Ihate to sound like a bore but films today aren’t what they used to be. We can all relate to the experience of scrolling for ages through Netflix looking for a good new film, only to give up and settle for something that we’ve seen before.

Ask most people of a certain age and they’ll say that the classics of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s were, on the whole, “better” than the ones being made today. It’s not just me saying this. Look at any list of the best films of all time on a film or cinema website and the recent decade or two will be under-represented, with classics from decades ago occupying most of the spots. It's a common theme on Reddit too.

Not too long ago, Hollywood star Matt Damon explained one of the reasons for this. The A-list actor and film-maker said that, as the DVD has

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