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. 48 -

    The Message

    1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 34 -

    The Last Picture Show

    1971, in 21 top lists Check
  3. 64 -1

    Twilight Zone: The Movie

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 37 -

    Deep Throat

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 5 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  6. 113 -1

    Srpski film

    2010 — a.k.a. A Serbian Film, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 116 -1

    The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence)

    2015, in 1 top list Check
  8. 7 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  9. 115 -1

    The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 68 -1

    Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 92 -1

    El crimen del Padre Amaro

    2002 — a.k.a. The Crime of Padre Amaro, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 114 -1

    The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

    2009, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 84 -1

    Crash

    1996, in 9 top lists Check
  14. 111 -1

    Martyrs

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 6 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  16. 79 -1

    Braindead

    1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 93 -1

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 58 -

    Cannibal Holocaust

    1980, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 4 -

    L'âge d'or

    1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check
  20. 26 -

    Titicut Follies

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 20 -

    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
  22. 82 -1

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 17 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  24. 105 -1

    Hostel

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 28 -

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  26. 62 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 74 -1

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  28. 88 -1

    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

    1999, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 57 -

    The Warriors

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  30. 78 -1

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  31. 108 -1

    United 93

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 102 -1

    The Passion of the Christ

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 95 -1

    The Magdalene Sisters

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 43 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  35. 71 -1

    The Last Temptation of Christ

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 67 -1

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  37. 76 -1

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  38. 51 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  39. 29 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  40. 27 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  41. 35 -

    Straw Dogs

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  42. 91 -1

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  43. 103 -1

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  44. 2 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  45. 1 -

    The Kiss

    1896 — a.k.a. The May Irwin Kiss, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 77 -1

    Aladdin

    1992, in 14 top lists Check
  47. 41 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  48. 33 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  49. 24 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  50. 21 -

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
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