Live Poll: IMDb Poll Board Users' Top 10 All Time Classic Movies

Shortened the title to:
IMDb Poll Board Users' Top 10 all Time Classics

"I'll take your statement 1:1 to the list," Say that again... please?

1. Casablanca (1942)
2. The Apartment (1960)
3. North by Northwest (1959)
4. Le Million (1931)
5. Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
6. Rome, Open City (1945)
7. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
8. How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
9. To Catch a Thief (1955)
10. The Third Man (1949)

A case for Casablanca: Humphrey Bogart has given us, Rick Blaine ... the greatest antihero in cinema.  It's also one of the most delightfully quotable films ever created. What a bittersweet romance with the brilliant chemistry between Humphrey Bogart's Rick and Ingrid Bergman's Ilsa Lund.

1.) Ikiru
2.) 12 Angry Men 
3.) Psycho
4.) Gaslight 
5.) Invasion of the Body Snatchers
6.) Diabolique 
7.) Night of the Living Dead 
8.) Gone with the Wind
9.) Singin' in the Rain
10.) Seven Samurai 

Takashi Shimura gives such an incredible performance, his facial expressions matched with the dreary tone made it impossible not to feel for him. The story is something we can all relate to in some way or another and it is told so well that we are left with a great deal to contemplate after the credits roll.

1. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
2. Late Spring (1949)
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
4. Psycho (1960)
5. Playtime (1967)
6. Tokyo Story (1953)
7. Rear Window (1954)
8. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
9. M (1931)
10. The Two of Us (1967)

I'll think about the reason for #1.

Breumaster,

For your consideration:

1. Fantasia (1940)
2. My Fair Lady (1964) 
3. Fiddler on the Roof (1971) 
4. Sister Kenny (1946) 
5. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 
6. Casablanca (1942) 
7. Rear Window (1954) 
8. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 
9. It Happened One Night (1934) 
10. The Song of Bernadette (1943)

Thanks to you all who already gave me your suggestions. I'll put them all to the list. If it needs some time, so thank you for your patience. It's lovely that so many users like to share their favorite classics. There are still many options for further users top ten.

 

this is such a great poll...hope you hit the 70’s next...

 

1. metropolis (1927)

2. 2001:a space odyssey (1968)

3. 12 angry men (1957)

4. citizen kane (1957)

5. the five pennies (1959)

6. a day at the races (1937)

7. the hustler (1961)

8. angels with dirty faces (1938)

9. double indemnity (1944)

10. midnight cowboy (1969)

tough decisions all around...great one breu....

Ooh, how fun!  :D

Let me think...
1. Move Over, Darling
2. Come September
3. The Birds
4. Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
5. Pillow Talk
6. Rear Window
7. Mary Poppins 
8. The Ten Commandments 
9. The Bells of St. Mary's
10. McLintock! 

urbanemovies' Classic Movies, Top Pick: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Quote: "Most of these movies have been my favorite classic movie at one time or another, but Lawrence of Arabia (1962) has probably held the distinction for me the longest. As with most of David Lean's masterpieces, it excels in just about every way one can measure a film and is still as impressive some fifty years later. The almost four hour epic is so well-made, one oddly doesn't want it to ever end."

My Top Ten Favorite Classic Movies (in no particular order)
Top Ten Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Top Ten Cool Hand Luke (1967) 
Top Ten Citizen Kane (1941)
Top Ten It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Top Ten Fort Apache (1948)
Top Ten Captains Courageous (1937)
Top Ten The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Top Ten Seven Samurai (1954)
Top Ten Captains Courageous (1937)
Top Ten Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)


Top Ten Favorite Honorable Mentions (Outside Looking In)
Top Twenty-Five Giant (1956)
Top Twenty-Five Sabrina (1954)
Top Twenty-Five Casablanca (1942)
Top Twenty-Five The Searchers (1956)
Top Twenty-Five Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Top Twenty-Five Run Silent Run Deep (1958)
Top Twenty-Five In Harm's Way (1965)
Top Twenty-Five M (1931)
Top Twenty-Five Gone with the Wind (1939)
Top Twenty-Five North by Northwest (1959)
Top Twenty-Five Ikiru (1952)
Top Twenty-Five Vertigo (1958)
Top Twenty-Five Spartacus (1960)
Top Twenty-Five National Velvet (1944)
Top Twenty-Five The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
(done for my own benefit to ensure the right ten were selected)