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. 115 -1

    The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 17 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  3. 73 -1

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
  4. 37 -

    Deep Throat

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 103 -1

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  6. 20 -

    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
  7. 63 new

    Evilspeak

    1981, in 1 top list Check
  8. 4 -

    L'âge d'or

    1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check
  9. 113 -1

    Srpski film

    2010 — a.k.a. A Serbian Film, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 46 -

    The Incredible Torture Show

    1976 — a.k.a. Bloodsucking Freaks, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 32 -

    The Devils

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 70 -1

    Nekromantik

    1988, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 3 -

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  14. 1 -

    The Kiss

    1896 — a.k.a. The May Irwin Kiss, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 118 -1

    The Interview

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  16. 53 -

    Day of the Woman

    1978 — a.k.a. I Spit on Your Grave, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 72 -1

    Hei tai yang 731

    1988 — a.k.a. Man Behind the Sun, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 114 -1

    The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

    2009, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 100 -1

    Kinsey

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  20. 16 -

    Baby Doll

    1956, in 6 top lists Check
  21. 105 -1

    Hostel

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 104 -1

    Hard Candy

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 85 -1

    Lolita

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  24. 84 -1

    Crash

    1996, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 59 -

    Cruising

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 97 -1

    The Dreamers

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
  27. 111 -1

    Martyrs

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  28. 89 -1

    Stigmata

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 55 -

    Caligola

    1979 — a.k.a. Caligula, in 1 top list Check
  30. 44 -

    Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 52 -

    Faces of Death

    1978, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 66 -1

    Year of the Dragon

    1985, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 42 -

    Thriller - en grym film

    1973 — a.k.a. Thriller: A Cruel Picture, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 7 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  35. 83 -1

    Kids

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 40 -

    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
  37. 58 -

    Cannibal Holocaust

    1980, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 38 -

    The Last House on the Left

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 79 -1

    Braindead

    1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check
  40. 62 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 78 -1

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 22 -

    Mondo cane

    1962, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 36 -

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  44. 57 -

    The Warriors

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 9 -

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  46. 102 -1

    The Passion of the Christ

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 82 -1

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  48. 76 -1

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  49. 108 -1

    United 93

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 33 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
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