Here's an old post of mine with a list of classic films I highly recommend....
Just some of my classic movie favorites, ** indicates I really like it, * I like it, no * indicates it's still pretty good.
John Garfield: **Pride Of The Marines, Force Of Evil, Body and Soul, *Dust Be My Destiny, *Out Of The Fog, Between Two Worlds, They Made Me A Criminal
James Cagney: **Yankee Doodle Dandy, **Angels With Dirty Faces, **The Strawberry Blonde, The Fighting 69th, Love Me Or Leave Me, These Wilder Years, White Heat
Spencer Tracy: **Edison The Man, **Inherit The Wind, Boy's Town, Men Of Boy's Town, Captain's Courageous. It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Cary Grant: **The Bishop's Wife w/Monty Woolley, Arsenic And Old Lace, Mr. Lucky, *Notorious, Suspicion, North By Northwest,
Errol Flynn: *Uncertain Glory, Gentleman Jim, Captain Blood
Edward G Robinson: **Brother Orchid, Double Indemnity, A Hole In The Head, Larceny Inc. , *All My Sons, Our Vines Have Tender Grapes, Blackmail, **The Sea Wolf, **The Stranger, **Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet, *The Last Gangster, *House Of Strangers
Claudette Colbert, **Tomorrow Is Forever, Remember The Day, So Proudly We Hail, Imitation Of Life, **Since You Went Away
Frank Sinatra: *Suddenly, Guys and Dolls, Von Ryan's Express, *It Happened In Brooklyn
Vivien Leigh: Gone With The Wind, **Waterloo Bridge
Greer Garson: **Random Harvest, **Goodbye Mr. Chips, Mrs. Miniver
Ingrid Bergman: **The Bells of St. Mary's, Casablanca, *The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness
Gregory Peck: **The Keys Of The Kingdom, To Kill A Mockingbird, Duel In The Sun
Glenn Ford: Gilda, *The Big Heat, Mr. Soft Touch, A Stolen Life, *Gallant Journey, The Blackboard Jungle, Pocketful Of Miracles, 3:10 To Yuma
Robert Taylor: **Above and Beyond, **A Yank At Oxford, Johnny Eager
William Holden: **Stalag 17, The Bridge On The River Kwai, Boots Malone, Sunset Boulevard
Robert Mitchum: *Cape Fear, *Holiday Affair, Night Of The Hunter
Joan Crawford: *Mildred Pierce, Whatever Happened To Baby Jane, Humoresque
Bette Davis: * In This Our Life, **The Man Who Came To Dinnerware/Monty Woolley , *Mr. Skeffington, Watch On The Rhine, All About Eve, All This And Heaven Too, *The Corn Is Green
Humphrey Bogart: *The Desperate Hours, The Maltese Falcon, *To Have and Have Not, **Key Largo
Bing Crosby: **Going My Way, Holiday Inn
Kirk Douglas: **Young Man With A Horn, The Detective Story, Spartacus, *Paths Of Glory
Barbra Stanwyck: * Stella Dallas, Meet John Doe, Ball Of Fire, Christmas In Connecticut's
Paul Muni: **The Last Angry Man, I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang, Scarface, *Angel On My Shoulder, *The Story Of Louis Pasteur, The Life Of Emile Zola, **The Good Earth
Anne Baxter: *Dinner With A Soldier, **The Pied Piper w/Monty Woolley
Ida Lupino: High Sierra, On Dangerous Ground, Roadhouse,They Drive By Night
James Stewart: *It's A Wonderful Life, *The Shop Around The Corner,
**The Mortal Storm, *Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Judy Garland: *Meet Me In St.Louis, Easter Parade, The Harvey Girls
Clark Gable: *Mutiny On The Bounty, Any Number Can Play, San Francisco, Teacher's Pet
Loretta Young: Come To The Stable, **The Story Of Alexander Graham Bell, *The Farmer's Daughter
Jack Carson: *Blues In The Night, *The Hard Way, *Roughly Speaking
Gene Tierney: *The Ghost And Mrs Muir, Leave Her To Heaven, Heaven Can Wait
Henry Fonda: **12 Angry Men, The Ox-Bow Incident, *On Golden Pond, Mister Roberts
Don Ameche: Cocoon, *Trading Places, Heaven Can Wait, Alexander's Ragtime Band, In Old Chicago, *Four Sons
Burt Lancaster: *Jim Thorpe All American, *Birdman Of Alcatraz, The Train, The Swimmer, Gunfight At The O.K. Corral, * Brute Force
Myrna Loy: The Thin Man, *The Best Years Of Our Lives, Love Crazy
Tyrone Power: *Witness For The Prosecution, A Yank In The R.A.F. , The Razor's Edge. The Mask Of Zorro, Johnny Apollo, *The Long Gray Line, Abandon Ship
Astaire/Rogers for the dancing: Swing Time, Top Hat, Shall We Dance
Ronald Reagan: *Knute Rockne All-American, *King's Row, Storm Warning
Jane Wyman: **Johnny Belinda, So Big, *Miracle In The Rain, Make Your Own Bed
Gene Kelly: Singin' In The Rain, The Cross Of Lorraine, On The Town, Anchor's Aweigh,
Lionel Barrymore: **Tennessee Johnson, ** On Borrowed Time, One Man's Journey, Most of the Dr.Kildaire and Dr. Gillespie movies
Monty Woolley: Holy Matrimony, Night And Day
Joseph Cotten: *Shadow Of A Doubt, Gaslight, The Third Man, Blueprint For Murder, The Man With A Cloak, Portrait Of Jennie
Dana Andrews: Laura, Fallen Angel, *The Purple Heart, Beyond A
Reasonable Doubt, A Walk In The Sun, State Fair
Gary Cooper: ** Pride Of The Yankees, *The Fountainhead, *High Noon, The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, Sergeant York, For Whom The Bell Tolls, Saratoga Trunk, *Bright Leaf
Alan Ladd: ** Shane, Whispering Smith, Salty O'Roarke
John Wayne: *The Quiet Man, The Shootist, **Red River, McClintock, Rooster Cogburn
The Marx Bros. : A Night At The Opera, A Day At The Races
Laurel And Hardy: A Chump At Oxford, ** The Music Box, * Saps At Sea, ** The March Of The Wooden Soldiers
Lorraine Day: The Locket, Journey For Margaret, I Married A Communist
Olivia DeHavilland: They Died With Their Boots On, Anthony Adverse, *The Heiress, The Snake Pit, The Irish In Us
Dorothy McGuire: **The Enchanted Cottage, Three Coins In The Fountain, Til The End Of Time
George Raft: * Each Dawn I Die, Mr. Ace, Johnny Angel
Frederick March: *One Foot In Heaven, Executive Suite, The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit
Claude Rains: The Invisible Man, **Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Warren William: Employees Entrance, ** Lady For A Day
Can't go wrong with any of the two ** films or just about all of them above. These are classic movies with heart. But you need to watch with no distractions and until the end, and you shall be rewarded, attention spans are required with old movies....
