10 movies from the 50s and 60s that I always rewatch
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Two for the Road
Stanley Donen · 1967
Architect Mark Wallace and his wife, Joanna, travel to France to meet with an affluent client. While there, they reflect on their first decade of marriage -- memories of when they first met, of courtship, and of road trips through the French countryside. As flirtation and playful quarreling turn to boredom with the banality of married life, the Wallaces struggle to rekindle their passion, while mutual infidelity threatens to tear them apart.
Sunset Boulevard
Billy Wilder · 1950
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Robert Aldrich · 1964
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
All About Eve
Joseph L. Mankiewicz · 1950
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
Charade
Stanley Donen · 1963
After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines.
Funny Face
Stanley Donen · 1957
A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Blake Edwards · 1961
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Robert Aldrich · 1962
A former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
Sabrina
Billy Wilder · 1954
Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for a wife and family. David is all play – technically he is employed by the family business, but never shows up for work, spends all his time entertaining, and has been married and divorced three times. Meanwhile, Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of the household chauffeur, who goes away to Paris for two years, and returns to capture David's attention, while falling in love with Linus.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Howard Hawks · 1953
Due ballerine americane - la bionda Lorelei e la bruna Dorothy s'imbarcano su una nave diretta in Francia, la prima per farsi sposare dal figlio di un miliardario, la seconda per motivi professionali.
