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. 51 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  2. 40 -

    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
  3. 74 -1

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  4. 38 -

    The Last House on the Left

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 57 -

    The Warriors

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 13 -

    Song of the South

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 56 -

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  8. 115 -1

    The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 114 -1

    The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

    2009, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 105 -1

    Hostel

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 47 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  12. 109 -1

    Hounddog

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  13. 118 -1

    The Interview

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  14. 53 -

    Day of the Woman

    1978 — a.k.a. I Spit on Your Grave, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 113 -1

    Srpski film

    2010 — a.k.a. A Serbian Film, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 104 -1

    Hard Candy

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 83 -1

    Kids

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 6 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  19. 111 -1

    Martyrs

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 86 -1

    Dogma

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  21. 112 -1

    Antichrist

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  22. 31 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  23. 106 -1

    The Da Vinci Code

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 11 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  25. 88 -1

    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

    1999, in 8 top lists Check
  26. 17 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  27. 78 -1

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  28. 102 -1

    The Passion of the Christ

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 58 -

    Cannibal Holocaust

    1980, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 43 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  31. 79 -1

    Braindead

    1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 82 -1

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 99 -1

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 62 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 5 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  36. 103 -1

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  37. 91 -1

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  38. 27 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  39. 41 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  40. 18 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  41. 24 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  42. 77 -1

    Aladdin

    1992, in 14 top lists Check
  43. 98 -1

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  44. 101 -1

    9 Songs

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 16 -

    Baby Doll

    1956, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 69 -1

    Bad Taste

    1987, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 90 -1

    Baise-moi

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 81 -1

    Bandit Queen

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 2 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  50. 23 -

    Blood Feast

    1963, in 4 top lists Check
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