Top 10 Old Hollywood Movies That Were Ahead of Their Time
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Date: 2023-11-21
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Hunter
One movie that I think was ahead of its time was The Crimson Kimono. For those of you who have never seen the movie or never even heard of it, it's about two cops (one white and one Japanese) who investigate the murder of a stripper and they develop a love triangle with a white woman. The Japanese partner finds out that his partner is against interracial dating and becomes disillusioned because he always believed that his partner didn't have that kind of racial prejudice
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One movie that I think was ahead of its time was The Crimson Kimono. For those of you who have never seen the movie or never even heard of it, it's about two cops (one white and one Japanese) who investigate the murder of a stripper and they develop a love triangle with a white woman. The Japanese partner finds out that his partner is against interracial dating and becomes disillusioned because he always believed that his partner didn't have that kind of racial prejudice
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JOSH
I was in the front row (not my choice) for Bonnie and Clyde and thought it was very well done. and then they ended it. I sat there horrified and couldn't even close my eyes. I kept thinking the horror would stop and just didn't. I was 21 and to this day, I thought it ruined the film. It reminded me of 1969, The Untouchables TV series which opened every week with all those Feds and their machine guns shooting at one man so many times his body couldn't fall. Sickening.
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I was in the front row (not my choice) for Bonnie and Clyde and thought it was very well done. and then they ended it. I sat there horrified and couldn't even close my eyes. I kept thinking the horror would stop and just didn't. I was 21 and to this day, I thought it ruined the film. It reminded me of 1969, The Untouchables TV series which opened every week with all those Feds and their machine guns shooting at one man so many times his body couldn't fall. Sickening.
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Bryn
IMITATION OF LIFE was a remake of a 1934 film.
Sidney Poitier had already portrayed a interracial marriage: To Rosanna Schiaffino in THE LONG SHIPS, but that was in a historical setting and she was playing an Arab (or other North African Semite) - and was thus deemed to be up for anything?
ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, OF MICE AND MEN, THE GRAPES OF WRATH, CAT PEOPLE, MAN HUNT, I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, INTRUDER IN THE DUST
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IMITATION OF LIFE was a remake of a 1934 film.
Sidney Poitier had already portrayed a interracial marriage: To Rosanna Schiaffino in THE LONG SHIPS, but that was in a historical setting and she was playing an Arab (or other North African Semite) - and was thus deemed to be up for anything?
ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, OF MICE AND MEN, THE GRAPES OF WRATH, CAT PEOPLE, MAN HUNT, I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, INTRUDER IN THE DUST
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fanjoy
How is Guess who's coming to dinner ahead of its time? It was perfectly of its time otherwise the film wouldn't exist. This was an issue that was happening at that exact time. Just because it was fresh doesn't mean its ahead of the time. Hell the law for the whole country was changed during production, making it a discussion perfect FOR its time.
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How is Guess who's coming to dinner ahead of its time? It was perfectly of its time otherwise the film wouldn't exist. This was an issue that was happening at that exact time. Just because it was fresh doesn't mean its ahead of the time. Hell the law for the whole country was changed during production, making it a discussion perfect FOR its time.
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incog99
Imitation of Life was also daring on how it imitated Lana Turner's real life when it was made. Lana's real daughter in real life killed her mafia boyfriend thinking he was going to hurt Lana. It was a huge scandal and Hollywood knew how to profit from it with this movie. In spite of that, it is an emotional soap opera with teeth.
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Imitation of Life was also daring on how it imitated Lana Turner's real life when it was made. Lana's real daughter in real life killed her mafia boyfriend thinking he was going to hurt Lana. It was a huge scandal and Hollywood knew how to profit from it with this movie. In spite of that, it is an emotional soap opera with teeth.
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marcress
Good list but three oversights. BLUE DENIM (1959) about teen pregnancy and abortion. NO WAY OUT (1950) about the problems faced by black people entering high profile, white dominated professions. INTRUDER IN THE DUST (1949) also deals with racism and foreshadows the classic TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
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Good list but three oversights. BLUE DENIM (1959) about teen pregnancy and abortion. NO WAY OUT (1950) about the problems faced by black people entering high profile, white dominated professions. INTRUDER IN THE DUST (1949) also deals with racism and foreshadows the classic TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
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Good
Congrats Citizen Kane wins! Heres some more old Hollywood movies ahead of their time.
