my top 11, in no order as it would be too hard to compare them:

Angels of the Streets (1943)
Bellissima (1951)
A Difficult Life (1961)
Gertrud (1964)
Night and the City (1950)
Shadows of our Forgotten Ancestors (1964)
Z (1969)
Adieu Philippine (1962)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Ladies of the Park (1945)
La Strada (1954)

[Jerky]

I only have 219 rankings pre-1970 out of 4771 (4.95%)


Tier 10 Films

The Wizard of Oz (1939) 100
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 100
Rear Window (1954) 95
Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 90
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 85
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 85
Citizen Kane (1941) 85
Dial M for Murder (1954) 85
Psycho (1960) 85
Bicycle Thieves (1948) 80
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 80
Cool Hand Luke (1967) 80
The Haunting (1963) 80
The Hustler (1961) 80
Lilies of the Field (1963) 80
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) 80
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 80
On the Waterfront (1954) 80
Rosemary's Baby (1968) 80
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 80
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 80