Movie Classics
Discover classic movie suggestions from a selection of award-winning and underrated films, plus read actor and director profiles.
![American actress Bette Davis (1908–1989), circa 1940](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/QrKv7UG7wybhSlFcnENCYL3PFiY=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/bettedavis-5c2504d5c9e77c000107d12e.png)
Biography of Bette Davis, First Lady of the American Screen
![Clara Bow](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/UJQNU1BwH1KXjq6c5BSbrdDQZCg=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/ClaraBow-5b887f59c9e77c0025644eb7.jpg)
Biography of Clara Bow: Hollywood's Original "It Girl"
![Jack Palance](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/3aZjqX31NNgWCvB0MWBHFTWqTtc=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/jack-palance-5b86ebe9c9e77c007bf34c48.jpg)
Biography of Jack Palance, Action Movie Star and Onscreen Villain
![Gary Cooper](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/CscoOScd7pTJk38z4mJGUrBpXh0=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/gary-cooper-5a8e08abc673350037844f2e.jpg)
Biography of Gary Cooper
![Merle Oberon as Anne Boleyn](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/Kn0WTWJxwOmFXhDi9eFbHjxIAzM=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/merle-oberon-3362218-5ab2768cc064710036cd9188.jpg)
Famous Celebrities Who Passed for White in Hollywood's Golden Age
![English actor Roger Moore stars in the James Bond film 'Live And Let Die', 1973.](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/HQIVtrH_t8GnTbrvJq5_1e81XYc=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/GettyImages-102558225-5ba1336dc9e77c0050045c65.jpg)
7 James Bond Movies Starring Roger Moore
![Maltese Falcon](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/zEW8kxLKeZfELsP0PSd7ahKqEik=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/maltesefalcon-5bca7250c9e77c00519ea186.jpg)
What Is Film Noir?
![The Seventh Seal](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/z77Nt5W-GV1a91xmV1xRATgKmJI=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/TheSeventhSeal-5ab993f504d1cf0036a226df.jpg)
The Most Important Movies of the 1950s
![A scene from "The 39 Steps" by Alfred Hitchcock](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/sW-nIp_LPaQobPqqRBrBXM9gGmw=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/176567384-crop-56a158985f9b58b7d0be8200.jpg)
8 Classic Spy Movies
![lizabeth-scott-i-walk-alone.jpg](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/VM236Sr0P7REzuMXGSFA_sW9-A8=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/lizabeth-scott-i-walk-alone-56a158bc3df78cf77269df80.jpg)
4 Movies Starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas
![Portrait of Rock Hudson](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/fEvJ-Ryf9jKbG9acdDrAt8pTjXg=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/GettyImages-527188258-04dd4271ad4343d781cf957f12ba30d9.jpg)
7 Classic Rock Hudson Movies
![Wuthering Heights](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/ZtEBwM1nGSQZKGsjFhZUN2Du8WE=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/wuthering-heights-58b5aab83df78cdcd8946ec0.jpg)
7 Classic Melodramas
![The Good, The Bad and The Ugly](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/bf8i1ueZ_iuWzqMQojaVHF6BsW4=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/Eastwood-5b39278346e0fb003e423b1f.jpg)
What Is a Spaghetti Western?
![Quo Vadis movie still](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/lXogyHZhQ_SE5wWNKaCbOTc0_1Q=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/quo-vadis-56a159123df78cf77269e3a6.jpg)
8 Classic Historical Epic Movies
![Gene Kelly in 1949](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/mk-5ZLj1Xm_UBWi2Syx_2yHM69I=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/GettyImages-484360405-5c80207c46e0fb0001a984cf.jpg)
6 Classic Films Starring Gene Kelly
![A young Natalie Wood in “Miracle on 34th Street”](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/vnBPopkJol2C8fCztLZ2gljI9H8=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/natalie-wood-miracle-5723fec73df78ced1fd9da33.jpg)
5 Classic Movies Starring Natalie Wood
![Headshot of James Cagney](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/EJsXG2hOyRjt03gFlQ53j9_yNzA=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/JohnKobalFoundation-5c607c1346e0fb0001587646.jpg)
6 Classics Starring James Cagney
![Gregory Peck](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/5GStcziDRxMhIBwefrvsIYXLBvo=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/Gregory-Peck---1955-56a157bf5f9b58b7d0be77a0.jpg)
7 Classic Movies Starring Gregory Peck
![Philadelphia Story Scene](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/eyqTqzJixH-Ms3qGg4H3oP5rIcM=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/katherinehepburn-58b371a43df78cdcd8084913.jpg)
6 Classic Young Katharine Hepburn Movies
![Spring Byington And Henry Fonda In 'Way Down East'](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/TyiUYV0jvid2NeavxDuu4FNTEU8=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/spring-byington-and-henry-fonda-in--way-down-east--148063769-ff898c2e21fd42cf8174a8423ad86c6e.jpg)
8 Films Starring Henry Fonda
![Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake in The Blue Dahlia](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/Cwb6kNqXSWEu3m8d7dmtQJZT4R4=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/alan-ladd-and-veronica-lake-in-the-blue-dahlia-526896650-5c82c31b46e0fb00012c66b9.jpg)
4 Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd Movies
![Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in the movie <i>Casablanca</i> (1942)](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/kxIq8kcgoX1OBw0hXptoUF-SLwc=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/Getty_Bogart_Bergman_Casablanca-155465324-56af9f5f3df78cf772c6c708.jpg)
7 Great Films Starring Ingrid Bergman
