10 Movies That Got Better YEARS Later

Sidney Lumet's Oscar-winning 1976 masterpiece Network is quite arguably one of the greatest films of all time - a deliciously clever and prophetic satire which foresaw the trend of news transforming into entertainment and lampooned media corporations' tireless pursuit of ratings at whatever cost.

Network has remained impressively relevant for almost an entire half-century, no matter that the world has been reshaped by the Internet in the interim. 

The news delivery system itself may have changed, but Network's themes about messaging, power, and groupthink have only become more insidious in the era of social media.

Network's savage depiction of outrage content feels more topical than ever at a time where algorithms reward negativity and vocal ire over positivity and grounded, considered analysis.

And of course, there's the fact that social media has made the reliability of information so terrifyingly muddy - something Network itself explores through the lens of linear TV.

The more that media itself shapeshifts and develops more nefarious ways to manipulate viewers, Network is only likely to feel even more ahead of its time.