Favorite films of the past that controversial today
'Braveheart': The film was first met with critical acclaim and box-office success.
'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective': The comedy that launched Jim Carrey's career has since been called hugely offensive and homophobic.
'Avatar': Although it was a hit upon its initial release, 'Avatar' has since lost its 3D awe-inspiring feeling and has been criticized for its "white savior" complex.
'Breakfast at Tiffany's: Though it remains an Audrey Hepburn classic, there is one major flaw in the 1961 film: Mr. Yunioshi, a very racist depiction of an Asian man.
'Revenge of the Nerds': Many admired this film for helping nerds feel "seen" in Hollywood, but the sexual-assault-by-deception plot line, the racist Asian stereotype.
'Goldfinger': Cary Fukunaga, the director of the most recent Bond film, 'No Time to Die,'.
'Sixteen Candles': While this John Hughes film was huge for both Molly Ringwald and the '80s, it’s now widely criticized.
'She's All That': If you look past the nostalgia, this '90s classic is about a guy (Freddie Prinze Jr.) who makes a bet that he can transform an “unattractive” girl.
'She's All That': Rachael Leigh Cook and her nine-year-old daughter watched her 1999 rom-com 'She's All That'—to mixed results.
'The Breakfast Club': lly Ringwald also penned an article about the toxic relationship between her and Judd Nelson’s characters.