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. 32 -

    The Devils

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 59 -

    Cruising

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 69 -1

    Bad Taste

    1987, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 85 -1

    Lolita

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  5. 57 -

    The Warriors

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 108 -1

    United 93

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 26 -

    Titicut Follies

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 48 -

    The Message

    1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 82 -1

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 1 -

    The Kiss

    1896 — a.k.a. The May Irwin Kiss, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 16 -

    Baby Doll

    1956, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 7 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  13. 35 -

    Straw Dogs

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 37 -

    Deep Throat

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 17 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  16. 58 -

    Cannibal Holocaust

    1980, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 30 -

    Carnal Knowledge

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 111 -1

    Martyrs

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 102 -1

    The Passion of the Christ

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 60 -

    Heaven's Gate

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 20 -

    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
  22. 117 -1

    La vie d'Adèle

    2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check
  23. 4 -

    L'âge d'or

    1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check
  24. 5 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  25. 51 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  26. 29 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  27. 3 -

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  28. 93 -1

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  29. 89 -1

    Stigmata

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 2 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  31. 9 -

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  32. 39 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  33. 83 -1

    Kids

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 79 -1

    Braindead

    1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 78 -1

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 97 -1

    The Dreamers

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 118 -1

    The Interview

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  38. 104 -1

    Hard Candy

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 101 -1

    9 Songs

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 86 -1

    Dogma

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  41. 88 -1

    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

    1999, in 8 top lists Check
  42. 114 -1

    The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

    2009, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 64 -1

    Twilight Zone: The Movie

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 19 -

    Victim

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 106 -1

    The Da Vinci Code

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 38 -

    The Last House on the Left

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 80 -1

    Boxing Helena

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 107 -1

    Shortbus

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 100 -1

    Kinsey

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  50. 112 -1

    Antichrist

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
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