helena Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 for two teen girls? They love old movies and have an open mind. Though I suspect they think they won't like the genres. :) I just noticed Netflix added The Great Escape... Thanks for any ideas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Hi, Helena. I always enjoy your threads/ideas :) Off the top of my head: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid High Noon I think they would appeal to non-western movie lovers with an open mind. How peripheral to the genre are you willing to go? Calling Casablanca and Hair war movies is a stretch, but I thought of them:) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Lulu* Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Sgt. York Kelly's Heroes The longest Day Father Goose The Inn of the Sixth Happiness Big Jake Red River Shenandoah The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Definitely The Great Escape. Thanks for the reminder, it's definitely time to watch that again. For lighter fare: Operation Petticoat for WWII (comedy, Cary Grant, fabulous movie) Cat Ballou for a Western (sort of a comedy western with music, but it's not a musical) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 One of my favorite westerns is Bend in the River with Jimmy Stewart. Also with Jimmy Stewart/Maureen O'Hara--The Rare Breed McKlintock! is fun John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara--not terribly politically correct, but I've always loved it. :) The Longest Day True Grit, either version 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Two of our favorites.. John Ford's The Searchers Drums Along the Mohawk with Henry Fonda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 My favorite western-El Dorado with John Wayne, Dean Martin, James Caan. Not exactly a war movie but set in WWII-Father Goose-Cary Grant, Leslie Caron. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 to the above I'd add The Friendly Persuasion The Searchers She Wore a Yellow Ribbon My Darling Clementine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Friendly Persuasion Gone With the Wind Tora Tora Tora Life is Beautiful Schindler's List 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 P.T. 109 (about John F. Kennedy) Stalag 17 Rachel and the Stranger (Loretta Young, William Holden, Robert Mitchum :001_wub: ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Shenandoah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Lulu* Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Support Your Local Sheriff Paint Your Wagon 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Not that old, and so not considered classic, but important, I believe--Schindler's List, Life is Beautiful--Holocaust Hope and Glory is a WWII movie told from the perspective of a young boy in England. He sees the war as a time of adventure. My dad liked it--he was evacuated to Wales, unlike the boy in this movie. T Thirding The Great Escape. One that doesn't get mentioned much is a Gregory Peck, made for TV movie called The Scarlett and The Black. It's very good and has an ending in text after the ending in action that is moving and worth waiting for. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 WWII Guns of the Navarone Force 10 of the Navarone The Longest Day Tora Tora Tora A Bridge Too Far Bridge On the River Kwai The Great Escape There are also some excellent documentaries on Netflix on WWII. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I talk to the trees Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 The African Queen Operation Petticoat Sergeant York How the West Was Won You have some great suggestions so far! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greta Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 for two teen girls? My favorite western happens to be one with a strong teenage girl as the main character: True Grit. I highly recommend the 2010 version. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I really enjoyed the newest version of True Grit. The Hurt Locker was thought-provoking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Jeremiah Johnson adding a vote for True Grit. I read the book a couple years ago and it was excellent - even after seeing the movie (John Wayne version). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted June 7, 2015 Author Share Posted June 7, 2015 Thanks everyone! I'm glad to see suggestions of all kinds. :) We've seen Sergeant York. That was fantastic! I'm interested in everything from intense to campy. Off to make a cuppa and start filling my movie queue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 The Danish movie Flammen and Citronen is one of my favorites,if you can get it. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0920458/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Seconding (or thirding or fourthing!) the recommendations for True Grit and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. It's not a classic (made in 2005), but Sophie Scholl: The Last Days is a very thought-provoking German war movie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I don't know if you would consider it appropriate or not, but if your girls have read Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, you may want to consider watching Apocalypse Now. I think it's a brilliant version of the story retold in modern times. It's pretty intense, though. (If you have never seen it, I would suggest you watch it first yourself before deciding whether or not to share it with your dc.