Some Like It Hot
100 Rifles
The Great Ziegfeld
Carmen Jones
The Graduate
Anchors Aweigh
A Face in the Crowd
Old Yeller
Carousel
State Fair
The Great White Hope
Billy Roses Jumbo
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Congrats Citizen Kane wins! Heres some more old Hollywood movies ahead of their time.
Some Like It Hot
100 Rifles
The Great Ziegfeld
Carmen Jones
The Graduate
Anchors Aweigh
A Face in the Crowd
Old Yeller
Carousel
State Fair
The Great White Hope
Billy Roses Jumbo
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Matt
I think the breakfast club was in that it showed real teens acting like real teens. Not exactly old timey but at a time when silly teen sitcomish humor was the norm this took a realistic approach. Also it's characters where not the usual good guys but rather a mis understood group and refined hero
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I think the breakfast club was in that it showed real teens acting like real teens. Not exactly old timey but at a time when silly teen sitcomish humor was the norm this took a realistic approach. Also it's characters where not the usual good guys but rather a mis understood group and refined hero
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incog99
Psycho was controversially filmed in black and white. Many, many theater goers recall seeing red blood in the shower scene. It was black and white so they didn't. Their minds played a trick on them. It was a true psychological thriller way ahead of its time.
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Psycho was controversially filmed in black and white. Many, many theater goers recall seeing red blood in the shower scene. It was black and white so they didn't. Their minds played a trick on them. It was a true psychological thriller way ahead of its time.
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Betty
I always go back to Hitchcock and his interesting perspective in Rear Window The voyeurism exploration of watching your neighbors and the way in which the camera was used to represent Jimmy Stewart's point of view is an interesting study in cinematherapy
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I always go back to Hitchcock and his interesting perspective in Rear Window The voyeurism exploration of watching your neighbors and the way in which the camera was used to represent Jimmy Stewart's point of view is an interesting study in cinematherapy
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Jose
1961's West Side Story, happy musical. but it had it's not so good moments, racial tensions, i. e. Go back to where you came from, spic, polack, one of your own kind, and not to mention gang fights.
well it; s my view on it.
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1961's West Side Story, happy musical. but it had it's not so good moments, racial tensions, i. e. Go back to where you came from, spic, polack, one of your own kind, and not to mention gang fights.
well it; s my view on it.
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Dee
I'd include Miracle in 34th Street. Susan's mother Doris was not only an assertive divorced woman in the 1940s, but she was also an executive at Macy's. There weren't many divorced executive woman portrayed on film at the time.
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I'd include Miracle in 34th Street. Susan's mother Doris was not only an assertive divorced woman in the 1940s, but she was also an executive at Macy's. There weren't many divorced executive woman portrayed on film at the time.
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Megalon73
Rebel Without a Cause is the original High School Genre and Coming of Age. Thats why they gave us the modern version of high school movies tells the story of the teen chapter that nobody Hollywood never talks about.
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Rebel Without a Cause is the original High School Genre and Coming of Age. Thats why they gave us the modern version of high school movies tells the story of the teen chapter that nobody Hollywood never talks about.
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Harry
As good and thought-provoking (for its time) as Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is, it still takes the easy way out at the end by having the couple move to Africa rather than facing the issue of intermarriage at home.
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As good and thought-provoking (for its time) as Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is, it still takes the easy way out at the end by having the couple move to Africa rather than facing the issue of intermarriage at home.
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TFE17
1. Citizen Kane
2. Modern Times
3. Psycho
4. Geuss Who's Coming for Dinner
5. Rebel Without a Cause
6. The Apartment
7. Johnny Guitar
8. Gone with the Wind
9. Wizard of Oz
10. Vertigo
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1. Citizen Kane
2. Modern Times
3. Psycho
4. Geuss Who's Coming for Dinner
5. Rebel Without a Cause
6. The Apartment
7. Johnny Guitar
8. Gone with the Wind
9. Wizard of Oz
10. Vertigo
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Michael
The original 1934 adaptation of Imitation of Life tackled the same issue and it was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture. Why was the 1959 remake chosen for an honorable mention over its 1934 counterpart?
