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. 76 -1

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  2. 99 -1

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  3. 39 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  4. 58 -

    Cannibal Holocaust

    1980, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 53 -

    Day of the Woman

    1978 — a.k.a. I Spit on Your Grave, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 55 -

    Caligola

    1979 — a.k.a. Caligula, in 1 top list Check
  7. 119 -1

    Mignonnes

    2020 — a.k.a. Cuties, in 1 top list
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  8. 82 -1

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 21 -

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
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    L'âge d'or

    1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check
  11. 48 -

    The Message

    1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 108 -1

    United 93

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 112 -1

    Antichrist

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Kiss

    1896 — a.k.a. The May Irwin Kiss, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 62 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  16. 25 -

    Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult

    1967 — a.k.a. I Am Curious (Yellow), in 5 top lists Check
  17. 117 -1

    La vie d'Adèle

    2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 20 -

    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
  19. 93 -1

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  20. 67 -1

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  21. 27 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 111 -1

    Martyrs

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 6 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  24. 43 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  25. 45 -

    Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma

    1975 — a.k.a. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, in 14 top lists Check
  26. 29 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  27. 74 -1

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  28. 34 -

    The Last Picture Show

    1971, in 21 top lists Check
  29. 41 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  30. 98 -1

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  31. 95 -1

    The Magdalene Sisters

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
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    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  33. 47 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
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    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
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    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  36. 91 -1

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  37. 77 -1

    Aladdin

    1992, in 14 top lists Check
  38. 51 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  39. 33 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  40. 105 -1

    Hostel

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 5 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  42. 103 -1

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  43. 28 -

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  44. 11 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  45. 18 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  46. 102 -1

    The Passion of the Christ

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 31 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  48. 56 -

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  49. 106 -1

    The Da Vinci Code

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 101 -1

    9 Songs

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
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