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 for two teen girls? They love old movies and have an open mind. Though I suspect they think they won't like the genres. :) I just noticed Netflix added The Great Escape... Thanks for any ideas! Seven Samurai Not a western, but an homage the the classic American western set in 16th(?) century Japan. It was fun spotting the classic patterns and characters we'd see in a western. My boys (ages 10-14) were riveted. ETA: A few years ago my mom gave us a book, Best Old Movies for Families. It's been fun to work our way through, and we've enjoyed most of the commentary. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 A couple more Westerns... 3:10 to Yuma: Tombstone: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Unforgiven: Dances with Wolves: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 High Noon All quiet on the western front South Pacific Blazing Saddles (for older teens. Opens up dialogue on racism) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 And two that are a little outside of the realm of "Western" but also still fit... Hidalgo: The Man from Snowy River (Australia): 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Lulu* Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 African Queen South Pacific I Was A Male Warbride The Yellow Rolls-Royce Donavan's Reef 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I haven't read all the replies but Silverado is a great movie. Also, both the old and new versions of True Grit (I'm partial to the modern version myself). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFG Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 A couple more: Mister Roberts The Sons of Katie Elder 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 A Town Like Alice is a GREAT mini-series, if you can find it. Breaker Morant Empire of the Sun Gallipoli Of those, A Town Like Alice is the tamest. The others have some difficult (war) scenes. ETA: I mean the newer version of A Town Like Alice. It's still not very new, but it's in color! :) The other version is an old black and white movie. (which is kind of fun too, but not as good) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Magnificent Seven Black sheep squadron In harms way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Lulu* Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 The Flying Tigers The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell So Proudly We Hail Three Came Home 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Hi, Helena. I always enjoy your threads/ideas :) Off the top of my head: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid High Noon I think they would appeal to non-western movie lovers with an open mind. How peripheral to the genre are you willing to go? Calling Casablanca and Hair war movies is a stretch, but I thought of them:) I don't know about Hair, but IMO, Casablanca totally counts. "How can you close me up? On what grounds?" "I'm shocked, SHOCKED to find that gambling is going on in here." "Your winnings, sir." "Oh, thank you, thank you very much." 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoutingmom Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 All quiet on the western front. An old Cary Grant movie called something like the war husband, or the war bride husband or something like that. 7 brides for 7 brothers 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenn121 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 The Magnificent 7, Open Range, Once apon a time in the West. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Fist full of Dollars (basically any old Clint Eastwood movie), Silverado. Glory 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Some that I didn't see mentioned, most are silly: Westerns- The Villain Hot Lead and Cold Feet The Shakiest Gun in the West Trinity ( the trinity movies are hilariously stupid spaghetti westerns) West World Calamity Jane War- I'll be back to post more 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 All quiet on the western front. An old Cary Grant movie called something like the war husband, or the war bride husband or something like that. 7 brides for 7 brothers It's I Was a Male War Bride :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 All quiet on the western front. An old Cary Grant movie called something like the war husband, or the war bride husband or something like that. 7 brides for 7 brothers I Was a Male War Bride 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 This is part of a list from a teacher who said I could share it. They are his personal picks. War All Quiet on the Western Front Apocalypse Now ® The Birth of a Nation Born on the 4th of July ® Braveheart ® Bridge on the River Kwai Coming Home ® The Deer Hunter ® Glory ® The Great Escape Lawrence of Arabia The Longest Day Paths of Glory Patton Platoon ® Saving Private Ryan ® Schindler’s List ® Stalag 17 Three Kings ® Western Butch Cassidy & Sundance Cat Ballou Dances With Wolves High Noon McCabe and Mrs. Miller Outlaw Josey Wales Red River The Searchers Shane Unforgiven ® The Wild Bunch ® 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I'll add Midway and Kelley's Heroes for war movies. Also Band of Brothers (series). I think the only reason I appreciated Apocalypse Now was because I'd read Heart of Darkness. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 Seven Samurai Not a western, but an homage the the classic American western set in 16th(?) century Japan. It was fun spotting the classic patterns and characters we'd see in a western. My boys (ages 10-14) were riveted. ETA: A few years ago my mom gave us a book, Best Old Movies for Families. It's been fun to work our way through, and we've enjoyed most of the commentary. Thanks for the book rec. I put it on hold at the library. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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