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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8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
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All of Me
1934, in 0 top lists Check -
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All That Jazz
1979, in 19 top lists Check -
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American Gigolo
1980, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Anniversary
1968, in 0 top lists Check -
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The April Fools
1969, in 0 top lists Check -
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Baby Doll
1956, in 6 top lists Check -
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Baby Face
1933, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Barbarian
1933 — a.k.a. A Night in Cairo, in 0 top lists Check -
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Belle of the Nineties
1934, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Big Shakedown
1934, in 0 top lists Check -
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Billy Jack
1971, in 2 top lists Check -
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Black Narcissus
1947, in 15 top lists Check -
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Blondie Johnson
1933, in 0 top lists Check -
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Blood Money
1933, in 0 top lists Check -
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Blow-Up
1966, in 20 top lists Check -
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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1969, in 3 top lists Check -
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Bolero
1934, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Boston Strangler
1968, in 2 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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A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
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A Cold Wind in August
1961, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Competition
1980, in 0 top lists Check -
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Damaged Goods
1937, in 0 top lists Check -
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Day of Reckoning
1933, in 0 top lists Check -
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Deadfall
1968, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Devils
1971, in 12 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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Ekstase
1933 — a.k.a. Ecstasy, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Emperor Jones
1933, in 2 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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Fashions of 1934
1934, in 0 top lists Check -
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Finishing School
1934, in 0 top lists Check -
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Forever Amber
1947, in 0 top lists Check -
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Four Frightened People
1934, in 0 top lists Check -
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La fusée
1933 — a.k.a. Grandeur and Decadence, in 0 top lists Check -
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Gambling Lady
1934, in 0 top lists Check -
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Hanover Street
1979, in 0 top lists Check -
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Hurry Sundown
1967, in 0 top lists Check -
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I Am a Camera
1955, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ice Castles
1978, in 0 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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Joanna
1968, in 0 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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The Killing of Sister George
1968, in 2 top lists Check -
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Lady in Cement
1968, in 1 top list Check -
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L'amore
1948, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Last Picture Show
1971, in 21 top lists Check -
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The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Life of Vergie Winters
1934, in 0 top lists Check
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