10 Movies that can’t be made today
(Warning: This article contains spoilers for the movies on this list)
In our present day, Hollywood has focused on remakes and gender-swapped reboots. You can easily conclude that Hollywood has lost all originality when it comes to filmmaking.
But there are some movies that can’t be made today.
In our present day, Hollywood has focused on remakes and gender-swapped reboots. You can easily conclude that Hollywood has lost all originality when it comes to filmmaking.
But there are some movies that can’t be made today.
In this list, I take a look at old and recent feature-length films that couldn’t be made in today’s identity politics-driven and left-leaning Hollywood: a place that attacks and demeans conservatives, white male characters, conservative beliefs, President Donald Trump, capitalism, the United States, Republicans and everyday Americans on a regular basis through feature films and TV shows.
1) Rules of Engagement (2000)
This Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson flick focuses around the trial of a U.S. Marine Officer (played by Jackson) after he orders his men to fire into a crowd of Islamic protesters outside a U.S. Embassy in the Middle East — made up of men, women and children.
It is later revealed that the protesters on the ground were firing weapons at the Marines and the embassy, even the women and children. In short, it was a coordinated attack against an American embassy and Jackson’s character was justified in giving the order.
We also see government and military justice officials go after Jackson’s character and use him as a scapegoat, with the government destroying evidence justifying his actions.
In short, they’re letting an innocent man face life in prison or the death penalty — all for their own personal or political gain.
This film is reminiscent of the sham imprisonment and trial of Eric Gallagher, a Navy SEAL who was wrongly accused of murdering an ISIS terrorist. Yes, an American soldier killing an enemy combatant in a war zone. It was a decision made in combat.
Luckily, Gallagher was acquitted of murder and was exonerated by President Donald Trump. Yet the Navy prosecutors and pentagon bigwigs were still trying to ruin Gallagher’s good name.
President Trump was right to rescind the medals that had been awarded to the Navy lawyers who prosecuted Gallagher and violated his rights.
But the major flaw this movie has that modern-day Hollywood wouldn’t make is portraying a realistic version of Radical Islam. Pretty much almost every Muslim in the film is anti-American and hates Americans.
Keep in mind that this film came out a year before the 9/11 terrorists attacks.
Since liberals in Hollywood and Washington have tried downplaying Islamic terrorism and 9/11, it is unlikely that Hollywood would ever make “Rules of Engagement” today.
2) Cinderella Man (2005)
“Cinderella Man,” directed by Ron Howard, tells the true story of James Braddock (played by Russell Crowe). Braddock is a down-on-his-luck boxer during the Great Depression. The film showcases Braddock’s struggles and his rise to get a second chance at boxing for the championship.
It’s a heartwarming story about one man overcoming his struggles and fighting for his wife and family.
The reason this movie couldn’t be made today is that it is a strong pro-family and pro-masculinity film.
Braddock struggles to make enough money to support himself and his family, and at one point is ashamed he has to receive government aid to keep the lights on.
Progressive Hollywood can’t stand the idea of a man being the main breadwinner of a family unit and that he wouldn’t want to rely on the government for every aspect of his life and livelihood.
James Braddock lost almost everything he had when the Great Depression struck, and experienced first-hand what it’s like to be in the middle and working classes.
He truly is a real-life Rocky Balboa.
A modern-day film centered around a straight white male character like Braddock would attack his masculinity and make him out to be a weak-willed and easily intimidated man.
Just as it was with “Ghostbusters 2016” and other secular SJW feminist films, liberal Hollywood would demonize and demean good men and characters like Braddock. They would even attack Braddock for teaching his son to be a good man and make an honest living without resorting to stealing food, even in the Great Depression era. (He makes his son return the meat he stole from the local butcher’s shop.)
Especially in the age of Trump after the 2016 Presidential Election, Hollywood is trying its best to destroy real masculinity.
1) Rules of Engagement (2000)
This Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson flick focuses around the trial of a U.S. Marine Officer (played by Jackson) after he orders his men to fire into a crowd of Islamic protesters outside a U.S. Embassy in the Middle East — made up of men, women and children.
It is later revealed that the protesters on the ground were firing weapons at the Marines and the embassy, even the women and children. In short, it was a coordinated attack against an American embassy and Jackson’s character was justified in giving the order.
