I know the guys running the country are dumb, I have no idea if these medals really are arranged correctly or not, but everyone seems to have settled on an explanation that doesn't hold up to the slightest bit of scrutiny.

The Immigrant (1917)
The General (1926)
City Lights (1931)
The Lady Eve (1941)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Charade (1963)
What's Up Doc? (1972)
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
One Cut of the Dead (2017)
Barbie (2023)

Just crunched the numbers and it looks like I was the final human born who could follow this career path.

Younger folks can learn about these guys the same way non-New Yorkers did: listening to a bunch of Beastie Boys songs and reading the annotations on Rap Genius.