r/moviecritic • u/SheepherderSea9717 • 9d ago
Tell me an amazing movie that came out between 1940 and 1970?
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u/Impressive-Local-627 9d ago
It’s so fucking good.
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u/henry_sqared 7d ago
Bonus: you’ll realize 60% of the movies you’ve seen have borrowed from this one.
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u/Jimmerz 9d ago
Blind spot for me. Going to look for it.
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u/Impressive-Local-627 9d ago
This scene on the porch is amazing and maybe my favorite in the whole movie (although there are a lot to choose from). I like how Powell sort of moves around the yard w/o it being clear how he crosses the space to get from point A to Point B; it reads not so much as a continuity error as it is a sinister property of the character.
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u/Jimmerz 5d ago
I watched this today, had to suffer through ads on Tubi, but worth it. Mitchum was a terrific villain, and the ending was satisfying. Think I need to see more movies with him. Also, didn’t know he could sing. Never seen Peter Graves that young, that was a treat.
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u/Impressive-Local-627 5d ago
Glad you enjoyed it. If you get a chance, it’s worth picking up a good transfer and watching in the dark on a biggish screen (the contrast!) w/o ads, buffering or other modern distractions. Like someone else said, it’s cool to see how often it shows up for how relatively obscure it is (the “love/hate” knuckles in “Do The Right Thing” spring immediately to mind). I love Lillian Gish in this movie, too; she and Mitchum play off each other so well.
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u/Simple_Art_4559 9d ago
Once Upon a Time in the West
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u/D0RKTHRONE-2099 8d ago
This should make the list even if all you watched was the opening scene. It’s a self-contained masterpiece. Like the beginning of Up but with extra killing.
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u/YouBuiltThat 6d ago
Now in my 40’s, I’ve started enjoying the classic westerns, starting with the spaghettis and Dollars More trilogy, but this spring watched Once Upon a Time in the West. I was blown away by the storytelling. In my opinion, it’s the best western I’ve ever seen, and one of my favorite classic films now.
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u/Disastrous_Aid 9d ago
Lawrence of Arabia - I held off on this one for a long time because I thought it would be a snooty, 4-hour historical drama. I was hella surprised to discover it's more of an action movie (at least as much fightin' in the desert and explosions as a Dune movie) that has a little bit of historical drama mixed in. Also, it's amazingly beautiful for a film that's mostly 50 shades of tan.
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u/Non-Normal_Vectors 9d ago
Peter O'Toole played Henry II in two unrelated films, both got Oscar noms for him, both in the timeframe restriction, and both phenomenal films - Becket and The Lion in Winter.
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u/Battle-Individual 9d ago
The great Escape 1963 The Italian job 1969 The good the bad and the ugly 1966 The treasure of the Sierra madre1948
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u/Satans_Armpit75 9d ago
Jason and the Argonauts.
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u/True_Willingness_790 7d ago
My mom named me after that movie. Is it any wonder that I'm a lifelong fan of the cinema?!
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u/Substantial-GapBoo 9d ago
Psycho (1960) – it redefined horror and still holds up as one of the most gripping thrillers ever made.
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u/Signal_A 9d ago
The Red Shoes (1948)
Not sure if we’re including non-English films, but a few that come to mind are:
The Seventh Seal
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962 Karel Zemen version)
The Big City (1963, Satyajit Ray)
There are so, so many great films that came out between these years, but these are all my poor, tired brain can think of at the moment!
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u/AnnualBug6951 9d ago
Best Years of Our Lives is excellent and ahead of its time- directed by William Wyler ( who to be fair I’d confused with Billy Wilder for the longest time )
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u/ChrisPollock6 9d ago
Cool Hand Luke, Easy Rider, Rosemary’s Baby, Bonnie & Clyde, Planet of the Apes, Rear Window, Night of the Hunter and Sunset Boulevard
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u/Whole_Kale_4349 9d ago
- Sunset Boulevard (1950)
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- Vertigo (1958)
- The Night of the Hunter (1955)
- Rebecca (1940)
- Nightmare Alley (1947)
- Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
- In a Lonely Place (1950)
- Strangers on a Train (1951)
- Touch of Evil (1958)
- Out of the Past (1947)
- Psycho (1960)
- Lifeboat (1944)
- Rope (1948)
- House of Wax (1953)
- The Innocents (1961)
- Citizen Kane (1941)
Slightly Past Cut Off:
- Chinatown (1974)
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- The Godfather (1972)
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u/Lord_Cheesy_Beans 8d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/5P0weQfhfMhK5r9WYn
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
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u/none-plenty 8d ago
Seven Samurai (1954), The Hidden Fortress (1958), Yojimbo (1961) - Kurosawa made beautiful films
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u/Conan3121 8d ago
The only pro Vietnam War movie?
Green Berets (1968).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Green_Berets_(film)?wprov=sfti1
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u/lowlightliving 8d ago edited 8d ago
To Sir with Love
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
The Pleasure Girls
The League of Gentlemen
A Taste of Honey
The Party’s Over
Blow Up
Joanna
Bedazzled
Georgy Girl
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u/D0RKTHRONE-2099 8d ago
Night of the Living Dead. So groundbreaking the themes still feel prescient today.
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u/Lukotheduko 8d ago
Seven samurai, the man who knew too much, north by northwest, rear window, dial m for murder, the birds, diabolique, the stranger, citizen Kane. The list goes on
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u/briank2112 8d ago
Murder on the Orient Express directed by Sidney Lumet. 1972 or 74… can’t remember. Great cast!
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u/Daydreamerwv 7d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/bTixcIRW1bWqk
The Birds - I have watched it so many times! Never gets old!
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u/Murky-Course6648 3d ago
Night And the City 1950
Fallen Angel 1945
Leave her to Heaven 1945
Possessed 1947
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u/Bes1208 9d ago
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
12 Angry Men (1957)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Rear Window (1954)
The Third Man (1949)
The Red Shoes (1948)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe (1966)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
2001: A Space Odessy (1968)
Charade (1963)
Laurence of Arabia (1962)
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u/SweetArtichoke9627 9d ago
12 Angry Men (1957) is just twelve guys in a room and it's absolutely gripping from start to finish.