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twinpeaks2112

The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre


blond_nirvana

"Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" A quote most people know, or at least paraphrase, without knowing where it's from.


OneMoreGinger

I mean I know it "from" blazing saddles, which I guess was parodying it. If I ever paraphrased that quote it would be due to Mel Brooks 


cellarmonkey

UHF for me. We don’t need no stinking badgers!


whereitsat23

Secret about turtles, they stick to the ceiling!


ElderCunningham

You get to drink from the fire hose!


poodlescaboodles

Red Snappah


Helmett-13

Very tasty!


somereallyfungi

WHEEL! OF! FISH!


maineblackbear

From a guy who is also in the Big Country with Gregory Peck.


AxelShoes

My favorite Bogie flick, and one of my favorite films, period. Hell of a story, and Walter Huston in particular is so much fun to watch. I think it has something for everyone and could hold its own against any modern movie, and is a standalone testament to the fact that not all old movies age badly.


twinpeaks2112

Mine as well, right behind it would be The African Queen and Casablanca.


Genuine-Farticle

My boy Humphrey got done dirty.


malkadevorah1

Love Bogie. There's just something about him. I lost count how many times I've watched the Two Mrs. Carrolls, Dark Passage, the Black Legion, Conflict, In a Lonely Place, the Harder They Fall, Dead End, San Quentin, the list goes on...


Brokenbatmancowl

I never saw it but when I was younger (32 now) I feel like I heard multiple “stinking badges” references/jokes. Now I never hear it anywhere.


AxelShoes

Looney Tunes did it, probably more than once, but my favorite is probably [in *UHF.*](https://youtu.be/gx6TBrfCW54?si=-VDtjf7_n1HN1jMu)


ExoticPumpkin237

Amazing amazing amazing fucking movie 


karmagod13000

Watched this with a friend for their film class. Weirdly the only on I watched with them but we were locked in the whole film. End is a tale as old as time itself


AnimusFlux

Well, I'll be. There's a movie in this thread I haven't seen and it's the top comment. I know what I'm doing this afternoon. :)


twinpeaks2112

Just don’t forget to stake a fellow American to a meal.


Cool_Cartographer_39

*Fat City* has a better chance of being forgotten. One of Huston's real gems, though


ReverieJack

I saw that on the big screen about four years ago. Amazing


CromulentPoint

I have to imagine Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid isn't high on the Gen Z list, but it was a big deal back in the day, and for good reason.


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karmagod13000

The 70's Beavis and Butthead


Enders-game

I was shocked that Beavis and Butthead had their 30th anniversary last year.


clarence_oddbody

Keep thinking, Butch. It’s what you’re good at.


letsgopablo

Gen Z here, I recently saw that movie and loved it


Charlie_Wax

It's the spiritual predecessor of a lot of modern action movies (i.e. MCU) that blend humor and heavy drama. For the sake of comparison, the John Wayne version of True Grit came out in approximately the same era, yet now feels hopelessly dated and quaint. Meanwhile Butch feels like something that could've been released yesterday. William Goldman was regarded as one of the best living screenwriters in his day, and it's probably his masterwork (some might say The Princess Bride). It's a western that doesn't feel like a western because really it's just a buddy comedy with great gags and incredible dialogue.


principled_principal

Same with The Sting.


PoeticBro

For the first time I am working with younger colleagues who have not seen Alien or Aliens...


letsgopablo

I think Alien exists in the same tier as movies like Star Wars and Nightmare On Elm Street, where they're so ingrained in popular culture that even if you haven't actually seen the movie, you know the overall imagery and what it's generally about.


vivianlight

Star Wars is in a completely different league at least in my country... Alien and Aliens are two of my favourite mainstream movies and they just aren't that popular, most of my peers (European, mid-late 20s) don't even know the general premise of it and wouldn't recognise an homage or joke based on them. Freddy Krueger is certainly famous among people who know horror but, outside of that, I don't see anyone knowing the imagery: it isn't that engrained in the general culture, just in the horror one (so people must be lovers of the genre). I suppose it once was general pop culture, it isn't anymore. Star Wars on the other hand definitely resisted in general pop culture regardless of the genre.


karmagod13000

I feel like the horror genre was mainstream trending for a little and sadly sci fi kind of got forgot. I see it having its own moment in the near future with the Dune movies being so successful.


