Originally Posted by Stonepony
I love movies...classics to goofy. I wanted to list a few movies i love that are not on the obvious list ( Casablanca, Butch Cassidy..., Young Frankenstein etc). You've likely not heard of them...but they are soo good!
1) We're No Angels ( Comedy,1955). Put me on a desert island island and I can
only have 1 movie...this may be it. Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov and Aldo
Ray as 3 19th century escape convicts from "Devil's Island" take refuge in the
shop of a bumbling storekeeper and his family on Xmas Eve. I can't say
enough about how much I love this one
2) The last of Sheila ( Thriller,1973) . All star cast ( including Raquel Welch, Dyan
Cannon and Richard Benjamin ) are invited by host James Coburn to his yacht
where a thrilling scavenger hunt takes place to reveal his wife's killer. Creepy
suspense
3) Ensign Pulver ( comedy, 1964). Twice a year I'd feign illness to stay home from
school to catch this on TV. Campy sequel to " Mr. Roberts" starring Robert
Walker Jr. ,Walter Mathau and Burl Ives. I'm the only person on Earth who
owned this on Blue Ray. It doesn't hold up to when I was a kid, but still love it.
4) The Great Race ( Comedy,1965) Tony Curtis, Jack Lemon, Natalie Wood. This
movie was introduced to me by my dad. My kids love it as will my grandkids.
This movie is just great fun. Also contains, without question, the greatest pie
fight scene in cinematic history. Google " Great Race pie fight"- hilarious!
5) The Getaway (action,1972) Steve McQueen, Ali Macgraw. Bank robbers on the
run with tons of gunfire, sexual tension. If you don't think Steve McQueen is
the coolest due on the big screen, you're either a Paul Newman fan or
delusional
6) Man's Favorite Sport (comedy,1964) Rock Hudson, Paula Prentiss. A sporting
goods and fishing author is forced by his publisher to represent them in a large
fishing contest....but he's never even fished. Campy, 60's movie. I love this
one....and did I mention Paula Prentiss...huge crush
7) Phantasm ( horror,1979) "BOY!!!!!!"
8) Shakiest Gun in the West ( comedy,1968) Don knots and a nervous old West
dentist turned gunfighter. Childhood fav still funny as hell.
9) The Vanishing ( thriller,1988) Dutch film!!! ( Not the crappy remake). About
disappearance of young Dutch woman at a Hwy rest stop and her lover's
obsessive search fro her. Heart wrenching film...I haven't seen it in 20 years
but it still haunts me. Don't mistake this with the Kieffer Sutherland remake.
10) Return of the Living Dead ( comedy,1985) Black comedy in Living Dead
setting. Hilarious movie.Even funnier than it tries to be.
I know a lot of these are 60s-70s...but they are fantastic movies, at least I think
so. I'd like to see some of your obscure, or off the radar movies that you think are classics but we've likely not seen.
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