Well I was expecting old, I did not watch many movies in the 80's. Of those on the list I have seen 5. So I guess I like "really old" movies-LOL!

Same as Janey. The last three on the list were movies that were memorable to me.

When I think old movies, I think really old. More my mothers era, films I have seen many times. African Queen, Bridge on the River Kwai are two that stand out that we watched as a family.

Several years ago I searched for and found a copy of Old Yeller for the three sons of a friend. They had never heard of it or seen it. What's more, neither had she, and she's two years older than I am.

I’ve only seen five too. Loved Working Girl.

Like Janey, I was expecting a list of OLD movies. Not being much of a movie goer (or watcher), I've never heard of most of these. A couple of the titles sort of sound familiar, I guess my kids saw them and discussed them. I did see "Rain Man", it made quite an impression on me.

Rusty

There are some good movies on the list, but I haven't seen most of them Like the others say, "old" is not the term I use.

For me when i hear the words old movies they conjure up 1930s and 1940s movies.

Some of my favorite movies of all time in that list. Especially A Fish called Wanda and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Agree that these are not what springs to mind when I hear "old" movies.

Those may be classic to Gen Xers but not to the average age group here. ;-)

Hate the term gen Xers, so arbitrary. Ick. I'd hate to be a "Millennial" just as much stigma attached to them.... and still I have to agree, those are not classics. Not yet. Some are pretty good, but not iconic.

Maybe I'm wrong but I think every generation has some stereotyping to it. I think if people are put into some kind of a grouping it's easier for marketers to convince them to purchase stuff. I try to convince myself that the stereotypes are not true so I try to treat everybody individually. Of course I'm sure I fail lots of times.

I have seen a few of the movies but didn't like too many of them. I probably am among the few who liked Tom Hanks' movie Big.

Wow you should see what autocorrect suggested that I write after the word big! It wasn't polite. I've seen it make a lot of mistakes but it's usually not R rated. That's why I am a little surprised.

I was under the impression that Big was very popular! I confess that I get drawn into it whenever I come across it on a cable network.

Yeonassky, I'm interested.....what about this list of very diverse films seems stereotyped to you?

Rhizo - I don't think Yeonassky was referring to the stereotyping of movies. I had mentioned that those movies would be more classic to those of Generation X and another poster didn't like the term. Shrug. We've always had generational terms. Many of us are Baby Boomers. There have also been sub groups like the so called Beat Generation. It's just one way to categorize generations for anthropology. No big deal.

I understand now, thanks, watchme.

Lol, I can't understand why people became focused on Jim's choice of words rather than the topic of the article! It's an interesting collection of movies, for crying out loud!

Just because something has always been doesn't mean it should continue. Some wear their's as a badge. But even that wasn't my point. Part of the comment I totally disagreed with, but I totally agreed with other parts. I think classic is a term used incorrectly too often and has made it trite when it comes to things like movies. I totally agree with not calling those classics. I'm on that page. That's what I meant. More about agreeing with the term classics.

signed,

another poster

I watch (and own) hundreds of movies. I have only seen 9 of them, and own only a couple. Die Hard and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels are fantastic!

Flash Dance was released in 1983. I loved that movie & I own it. Predator 1987.

You only realize you are OLD when people talk about "historic" events -- during which you were present.

I've seen all of them. The only ones I'll watch again are Die Hard (just a couple of weeks ago) and Coming to America.

Saw some of them. Didn't understand the attraction of A Fish Called Wanda. Like John Cleese, but was difficult to watch the movie all the way to the end.