Nostalgic Movies

Posted by Tan_Jordan_81@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 33 comments

'81 baby here and I was thinking back to movies that are Nostalgic to me:

The Neverending Story
Willy Winka and the Chocolate Factory
Labyrinth
Goonies
Flight of the Navigator
E.T.
A Christmas Story

What movies would be similar now? All I can think of is the Minecraft Movie, but our movies weren't videogames turned movies. Thoughts?

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Tan_Jordan_81@reddit (OP)

Ohhhh. I'll have to check that one out.

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Farm-Alternative@reddit

Sir can check your xennial card, you say your 81 but something doesn't add up here..🤔

*Hands over card

Hey Jack, have a look at this one, he says 81 but hasn't seen The Last Starfighter, I don't know man.. what do you think?

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_carbonrod_@reddit

Robocop

Not sure how that got ok’d for me to watch at 9 years old but here we are.

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bahaki@reddit

One I haven't seen mentioned yet is Big Trouble in Little China.

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Akiranar@reddit

Little Shop of Horrors

Last Unicorn

Dark Crystal

Willow

Secret of NIMH

Clue

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jasonmoyer@reddit

Lack of Time Bandits is disappointing

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bistro223@reddit

People are always giving me shit for never having watched Goonies. I might be a bit old to appreciate it now though.

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I live in WA; while doing a road trip to CA a few years ago, my family specifically went to Astoria so I could see the Goonies house. The jail that the Fratellis break out of now houses the Oregon Film Museum.

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Tan_Jordan_81@reddit (OP)

Give it a go...you'll be surprised.

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Temporary-Warning883@reddit

Return to Oz. That shit is crazy

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Tan_Jordan_81@reddit (OP)

Omg yes! That's one of my favorites and I so identified with Dorothy.

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picklecruncher@reddit

How is Dark Crystal not on these lists?

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Tan_Jordan_81@reddit (OP)

I ways forget about that one.

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StillhasaWiiU@reddit

Live action Mario Bros, Street Fighter, and Mortal Kombat happened in our youth. Ep there were some video games films.

Most of your list is the kid centric stuff the studios don't really make anymore. Streaming killed the studios from making a lot of films like that.

The Marvel films will probably be what some kids will feel nostalgic for.

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Tan_Jordan_81@reddit (OP)

Very true; and I had forgotten about those films as well. It's sad how capitalism has taken everything over, and how cyclical it is.

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Gravy_Sommelier@reddit

It's not like capitalism in children's entertainment is anything new. Most of the stuff we watched as kids was made to sell us toys and junk food.

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Tan_Jordan_81@reddit (OP)

Also very true, and I'm not insinuating as such. It's just so blatant how much of monopoly there is now.

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cheffartsonurfood@reddit

True. My kid the other day said "Dad let's watch a classic movie. Like Iron Man 2 or something." He's 8.

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Jonestown_Juice@reddit

Conan The Barbarian
Dragonslayer
Legend
Excalibur
Willow
Beastmaster
Red Sonja
Krull
Clash of the Titans
Conan The Destroyer

You can guess what my favorite genre is.

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Temporary-Warning883@reddit

Clash of the Titans! My mom loved that movie, it’s so cheesy seeing it nowadays, still love it

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AgentWD409@reddit

Excalibur remains, to this day, the greatest cinematic adaptation of Arthurian legend.

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Tan_Jordan_81@reddit (OP)

What movies now, today, in the last 10 years, would have the same nostalgic feel?

I don't think any movies could touch our nostalgia with a 10 foot pole.

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AgentWD409@reddit

Here's my list...

Back to the Future
Flight of the Navigator
The Goonies
Hook
The Karate Kid
The Last Starfighter
The NeverEnding Story
The Princess Bride
The Sandlot

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Warrior-Cook@reddit

Last year, I watched Legend twice in one day. Directors cut is better, but that Tangerine Dream track.

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BottleCurious1332@reddit

Red Dawn, Breakfast Club, The Outsiders