Oldest movie that you actually enjoy

Roundhay Garden Scene. No memeing, I can watch it again and again.

>>84711258
I recently saw Greed (1924), which I liked a lot.

Heard there was originally a 9 hour cut or something, which I would genuinely watch if it still existed.

>>84711340
Thanks. I have a feeling this thread will be 404'd in five minutes. I actually do want some recommendations, so thank you.

Havent seen your movie. What do you like about it?

12 angry men

>>84711364
OP here. Same question - what do you like about the movie?

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same answer as last time, the cabinet of dr. caligari
I should watch more movies from the era though

The dark knight(2008)

I liked johnny guitar

>>84711402
Same question. What makes you like it?

OP again. Last "old" movie that I didnt enjoy was To Kill a Mockingbird. I know its not 1930's old, but its definately from a different period. Never could get into it. Boo Radley is a danger to his community.

The Hustler

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Apart from the obvious hindrance of nobody putting much thought to the cinematography and just shooting it as if it was a stage play, it's really fucking good for 16 minute long, over hundred years old movie.

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>>84711258
Der Ewige Jude
My favorite classic

>>84711476
>Not enjoying Gregory Peck chewing the scenery as Atticus

Top Pleb.

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>>84711425
Epic!!!

>>84711451
Is it your standard western? What makes it stand out senpai

>>84711476
>Same question. What makes you like it?
The performances and the simplicity of it. It's like watching a play. No fancy sets or camera angles. Just a mystery and a bunch of great actors.

If it was done today it would be dutch angles and close-ups everywhere, loud music, etcetera.

>>84711387
It has playfulness, a lovely location, engaging people. You can see it here looped a few times because it's so short, just under 3 seconds, it's currently thought to be the first movie ever made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knD2EhjGwWI

>>84711537
>Is it your standard western?
I suppose its pretty standard for the era, I just like the music and it was the oldest film I can think of seeing recently and enjoying

has some good stand off scenes, especially at the start, and the main antagonist is very hateable

>>84711493
Ive avoided watching it because the moon reminds me of Humpty from Mother Goose Rock N Rhyme

I pretty much exclusively watch TCM whenever I get some free time. I hate this meme that old movies can't be good. Odds are if you read the premise for something and it doesn't sound like shit it'll be good. A couple courtroom kinos I've enjoyed recently were Adam's Rib and Witness for the Prosecution.

>>84711537
also I just liked joan crawford in the film
pretty commanding presence on screen, really gave me that golden era glamorous feel while watching it

The Twilight Zone

>>84711571
There is some undeniable joviality in it. Oddly mesmerizing.

>>84711580
It isn't at all standard, it's very unusual.

>>84711641
go on...

>>84711605
>Adam's Rib

Good shit.

oldest for me is probably Metropolis and not to mention they keep restoring more parts to the movie as the years go on. I can't wait until they finish restoring the rest of the movie.

>>84711258
Check out the Dr. Mabuse movies by Lang as well for a further exploration of interest Germany.
Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1924) a four hour piece of silent kino about the hypnotist master criminal Dr. Mabuse.

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) a talkie about the apparent return of the infamous master criminal from beyond the grave.

>>84711547
Does it remind you of Glengarry Glen Ross at all? I liked G.GR for its simplicity
>>84711571
That sounds odd and interesting. Will look it up
>>84711580
Love westerns. Will watch

Also thanks for the replies. Im pretty pleb but I like actual threads about movies

>>84711634
Yeah, it's always nice to revisit, there's a lot going on in it, I love that the official first film ever made is now something staged, rather than a simple recording, and includes playfulness like the old lady walking backwards.

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Gun Crazy (1950)

It's about a man and his love for guns and his love for a woman. One or both of those get him killed and it's up to the viewer to decide which contributes more.

The Honeymooners

>>84711656
I don't want to write a whole essay, but most Westerns don't center on Joan Crawford and an even more androgynous woman's sexualized envy of her (does she want to fuck Johnny or Crawford?), aren't designed and shot in stylized color like a musical, and, in short, aren't Nicholas Ray films.

>>84711493
Let me guys, you Only like it because of Hugo Capret (2011) where they recreate the Shooting of the movie

>>84711605
I caught some black and white movie on TCM (like five years ago) about a soldier going overseas and then coming back to his highschool sweetheart. I wish I wouldve wrote the name down. The characters were so damn engaging. I guess thats the strength of a movie without real special effects.