![Wizard of Oz "I'm melting" scene](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/az3H34-yZODqfYUO-aBqhgy8uYY=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/GettyImages-121652979-5c71e4f5c9e77c000107b5d8.jpg)
5 Classic Movies That Were Box Office Flops
![Film poster for the 1934 American detective film The Thin Man (1934).](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/LuxJI9AGtmwjsBTQEzqET_EnxsE=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/1280px-Poster_-_Thin_Man_The_02-56a158845f9b58b7d0be80f3.jpg)
'The Thin Man' Classic Movie List
![James Stewart in 'Rope'](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/FtmuYfqppVQJYRo2jbznA-x1Azw=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/rope-56ddc47d3df78c5ba05439a5.png)
4 Alfred Hitchcock and James Stewart Movies
![All Quiet on the Western Front](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/YLeWngYVj1mMbnLiSktTsI_DojM=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-1979-58b5a8c35f9b5860469e514d.jpg)
9 Classic War Movies
![On the set of 'Under Capricorn'](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/TRtCQMptw6tKZrlncW22shlu5Ls=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/on-the-set-of-under-capricorn-607393404-5b677ffb46e0fb00250f3696.jpg)
7 of Hitchcock's Leading Ladies
![Devlin and Alicia meet at the track, with Sebastian watching from the grandstand](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/bNtSFDQOKWDeAdpc_sgH9gqlFms=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/Notorious_Trailer_-_At_the_Horseracing_track-5b4793d946e0fb0037a88902.jpg)
Alfred Hitchcock and Cary Grant Classic Movies
![Lost in Translation star Scarlett Johansson](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/h_xxXiD9qrWLT0MpDEvxlrax864=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/scarlettlosttrans1-56a660cf3df78cf7728cd3d8.jpg)
Scarlett Johansson Talks About "Lost in Translation"
![American actors Jules Munshin, Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly standing on the Brooklyn Bridge in a still from "On The Town"](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/4smIo4---PHdZpge4oOaFN-Qt8w=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/3201338-resize-56a158d35f9b58b7d0be84a4.jpg)
6 Great Movies Starring Frank Sinatra
![Rita Hayworth](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/a18SdwfICy5xQVR-40aKdrR8U_s=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/rita-hayworth-58b5a8555f9b5860469d06cc.jpg)
8 Great Rita Hayworth Movies
![From left to right, Walter Matthau (1920 - 2000), film director Billy Wilder (1906 - 2002) and Jack Lemmon (1925 - 2001) at a rehearsal for their new film 'The Front Page](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/xitIG8-39JYh_i8kQcQvl2JdGjw=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/GettyImages-3310035-51d66ce1ef3c47d4b221e367eef9ab07.jpg)
Jack Lemmon and Billy Wilder Classic Movies
![David and Bathsheba](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/nDmzuEjRz6bxjnuDpYU4CPIJiFk=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/david-58b5a9f75f9b586046a1af9f.jpg)
6 Classic Biblical Epics
![Divorcee](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/AY4Z98O9yhl86zA7O81C9Oaqkes=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/norma-shearer-divorcee-58b5a68a3df78cdcd88835ce.jpg)
Best Actress Oscar Winners - 1930s
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9 Essential Richard Burton Movies
![Elf](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/Y56l6w4-CQQxhiP4xYtiXi4JngE=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/ZooeyDeschanelElf-58486baa5f9b58c6a1c84ca0.jpg)
Interview: Zooey Deschanel Talks About 'Elf'
![](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/ntsq-9Qg60d_MtTVu8HuCoGQMJ8=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/anne-baxter-ambersons-58b5a5a95f9b586046959213.png)
5 Classic Movies Starring Anne Baxter
![Jim Carrey Eternal Sunshine Spotless Min](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/B_Nm5HnA7DNicawx-iavBiCwF8A=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/jimcarreyeternal1-56b0eff13df78cdfa0fee5d0.jpg)
Jim Carrey on "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," Memories, & Michel Gondry
![](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/6MTuUSCj1mXfOmRoX9zJVyAfsXg=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/hairspraypuba-56b196583df78cdfa0022eaf.jpg)
John Travolta Gets Dressed Up in Drag for Hairspray
![Kate Winslet Jim Carrey Eternal Sunshine](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/k1d_WSz1yzOTBF3W5auIzhzwaeA=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/katewinsleteternal1-56b0f0623df78cdfa0fee8d0.jpg)
No Corsets for Kate Winslet in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
![](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/Q4h5xTax_iNczN33H9FOThVgEgo=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/Charade_DVD-56a157203df78cf77269cb8d.jpg)
"Charade" - A Genre-Spanning Gem with Two Great Stars
![Of Human Bondage](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/ORWBEBOj6fuc6VmVo5jLlgQ5BNk=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/human-58b5aa595f9b586046a2b9a3.jpg)
8 Classics Starring Bette Davis
![Nosferatu - 1922](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/mifsS67D-11nYubcAWSQk9wm3VI=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/Nosferatu_1922-56a157375f9b58b7d0be7050.jpg)
Classic Vampire Movies from Decades Past
![](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/K7fvxT29-0jvpes47UepKbV-YZQ=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/genetierneyheaven-56aeb6d13df78cf772bd65b9.jpg)
5 Great Films Starring Gene Tierney
![Rudolph Valentino](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/9lt32CZY0LShSRjwLRwYa_dCrcw=/219x146/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/GettyImages-515546900-ac799a95ce9940a8ad62a0b88a0b9769.jpg)
Rudolph Valentino: Iconic "Latin Lover" Became Hollywood Activist