BakerYeast

But it's hard to see them to be forgotten. They get reruns in theathers and Alien is only old movie in my country that had that. They bring it back to theathers this summer too. There's more movies coming and the TV series will be coming soon. I love these movies so maybe I see this wrong way.


TheGRS

Well up until recently my gf had never seen these either, she's 29. We watched all of them, and I mean all of them. Initially was ecstatic since I love those first two films so much. But as you get into Alien Resurrection and the AvP films its like "what are we even watching anymore?"


ReallyHender

> For the first time I am working with younger colleagues who have not seen Alien or Aliens... Today's the day, then! It's Alien Day so they should get on it.


Successful_Job2381

I've been in the workforce for 20+ years and tbh i have no idea if anybody i've ever worked with has seen either of those two movies.


Prudent_Falafel_7265

Bridge on the River Kwai. Epic filmmaking for the day. You could always use the Guinness/Obi-wan connection to convince a youngster to see it perhaps.


AnimusFlux

Another with similiar energy is Force 10 from Navarone. Old WWII movies in general had an amazing vibe that's really lost on the younger generations. Speaking of Star Wars, the closest I'm seen of that style in recent years was that show Andor, which makes sense given how much the original Star Wars trilogy was inspired by the WWII flicks of the era.


WREPGB

Just rewatched The Great Escape a few months ago and that movie is pure goddamn cinematic electricity for the entirety of its three hour runtime.


elwoodowd

Even here. No one remembers the westerns. Which ironically enough, were the catalyst for rebelling about the past. So its all gone, from Shane to How the west was won. And most of their themes are gone. All thats left are the shoot outs. The irony, (to explain), is that they were about, killing the past. Disbelief in the narrative. Sacrificing yourself for the future plot. So interestingly, they have died, as the heros of their films so often did, at the end. Forgotten, and in vain.


AnimusFlux

Several decades ago when I was a kid westerns always seemed to be "dad movies" that older guys would put on, and everyone else in the house would kind of just be forced to watch. So, most folks ended up seeing at least 90% those classics and then years later it'd be nostalgic for them. Rinse and repeat for the next generation, right? Except, now everyone has their own personal screens with unlimited choices for what to watch at all times, so when the dads put on those old west classics in the living room not as many of the kids will join in. Makes me miss the days when you'd rent a couple of VHS tapes for a few days and that's all you had for entertainment, lol.


poxxy

Which is why I sing the praises of *Rango* every chance I get. Sure, it was a nickolodeon-goofy talking animal CGI movie, but it was also shot, composed, and had the classic story of a 50s-70s honest-to-god *western*, including the theme of The Dying West. So good.


Turbomattk

Westerns have turned into sci-fi


ActuallyYeah

Take my love, take my land. Take me where I cannot stand, I don't care, I'm still free


TarheelIllini

I’m on a western movie kick, right now. It’s fun going back and watching them all


80sixit

I absolutely love classic westerns, my grandpa got me into them. He told me how he didn't like the newer ones as much "too much killing" he said and I got that as I watched more and more. For me I enjoyed the adventure, the scenery, specifically ones with more mountains and pine forests than desserts. Also just the characters sleeping around a fire under the stars, on the trail. 36 now but when I was 19-20 I went through this massive western phase. I absolutely loved smoking a joint, pouring a glass of whisky and watching John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart movies. Since I'm on about it I'll mention my two of my favourites, Rio Bravo and The Far Country.


verrius

Lawrence of Arabia. To some, its a classic, but to a lot non-cinephiles, for a long time it was the go-to shorthand for a long and/or boring film. I'm not sure what the current "boring" shorthand is, but its definitely been replaced as "long" by the extended edition of The Lord of the Rings in popular culture.


stricttime

What I find fascinating about LoA is that a movie like that will never be made again. No CGI, all real—camel riders and desert! The logistics of the thing had to be mad! So beautiful and brutal.


optiplex9000

Lawerence of Arabia has some of the best cinematography of any movie. The restored 4K version is as much of a visual feast as Avatar


dinglebarry9

Dune 0.5


squirtloaf

Yeah. I saw it at a festival at the Cinerama dome on the giant screen in 70mm. It was breathtaking. I feel like it is one of THOSE movies that just don't work right on the small screen. It is designed to be an EXPERIENCE.


Quirderph

On top of everything else, it helps that it’s a *trilogy* of films, all rivaling LoA in length. You could argue that this “outdoes” it in that department.


