The interesting thing there (speaking as some one who is a bit older) is that many young folks don’t know there is a bevy of movies and TV that is AWESOME if you just gaze into the past a bit. The 80’s and 90’s were loaded with great shows. And if you are willing to go further, from the 50’s to the 60’s and 70’s is the golden age of Hollywood.
Before the 2000’s, even “bad” movies were decent. HOWEVER, understand Hollywood propaganda is there even as far back as the 80’s. It’s just far more light handed then it is now.