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The top 20 classic movies of all time

posted 6 years ago by [deleted]
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1. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
2. Citizen Kane (1941)
3. The Third Man (1949)
4. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari) (1920)
5. All About Eve (1950)
6. Metropolis (1927)
7. It Happened One Night (1934)
8. Casablanca (1942)
9. Modern Times (1936)
10. La Grande illusion (Grand Illusion) (1938)
11. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
12. Psycho (1960)
13. Laura (1944)
14. A Hard Day's Night (1964)
15. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
16. King Kong (1933)
17. Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) (Nosferatu the Vampire) (1922)
18. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
19. North by Northwest (1959)
20. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

This is according to votes on Rotten Tomatoes.

I haven't seen very many of these, I'm going to try to watch more of the classics!

How many of the 20 have you seen?

[–] slimone (7996) 6 years ago

I've seen nine of these films. I would also add:

Some Like It Hot
Vertigo
Godzilla
Sweet bird of Youth
The Godfather
Battleship Potemkin
Shane
The Magnificent Seven
Gone With The Wind

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Start with Casablanca.

I have seen 10.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

I've seen 19 of them. Th only one I haven't seen is Grand Illusion.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

You'll have to watch that one so you can say you've seen all 20. 🙂

La Grande illusion (Grand Illusion) (1938) has a respectable 8.1/10 rating on IMDb and from what I'm reading about it, it's a historically-significant movie.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

I want to watch it, but haven't gotten a chance to yet.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

you'll love it.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Vertigo is not there.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

i saw this exact same message on another board :)

i have seen all of them, many more than once.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Snow White
Nosferatu

[–] TexasJack (12516) 6 years ago

Only 5. It's pretty embarrassing.

[–] twinA (4921) 6 years ago

Only seen 4 of those on my end:
-Metropolis (1927)
-King Kong (1933)
-Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
-The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Feeling better?

*EDIT (August 5th, 2019): Have seen Casablanca - #5

~~/o/

[–] TexasJack (12516) 6 years ago

Yes, thanks!

[–] dmac8 (5050) 6 years ago

blah. go with the AFI list