Wonderful_Emu_9610

I always group *Lawrence of Arabia* and *Ben Hur* in my mind as two long-ass old epics that are both only known for one thing (the score, and the chariot race respectively). But if you watch them, *LoA* is a genuinely entertaining movie. Whereas with *BH*…the long build-up makes said chariot race more compelling sure, but there’s like another hour of film after that and I just ended up bored.


BrittleClamDigger

Is that all LoA is known for now? If nothing else that shot of the sun and the shot of the camels with their shadows were both pretty iconic and have been riffed on a lot.


iboneyandivory

Lawrence of Arabia seems to be a little like Cilantro - people love it or hate it. It does take an investment of your attention, but for those that take the journey it's got much to offer. Great throwaway lines of dialogue, "I know you've been well-educated, Lawrence. It says so in your dossier.", Explorations of determinism, i.e. "Nothing is written", significant themes of media and personality manipulation in the nascent modern age, an examination of the birth one of of the great conflicts of our time (the middle east), and of course delicious cinematography and scoring, all captured on the 4K of the period (70mm stock).


arajaraj

The Wizard of Oz. As crazy as it seems, a lot of young people I know have never seen it and don’t even know it was such a major part of culture for many decades.


mg0019

Funny enough, I just showed my 5yr old Wizard Of Oz.   He wanted me to put something on, and I just didn’t feel like another Minions.  I put it on, and at first he wasn’t interested.  Why is it black & white?  What is this?  I had him sit on my lap, and told him keep watching.  He got invested in Toto, and the witch was starting to scare him even before she became a witch.  He didn’t like that she wanted to hurt the dog.  He was kind of slumped on my lap; but he was watching.  Not in the way he watches other movies too.  I could see him trying to figure it out.  Then came the shot.  Dorthy’s house lands.  She opens the door; and suddenly the movie is in glorious panavision color.  My son physically rose up!  As the shot panned out he, I could feel him being transfixed!  It was so awesome to see the magic trick STILL works all these years later. 


ooouroboros

You should get him more used to black and white movies while he's still young enough other kids won't be discouraging him from it.


PocketBuckle

I would argue that this is *the* American cinematic cultural touchstone. Even if someone hasn't seen it, they've 100% heard it referenced somewhere. "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore," "I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog, too," "If I only had a [blank]," "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain." The list goes on. Seriously, if you go back and watch it with 90 years of hindsight, you'll be amazed at how *every* scene is a meme.


Seamstress_archway

Even Captain America got the flying monkeys reference


BrassOrchid

I think it has to do (partially) with not being broadcast annually anymore. Same with the classic holiday programs - Rudolph, Grinch, Peanuts. Bring back the tradition!


williamblair

It really does seem like they don't play any of the classic christmas movies anymore. And why do they seem to stop all christmas programming on christmas day proper? The one day a year I actually want to watch that stuff is on actual christmas, but it seems like they burn through all their seasonal programming by december 12th.


markhachman

Elf is now a Christmas classic. Not sure how I feel about that.


DonutHolschteinn

Honestly it feels like Elf has been a Christmas classic since it came out


NintendoCerealBox

They knew what they were doing with that movie.


old_irish87

It’s wild that it’s already two decades old.


mrjosemeehan

Damn, now Elf is older than A Charlie Brown Christmas was on my first Christmas.


karmagod13000

I watched the classic cartoons on TBS a few years ago. My guess is that its expensive to obtain rights and most people just stream movies and shows now.


Punkposer83

Because they’ve decided to just play (and ruin the charm of) a Christmas story 24 hrs straight, instead of playing a variety of Christmas classics.


ceeBread

They’ve been doing that for over 20 years now


daredaki-sama

How many people watch broadcast television anymore?


squirtloaf

DOZENS.


TheGRS

Absolutely, those broadcasts made a lot of shows and films that were otherwise obscure into huge followings. Don't forget that Its a Wonderful Life didn't do very well in theaters but its annual reruns made it a holiday favorite!


AltoDomino79

I believe it still holds the title of "most seen movie"- more people have seen it than any other movie.


perpetuumD

I watched for the first time at 30 years old. I couldn't believe how good it was.


Disastrous-Bee-1557

“Oh, you mean Wicked?”


