Your Top Ten Golden Era Films?

[The Wolf]

As I look over most of the replies

from Clyde R. to Lincsong I agree those are my ten favorite golden era films also.

The Wolf

 

[spiridon]

Not sure they all qualify as Golden Era, but in the ballpark and on my favorites list would be....

Casablanca
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Harvey
Swing Time
Singin' in the Rain
It's a Wonderful Life
Key Largo
Big Sleep
Notorious
Citizen Kane

 

[MudInYerEye]

My ALTERNATE top ten:

THE MILKY WAY
HERE COMES MR. JORDAN
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
THE GOLD RUSH
RASHOMON
PYGMALION
THE ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL
THE MUMMY
SCARFACE
THE SET-UP

 

[Daisy Buchanan]

This was so difficult, since I spend a lot of time watching old movies! So, I guess this list could change tomorrow, depending on my mood, but I think I've got my top ten down for today (Hmmm, looks like I've got a thing for Cary Grant)

1) Charade
2) Breakfast at Tiffany's
3) The Barefoot Contessa (thanks Hemingway Jones)
4) Casablanca
5) Philidelphia Story
6) Bringing Up Baby
7) North by Northwest
8) His Girl Friday
9) Arsenic and Old Lace
10) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

 

[MrBern]

big

I'm a big fan of the post war B&W film, The Big Lift.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042249/

 

[jazzwife]

Golden Era?

I also agree with many of the ones already listed. Some, I am not sure if they qualify by vintage.

In no particular order.

Rebecca
Sunset Boulevard
Born Yesterday (William Holden/ Judy Holliday)
Citizen Kane
Now Voyager
Gaslight
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
Adam's Rib
Diabolique (Simone Signore)
Blithe Spirit

 

[MudInYerEye]

Jazzwife,
Which GASLIGHT have you included on your list, the British original or the Hollywood remake? Both are great.

 

[Naama]

To be or not to be
The great dictator
Nosferatu
Psycho (no one mentioned?)
Vertigo
Rope
Dracula
Metropolis
Frankenstein
Scarlet Street


I'm sure there are movies I liked more but at the moment I can't think of them.....

Naama

 

[Jack Scorpion]

I'm surprised to see Detour on some of those lists. It's a good movie, but man is it "B". It was made in 6 days.

My Darling Clemetine was Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp, wasn't it?

Is High Noon the Peck bomberplane movie?

1. Murder, My Sweet
2. Out of the Past
3. Double Indemnity
4. The Thin Man
5. Sunset Blvd
6. Casablanca
7. North by Northwest
8. 12 Angry Men
9. Phantom Lady
10. Thieves' Highway

 

[maintcoder]

I'm surprised to see Detour on some of those lists. It's a good movie, but man is it "B". It was made in 6 days.

My Darling Clemetine was Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp, wasn't it?

Is High Noon the Peck bomberplane movie?

For a 6 day shoot, Detour has the quintessential elements of film noir that would rarely be matched in some 'A' movies.

My Darling Clementine was the Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp movie - with Ward Bond as his brother and Victor Mature as Doc Holliday.

High Noon has Gary Cooper as the marshal who stands alone against the bad guys. You must be thinking of Twelve O'clock High where Gregory Peck is the bomber commander/squadron leader.

 

[Lauren]

In no particular order:

The Thin Man
Now Voyager
The Lady Eve
Follow the Fleet
Rebecca
His Girl Friday
Bringing Up Baby
42nd Street
It Happened One Night
My Man Godfrey

 

[jazzwife]

Jazzwife,
Which GASLIGHT have you included on your list, the British original or the Hollywood remake? Both are great.

Hmmm. I am not sure if was a British production. It had Charles Boyer in it.
Suave.

 

[MudInYerEye]

That's the re-make.
My father still uses the old expresssion "are you trying to Gaslight me?" when he thinks he's being given the run-around.

 

[jazzwife]

Hey, it must be late out there. I gather you are a bit of a night crawler.
So who was in the original production? I would like to check it out.

 

[RyFranzese24]

Gunga Din is incredible. I bought it a few months ago. When you watch Gunga Din, you can't help but be reminded of Temple of Doom, and vice versa. It is so awesome. And starring one of my personal favorites, Archibald Leech, AKA Cary Grant. You can't go wrong. Great soundtrack and beautiful shots. Great fun.

And of course, Casablanca, arguably the best movie ever made.