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Movies That Were Ahead of Their Time

This is a list of movies that were ahead of their time when they came out. The world wasn't exactly used to these kinds of movies, and even if we're used to movies like some of these now, they weren't commonplace back then.
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A Trip to the Moon (1902)
A Trip to the Moon (1902)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
2
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
3
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
4
Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
5
M (1931)
M (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
6
Freaks (1932)
Freaks (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
7
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
8
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
9
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
10
Notorious (1946)
Notorious (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
11
Harvey (1950)
Harvey (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
12
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
13
The War of the Worlds (1953)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
14
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
15
The Searchers (1956)
The Searchers (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
16
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
17
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
18
Ben-Hur (1959)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
19
Psycho (1960)
Psycho (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
20
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
21
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
22
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
23
Easy Rider (1969)
Easy Rider (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
24
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
25
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
26
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
27
Jaws (1975)
Jaws (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
28
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
29
Taxi Driver (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
30
Star Wars (1977)
Star Wars (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
31
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
32
Halloween (1978)
Halloween (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
33
Alien (1979)
Alien (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
34
The Shining (1980)
The Shining (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
35
Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
36
Videodrome (1983)
Videodrome (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
37
Blood Simple (1984)
Blood Simple (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
38
Robocop (1987)
Robocop (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
39
Raising Arizona (1987)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
40
Akira (1988)
Akira (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
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