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Jurassic Park 1
Blade runner 1
2001: a Space Odyssey
The Matrix 1
They all hold up so well and in particular their vfx. In the Matrix it's probably more the plot than the vfx, even though it had merit coining that frozen up bullet time shot aesthetic. But in general every time I watch these I can't help but marvel at how well put together they are and then I remember when they were released and then I compare them to the mediocre releases decades after that and yeah. I'm in awe.
Metropolis might be the ultimate "ahead of its time" movie. It's nearly 100 years old and still looks mind-blowing.
When I heard about megalopolis I thought Coppola was remaking this movie
Holy crap yes, I watched it a few years back and couldn't belive not only how good it looked but how good it was in general.
Clue is an interesting study. It's a movie set in the 50's, made in the 80's, and it bombed in theaters in the 80's, but the television cut became popular in the 90's and 00's. It definitely is a product of the 80's, I don't think they would have made it in 1995, but that's when it landed.
One of my favorites
2001: A Space Odyssey.
Kubrick gave them fucking iPads. In 1968.
"Mystery Men" seems to have a lot of themes on super hero fatigue in it that feels like it would be a better commentary in 2019 than 1999.
"No Country for Old Men" feels like a movie from a previous era.
Brazil - Made in 1985, feels like post 9/11.
Napoleon Dynamite, but that’s intentional.
Napoleon Dynamite hits just right if you grew up at a certain time in a rural area. That movie is like watching my own childhood.
Josie and the Pussycats was lampooning our current celebrity obsessed, "influencer" obsessed, consumer lifestyle 20 years ago. Yes, there was certainly celebrity worship back then. But the way the movie portrayed it and the consumer greed that seeks to profit from it feels even more relevant today.
Might be cheating to mention this but most/all Tarantino flicks are meant to feel like 70s movies
Falling Down takes place in the 1990's but feels like a very 1970's movie.
John Wayne's 'The Green Berets' is an oddity. While it's not out of its time, since the 1960s was packed with war movies, the fact that it's a Vietnam movie rather than a WW2 movie gives it a surreal quality. It is filmed with the same tone, style, and music as something like 'The Longest Day' but it's about Vietnam making it a million miles away from the style of most Vietnam movies.
Standout scenes include a green beret ranting at a strawman reporter, and the scene where John Wayne smashes an obviously toy rifle to pieces.
The anime Perfect Blue. It was ahead of it's time. 1997 but the parasocial aspect of society it explores was in it's infancy compared to current time.
The Love Witch is a bit of a cheat because it was literally designed to look like it was shot in the 70s (and does an amazing job of it)
Cube was ahead of its time for bizzare setting and body horror.
The Fall by Tarsem. I've been so happy the 4k remaster and theatrical re-release has been getting some love now.
It Follows is pretty timeless. (intentionally so, by the director.)
Terminator 2?
Really? I'm not sure any movie feels more 90s than Terminator 2.
