Are Classic Movies Becoming More Popular ? (films, theater, Hollywood, scene)

[Amelia12345678910]

Movies from the 1920's until the 1960's
And maybe even those from Film Noir era

Is it just me or due to the horrible lack of quality in the last 5 years modern movies and so on many are going back to see past movies ?

Also there seems to be a lot of popularity of movies from the 1960s to mid 2000 and around that time now

Lot's of people are going back to Old Hollywood , Classic Hollywood and should I say Good Hollywood ( Good Modern Movies )

What do you think ?

[Amy S in PBC]

I love the classics, but a big chunk of my favorite movies came out of the 70's:

The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Star Wars (1977)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Alien (1979)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Chinatown (1974)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Jaws (1975)
Annie Hall (1977)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Life of Brian (1979)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Paper Moon (1973)
Network (1976)
The Conversation (1974)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Harold and Maude (1971)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
All the President's Men (1976)
Papillon (1973)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Halloween (1978)
The French Connection (1971)
Being There (1979)

[Desore]

I think a lot of what you say is true Amelia. I think also that people are starting to realize that a lot of what is used in modern movies is taken directly out of older movies.

That and talk of adding colour to black & white movies. That's a whole other story, though

[gman6974]

Clint Eastwood's western's. Hang 'Em High, Fistful of Dollars, Unforgiven(Well '92 sorry) and The Good, the bad and the ugly(Awesome music as well).

Also The Shining and John Carpenter's Halloween.

[wedjat]

I've been renting a lot of classic movies lately-Funny Face, A Letter to Three Wives, An American in Paris, Bringing up Baby, Sunset Boulevard, Hitchcock films, etc. etc. etc. However, I've been watching those types of movies for years so I guess it's nothing new for me.

[Lakewooder]

My faves are from the 30s, 40s and early 50s. Fred and Ginger were on all day on Thanksgiving and I wanted to stay at home and watch them and blow everything else off...

[fleetiebelle]

There's an arthouse theater in Pittsburgh that shows films with a theme on Sunday nights. When their theme is things like film noir or Hitchcock or pre-Hayes code movies, they routinely sell out.

[gardener34]

God I hope they are becoming more popular. That is mostly all I watch and I feel like a reject since I seem to be the only one who still watches the oldies. And yes, I like musicals.

[soupson1]

I enjoy the classics.Perhaps the greatest year ever for classic movies was 1939. There were at least 15 classic 4 star movies released that year. Some of these classic released include
Gone with the wind the burning of atlanta an amazing scene
The wizard of oz probably most watched film of all time
Wuthering heights great cast
Beau geste gary just make me the hero cooper
Mr smith goes to washington james stewart viable today as ever
Intermezzo ingrid bergman first u s performance
Babes in arms real life couple at the time mickey rooney judy garland
Story of vernon and irene castle astaire and rodgers grace in motion
Stagecoach possibly john waynes finest role john ford direction
The roaring twenties cagney bogart together gangsters need more?
Ninotchka mysterious fantastic greta garbo
Gunga din charismatic cary grant
Goodbye mr chips best actor for robert donat
Destry rides again funny sad witty
Dark victory diva tragically over the top
The great movies of 1939 are among the most enduring classic in film history , even some of the lesser known movies were fantastic.

[noela]

I'm with Amy. I love the classics too but a lot of my favourite (European and American) movies come from the 70s.