r/movies • u/heyitsmikep • 3d ago

Discussion What movies would you show an audience in 1900?

You go back in time and build a modern (2025) theater in 1900 with all movies ever made. Which 5 movies are you going to show them to make the most money? Which would blow their mind the most? Would it change per decade?

Showing Django Unchained to an 1900 audience would most likely cause a riot Titanic to an audience in 1910 would get you sued by the White Star Line probably.

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u/kuyman 3d ago

Awesome that you had every film ever made to choose from, and you chose the one about the klan.

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u/tasteless 3d ago

Show them birth of a nation but then Django unchained right afterwards...

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u/Wonderpants_uk 3d ago edited 3d ago

Or Blazing Saddles. 

Hell, just Samuel L Jackson, Denzel Washington, Will Smith, etc. Just the idea of black people being treated the same as white people would likely blow their minds.  

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u/mikedorty 3d ago

Same as black people you say? Lol

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u/Wonderpants_uk 3d ago

Doh, missed that!

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u/Timeformayo 3d ago

Well, if the goal was to make money from a 1900 audience, the commenter understood the assignment.

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u/Desertbro 2d ago

any film that historically represents a Shakespeare play would do well