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. 2 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  2. 4 -

    L'âge d'or

    1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check
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    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  4. 6 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
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    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
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    Ekstase

    1933 — a.k.a. Ecstasy, in 4 top lists Check
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    Child Bride

    1938, in 1 top list Check
  8. 11 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
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    The Outlaw

    1943, in 2 top lists Check
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    L'amore

    1948, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 16 -

    Baby Doll

    1956, in 6 top lists Check
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    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
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    Victim

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
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    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
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    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  16. 24 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 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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    Titicut Follies

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
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    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
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    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  21. 30 -

    Carnal Knowledge

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  22. 31 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  23. 32 -

    The Devils

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  24. 34 -

    The Last Picture Show

    1971, in 21 top lists Check
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    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, 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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    Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma

    1975 — a.k.a. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, in 14 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
  29. 48 -

    The Message

    1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 top lists Check
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    Une vraie jeune fille

    1976 — a.k.a. A Real Young Girl, in 1 top list Check
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    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
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    Pretty Baby

    1978, in 2 top lists Check
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    Caligola

    1979 — a.k.a. Caligula, in 1 top list Check
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    Cruising

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
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    Heaven's Gate

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  36. 65 -1

    Je vous salue, Marie

    1985 — a.k.a. Hail Mary, in 3 top lists Check
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    Year of the Dragon

    1985, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 67 -1

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
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    Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  40. 71 -1

    The Last Temptation of Christ

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  41. 72 -1

    Hei tai yang 731

    1988 — a.k.a. Man Behind the Sun, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 73 -1

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 74 -1

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
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    Henry & June

    1990, in 1 top list Check
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    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
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    Boxing Helena

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
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    Bandit Queen

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
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    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
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    Kids

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 84 -1

    Crash

    1996, in 9 top lists Check
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