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. 97 -1

    The Dreamers

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 117 -1

    La vie d'Adèle

    2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check
  3. 90 -1

    Baise-moi

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 104 -1

    Hard Candy

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 83 -1

    Kids

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 19 -

    Victim

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 36 -

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  8. 79 -1

    Braindead

    1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check
  9. 1 -

    The Kiss

    1896 — a.k.a. The May Irwin Kiss, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 58 -

    Cannibal Holocaust

    1980, in 6 top lists Check
  11. 25 -

    Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult

    1967 — a.k.a. I Am Curious (Yellow), in 5 top lists Check
  12. 16 -

    Baby Doll

    1956, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 78 -1

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  14. 102 -1

    The Passion of the Christ

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 82 -1

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  16. 68 -1

    Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 26 -

    Titicut Follies

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 86 -1

    Dogma

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  19. 93 -1

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  20. 99 -1

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 108 -1

    United 93

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 103 -1

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  23. 88 -1

    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

    1999, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 77 -1

    Aladdin

    1992, in 14 top lists Check
  25. 73 -1

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
  26. 40 -

    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
  27. 84 -1

    Crash

    1996, in 9 top lists Check
  28. 35 -

    Straw Dogs

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  29. 7 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  30. 32 -

    The Devils

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  31. 21 -

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 47 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  33. 45 -

    Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma

    1975 — a.k.a. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, in 14 top lists Check
  34. 6 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  35. 43 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  36. 98 -1

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  37. 91 -1

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  38. 33 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  39. 27 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  40. 41 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  41. 4 -

    L'âge d'or

    1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check
  42. 20 -

    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
  43. 3 -

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  44. 9 -

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  45. 71 -1

    The Last Temptation of Christ

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  46. 39 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  47. 76 -1

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  48. 5 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  49. 67 -1

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  50. 2 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
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