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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The Kiss
1896 — a.k.a. The May Irwin Kiss, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Birth of a Nation
1915, in 21 top lists Check -
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Ekstase
1933 — a.k.a. Ecstasy, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Outlaw
1943, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Moon Is Blue
1953, in 3 top lists Check -
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Lolita
1962, in 11 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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Ai no korîda
1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check -
80 -1
Boxing Helena
1993, in 2 top lists Check -
85 -1
Lolita
1997, in 1 top list Check -
92 -1
El crimen del Padre Amaro
2002 — a.k.a. The Crime of Padre Amaro, in 4 top lists Check -
97 -1
The Dreamers
2003, in 4 top lists Check -
101 -1
9 Songs
2004, in 2 top lists Check -
103 -1
Brokeback Mountain
2005, in 21 top lists Check -
107 -1
Shortbus
2006, in 2 top lists Check -
117 -1
La vie d'Adèle
2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check
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