Oldest movie you routinely watch

[JMS1223]

I thought it would be interesting to hear what the oldest movie is that you routinely watch (can be on a once a year basis, once a month, once every few months etc.). The movie must be a feature film and be something currently available on DVD/Blu-ray/4K etc. and be watched in its entirety when you watch it.

Also include how often you watch it.

For me that film would be To Kill A Mockingbird (1962). I watch it once a year. I also watch Casablanca (1942) and The Wizard of Oz (1939) but not on a routine basis, as I watch them randomly when the mood hits (usually once every few years).

[ltb2.0]

The Big Trail (1930), for my yearly John Wayne marathon.

[Lee A Stewart]

Lawrence Of Arabia (1962) - My all time favorite movie.

[Himmel]

Gone with the Wind - (1939)

[kylor]

Originally Posted by JMS1223

I thought it would be interesting to hear what the oldest movie is that you routinely watch (can be on a once a year basis, once a month, once every few months etc.). The movie must be a feature film and be something currently available on DVD/Blu-ray/4K etc. and be watched in its entirety when you watch it.

For me that film would be To Kill A Mockingbird (1962). I watch it once a year. I also watch Casablanca (1942) and The Wizard of Oz (1939) but not on a routine basis, as I watch them randomly when the mood hits (usually once every few years).

I always frequent 70's, 80's and 90's movies, which there's just too many to list honestly. I'll occasionally watch some 2000's movies as well on a yearly basis.

But, to say a name, I'll go with these bunch out of tons:

A Clockwork Orange
Ghostbusters & GB II
Bill & Ted 1&2
Back to the Future Trilogy
The Matrix
Speed Racer
Snake inthe Eagle's Shadow
Man of Steel
The Thing
The Running Man
Total Recall
Jumanji
RoboCop
Twister
The Dark Crystal
Blade Runner
TRON
TRON: Legacy
Commando
Blind Fury
No Retreat, No Surrender

(There's so many more but I don't want to spam)

And of course, around Christmas time these are the movies I frequent yearly:

Jack Frost
Elf
Jingle All The Way
Home Alone
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Home Alone 3
Krampus
Deck The Halls
A Nightmare Before Christmas

(Again there are many more which I haven't listed here)

Halloween themed movies I just tend to watch any time of the year so it's whatever.

[Fenway55]

Casablanca (1942). Although Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind are the oldest in my collection.

[DanTheMan]

During childhood:

The Wizard of Oz (1939)


Adulthood:

E.T. (1982) and Back to the Future (1985)

[JMS1223]

Originally Posted by kylor

I always frequent 70's, 80's and 90's movies, which there's just too many to list honestly. I'll occasionally watch some 2000's movies as well on a yearly basis.

But, to say a name, I'll go with these bunch out of tons:


(There's so many more but I don't want to spam)

That’s perfect. I did not expect you to list everything in the event you have more than ten you routinely watch. What you listed is perfect just to give us an idea.

[steel_breeze]

Gotta admit... I keep a pretty lean collection, with only 150 titles in my Top Tier and the rest in "Second Tier / Guilty Pleasures", and I'll typically revisit every single movie in my Top Tier every two years or so. If that's the criteria for this discussion, then I "routinely watch": A TRIP TO THE MOON (1902), INTOLERANCE (1916), THE GOLD RUSH (1925), BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925), etc etc etc. I pride myself on a collection that covers every era of cinema pretty thoroughly (except maybe 2011 to the present; my Top Tier ends at TREE OF LIFE from 2011); and I watch 'em ALL regularly. In fact, I'm currently going through my collection in chronological order. Started back in November and I'm making wayyyyy faster headway than expected, due to world events.

[JMS1223]

Originally Posted by steel_breeze

then I "routinely watch": A TRIP TO THE MOON (1902), INTOLERANCE (1916), THE GOLD RUSH (1925), BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925),

Wow! Some 100 year old movies! I have seen those all once but did see A Trip to the Moon and The Gold Rush twice ever.

[canucksam]

My grandfathers' Jurassic Park! Love this one. 1925.

[ditcin]

Metropolis

[The Sovereign]

I’ve been watching The Thin Man (1934) on an almost annual basis for at least 20 years, so that would likely be mine.

[steel_breeze]

Originally Posted by ditcin

Metropolis

Yyyyyess... that's a fantastic Blu-ray, too. That would've been next on this list:

Originally Posted by steel_breeze

I "routinely watch": A TRIP TO THE MOON (1902), INTOLERANCE (1916), THE GOLD RUSH (1925), BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925), etc etc etc.

...along with PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925), THE GENERAL (1927), WINGS (1927), and SUNRISE (1927). So many great silents on Blu!! And I really do watch them all regularly.

[EvaDK]

Billy Wilder's The Apartment from 1960.

I watch it every year.

[spaceball-one]

Probably Rope (1948).
Also, I like to revisit The Searchers and The Hidden Fortress whenever I watch Star Wars, which is often.

[Todd Tomorrow]

Sunrise (1927)

[Lordy]

and and every year.

[dommie]

The Maltese Falcon (1941) and then Casablanca (1942) are the ones I watch the most frequently.

The oldest Blu-rays in my collection are all from 1939:
Adventures of Robin Hood
Dodge City
Gone With the Wind

The oldest film in my collection is on DVD (and eagerly awaiting a long overdue Blu-ray, if they would just release it):
Captain Blood (1935)

[stvn1974]

Wizard Of Oz

I watch it a couple times a year maybe. Casablanca and It's A Wonderful Life would be next.