poisonrulz

Hey everyone,

So lately i decided i want to get more into classic Hollywood cinema (1940's to late 1950's mostly, but really good stuff from other eras is cool as well), but since i'm not very knowledgeable in this genere, i thought i'd ask some of the experts around here to recommend me some good flicks.
I'm mostly looking for top tier classics.
Here's what i already own and love from this time period, i'm looking for similar titles that are available on good DVD releases,collector editions etc.

1 - Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection
2 - Ben Hur
3 - Casablanca
4 - Citizen Kane
5 - Doctor Zhivago
6 - Gone With The Wind
7 - It's A Wonderful Life
8 - The Ten Commandments
9 - The Wizard Of Oz

Thanks in advance to everybody!

cranberries fan

Well let me start by said you picked a great era's in flim (40's and 50's).
Bicycle Thieves
Seven Samurai (Kurosawa)
Ace in the Hole
Brute Force
The Complete Mr. Arkadin (Wells)
Drunken Angel (Kurosawa)
Rashomon (Kurosawa)
The Third Man (Wells)
The Stranger (Wells)
Sunset Boulevard
To Have and Have Not (1944)
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939
Helen of Troy (1956)
Jane Eyre (1944) (Wells again)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
Paths of Glory (1957)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Rio Bravo (1959)
A Star Is Born (1954)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Big Country (1958)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
East of Eden (1955)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Giant (1956)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Forbidden Planet (1956)
The King and I (1956)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Try some of these there all great flims trust me.

poisonrulz

That's quite the list...Thanks!
Anyone else?

brisco32

I recommend most of the signature collections, the Film Noir box sets, the Fox film noir releases, most of the Warner box sets.

donniemac

Double Indemnity

zoomgirl

I am not sure if this fits the criteria for "classic" but I HIGHLY recommend

Arsenic and Old Lace- when I was in college I had a friend that refused to watch any older or black and white movies. I gave him that one and he actually called me and thanked me. SHOCK...he loved it!!!!

thursdaynighter

Beau Geste (in a boxed Gary Cooper set), Fort Apache, Out of the Past (in one of the aforementioned Film Noir boxsets), Bride of Frankenstein

alk3hol

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington starring James Stewart is probably my favorite from this era.

will travel

The Searchers with John Wayne.
Meet Me in St. Louis and Easter Parade with Judy Garland.
The Astaire/Rogers Ultimate Collection.

Cabman Gray

The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection
The Lady Eve
The Maltese Falcon
The Wolf Man
I Walked with a Zombie
Bad Day at Black Rock
Moulin Rouge
Spartacus
Bringing Up Baby
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Throne of Blood
The Great Dictator
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Night of the Hunter
Rear Window
The Naked City
The Thing from Another World
Eyes Without a Face
Isle of the Dead
Cat People
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

xfilefanfreak

Rio Bravo..love that movie

pro-bassoonist

On the Waterfront is one of my all time favorite American classics.

Pro-B

TimeandTide

I'll second that.

And add 12 Angry Men and Fail Safe to your must-watch list.

amplified

To Kill a Mockingbird would be a must see in my opinion.

kk8

You missed some good Hitchcock Criterions that went out of print a couple years ago like "Suspicion"(1941), "Notorious"(1946), and "Rebecca"(1940), which I think was his only film to win the best picture Oscar. If you like comedies try anything with Cary Grant like "Bringing up Baby"(1938) or his 2 with Irene Dunne "The Awful Truth" (1937)and "My Favorite Wife"(1940), or maybe some noir like Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake's first film "This Gun for Hire"(1942). "Gilda" (1946) is awesome. All ten Fred and Ginger films are on dvd in 2 boxsets. I found "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938) pretty good, there's a ton of great stuff I think you got some great recomendations to start.

poisonrulz

Wow.....so much great stuff i have to go through, i hope i can pull it off!
Thank you very much everybody for all your replies!
Keep them coming!

kk8

Here's 2 more that Criterion still has in print
http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=46
http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=118 (there's more from this director too)
and I don't know if you like dancing but this is out too
http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=44(it's going to be shown on TCM soon if you want to watch first)