Ok, so we’re a bit hacked off at Amazon for cancelling Watch Parties (although we found an alternative that works fine). Even so, you want to promote them when they do good things. This month, Amazon has very heavily gone into old movies. Lots of Hitchcock, lots of Bogart, some Rita Hayworth, some Rock Hudson / Douglas Sirk, noirs, comedies, westerns…lots of stuff for every taste. If you have a couple of hours you could do worse than watch one / some of the following. Let that Amazon algorithm know that customers want this stuff.
As usual, there’s no clue as to how long these things will be available. Might be only three months, might be a year. So if anything grabs your attention schedule it soon.
New on Amazon Prime Video – May 2024
May 1
12 Angry Men (1957)
3:10 To Yuma (1957)
Airplane! (1980)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Anatomy Of A Murder (1959)
The greatest courtroom movie and the greatest performance (save for George Bailey) of American’s greatest film star. Highest Recommendation. Probably on Ken’s 100 greatest movies list
California Suite (1978)
Dead Reckoning (1947) Bogart!
Delta Force (1986)
Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990)
Gilda (1946) The Rita Hayward film
Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man (1991)
In A Lonely Place (1950) One of the greatest noir films and one of Bogart’s greatest movies.
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) ‘Nuff said!
Knock On Any Door (1949) – Bogart!
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Lone Wolf Mcquade (1983)
Magnificent Obsession (1954) Hmmm…sounds familiar….
On The Waterfront (1954) All Time classic
Once Upon A Time In The West (1969) The greatest Western of all time? I think so. On Ken’s personal 100 Greatest Films list
Pal Joey (1957) – Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra
Pillow Talk (1959)
Psycho (1960)
Rear Window (1954)
Rolling Thunder (1977) Classic ’70s exploitation fare
Rope (1948)
Run Lola Run (1999)
Serpico (1973)
Shampoo (1975)
Sliver (1993)
Some Like It Hot (1959) Not a Tony Curtis guy but generally considered one of the greatest films ever
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (1984)
The Big Chill (1983)
The Big Heat (1953) One of the greatest Noirs
The Birds (1963)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
The Deer Hunter (1979)
The Harder They Fall (1956) – Bogart!
The Lady From Shanghai (1948) Orson Welles (star and director), Rita Hayworth
The Last Detail (1974) One of the all time best movies about the military. Highly recommended And I don’t even love Jack Nicholson that much, but he’s terrific here
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The Night of The Hunter (1955) One of the very greatest thrillers ever. Robert Mitchum’s greatest movie. Possibly on Ken’s 100 Greatest Films list
The Ring (2002)
The Swimmer (1968)
The Tarnished Angels (1957)
The Wiz (1978)
Undercover Brother (2002)
Vertigo (1958)
Amélie (2001)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
