Hey Pandas, Have You Re-Watched Any Old Movies That Turned Out To Be Better Than You Remember? (Closed)

When you watch an old favorite and you think to yourself "Damn that is a very good film!"

My answer Velvet Goldmine, (not one for the youngsters on this site). I watched it fir the first time in years, forgot just how good the film is? A fictional retelling of the glam rock era based on David Bowie and Iggy Pop? It works so well. And that soundtrack? AMAZING!

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Nathaniel (He/Him) Cis Het.

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DreamMaker_104 1 year ago

Please,,,,,yes!!!! One of my older brothers who is a musician knows how to play some of the different songs from the soundtrack,on trombone, piano, violin, cello, and on each of them it is so beautiful

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So many!

My top one would probably be National Velvet with Elizabeth Taylor (1944). It is SO GOOD. The characters are so deep and the plot is fantastic. I don't know why it's not more popular.

Next to that, my Dad loves old Westerns, so sometimes I watch them with him. They really used to put work into movies. There was no CGI or anything...just a bunch of people and a camera and a solid plot. 100% would recommend some of John Wayne's.

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Lil Miss Hobbit

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jolie laide 1 year ago

My Mom LOVED National Velvet, anything involving horses, really. She was horse mad, god love her. There's International Velvet, which isn't so good but still decent. "The Black Stallion" is another treasure to check out, if you haven't already. Another goodie, though it's not really "old" by any means, is a movie called "Hidalgo" (2004). Westerns, I'll admit... I'm not a total fan of John Wayne. He's got some good ones, but also check out Clint Eastwood (not a total fan of his either but some good ones). There's also classics with Gary Cooper, Lee van Cleef, Randolph Scott and Glenn Ford.

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Not really an 'old' movie, but Hamilton! I first tried to watch it during a very chaotic hangout, no one was really paying attention so we all got bored. Couple years later, someone convinced me to rewatch it, and now I've listened to Guns and Ships about a million times

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A Wild Bean (they/them/any)

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There's a couple I can name..

Garfield's Halloween Adventure (1985) - cartoon goodness

The Black Stallion (1979) - a young boy and a black stallion (male) horse, survive a shipwreck on an island

Tarzan, Earl of Greystoke (1984) - Christopher Lambert (of Highlander fame) plays Tarzan, very dramatic movie, forget the cartoons

The Lady in White (1985) - Lucas Haas, big in the 80's - ghost/haunting story, murder mystery about a pedo killer.

The Last Starfighter (1984) - the original Jumanji, only it's not a "fake" world, it's real - aliens evaluate human players based on video game scores

Enemy Mine (1985) - Dennis Quaid, Lou Gossett Jr. - a human male and an asexual alien in a dog fight, crash land on a mining planet

Alien Nation (1988) - James Caan and Mandy Patinkin - aliens on Earth, 1 human cop and 1 alien pair up on a case, salt water is acidic to the aliens

12 Angry Men (both 1957 and 1997) - jury focused, deliberating a trial

To Sir, with Love (1965) - Sidney Poitier - teacher in a rough London school

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) - Sidney Poitier - interracial couple

Scaramouche (1952) - French revenge story with sword fights!

Roxanne (1987) - Steve Martin - retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac.

The Forbidden Planet (1956) - scifi - Leslie Nielson used to be a dramatic actor before he switched gears and turned to comedy. Space exploration, new planet, robots, unseen foe.

The Lover (1992) - Jane March, Tony Leung - age gap (teenage French girl (15) and wealthy Chinese businessman (30s) - set in 1920's French Indonesia (Saigon I think, now it's Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam).

The Secret of NIHM (1982) - lab rats and mice experimented on evolve and escape, magic, cartoon movie

Dreamscape (1984) - Dennis Quaid - scifi - dream psychics

Solar Babies (1986) - scifi - post apocalyptic, think rollar derby/hockey.

So many more. War Games, The Hitcher, Warlock (RIP Julian Sands), The Gate, Dog Soldiers, The Poseidon Adventure (1972), The Towering Inferno, Hurricane (1979), Quest for Fire (1981), Clan of the Cavebear (1986), Runaway (1984) ..dear god I can't stop!