What movie 20+ years or older still makes you say WOW.

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  • j allen
    j allen Posts: 363
    edited August 2010
    Soylent Green is made from people! Well, Soylent Green certainly shows its age, but I can't watch it without feeling (in some small way) the bitter depression of the society, the desperation of our hero, etc, therefore, I say it's great.

    I'll also throw in my hat for Clockwork Orange and Dr. Strangelove.

    I'm also fairly certain Time Bandits is old enough to fit in here. :D
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  • Big Dawg
    Big Dawg Posts: 2,005
    edited August 2010
    No offense to the OP, but this is like shooting fish in a barrel for anyone over 40.
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  • superjunior
    superjunior Posts: 1,632
    edited August 2010
    I remember seeing raiders of the lost ark in the theater when I was a kid. awesome movie for its time
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited August 2010
    El Topo
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,212
    edited August 2010
    To kill a Mocking Bird....
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,212
    edited August 2010
    Watership Down.. One of my favorite animated Movies of all time..
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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,849
    edited August 2010
    The Birds
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited August 2010
    North by Northwest

    Planet of the Apes
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  • fossy
    fossy Posts: 1,378
    edited August 2010
    Billy Jack & the Trial of Billy Jack
    another vote for Excorsist
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,141
    edited August 2010
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    To kill a Mocking Bird....

    One of my favorites for sure.;)
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  • hagmanm2
    hagmanm2 Posts: 205
    edited August 2010
    Forbidden Planet! Yes! Awesome movie!

    The Northwest Passage

    Zulu

    Captain Blood

    Bridge over the River Kwai
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  • wz2p7j
    wz2p7j Posts: 840
    edited August 2010
    Geez, come to think of it, all of the really good movies were made over 20 years ago. :D:D:eek::eek:

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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited August 2010
    The Shining
    Silence of the Lambs
    Seven Samarai (Kurosawa)
    Yojimbo (also Kurosawa)
    Chinatown
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  • Lumpwithgoodear
    Lumpwithgoodear Posts: 35
    edited August 2010
    I'm a Jack Nicholson fan soe "One flew over the cuckoos nest" is good! I'm an old **** tho! lmao!
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited August 2010
    Keiko wrote: »
    Deep Inside Desiree Cousteau

    Should have won an Oscar !!!:mad:
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited August 2010
    The Stuntman & House of Games are a little obscure but very good flics! 20 + yrs. old BTW.;)

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081568/

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093223/
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited August 2010
    sabotg wrote: »
    I forgot about The Thing! Awesome special effects for it's time. :D

    I guess you are referring to the remake. I love the original from the 50s with James Arness as the Thing. Watched it numerous times on TV as a kid, and it scared me everytime.

    Loved the original King Kong, and watched it so many times I have it memorized.

    Also from the 30s is Shape of Things To Come.

    And, to ditto an earlier post, Forbidden Planet. I have all 4 on DVD now.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited August 2010
    Big Dawg wrote: »
    No offense to the OP, but this is like shooting fish in a barrel for anyone over 40.

    Yeah I guess your right... It all stemmed from a conversation with my co-workers who you guessed it......were over 40.:p
    BTW, thanks for all of the posts guys, I now have plenty of suggestion for movies to add to my collection.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited August 2010
    It's funny how all these types of threads just devolve into "hey, what movies do y'all like?"
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  • leadfoot1
    leadfoot1 Posts: 155
    edited August 2010
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    To kill a Mocking Bird....

    That's the first movie that popped into my head. Also I have to agree with the Terminator movies as I'm a Terminator junkie.
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  • muncybob
    muncybob Posts: 3,033
    edited August 2010
    I guess I should have looked up how old Fargo is...delete that from the list, but at my age almost everything seems to be 20+ yrs old!!

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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited August 2010
    Keiko wrote: »
    Super Argo and the Faceless Giants

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    What was the name of that movie again??

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  • renowilliams
    renowilliams Posts: 920
    edited August 2010
    One movie that has not been mentioned yet is Top Gun. Not for the storyline but for the flying scenes. This movie was done prior to CGI and all the flying was done by military pilots. One of the fighters was custom fitted with camera gear by the US Navy and paid for by the movie studio. Anyway, I enjoy putting the movie on from time to time just for the flying.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,383
    edited August 2010
    The flying was also done by model aircraft because some of the scenes were deemed to dangerous by the military... This one crossed my mind as well, but the fact that they tried to pass off the T-38/F-5 as a MiG and some of the other shots involving the wrong aircraft type or the sounds of piston engines when Iceman's jet gets shot up killed it for me.

    Good movie though, just not WOW for me.
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  • bsoko2
    bsoko2 Posts: 1,449
    edited August 2010
    BlueFox wrote: »
    I guess you are referring to the remake. I love the original from the 50s with James Arness as the Thing. Watched it numerous times on TV as a kid, and it scared me everytime.

    Loved the original King Kong, and watched it so many times I have it memorized.

    Also from the 30s is Shape of Things To Come.

    And, to ditto an earlier post, Forbidden Planet. I have all 4 on DVD now.

    I saw the original "Thing" with James Arness in it's first release in the theater in New Westminister, B.C.
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  • markmarc
    markmarc Posts: 2,309
    edited August 2010
    North By Northwest- Hitchcock at his finest.
    Dances With Wolves- The photography of the open plains is stunning.
    The Right Stuff- Should have won a bundle of Oscars but was misconstrued as a vehicle for John Glenn's presidential run.
    Das Boot- Dripping with claustrophobic intensity.
    Local Hero- great subtle humor.
    Airplane!- May be the funniest line and sight gag movie ever.
    Life of Brian- My personal favorite of the Monty Python movies, as every political and religious group get nailed.
    Star Wars- The movie really has so many layers to it to ponder.
    Peyton Place- The first movie to bring up the seamy under belly of what happens behind closed doors.
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  • Ric5811
    Ric5811 Posts: 400
    edited August 2010
    Weird Science!:D

    But seriously....Mr. Roberts (Jack Lemmon, Henry Fonda) Awesome movie

    Apocalypse Now
    Star Wars
    Godfathers
    Jaws
    Blade Runner
    Alien
    2001
    Logan's Run(thought provoking)Of course I would be long dead by now!
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