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by dredmorbius 1439 days ago
The Graduate (1967) featured Dustin Hoffman (aged 30) playing Ben, hooking up with Anne Bancroft, mother of Ben's girlfriend.

Bancroft was 36 at the time of release.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Graduate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Hoffman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bancroft

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In the last 20 years more and more movies started delivering appropriate casting for f->m age gaps, mainly because of pr0n revolution and popularity of MILF trope.

American Pie 1999. Jennifer Coolidge -> Eddie Thomas = 19.

Don Jon 2013. Julianne Moore -> Joseph Gordon-Levitt = 21.

Mother Lover 2009 SNL skit is a classic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0DeIqJm4vM. Patricia Clarkson -> Andy Samberg = 19. Susan Sarandon -> Justin Timberlake = 35.

The French Dispatch 2021. Frances McDormand -> Timothée Chalamet = 38.

Comare that to My Tutor 1983 where 8 year difference was still seen risque.