# What's the most recent movie you've watched that's older than you are? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 31, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-recent-movie-youve-watched-thats-older-than-you-are/792540 "2017-07-31T22:40:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-recent-movie-youve-watched-thats-older-than-you-are/792540/41 "2017-08-01T13:29:44Z")
I watch a LOT of movies older than I am, but the most recent was **The Treasure of the Sierra Madre** (1948), the classic John Huston movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt (and John Huston’s dad, Walter). I recently picked up a “special edition” DVD of it, and hadn’t seen it in years. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-recent-movie-youve-watched-thats-older-than-you-are/792540/42 "2017-08-01T13:36:28Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Born '77…watched The Day The Earth Stood Still a week or so ago. Think that’s the most recent. (Assuming you mean the most recently watched, not the one that came out the closest to when we were born. That’d be Rocky, though I haven’t seen that since the 80s.) Hmm… I haven’t watched many old movies in the past few years. We had some Bogart Noir screenings when I was at Taos Toolbox 2 years ago, so I think I’ll say “The Big Sleep.” ---
**Author:** ![No\_Way\_Jose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58956e/32.png) [@No\_Way\_Jose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Way_Jose)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-recent-movie-youve-watched-thats-older-than-you-are/792540/43 "2017-08-01T13:42:13Z")
Born in 1970 and planned on watching the beginning of “Marty”(1955) with the intention of changing the channel after few minutes… ended up watching the entire movie. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-recent-movie-youve-watched-thats-older-than-you-are/792540/44 "2017-08-01T13:46:57Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Kung Fury (1980). Just saw it the other day. 🙂 I got shoes older than you! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-recent-movie-youve-watched-thats-older-than-you-are/792540/45 "2017-08-01T13:57:17Z")
A few nights ago, watched _Some Like It Hot_ (1959). I had seen it before. It was supposedly voted funniest movie of all time on some list, but I don’t find it that funny. It’s light and passes the time. Also, Marilyn Monroe wears an almost invisible dress. Joe E. Brown - was he the ugliest man who ever lived? No, but when he makes certain facial expressions he’s definitely a contender. ---
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The last one was a 1945 ‘B’ movie, _Detour_. “Chance events trap hitch-hiker Al Roberts in a tightening net of film noir trouble.” “Chance events”, hell. What do you do if you’re on the run, a logical suspect in a mysterious death and need to get to L.A. and abandon your stolen car as soon as possible? If you’re dumbass Al Roberts, you stop to pick up an attractive hitchhiker. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-recent-movie-youve-watched-thats-older-than-you-are/792540/47 "2017-08-01T14:01:15Z")
Just yesterday I re-watched [Lifeboat](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037017/). ---
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I was going to say that I watched part of _The Barefoot Contessa_ yesterday while I was waiting in the dentist’s office yesterday, but it turns out, it was released a few months after i was born. Consequently, I have no idea what movie would fit the OP’s question. I haven’t watched any old movies in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-recent-movie-youve-watched-thats-older-than-you-are/792540/49 "2017-08-01T14:32:11Z")
You Only Live Twice ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-recent-movie-youve-watched-thats-older-than-you-are/792540/50 "2017-08-01T14:52:20Z")
Hitchcock’s _Rope_ (1948); James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger. I’m a '54 model. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-recent-movie-youve-watched-thats-older-than-you-are/792540/51 "2017-08-01T15:13:41Z")
_The Italian Job_ (1969) which came out about a month before I was born. [You’re only supposed to blow the blood doors off](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g_GeQR8fJo). ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-recent-movie-youve-watched-thats-older-than-you-are/792540/52 "2017-08-01T15:27:46Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > _The Italian Job_ (1969) which came out about a month before I was born. [You’re only supposed to blow the blood doors off](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g_GeQR8fJo). Brydon & Coogan do their Michael Caine impression fight in _The Trip_, from a few years back. One of the funniest segments of the film, and that’s saying a lot. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HFIQIpC5_wY/hqdefault.jpg "This Is How Michael Caine Speaks - The Trip - BBC Two") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFIQIpC5_wY) ---
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My husband will camp out on Encore’s old man movie channel. Almost all black and white swashbucklers, war and westerns on that channel. Mostly I do not care for them but one day quite a while ago, they showed both the 1938 and 58 versions of The Buccaneer. On purpose I watched Bringing Up Baby on Turner Classics. Would watch again but it must be a restored copy. The one on TMC was fine but sometimes watching movies from the 30’s is difficult because of their terrible condition. Oh wait, how could I forget? Even more recently-- A few Christmases ago my daughter got me Singing In The Rain on CD and I sat both my kids down and made them watch it with me. They, being adults with good taste, loved it. The following year she got me West Side Story-- same result. ---
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Ghost Story 1981 ---
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I just watched \*North by Northwest \* and _Psycho_ on TCM last week. ---
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The Marx Bros. in _Room Service_ (1938), featuring a very young Lucille Ball. It was OK but not great. ---
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Came across a mangled [The Devil’s Brigade](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062886/combined) on [Charge!](http://watchcharge.com/) the other day. Bastids cut about a half-hour of “inconsequential” scenes to make room for commercials. ---
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I’m six years younger than _The Maltese Falcon_, which I saw at the Laurelhurst Theater in Portland a few weeks back. In general, I’m a sucker for Noir, so there are plenty of movies older than I am that I enjoy re-viewing. ---
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Whole movie? Probably one of the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes movies that were frequently shown on one of the channels. Scene? Recently I got a copy of the 1938 “A Christmas Carol” from the library because I wanted to see Leo G. Carroll as Marley’s Ghost. I just watched that scene. I still prefer the version with Sim as Scrooge. ---
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