Gold Diggers of 1933 - pre-Hayes Code and funny! It’s fast talking and much of it came across as modern to me.
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The Wicker Man (1974) is better every year and every viewing. That island gave him every chance to mind his own business.
I absolutely love the 70s Wicker Man!! It’s weird in the best possible way with Christopher Lee jamming it up to 11.
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My vote goes to trading places, because it had both aged incredibly well (a tale of class solidarity against evil eugenics-peddling billionaires), and incredibly poorly (a story about nondiscrimination with that damn train scene right in the middle).
I'd also like yo mention RoboCop and American Psycho because their satirization of American hyper capitalism has only gotten more accurate. It really is depressing that we have the exact same social issues that we did in the 80s.
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I usually don't watch old films but Flight of the Phoenix is an old B&W survival film set in a desert
It's one of the tensest things I've seen for years, I was literally on the edge of my seat at one point
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1962). Timeless in is commentary on both child actors and being a damn good movie. Everything about the makeup makes the absolute most of the restricted grayscale palette. Definitely recommend it if you're looking for a good thriller somewhat akin to Misery.
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One not mentioned yet that instantly popped into my mind is "Chinatown" (1974), which seems to retain all its' power and intricate excellence as time goes by.
From 1959, Godard's "A Bout De Soufflé" still has the power to amaze, to disorient in a playful way. It manages to still feel fresh, even in black and white.
The Thing is a god-damn perfect horror movie, and it hasn't aged a day.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Greed is a poison.
Network
Ben-Hur
Office Space
If they changed office space so that they were working on the 2038 issue instead of the Y2K issue, and gave them smartphones, it would strike all the right chords today that it did when it came out.
the charlton heston one?
We watch ben hur every year around easter. There's a tiny problematic element in the whole brownface thing
Star Wars. The original one. It came out when there were no computer generated effects, and the effects still look incredible, even today.
Zardoz.
Bob Roberts. It's more relevant than ever!
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The original Blade Runner(1982)
That sparse and bleak mood will never age. Poses excellent dilemas and moral questions about cyborgs too.
Also Citizen Kane. I watched it a couple of years ago because of it's position in film history. Yes, it is that good of a masterpiece.
I feel like Citizen Kane is only good with a little bit of prep. Most people are watching movies for an entertaining story, and it doesn't have that by today's standards.
I took a film history class in college and we spent a week learning about the framing, lighting and symbolism used throughout the movie BEFORE we watched it, and I had never appreciated the movie until then.
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Willow. It's beautiful, fun, scary. It's full of flawed people being good to each other.
It's really quotable and has a handful of interesting twists.
Willow has a few great performances. Val Kilmer knocks it out of the park, and Billy Barty is wonderful as the "High Aldwin".
Fellow lemmings, for me, it's "Barbie", a movie that aged beautifully over the last uh, 8 months, and its message is as relevant today as it was when it was released July 21st of 2023.
So you drink 'wine' that is less than a year old? A bit odd imo.
It's a novelty account. They promo the Barbie movie whereever possible.
Idiocracy
IDK why but, I feel like Idiocracy and Wall-E take place in the same universe
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I watched Cop Land (1997) for the first time a couple of months ago and thought it was pretty good and rather timely. Corrupt, racist, domestic abusing police who refuse to live in the community they work is a theme that never really gets old. I think it would likely been seen as too 'on the nose' if it came out now.
That's a super underrated Sly film. It feels a lot like the original Walking Tall.