Pre-1970 movies you haven't watched but probably should.

Burns said:

Spencer Tracy favorites:

Comedy with a bunch of well known comics of the day:​

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.

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Historical court room drama about the Stokes Money Trial:​

Inherit the Wind

Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor...

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Social commentary on race relations in 60s (outside of the South):​

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.

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I like Adam's Rib. It's one of those screwball comedies like His Girl Friday and It Happened one Night. Screwball comedies from the 30s and 40s are a lot of fun. There is something for everyone. Comedy, romance, drama and sometimes a decent story.

Chukzombi said:

I like Adam's Rib. It's one of those screwball comedies like His Girl Friday and It Happened one Night. Screwball comedies from the 30s and 40s are a lot of fun. There is something for everyone. Comedy, romance, drama and sometimes a decent story.

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I've heard of Adam's Rib before but never sat down and watched it. When I get in the mood to watch old movies it's usually for the more serious ones. Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World just happened to come on TCM one time (long ago) when nothing else was on and found it to be really good. I'll have to remember to give Adam's Rib and His Girl Friday a shot.