We also see government and military justice officials go after Jackson’s character and use him as a scapegoat, with the government destroying evidence justifying his actions.
In short, they’re letting an innocent man face life in prison or the death penalty — all for their own personal or political gain.
This film is reminiscent of the sham imprisonment and trial of Eric Gallagher, a Navy SEAL who was wrongly accused of murdering an ISIS terrorist. Yes, an American soldier killing an enemy combatant in a war zone. It was a decision made in combat.
Luckily, Gallagher was acquitted of murder and was exonerated by President Donald Trump. Yet the Navy prosecutors and pentagon bigwigs were still trying to ruin Gallagher’s good name.
President Trump was right to rescind the medals that had been awarded to the Navy lawyers who prosecuted Gallagher and violated his rights.
But the major flaw this movie has that modern-day Hollywood wouldn’t make is portraying a realistic version of Radical Islam. Pretty much almost every Muslim in the film is anti-American and hates Americans.
Keep in mind that this film came out a year before the 9/11 terrorists attacks.
Since liberals in Hollywood and Washington have tried downplaying Islamic terrorism and 9/11, it is unlikely that Hollywood would ever make “Rules of Engagement” today.
2) Cinderella Man (2005)
“Cinderella Man,” directed by Ron Howard, tells the true story of James Braddock (played by Russell Crowe). Braddock is a down-on-his-luck boxer during the Great Depression. The film showcases Braddock’s struggles and his rise to get a second chance at boxing for the championship.
It’s a heartwarming story about one man overcoming his struggles and fighting for his wife and family.
The reason this movie couldn’t be made today is that it is a strong pro-family and pro-masculinity film.
Braddock struggles to make enough money to support himself and his family, and at one point is ashamed he has to receive government aid to keep the lights on.
Progressive Hollywood can’t stand the idea of a man being the main breadwinner of a family unit and that he wouldn’t want to rely on the government for every aspect of his life and livelihood.
James Braddock lost almost everything he had when the Great Depression struck, and experienced first-hand what it’s like to be in the middle and working classes.
He truly is a real-life Rocky Balboa.
A modern-day film centered around a straight white male character like Braddock would attack his masculinity and make him out to be a weak-willed and easily intimidated man.
Just as it was with “Ghostbusters 2016” and other secular SJW feminist films, liberal Hollywood would demonize and demean good men and characters like Braddock. They would even attack Braddock for teaching his son to be a good man and make an honest living without resorting to stealing food, even in the Great Depression era. (He makes his son return the meat he stole from the local butcher’s shop.)
Especially in the age of Trump after the 2016 Presidential Election, Hollywood is trying its best to destroy real masculinity.
3) Follow Me, Boys! (1966)
Things have changed since Walt Disney was in charge of his own company.
Take the 1966 Disney film, “Follow Me, Boys!”
The film is set during the Great Depression and World War II. Fred MacMurray stars in the lead role as a Jazz player named Lem Siddons, who becomes the adult Scoutmaster of a small town’s Boy Scout troop.
Over the course of the film, it is shown how Siddons has inspired and influenced the boys under his charge and made a difference in their lives to become men.
Siddons also works to help troubled boy Whitey (played by a younger Kurt Russell) be a better man and a leader among his fellow Scouts.
This positive portrayal of the Boy Scouts would never work for present-day Disney.
For example, current Disney CEO Bob Iger threatened to pull funding away from the Boy Scots if they refused to allow openly gay scoutmasters in their ranks.
Walt Disney Pictures also recently shown a negative portrayal of the Boy Scouts in the film, “Zootopia.” Protagonist Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman), a fox, was bullied by Zootopia’s version of the Boy Scouts when he was a kid because he is a predator.
Things have changed since Walt Disney was in charge of his own company.
Take the 1966 Disney film, “Follow Me, Boys!”
The film is set during the Great Depression and World War II. Fred MacMurray stars in the lead role as a Jazz player named Lem Siddons, who becomes the adult Scoutmaster of a small town’s Boy Scout troop.
Over the course of the film, it is shown how Siddons has inspired and influenced the boys under his charge and made a difference in their lives to become men.
