My Top 10
Ten classic movies that continually entertain and enlighten. Originally put together as part of a discussion thread, the titles accurately reflect what I enjoy and admire most about movies.
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- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneClaire TrevorAndy DevineA group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process.The screen's most perfect example of "show, don't tell".
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsAlan LaddJean ArthurVan HeflinA weary gunfighter in 1880s Wyoming begins to envision a quieter life after befriending a homestead family with a young son who idolizes him, but a smoldering range war forces him to act.The movie that made me love movies when I first saw it as a youngster in a mid-60s theatrical re-release. I lived each character's thoughts, was awed by the grandeur of the location and fell for the myth of the old west.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsRobert RyanAudrey TotterGeorge TobiasExpecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.Innovative real time storytelling with a perfect ensemble cast and palpable atmosphere.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsWalter PidgeonMaureen O'HaraAnna LeeAt the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.A popular novel brought movingly to life on the screen in a timeless story of enduring love.
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsJudy GarlandMargaret O'BrienMary AstorYoung love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.The triumphs, annoyances and milestones that see a family through a year told with vibrant Technicolor and glorious Garland. As grand a period piece as it is a musical-comedy.
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsCary GrantRosalind RussellRalph BellamyA newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.Fast-paced, thought-provoking, well-acted and very, very funny.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartGrace KellyWendell CoreyA wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window and, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend, becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.As we watch L.B. Jeffries spying on his neighbours, aren't we all snoopy-noses?
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartDonna ReedLionel BarrymoreAn angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.Like a fine novel Capra's first post-war film brings to life a time, a man and a group of people who are irresistibly real. We don't always get the life we dreamed, but maybe the life we have is wonderful.
- DirectorJames AlgarSamuel ArmstrongDavid HandStarsHardie AlbrightStan AlexanderBobette AudreyThe story of a young deer growing up in the forest.A gentle, yet epic tale told through breathtaking art and music.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsJack LemmonShirley MacLaineFred MacMurrayA Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.A sublime combination of cynicism and romance.