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The original 1934 adaptation of Imitation of Life tackled the same issue and it was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture. Why was the 1959 remake chosen for an honorable mention over its 1934 counterpart?
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Griffinmc
Conservatives who screech that Hollywood is too liberal should watch this video and make note: only one of these ten progressively groundbreaking films was voted the Oscar for Best Picture: The Apartment.
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Conservatives who screech that Hollywood is too liberal should watch this video and make note: only one of these ten progressively groundbreaking films was voted the Oscar for Best Picture: The Apartment.
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Dan_Gaming_Fan
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is such an underrated gem in my opinion. And the fact that it came out at the height of the Civil Rights Movement made it's themes and messages all the more important.
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is such an underrated gem in my opinion. And the fact that it came out at the height of the Civil Rights Movement made it's themes and messages all the more important.
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Frederick
I think invitation to life should be number one. Number 2 should have been island in the sun. When the first time on the screen, a white guy kissed a black woman. The black woman was Dorothy Dandridge
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I think invitation to life should be number one. Number 2 should have been island in the sun. When the first time on the screen, a white guy kissed a black woman. The black woman was Dorothy Dandridge
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Sujata
Where is 2001 Space Odyssey? Even in this age of CGI it is so difficult to pull off such a stuff, just think of Stanley Kubrick who did it without CGI. It certainly was way way ahead of it's times.
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Where is 2001 Space Odyssey? Even in this age of CGI it is so difficult to pull off such a stuff, just think of Stanley Kubrick who did it without CGI. It certainly was way way ahead of it's times.
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Eren
Psycho is definitely one of the greatest classic thrillers out there. The fact that they came up with a movie based on DID(Dissociate Identity Disorder) back in the 1960s is mindblowing
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Psycho is definitely one of the greatest classic thrillers out there. The fact that they came up with a movie based on DID(Dissociate Identity Disorder) back in the 1960s is mindblowing
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Irena
I feel Splendor in the Grass should've been on the list. it covered some pretty deep and important topics which weren't that widely/openly discussed during that era
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I feel Splendor in the Grass should've been on the list. it covered some pretty deep and important topics which weren't that widely/openly discussed during that era
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Jeremy
All the A Star is Born movies brought some sort of innovation in my mind the original Janet Gaynor version was the first successful movie in technicolor
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All the A Star is Born movies brought some sort of innovation in my mind the original Janet Gaynor version was the first successful movie in technicolor
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msmojo
A Face in the Crowd, starring Andy Griffith in a role worlds away from Sheriff Andy Taylor. It's an early example of the toxicity of celebrity.
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A Face in the Crowd, starring Andy Griffith in a role worlds away from Sheriff Andy Taylor. It's an early example of the toxicity of celebrity.
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Chris
Thank you for reminding me about Jean Arthur! she was my big pre Meryl Streep crush and The Devil And Miss Jones! omfg still funny!
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Thank you for reminding me about Jean Arthur! she was my big pre Meryl Streep crush and The Devil And Miss Jones! omfg still funny!
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Rebel
If youve never seen Ginger Rogers Kitty Foyle, you should! It is so far ahead of its time for female independence and empowerment.
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If youve never seen Ginger Rogers Kitty Foyle, you should! It is so far ahead of its time for female independence and empowerment.
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Sheila
Judy Garland should have won the Oscar for A Star Is Born. Quite a few of Hitchcocks films are before their time. Rope, Vertigo.
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Judy Garland should have won the Oscar for A Star Is Born. Quite a few of Hitchcocks films are before their time. Rope, Vertigo.
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Trina
I love that Jamie Lee Curtis got to parody her mother's famous shower scene for Scream Queens! Talk about running in the family.
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I love that Jamie Lee Curtis got to parody her mother's famous shower scene for Scream Queens! Talk about running in the family.
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Leisa
Citizen Kane. Still the best movie ever. Brilliant to this day. It broke ground, in story and cinematography. Just brilliant.
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Citizen Kane. Still the best movie ever. Brilliant to this day. It broke ground, in story and cinematography. Just brilliant.
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David
Psycho is brilliant & successful. Why didn't slashers become popular until Halloween was released 18 years later?
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Psycho is brilliant & successful. Why didn't slashers become popular until Halloween was released 18 years later?
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