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. 84 -1

    Crash

    1996, in 9 top lists Check
  2. 17 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  3. 80 -1

    Boxing Helena

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 54 -

    Pretty Baby

    1978, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 94 -1

    Ken Park

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  6. 95 -1

    The Magdalene Sisters

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 39 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  8. 85 -1

    Lolita

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  9. 117 -1

    La vie d'Adèle

    2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check
  10. 111 -1

    Martyrs

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 47 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  12. 90 -1

    Baise-moi

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 44 -

    Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 115 -1

    The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 70 -1

    Nekromantik

    1988, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 46 -

    The Incredible Torture Show

    1976 — a.k.a. Bloodsucking Freaks, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 23 -

    Blood Feast

    1963, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 53 -

    Day of the Woman

    1978 — a.k.a. I Spit on Your Grave, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 55 -

    Caligola

    1979 — a.k.a. Caligula, in 1 top list Check
  20. 89 -1

    Stigmata

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 64 -1

    Twilight Zone: The Movie

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
  22. 113 -1

    Srpski film

    2010 — a.k.a. A Serbian Film, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 38 -

    The Last House on the Left

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 107 -1

    Shortbus

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 105 -1

    Hostel

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 68 -1

    Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 69 -1

    Bad Taste

    1987, in 6 top lists Check
  28. 45 -

    Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma

    1975 — a.k.a. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, in 14 top lists Check
  29. 83 -1

    Kids

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  30. 108 -1

    United 93

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 78 -1

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  32. 35 -

    Straw Dogs

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  33. 102 -1

    The Passion of the Christ

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 112 -1

    Antichrist

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 104 -1

    Hard Candy

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 3 -

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  37. 106 -1

    The Da Vinci Code

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 79 -1

    Braindead

    1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check
  39. 33 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  40. 97 -1

    The Dreamers

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 93 -1

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 43 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  43. 24 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  44. 62 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 82 -1

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  46. 88 -1

    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

    1999, in 8 top lists Check
  47. 51 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  48. 67 -1

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  49. 27 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  50. 41 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
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