Whats the oldest film you like?

[Xpwn3ntial]

Dracula.

 

[zelda2fanboy]

Metropolis (1927)...or at least the most complete version we have right now.

I assume you must know that the "complete" version is coming out this year? They managed to find the last print at a museum in Argentina, but it's said the picture quality is pretty poor. It's by far my most anticipated film of 2010. Fritz Lang's M is a pretty freaky movie, too.

 

[link141]

The warriors.

 

[BIGB0SS]

the godfather (1972)

 

[SilentBobsThoughts]

Evil Dead 2, the laughing moose was just genius.

 

[floppylobster]

- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
- M (1931)
- King Kong (1933)

There are other movies, like Metropolis (1927), Battleship Potemkin (1925), Nosferatu (1922) and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) which have some cool bits in them but I didn't really enjoy them the whole way through. The three movies at the top I could watch right now and still love them.

It's funny to think that people 100 years from now will look back on our films today and think that the effects look terrible, the pacing is too slow and the editing is dated.

Supposedly King Kong was Hitler's favourite movie too. But he banned All Quiet on the Western Front so go figure.

 

[floppylobster]

Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (1954). Absolutely awesome movie, although I think Yojimbo (1961) was better.

I'm partial to Rashomon (1950), myself.

Have you seen Hidden Fortress?
It's one of the major influences of the first Star Wars. Along with Seven Samurai and Yojimbo and the likes, all of them are jidai-geki. Some think that's where the term "Jedi" came from

I adore the Hidden Fortress...and it's so clear where the R2-D2/C3P0 chemistry came from after watching it. And the fight with the spears is masterful.

Have any of you seen Red Beard? High and Low is also worth watching. As is Drunken Angel. And see Ikiru while you're still young. You'll never want to work an office job again (not that you ever might have).

 

[Chamale]

I like Casablanca, but the oldest movie I really love is The Day the Earth Stood Still, one of my favourite movies of all time. My favourite comedy of all time could be Dr. Strangelove, another classic.

 

[CHangedUsername]

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

Awesome movie.

 

[RebelRising]

1911's L'inferno. It's so mad cool, and it's still the most faithful adaptation of the poem.

 

[b1u3too]

Nosferatu (1922)

Count Orlok is still the creepiest vampire I can think of (technically Dracula in the movie, but that was before the lawsuit battle)... just by the way he looks and how me moves (especially combined with the old movie tech that adds to how creepy and surreal it is)

PLUS:
It's PUBLIC DOMAIN. Watch it on YouTube if you want- its a milestone of cinema and I highly recommend it

Absolutely ditto there, mah man. That was part of why I liked it so much- No DVD hunting, just look the beast up on Youtube. :3

 

[blue.blink]

I still love Wizard of Oz from 1939, still a classic.

I'm pretty sure this is everyone's true answer. (at least 95%)

 

[jboking]

Nosferatu is the oldest movie that I can think of that I generally liked. It came out in 1922 in Germany.

p.s. congrats OP, your thread made me go on an IMDB romp looking for the dates some of my old favorites were released.

 

[CHangedUsername]

Evil Dead 2, the laughing moose was just genius.

That came out in 1987...

God I feel old.

 

[CrashBang]

Citizen Kane if I must say so myself,

Yup, this or Casablanca. Pretty sure Casablanca came first but still both brilliant films... in fact both fucking amazing films! The cinematography in Kane is revolutionary and the characterising in Casablanca is something we rarely see in cinema today

 

[stubbmann]

All the Marx Brothers movies. So I guess whichever one came first.

 

[zoozilla]

Quite like Nosferatu, which was 1922. Stuff before then, I don't really 'like', but I appreciate, such as Eisenstein's work. It's horrible to watch, but you can't help but nod your head at how important it is.

Ditto. Nosferatu is probably one of the creepiest movies ever made, and filmmakers have had almost a century to try and make one better.

 

[JoeKickAzz]

Aliens, By James Cameron

 

[Marlun_42]

Gotta say I agree with Nosferatu. Also enjoyed some of the Charlie Chaplain films, though I don't know if they were earlier than 1922.

 

[DominicxD]

Scarface