A few things to remember. I don't like sci-fi movies like star wars. And I do not like Slapstick comedy like that of Charlie Chaplin. And I do not like Musicals. Everything else is okay .
shareVertigo (1958)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966).
BOTH films are in my personal top 5 very favorite films EVER and absolutely 10/10 perfect.
sounds like me brought up on westerns now watch Britbox have not been to movies in awhile just stream now many good cop movies and of course dog onew now did like movie called Dog
shareMy suggestions:
12 Angry Men (1957)
The African Queen (1951)
Elmer Gantry (1960)
Fail-Safe (1964)
The Graduate (1967)
North by Northwest (1959)
Psycho (1960)
Rear Window (1954)
Spartacus (1960)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Angel Face (1952) - Film Noir
Bend of the River (1952) - Western
The Caine Mutiny (1954) - War
The Man from Laramie (1955) - Western
Forbidden Planet (1956) - Sci Fi
Long Hot Summer (1958) - Drama
Touch of Evil (1958) - Drama
Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - Drama
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) - Western
North by Northwest (1959) - Mystery
Rio Bravo (1959) - Western
The Time Machine (1960) - Sci Fi
The Innocents (1961) - Drama
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - Drama
Doctor Strangelove (1964) - Comedy
The Pumpkin Eater (1964) - Drama
Cat Ballou (1965) - Western Comedy
Quatermass and the Pit (1967) - Sci Fi
The Party (1968) - Comedy
I can't think of many movies from the '50s or '60s that I like all that much. I liked 12 Angry Men (1957) but I doubt I'll ever watch it again. True Grit (1969) is easily my favorite movie from that time period, and one of my all-time favorite movies in general. Psycho (1960) and Night of the Living Dead (1968) were pretty good. Nothing else comes to mind.
Movies from that time period, especially the '50s (and older) seem weird to me. The acting usually isn't very realistic, and even the biggest ones had janky special effects, like blatantly obvious matte paintings for backgrounds and driving scenes done in a studio in front of a projector screen. The Foley work is usually pretty bad too, and ~completely lacking in bass, as is the score. There's no good excuse for any of those things. Apparently cheapness/laziness with regard to production values was just more acceptable back then.
I don’t have many favorites from the 50s but this is some I really like from the 60s. The best spaghetti westerns are from the mid to late 60s so many from that genre are on this list.
Django (1966)
Faster Pussycat Kill, Kill (1965)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Great Silence (1968)
The Mercenary (1968)
Night of the living Dead (1968)
Cleopatra (1963)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Death Rides a Horse (1967)
Dark of the Sun (1968)
Witchfinder General (1968)
Black Sunday (1960)
Face to Face (1967)
Nightmare Castle (1965)
Le Samourai (1967)
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Repulsion (1965)
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Paranoiac (1963)
Carnival of Souls (1962)
THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY? https://youtu.be/qsKQiVJkEvI -- it's my #3 all-time
A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE - https://youtu.be/5AIchOH1cQU - in my Top 10, and I think its the greatest performance in a movie. Some consider his movies too dark, too domestic, too slow, but when I first saw "Minnie and Moskowitz" I was frustrated, because I thought I knew my "indies", but I didn't know shit at 17, but by the end, I felt .. amazing, and it's also on YouTube, and was made a few yrs before. I think its funny. Cassavetes put his mother in the movies, and she's the funniest person I've ever seen in movies. And so Scorsese (who got his first job) did the same thing, but i don't think he's half as good as John.
MIKEY AND NICKY - https://youtu.be/ztGLuzbCGzA - mobster movie, but its mostly in real-time, full of great acting, writing, humor, and tragedy of course.
Here's a really great new channel
https://www.youtube.com/@OldFilmsRevivalProject
Shit, I just realized I put a few 70s movies. "La Strada" is my favorite movie from the 50s.
I found my Top 25 in Order from the 1960s
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
The Battle of Algiers
The Swimmer
A Child Is Waiting
Birdman of Alcatraz
An Autumn Afternoon
Ladybug, Ladybug
The Happy Ending
The Misfits
The Face of Another
The Loneliness of a Long-Distance Runner
Midnight Cowboy
The Sign of the Leo
The Professionals
Le Trou
Il Sorpasso
The Incident
Persona
Never On Sunday
David and Lisa
Hombre
Too Late Blues
Dry Summer
High and Low
Too Late Blues
Couple considered classics. Thanks for the exclusions, but genres/themes you like would generate even more helpful results. These are all 9-10/10s in my book:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
All About Eve (1950)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Red Beard (1965)
Paths of Glory (1957)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Hustler (1961)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
The Bad Seed (1956)
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)