I've tried mention some others that have been missed.
(1920s
Metropolis
Battleship Potemkin)
1930s
Gone With The Wind
The Bride of Frankenstein
King Kong
Angels With Dirty Faces
Stagecoach
Duck Soup
Grand Illusion
1940s
Double Indemnity
Casablanca
The Best years of our lives
The Maltese Falcon
White Heat
The Grapes of Wrath
Odd Man Out
Spellbound
Cat People
1950s
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The War of the Worlds
the Thing from Another World
It came from Outer Space
Forbidden Planet
Rebel Without a Cause
Seven Samurai
A Streetcar Named Desire
Touch of Evil
Rashomon
The Searchers
The Seventh Seal
Wild Strawberries
The Asphalt Jungke
The Wild One
Bad Day at Black Rock
The Night of the Hunter
High Noon
There's a great many really.
Odd Man Out is a wonderful film. I love the photography, music and characters. It gets some flack today, because it is set in Belfast yet many in the cast talk with southern Irish accents. Still love it though.
One of my favorite movies is The Philadelphia Story. I always felt it was very modern in its characterization of Tracy Lord. However, i have read online that many feminists hate the film because Hepburn's character has to be 'tamed' and her father's speech, is also cited as being sexist/misogynistic. I can see where they may have a point, but i can't help loving this film to bits.:(
Sunset Boulevard 1950.
Black Day at Black Rock, I wish they would remaster and re-release it. The last time I saw it on Film 4 the picture quality was poor but it did have stereo sound.
Curse/ Night of the Demon from the 50's is still better than a lot of modern horror films.
Plus the disintegrating rune paper is the same as the Ring tape.
Hellraiser still holds up well as does the Fly remake for me.
The first proper slasher film was Black Christmas, wasn't it ? That had all the elements that Halloween etc copied.
For similar types it isn't Pyscho. there were films in the 30's that had elements.
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Odd Man Out is a wonderful film. I love the photography, music and characters. It gets some flack today, because it is set in Belfast yet many in the cast talk with southern Irish accents. Still love it though.
One of the creepiest films ever made.
Black Day at Black Rock, I wish they would remaster and re-release it. The last time I saw it on Film 4 the picture quality was poor but it did have stereo sound.
Plus the disintegrating rune paper is the same as the Ring tape.
Hellraiser still holds up well as does the Fly remake for me.
The first proper slasher film was Black Christmas, wasn't it ? That had all the elements that Halloween etc copied.
For similar types it isn't Pyscho. there were films in the 30's that had elements.