Recently Maddy published a post with her favorite list of tracks. They were all from the 1940’s to the 1970’s era. Some of the tracks on that list are my personal favorites, seeing them on her list made me want to listen to them over and over again (something I do with songs I like – I play them on repeat for at least 10 times!). After listening to them for almost all day, I had a sudden urge to binge watch some of the movies from the classics era.
So I dug into my collection of classics and watched a couple of my all-time favorite movies back to back. Obviously, I wasn’t through with just watching them, so I decided that the Top 10 Tuesday feature for this week shall be my favorite classics from the 1930’s to the 1960’s – yea these are movies made much before I was born, but I still love them!
Without any further furor, here is my list of Top 10 All Time Greatest Classics!
- Gone With the Wind (1939)
If you read my list of Top 10 Quotes from Books I love, you would have noticed that topping that list is “Gone With the wind” So it is only fair that the movie finds its way to the top of my classics list (obviously!!). I don’t think I will ever get enough of Rhett Butler and Scarlett ‘O Hara! For the longest time, I was in love with Rhett Butler….I think I still am….*drools at the picture!*
- Casa Blanca (1942)
Come on, now who doesn’t know Casa Blanca, I bet, not one soul out there who hasn’t at least heard of this movie! Do they even make romantic dramas like this anymore? Or maybe the question should be “Are there men like Rick Blaine anymore?”
- Ben-Hur (1959)
I love epic historical drama and this one is about a Jewish Prince who is sent into slavery by his Roman friend. His story about the struggle for his family’s and his freedom also includes the story of the crucifixion of Jesus. I love this period drama and highly recommend to everyone who loves this genre of movies!
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia is a British epic historical drama based on the life of T. E. Lawrence. It depicts Lawrence’s experiences in the Arabian Peninsula during World War I. A masterpiece work from David Lean.
- Mary Poppins (1964)
No list of classics can ever be complete without mentioning this brilliant musical fantasy film considered the finest of Disney’s personally supervised films. I think every child who watched this movie secretly wished for a nanny like Mary Poppins! 🙂
- The Sound of Music (1965)
This American Musical drama was based on the real life story of Georg Von Trapp. This classic is famous for its soundtrack more than the film itself. Who wouldn’t know the track “Doe a deer a female deer….” One of my all time favorites!
- The Ten Commandments (1956)
This classical religious epic film dramatizes the biblical story of Moses, an adopted Egyptian Prince who becomes the leader of his real brethren and leads to the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt to Mount Sinai where he receives the Ten Commandments from God. A brilliant dramatization of the religious epic!
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
This is one of the best romantic comedies ever made. Audrey Hepburn reprised the character of Holly Golightly as the naïve, eccentric café society girl impeccably and is generally considered to be the actress’s most memorable and identifiable role.
- It Happened One Night (1934)
This romantic comedy is based on a short story featuring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. I watched this only because of Clark Gable (Rhett Butler…remember?)
- Frankenstein (1931)
No list is ever complete without a horror movie and Frankenstein is an iconic horror film that follows the story of an obsessed scientist Dr. Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) as he attempts to create life by assembling a creature from body parts of the deceased.
I hope you enjoyed my list of classics. Do you have any favorite classics? Let me know, I would love to catch up on it if it has missed my list 🙂
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Beautiful post!
You are more into the romance and I am a bit more into the Mystery.
I have seen some of them and was going to see some of them before Blogging 101 started.
I would try to watch Gone With The Wind and It Happened One Night soon.
Love and Light ❤
Anand 🙂
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I do enjoy romance genre of movies, my favorites tend to be romance, period drama and religious epcs and mystery in that order!
I am sure you will like Gone With the Wind…its a beautiful movie!
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Indeed. Heard a lot about it. Thanks Rashmi. My favorites are Mystery, Thrillers, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Romance, Adventure and Noir in roughly the same order 🙂 🙂
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Nice! I like thrillers and horror too!
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Oh, I forgot horrors and animes 😀
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I’m pleased to see my top 2 fave of all times films are on here, mary poppins and the sound of music!
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2 really good choices! 🙂
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I have watched all except no7 and no.9.
I used to be obsessed with Mary Poppins when I was a kid, used to watch it no stop
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I think most kids loved Mary Poppins!
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I love #9 It Happened One Night. A few of my favorites are Some Like it Hot, My Man Godfrey, and Rebecca.
I just love movies from that era.
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Some like it hot is pretty well known…I dont think I have seen My Man Godfrey and Rebecca. Thank you for the suggestion, I will look it up!:)
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Rebecca stars a very young, very dreamy Laurence Olivier. 😉
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oohhh….sounds good! 😀
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I always went for the bad boys, like Bogart.
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The bad guys have that enigma about them, don’t they? 😉
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My favorite is “The Graduate”. Anybody else love it?
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The Graduate is cool, I like it….! 🙂
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Well I apparently have some work to do because I haven’t seen ANY of those!
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Haha. . . these are awesome, I highly recommend a binge watching session 😉
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I think I’m going to have to!
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Have fun!
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How about Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock), The Maltese Falcon, the Philadelphia Story, Its a Wonderful Life? Those would be some of my favorite classics!
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It’s a Wonderful Life and Rear Window I have seen…they are good! I didn’t know about The Maltese Falcon and The Philadelphia Story….hmm should check it out! Thanks Meg
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I love them all.
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Thank you! 🙂
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Yes you chose my favourites too.
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Thats great! we have similar choices! 😀
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All of my favourites, even got my 16yr old daughter hooked on the classics, her favourite is Breakfast at Tiffany’s because of her namesake Holly and now she’s a huge fan of Audrey Hepburn. I fell in love with Omar Sharif in Lawrence of Arabia, and have been a fan ever since, though surprised that Dr. Zhivago didn’t make the list 😉
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That’s awesome your 16 year old enjoys the classics! Dr. Zhivago is really cool but I had to stick to the 10 list…haha…otherwise I would just keep adding and adding to it! 😉
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No worries! 😉
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After seeing your list ..I realized I haven’t watched any of these 😛 But I am surely gonna read..Gone with the wind 🙂
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Ohh you will love Gone With the Wind, its an amazing book! And after you finish reading the book you will want to watch the movie! 😀
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Yeah I was thinking of doing things in the same order 😉 you just read my mind 😛
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Haha….enjoy! 😉
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🙂
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Great list, Breakfast at Tiffany’s is my all time favorite classic movie. & my mom & I used to watch Sound of Music every holiday season, I even had to learn some of the songs when I was in choir. My top ten would have to make room for The Great Gatsby & Singin in the Rain though 🙂
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Great Gatsby and Singin in the Rain great choices!
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Your list is excellent, all great movies. There are some there I haven’t actually seen. (Or maybe I just don’t remember lol!)
Others that made an impression in the 60s were Spartacus and Dr Zhivago – I used to go regularly to the movies with my Mum when I was in high school. Now I am retired I have a renewed interest!
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Of course Spartacus and Dr. Zhivago were really good.
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I love some like it hot, arsenic and old lace, murder by death, and the apartment.
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Aah you have good choice! I don’t think I have seen the apartment, should check it out!
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It’s a good one 🙂
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Will catch up on it this weekend! Thank you for the suggestion 😉
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