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. 62 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  2. 118 -1

    The Interview

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  3. 88 -1

    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

    1999, in 8 top lists Check
  4. 106 -1

    The Da Vinci Code

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 102 -1

    The Passion of the Christ

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 78 -1

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  7. 103 -1

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  8. 91 -1

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 82 -1

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 76 -1

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  11. 74 -1

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  12. 67 -1

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  13. 43 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  14. 41 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  15. 33 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  16. 27 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  17. 51 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  18. 28 -

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  19. 18 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  20. 31 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  21. 56 -

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  22. 77 -1

    Aladdin

    1992, in 14 top lists Check
  23. 101 -1

    9 Songs

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 47 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  25. 5 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  26. 112 -1

    Antichrist

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 16 -

    Baby Doll

    1956, in 6 top lists Check
  28. 69 -1

    Bad Taste

    1987, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 90 -1

    Baise-moi

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 81 -1

    Bandit Queen

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 2 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  32. 23 -

    Blood Feast

    1963, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 24 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  34. 80 -1

    Boxing Helena

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 79 -1

    Braindead

    1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check
  36. 96 -1

    The Brown Bunny

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 55 -

    Caligola

    1979 — a.k.a. Caligula, in 1 top list Check
  38. 61 -

    Cannibal ferox

    1981 — a.k.a. Cannibal Ferox, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 58 -

    Cannibal Holocaust

    1980, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 30 -

    Carnal Knowledge

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 3 -

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  42. 10 -

    Child Bride

    1938, in 1 top list Check
  43. 11 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  44. 73 -1

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
  45. 84 -1

    Crash

    1996, in 9 top lists Check
  46. 59 -

    Cruising

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 53 -

    Day of the Woman

    1978 — a.k.a. I Spit on Your Grave, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 37 -

    Deep Throat

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 32 -

    The Devils

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  50. 86 -1

    Dogma

    1999, in 1 top list Check
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