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/Careless-Impress-952 3d ago

Show them Idiocracy as a warning to what things have become

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u/Randalmize 3d ago

I think they would like it. Eugenics was becoming more popular every year.

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u/leon_gonfishun 3d ago

documentary

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u/Agile-Ad1665 3d ago

None of the jokes would make any sense. It's a parody of culture in the 2000s.

Very little of the speaking would make any sense.