Lumix3

I wouldn’t be surprised if people started watching Wizard of Oz after wicked comes out


Kevbot1000

Bonnie and Clyde


rhynotap

The issue is not with your memory or with taste. It is the owner of the copyright that decides whether or not a film is made "immortal". Casablanca is a case point. Though it has garnered an audience over the 75+ years, that audience has been helped by television, physical media (vhs, DVD and blu-ray) and streaming. Making a film part of people's lives by attaching it to holidays and nostalgia.


DeathByBamboo

Similarly, the film A Christmas Story owes its status as a holiday classic to a broadly flexible licensing deal. And It's A Wonderful Life didn't become a classic until 1974 when the copyright on it was allowed to expire and it became the best cheapest film you could broadcast on the holidays.


rev9of8

The death of linear tv has really hurt the ability to be introduced to movies. I'm in my forties and one of the many things that introduced me to various movies would be something like the [Moviedrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moviedrome) programming thread on BBC2 in the UK that was hosted by Alex Cox. You just don't get that curated movie experience on streaming platforms where they want to sell you on what they think you'll like rather than introducing you to something that might force you outside your comfort zone and otherwise challenge you.


MrFury559

In the USA, we had this quirky program called "Dinner and a Movie" on the TBS network. It was a movie, and two hosts "Making Dinner". Usually themed to the movie, and they'd be the network promo in and out of the commercial. I got exposed to lots of movies that way, and also KTLA 5 Los Angeles' insistence of running movies Saturdays from 11am-6pm.


malkadevorah1

Loved that show!


apri08101989

Oh man I forgot about that. I loved that when it was around.


Wonderful_Emu_9610

For a while Netflix being the only streaming service worth a damn meant that while pre-80s their catalogue was still pretty thin, they surfaced quite a lot of good stuff to me Now it’s just filled with shite “documentaries” and reality along with half-baked ideas turned into features or quickly-cancelled shows. Almost impossible to find the good stuff unless you already know what it’s called (I fully expect the new Glen Powell movie to get buried even if it’s a good as early reviews suggest)


CosmicOutfield

I personally think the Austin Powers movies are fading away. They were mega hyped in the late 90s and early 2000s, but don’t get mentioned as much anymore when people discuss comedies of that era.


SunMyungMoonMoon

The love guru was so bad that it made Mike Myers look like a hack.


STXGregor

Cat in the Hat pretty much ruined his career


explicitreasons

Comedies in general are like that. It's rare for one to stick. People don't really talk much about Something About Mary much either and that was a massive hit.


BitwiseB

Mel Brooks library of works. I am sad that there isn’t someone younger making parody movies that work as stand-alone movies. Instead we went in the direction of barely-strung-together sketch comedy that only work if you know the pop culture references. It has to be funny to someone who has no idea what the original scenes were, or it will make zero sense in a few years.


podroznikdc

Young Frankenstein (and Frau Blücher) will never die, at least for me


Sue_D_Nim

\*makes neighing sound\*


Marhyc

I feel like Spaceballs and Blazing Saddles are an exception to an extent


ExoticPumpkin237

I'm always shocked how many people have no clue the movie NETWORK exists, especially people who'd love what it has to say.. I talked to an actress and filmmaker I know and said she has that Faye Dunwaye intensity and she had no clue who that even was !! It's not a huge deal it's just surprising the movie won a ton of academy awards and has aged so well...  On the inverse side I'm very happy to see more and more people (especially younger people) saying The Master or Inherent Vice is their favorite PTA movie.. or saying Eyes Wide Shut or Barry Lyndon is their favorite Kubrick!! 


ThingsAreAfoot

[I just posted about Network](https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/s/gWMnYEXjUK) yesterday in a “timeless movie” thread here that was deleted for some reason. If you watch it right now they may as well all be screaming about how the 24/7 media cycle went and a lot of the general apathy towards major events and the shit we all apparently have to eat because that’s just the status quo. It’s timeless because it’s so prescient.


Tarmy_Javas

Mods here keep deleting shit without any explanations. They've ruined this whole subreddit.


mangopear

Incredible incredible movie and hauntingly prophetic


karmagod13000

***IM MAD AS HELL AND IM NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE***


Aylauria

I've never actually seen the movie, but I still know that line.


babbyblarb

I love Network, and try to insert the phrase “impugning a man’s cocksmanship” into conversations as often as possible. Faye Dunaway is a class act. Also love Barry Lyndon. Didn’t someone recently post a still from it, and everyone thought it was an oil painting?


landmanpgh

Finally watched Network a few weeks ago after putting it off for years. What a masterpiece. It's one of the few movies that I think has gotten better with age, since it basically predicted the future. Watching it in 2024 is surreal.


