FUNIEST COMEDY- Several popular comedians or comedy teams in those days made so many good films a link to their filmography's are listed to the left of this list. I have seen several of their works and hope to see more. Their Here are some of the top Funny ones that I have seen, liked and laughed. My Man Godfrey * 1936 (A-I) (br)
Easy Living 1937 Written by Academy Award winner Preston Sturges (A-II) (br)
Bringing Up Baby 1938 Carry Grant (A-I)
Ninotchka (1939) Gretta Garbo
Sullivan's Travels * 1941 Dir: Preston Sturges
Mr. and Mrs. Smith *(1941) Hitchcock
Charley's Aunt (1941) Jack Benny
To Be or Not to Be (1942) Jack Benny
Ball of Fire (1942)
The Major and Minor (1942)
The Egg and I (1945) Fred MacMurry, Ma and Pa Kettle
The Kid from Brooklyn 1946 Danny Kaye
A Southern Yankee (1948) Red Skeleton (only on VHS)
The Fuller Brush Man (1948) Red Skeleton (only on VHS)
The Yellow Cab Man (1950) Red Skeleton (only on VHS)
It Happen on 5th Avenue 1947
Adam’s Rib 1949 Tracy and Hepburn
The Inspector General (1949). Danny Kaye
Kill the Umpire 1950
Harvey 1950 Jimmy Stewart
Cheaper by the Dozen 1950
Father of the Bride (1950)
Belles on Their Toes 1951
Monkey Business (1952)
Long, Long Trailer (1954) Lucille Ball
The Court Jester 1956 Danny Kaye
Some Like It Hot 1959 Jack Lemmon
The Parent Trap 1961 Magical Disney Review
The Notorious Landlady 1962
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963
A Shot in the Dark 1964
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines... 1965
The Great Race 1965
Help! (1965) The Beatles
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation 1962 Jimmy Stewart
Yours, Mine and Ours 1968
The Odd Couple 1968 Some sexual references. (A-III) (G)
Take the Money and Run 1969 (A-III) (PG)
The Out-of-Towners 1970 (A-I) (G)
What's Up, Doc? 1972 Really one of the Best A-I (G)
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973) (A-I) (G)
The Return of the Pink Panther 1975 (A-II) (G)
Grand Theft Auto (1977) PG
The Villain (1979) Vulgar language and suggestive gowns. (A-III) (PG)
FRANK CAPRA This guy has so many other great films not listed here. These ones are some of the best but not the only ones this man has directed.
It Happened One Night 1934 AA Clark Gable
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1936 AA Gary Cooper
Lost Horizon (1937) AA Sort of a dramatic fantasy
You Can't Take It With You 1938 AA Jimmy Stewart
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 AA Jimmy Stewart
Meet John Doe (1941) AFI Gary Cooper
Arsenic and Old Lace Cary Grant (1944) AFI
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) AA Jimmy Stewart (The Christmas Classic)
FUN FANTASITC FANTASY CLASSICS I only have so much time to watch movies, but there is a long list of other potentially great fantasy and sci-fi old classics in their own big long list. (why no bold here and why can't I shut it off in other places?)
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
The Wizard of Oz 1939
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
The Luck of the Irish (1948)
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
20.000 Leagues Under the Seas 1954 Magical Disney Reviews
The Court Jester 1956 Danny Kaye
The Three Worlds of Gulliver 1960
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm 1962
The Incredible Mr. Limpet 1964 Don Knots
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968 Dick Van Dyke (A-I) (G)
The Phantom Tollbooth 1969 (A-I) (G)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 1971 Gene Wilder .(A-I) (G)
Jason and the Argonauts 1963 A-I
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 1958 (A-I) (G)
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad 1973 (A-I) (G)
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger 1977 (A-II) (G)
Tom Thumb 1958
Jack the Giant Killer 1962 Storyblazer Review
BEST CLASSIC SCI FI
Voyage Dans La Lune 1902
Metropolis 1927
King Kong 1933
The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951
The War of the Worlds 1953
Forbidden Planet 1956
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956
Around the World in 80 Days 1956
Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers (1956)
Journey to the Center of the Earth Pat Boone 1959
The Time Machine 1960
Mysterious Island 1961
Fantastic Voyage 1966
Fahrenheit 451 1966
Planet of the Apes 1968 (A-III) (G)
HIGH ADVENTURE - Their really should be some more titles here shouldn't their be!
