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30 Movies That Could Never Be Made Today According to Lifehacker

"COVID altered the landscape in ways we couldn't have foreseen, but also might only have accelerated trends already underway: shorter release windows, simultaneous streaming debuts, and a general erosion of the theater as the place to see new movies. These factors and more have led to the death of mid-budget films made for grownups, at least theaters. The prevailing trends are to go ultra-cheap (in Hollywood terms, anyway) a la Blumhouse, or with a big-budget would-be mega-blockbuster, with not much in-between—studios just aren't looking to spend big money on a question mark. Lots of crappy stuff got made in every era of filmmaking—there are great movies being made today that would never have had a chance 30 years ago, and vice versa. All that aside, and for a variety of reasons, the following 30 movies could certainly never be made today." - lifehacker.com
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As Good as It Gets (1997)
As Good as It Gets (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
2
Something's Gotta Give (2003)
Something's Gotta Give (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   72%
3
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
4
Life of Brian (1979)
Life of Brian (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
5
Female Trouble (1974)
Female Trouble (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
6
Gremlins (1984)
Gremlins (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
7
Police Academy (1984)
Police Academy (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   55%
8
Porky's (1981)
Porky's (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   34%
9
Titanic (1997)
Titanic (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
10
Soul Man (1986)
Soul Man (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   13%
11
Tootsie (1982)
Tootsie (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
12
The Last Samurai (2003)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   66%
13
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   15%
14
Manhattan (1979)
Manhattan (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
15
The 41–Year–Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It (2010)
The 41–Year–Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It (2010)
16
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
17
The Color Purple (1985)
The Color Purple (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
18
Mr. Mom (1983)
Mr. Mom (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
19
Sixteen Candles (1984)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
20
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   69%
21
Air Force One (1997)
Air Force One (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
22
Ordinary People (1980)
Ordinary People (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
23
The Reader (2008)
The Reader (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   63%
24
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
25
You've Got Mail (1998)
You've Got Mail (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   69%
26
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
27
Batman Returns (1992)
Batman Returns (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
28
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   65%
29
Marnie (1964)
Marnie (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
30
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
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