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classic movies for beginners.

꒰ old hollywood & classic films (1920s — 1960s) for you who want to start watching ౨ৎ
— only my personal recommendations ♡

𐙚 easiest to hardest to watch. based on length, genre, their cultural importance & how well they aged.

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  • Wings

    118

  • Pandora's Box

    117

  • Lawrence of Arabia

    116

  • Gone with the Wind

    115

  • Jezebel

    114

  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    113

  • My Fair Lady

    112

  • The General

    111

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    110

  • Monkey Business

    109

  • It

    108

  • Sherlock Jr.

    107

  • The Trial

    106

  • Metropolis

    105

  • Nosferatu

    104

  • The Seven Year Itch

    103

  • The Women

    102

  • Adam's Rib

    101

  • Pillow Talk

    100

  • Love in the Afternoon

    99

  • A Star Is Born

    98

  • Brief Encounter

    97

  • Carnival of Souls

    96

  • The Ladykillers

    95

  • Meet Me in St. Louis

    94

  • Bunny Lake Is Missing

    93

  • Out of the Past

    92

  • The Asphalt Jungle

    91

  • Stage Fright

    90

  • What a Way to Go!

    89

  • Design for Living

    88

  • Gilda

    87

  • Funny Face

    86

  • Bonnie and Clyde

    85

  • Darling

    84

  • Dark age

    83

  • Swing Time

    82

  • A Woman's Face

    81

  • Marked Woman

    80

  • Suspicion

    79

  • The Talk of the Town

    78

  • Spellbound

    77

  • The Divorce of Lady X

    76

  • Sabrina

    75

  • The Birds

    74

  • I Married a Witch

    73

  • To Catch a Thief

    72

  • Libeled Lady

    71

  • Wait Until Dark

    70

  • Vivacious Lady

    69

  • Cactus Flower

    68

  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

    67

  • To Have and Have Not

    66

  • The Big Sleep

    65

  • My Man Godfrey

    64

  • Mildred Pierce

    63

  • Stage Door

    62

  • A Place in the Sun

    61

  • Heaven Can Wait

    60

  • West Side Story

    59

  • Breakfast at Tiffany's

    58

  • Don't Bother to Knock

    57

  • The Thin Man

    56

  • A Streetcar Named Desire

    55

  • The Gay Divorcee

    54

  • Top Hat

    53

  • In a Lonely Place

    52

  • Midnight

    51

  • Gaslight

    50

  • To Be or Not to Be

    49

  • The Awful Truth

    48

  • How to Marry a Millionaire

    47

  • Ninotchka

    46

  • His Girl Friday

    45

  • The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

    44

  • Arsenic and Old Lace

    43

  • Rosemary's Baby

    42

  • The Red Shoes

    41

  • Christmas in Connecticut

    40

  • The Children's Hour

    39

  • Holiday

    38

  • Rebecca

    37

  • Waterloo Bridge

    36

  • Sunset Boulevard

    35

  • Strangers on a Train

    34

  • Dial M for Murder

    33

  • The Lady Eve

    32

  • Witness for the Prosecution

    31

  • Laura

    30

  • All About Eve

    29

  • The Shop Around the Corner

    28

  • Bringing Up Baby

    27

  • You Can't Take It with You

    26

  • How to Steal a Million

    25

  • Ball of Fire

    24

  • Notorious

    23

  • The Philadelphia Story

    22

  • Seconds

    21

  • It Happened One Night

    20

  • The Night of the Hunter

    19