>>84711782
i guess you're right, you know the woman against her in this film did the voice for the monster thingy in the exorcist
>>84711719
its not a standard western OP, its a strangewestern

Les Vampires was genuinely entertaining shit. Non stop hijinx and plot twists and a waifu in a catsuit, it's basically an anime a century early

>>84711782
Oh, and all the stuff about the bullshit of masculinity, the role reversal, the generally intense romanticism.

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This was a scary flick

>>84711833
I guess they were some pretty racey themes for the 1950s

>>84711831
Yeah, Mercedes McCambridge, she's also great as a Mexican butch lesbian in Welles' Touch of Evil.

citizen kane

>>84711857
Well the funny thing is that there were a shitload of subversive movies in the 1950s, far more than the 60s generation self-servingly made out later. Hollywood telling hippie college kids what they wanted to hear about themselves in the early 70s was in some respects more conformist than 50s Hollywood, which had some incredibly square productions but also shit like Ray's films, Sirk's, Frank Tashlin's satires, Preminger's boundary-pushing.

>>84711419
>the cabinet of dr. caligari

Same, mainly because I don't think I've ever seen >>84711493 completely.

Nosferatu (1922) would come next.

>>84711258
Intolerance

The Thing. Any movie made before 1980 is unwatchable.

>>84711661
>>84711906
>>84711958
OP again. What do you guys like about your choice?

>>84711975
what about the warriors?

Check out Thief of Baghdad from 1924 for some classic silent era Douglas Fairbanks and huge old school Hollywood sets. Also it has the beautiful Anna May Wong in it as a Mongol slave girl.

>>84711719
>Does it remind you of Glengarry Glen Ross at all? I liked G.GR for its simplicity
Yeah, another old movie I love, although not as old.

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>>84711975
I pity you for your lack of taste

>>84711941
You should try to track down the fully restored color version, which was originally colored by hand painting. Some real esoteric shit right there.

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>>84711975
""""No""""

>>84712113
Kino poster

The oldest movie that I genuinely love is Sherlock Jr. (1924)

Keaton's ballsiness and ambition are timeless

Guardians of the Galaxy (2015)

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>>84711992
Intolerance is simply one of the most ambitious films of any era, both in scale and emotional depth.
You have to get used to it being a silent film if you're not used to it, though.

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>>84711258

>>84712068
I found it on YouTube a few years back. Probably got taken down at this point, but it was pretty good

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>>84711499
This one must bring a tear to your eye

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the passion of joan of arc (1928), what a wonderful film. probably the most emotional movie I've ever seen

>>84711547
I think you're selling the cinematography of 12 Angry Men a bit short
There are some really intelligent and well thought out camera angles and scenes in that absolute kinography

>>84711992
Because it's a good movie. What's the oldest movie you enjoy OP?

>>84712294
Fuck, I just reread the OP, changing my question to what keeps you from watching other older films

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I haven't seen many silent films but Un Chien Andalou was pretty interesting

>>84712330
I have to remember to see this one

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>>84712371
Just watch it right now, it's like 20 minutes

>>84711258
L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat

>>84711258
Double indemnity

>>84712421
If i cant read the name i dont think Id enjoy watching it

>>84711258
Nosferatu, mostly because the imagery is still spooky.

>>84712577
Agreed. And the plot has more going on than I wouldve thought. The shit before he got to shore was pretty neat

The Great Train Robbery, the first one from like 1903 or whenever it was.
There's something about the simplicity about it that I love, I guess since it's one of the earliest films to feature a narrative watching how it's constructed with such limited technology is really appealing to me.
And it's a timeless story of cowboys and bad guys robbing trains. Who doesn't love that?

>>84712577
>>84712606
herzog's is great too

Fritz Lang's Spies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E1KR_JJZJU

Testament of Dr Mabuse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udVcEcGYw-Q

wc fields
https://youtu.be/xvQRYd8xUYU?t=7m19s

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>>84711258

What The Butler Saw on the Kinetoscope

Pretty lewd stuff

Probably some Laurel and Hardy, W C Fields, Will Hay etc films

>>84712628
It fucked up the boat part though, otherwise great film

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>>84712240

One of the best acting in any film ever by Renée Jeanne Falconetti and it looks great even to modern standards.

