Citizen Kane
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Tarsem Singh's The Fall which is practically a love letter to classic cinema practical special effects. It obviously includes a small amount of modern CGI effects, but he pushed really hard for most of the "special effects" to be of the traditional practical variety.
The story is a little cheesy, but the visuals are no less stunning than they were when it was released. If only it had been filmed in the era of 4K it would be even more stunning.
Are you including the movies that didn't need SFX? Like Arsenic and Old Lace?
Wasn't exactly my intention, but I am open to anything with a good story that doesn't have blaringly outdated effects.
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To kill a mockingbird.
For fans of the Wiggles, their only movie, The Wiggles Movie (as it's known in Australia and Oceania), or Magical Adventure (This was the US and UK title for the movie). It had a budget of around $10-30 million AUD if I'm not mistaken. My producer, Neigsendoig, researched that for an iceberg explained video he was working on.
Leprechaun in the hood.
What a strange question. "What older movies made a good use of side stepping special effects?" Do you mean any of the stories which do not need such effects in the first place?
Also, special effects "holding up today" is in no way necessary for a good picture... There are many great films with dated effects.
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A24 film, but they hide those aspects.
Slightly related but I rewatched robots this past weekend and the animation held up quite nicely for being vintage now.