Great movies Millennials probably don’t know about

[Brok85]

Just saw RAD (BMX movie) is now on Amazon Prime. Hadn’t thought of that one in years.

 

[who r u]

 

[ConvenientParking]

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Naw, that movie was played on cable a lot in the 90s and 00s.

 

[PhoenixHawk5.0]

Better Off Dead
Stand By Me
Red Dawn
Wargames
Diner

War games....I remember watching that with my dad as a kid and was blown away

 

[PhoenixHawk5.0]

The original midway movie. I was glued to the tv whenever I was lucky enough to catch that on.

 

[who r u]

 

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[SIXERS24]

White Men can't jump is supper overrated!!!

Watch Vision Quest and All the Right Moves

 

[Breastman]

Car flicks (F your F&F Franchise)

Bullitt
Vanishing Point
2 Lane Blacktop

Good list.

Someone posted a picture on a facebook car group I'm on of an identical yellow GTO from Two Lane. I asked if that was Warren Oates and none of the young ones had any clue what I was talking about. One of my favorite films.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Somebody already stole my comedy.... so

 

[Doodads and Hoohah]

Y'all realize the oldest millennials are in their late 30s? I'm 40 and have heard of almost all of these.

 

[Brok85]

Drug themed movies

Rush - with Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jason Patric, Sam Elliot, and Greg Allman makes an appearance. One of the great soundtracks
Drugstore Cowboy with Matt Dillon, Heather Graham. William Burroughs makes an appearance (Millennials may have to that up))

 

[CarterHall]

Pray For The Wildcats

 

[ConvenientParking]

Drug themed movies

Rush - with Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jason Patric, Sam Elliot, and Greg Allman makes an appearance. One of the great soundtracks
Drugstore Cowboy with Matt Dillon, Heather Graham. William Burroughs makes an appearance (Millennials may have to that up))

I knew William Burroughs (and Ginsberg, Keroauc) but not Drugstore Cowboy. Watching now for the first time. On Prime right now until Monday.

 

[hawkirugged17]

John Hughes box set:
16 Candles
Breakfast Club
Pretty in Pink
Weird Science


Zucker Bros box set:
Kentucky Fried Movie
Airplane!
Top Secret
The Naked Gun

 

[Hans81]

With social media they are overwhelmed. Let’s help them out.

The Big Chill

An early Tom Cruise movie…All the Right Moves.

 

[Hans81]

Better Off Dead
Stand By Me
Red Dawn
Wargames
Diner

The original Red Dawn movie was good.

 

[Hans81]

Swamp Thing
The Warriors
Zapped
Valley Girl
Strange Brew
The Last Starfighter
Buckaroo Banzai

The Warriors was a very good flick.

 

[jasonrann]

An early Tom Cruise movie…All the Right Moves.

Risky Business.

 

[ConvenientParking]

I won't go over every movie I've seen ITT because I went out of my way to look for some of them during COVID restrictions. But I think at least most millennials know John Hughes movies, they were constantly on cable. Gen Z probably didn't watch nearly as much cable. But those Hughes films left a pretty big impact on the culture and still influence or get referenced by shows and movies today (prominently featured in Ready Player One which is gem Z's Jurassic Park), so I wouldn't be surprised if a lot more gen Zers than just the cinephiles have seen at least one Hughes film. We did a unit on The Breakfast Club in my high school sociology course. I remember thinking it was better than something similar we did with The Outsiders in an English class when I was a freshman.

 

[Douglas C. Neidermeyer]

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I cannot accept that it’s Been 40 years. No way.

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

War games....I remember watching that with my dad as a kid and was blown away

The set that was built to represent NORAD inside Cheyenne Mountain was amazing! In reality, NORAD's "war room" isn't nearly that elaborate. The mountain base is still remarkable though. Much of the footage from the film is from the actual base, including the entrance, tunnel and blast doors.

 

[hawkirugged17]

I cannot accept that it’s Been 40 years. No way.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Brewster’s Millions
Turk 182

 

[Nole-4-Life]

 

[TonyTheTiger.1865]

Vertigo, the man who shot Liberty Valance, the Searchers, ….

 

[JustSayOV]

Risky Business.

Was always a fan of Elisabeth Shue in Cocktail

(or pretty much anything she was in....very strong "hot, girl next door" vibe)

 

[Stoopsbrother]

 

[HawkMachine]

SpaceCamp
The Legend of Billie Jean
Empire of the Sun

 

[WhiteSoxClone]

We could really name any Samuel L. Bronkowitz movie here, but of course Catholic High School Girls In Trouble is an all-time classic.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

GREAT drive-in movie!

 

[goldmom]

The Last Picture Show - done in Black and White
I re-read this whole thread and I don’t recall seeing The Graduate.
And Animal House? 🤯

 

[Nole-4-Life]

The Last Picture Show - done in Black and White
I re-read this whole thread and I don’t recall seeing The Graduate.
And Animal House? 🤯

I'd say they're sorta culturally significant.

Last Picture Show is a good call tho.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Bringing this back to add

First Born

Great flick from the cable days.