Footloose is one of those endearing movies that was popular when it first came out 40 years ago but gets more beloved as time goes on. Maybe it's a generational thing, but it's a movie that pretty much sums up the experience of anyone who grew up as a part of Gen-X. I'm just old enough to have been around when Footloose was popular, but too young to have seen it when it was in theaters. I didn't see it until I was in college, but it still had the same effect.