Tim Dirks's 100+ Most Controversial Films of All-Time
An official iCheckMovies list (adopted from joachimt).
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Films always have the ability to anger us, divide us, shock us, disgust us, and more. Usually, films that inspire controversy, outright boycotting, picketing, banning, censorship, or protest have graphic sex, violence, homosexuality, religious, political or race-related themes and content. They usually push the envelope regarding what can be filmed and displayed on the screen, and are considered taboo, "immoral" or "obscene" due to language, drug use, violence and sensuality/nudity or other incendiary elements. Inevitably, controversy helps to publicize these films and fuel the box-office receipts.
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9 Songs
2004, in 2 top lists Check -
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Ai no korîda
1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check -
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Aladdin
1992, in 14 top lists Check -
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All Quiet on the Western Front
1930, in 19 top lists Check -
112 -1
Antichrist
2009, in 8 top lists Check -
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Baby Doll
1956, in 6 top lists Check -
69 -1
Bad Taste
1987, in 6 top lists Check -
90 -1
Baise-moi
2000, in 3 top lists Check -
81 -1
Bandit Queen
1994, in 5 top lists Check -
78 -1
Basic Instinct
1992, in 10 top lists Check -
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The Birth of a Nation
1915, in 21 top lists Check -
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Blood Feast
1963, in 4 top lists Check -
67 -1
Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
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Bonnie and Clyde
1967, in 28 top lists Check -
80 -1
Boxing Helena
1993, in 2 top lists Check -
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Braindead
1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check -
103 -1
Brokeback Mountain
2005, in 21 top lists Check -
96 -1
The Brown Bunny
2003, in 5 top lists Check -
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Caligola
1979 — a.k.a. Caligula, in 1 top list Check -
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Cannibal ferox
1981 — a.k.a. Cannibal Ferox, in 4 top lists Check -
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Cannibal Holocaust
1980, in 6 top lists Check -
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Carnal Knowledge
1971, in 3 top lists Check -
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Un chien andalou
1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check -
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Child Bride
1938, in 1 top list Check -
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
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A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989, in 10 top lists Check -
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Crash
1996, in 9 top lists Check -
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Cruising
1980, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Da Vinci Code
2006, in 4 top lists Check -
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Day of the Woman
1978 — a.k.a. I Spit on Your Grave, in 3 top lists Check -
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Deep Throat
1972, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Deer Hunter
1978, in 26 top lists Check -
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The Devils
1971, in 12 top lists Check -
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Dirty Harry
1971, in 17 top lists Check -
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Do the Right Thing
1989, in 25 top lists Check -
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Dogma
1999, in 1 top list Check -
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The Dreamers
2003, in 4 top lists Check -
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Ekstase
1933 — a.k.a. Ecstasy, in 4 top lists Check -
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El crimen del Padre Amaro
2002 — a.k.a. The Crime of Padre Amaro, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Evil Dead
1981, in 8 top lists Check -
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Evilspeak
1981, in 1 top list Check -
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The Exorcist
1973, in 27 top lists Check -
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Faces of Death
1978, in 2 top lists Check -
99 -1
Fahrenheit 9/11
2004, in 9 top lists Check -
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Freaks
1932, in 19 top lists Check -
104 -1
Hard Candy
2005, in 3 top lists Check -
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Heaven's Gate
1980, in 8 top lists Check -
72 -1
Hei tai yang 731
1988 — a.k.a. Man Behind the Sun, in 2 top lists Check -
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Henry & June
1990, in 1 top list Check
Last updated on Dec 25, 2023 by Fergenaprido; source