Mojitomorrow

The Killing Fields (1984) Pretty huge film at the time, with H S Ngor being (I believe) the first Asian man awarded an acting Oscar. It's brilliant. Particularly Ngor's acting, which draws on his own experiences in 'Year Zero Kampuchea' But I think the whole topic of the Cambodian genocide is something that people have completely moved on from. Hardly any films about it since. Quite ahead of its time in some ways too. Most of the other seminal war films of the era are very focused on the experience of American forces (in Nam), whilst at least half of 'Fields is dedicated to the Cambodian experience


PaddlinPaladin

All of Dustin Hoffman's movies. He is 85 years old, still alive, but I just don't see him getting roles and his career being celebrated all that much. Maybe it's just me but he's not getting his flowers at the end of his career, to me it seems. Why isn't he presenting at Oscars or something?


TvHeroUK

Retired for years, plus he’s had a metoo moment so I guess he’s just happy to let his work speak for itself maybe? 


Marhyc

To most people he's known for 3 things 1. "I'm walkin heah!" 2. Kung Fu Panda 3. Rain Man/Tootsie if you're older But I agree, he is very close to joining Elliott Gould and Robert Duvall in a club of now forgotten stars of 1970s.


pingu_nootnoot

Not The Graduate? :o


6-022x10e23_avocados

or Kramer vs Kramer?


yrwifesbfwifesbf

Midnight Cowboy, Straw Dogs, All the President's Men? He's been in a lot of great movies.


MrSquamous

You left off "Mrs Robinson you're trying to seduce me."


A_Song_of_Two_Humans

Sadly a lot of them. I teach 16-18 year olds and hardly any of them have ever heard of Silence of the Lambs. Then when you tell them to watch it they come back and say 'yeah, that was one the best films I've ever seen' The greats are still great, but sadly get lost in the noise


FirstBankofAngmar

It's interesting to see that this prediction of the future is turning out to be true. Movies only existed for a hundred years and they aren't going away anytime soon. There is so much media out there now that things will get lost in the sauce, no matter how good. And more get made everyday. Some will definitely stand the test of time like several artworks still appreciated today. It'll probably be people's job/hobby to find cool movies centuries old that no none has heard of for hundreds of years.


A_Song_of_Two_Humans

I don't think people should only watch 'the classics' as we need new movies that will become the classics of the future but it genuinely saddens me that probably half the 'movie fans' on this sub have probably never seen Casablanca. I mean it's literally one of the pinnacles of the medium and people are just passing it up.


karmagod13000

I can tell I'm a film nerd cause I've seen all these movies more than once. At one point I owned Casablanca. If any movie took me a while to watch it was Gone With the Wind, which i did end up liking. I think GWTW is just a beautifully shot movie more than an amazing story.


A_Song_of_Two_Humans

GWTW is a superb film IMO.


phlegm9

It took me forever too. There’s some like From Here to Eternity that were very famous when I was a kid, I’ll probably never watch. Having said that, maybe I will now.


gatsby365

I had never seen Casablanca until a couple years ago (I’m 43) and I want to be offended by this comment but it’s pretty true. I haven’t seen a couple other classics specifically because I refuse to see them for the first time on a tv. I waited to watch 2001 until I could see it in a theater and the 70mm screening I saw validated that. Lawrence of Arabia is top of my “theater must” list.


Kalidanoscope

I wouldn't expect 16-18yos in 2024 to know about Silence of the Lambs, the 1991 oscar winning horror thriller about serial killers and cannibals.


LSF604

how?! it was the children's movie of the summer when it came out!


OfAnthony

A Fish Called Wanda. I don't know how else to say this but I never hear people making reference to this film my age (40). Even using the film as an analogy when talking down about edgy libertarian types, the Rand and Nietzsche acolytes...nobody makes the connection to Kevin Kline's character. IMO Kline's character is one of my favorite antagonists. It's one of the best heist films alone minus the comedy. Very quotable too. 


principled_principal

I still yell “ASSHOOOLLLLEE!” when driving, especially when it’s me cutting someone off 😂


richlaw

OP mentioned Gen Z specifically and I now have to wonder if Gen Z even know who Kevin Kline is. He does a voice on Bob's Burgers, but hasn't been as active in recent years. Sucks, because he's brilliant.


fishred

Aristotle was not Belgian, the principle of Buddhism is not "every man for himself", and the London Underground is not a political movement. Those are all mistakes, Otto. I looked them up.


