{"id":486752,"date":"2026-03-21T00:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T00:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/486752\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T00:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T00:44:11","slug":"five-movies-from-1996-that-would-never-be-made-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/486752\/","title":{"rendered":"Five movies from 1996 that would never be made today"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Credits: Far Out \/ 20th Century Fox \/ Universal Pictures \/ Columbia Pictures \/ Film Poster)<\/p>\n

Fri 20 March 2026 17:15, UK <\/p>\n

Movies have changed a lot since the 1990s<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Even though the 20th century\u2019s final decade really doesn\u2019t seem like all that long ago, 1996 was 30 years ago, and since then, comedies have generally become a lot more sophisticated, while the standards for good filmmaking and special effects have come a long way. <\/p>\n

The \u201890s saw the indie boom, with many low-budget films finding unprecedented success, like Quentin Tarantino\u2019s stylish and violent Reservoir Dogs<\/a>, while the New Queer Cinema movement gained traction, and more female filmmakers than ever were rising to prominence. There were many great Hollywood blockbusters emerging at this time, but there was certainly an increase in slightly offbeat movies that would quickly become stone-cold classics. <\/p>\n

Yet, there were definitely a lot of movies that emerged in the \u201890s that just wouldn\u2019t get made today, whether that be because they were too crass and used a certain type of humour nowadays considered pretty lowbrow, or because they used real animals as their leading stars. Times have changed.<\/p>\n

So, from the orangutan movie Dunston Checks In to Eddie Murphy\u2019s fat suit comedy The Nutty Professor, here are five movies that were made 30 years ago, but certainly wouldn\u2019t get the green light today.<\/p>\n

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