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Album / Alamy I’ll Always Love the Original Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The magnetically campy film was written by Joss Whedon but directed by a woman. Thank goodness.
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Everett Collection / Paul Spella / The Atlantic Reality Bites Captured Gen X With Perfect Irony
The 1994 studio film was written by a 20-something who mined her own life to tell the story of a generation that disdained “selling out.”
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Warner Bros. / Getty Images Hollywood Doesn’t Make Movies Like The Fugitive Anymore
The Harrison Ford–starring thriller represents the best of a genre that has faded: the character-driven action movie for adults.
