So I love me some older films. Last year I came here and asked for 60s recommendations and got some amazing movie recs. Now I want some from the 50s.

Ones I enjoyed so far are films like:

  • Rear Window
  • Sunset Boulevard
  • Vertigo
  • Scrooge (or A Christmas Carol the one with Alastair Sim)
  • Stalag 17

The only ones I've seen I'm a bit just kind of eh on are Titfield Thunderbolt and Blood of Dracula. I haven't seen anything I think is outright bad though.

Edit to add movies I've seen that people brought up:

  • On the Waterfront
  • Giant
  • Strangers on a Train
  • North by Northwest
  • Dial M for Murder
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[–] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

From my own viewing experience, these are my recommendations that I did not see yet in the thread:

Macbeth in feudal Japan.

Heist movie, early Kubrick

Some early sci-fi. Superior to the Keanu Reeves remake.

A pair of James Dean roles. Unbelievable, raw talent.

Un peu de film noir.

Goes well with Dr. Strangelove (1962) and Fail-Safe (1962).

Previously mentioned, and I can't help but include:

  • Vertigo

  • Rashomon

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    Giant feels like a “big screen” movie, even when you watch it on a tv. If there’s a theater near you that shows vintage movies on a large e screen, I’d ask them if they ever show this one.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    Giant was one I watched expecting a kind of alright film, but came out of it just in love with everything. It's the only James Dean movie I've seen, but I have a few on my watchlist. Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, Letter to Jane, and Has Anybody Seen My Gal.

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