Happy Birthday to these Movies Turning 10, 20, and 40 in August 2025!!!

From moon boots to meme stocks, the last few decades have delivered headlines as wild as a Hollywood plot twist. Just 10 years ago, we were arguing over whether a dress was blue or gold while space billionaires raced each other to the stratosphere. Going back 20 years, a tiny MP3 player changed how we listened to music. Gone were the days of carefully curating exactly what CDs you could take along on a road trip. And 40 years back? Some plumber named Mario had just jumped into our hearts while the Cold War simmered, and breakdancing was all the rage. It’s safe to say: reality has always been stranger (and funnier) than fiction—and that’s exactly what makes the movies so magical. Here is the latest sampling of movies that will be turning 10, 20, and 40 years old this August—and all are available here at the Toledo Lucas County Public Library!

Turning 10

Fantastic Flops, U.N.C.L.E. Ops, and Compton Drops: 2015 Called, It Wants Its Movies Back

Although the current Fantastic Four is doing well in theaters, just 10 years ago the prior attempt fizzled. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. offered a stylish update to an overlooked 60s television series that is definitely worth a second look. Straight Outta Compton dropped the mic. War Room prayed its way up the box office, and No Escape reminded us why family vacations abroad are a bad idea. Time flies when you’re watching reboots, biopics, and action thrillers that age with various degrees of success.

Turning 20

Flights, Fights, and Fairy Tales: 2005’s Wild Ride at the Movies

From high-altitude suspense with someone who looks suspiciously like a darker haired Regina George in Red Eye, to sibling shootouts in Four Brothers, fairy-tale twists in The Brothers Grimm, pigeon-powered WWII missions in Valiant, and one unforgettable bear encounter in Grizzly Man, 2005 was the year movies reminded us that family, fear, and feathers could all share the same screen.

Back to the 80s: Turning 40!

1985: A Summer of Laughs, Lab Coats, Lost Legends, and Loman

Take a trip back in time to 1985 to beachside chaos in Summer Rental, to basement-born babes in Weird Science, a cross-country quest in Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, fantasy realms in Legend, and tragic realism in Death of a Salesman. These films covered everything from the wildly absurd to the soulfully profound—because even in a year of big hair, big dreams, and big adventures, Willy Loman still showed up to remind us of the cost of chasing the American dream.