When we watch films, we know that we’re not seeing real life. We can suspend our disbelief to accept that bullet holes won’t zoom through car doors and humans can simply brush off brutal injuries and continue along with their days. But just because movies aren’t real life doesn’t mean they should be riddled with problematic content…
Cinephiles on Reddit have been discussing some of the most famous films and scenes from years ago that definitely wouldn’t be well received today. From casual examples of racism and misogyny to consent being completely ignored, we’ve gathered some of the most blatantly problematic examples below. So enjoy reading through and being reminded of which movies you don’t need to rewatch, and be sure to upvote the films that aged like milk!
#1
American Beauty. Something about Kevin Spacey trying to have sex with an underage kid makes it tough to watch now.
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#2
The way Natalie is constantly body-shamed in Love Actually.
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#3
Grease. That scene where Danny is pressuring Sandy in the car. And just his entire behaviour towards her. Ew.
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#4
Jim shares nude video of Nadia on the internet in American Pie. Everyone just laughed it off.
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#5
Blank Check. An adult woman kisses the little boy on the lips for waaaay longer than I’m comfortable with. Imagine if the genders were reversed.
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#6
Dirty Dancing… P**ophilia isn’t as accepted now as it was in the 80s.
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#7
When Vince Vaughn is forced to have sex with Gloria in Wedding Crashers.
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#8
Tiptoes. For a movie made in 2003, it’s surprisingly offensive toward little people. Having to watch Gary Oldman waddle around on his knees with a fake hump on his shoulder (which is essentially a wadded up T-shirt shoved under the one he’s already wearing) is just too much.
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#9
Mrs Doubtfire. Today, Daniel Hillard would never see the world as a free man again.
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#10
Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Awful yellow face by Mickey Rooney.
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#11
That scene in the first Rocky movie where he seduces Adrian by coercing her into his apartment after she’s said no, physically blocking the exit when she tries to leave, taking his clothes off without any encouragement, and then kissing her without any consent as she clearly tries to resist.
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#12
Blade Runner. Hold on, don’t get furious yet. The film still is 95% brilliance; the soundtrack, the directing, the acting. But there’s that scene where Rachael is trying to leave Rick’s home after discovering her life is a lie, Rick refuses to let her leave, holding the door shut and physically handling her until he pins her to a wall and kisses her “passionately”. I think it’s meant to be taken as “a man taking charge” in the way the 80’s loved that, but it comes across as super, super ra**y now. TL:DR Rick Deckard sexually assaults a woman during a severe mental breakdown.
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#13
The first Ace Ventura. Its still funny, but there is not way in hell they’d be able to make it now.
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#14
Rambo 3. Where the Taliban are the good guys. Woof.
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#15
Sixteen Candles. A lot of racism, casually addressing sexual assault, and later an actual date [sex crime].
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16 Candles, the scene where he hands his drunk girlfriend to the geeky freshman and tells him to do whatever he wants… hella problematic.
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#16
James Bond [commits serious sex crime] on P. Galore in Goldfinger.
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#17
Just saw this last night with the ladies in my family… Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
Those ginger fellas literally went one by one and abducted the hottest chicks from some town then held them hostage for months until through Stockholm Syndrome the women all fell for them.
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#18
White Chicks.
Try making a movie with that premise with those kind of jokes today.
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#19
TEACHERS with Nick Nolte. Warm fuzzy teacher helps a student get an abortion. She is knocked up by his buddy, the gym teacher, and they all want to keep it quiet. This was just a side story to show how much this teacher cared about his students…so gross….
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#20
We saw Holiday Inn on Prime and said “It’ll be a nice Bing Crosby movie with some Christmas songs,” turned it on, and suddenly the cast is there in black face singing some of the most racist s**t I’ve ever heard.
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#21
Animal House, with its [sex crime]-contemplation scene.
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#22
Never Been Kissed. The teacher becomes interested in Drew Barrymore’s character. She’s an adult but “plays” a high school student.
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#23
Soul Man (1986) C. Thomas Howell in blackface to get a college scholarship.
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#24
National Lampoon’s Vacation. If an IRL Clark W. Griswold really did the things in the movie he’d be branded a domestic terrorist, not including the stealing from a hotel and k*****g a dog.
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#25
A whole segment in Peter Pan with a bunch of Native American people singing a song called ‘What Makes the Red Man Red?’
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#26
Revenge of the Nerds.
Even if you chalk up the spy cams to be “80s College Comedy Hi-jinx” the scene where Lewis has sex with Betty because she thinks he’s Stan definitely isn’t cool today.
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