Siddons also works to help troubled boy Whitey (played by a younger Kurt Russell) be a better man and a leader among his fellow Scouts.
This positive portrayal of the Boy Scouts would never work for present-day Disney.
For example, current Disney CEO Bob Iger threatened to pull funding away from the Boy Scots if they refused to allow openly gay scoutmasters in their ranks.
Walt Disney Pictures also recently shown a negative portrayal of the Boy Scouts in the film, “Zootopia.” Protagonist Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman), a fox, was bullied by Zootopia’s version of the Boy Scouts when he was a kid because he is a predator.
4) Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
The original 1960 Disney film adaptation of Johann David Wyss’ novel, “The Swiss Family Robinson,” shows the ingenuity and determination of a family unit.
After being shipwrecked on an uncharted island. Robinson clan manages to make a civilized living and work together to improve their lives. They have a good man and woman leading the family. Sure, there is some conflict and distinction within the family but despite their differences, the Robinsons stay together as a family, both in good times and bad.
This portrayal of a traditional family unit can’t stand a fair chance in today’s Hollywood that cares more about “woke politics” and jumping on the LGBTQ-etcetera bandwagon.
Hollywood also can’t have a married man and woman be onscreen without them almost constantly fighting and arguing with each other, much less get along together.
Case in point: the original “Lost in Space” TV series compared to the Netflix remake.
The original “Lost in Space” is a science fiction adaptation of “Swiss Family Robinson.” (Both families are named the Robinsons, in case that wasn’t obvious.) Just like in the Disney film, the Robinsons in “Lost in Space” must work together to survive in space and unknown planets.
The Netflix remake, on the other hand, chooses identity politics over traditional values. This version of Mrs. Robinson demeans her husband and wants to divorce him and take his children away because he went back on another combat tour during a global emergency or something.
For example, after Mr. Robinson—who is a soldier by profession—is unable to print a 3D plastic gun in an early episode of “Netflix’s Lost in Space” Season One, his wife immediately gets angry at him for trying to have a weapon onboard their ship after they crash land on a dangerous planet.
Apparently the colony group’s leaders (and the producers at Netflix in general) don’t believe guns and weapons are important to defend yourselves with when you are planning a voyage to an extraterrestrial planet capable of supporting life.
Disney’s 1960 Robinson Family, on the other hand, have dozens of rifles, handguns and explosives, as well as traps and other devices they use to fight against carnivores and pirates.
The Progressive beliefs of most people in today’s world (especially in Hollywood) can’t stand positive portrayals of traditional family roles and the “good guy with a gun” as depicted in “Swiss Family Robinson.”
Case in point: the original “Lost in Space” TV series compared to the Netflix remake.
The original “Lost in Space” is a science fiction adaptation of “Swiss Family Robinson.” (Both families are named the Robinsons, in case that wasn’t obvious.) Just like in the Disney film, the Robinsons in “Lost in Space” must work together to survive in space and unknown planets.
The Netflix remake, on the other hand, chooses identity politics over traditional values. This version of Mrs. Robinson demeans her husband and wants to divorce him and take his children away because he went back on another combat tour during a global emergency or something.
For example, after Mr. Robinson—who is a soldier by profession—is unable to print a 3D plastic gun in an early episode of “Netflix’s Lost in Space” Season One, his wife immediately gets angry at him for trying to have a weapon onboard their ship after they crash land on a dangerous planet.
Apparently the colony group’s leaders (and the producers at Netflix in general) don’t believe guns and weapons are important to defend yourselves with when you are planning a voyage to an extraterrestrial planet capable of supporting life.
Disney’s 1960 Robinson Family, on the other hand, have dozens of rifles, handguns and explosives, as well as traps and other devices they use to fight against carnivores and pirates.
The Progressive beliefs of most people in today’s world (especially in Hollywood) can’t stand positive portrayals of traditional family roles and the “good guy with a gun” as depicted in “Swiss Family Robinson.”
(5) Valkyrie (2008)
Valkyrie is the true story of Operation Valkyrie, where several Nazi officers tried unsuccessfully to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944.
The film shows that these men didn’t agree with Nazi policies and tried to end World War II quickly by killing Hitler and seizing power in Germany.
