Liam Gaughan is a writer at Collider with a passion for classic films and the work of Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese.
There’s an unfortunate misconception among younger movie fans that older films are “boring,” when the truth could not be further from that. In reality, many of the best films made during the “Golden Age of Hollywood” set precedents that inspired the industry to evolve over the course of subsequent decades. While some aspects of the technology and framing may have changed, these “classic” movies are regarded as such because they still hold up.
Frankenstein PassedSci-FiDramaHorror Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses. King Kong NRAdventureRomanceMonsters King Kong is a classic adventure film following filmmaker Carl Denham, who travels to Skull Island to capture footage of a legendary giant ape named Kong. Fay Wray stars as Ann Darrow, the woman Kong becomes infatuated with, while Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot also play pivotal roles. The movie is renowned for its groundbreaking special effects and compelling narrative.
The Maltese Falcon NRCrimeDramaMysteryThriller San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered. Double Indemnity CrimeDrama A Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.
The Lady From Shanghai NRMysteryCrimeDramaThriller The Lady From Shanghai is a film noir directed by Orson Welles, starring Welles, Rita Hayworth, and Everett Sloane. The story follows Michael O'Hara, a sailor who becomes embroiled in a complex web of deceit and murder after he agrees to work for a wealthy couple, Arthur and Elsa Bannister. As Michael becomes increasingly entangled in their lives, he uncovers secrets that threaten to destroy them all.
Seven Samurai NRDramaAction A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. Godzilla Not Rated Sci-FiHorror American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable dinosaur-like beast. The Night of the Hunter Not RatedThrillerNoir A self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.
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