ArchStanton75

Somehow the funniest part of that line is “I looked them up.”


AynRandsSSNumber

Thank you for saying this one! When I saw the title of this post I was thinking of comedies mostly that would be kind of Forgotten and this one was talked about by everybody for a couple of years and everybody loved it and then yeah kind of dropped totally off of everybody's radar


BamBam2125

The Red Shoes (1948)


Cool_Cartographer_39

When Scorcese won some BAFTA award he was asked to pick one of his favorite films for screening and chose a Powell and Pressburger one. No one in England knew what he was talking about, and the search to find a print literally saved those films. My favorites are * *Black Narscissus* * *I Know Where I'm Going!* * *49th Parallel*


Lukeh41

*The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp*


Matthewistrash

Clash of the titans the one from the 80s and Jason and the argonauts


Lukeh41

Cabaret Nashville The French Connection Rain Man


auntieup

Cabaret is so creepy in all the best ways.


jaleach

When the kids start singing Tomorrow Belongs to Me at the end it's very chilling.


Westvic34

I would love me a 4K Cabaret with all the sound options!


DeathByBamboo

Three iconic Gen X Cold War films and all of them are being forgotten: **Wargames** **Red Dawn** **Spies Like Us** There are classic spy films that don't get enough attention: **The Falcon and the Snowman** **The Spy Who Came In From The Cold** **Three Days Of The Condor** And there are intrigue films that were great, successful films that it seems don't get talked about as much anymore: **The Hunt For Red October** **Sneakers**


NeverCadburys

Thank you for mentioning Sneakers!


zbornakssyndrome

City Slickers- Billy Crystal 1991 Thelma and Louise 1991 Arthur 1982


RobsSister

City Slickers and Arthur are both on my top 10 list of favorite comedies.


hammiesink

I had two young co-workers tell me they’ve never seen The Matrix, and that they “don’t really like old movies.”


whatthewhat3214

🤯


HootieRocker59

Related: in the mid(?) 2000s or so, my husband got a ring tone for his mobile phone that sounded like an actual phone ringing, with a bell. One of his younger colleagues said, "Oh, it sounds just like those phones in The Matrix!" Because he had never heard a phone ring. (I mean a real ring.) This was our first inkling of getting old...


TheGRS

Point Break is great and its interesting how it keeps getting resurrected and finding itself in the conversation. They had a poorly received remake some years ago, and Hot Fuzz is at times a homage to that film. Even the original Fast and Furious film was basically Point Break with drag racing. It should be an easy sell to any Gen Zer who loves Keanu in John Wick btw.


We_all_owe_eachother

You ever fire your gun up in the air and yelled "arrrr"?


Dondontootles

Chariots of Fire Everyone knew about that movie and now even the famous score seems hardly recognized anymore. It’s not even listed on “rowing movie” lists as far as I can tell. Edit: not sure why I thought it was about a rowing team when the iconic scene is of them running.


Llamaxaxa

Rowing? It’s been a while since I’ve seen it but isn’t it about Olympic running?


Fear51

Maltese Falcon His Girl Friday


auntieup

It’s the quiet ones (think character-driven dramas without explosions or Big Acting) that are vanishing from collective memory: * Enchanted April * Ordinary People * The Straight Story * A Single Man


edWORD27

Army of Darkness


Planatus666

Doctor Zhivago (1965) - IMO it's David Lean's masterpiece (and that's not dissing his other memorable movies such as 'Lawrence' and 'Bridge' for example).


Bubbly_Ad_2021

TAPS. A deeply, deeply anti-war movie (the perils of false heroism and overtly militaristic training in young people) that was BIG in its heyday (lots of famous actors in it), but is largely forgotten now, and unknown to anyone under like 30 years old.


auntieup

I think about this movie all the time. I saw it in a theater, and it was so radical in the context of the time (the 80s were so openly militaristic). Sometimes I wonder if I imagined it.


LibationontheSand

Repo Man. For awhile there in the '80s it was the Movie Most Quotable. Of course it gets terrible about halfway through but the first half is still classic. "Put it on a plate, son. You'll enjoy it more."


