10 THROWBACK MOVIES TO WATCH ON NETFLIX #tbt

1. CLUELESS (1995, 1hr 40min)
Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Stacy Dash, Paul Rudd, Brittany Murphy, Donald Faison)
Synopsis: Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother (Paul Rudd) was right about how misguided she was -- and falls for him.
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2. SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (1993, 1hr 46min)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger, Rita Wilson, Bill Pullman
Synopsis: After the death of his wife, Sam Baldwin moves to Seattle with his son, Jonah. When Jonah calls in to a talk-radio program to find a new wife for his father, Sam grudgingly gets on the line to discuss his feelings. Annie Reed, a reporter in Baltimore, hears Sam speak and falls for him, even though she is engaged. Unsure where it will lead, she writes Sam a letter asking him to meet her at the Empire State Building on Valentine's Day.
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3. THE GREEN MILE (1999, 3hr 9min)
Starring: Micheal Clark Duncan, Tom Hanks, Sam Rockwell, David Morse
Synopsis: Paul Edgecomb walked the mile with a variety of cons. He had never encountered someone like John Coffey, a massive black man convicted of brutally killing a pair of young sisters. Coffey had the size and strength to kill anyone, but not the demeanor. Beyond his simple, naive nature and a deathly fear of the dark, Coffey seemed to possess a prodigious, supernatural gift. Paul began to question whether Coffey was truly guilty of murdering the two girls.
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4. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (2005, 1hr 45min)
Starring: AnnaSophia Robb, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Freddie Highmore
Synopsis: Based on the beloved Roald Dahl tale, this comedic and fantastical film follows young Charlie Bucket and his Grandpa Joe as they join a small group of contest winners who get to tour the magical and mysterious factory of eccentric candy maker Willy Wonka. Aided by his diminutive Oompa Loompa workers, Wonka has a hidden motivation for the tour, one that he will reveal only after the children in the group show their true colors.
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5. THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987, 1hr 38min)
Starring: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Billy Crystal, Wallace Shawn, Mandy Pantinkin
Synopsis: A fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman and her one true love. He must find her after a long separation and save her. They must battle the evils of the mythical kingdom of Florin to be reunited with each other. Based on the William Goldman novel "The Princess Bride" which earned its own loyal audience.
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6. STAR TREK (1979, 2hr 25min)
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, George Takei, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley
Synopsis: The Federation calls on Adm. James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise to contain an immense nimbused object that's on a crash course with Earth. After investigating, the crew discovers that the alien cloud harbors artificial intelligence with an ominous primary directive. Crisis strikes when a probe dispatched by the energy cloud attacks the crew, abducting navigator Lt. Ilia. An android look-alike containing her memories shows up soon after.
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7. THE MUMMY (1999, 2hr 5min)
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Brendan Fraser, John Hannah, Patricia Velasquez, Arnold Vosloo
Synopsis: The Mummy is a rousing, suspenseful and horrifying epic about an expedition of treasure-seeking explorers in the Sahara Desert in 1925. Stumbling upon an ancient tomb, the hunters unwittingly set loose a 3,000-year-old legacy of terror, which is embodied in the vengeful reincarnation of an Egyptian priest who had been sentenced to an eternity as one of the living dead.
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8. CHARLIE'S ANGELS (2000, 1hr 38min)
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray, Crispin Glover
Synopsis: A trio of elite private investigators armed with the latest in high-tech tools, high-performance vehicles, martial arts techniques and an array of disguises unleash their state-of-the-art skills on land, sea and air to track down a kidnapped billionaire-to-be and keep his top-secret voice-identification software out of lethal hands. They're beautiful, they're brilliant, and they work for Charlie.
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9. LEGALLY BLONDE (2001, 1hr 37min)
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Coolidge, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis 
Synopsis: Elle Woods has it all. She wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But there is one thing stopping him from proposing: She is too blond. Elle rallies all of her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back.
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10. GHOST (1990, 2hr, 9min)
Starring: Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn 
Synopsis: Sam Wheat is a banker, Molly Jensen is an artist, and the two are madly in love. However, when Sam is murdered by friend and corrupt business partner Carl Bruner over a shady business deal, he is left to roam the earth as a powerless spirit. When he learns of Carl's betrayal, Sam must seek the help of psychic Oda Mae Brown to set things right and protect Molly from Carl and his goons.
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