>>84712371

https://vimeo.com/18540575

>>84711258

Freaks was a very cool movie, extremely cutting edge and original without it being silly.

Le Voyage Dans La Lune - Gorges Méliès (1902)

>>84712498
Culturally enrich your self fool

>>84711402
same. Watched that two times in high school in two different classes.

The thin man series.

I enjoyed the character'a hard drinking, quick quips at people. I promised I would strive to grow up to be just like him.

Also, they were murder mysteries tag team. I don't rmember how many films there were but I watched quite a few.

>>84712934
thanks, that really was something

Anything with Vincent Price in it really

>>84713432
>Thin Man series
I second this.

(1930) The sheer scale and brutality of the war scenes is simply breathtaking, especially for its time. It helps that the characters are engaging as well.

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>>84713555
Pic related.

>>84712498
It's 50 seconds long, you can marathon it.

>>84713555
I though you were talking about the 3 stooges.

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thoughts on pic related?

>>84711258
The Phantom of the Opera with Lon Chaney.

>>84712916
>>84712240
This is the GOAT soundtrack to the movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4zi1Z-vIAo

Star Wars

>>84713741
>watching the movie with a cheesy soundtrack rather than in silent contemplation like the director intended

>>84713820
>like the director intended
>not living by "death of the author" principles

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>>84711258
To Catch a Thief (my favorite Alfred Hitchcock movie)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Vs5anuc4U

>>84713432
>I enjoyed the character'a hard drinking
>tfw one movie is about Nick going home snd not being allowed to drink excessively because of war time solidarity

>>84713874
ok
>watching the movie with a cheesy soundtrack rather than in silent contemplation

>>84713627
Who has that kind of time?

>>84713920
If thats what keeps your boat afloat

>>84711258
Chaplin makes me laugh.

Lady Killers and Hitchcock films i supoose. All good

>>84713092
Yeah, hows "cultural enrichment" working out for France?

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>>84711258
I've defiantly seen older and better movies but something had to be said for a movie that can be a top tier comedy/satire and delivering the greatest political message in film history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7GY1Xg6X20

>>84711938
interesting insight
I wouldn't have known

>>84711493
this.

>>84712421
Did you hear about the new remake?

how do I learn to appreciate pre-war film?

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>>84714402
>delivering the greatest political message in film history

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i like this

>>84714614
Read lots of old critic reviews of movies, and eventually you'll develop the mindset.

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>>84714683
and this

>>84711850
Whoah, it's coming right at me!

>>84712223
I bet you haven't even seen this before, have you?

>>84711258
>his oldest movie he enjoyed was a talkie
>he doesn't exclusively watch movies from before 1960

>>84711724
Guns did nothing wrong
Bitch was a gold digging crazy psicho

>>84714657
/pol/ strikes again.
Its like you goddamn fascists want to live in an oppressive society.

>>84714990
well it depends..
who's getting oppressed?

>>84711906
downloading this right now. synopsis sounds great and I love prime orson

>>84714990
Shut the fuck up you dramatic faggot.
>>>/pol/
Go there and argue politics you massive cunt.

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>>84711258
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

>>84711419
Came here to post this.

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60 to 70 years isn't a long time but both Night Of the Hunter and The Third Man are genuinely great.

Truly great films are timeless.

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Not the oldest but deserves a mention.

Battleship Potemkin

>>84712035
Seconded. Metropolis is gigantic and inspiring. Especially the flood scenes. Unbelievable.

birth of a nation

>>84711258
12 angry men, 7 samurai, or the hidden fortress. I don't know which is older.

>>84715707
Seven Samurai then

>>84711258
your mom's stag film

>>84712035
Does anyone have a torrent link?

When did film start to be taken seriously as an art form? 1950s seem to be the start.

>>84711258
le jour se lève

>>84716873
I would've guessed the 1930's

>>84711258
Metropolis, from the same director.

There's some silent movies (most have been mentioned) I love just for the atmosphere, craftsmanship and getting to watch motherfuckers from over a century ago doing stuff. The earliest movie I truly enjoy though is The Invisible Man. The black comedy in it is underrated as fuck and Claude Raines voice acting as he gradually grows madder is incredible.

>>84711258
Probably The Punisher (2004)

>>84711364
Greed is a fantastic movie. The book, McTeague, is really great too.

>>84711258
I agree with you OP. M is legit suspensful and haunting

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It's a Wonderful Life.