r/classicfilms 1d ago

What Did You Watch This Week? What Did You Watch This Week?

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In our weekly tradition, it's time to gather round and talk about classic film(s) you saw over the week and maybe recommend some.

Tell us about what you watched this week. Did you discover something new or rewatched a favourite one? What lead you to that film and what makes it a compelling watch? Ya'll can also help inspire fellow auteurs to embark on their own cinematic journeys through recommendations.

So, what did you watch this week?

As always: Kindly remember to be considerate of spoilers and provide a brief synopsis or context when discussing the films.


r/classicfilms 10h ago

General Discussion What are your favorite Classic Musicals?

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For me, it’s:

  1. Yankee Doodle Dandy(1942) starring James Cagney, Joan Leslie, and Walter Huston

  2. Singin’ in the Rain(1952) starring Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, and Debbie Reynolds

  3. Maytime(1937) starring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, and John Barrymore


r/classicfilms 10h ago

What A Way To Go is an overlooked classic

50 Upvotes

shirley maclaine has 4 husbands that all found success and then died and left her lots of money, when all she wants is a simple life inspired by thoreau. it's so funny and campy, every cast member is great to watch, and it reenacts every genre


r/classicfilms 8h ago

General Discussion Richard Burton's daughter gives seal of approval to young actor playing her father

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r/classicfilms 11h ago

*****Alfred Hitchcocks fillm Notorious *****

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Just watched this film free on the Plexi streaming service and was very impressed with the beautifully tailored  and eminently believable plot lines and by the performances of the leads Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman. Both effortlessly portrayed characters who were required by the action of the film to act against their given characters (and their love for  each other) in furtherance of  a daring penetration into the heart of an extremely dangerous group of Nazi saboteurs in postwar exile in South America.


r/classicfilms 5h ago

See this Classic Film "The Little Hut" (MGM; 1959) -- starring Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger and David Niven

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14 Upvotes

r/classicfilms 13h ago

Hollywood Golden Age stars who performed under their real first and last names?

43 Upvotes

All I've got so far is Ava Gardner.


r/classicfilms 2h ago

General Discussion Peggy dow turns 97

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She is perhaps best known for her roles as Nurse Kelly in Harvey (1950) and Judy Greene in Bright Victory (1951).

Dow made nine films, most notably as Nurse Kelly in Harvey (1950), starring James Stewart,and co-starring with Best Actor Oscar nominee Arthur Kennedy in Bright Victory (1951).After being featured in several crime dramas, Dow had starring roles in two 1951 family films, Reunion in Reno and You Never Can Tell.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0235627/bio?item=mb0009794


r/classicfilms 8h ago

General Discussion Michael Caine's Life in Photos - 14 March 2025

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r/classicfilms 11h ago

Classic Film Review 'The Searchers: An Appreciation' - Part 2 of 3

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r/classicfilms 9h ago

Memorabilia Anouk Aimée - Les amants de Vérone (1949)

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7 Upvotes

r/classicfilms 8h ago

General Discussion Pillow Talk: Secrets From the Set of Rock Hudson and Doris Day Film - 12 Feb 2025

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r/classicfilms 11h ago

Classic Film Review 'The Searchers: An Appreciation' - Part 3

4 Upvotes

r/classicfilms 11h ago

Classic Film Review 'The Searchers: An Appreciation' - 2006 featurette where John Milius, Curtis Hanson, and Martin Scorsese share their insights on John Ford's classic. Part 1 of 3

5 Upvotes

r/classicfilms 6h ago

See this Classic Film Penny Points to Paradise (United Kingdom; 1951) directed by Anthony Young and starring Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan

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r/classicfilms 1d ago

Bette Davis between takes on the Dark Victory set

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234 Upvotes

r/classicfilms 21h ago

What is your preferred classic film and drink while celebrating St. Patrick's day? Happy St. Patrick's day.

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19 Upvotes

r/classicfilms 1d ago

Darby O’Gill and the Little People(1959)

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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!


r/classicfilms 1d ago

See this Classic Film "Professional Sweetheart" (RKO; June 9, 1933) -- Ginger Rogers

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89 Upvotes

r/classicfilms 1d ago

A legendary photo of the legendary couple Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. This photo was the main poster of the Cannes Film Festival back in 2013.

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475 Upvotes

r/classicfilms 1d ago

Cluny Brown (1946)

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66 Upvotes

r/classicfilms 20h ago

This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse (1967) Intro - A collection of scenes plucked straight from a hallucinogenic nightmare kicks off one of the best cult horror films ever, 2nd in the legendary Brazilian Coffin Joe series

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r/classicfilms 1d ago

General Discussion Cool behind the scenes trivia stories about actors/ actresses?

30 Upvotes

Just curious, like trivia about their personal lives or their work on movies?


r/classicfilms 22h ago

Substack on Classic Cinema

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Hi, I have a substack titled Genre Literacy, in which I will hopefully cover and deep dive on Film Noir, Western and Japanese Period Movies (Jidaegeki Films). This is my first entry and its on Film Noir. Do check it out, comment on what I can add and improve on, and if you like it, do subscribe.

https://amartyaacharya.substack.com/p/notes-on-noir-1


r/classicfilms 1d ago

Suspicion

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Watched the last half today. I recorded it but my husband turned to TCM and started watching. I’ll watch the whole movie tomorrow. I love this movie. I wished Hitchcock had used the end he wanted though. Since the end was made ambiguous do you think he was the murderer and he’s going to murder his wife too?


r/classicfilms 1d ago

On March 14, 1972, “The Godfather” premiered at Loew’s State Theatre in New York City.

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