Great movies that would not be made today...

[Whoozyerdaddy]

I'll start

Blazing Saddles - Let's face it. Only Mel Brooks would have the guts to make that film.
Pretty much any Monty Python movie.
Pretty much any Cheech and Chong movie.

 

[FoBoT]

yeah, blazing saddles is #1 on this type of list

 

[dennilfloss]

Alice's Restaurant.

 

[MX2]

Airplane

 

[SlitheryDee]

Spaceballs

Buckaroo Bonzai

 

[DaWhim]

My Fair Lady

 

[hjo3]

Really? I think the boundaries are wider than ever today. The only things I can think of that wouldn't be put in a film today (and were in the past) are scenes of actual (as in it-really-happened/not-CG) animal torture. Documentaries being the exception, of course.

EDIT: Rethinking the OP's phrasing, I guess he's referring to style and not "edginess."

 

[BUTCH1]

It's just a flesh wound!!!!

 

[chuckywang]

Blazing Saddles is the movie that comes to mind IMMEDIATELY!

 

[apac]

Originally posted by: chuckywang
Blazing Saddles is the movie that comes to mind IMMEDIATELY!

I thought the EXACT same thing, and grinned when I saw it was the OPs first choice too.

 

[chcarnage]

Monty Python faced much opposition and many protests back then, too, so I think we can realistically hope that some others don't hesitate to film provocating movies today.

 

[Spineshank]

Comedy wise nothing lives up to those movies.

 

[gsellis]

With some of the stuff going to Sundance, I think all of the above could be made. The only one I can think of, and agree with not making, would be Birth of a Nation.