Inspired by the recent entry in the Movie Pic Game, I'd like some recommendations for some films considered "classics" - I haven't seen a lot of flicks from that period. Cassablanca, for example.

the third man, the third man, the third man.

Brighton Rock
The Third Man
The Ladykillers
Rear Window
Passport To Pimlico
Harvey
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Sweet Smell Of Success

the lady vanishes and rear window of course. oh, and rebecca is pretty good too.

oh and strangers on a train. classic.

Singin In the Rain, The Importance of being Earnest.

Marty, Spartacus, Ben-Hur, It`s a Wonderful Life, Vertigo, A Matter of Life and Death...I could go on.

i'm glad you left out 'kind hearts and coronets', sfa, because thats a 'classic' that left me cold.

a matter of life and death - learn what stiff upper lip is all about.
charade - learn why carey grant is the coolest guy ever.
roman holiday - ditto gregory peck only not quite as cool as grant.
the big sleep - what 'noir' was invented for.

fairly confusing, but excellent all the same.

Roman Holiday is one of my all-time favourite films.
And then of course there's always this guy.

definitely. even the author, raymond chandler, didn't know if one of the characters comitted suicide or was murdered.

and as soon as someone gets my movie picture game thing, i'll put that in here too.

edit - ah whitey! billy wilder - i love sabrina, much better than the later tv adaptation. where she has become a witch for some unexplained reason.

Which is a bit of a pisser when you're studying it for GCSE English.

Yeah, the show just doesn't cut it. Martin Mull as a cat? That one came out of left field.
I love it as well but I can never quite get over the yawning age chasm between Bogie and Audrey.

I'd go with everything mentioned so far with the addition of (apologies if they were mentioned)

The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp
The Searchers
Night Of The Hunter
the Doris Day/Rock Hudson movies, especially Move Over Darling
Anything by Billy Wilder or Hitchcock
The Man In The White Suit
Giant
Bride Of Frankenstein
Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers
Crimson Pirate