# What are the first movies you remember seeing as a child and how did they affect you?

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**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\
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My folks took my brother and me to the drive in when I was probably 4, and it was a double feature, with Dirty Harry as the “grown up” film, presumably shown after the kiddies fall asleep in the back seat.

Scarred for life!  
I remember watching the opening scene where the killer shot a woman in a swimming pool on the top of a building.

My mom should never have taken us to a film like that!

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-first-movies-you-remember-seeing-as-a-child-and-how-did-they-affect-you/1021980/104 "2025-10-09T08:05:14Z")

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> [@minor7flat5](#):
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> My folks took my brother and me to the drive in when I was probably 4, and it was a double feature, with Dirty Harry as the “grown up” film, presumably shown after the kiddies fall asleep in the back seat.
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> My mom should never have taken us to a film like that!

Yeah, but it was the drive-in movie. As I recall, they weren’t too scrupulous about checking IDs. I still remember, at about age 10 or so, seeing _Vanishing Point_ as the B-picture (which was the first movie that night), complete with totally nude girl on a motorcycle, followed some time later, by the protagonist dying in a fiery explosion.

I don’t remember what the A-picture was that night, but I sure liked the B-pictures!

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