Classic Movies: The Story Of backdrop
Classic Movies: The Story Of poster
Documentary

The Best Episodes of Classic Movies: The Story Of

Every episode of Classic Movies: The Story Of ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Classic Movies: The Story Of!

The Best Episodes of Classic Movies: The Story Of

Movie critic Ian Nathan goes in search of the cinematically sublime and explores the ingredients that went into making a classic. With each episode devoted...

Seasons3

  1. Background image for The Third Man
    8.0/10(10 votes)

    #1 - The Third Man

    S1:E1

    In this opening episode, movie critic Ian Nathan examines the qualities that made this 1949 film noir starring Orson Welles an enduring classic.

    0 Comments
    View all
  2. Background image for The Graduate
    7.8/10(7 votes)

    #2 - The Graduate

    S1:E4

    Movie critic Ian Nathan examines the qualities that made this 1967 romantic comedy-drama starring Dustin Hoffman an all-time classic.

    0 Comments
    View all
  3. Background image for The Ladykillers
    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #3 - The Ladykillers

    S1:E2

    Movie critic Ian Nathan examines the qualities that made this 1955 black comedy - starring Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers - a classic.

    0 Comments
    View all
  4. Background image for Terminator 2: Judgment Day
    7.3/10(16 votes)

    #4 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    S1:E6

    Movie critic Ian Nathan examines what helped to make James Cameron's 1991 sci-fi-action sequel, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, so critically-acclaimed within the genre.

    0 Comments
    View all
  5. Background image for Brighton Rock
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #5 - Brighton Rock

    S1:E3

    Movie critic Ian Nathan examines the qualities that made this 1948 gangster film noir starring Richard Attenborough, an enduring British classic.

    0 Comments
    View all
  6. Background image for Ran
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Ran

    S1:E5

    Movie critic Ian Nathan examines the qualities that made this 1985 epic action drama, directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa, an enduring classic.

    0 Comments
    View all
  7. Trending NowTRENDING NOW

    The 20 WORST Episodes of Classic Movies: The Story Of

    READ
  8. Background image for Classic Movies: Brief Encounter
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #7 - Classic Movies: Brief Encounter

    S2:E1

    Ian Nathan returns to cast his eye over more cinematic masterpieces, beginning with David Lean's 1945 romantic tragedy starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ian Nathan
  9. Background image for Classic Movies: Whisky Galore!
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Classic Movies: Whisky Galore!

    S2:E2

    Ian Nathan examines Alexander Mackendrick's 1949 Ealing comedy, in which Scottish islanders try to salvage 50,000 cases of whisky from a shipwreck.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ian Nathan
  10. Background image for Classic Movies: The Producers
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Classic Movies: The Producers

    S2:E3

    Ian Nathan examines Mel Brooks' classic 1968 comedy, which stars Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder as two men who set out to make a Broadway flop.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ian Nathan
  11. Background image for I'm All Right, Jack
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #10 - I'm All Right, Jack

    S2:E4

    Ian Nathan examines the Boulting brothers' 1959 comedy, a satire on British industrial life starring Ian Carmichael Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough and Margaret Rutherford.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ian Nathan
  12. Background image for Murder on the Orient Express
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Murder on the Orient Express

    S2:E5

    Ian Nathan examines the 1974 adaptation of the Agatha Christie mystery, featuring a stellar cast of train-bound suspects and Albert Finney as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ian Nathan
  13. Background image for The Deer Hunter
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #12 - The Deer Hunter

    S2:E6

    Ian Nathan examines Michael Cimino's 1978 Vietnam War drama, which starred Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Savage, John Cazale and Meryl Streep.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ian Nathan
  14. Background image for The Ipcress Files
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #13 - The Ipcress Files

    S3:E1

    One of the greatest spy films ever made, The Ipcress Files begins with a kindap, a killing and a cup of coffee.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ian Nathan
  15. Background image for Kind Hearts and Coronets
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Kind Hearts and Coronets

    S3:E2

    Kind Hearts and Coronets is one of a kind, a superb pitch-black comedy about gentle serial killing.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ian Nathan
  16. Background image for The Dam Busters
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #15 - The Dam Busters

    S3:E3

    The Dam Busters begins in 1942, where a bespectacled man plays marbles with his children under a silver sky.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ian Nathan
  17. Background image for Scott of the Antarctic
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Scott of the Antarctic

    S3:E4

    From Charles Frend, this 1948 drama tells the story of Robert Falcon Scott’s failed attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ian Nathan
  18. Background image for Flash Gordon (1980)
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Flash Gordon (1980)

    S3:E5

    As Mike Hodges’ flamboyant science fiction epic and Queen’s iconic rock song declares, Flash Gordon will be the saviour of the universe.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ian Nathan
  19. Background image for Billy Liar
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Billy Liar

    S3:E6

    Directed by John Schlesinger in 1963, Billy Liar is one of the signature films of the British New Wave, the dynamic naturalism of the sixties.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ian Nathan

Best Episodes Summary

"The Third Man" is the best rated episode of "Classic Movies: The Story Of". It scored 8/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by Lydny Seville and written by Ian Nathan, Cal Seville, it aired on 8/31/2023. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Graduate".