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. 77 -1

    Aladdin

    1992, in 14 top lists Check
  2. 31 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  3. 91 -1

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  4. 18 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  5. 41 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  6. 106 -1

    The Da Vinci Code

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 56 -

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  8. 11 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  9. 98 -1

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  10. 103 -1

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  11. 88 -1

    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

    1999, in 8 top lists Check
  12. 27 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  13. 102 -1

    The Passion of the Christ

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  14. 51 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  15. 99 -1

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  16. 67 -1

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  17. 62 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  18. 43 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  19. 78 -1

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  20. 82 -1

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 24 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  22. 33 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  23. 86 -1

    Dogma

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  24. 76 -1

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  25. 74 -1

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  26. 21 -

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  27. 3 -

    Un chien andalou

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

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  29. 108 -1

    United 93

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  30. 104 -1

    Hard Candy

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 5 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  32. 93 -1

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  33. 29 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  34. 112 -1

    Antichrist

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 6 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  36. 105 -1

    Hostel

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 79 -1

    Braindead

    1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check
  38. 117 -1

    La vie d'Adèle

    2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check
  39. 57 -

    The Warriors

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  40. 7 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  41. 2 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  42. 97 -1

    The Dreamers

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 35 -

    Straw Dogs

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 118 -1

    The Interview

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  45. 34 -

    The Last Picture Show

    1971, in 21 top lists Check
  46. 71 -1

    The Last Temptation of Christ

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  47. 84 -1

    Crash

    1996, in 9 top lists Check
  48. 17 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  49. 83 -1

    Kids

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 39 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
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