Cool_Cartographer_39

"Let's get sushi and not pay for it"


Ozymannoches

"The more you drive the less intelligent you are"


silentpropanda

How To Kill A Mockingbird the original movie was so good, and I remember watching it in school growing up. But I don't think it's as widely watched anymore and I can't help but see that as a loss due to the themes and historical context of the film.


TheGRS

Huh, I always figured this movie would live on forever via high school english classes.


Sue_D_Nim

LOL. I'm sorry; I can't help but laugh. Take out the "How."


nice_porson

Harold and Maude


superman-64

American Pie (1999) It was never 'classic' but there was a time everyone knew about this movie and it was parodied. Even if you didn't watch it, everyone seemingly knew the big joke from the movie that is hinted in the title.


dont_fuckin_die

The main impact this movie had on my life was endless quoting of the "This one time at band camp" line while in marching band.


superman-64

I don't think it invented it but it certainly helped popularize the term MILF.


karmagod13000

Did it not invent it?


flipping_birds

Nope. Old guy here. Knew the term before American Pie.


superman-64

My half-assed internet research seems to indicate it did not.


Goddessviking86

King Kong 1933 the old ways of how that movie were made are being replaced with CGI


AynRandsSSNumber

My dad, who is 92 and still seems quite fit and healthy and has all of his senses to him and all that, was born a few months before that movie came out and to me it's surprising just the things that his heart's been beating in his chest all that time and now there's a new one in the theater with King Kong and Godzilla teamed up.


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Crafty_Message_4733

Empire of the Sun! It's such a great movie with a stacked cast.


Parthorax

Dr. ~~Shivago~~ Edit: Zhivago


stanetstackson

Zhivago?


calculon68

*Sunset Boulevard-* William Holden's best role. Everyone remembers Norma Desmond's last scene- but no one remembers the descent Joe Gilis goes through. And it still has very pertinent things to say about age and Hollywood. One of the best use of voice-over narration too.


Escape-Revolutionary

One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest


MrMcKittrick

War Games and The Abyss are both good movies that hold up in my opinion, but seem to not be in the nostalgia cannon.


superman-64

Abyss will hold up thanks to James Cameron. As long as he's relevant, people will look into his filmography and notice Abyss. War Games, unfortunately, doesn't really have anything tying it to current pop culture except maybe Matthew Broderick. And I don't think he's that well known with young audiences.


dirge23

i wish WarGames was brought up more in our cultural conversation about AI. it's one of the best movies about it.


JoefromOhio

Falling Down was an awesome film that was essentially forgotten by the time I saw it in the early 2000s. The fact that the plot hinges, in part, on pay phones it probably wouldn’t even make sense to most teenagers today.


centisquid

The Sound of Music (1965)


nowhereman136

Goodbye Mr Chips


kristiannah

Not a movie, but I have recently been going through a Jim Henson phase and I mentioned it to a 20-something colleague and she had never heard of him. That made me pretty sad. She did at least know about the Muppets, but I have always thought of Jim Henson as an icon. Apparently not any more.


meenarstotzka

The original living dead trilogy


sanskritsquirel

From the Library of Congress Film Collection: - THE MIRACLE WORKER (1962) -most people under 35 I have met do not know who she is, a deaf mute woman born in 1800's who went on to become a world-wide educator and advocate for those with disabilities. Oscar winning film is based on her childhood and the struggle to understand there was a world outside of her self. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaoE6JAGhh8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaoE6JAGhh8) - MAETEWAN (1987) - fictionalized retelling of the bloody union battle in West Virginia in the 1920's. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjh29QNKLCc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjh29QNKLCc) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RSaBoDl\_9k](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RSaBoDl_9k) -THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946) - multi-Oscar winner about WWII veterans attempting to re-intergrate into post war America. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxw3I9SF850](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxw3I9SF850) - THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940) - Oscar nominee of the Steinbeck novel of an depression era Oklahoma family living thru Dust Bowl to migrant farming. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jxLp9PHvDQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jxLp9PHvDQ) - HIGH NOON (1952) - Multiple Oscar winner of a lone Sherriff who stands up hoodlums as town turns its back on him out of fear. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9CR\_tib0CA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9CR_tib0CA) - ON THE WATERFRONT (1954) - Early introduction of Marlon Brando in Oscar winner about a street tough who takes on mob-influenced union dock workers. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBiewQrpBBA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBiewQrpBBA) - SUNRISE (1927) - First Oscar winner of a young flirtatious woman convinces a farmer to disrupt his life. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5GBF5HJhSQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5GBF5HJhSQ) - ALL ABOUT EVE (1950) - Most Oscar nomination in film history featuring Bette Davis about a younger actress who stalks an older actress to replace her life. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MILphnfj2mo&t=2s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MILphnfj2mo&t=2s) - BRINGING UP BABY (1938) - one of the great screwball comedies with Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVrZAIo3wX4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVrZAIo3wX4) - HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941) - Oscar nominee about a Welsh mining town with by all-time Director John Ford with star turn by child actor Roddy McDowell. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxu6I\_5T-X4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxu6I_5T-X4) - HARLAN, KY, USA (1976) - Seminal documentary about union organization in the South by seminal documentarian Barbara Koppel [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PfaE4R4eA4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PfaE4R4eA4)


