What makes a movie classic? A movie would be considered 'classic' if it provided some kind of cultural Impact or phenomena. For example, Star Wars is a classic, not only because it revolutionized sci-fi cinema, but was also the talk of the town fpr years to come, creating a billion dollar franchise in the process. "but what about cult classics?" cult classics are just like yout typical classic, except it was more of a 'late bloomer', as it didn't make a splash upon its original release, but instead had its significance discovered later in its life. A cool additional resource for classic movies would be the Criterion Collection, which is a website/company that catalogues major film.