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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Heaven's Gate
1980, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Birth of a Nation
1915, in 21 top lists Check -
76 -1
JFK
1991, in 13 top lists Check -
51 -
The Deer Hunter
1978, in 26 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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The Message
1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 top lists Check -
71 -1
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988, in 7 top lists Check -
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Caligola
1979 — a.k.a. Caligula, in 1 top list Check -
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Lolita
1962, in 11 top lists Check -
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All Quiet on the Western Front
1930, in 19 top lists Check -
106 -1
The Da Vinci Code
2006, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Wild Bunch
1969, in 25 top lists Check -
85 -1
Lolita
1997, in 1 top list Check -
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Rosemary's Baby
1968, in 21 top lists Check -
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A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
75 -1
Henry & June
1990, in 1 top list Check -
103 -1
Brokeback Mountain
2005, in 21 top lists Check -
66 -1
Year of the Dragon
1985, in 4 top lists Check -
86 -1
Dogma
1999, in 1 top list Check -
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Ultimo tango a Parigi
1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check -
78 -1
Basic Instinct
1992, in 10 top lists Check -
102 -1
The Passion of the Christ
2004, in 4 top lists Check -
73 -1
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989, in 10 top lists Check -
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The Exorcist
1973, in 27 top lists Check -
99 -1
Fahrenheit 9/11
2004, in 9 top lists Check -
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Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult
1967 — a.k.a. I Am Curious (Yellow), in 5 top lists Check -
67 -1
Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
74 -1
Do the Right Thing
1989, in 25 top lists Check -
98 -1
Oldeuboi
2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check -
81 -1
Bandit Queen
1994, in 5 top lists Check -
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
92 -1
El crimen del Padre Amaro
2002 — a.k.a. The Crime of Padre Amaro, in 4 top lists Check -
100 -1
Kinsey
2004, in 1 top list Check -
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The Last Picture Show
1971, in 21 top lists Check -
82 -1
Natural Born Killers
1994, in 9 top lists Check -
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Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma
1975 — a.k.a. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Outlaw
1943, in 2 top lists Check -
97 -1
The Dreamers
2003, in 4 top lists Check -
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Baby Doll
1956, in 6 top lists Check -
95 -1
The Magdalene Sisters
2002, in 2 top lists Check -
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Midnight Cowboy
1969, in 22 top lists Check -
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Straw Dogs
1971, in 11 top lists Check -
118 -1
The Interview
2014, in 1 top list Check -
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Bonnie and Clyde
1967, in 28 top lists Check -
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The Devils
1971, in 12 top lists Check -
110 -1
September Dawn
2007, in 1 top list Check -
108 -1
United 93
2006, in 5 top lists Check -
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Pretty Baby
1978, in 2 top lists Check -
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Triumph des Willens
1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 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
Last updated on Dec 25, 2023 by Fergenaprido; source