Originally Posted by CarlosTheGaucho

OK there's plenty, let me dig. I'm a sucker for old and overlooked movies.

- Some classics (occasionally overlooked):


Paths of Glory (1957) - one of the very most intense war movies

Spartacus (1960)

12 Angry Men (1957)

The Iceman Cometh (1960)

On the Waterfront (1954)


- all movies with James Dean


Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

East of Eden (1955)

Giant (1956)


- some great early Paul Newman:


Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

The Hustler (1961)

The Hud (1963)


- Billy Wilder the master:


Double Indemnity (1944)

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Ace in the Hole (1951)

The Apartment (1960)


- Alfred Hitchcock the master:


Strangers on a Train (1951)

Rear Window (1954)

North by Northwest (1959)


Sorry lazy to dig up the trailers but these are a few i can recommend right away.

Then there's many more, the whole Film Noir. John Huston movies which I love, plenty of amazing international movies etc. I could go on and on but this should be enough to get a taste.