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I went to movies quite often until I hit 40 years old. At that point things changed to a rehash, or appealing to children of vision.
The movies I didn't or couldn't watch all the way through are:
Gone with the Wind. I tried and tried.
Any 1950s western. Gary Cooper, Joel McCray, Gene Autry, Glenn Ford were all interchangeable. The worst actor in this genre was Randolph Scott. Good lord was he bad. A D-list John Wayne.
Moving on to comedies.
Comedies for comedy sake include:
Mel Brooks in his prime. Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein
Animal House
Play it again Sam
The best comedy in my mind is... wait for it...
Catch-22
A great satire on war and being where you don't want to be.
So many great scenes that are hilarious, mixed in with great thought-provoking craziness of WWII.
Jon Voight: There's a bumper crop of Egyptian cotton and we can make money.
Martin Balsam: How does that work?
Jon Voight: We trade cheap silk for their cotton.
Martin Balsam: Where do we get the silk?
Jon Voight: Right here! (Opens crate) 4000 yards.
Martin Balsam: Where did this come from?
Cut to Alan Arkin on a bombing raid
Alan Arkin: WHERE THE HELL IS MY PARACHUTE!
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