[phoghed]

Survivorship bias, possible that you just aren’t watching all the shitty ones that nobody remembers.

[altern8]

That's exactly the ones I like! On Saturdays I watch cheesy horror movies from the 80s.

But with my GF I watch whatever is rated >= 8 on Imdb and the 8s from years ago are ALWAYS much, much better than the recent ones.

Maybe I just don't like the style. All the over explaining, etc.

[vanviegen]

I think most movies drop a bit in IMDb score over their first few years. That might (partly) explain it. Or you just prefer older movies . :-)

[altern8]

Interesting! I didn't know that. Could be both, too :-)

[stronglikedan]

I regularly stream movies from Screambox, FilmRise and Alter as background music while I work from home. I love cheesy horror, but they're just bad enough to keep me company without distracting me

[kranke155]

Still survivorship bias. Those movies are curated! Well curated if you like them I might add.

[throwthrowuknow]

OP replied but I’m chipping in too, I’ve also been watching a lot of older movies specifically the more B list and C list which weren’t successful cult classics and they’re still better than anything new. The low production and low talent C list ones are still cheesy and the performances don’t land anywhere near as well as they could but they feel more genuine and creative than what passes for a movie these days.

[acdanger]

time is the great filter

[altern8]

What's a good recent movie I could watch? Today is Friday

[Rebelgecko]

Odyssey is supposed to be pretty good. Main complaint I've seen is that it's not as horny as the source material.

[altern8]

Thank you! I'll take a look

[thomastjeffery]

Do you like horror? That's the only genre where risky projects are getting consistent funding. Obsession and Backrooms are both really good.

[phoghed]

Was going to pull out my default recommendation of Oldboy but then I realized it’s 23 years old, which just aged me greatly

[thomastjeffery]

No Other Choice (by the same director) is incredible, and even relevant to this post.

[altern8]

Welcome to the club! :-)

[mejutoco]

The sheep detectives is pretty good

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32565993/

[altern8]

Thanks! I'll take a look