Colonel Claus Von Stauffenberg (played by Tom Cruise) is recruited into the German Resistance and tasked with placing the bomb to kill Hitler. Needless to say, the conspirators were unsuccessful and were executed by the Nazis.
This story worked in 2008 but can’t work in 2020 because we lived in the age of Donald Trump. Democrat politicians and members of the Mainstream Media have called President Trump and his supporters “racists,” “Nazis” and “Fascists,” which undermines those terms when talking about real Nazis. The words lose their meaning when you refer to everyone you disagree with as a “Nazi,” a “Fascist” or a “racist.”
Valkyrie is the true story of Operation Valkyrie, where several Nazi officers tried unsuccessfully to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944.
The film shows that these men didn’t agree with Nazi policies and tried to end World War II quickly by killing Hitler and seizing power in Germany.
Colonel Claus Von Stauffenberg (played by Tom Cruise) is recruited into the German Resistance and tasked with placing the bomb to kill Hitler. Needless to say, the conspirators were unsuccessful and were executed by the Nazis.
This story worked in 2008 but can’t work in 2020 because we lived in the age of Donald Trump. Democrat politicians and members of the Mainstream Media have called President Trump and his supporters “racists,” “Nazis” and “Fascists,” which undermines those terms when talking about real Nazis. The words lose their meaning when you refer to everyone you disagree with as a “Nazi,” a “Fascist” or a “racist.”
Progressive leftists in Hollywood could never go along with a film that showed not all Nazi Germany soldiers were evil.
In a world where liberals say even conservatives like Donald Trump or a regular Trump support or Republican is labeled a Nazi, “Valkyrie” stands no chance of being produced today.
(6) The Sound of Music (1965)
This movie also suffers the same fate as “Valkyrie” because of the Left’s hatred of President Donald Trump.
The Sound of Music tells the true story of the Van Trapp Family Singers around the time before and during the Nazi annexation of Austria in the 1930s, just before World War II. It also features positive portrayals of Catholics, both religious figures and laypeople alike, which Mainstream Hollywood can’t stand.
Maria (player by Julia Andrews) is studying to become a nun but her supervisors think she isn’t prepared for their lifestyle. She then marries Captain Von Trapp (played by Christopher Plummer) after serving as his children’s governess. Since she hadn’t taken her religious vows yet, her marriage isn’t against Catholic teaching.
During the Nazi occupation and annexation of Austria, Captain Von Trapp and Maria try to flee with their entire family into Switzerland after the Nazis order him to join their navy.
This movie shows us that some people, if not a lot of them, were forced to join Hitler’s military forces or face death. The Von Trapps were just lucky enough to escape.
The nuns at Maria’s abbey even aid the family in their escape to freedom.
Yet present-day Hollywood would portray the nuns as evil due to anti-Catholic bias.
In a world where liberals say even conservatives like Donald Trump or a regular Trump support or Republican is labeled a Nazi, “Valkyrie” stands no chance of being produced today.
(6) The Sound of Music (1965)
This movie also suffers the same fate as “Valkyrie” because of the Left’s hatred of President Donald Trump.
The Sound of Music tells the true story of the Van Trapp Family Singers around the time before and during the Nazi annexation of Austria in the 1930s, just before World War II. It also features positive portrayals of Catholics, both religious figures and laypeople alike, which Mainstream Hollywood can’t stand.
Maria (player by Julia Andrews) is studying to become a nun but her supervisors think she isn’t prepared for their lifestyle. She then marries Captain Von Trapp (played by Christopher Plummer) after serving as his children’s governess. Since she hadn’t taken her religious vows yet, her marriage isn’t against Catholic teaching.
During the Nazi occupation and annexation of Austria, Captain Von Trapp and Maria try to flee with their entire family into Switzerland after the Nazis order him to join their navy.
This movie shows us that some people, if not a lot of them, were forced to join Hitler’s military forces or face death. The Von Trapps were just lucky enough to escape.
The nuns at Maria’s abbey even aid the family in their escape to freedom.
Yet present-day Hollywood would portray the nuns as evil due to anti-Catholic bias.
7) The Trouble with Angels (1966)
This faith-friendly film stars Hayley Mills as a rebellious young woman at an all-girls Catholic school run by nuns.
