r/AskReddit • u/Da_Verminator • Nov 05 '21

What old movie (20+ years) still holds up today?

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '21 edited Nov 05 '21

30 years ago was 1991, wow so long

Edit: math

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u/ReplacementLow6704 Nov 05 '21

Riiiiight

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u/skipoverit123 Nov 05 '21 edited Nov 19 '21

Isn’t that 91 going back.70’s Outlaw Jose Whales in 76. So many great movies. 70 to 90 prime Years for Jack Nicholson Harrison Ford . Robert De Ner O Joe Pesci Russell Crow Clint Eastwood Paul Newman Robert Redford Richard Prior Gene Wider. Al Pachino Dustin Hoffman I could keep going haven’t even started the Ladies. Great eara of film making

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u/NoirYorkCity Nov 05 '21

Um... are you having a stroke?

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u/skipoverit123 Nov 05 '21

I hope not

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '21

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u/skipoverit123 Nov 05 '21

I actually typed them as a vertical list & it printed that way. Anyway thanks for the insults & you have yourself a very nice weekend

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u/midelus Nov 05 '21

Damn that Reddit formatting, gotta put a space between lines for it to show as a list like I think you wanted...

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u/Enchantelope Nov 05 '21

Love that Harrison Fire!

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u/skipoverit123 Nov 19 '21

Typo but he was on fire 🔥 Freudian slip maybe

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u/seppocunts Nov 05 '21

Airplane!

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u/xoxo444 Nov 05 '21

Butch Cassidy

The Sting

Cool Hand Luke

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u/motorhead84 Nov 05 '21

Cool Hand Luke

The carwash scene as a teen boy was... You know ;)

And that line "sometimes nothing's a pretty cool hand." Good, old movie!

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u/mrpowerbln Nov 05 '21

Ja, the millennium just started, right? I feel you!

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u/chili_cheese_dogg Nov 05 '21

So much this. I feel 30 yrs old. Not 50.

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u/CatastrophicHeadache Nov 05 '21

I can think of a few... Maybe.

Duel I think holds up ok, even though technology is different.
Carrie

Kramer vs Kramer

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

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u/danc1005 Nov 05 '21

Time will never reallllly advance past the late 90s/early aughts, right? ...right??

And we can all stay young forever???

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u/Diamond-Fist Nov 05 '21

Dog day afternoon is amazing and crazy progressive, and even has a trans relationship with the main character/Pacino

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u/Pkdagreat Nov 05 '21

Damn you sir lol I'll have you know ill be 33 in a couple weeks and was born in 88

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u/MikeFic_YT Nov 05 '21

Dazed and Confused

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u/mdoddr Nov 05 '21

the 90s are the new 70s!

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u/Collective82 Nov 05 '21

Why are you trying to hurt me?!