The soundtrack to The Sting is baked into our minds. There's no way you can imagine the movie without thinking of Scott Joplin's piano. What's funny is how anachronistic it is! The movie is set in 1936, but the Joplin pieces are from around 1900. To put that in context, imagine a modern 2020s crime thriller with a soundtrack of all 80s music. It just wouldn't make sense?

But I don't think anyone on the planet would find a problem with it here. It was a bold move and it paid off.

My question is, what other movies done this, using anachronistic music (either past or future)?

I can only think of 3 off the top of my head:

• Pulp Fiction (1994) - set in the 90s but using a lot of 60s surf rock
• Marie Antoinette (2006) - set in 18th century France but using 80s tunes
• Sucker Punch (2011) - set in the 50s but using 00s covers of 80s-90s songs

EDIT Geez how could I forget one of my fave films of all time

• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - set in the 'future' 21st century but using 1880s Strauss