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948
Treasure Island 1950 Magical Disney Review
The African Queen 1951 Humpry Bogart
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier 1955
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates 1956
Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
Swiss Family Robinson 1960 Magical Disney Review
Hatari! John Wayne 1962
In Search of the Castaways (1962)
Emil and the Detectives (1964)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972) Stylized violence, a few sexual references and some profanity. (A-III) (PG)
The Towering Inferno (1974) A-III) (PG)
Earthquake (1974) (A-III) (PG)
DRAMATIC GREAT DRAMA
Gone With The Wind 1939 Clark Gable
Casablanca 1942 Bogart
Citizen Kane 1941 Orson Wells
Sergent York (1941) Gary Cooper
The Fighting Sullivans 1944 In Ignatius Press Catalog
The Caine Mutiny 1954 Bogart, Fred MacMurry
On The Waterfront 1954 Marlon Brando
12 Angry Me 1957 Henry Fonda
The Bridge On The River Kwai 1957 Alec Guiness
Third Man on the Mountain 1959
The Diary Of Anne Frank 1959
To Kill A Mockingbird 1962 Gregory Peck
Shenandoah (1965) Jimmy Stewart
Follow Me, Boys! (1966) Fred MacMurry/Kurt Russel
Cool Hand Luke 1967 Paul Newmen (A-IV) (GP)
TOP NOTCH Western
I do however like John Wayne despite not really caring for Westerns as a genre.
Dodge City (1939) Eerol Flynn: The swashbuckler in the Old West
High Noon 1952 Gary Cooper
Shane 1953 Alan Ladd
Musicals -
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942
Meet Me in St. Loius (1944)
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Singin' In The Rain 1952 Gene Kelly
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
The King and I 1956
West Side Story 1961
The Music Man (1962) LISTEND TO
The Sound of Music 1965
How To Succed in Bussiness without really Trying 1967
Finian's Rainbow (1968) Fred Astaire A-I (G)
Hello Dolly 1969 LISTENDED TO (A-I) (G)
Fiddler on the Roof 1971 (A-I) (G)
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation 1962 Jimmy Stewart
Yours, Mine and Ours 1968
The Odd Couple 1968 Some sexual references. (A-III) (G)
Take the Money and Run 1969 (A-III) (PG)
The Out-of-Towners 1970 (A-I) (G)
What's Up, Doc? 1972 Really one of the Best A-I (G)
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973) (A-I) (G)
The Return of the Pink Panther 1975 (A-II) (G)
Grand Theft Auto (1977) PG
The Villain (1979) Vulgar language and suggestive gowns. (A-III) (PG)
FRANK CAPRA This guy has so many other great films not listed here. These ones are some of the best but not the only ones this man has directed.
It Happened One Night 1934 AA Clark Gable
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1936 AA Gary Cooper
Lost Horizon (1937) AA Sort of a dramatic fantasy
You Can't Take It With You 1938 AA Jimmy Stewart
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 AA Jimmy Stewart
Meet John Doe (1941) AFI Gary Cooper
Arsenic and Old Lace Cary Grant (1944) AFI
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) AA Jimmy Stewart (The Christmas Classic)
FUN FANTASITC FANTASY CLASSICS I only have so much time to watch movies, but there is a long list of other potentially great fantasy and sci-fi old classics in their own big long list. (why no bold here and why can't I shut it off in other places?)
