My problem is that my default ‘old’ movie was The African Queen (1951), only two years before I was born, because I saw it long afterwards. So the list generated would be too recent. I thought of 1939, but I’ve seen The Wizard of Oz so often, not to mention variations on it, it’s still new. So I finally decided on Birth of a Nation (1915); now that’s an old film.
1953-1915=38. 2013-38=1975
These are the movies of 1975, as old today as Birth of a Nation was when I was born:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Tommy
Nashville
Love and Death
The Stepford Wives
Shampoo
Jaws
Dog Day Afternoon
Lots more, of course, but these jumped out at me as films that either reflected the era, or are timeless classics. And the latter two I’ve never seen.
You’ve never seen JAWS? Wow! It’s really good. Not just because it’s exciting and stuff, but the acting is impeccable. Even the shark is good!
I heard there’s a re-release of Wizard of Oz coming out! So excited. I’ve seen most of these and agree that many of them are timeless classics.
The only movie I saw was The Stepford Wives. Jaws was too scary and ‘One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ was too sad. Anyway there were plenty of movies I liked very much like “The Father of The Bride” and the Yearling.
Thanks for your comment! Dikes are our “hills”here in the west part of the country.
You’ve never seen Jaws? Me neither. We’re probably the only two people in the USA who haven’t seen it.