Movies used to be better without having to go for the art school/criterion outlets. Cf the entire pre-Star Wars 1970s oeuvre which mostly managed to be relatively highbrow and entertaining in a way that they haven't since then.
Nobody remembers the boring movies from their childhood.
We are watching a random sample of present films.
A lot of the older film noir stuff I watch is definitely filtered by time: but you can pick any random garbage from between 65 and 75 and it's likely to be decent.