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
The Wizard of Oz 1939
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
The Luck of the Irish (1948)
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
20.000 Leagues Under the Seas 1954 Magical Disney Reviews
The Court Jester 1956 Danny Kaye
The Three Worlds of Gulliver 1960
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm 1962
The Incredible Mr. Limpet 1964 Don Knots
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968 Dick Van Dyke (A-I) (G)
The Phantom Tollbooth 1969 (A-I) (G)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 1971 Gene Wilder .(A-I) (G)
Jason and the Argonauts 1963 A-I
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 1958 (A-I) (G)
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad 1973 (A-I) (G)
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger 1977 (A-II) (G)
Tom Thumb 1958
Jack the Giant Killer 1962 Storyblazer Review
BEST CLASSIC SCI FI
Voyage Dans La Lune 1902
Metropolis 1927
King Kong 1933
The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951
The War of the Worlds 1953
Forbidden Planet 1956
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956
Around the World in 80 Days 1956
Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers (1956)
Journey to the Center of the Earth Pat Boone 1959
The Time Machine 1960
Mysterious Island 1961
Fantastic Voyage 1966
Fahrenheit 451 1966
Planet of the Apes 1968 (A-III) (G)
HIGH ADVENTURE - Their really should be some more titles here shouldn't their be!
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948
Treasure Island 1950 Magical Disney Review
The African Queen 1951 Humpry Bogart
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier 1955
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates 1956
Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
Swiss Family Robinson 1960 Magical Disney Review
Hatari! John Wayne 1962
In Search of the Castaways (1962)
Emil and the Detectives (1964)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972) Stylized violence, a few sexual references and some profanity. (A-III) (PG)
The Towering Inferno (1974) A-III) (PG)
Earthquake (1974) (A-III) (PG)
DRAMATIC GREAT DRAMA
Gone With The Wind 1939 Clark Gable
Casablanca 1942 Bogart
Citizen Kane 1941 Orson Wells
Sergent York (1941) Gary Cooper
The Fighting Sullivans 1944 In Ignatius Press Catalog
The Caine Mutiny 1954 Bogart, Fred MacMurry
On The Waterfront 1954 Marlon Brando
12 Angry Me 1957 Henry Fonda
The Bridge On The River Kwai 1957 Alec Guiness
Third Man on the Mountain 1959
The Diary Of Anne Frank 1959
To Kill A Mockingbird 1962 Gregory Peck
Shenandoah (1965) Jimmy Stewart
Follow Me, Boys! (1966) Fred MacMurry/Kurt Russel
Cool Hand Luke 1967 Paul Newmen (A-IV) (GP)
TOP NOTCH Western
I do however like John Wayne despite not really caring for Westerns as a genre.
Dodge City (1939) Eerol Flynn: The swashbuckler in the Old West
High Noon 1952 Gary Cooper
Shane 1953 Alan Ladd
Musicals -
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942
Meet Me in St. Loius (1944)
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Singin' In The Rain 1952 Gene Kelly
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
The King and I 1956
West Side Story 1961
The Music Man (1962) LISTEND TO
The Sound of Music 1965
How To Succed in Bussiness without really Trying 1967
Finian's Rainbow (1968) Fred Astaire A-I (G)
Hello Dolly 1969 LISTENDED TO (A-I) (G)
Fiddler on the Roof 1971 (A-I) (G)
John Ford
Stagecoach 1939 On Vatican Film List/Hollywood Classic with John Waye
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Henry Fonda
How Green is My Valley (1941)
Three Godfathers (1948) John Wayne
The Quiet Man 1952 John Wayne
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) Wayne/Stewart/Ford What could go wrong?
Stagecoach 1939 On Vatican Film List/Hollywood Classic with John Waye
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Henry Fonda
How Green is My Valley (1941)
Three Godfathers (1948) John Wayne
The Quiet Man 1952 John Wayne
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) Wayne/Stewart/Ford What could go wrong?
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