The Catholics nuns are justified in being stern, angry or frustrated with the girls’ antics and pranks. Yet the two girls and the nuns come to respect each other despite their differences.
Also, this movie was set during the 1960s. A modern-day remake would have to reflect on the changes in Catholic teaching since Vatican II.
Yet today’s Hollywood would turn “Trouble with Angels” into an anti-Catholic flick, with the nuns being portrayed as evil and hard to get along with.
It doesn’t help that two current California Democrat senators have attacked Catholics for their faith and claim Catholics can’t hold public office. (Senator Feinstein against Amy Coney Barrett, and Senator Kamala Harris against Brian Buescher for his involvement in the Knights of Columbus.)
8) Seraphim Falls (2006)
“Seraphim Falls” is about a man named Gideon (played by Pierce Brosnan) being chased by a man named Carver (played by Liam Neeson) and his posse in 1868.
During the course of the film, it is revealed that Gideon was a Union officer whose men were responsible for killing Carver’s family, after Carver returned to his home after fighting for the Confederacy during the Civil War.
As audiences, we can sympathize with Carver and understand why he is pursuing Gideon. He wants to kill the man responsible for the deaths of his wife and children, even though it wasn’t intentional.
However, present-day liberals can’t present Confederate soldiers as good men. These are the same people that tear down statues of men like Robert E. Lee and take down Confederate flags. They can’t accept the fact that a lot of ordinary men in the Confederate South were decent people.
Liberals have also watered down the term “white supremacy” to include Donald Trump, conservatives and Republicans, instead of just actual Neo-Nazis and radical Alt-Right members.
Yes, the Confederacy was wrong and the Union was right to fight the Civil War to restore the United States and end slavery. But that doesn’t mean every Southerner was an evil slaveholder or plantation owner.
“Seraphim Falls” portrays both Gideon and Carver as sympathetic characters, and the film’s portrayal of a Confederate like Carver is the reason it cannot be made today in Progressive Hollywood.
9) Contagion (2011)
This film can’t be made today not because of the Coronavirus crisis or because it is about a global pandemic, but because this film has a virus that originated in China (just like the Covid-19 Coronavirus).
“Contagion” tells the story of a global pandemic and the people, scientists and government officials affected by it. The end of the film shows audiences that the virus originated in a Chinese jungle and then gradually made its way to human transmission.
Several film production companies pander to Chinese audiences by changing the films’ characters, stories or source material that are deemed “offensive” by the Chinese Communist Party.
For example, Disney-Marvel changed the Ancient One in “Doctor Strange” to a Celtic woman, but in the comics this character is a male Tibetan. Disney made this change because China doesn’t recognize Tibet as an independent country.
The “Red Dawn” remake was originally going to have the protagonists face off against invading Communist China forces, but the studio changed it to North Korea invading the United States.
Finally, the “World War Z” film changed the zombie virus’s origin to Korea, instead of Communist China like in the book of the same name by Max Brooks.
If “Contagion” was made today, Hollywood would change the virus’s origin to another country, even if the virus was made in a Chinese lab, a Chinese wet market or a Chinese jungle.
10) Miracle (2004)
Disney’s 2004 film, “Miracle,” tells the true story of the 1980 U.S. Men’s Hockey Team’s upset victory of the Soviet Union team in the Winter Olympics - the famous “Miracle on Ice.”
The film’s messages of patriotism and teamwork fly in the face of the National Anthem protests, where liberal sports players and officials kneel during the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” or support the kneelers.
Coach Herb Brooks (played by Kurt Russell) reaches his players to work as a team and help them see that who they play for is more important than the name on the back of their jersey.
In the wake of the Colin Kaepernick kneeling protests against the United States, liberals and players who support Kaepernick think that America and white people (especially white police officers) are inherently racist. To them, there is nothing good about the United States.
Those who speak out against Kaepernick or National Anthem protesters are condemned by liberals and the Media. Some are even forced to “apologize” for their remarks.
For example, New Orleans Saints Quarterback Drew Brees was forced to apologize twice — yes, twice — after he spoke out against NFL players kneeling during the National Anthem for the 2020 season after the George Floyd protests.
Brees caved as a result of the backlash he received.
As a result of liberals’ hatred against the United States, the pro-American story at the center of “Miracle” can’t be made today.
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