Tim Dirks's 100+ Most Controversial Films of All-Time

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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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  1. 101 -1

    9 Songs

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 47 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  3. 77 -1

    Aladdin

    1992, in 14 top lists Check
  4. 5 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  5. 112 -1

    Antichrist

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 16 -

    Baby Doll

    1956, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 69 -1

    Bad Taste

    1987, in 6 top lists Check
  8. 90 -1

    Baise-moi

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 81 -1

    Bandit Queen

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 78 -1

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 2 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  12. 23 -

    Blood Feast

    1963, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 67 -1

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  14. 24 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  15. 80 -1

    Boxing Helena

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 79 -1

    Braindead

    1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 103 -1

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  18. 96 -1

    The Brown Bunny

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 55 -

    Caligola

    1979 — a.k.a. Caligula, in 1 top list Check
  20. 61 -

    Cannibal ferox

    1981 — a.k.a. Cannibal Ferox, in 4 top lists Check
  21. 58 -

    Cannibal Holocaust

    1980, in 6 top lists Check
  22. 30 -

    Carnal Knowledge

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 3 -

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  24. 10 -

    Child Bride

    1938, in 1 top list Check
  25. 11 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  26. 31 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  27. 73 -1

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
  28. 84 -1

    Crash

    1996, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 59 -

    Cruising

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 106 -1

    The Da Vinci Code

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 53 -

    Day of the Woman

    1978 — a.k.a. I Spit on Your Grave, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 37 -

    Deep Throat

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  34. 32 -

    The Devils

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
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    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  36. 74 -1

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  37. 86 -1

    Dogma

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  38. 97 -1

    The Dreamers

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
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    Ekstase

    1933 — a.k.a. Ecstasy, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 92 -1

    El crimen del Padre Amaro

    2002 — a.k.a. The Crime of Padre Amaro, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 62 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  42. 63 new

    Evilspeak

    1981, in 1 top list Check
  43. 41 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  44. 52 -

    Faces of Death

    1978, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 99 -1

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
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    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  47. 104 -1

    Hard Candy

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
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    Heaven's Gate

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  49. 72 -1

    Hei tai yang 731

    1988 — a.k.a. Man Behind the Sun, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 75 -1

    Henry & June

    1990, in 1 top list Check
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