Ted's Movie Reviews - Vault of Movies Before 1998
These movies are listed in the alphabetical index (All Reviews) and the index by grade letter, but not in the index by year. There are no Top 10 lists or years in review before 1998.
City Lights (1931) B+Dracula (1931) B+
Frankenstein (1931) B
The Mummy (1932) B+
The Invisible Man (1933) B-
It Happened One Night (1934) A-
Bride of Frankenstein (1935) B+
Top Hat (1935) A-
Modern Times (1936) B+
Swing Time (1936) B-
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) B+
Bringing Up Baby (1938) D
Gone With the Wind (1939) B+
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) B
Stagecoach (1939) A
Fantasia (1940) B
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) A-
The Philadelphia Story (1940) A
Pinocchio (1940) A
Citizen Kane (1941) A-
Dumbo (1941) B
The Maltese Falcon (1941) A
The Wolf Man (1941) A-
Bambi (1942) B+
Holiday Inn (1942) B+
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) B-
The Ox-Bow Incident (1942) A-
Casablanca (1943) A
Saludos Amigos (1943) B-
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) B
The Three Caballeros (1944) C-
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) A
The Killers (1946) A
Notorious (1946) A
Fun and Fancy Free (1947) C+
Miracle on 34th Street (1947) A
Melody Time (1948) C+
Adam's Rib (1949) B
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) C+
All About Eve (1950) A
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) B+
Cinderella (1950) A
The Gunfighter (1950) A
Panic in the Streets (1950) B
Sunset Boulevard (1950) A-
Alice in Wonderland (1951) B
An American in Paris (1951) B+
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) A-
Strangers on a Train (1951) B
When Worlds Collide (1951) C+
The Quiet Man (1952) C
Singin' in the Rain (1952) A
From Here to Eternity (1953) A
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) C+
Peter Pan (1953) B
Roman Holiday (1953) B+
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) A-
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) B
On the Waterfront (1954) A
Rear Window (1954) A
Seven Samurai (1954) B
East of Eden (1955) B
Lady and the Tramp (1955) A-
Oklahoma! (1955) A
The Seven Year Itch (1955) C
The King and I (1956) B
12 Angry Men (1957) A
South Pacific (1958) C+
Touch of Evil (1958) B
Vertigo (1958) B-
Anatomy of a Murder (1959) A
Sleeping Beauty (1959) A-
Some Like It Hot (1959) B+
Psycho (1960) A-
Swiss Family Robinson (1960) C
Wild River (1960) B+
101 Dalmatians (1961) B
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) A-
Lolita (1962) D+
The Longest Day (1962) B+
The Music Man (1962) B
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) A-
Charade (1963) A
The Sword in the Stone (1963) B
Mary Poppins (1964) B
That Darn Cat (1965) B+
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) B+
The Graduate (1967) A
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (1967) A
In the Heat of the Night (1967) A
The Jungle Book (1967) B+
To Sir, with Love (1967) C+
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) B+
Funny Girl (1968) B-
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) A-
Easy Rider (1969) C+
Hello, Dolly! (1969) C-
The Aristocats (1970) B+
Woodstock (1970) A-
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) C
A New Leaf (1971) B
THX 1138 (1971) B+
Fantastic Planet (1973) B+
Robin Hood (1973) B+
Blazing Saddles (1974) B+
Chinatown (1974) A-
The Godfather Part II (1974) B+
Young Frankenstein (1974) B+
Jaws (1975) A
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) A
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) B+
The Bad News Bears (1976) B
Carrie (1976) C+
Network (1976) D
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) A
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) B
Oh, God! (1977) A-
The Rescuers (1977) B+
Star Wars (1977) A
Grease (1978) B+
Alien (1979) A
Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1979) B-
The Black Hole (1979) C+
Breaking Away (1979) B
The Jerk (1979) B
The Muppet Movie (1979) B
9 to 5 (1980) C
Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) B+
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) A
The Shining (1980) A
Chariots of Fire (1981) B+
The Fox and the Hound (1981) C
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) A
Time Bandits (1981) B+
48 Hours (1982) B+
Annie (1982) C+
Blade Runner (1982) A
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) B+
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) A
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) A-
Koyaanisqatsi (1982) A
Night Shift (1982) B+
Poltergeist (1982) B
Stand by Me (1982) B+
Tron (1982) B+
A Christmas Story (1983) B+
Return of the Jedi (1983) B+
Risky Business (1983) A
Amadeus (1984) A
Ghostbusters (1984) B
Stop Making Sense (1984) A
The Black Cauldron (1985) C+
The Breakfast Club (1985) B-
The Goonies (1985) C
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985) B
Ran (1985) A-
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) A
The Great Mouse Detective (1986) B
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) B
The Princess Bride (1987) A
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) B
Bird (1988) B-
Die Hard (1988) A
Oliver & Company (1988) B-
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) B
Willow (1988) C+
Ghostbusters 2 (1989) C+
The Little Mermaid (1989) B+
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) A
Home Alone (1990) A-
Postcards from the Edge (1990) B+
The Rescuers Down Under (1990) B
Beauty and the Beast (1991) A
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) A
Aladdin (1992) A
A Few Good Men (1992) A
A League of Their Own (1992) B
Hocus Pocus (1993) C
Jurassic Park (1993) A
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) B-
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) B
The Remains of the Day (1993) A-
Forrest Gump (1994) A
The Lion King (1994) B+
Pulp Fiction (1994) A
The Santa Clause (1994) B-
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) A-
Speed (1994) B
Pocahontas (1995) B
Toy Story (1995) A
Waterworld (1995) C+
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) B
James and the Giant Peach (1996) B
Mission: Impossible (1996) B+
Shine (1996) B-
Sling Blade (1996) A-
Anastasia (1997) B-
Boogie Nights (1997) C-
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) A
Hercules (1997) B
In & Out (1997) B-
Men in Black (1997) A
Soul Food (1997) C+