What was the best era for popcorn flicks?

**Barkworm** · 02-08-2026, 01:45 PM

I was talking to a buddy about this yesterday and I'd pinpoint it to the late 70s until the early 90s. Sure, there have been some great comic book flicks in the last 25 years but those are all adaptations. Most of the popular films from the late 70s to the early 90s have aged really well and many of them had truly original ideas. Star Wars, Back to the Future, Indiana Jones etc etc. Nowadays, it's just a tragedy of the complete absence of creativity but the downtrend started in the mid-90s.

02-08-2026, 01:45 PM	#1
Barkworm Draconian leftist ruler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 6,759	What was the best era for popcorn flicks? I was talking to a buddy about this yesterday and I'd pinpoint it to the late 70s until the early 90s. Sure, there have been some great comic book flicks in the last 25 years but those are all adaptations. Most of the popular films from the late 70s to the early 90s have aged really well and many of them had truly original ideas. Star Wars, Back to the Future, Indiana Jones etc etc. Nowadays, it's just a tragedy of the complete absence of creativity but the downtrend started in the mid-90s. __________________ Make ****, not kill!