25 Older Films That Are Still Awesome to Watch

There is no shortage of new movies coming out. From your local theater to countless streaming services, you have plenty of modern entertainment.

By PocketEpiphany

Published 1 year ago in Funny

There is no shortage of new movies coming out. From your local theater to countless streaming services, you have plenty of modern entertainment.

But what if you want to watch something a little older? With the help of Reddit, we rounded up some of the best films that are at least 20 years old. Keep reading to figure out what you'll be watching this week.

1
Fifth Element Leeloo Dallas multi-pass.

2
I think the deepest part of Office Space is how it's a comedy when you're young, and borders on a documentary as you get older.

3
I think Terminator 2 is the best action movie of that decade (90s).
4
Just watched The Thing (1982) again just before Halloween. Absolutely grotesquely terrific effects. For the autopsy scene, they (reportedly) used actual animal parts which is why it seems so real. Some of the stop motion is a bit dodgy, but it adds to the uncanniness of what's happening on screen and makes it that much more horrifying.

5
For a B movie, Tremors slaps like a faith healer.
6
Goodfellas “I’m funny how? like a clown? Do I amuse you?”
7
Young Frankenstein. It's "Frankensteen"!

8
Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's one of the only movies that I will watch every time I see it on the channel guide.
9
Galaxy Quest is fantastic. Is there air? You don’t know!
10
Toy Story. I truly watched this for the first time in 2020. I was 12 when it was first put out. I’m 38 now. It’s a great flick.

11
The Silence of the Lambs. Will anyone ever be able to exude as much intelligent menace as Anthony Hopkins? 16 minutes of screentime in that movie and one of the most memorable villains of all time. Talk about a...scene-chewer.
12
My Cousin Vinny. IMO, it's a perfect movie. I don't think they could have done anything to enhance it in any capacity. I quote it so much and have seen it at least 25 times. Marisa Tomei and Joe Pesci have such amazing on-screen chemistry in that film.
13
The Iron Giant (1999).

14
Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday made Tombstone. “I'll be your huckleberry.”
15
Clueless! I find it incredibly timeless given how glaringly '90s it is.
16
Shawshank Redemption. I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living or get busy dying.

17
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Over 30 years later and it's still great and effects hold up so much better than CGI from movies a lot newer than it, because of how they made it by hand-drawing the cartoons onto cells.
18
12 Angry Men. The film is over 60 years old and it still holds up so well.
19
Die Hard. This could be released today, as it is, unlike anything else of the late 80s.

20
Whenever some cinesnob starts badmouthing Spielberg, I love to point out that he released Jurassic Park AND Schindler's List in the same year. Two completely different but equally amazing films. He's had some misses, for sure. But the dude is still a genius, IMO.
21
Groundhog Day. What if there is no tomorrow? There wasn’t one today!
22
Stand By Me was a crucial part of my childhood/coming of age, and I still love it to this day.

23
The Truman Show - literally timeless and has aged like fine wine.
24
PredatorI. It's almost three different movies in one. It starts off as a macho action movie. Then it transitions into slasher-horror survival. And finally it becomes some type of tense hunter-stalker-trapper type thing.
25
My husband and I rewatched Good Will Hunting this year and I have to agree. I thought it was going to feel heavy-handed like so many older movies can, but Gus Van Sant really is timeless in his filmmaking. I really believe it’s a winning combination of his direction, Affleck and Damon’s writing, the music from Danny Elfman and Elliot Smith, and the performances, especially Robin Williams. It didn’t feel 20+ years old at all.