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Apr 9, 2024 · From memorable musicals like 'A Star Is Born' to silent gems like 'The General,' here are the 20 best classic movies on Amazon Prime right now.
- Danny Horn
- It’S A Wonderful Life
- My Man Godfrey
- The Stranger
- Clue
- Of Human Bondage
- Roman Holiday
- Night of The Living Dead
- The Conversation
- A Place in The Sun
- To Catch A Thief
It’s seen its share of parodies, but Frank Capra’s 1946 film remains a bittersweet classic. It has some of the same narrative elements of A Christmas Carol, as an angel tries to stop George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) from taking his life by showing him all the good he’s done. But it’s also a movie about family, second chances, and goodwill. —Audra Schr...
This Depression-era comedy about a socialite (Carole Lombard) who hires a tramp named Godfrey (William Powell) to be her butler is still considered one of the funniest classic films ever. Powell, who began is run as the drunken detective Nick Charles in the Thin Manfranchise two years earlier, already had plenty of experience flexing his funny bone...
Though he will always be best-known for Citizen Kane, serious cinephiles should also make an effort to check out Orson Welles’ less famous works. This 1946 film stars Edward G. Robinson as a war crimes investigator hunting down a former Nazi (Welles) living under an assumed identity in Connecticut. It’s fascinating to see Robinson, famous for portr...
Children’s game adaptations don’t have a great track record in cinema history, but Clueis a staggering exception. Mrs. Peacock, Miss Scarlet, Mr. Green, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, and Col. Mustard are summoned to the home of Mr. Boddy for dinner. After Boddy threatens to blackmail the entire party, he turns up dead. Who killed Mr. Boddy? Find out ...
This adaptation of the W. Somerset Maugham novel is significant for one reason: Bette Davis’s performance. Davis knewthe character of ferocious English waitress Mildred Rogers could be her breakout role and reportedly begged studio chief Jack Warner to let her out of her contract to play the part. When he finally acquiesced and Davis got the acclai...
Overwhelmed by her jampacked schedule during a state visit to Rome, a young princess (Audrey Hepburn) leaves her country’s embassy and runs into an American journalist (Gregory Peck) on assignment to cover her press conference. After he recognizes her, he secretly arranges a photographer to take photos while simultaneously allowing the princess to ...
Because of copyright issues that put the film in the public domain, Night of the Living Deadhas long been one of the easiest classic horror films to get your hands on. But that doesn’t make it any less worth seeking out. A movie that invented a genre, spawned numerous sequels and remakes, and eventually grossed 250 times its production budget (whic...
Released in 1974, Francis Ford Coppola was in the middle of an epic run when The Conversationarrived. The Godfather: Part IIwas just months away from coming out, after the release of the first installment two years earlier. He would follow these titles up with Apocalypse Nowin 1979, completing a decades-worth of masterpieces the likes of which he n...
Based on the novel and play (which are both titled An American Tragedy), a poor man (Montgomery Clift) travels to California to work for his wealthy uncle at his factory. As he works there, he begins a romance with both a fellow employee (Shelley Winters) and an upper-class socialite (Elizabeth Taylor) that results in a deadly love triangle.
A retired cat burglar (Cary Grant) is lured out of retirement after another thief copies his style to rob the rich. After police suspect him and his retired crew in the robberies, he deduces potential future victims and uses the skills to attempt to catch the copycat thief in the act before his reputation is ruined.
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Feb 29, 2024 · Looking to catch a great movie from yesteryear? Here's a list of the best classic movies on Amazon Prime Video right now for you to enjoy!
- Ron Kelly
- It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) Yes, it’s a classic we all know and love, and one that we can’t stop from watching over and over and over again. Jimmy Stewart could warm anyone’s heart as down-in-the-dumps George Bailey, who wishes he was never born.
- Funny Girl (1968) “Hello, gorgeous,” as Barbra Streisand memorably greeted her Oscar statuette after winning it for this winner of a film. (There were actually two Best Actresses that night, as Streisand tied with Katharine Hepburn for The Lion in Winter.)
- The Little Foxes (1941) She’s got Bette Davis eyes — and an Oscar nomination for her role as the devilish Regina Hubbard Giddens in this entertaining adaptation of Lillian Hellman’s 1939 play.
- The Manchurian Candidate (1962) This intense mystery and political thriller has, as Roger Ebert said in 2003, “a quick-moving, hard-edged urgency.” The constantly twisting and turning plot revolves around a POW from the Korean War who is believed to have been brainwashed by Communists to become a presidential assassin.
- The Circus (1928) This early Charlie Chaplin silent movie was released between two of his more famous works, 1925’s “The Gold Rush” and 1931’s “City Lights”, and has been rather overshadowed by the aforementioned films.
- Love And Death (1975) One of Woody Allen’s silliest films, “Love And Death” is a funny parody of 19th century Russia in the vein of the films of Mel Brooks or Monty Python.
- The Long Goodbye (1973) Perhaps the most known film on this list, Robert Altman’s adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s novel 1953 “The Long Goodbye” is a suspenseful neo-noir that stars Elliot Gould as the charismatic Philip Marlowe, a private detective who finds himself in the middle of a mysterious case that includes a missing man, a murdered wife, violent gangsters, and corrupt Mexican cops.
- The Birdcage (1996) Mike Nichols’ remake of the 1978 French comedy “La Cage aux Folles” is a funny, flamboyant, heartwarming, and surprisingly progressive film that stars Robin Willilams as Armand Goldman, the gay owner of a South Miami Beach nightclub, and Nathan Lane as Albert, his longtime drag queen lover.
Apr 30, 2018 · A Beginner’s Guide to Watching Classic Movies on Amazon Prime. How anyone from a newbie to a seasoned classic movie fan can find Prime’s hidden old gems. By Emily Kubincanek · Published on ...
Dec 10, 2023 · Entertainment. Classic Movies on Amazon Prime, Ranked — Perfect For Night of Nostalgic Bliss. From 'Funny Girl' to 'Dr. No' to 'The Westerner' you will find so many movies to add to your watchlist! By Ron Kelly Updated: December 10, 2023. Montgomery Clift, Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable in “The Misfits” (1961) moviestillsdb.com/Polyphony Digital.
