Condemned by the Legion of Decency
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This is a list of films condemned by the Legion of Decency, a United States Catholic organization, and its successor (from 1965), the National Catholic Office for Motion Pictures. The condemned (or C) rating was issued from the time of the Legion's formation in 1933 until 1978, when the C rating and the B rating were merged into the new O ("morally offensive") rating. In 1980, the NCOMP film office was shut down, along with the biweekly Review, which had published ratings on 16,251 feature films.
The Legion's ratings were applied to movies made in the United States (which were subject to the Production Code until 1967) as well as those imported from other countries. Beginning in 1968, the ratings were applied in addition to any rating assigned by the MPAA film rating system.
Legion-organized boycotts made a C rating harmful to a film's distribution and profitability. Accordingly, for the majority of years that the rating was applied, most condemned films were made outside of the United States, where their producers didn't have as much to fear from the condemnation. Of the 53 movies the Legion had placed on its condemned list by 1943, only Howard Hughes' The Outlaw came from a major US studio, and it had not been approved by the Production Code or distributed widely.
Despite rumors to the contrary, Elia Kazan's A Streetcar Named Desire and Billy Wilder's The Seven Year Itch did not receive C ratings. Rather, Kazan's film was cut by 4 minutes to avoid condemnation, while Wilder's film had to cut scenes from the original play to be approved by Legion of Decency. [wikipedia]
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Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
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A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
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Taxi Driver
1976, in 34 top lists Check -
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Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check -
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Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
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The Exorcist
1973, in 27 top lists Check -
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8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
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Rosemary's Baby
1968, in 21 top lists Check -
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À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
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Dawn of the Dead
1978, in 15 top lists Check -
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Carrie
1976, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Last Picture Show
1971, in 21 top lists Check -
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Blow-Up
1966, in 20 top lists Check -
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Jules et Jim
1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check -
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Spartacus
1960, in 19 top lists Check -
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The Wicker Man
1973, in 13 top lists Check -
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Le mépris
1963 — a.k.a. Contempt, in 17 top lists Check -
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Viridiana
1961, in 24 top lists Check -
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975, in 13 top lists Check -
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Du rififi chez les hommes
1955 — a.k.a. Rififi, in 18 top lists Check -
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Los olvidados
1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check -
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Black Narcissus
1947, in 15 top lists Check -
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All That Jazz
1979, in 19 top lists Check -
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Grease
1978, in 12 top lists Check -
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Ultimo tango a Parigi
1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check -
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The Producers
1967, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Omen
1976, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Devils
1971, in 12 top lists Check -
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Pink Flamingos
1972, in 13 top lists Check -
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Dressed to Kill
1980, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Scarlet Empress
1934, in 12 top lists Check -
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Friday the 13th
1980, in 3 top lists Check -
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From Russia with Love
1963, in 4 top lists Check -
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Miracle on 34th Street
1947, in 7 top lists Check -
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High Plains Drifter
1973, in 4 top lists Check -
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Queen Christina
1933, in 3 top lists Check -
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Design for Living
1933, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Pawnbroker
1964, in 5 top lists Check -
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Baby Doll
1956, in 6 top lists Check -
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She Done Him Wrong
1933, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Odd Couple
1968, in 3 top lists Check -
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Riso amaro
1949 — a.k.a. Bitter Rice, in 5 top lists Check -
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Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971, in 9 top lists Check -
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Baby Face
1933, in 4 top lists Check -
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Ekstase
1933 — a.k.a. Ecstasy, in 4 top lists Check -
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American Gigolo
1980, in 3 top lists Check -
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Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult
1967 — a.k.a. I Am Curious (Yellow), in 5 top lists Check -
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Et Dieu... créa la femme
1956 — a.k.a. ...And God Created Woman, in 5 top lists Check -
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Love in the Afternoon
1957, in 3 top lists Check
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