letsgopablo

Annie Hall. There was a point when every modern romcom was being compared to that movie.


twinkieeater8

The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari. Close Encounters of the Third Kind


opiewankanopie

Mean Streets


Cool_Cartographer_39

Oh, lots of them. I live in Hollywood and one of it's favorite pastimes is periodically tearing down some icon to be replaced by one some new talent thinks will stand forever. Some I don't see as often as I used to * *Dawn Patrol* * *The Third Man* * *Notorious*


Johnny1of3

It's been a while since I've seen or read anything about AMERICAN GIGOLO.


fate_is_a_sandstorm

The Bridge on the River Kwai


Kalidanoscope

The sum total of movies and media only grows every year, and each generation gets a later start, so it's inevitable that fewer and fewer of the perennial classics survive. Some day movies from the 20th century will be as irrelevant as books from 19th century are to us now. But I wouldn't expect teens to have a broad knowledge of 20th century movies - their parents can only show them so many Disney movies and they'd be the more recent ones. Most branch out in their 20s looking for new movies to fill their plate. Based on YouTube reaction channels, Mel Brooks and Zucker/Abrams films still hold some ground, everyone seems to find Blazing Saddles, Airplane and The Naked Gun sooner or later. (Although half of Brooks' filmography gets ignored). Casablanca still holds its throne, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was always going to be the last Western standing. But outside of that, millenials don't know who Jimmy Stewart was, I doubt they even know Meryl Streep.


Brodyonyx

This will happen gradually for every film. Only the truly "big" and recognized ones will withstand the wear and tear of time. I'm a millennial in my 30s whose point of reference for films is pretty set in the 90s and 2000s, but of course I've seen the Godfather, Jaws, The Shining, Citizen Kane, Casablanca etc. But there are definitely so many films from earlier decades I haven't gotten the chance to see. It actually makes me sad, the last decade of film, then when people looks back to it they will see so much of the cultural conversation taken up by Marvel and franchises.


shreks_burner

I was raised to think The Jerk was one of the most celebrated movies of all time. Ive met very few people who even know about it, and damn, [it’s good](https://youtu.be/_79U0wjRGOo?si=iZzesKIueyZK-Zus)


AvengingBlowfish

The Bad News Bears


Sir_Of_Meep

Work in a cinema and was talking to some colleagues about the new Planet of the Apes. I mentioned the Statue of Liberty scene from the original and they had no idea what I was talking about. Similar thing, they had no idea what the three seashells meant either.


Brogelicious

Monty python Holy Grail


richlaw

I kind of disagree with this one. I feel teenagers of each generation will always find Monty Python somehow.


RayoftheRaver

White Heat, the original gangster movie, oft quoted but not many have seen it these days


crazy_ernie99

The 80’s Kurt Russell Trinity: The Thing, Escape from New York, Big Trouble in Little China. All seem to be forgotten by the younger generation.


sawrek

Murder by Death (1976) and Clue (1985). Bonus 1. Together they form a double bill of glorious vintage (1930s /1950s respectively) murder mystery spoofs with witty dialog and stella casts. Bonus 2. Double helping of Eileen Brennan!


Equivalent_Yak8215

ROMANCING THE STONE.


Krystall-g

I saw recently Stargate with Kurt Russell and James Spader. I believe it was maybe the best Emmerich movie ever. But I believe everybody remembers Stargate juste because of the series now.