15 Classic Movies That Should Live Forever

Never let them be forgotten.

A lot of people don’t watch classic films.

They say they’re too old and stiff. But those people are wrong.

Now me, I’m constantly watching one of the best channels on television, Turner Classic Movies.

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1. The Apartment

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One of the best romantic comedy dramas out there, starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray.

2. Roman Holiday

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The film that won Audrey Hepburn her Oscar, she and Gregory Peck have amazing chemistry as a princess who longs for regular life and the journalist who gives it to her for just a little while.

3. Rear Window

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One of Hitchcock’s best thrillers, starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly. What would you do if you suspect your neighbor murdered his wife?

4. It’s Always Fair Weather

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One of the few movie musicals made in the Golden Age of Hollywood that wasn’t all happy and about love. Three soldiers returning from WWII who meet up ten years later, no where they imagined they would be in their lives. Two amazing dance numbers were featured in this film. The first features our three leads using trash can lids as taps, and the second has Gene Kelly dancing in roller skates.

5. Sunset Boulevard

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A movie about Hollywood told from the perspective of a cynic. Featuring fantastic performances by William Holden and Gloria Swanson, with cameos from some of the most important people in Hollywood history up until that point.

6. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

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This psychological starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford about sisters and the competitive nature Hollywood creates in women to survive in show business. Also the basis for the Ryan Murphy show Feud.

7. Singin’ in the Rain

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One of the best movie musicals of all time with unforgettable numbers. This film and An American in Paris prove why Gene Kelly was the best of the best.

8. It Happened One Night

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Widely considered to be the mother of the romantic comedy, there is chemistry up the wazoo between Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable.

9. King Kong (1933)

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The OG of cinema’s favorite ape, it’s a film that still holds up to a modern sensibility. The story of beauty killed the beast has never been told better, though people still try.

10. The Wizard of Oz

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If you haven’t seen this I don’t know what’s wrong with you. It’s the classic American fairytale with iconic songs and the icon Judy Garland. Also, check out the rest of her filmography, too.

11. Gaslight (1944)

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If you ever need to explain the concept of gaslighting to someone, show them this film. It demonstrates in thrilling, painful detail of a man gaslighting a woman, played by Ingrid Bergman into thinking she's going crazy for his own gain.

12. 12 Angry Men

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How you wish juries would act. Juror #8, played by Henry Fonda, fights to convince the other men on the jury that the defendant is innocent, because it's the right thing to do.

13. Bringing Up Baby

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The ultimate screwball comedy. The jokes land and it's a laugh riot from beginning to end.

14. The Sting

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The ultimate con job, and that's all I'll say because I fear if I say anything about the plot, the jig is up.

15. The Producers

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This movie is hilarious and has one of the most iconic musical numbers in film. Mel Brooks is a legend.

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